bill of rights Crossword Puzzles
Civil Rights Movement 2023-10-08
Across
- Nonviolent protest strategy
- Policy to keep races separate
- Summer initiative in Mississippi
- Goal of the movement
- Adjective describing rights
- Unfair treatment
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- Act of voicing opposition
- City known for voting rights marches
- Civil rights leader with a dream
- Peaceful protest approach
- Opposite of segregation
- Core principle of the movement
- Event where MLK delivered his speech
- Right sought for all citizens
- Refused to give up her bus seat
15 Clues: Unfair treatment • Goal of the movement • Opposite of segregation • Act of voicing opposition • Peaceful protest approach • Nonviolent protest strategy • Adjective describing rights • Policy to keep races separate • Right sought for all citizens • Core principle of the movement • Refused to give up her bus seat • Civil rights leader with a dream • Summer initiative in Mississippi • ...
Birds 2023-06-06
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- Seabird known for its graceful flight and diving skills
- Large water bird known for its honking call
- Flightless bird found in the Southern Hemisphere
- Small seabirds with brightly colored beaks
- Large seabirds with long wingspans and excellent soaring abilities
- Large seabirds known for their spectacular plunge-diving
- Large water bird known for its long bill and expandable throat pouch
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- Long-legged wading bird with a long neck and dagger-like bill
- Common coastal birds known for their scavenging behavior
- Collective term for ducks, geese, and swans
- Large fish-eating bird of prey
- White heron-like bird with long plumes
- Large seabird known for its aggressive behavior with little fear of humans
- Wading bird with long legs and a distinctive upturned bill
- Graceful birds known for their long necks
15 Clues: Large fish-eating bird of prey • White heron-like bird with long plumes • Graceful birds known for their long necks • Small seabirds with brightly colored beaks • Collective term for ducks, geese, and swans • Large water bird known for its honking call • Flightless bird found in the Southern Hemisphere • Seabird known for its graceful flight and diving skills • ...
The Civil Rights Movement: Trent Ward 2017-03-22
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- This is when a restaurant denied service to colored people so many of them began to group up and protest in the establishment
- when colleges and businesses would set aside spots or positions for colored people
- Famous civil rights movement speech wrote by MLK
- X He took over as the leader of the civil rights movement when MLKJR. was assassinated and changed the way they protested
- He was assasinated in front of his motel by James Earl Ray who was standing across the street in building
- This was a series of protest and actions that pushed for equal rights for all people
- this was the group that organized the sit ins for the peaceful civil rights protests
- He was a leader in the fight for India's freedom and was a very wise man
- a colored boy who was killed by 2 men who didn't approve of him flirting with his wife
- This was an organization that helped towards the advancement of colored people and their rights
- This was the percent of colored people that used the buses as transportation in Montgomery,Alabama
- This was an executive order by President Truman orderig that the armed forces stop segregation in barracks and entire army
- This was a supreme case that allowed segregation as long as the facilities were equal
- He was the leader of the Mississippi NAACP and was shot outside of his house on the night of president Kennedy's address to the nation on race
- When many colored people decided to not use the transportation of public busses until they were de-segregated
- this outlawed the poll tax against colored citizens
- When a peaceful protest was attacked by police on the Edmund Pettus
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- This town was hit with many racially induced bombings including a bombing on a church that killed 4 girls on the steps
- This program was the beginning of the mass movement for civil rights, this was started by white northerners
- This was an act that gave blacks the rights to vote in 1965
- This was when 1000 college students came down to help colored people to gain their voting rights
- The great civil rights leader who was assassinated at the age of 39
- knowingly and deliberattly violating a law that is perceiving to be unjust and willingly accepting consequences for such actions
- This was the act that forbid segregation in schools and public work places
- The intense separation of colored people in the deep south in the 1960's
- These were the first 9 colored students that attempted to begin the integration into school systems
- I was the first Black supreme court justice and represented the children in the Brown vs Board of Education case
- Would not give up her seat on the bus for a white man
28 Clues: Famous civil rights movement speech wrote by MLK • this outlawed the poll tax against colored citizens • Would not give up her seat on the bus for a white man • This was an act that gave blacks the rights to vote in 1965 • The great civil rights leader who was assassinated at the age of 39 • When a peaceful protest was attacked by police on the Edmund Pettus • ...
Civic Vocab. 1-10 2025-04-18
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- express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.
- a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined.
- A country is a geographically defined area recognized as a distinct entity with its own government and borders, often referred to as a nation or state. It's a political unit with a defined territory, population, and often a shared culture.
- A politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory
- powers are governmental authorities not explicitly mentioned in a constitution, but are considered necessary for carrying out expressed powers.
- bill are proposals for federal laws that primarily focus on raising money, typically through taxes, user fees, or customs duties.
- bill pertain to matters that affect the general public or classes of citizens
- powers also known as enumerated powers, are specific powers directly granted to the US federal government, and particularly Congress, by the Constitution.
- resolution is a legislative proposal in the United States that needs approval from both houses of Congress and the President's signature to become law.
- withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
- Also referred to as a congressman or congresswoman, each representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.
- Veto power is the authority of a head of state, like a president or monarch, to reject a bill passed by the legislature, preventing it from becoming law.
- the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
- In most states, elected representatives in the state legislature are responsible for drawing the lines—including the districts for their own re-election.
- restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short.
- powers are powers that are shared by both the federal government and state governments in the United States.
- (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.
- A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems.
- powers Reserved powers are those governmental authorities that are neither explicitly granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states by the Constitution.
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- A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary.
- is a comprehensive count of the population within a defined area, conducted periodically by a governing body.
- up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
- (especially of a criminal or dangerous animal) at liberty; escaped or not yet captured.
- (in the US) a political and administrative division of a state, providing certain local governmental services.
- a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other print or online publication.
- primary A primary in which voters can vote for the Democratic candidates, the Republican candidates, or some from each party.
- A "session" refers to a specific period of time or meeting arranged for a particular purpose.
- (of a legislative body) having a single legislative chamber.
- is a legal right that protects original works of authorship, such as books, music, and artwork. It gives the author the exclusive right to authorize certain uses of their work.
- A nation is a type of social organization where a collective identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population of strangers, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, territory or society.
- is a system of government where power is divided and shared between a central, national government and regional (state) governments. This division of power is usually outlined in a constitution. Both levels of government have their own distinct powers and responsibilities, with certain powers granted to each.
- veto an indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.
- clause The Elastic Clause, also known as the Necessary and Proper Clause, is a part of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) that grants Congress the power to make laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers.
- bill provides benefits to specified individuals (including corporate bodies)
- a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.
- a condition or proviso added to something already said or decreed.
- of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge.
- necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
- A court hearing is a formal proceeding before a court to resolve a specific issue of law or fact, often prior to a full trial.
39 Clues: of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge. • necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility. • (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers. • the official power to make legal decisions and judgments. • (of a legislative body) having a single legislative chamber. • restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short. • ...
Australia's Federal Government! 2016-06-26
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- The name for a proposal for a law
- Parliament's main job is to create this (another word for law)
- The total number of senators in the senate
- The electoral division Girrawheen is placed under
- The name of the political party that currently holds government
- The stage of a bill in which the Governor General is asked to approve the bill
- The upper house of Federal Parliament
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- The word that refers to having two chambers of parliament
- The lower house of Federal Parliament
- Australia has 150 of these
- The person who represents the Queen in political decisions
- The name of the politician whose party won the 2013 federal election
- This is the minimum number of seats a political party needs needed to form government
13 Clues: Australia has 150 of these • The name for a proposal for a law • The lower house of Federal Parliament • The upper house of Federal Parliament • The total number of senators in the senate • The electoral division Girrawheen is placed under • The word that refers to having two chambers of parliament • The person who represents the Queen in political decisions • ...
USG.1 2025-08-05
Across
- A political organization with a centralized government.
- A body of fundamental laws setting out principles of government.
- The power to enforce and administer laws.
- The principle that the greater number should exercise greater power.
- Freedoms or entitlements protected by law.
- A form of government where citizens vote on laws directly.
- A duty or obligation to act in a certain way.
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- The liberty of individuals to exercise their rights.
- All the things a government decides to do.
- Personal life not controlled by the government.
- A form of government where citizens vote on laws directly.
- The power to interpret laws and settle disputes.
- The power to make laws.
- The responsibilities of a citizen, like voting or jury service.
- The institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies.
- Protecting the rights and freedoms of the minority in the face of majority rule.
- A form of government in which one person or party has absolute power.
- A system of government where power is held by the people.
- The state of being equal, especially in rights and opportunities.
- The process of making decisions for groups, typically governments.
- A government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions.
- An agreement reached by mutual concessions.
22 Clues: The power to make laws. • The power to enforce and administer laws. • All the things a government decides to do. • Freedoms or entitlements protected by law. • An agreement reached by mutual concessions. • A duty or obligation to act in a certain way. • Personal life not controlled by the government. • The power to interpret laws and settle disputes. • ...
Government Vocab 2023-11-17
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- state law gives students the right to a free public education
- and order by judge to search someplace
- authority of a court rule on a certain case
- Ruled by the people
- gives Congress the right to make all laws
- government only has the powers given by law
- a formal agreement
- power of the Supreme Court to declare laws
- to approve
- a proposed law
- Change to the constitution
- State legislatures ratify an amendment
- Division in power among the 3 branches
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- The president vetoing a law
- Tax paid in order to vote
- Signed by the judge for someone's arrest
- Federal law is always supreme
- an appeal
- accuses a public official of misconduct in office
- Freedom of speech
- rejection of a bill
21 Clues: an appeal • to approve • a proposed law • Freedom of speech • a formal agreement • Ruled by the people • rejection of a bill • Tax paid in order to vote • Change to the constitution • The president vetoing a law • Federal law is always supreme • and order by judge to search someplace • State legislatures ratify an amendment • Division in power among the 3 branches • ...
CCBC Crossword 2024-08-23
Across
- Lara's career pre-farming
- Tree that saved early settlers on island
- Ethan Honey's talent
- What Rocky wants for free
- What Adrian wrote in
- Metal part of Shelley's startup name
- Make House hard to navigate
- Town of attempted author assination
- Bill has this many daughters
- Found throughout House
- Shelley's chosen nickname
- Color of Demmon's hair
- Titular weapon
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- Lara picks these on farm
- Place of Joe's brother's death
- Make House dangerous at times
- Tony's discarded breakfast
- Barrier to the Others
- Ruthie's footwear Joe saved
- Harlem club that rejects Carney
- Drugs Appalachians addicted to
- People on other side of wall
- Bill delivers this for a living
- Sunny does this for a living
- Sold at Carney's Harlem store
25 Clues: Titular weapon • Ethan Honey's talent • What Adrian wrote in • Barrier to the Others • Found throughout House • Color of Demmon's hair • Lara picks these on farm • Lara's career pre-farming • What Rocky wants for free • Shelley's chosen nickname • Tony's discarded breakfast • Ruthie's footwear Joe saved • Make House hard to navigate • People on other side of wall • ...
Social, Economic and Politic Crisis 2023-05-29
Across
- Diplomatic relationship was stablished with:
- President who was characterized by his banality and excesses. He closed a lot of companies; a great deal of people lost their jobs and broke the public funds.
- It consists of freeing political prisoners as a result of the social mobilizations and the guerrilla movements of that time.
- South American country that suffered a coup, and with whom Mexico broke relations.
- After the new law, how many political parties were created?
- Some other laws promulgated were: Ley Federal de Protección al Consumidor, Ley General de Asentamientos Humanos y Ley Federal de...
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- One of the main representatives of the Guerrillas movement.
- Series of measures of military and political repression applied to dissolve social movements.
- Programa de Inversiones Públicas para el Desarrollo Rural.
- Paramilitary group that attacked a student demonstration in 1971.
- only candidate for presidency.
- Political party that was the main competition of the government.
- Political party that governed for a long time in Mexico.
- Who promoted the bill of rights and economic duties of the states?
- Consejo Coordinador Empresarial
15 Clues: only candidate for presidency. • Consejo Coordinador Empresarial • Diplomatic relationship was stablished with: • Political party that governed for a long time in Mexico. • Programa de Inversiones Públicas para el Desarrollo Rural. • One of the main representatives of the Guerrillas movement. • After the new law, how many political parties were created? • ...
Unit 2.3 Vocab 2022-03-16
Across
- Secured the rights of freedmen, gave citizenship to african americans
- a system used on southern farms after the civil war
- Process for charging the president with a crime
- A terrorist group that operated in the south after the civil war
- Abolition of slavery without compensation for slave-owners
- passed by radicals in congress over Johnson's veto
- Radical Republicans' first reconstruction plan
- paid the landowner rent for farmland and a house, crops were often used to pay
- white southerner who supported the republicans during reconstruction
- Southern attempts to regulate and rescrict African Americans
- The _________ of 1887
- northern whites who moved to the south and served as republican leaders
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- States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race
- the stronghold of the democratic party for one century
- declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
- idea of the south industrializing
- The 17th president of the united states, became president after Lincoln was assassinated
- Lincoln's plan that allowed a southern state to form its own government if 10% of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
- 19th president of the United States
- provoded aid to black and white southerners uprooted by fighting
- Assassinated Lincoln
- a veto taking place when congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president
22 Clues: Assassinated Lincoln • The _________ of 1887 • idea of the south industrializing • 19th president of the United States • Radical Republicans' first reconstruction plan • Process for charging the president with a crime • passed by radicals in congress over Johnson's veto • a system used on southern farms after the civil war • ...
The Constitution 2024-06-18
Across
- Amendment process
- Judicial branch
- Executive branch
- States' rights
- Election of senators
- Presidential elections
- Equal protection under the law
- Federal income tax
- No cruel and unusual punishment
- Freedom of speech
- Rights of the accused
- Right to vote at age 18
- Legislative branch
- Rights retained by the people
- Right to a fair trial
- Abolition of slavery
- Right to bear arms
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- States' powers
- Federal power
- Trial by jury
- Repeal of Prohibition
- Presidential succession
- Women's suffrage
- Prohibition of alcohol
- Two-term limit for President
- Search and seizure
- Right to vote
- Terms of President and Congress
- Ratification
- Congressional pay raises
- Lawsuits against states
- Washington D.C. electoral votes
- No quartering of soldiers
- Abolition of poll taxes
34 Clues: Ratification • Federal power • Trial by jury • Right to vote • States' powers • States' rights • Judicial branch • Executive branch • Women's suffrage • Amendment process • Freedom of speech • Search and seizure • Federal income tax • Legislative branch • Right to bear arms • Election of senators • Abolition of slavery • Repeal of Prohibition • Rights of the accused • Right to a fair trial • ...
Constitution/Government (Chapter 6) 2017-10-24
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- all 18 year old males must register for this
- party with fewer members
- powers shared by federal and state governments
- make a request of the government
- can't be tried twice for same crime
- take your property for the public good
- has the power to declare war
- return an immigrant to country of origin
- what you must do with all laws (part of your duty)
- responsibility of citizens in a democratic government
- major contributors of communities (especially smaller ones)
- first president to be impeached
- number of years a legal immigrant has to live in U.S. before applying for citizenship
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- amount of votes needed to override a presidential veto
- powers given to the national government
- cancel
- has the power to declare laws unconstitutional
- group that advises the president
- powers kept by the states
- becomes president if the current president dies or resigns
- foreign born citizen must become
- has the power to command the armed forces
- law must be applied fairly
- power of the president to remove punishments for a crime
- a system that divides powers between the states and the federal government
- formally accuse
- vote to bring charges of a serious crime against a president
- wrote the Bill of Rights
- population count
- duty of citizenship that all must pay
30 Clues: cancel • formally accuse • population count • party with fewer members • wrote the Bill of Rights • powers kept by the states • law must be applied fairly • has the power to declare war • first president to be impeached • group that advises the president • foreign born citizen must become • make a request of the government • can't be tried twice for same crime • ...
Government Vocab 2023-11-17
Across
- No state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
- The power of the supreme court to declare laws and actions of local state and national governments unconstitutional
- The constitution, laws passed by congress and treaties by united states should be supreme law of the land
- Role by the people
- Gives congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper"
- The tax levied on individual or corporate earnings
- Rights that are required to live a free equitable life and cannot be interfered with or denied by the government or other individuals
- Money paid in order to vote
- A change to the constitution
- An appeal
- A system where each branch of the government exercises control over the others
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- A reasonable bias to believe a person or premise is linked to a crime
- To approve
- To accuse a public office of misconduct in office
- The division of power among the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches
- The authority of a court to role on certain cases
- A system in which power is divided between the nation and state government
- Rejection of a bill
- A government limited in power
- To return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to original state
- The power of the government to take private property for public use
21 Clues: An appeal • To approve • Role by the people • Rejection of a bill • Money paid in order to vote • A change to the constitution • A government limited in power • To accuse a public office of misconduct in office • The authority of a court to role on certain cases • The tax levied on individual or corporate earnings • ...
Property 2025-03-06
Across
- _____ is primarily used to regulate land development and use
- Someone in the rightful possession of personal property who gives the property to someone else to hold
- Ownership rights for real property are transferred by this
- A sidewalk would be an example of this
- Type of property that the owner intentionally parted with property with intent to relinquish ownership rights
- The _____ regulates air pollution
- Type of property where the owner intentionally hid property
- _____ Tenancy: Lease states when rent is due but does not have a set duration
- _____ Rights: Rights to the substances beneath the actual surface of the land
- The primary purpose of _____ is to sell personal property
- Types of _____ goods include juices, oil, metals such as steel or aluminum, and physical monetary currency
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- Real property bequeathed through a will or may be transferred by state law when someone dies without a will
- Popular name for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- The main difference between personal property and real property is land and attached structures is that personal property is _____, while
- A copyright is an example of this type of property
- A person who intentionally enters the land of another without permission
- An arrangement where the purchaser of real property agrees to allow the seller of the property to retain possession of the property for a specified period of time
- Water rights are determined in _____ different ways in the United States
- Can include delivery people, meter readers, and utility workers
- Rocky Mountain National Park is an example of public property that is _____
20 Clues: The _____ regulates air pollution • A sidewalk would be an example of this • A copyright is an example of this type of property • The primary purpose of _____ is to sell personal property • Ownership rights for real property are transferred by this • Type of property where the owner intentionally hid property • ...
STAAR Review (Exploration - Constitution) 2024-03-20
Across
- the 3/5 compromise allowed the _____ to count a portion of the slaves towards their representation, giving them a political advantage over the north
- group of people that believed a strong, central government would provide a stable nation
- strict religious group that formed communities based on self-government in the new england colonies
- the new england colonies would base their _____ on fishing and shipbuilding due to the cold weather and rocky soil
- the great compromise created a _____ legislature (two house of congress)
- location of the battle that resulted in the british surrendering to end the american revolution in 1781 and signing the treaty of paris
- southern colonies like virginia and south carolina would _____ (make money) off slave plantations, cash crops, etc.
- when thomas hooker wrote the fundamental orders of connecticut, he extended _____ rights to men outside of the church
- the idea that the government carries out the will of the people
- concept that defines the 10th amendment, which says that federal and state governments would share power
- the _____ amendment would protect you from serving a life sentence for a small crime (cruel and unusual)
- because of its inability to tax and difficult process to amend or create laws, the _____ of confederation was replaced by the constitution
- _____, massachusetts was formed in 1620 by english pilgrims for religious freedom
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- the house of burgesses, formed in 1619, was our the first U.S. colonial _____ (law making body)
- anti-federalists, particularly george mason, ensured the the constitution would protect _____ freedoms by adding the bill of rights
- the mayflower compact, fundamental orders of connecticut, and the house of burgesses are all examples of colonsits exercising _____ government
- last name of the federalist who wanted to establish a national bank run by the federal government
- when thomas jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, he made sure to include that all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, also known as _____ rights
- the first great awakening was a _____ (religious) movement that led to people having a closer relationship to jesus
- the _____ (authors) of the articles of confederation made it weak on purpose because they were afraid of the government abusing its power
- king george III would use the _____ mountains as a barrier that couldn't be crossed as part of the proclamation act
- _____federalists such as george mason and patrick henry argued against the federal government increasing their power
- as a result of the marbury v. madison case, the _____ branch has the power to overrule a law if it is unconstitutional
- john paul jones was considered the father of the american _____ because of his efforts at sea
24 Clues: the idea that the government carries out the will of the people • the great compromise created a _____ legislature (two house of congress) • _____, massachusetts was formed in 1620 by english pilgrims for religious freedom • group of people that believed a strong, central government would provide a stable nation • ...
Government Unit 2 Test Review 2021-09-29
Across
- the legislative branch is established by which article?
- the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
- Part of the first amendment that prevents government from establishing a national religion.
- Powers not granted to the national government are reserved to the states.
- Government gets its power from the people.
- Interpreting the law is the job of the ____________________ branch of government.
- number of amendments in the Constitution
- Prevents unreasonable searches and seizures
- Right to a jury trial in a civil case where amount involved exceeds $20.
- Each branch of government has the ability to oversee the actions of another branch.
- if society generally views it as offensive.
- Making the law is the job of the _______________ branch of government.
- Government power is divided between 3 separate co-equal branches of government.
- Protects the right to keep and bear arms.
- false and malicious use of printed words
- introduction to the Constitution
- Right to a trial by jury, speedy public trial, counsel for your defense, face your accusers, know the charges against you.
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- No excessive bail; no cruel and unusual punishment.
- No double jeopardy; no self-incrimination.
- Government has only as much power as the people give it; no government official is above the law.
- age to be a Senator
- speech that can lead to criminal acts.
- number of articles in the Constitution
- speech that advocates violent overthrow of the government is __________________ speech.
- Citizens have more rights besides what is listed in the Bill of Rights or Constitution.
- No quartering of troops in homes without consent.
- government power is divided between different levels of government; one national government in D.C. and 50 individual state governments.
- Part of the first amendment that prevents government from not allowing people to practice their religious beliefs.
- Who holds the impeachment trial?
- Who has the power to impeach?
- Protects five basic freedoms; speech, press, assembly, religion, petition.
- Courts can review actions taken by other branches of government and determine if they're constitutional or not.
- Enforcing the law is the job of the ______________________ branch of government.
- false and malicious use of spoken words
34 Clues: age to be a Senator • Who has the power to impeach? • Who holds the impeachment trial? • introduction to the Constitution • speech that can lead to criminal acts. • number of articles in the Constitution • false and malicious use of spoken words • number of amendments in the Constitution • false and malicious use of printed words • Protects the right to keep and bear arms. • ...
SS 3.4 Declaring Independence 2021-10-07
Across
- document adopted July 4, 1776
- on a committee to draft a formal declaration
- writer of "Common Sense" pamphlet
- freedom, one of our unalienable rights
- writer of the Declaration of Independence
- member of Second Continental Congress
- helped draft declaration to break away
- after preamble there were ____ main parts of DOI
- person who betrays his or her country
- complaints or list of wrongs done to colonists
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- Second Continental ____ adopted the declaration
- introduction to the Declaration of Independence
- pamphlet to change attitudes toward Britain
- rights that belong to all people at birth
- Paine said colonists did not owe ____ to the king
- president of the Continental Congress
- citizens right and ___ to "throw off" a bad govt.
- Lee introduced a ____ for independence
- rights cannot be taken away by governments
- from Virginia, in favor of independence
20 Clues: document adopted July 4, 1776 • writer of "Common Sense" pamphlet • president of the Continental Congress • member of Second Continental Congress • person who betrays his or her country • freedom, one of our unalienable rights • helped draft declaration to break away • Lee introduced a ____ for independence • from Virginia, in favor of independence • ...
Federal Reserve Note Portraits 2015-09-10
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- The First President of the United States on $100 bill
- The First President of the United States on $1 bill
- The Sixteenth President of the United States on $5 bill
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- The Seventh President of the United States on $20 bill
- The Third President of the United States on $2 bill
- The 1st Secretary of the Treasury $10 bill
- The Eighteenth President of the United States on $50 bill
7 Clues: The 1st Secretary of the Treasury $10 bill • The Third President of the United States on $2 bill • The First President of the United States on $1 bill • The First President of the United States on $100 bill • The Seventh President of the United States on $20 bill • The Sixteenth President of the United States on $5 bill • ...
adf 2016-09-23
Across
- 1 syllable state
- Mr. Cringle
- "Royal" rock band
- Original penny composition
- 7 Dwarves, when working
- Short song, in advertising
- Diatonic, major, snake
- To forgive, possibly by President
- Yours awaits
- Willow and Ash
- Half cup, to pessimists
- Tractor trailer, slang
- Not yellow or magenta
- "Colorful" punk band
- Macaw cartoon, Olympic city
- 2 weeks from now
- So many noodles
- Australian for grill, also Mattel toy
- "Penn's woods," literally
- pencil material Lead
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- Green and Hanks
- Time, as when enjoying one's self
- For your thoughts
- Card Hand
- House lots, or stares
- Gala and Jonathan
- Prevail
- Black, White, even Earl Grey
- Churchill
- National bird, runner-up
- Tom's rodent frenemy
- "To ___ and beyond!"
- To cut off
- 1st prime number
- Rights, from Bill
- Yesterday's dinner for dinner
- No. 42
- Turkish, or just decaf
- Bicycle, informal
- You can't make it drink water
- Jackson's "suspenseful" album
- Bestow
- Clarinet kin
43 Clues: No. 42 • Bestow • Prevail • Card Hand • Churchill • To cut off • Mr. Cringle • Yours awaits • Clarinet kin • Willow and Ash • Green and Hanks • So many noodles • 1 syllable state • 1st prime number • 2 weeks from now • For your thoughts • Gala and Jonathan • "Royal" rock band • Rights, from Bill • Bicycle, informal • Tom's rodent frenemy • "To ___ and beyond!" • "Colorful" punk band • pencil material Lead • ...
Chapter 13 Vocab 2015-01-15
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- law passed in reaction to fighting in Vietnam
- grew out of bureau of budget
- scandal surounding break in at Dem. National Committee
- sudden, potentially dangerous event
- support of president's party when voting
- a group of presidential advisors
- president sends bill back to Congress
- Congress's ability to override presidents decision
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- passed in 1951, limits office terms
- letting a bill die
- political equivalent of indictment
- three member body appointed by pres.
- aoffice created in 1947
- passed in 1967, permits VP to become pres.
14 Clues: letting a bill die • aoffice created in 1947 • grew out of bureau of budget • a group of presidential advisors • political equivalent of indictment • passed in 1951, limits office terms • sudden, potentially dangerous event • three member body appointed by pres. • president sends bill back to Congress • support of president's party when voting • ...
Social Movement: Civil Rights 1960s 2022-05-02
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- This act banned segregation in public accommodations.
- Banned literacy tests and other laws that kept people from registering to vote. It also sent federal officials to register votes.
- To protest discrimination and to urge Congress to pass a civil rights bill sent by President Kennedy
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- Volunteers traveled through southern cities with large black populations in order to help increase African American voter registrations.
- King was outside his hotel room in Memphis, TN and shot by James Earl Ray, an escaped convict and white supremacist
- radical civil rights group that advocated for faster change and immediate reforms to address poverty and jobs. Did not support non-violence.
- A predominately black church and meeting location for civil rights activists was bombed in Birmingham, AL. No one was held responsible for over a decade.
- Peaceful demonstrations in Selma and surrounding communities resulted in the arrests and killings including King.
8 Clues: This act banned segregation in public accommodations. • To protest discrimination and to urge Congress to pass a civil rights bill sent by President Kennedy • Peaceful demonstrations in Selma and surrounding communities resulted in the arrests and killings including King. • ...
Government Crossword 2022-12-22
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- When the government spends less money than they bring in.
- The division of power in the government.
- When the government spends more money than they bring in.
- Rules that people MUST follow.
- The paper that people cast their vote on.
- A group of 12 people who decide who wins the case.
- When a president rejects a bill.
- Also known as a “liberal”.
- Money that people must pay to the government.
- The highest level of court.
- How old you need to be in order to vote.
- The form of government where everyone gets to participate and have a say.
- Organizations within the executive branch.
- What judges are called on the U.S supreme court.
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- The house of congress that includes the vice president.
- When everyone gives up some of their freedom in order to protect everyone’s rights.
- Also known as “conservative”.
- More than half of the electoral votes.
- A member of the president’s cabinet.
- The tone set for future cases that are similar to the first.
- A group of judges.
- The rulebook for a country’s government.
- The court of appeals has this many judges.
- When you ask an appellate court to review a case
- A form of government where there is no president or vice president, but either a king or queen as a leader.
25 Clues: A group of judges. • Also known as a “liberal”. • The highest level of court. • Also known as “conservative”. • Rules that people MUST follow. • When a president rejects a bill. • A member of the president’s cabinet. • More than half of the electoral votes. • The division of power in the government. • How old you need to be in order to vote. • ...
Giuseppe Triunfo Articles of Confederation Xword 2024-02-11
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- what bill was created in order to give people rights?
- What territory in North America did other loyalists go to?
- what was the name of the country established by the declaration of independence?
- what is the name of the people who support the constitution.
- Who did Nathaniel Gorham approach to become king of the united states? Prince ______ Of Prussia
- what was the name of the new governing document?
- What did antifederalists think the government was going to become under the constituion?
- what did alexander Hamilton also hate?
- What type of men did the constitution originally refer to in "All men are created equal"?
- What were the delegates gonna do with the articles of confederation?
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- What country in europe did most loyalists go to after the war?
- Where did the delegates meet in order to fix the articles of confederation?
- what was the final thing alexander Hamilton hated?
- a law is _____ when it goes against the constitution
- what are people who oppose the constitution known as?
- who did alexander Hamilton hate?
- how many states out of thirteen needed to accept the constitution in order for it to be ratified
- The new nation's border extended up to the ____ River
- what were the first 3 words of the constitution?
- what did the continental congress have trouble enforcing?
20 Clues: who did alexander Hamilton hate? • what did alexander Hamilton also hate? • what was the name of the new governing document? • what were the first 3 words of the constitution? • what was the final thing alexander Hamilton hated? • a law is _____ when it goes against the constitution • what bill was created in order to give people rights? • ...
8th Grade Final Exam Practice 2025-05-20
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- The Louisiana Territory was purchased from this country
- Destiny The belief that the United States had the right to go West
- This branch of government interprets the laws
- First battle of the Civil War
- Andrew Jackson created this system to reward his followers
- Number president of Andrew Jackson
- Address were Lincoln remembered the dead of the turning point
- Political party that wanted the Bill of Rights
- This branch of government makes the laws
- Native Americans walked this trail to reach the West
- List of freedoms in the Constitution (First 10 Amendments)
- Location of the surrender during Civil War
- Political party that wanted a strong central government
- Compromise that outlined how slaves would be counted
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- Battle that made Andrew Jackson famous
- Act that allowed voting for slavery in the territories
- Articles of first government that were too weak
- This document kept Europeans away from the Americas
- Compromise that created a line for slave states
- Plan proposed by the larger states to count votes
- Plan proposed by the smaller state to count votes
- These failed negotiations led to a naval war with the French
- Taxes on imported goods
- President of the U.S. during Civil War
- This branch of government enforces the laws
- Andrew Jackson's favorite tree
- Proclamation that freed slaves in rebelling states
27 Clues: Taxes on imported goods • First battle of the Civil War • Andrew Jackson's favorite tree • Number president of Andrew Jackson • Battle that made Andrew Jackson famous • President of the U.S. during Civil War • This branch of government makes the laws • Location of the surrender during Civil War • This branch of government enforces the laws • ...
49 - Civil Rights Movement 2025-04-19
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- – Angela, scholar and activist connected to Black liberation and prison reform.
- – NAACP leader who helped push for federal civil rights legislation.
- – Nonviolent protest tactic used to challenge segregated lunch counters.
- – Civil rights leader and academic who co-founded the Black Panther-inspired organization.
- – Oldest civil rights organization in the U.S.
- – Key verb in the fight for Black voting rights across the South.
- – Movement celebrating Black identity, often linked to global civil rights awareness.
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- – Folk school that trained Rosa Parks and other activists.
- – Last name of civil rights photographer and activist in Mississippi.
- – Student-led organization at the forefront of direct-action protests.
- – Economic protest used effectively in Montgomery and beyond.
- – Group founded to protect Black communities and challenge police brutality.
- – Last name of Ella, key strategist behind grassroots organizing.
- – Mississippi activist who survived a bombing attempt and stayed in the fight.
- – Word used to name summer campaign registering Black voters in 1964.
15 Clues: – Oldest civil rights organization in the U.S. • – Folk school that trained Rosa Parks and other activists. • – Economic protest used effectively in Montgomery and beyond. • – Last name of Ella, key strategist behind grassroots organizing. • – Key verb in the fight for Black voting rights across the South. • ...
The Enlightenment 2021-12-16
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- the system in which power is checked in a branch of government to make sure power is balanced.
- American document that protects natural rights, individual freedoms and personal property.
- Believed the best type of government was a direct democracy where citizens elect representatives.
- the fundamental, basic rights people are born with (i.e. life, liberty, & property)
- Believed that if a government fails then citizens have the right to overthrow it.
- this American document recognized citizens' natural rights
- the kind of authority kings had over citizens
- life with complete freedom, no rules, and no government
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- an agreement where citizens give up some rights in exchange for government protection
- the idea that a country's leader should be chosen by the people in a general election.
- believed solely in gaining rights for women
- Believed the best form of government was absolute monarchy where individuals made a social contract to give rights to the government.
- the city of cultural and intellectual growth
- Created the concept of separation of powers in government, so that one branch could not overpower the others.
- wanted to ensure everyone had freedom of speech & religion.
15 Clues: believed solely in gaining rights for women • the city of cultural and intellectual growth • the kind of authority kings had over citizens • life with complete freedom, no rules, and no government • this American document recognized citizens' natural rights • wanted to ensure everyone had freedom of speech & religion. • ...
Black History Month 2024-02-23
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- Civil rights activist of the 20th century who is known for not giving up her seat on the bus.
- American activist and one of the best boxers of all time.
- Notable American civil rights activist in the 20th century. Won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
- First African American women scientist at NASA.
- 20th century civil rights activist who was Islamic.
- Broke the color barrier of the MLB in 1947.
- American poet and civil rights activist throughout the 20th century.
- Important Civil Rights leader and abolitionist of the 19th century.
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- Was freed from slavery and later founded Tuskegee University.
- Scientist of the 20 first century and invented the crop rotation method.
- First African American women to obtain a pilot license.
- Lead around 70 people to freedom in the underground railroad.
- First African American to attend William Frantz Elementary School and a civil rights activist.
- First African American tennis player to win an NCCA single's title.
14 Clues: Broke the color barrier of the MLB in 1947. • First African American women scientist at NASA. • 20th century civil rights activist who was Islamic. • First African American women to obtain a pilot license. • American activist and one of the best boxers of all time. • Was freed from slavery and later founded Tuskegee University. • ...
I think I got something 2021-12-08
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- Bill’s favorite condiment
- Bill is far more than
- This’ll be good, it has Peter Dinklage in it
- Jess has a tantrum because Bill broke
- The clash of the glasses
- Apparently Jess is this
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- Our version of awkward
- “There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness”
- Another name for a majestic sea creature
- The season Bill would rather be dating in
10 Clues: Bill is far more than • Our version of awkward • Apparently Jess is this • The clash of the glasses • Bill’s favorite condiment • Jess has a tantrum because Bill broke • Another name for a majestic sea creature • The season Bill would rather be dating in • This’ll be good, it has Peter Dinklage in it • “There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness”
vocabulary 2021-01-12
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- Monarchy king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
- Clause Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
- Republic a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the interests of a few.
- Right of Kings belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
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- and balances each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
- of rights first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
- federalist group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
- considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
- of confederation first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
- de Montesquie French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
10 Clues: Right of Kings belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers • ...
week 25 blashnaklin...TEQUILA TCO 2025-03-07
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- one of the states admitted to the union while Andrew Johnson was president(577)
- The last name of the 18th president(574)
- these fellas carried their stuff in a carpet, and they got the negroes to vote for em' (575)
- the bill that congress passed to give president less power(575)
- how many millions of dollars was Alaska?(577)
- the year Congress passed the bill(575)
- the first Alaskan town where the U.S. troops landed to haul their flag up(578)
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- the secretary of war(575)
- another state admitted to the union in 1867(577)
- Andrew Johnson could not unite the ________ with the northerners(574)
- The general who took over as secretary of war(576)
- the president did this against the tenure of office Bill, but more than 2/3rds of congress voted for it(575)
- The first name of the 18th president who was impeached(574)
- Andrew Johnson angered the senate, and the house of rep. did this(576)
- the year abe Lincoln was shot
15 Clues: the secretary of war(575) • the year abe Lincoln was shot • the year Congress passed the bill(575) • The last name of the 18th president(574) • how many millions of dollars was Alaska?(577) • another state admitted to the union in 1867(577) • The general who took over as secretary of war(576) • The first name of the 18th president who was impeached(574) • ...
An Enduring Document 2020-10-21
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- It is not easy to change the Constitution, it is ______________.
- The first ten amendments to the Constitution are call the __________________.
- Amendments can be ____________ if the people don’t like the outcome, but this has only been done once in our history.
- The Constitution has 27 _______________, including the Bill of Rights.
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- After an amendment to the Constitution is proposed, 3/4 of the ___________ must ratify the proposal.
- The goal was to make it more adaptable to the __________.
- The word AMENDMENT means to fix or _______ .
- 2/3 of both chambers of _____________, the House of Representatives, and the Senate, must agree to the proposed amendment.
- Although there are "officially" four ways to amend the Constitution, only ________ of these methods have ever been used.
- Article V or __________ is the explains the amendment process.
10 Clues: The word AMENDMENT means to fix or _______ . • The goal was to make it more adaptable to the __________. • Article V or __________ is the explains the amendment process. • It is not easy to change the Constitution, it is ______________. • The Constitution has 27 _______________, including the Bill of Rights. • ...
History Extra Credit for Midterm 2016-01-08
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- gave congress the power to levy an income tax
- guaranteed voting right to all male citizens
- area in which one ethnic or racial group dominates
- follower of the people's party
- organization formed in 1890 to continue the pursuit of women's rights, especially the right to vote
- provided for the direct election of senators
- law passed by congress in 1890 that outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce
- decision upheld property rights over human rights
- complete control of a product or service
- group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board
- south
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- north
- a social reform movement that developed within religious institutions and sought to apply the teachings of Jesus directly to society
- guaranteed citizens equal protection under the law
- created to administer the nations parks
- organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism, and to gain civil rights for African americans
- prohibited the manufacture and sale of liquor
- The right to vote.
- 1887 law passed to regulate railroad and other interstate business
- granted women full sufrage
- way of producing in which differnet tasks are performed by different persons
21 Clues: north • south • The right to vote. • granted women full sufrage • follower of the people's party • created to administer the nations parks • complete control of a product or service • guaranteed voting right to all male citizens • provided for the direct election of senators • gave congress the power to levy an income tax • prohibited the manufacture and sale of liquor • ...
Unit 1 Vocab Crossword 2025-07-23
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- Group of Native American tribes that joined together to make group decisions and keep peace
- Set of laws that gave power to Parliament and protected rights of English citizens
- Believes gov't power should be divided into branches
- A set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions
- Real or imaginary way people lived before civilization
- Believes gov't should follow the general will of the people
- Believes people need a strong government to keep order; without it, life would be dangerous
- Permission or agreement to something
- Document from England limiting the king's power and giving people basic rights
- Believes gov't should protect freedom of speech and religion
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- Agreement to give up some liberties and rights in exchange for protection
- Early written set of laws created in Babylon listing rules and punishments to keep order
- Freedom to do or think what you want, without interference
- Believes gov't should create a society where all people are equal
- Idea that all people must follow the law
- Believes government should protect people's natural rights (life, liberty, property)
- A particular system used for controlling a country, state, or other community
- Supreme power, especially over a country or other community
- Set of religious and moral rules given to the Hebrews; taught right and wrong behavior
19 Clues: Permission or agreement to something • Idea that all people must follow the law • Believes gov't power should be divided into branches • Real or imaginary way people lived before civilization • Freedom to do or think what you want, without interference • Supreme power, especially over a country or other community • ...
Government (15 words) 2015-10-08
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- a proposal for a law
- to change or improve something
- a person appointed by our Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister to be the Monarch's representative in Canada
- bills that are passes by Parliament
- the political party that forms the government
- a group of all ministers (mostly from the HOC and at least one from the senate) It makes decisions about the Governments priorities and policies
- another name for the HOC
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- a discussion in which arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules
- the city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business
- the governments plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
- a rule for all Canadians made by Senators, MPs and the Governor General through the discussion of voting
- the government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country
- the king or queen of a country
- a formal event that follows rules and traditions
- a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
15 Clues: a proposal for a law • another name for the HOC • to change or improve something • the king or queen of a country • bills that are passes by Parliament • the political party that forms the government • a formal event that follows rules and traditions • the government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country • ...
Unit 8 2025-05-06
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- built back after civil war
- group that used violence
- tenant farmer
- rights of africans
- war fought by North and South
- kept whites away from blacks
- person freed from slavery
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- restricts rights of african Americans
- Amendment freed the slaves
- owning another person
- your grandparents had to vote for you to be able too
- tax to vote
- Amendment everyone equal under law
- laws used to keep blacks away
- peoples rights to vote publicly
- prohibits denial of voting based on race
16 Clues: tax to vote • tenant farmer • rights of africans • owning another person • group that used violence • person freed from slavery • Amendment freed the slaves • built back after civil war • kept whites away from blacks • laws used to keep blacks away • war fought by North and South • peoples rights to vote publicly • Amendment everyone equal under law • ...
Vocab 2025-10-14
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- and balances A system that keeps any one branch from becoming too powerful. At least two branches are involved in key decision-making.
- Rebellion The farmers of Massachusetts organized a rebellion under war veteran Daniel Shays, who led them to rise up in protest against high taxes.
- to formally approve
- branch The President and the departments that assist him in running the country.
- branch Supreme Court and all national courts.
- Carta A document that limited the power of kings and queens, making them subject to law. Signed by King John in 1215.
- of Rights The first 10 amendments to the Constitution were created to protect citizens’ rights.
- Territory Areas now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin comprise the Northwest territory. These new territories had a governor appointed by Congress.
- Plan
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- were supporters of the Constitution
- Jersey Plan Called for a one-house legislative branch. Each state had an equal number of votes, thus an equal voice in lawmaking.
- Convention Delegates from each state were invited to Philadelphia to improve the Articles of Confederation. The meeting was held on May 1787 at Independence Hall.
- Compromise Created a two-house legislative branch: the House of Representatives, where the number of representatives is proportional to the population of the state, and the Senate, which allows each state to have two representatives, regardless of size.
- branch Congress, responsible for proposing/making laws.
- state plan) Virginia delegate Edmund Randolph proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government. Legislature would be made up of groups of representatives picked by the state population, giving larger states more power.
- Compromise Under this agreement, three-fifths of a state’s slave
- would count when determining representation.
- Papers Essays that supported the Constitution and were written anonymously under the name Publius.
- of Confederation Our first national constitution had no executive branch. Congress was the single branch of the national government with limited powers, thus protecting the liberties of the people.
- A basic set of principles and laws states the powers and duties of the government.
20 Clues: Plan • to formally approve • were supporters of the Constitution • would count when determining representation. • branch Supreme Court and all national courts. • branch Congress, responsible for proposing/making laws. • Compromise Under this agreement, three-fifths of a state’s slave • ...
Vocab 2025-10-14
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- and balances A system that keeps any one branch from becoming too powerful. At least two branches are involved in key decision-making.
- Rebellion The farmers of Massachusetts organized a rebellion under war veteran Daniel Shays, who led them to rise up in protest against high taxes.
- to formally approve
- branch The President and the departments that assist him in running the country.
- branch Supreme Court and all national courts.
- Carta A document that limited the power of kings and queens, making them subject to law. Signed by King John in 1215.
- of Rights The first 10 amendments to the Constitution were created to protect citizens’ rights.
- Territory Areas now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin comprise the Northwest territory. These new territories had a governor appointed by Congress.
- Plan
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- were supporters of the Constitution
- Jersey Plan Called for a one-house legislative branch. Each state had an equal number of votes, thus an equal voice in lawmaking.
- Convention Delegates from each state were invited to Philadelphia to improve the Articles of Confederation. The meeting was held on May 1787 at Independence Hall.
- Compromise Created a two-house legislative branch: the House of Representatives, where the number of representatives is proportional to the population of the state, and the Senate, which allows each state to have two representatives, regardless of size.
- branch Congress, responsible for proposing/making laws.
- state plan) Virginia delegate Edmund Randolph proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government. Legislature would be made up of groups of representatives picked by the state population, giving larger states more power.
- Compromise Under this agreement, three-fifths of a state’s slave
- would count when determining representation.
- Papers Essays that supported the Constitution and were written anonymously under the name Publius.
- of Confederation Our first national constitution had no executive branch. Congress was the single branch of the national government with limited powers, thus protecting the liberties of the people.
- A basic set of principles and laws states the powers and duties of the government.
20 Clues: Plan • to formally approve • were supporters of the Constitution • would count when determining representation. • branch Supreme Court and all national courts. • branch Congress, responsible for proposing/making laws. • Compromise Under this agreement, three-fifths of a state’s slave • ...
Diary of a wimpy kid diper overlode 2023-01-27
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- the song name in the title of the book
- the band gregs brother is in
- the band rodrick loves
- the convention warwick is at
- the place bill frist saw becky
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- the theme park rodrick wants to make
- the place bill steals band stickts.
- the compay that sent a cease and desist to rodrick
- the band that rodrick hates and bill went to
- the competition that rodrick wants to win
- the type of car lodeddiper uses
11 Clues: the band rodrick loves • the band gregs brother is in • the convention warwick is at • the place bill frist saw becky • the type of car lodeddiper uses • the place bill steals band stickts. • the theme park rodrick wants to make • the song name in the title of the book • the competition that rodrick wants to win • the band that rodrick hates and bill went to • ...
A government crossword, it's easy (allegedly) 2023-06-20
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- Is that within your authority?
- To end the meeting of a chamber or committee.
- Committee meeting to debate on possible changes to a measure.
- 435 for 2 years
- Prefix used to indicate a bill was originated in the House of Representatives.
- Direct vote by the electorate on a law.
- A group of Members dedicated to developing legislation, conducting oversight, helping manage chamber activities, etc.
- He wants to change that bill. He wants to "" it.
- Number of original states
- Formally introduced legislation.
- The President didn't like the bill that just passed.
- Dissapeared conservative party from the mid-19th Century.
- Texan city where JFK was shot.
- Keeps track of certain House and Senate actions.
- Are there enough Members to start the meeting?
- Authored with the draft of the Declaration of Independence.
- Surname of the Speaker of the House of the 118th Congress
- Chief executive of a State.
- A formal meeting of a congressional committee (or subcommittee) to gather information from witnesses.
- My friend Bill told me the other side also supports him.
- 15, they are the President's closest confidants.
- Call sign for the aircraft carrying the President.
- "Flowery" in Spanish. Do you like Disney?
- 2 per state
- A wooden box on the House floor into which measures are dropped for formal introduction.
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- Too cold for the russians, they sold it to the US.
- Right not to testify against yourself.
- Members should vote like they are told if they don't want to lose it.
- Father of the Constitution and 4th President of the USA.
- The Act that requires any cargo shipped between U.S. ports to be carried by U.S. ships, with American crews.
- Action by the Senate approving Presidential nominees for the executive branch, regulatory commissions, etc.
- Members of the same feather flock together.
- "Equal justice under law" on the facade of this court..
- Legislation that has passed both Houses of Congress and has been either approved by the President or passed over his veto.
- Do them every morning, I prefer International, but Mentions aren't that bad.
- This law banned producing alcohol under the 18th Ammendment.
- Was turned into a law
- First African-American president.
- The quality of having two branches, chambers, or houses.
- The use of dilatory or obstructive tactics to delay or block passage of a measure by preventing it from coming to a vote.
- System of government by the whole population.
- Aquatic name, but was a wiretapping scandal.
- How much are we going to spend?
- A request by a Senator to his or her party leader to delay floor action on a measure.
- The "" of the Capitol is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the United States Capitol Complex.
- Number of Supreme Court justices.
- Is that an error in the Congressional publication?
- Members can take a coffee break.
- Support a bill.
49 Clues: 2 per state • 435 for 2 years • Support a bill. • Was turned into a law • Number of original states • Chief executive of a State. • Is that within your authority? • Texan city where JFK was shot. • How much are we going to spend? • Formally introduced legislation. • Members can take a coffee break. • First African-American president. • Number of Supreme Court justices. • ...
The basis of Treaty Rights 2021-09-16
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- obtain or bring about by discussion
- the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and effective way
- a place were ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged
- of greater age
- represent or regard (a person or their role) as a stereotype
- make (a statement or story) more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true
- of or concerning a profession, activity, or skill, of managing international relations
- make (an action or process) easy or easier
- in speaking or writing
- a typical example or pattern of something; a model
- give special importance or prominence to
- relating to or effecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things
- restoration of friendly relations
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- acknowledgement of something's existence
- the state of being a partner or partners
- an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment
- absorb and integrate
- agreement between two countries
- a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group
- an official order or commission to do something
- having or relating to two sides; effecting both sides
21 Clues: of greater age • absorb and integrate • in speaking or writing • agreement between two countries • restoration of friendly relations • obtain or bring about by discussion • acknowledgement of something's existence • the state of being a partner or partners • give special importance or prominence to • make (an action or process) easy or easier • ...
Charter of Rights or Freedoms 2024-11-05
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- going to school and learning
- born in Italy or Italian parents
- what you get paid for working a job
- to be judged unfairly
- how long you've been alive
- the basics
- word you do
- to talk
- being give what you need
- place they made the indigenous live
- something that makes it challenging for you
- doesn't stay the same
- a group of people that run a country or city
- the people living in a certain city
- lots of different things in the same place
- born in Ukraine or Ukrainian parents
- to talk to a bunch of people
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- to be allowed to choose
- when everyone gets a say
- if you break this you can go to prison
- to go to places you don't live in
- a group that sticks up for people's rights
- to pick a political party
- how you move around
- the rules everyone must follow
- America, Canada, England
- to be held in one place and not allowed to leave
- thing you have to do
- to take a stance against or for something
- born in Japan or Japanese parents
- things that are owed to you
- before second
- how you earn money
33 Clues: to talk • the basics • word you do • before second • how you earn money • how you move around • thing you have to do • to be judged unfairly • doesn't stay the same • to be allowed to choose • when everyone gets a say • America, Canada, England • being give what you need • to pick a political party • how long you've been alive • things that are owed to you • going to school and learning • ...
Rights of the Accused Amendments 2024-11-14
Across
- This is needed for police to get a warrant, a level that shows a person may have committed a crime
- 6th Amendment, you can call these to help defend you
- in court, this mean that you are at fault
- the person in a courtroom who makes sure everything is legal
- Evidence collected illegally, or without a warrant cannot be used in court
- This amendment deals with privacy
- 6th Amendment, your trial must not take too long
- Amendment that deals with "cruel and unusual punishment"
- According to Double Jeopardy, you cannot be tried for the same crime ____
- Amendments that deal with a person in court
- 8th Amendment, bail and punishment cannot be _____
- 6th Amendment, you have the right to know what you are ____ of
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- 6th Amendment, your trial must be open and people can see what is going on
- $ you pay to get out of jail PRIOR to your trial
- Information used to show guilt or innocence
- a police officer in a courtroom
- 6th Amendment, you have the right to have a professional with you
- 6th & 7th Amendment, you have a right for this group to determine your guilt
- 5th Amendment right, the government has to treat you fair
- a feeling that someone did something with little to no evidence
- Needed for police to conduct a search
- "I plead the ___" meaning that you do not have to confess or speak
- 5th Amendment right, the government can take your property but must pay you
23 Clues: a police officer in a courtroom • This amendment deals with privacy • Needed for police to conduct a search • in court, this mean that you are at fault • Information used to show guilt or innocence • Amendments that deal with a person in court • $ you pay to get out of jail PRIOR to your trial • 6th Amendment, your trial must not take too long • ...
Universal Declaration of human rights 2025-12-01
Across
- is a formal or explicit statement or announcement
- _ _ _ _ _ _ Rights
- what people are entitled to
- compensation that is deemed reasonable and equitable for work performed, often exceeding the legal minimum wage
- the socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions, and identities of individuals
- give or register a _ _ _ _
- a social construct used to categorise people into groups based on physical traits like skin color and facial features,
- a human right that includes the freedom to choose one's occupation and the right to just and favorable conditions of work
- fair and unprejudiced treatment of different categories of people.
- A sale of a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for less than the outstanding debt on its mortgage
- being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.
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- a culturally and legally recognized union between people, called spouses, that establishes rights and obligations between them and often their children
- is the right of individuals to choose their educational path and pursue knowledge without undue restrictions
- a state of being that is distinct from non-living matter and is characterized by several key biological processes
- the right to communicate opinions, information, and ideas
- a person who is legally owned by another individual and forced to work without personal freedom or rights
- a system of beliefs, practices, and values that often relates humanity to a supernatural or spiritual power and guides moral conduct
- a group of people who share a common bond, such as living in the same area, having shared interests, or a collective identity
- the concept of fairness, righteousness, and treating people equally
- a system of rules and customs recognized by a community or country that are enforced by a controlling authority
20 Clues: _ _ _ _ _ _ Rights • give or register a _ _ _ _ • what people are entitled to • is a formal or explicit statement or announcement • being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value. • the right to communicate opinions, information, and ideas • fair and unprejudiced treatment of different categories of people. • ...
Government Vocab 2014-10-19
Across
- a form of government in which political control is exercised by all the people, either directly or
- a person chosen to act for or represent others, as at a convention
- the system of government in which power is held by the people and exercised
- formal approval
- the constitutional power of the president to refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress preventing it from
- through elected representatives
- citizens have the power to govern and citizens give power to leaders they elect to
- the power of the courts to declare laws and actions of the government invalid if they violate the
- each branch has a specific job and power so that no one branch would have all the power
- citizen’s basic rights and freedoms
- to change
- their elected representative
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- every individual, including the governmental officials, must obey the law
- the distribution and balancing of power among different branches of government so that no
- the right to vote
- the number of delegates in the House of Representatives based of population
- a system of government in which power is shared between the central (national) government and the
- them and their interests
- a government in which the people rule. They have the supreme power in the government
- a law
- the people represented by an elected official
- branch is able to dominate the others
22 Clues: a law • to change • formal approval • the right to vote • them and their interests • their elected representative • through elected representatives • citizen’s basic rights and freedoms • branch is able to dominate the others • the people represented by an elected official • a person chosen to act for or represent others, as at a convention • ...
Birds 2023-09-20
Across
- Majestic bird of prey with strong beak and talons.
- Common city bird with gray feathers and cooing sounds.
- Tall, pink wading bird with long legs and a curved bill.
- Bird with a strong beak for pecking tree trunks in search of insects.
- Seabird known for its long wingspan and oceanic habits.
- Flightless bird with a tuxedo-like black and white appearance.
- Fast-flying bird of prey used in falconry and hunting.
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- Coastal bird known for scavenging near the ocean.
- Large water bird with a distinctive pouch under its bill.
- Graceful bird with a long neck and elegant appearance.
- Colorful bird with iridescent feathers and a tail display.
- Tiny bird known for its rapid wing beats and hovering.
- Nocturnal bird of prey with large, round eyes and hooting calls.
- Tropical bird with a large, colorful bill and vibrant plumage.
- Small, common bird with brown plumage and a chirpy song.
15 Clues: Coastal bird known for scavenging near the ocean. • Majestic bird of prey with strong beak and talons. • Graceful bird with a long neck and elegant appearance. • Common city bird with gray feathers and cooing sounds. • Tiny bird known for its rapid wing beats and hovering. • Fast-flying bird of prey used in falconry and hunting. • ...
S Feiler, Hour 3, Gov 2023-01-09
Across
- when we give assistance to other nations (2 words)
- a person who makes laws
- a type of autocracy where a king or queen rules.
- a presidents legal forgiveness
- the first 10 amendments to the constitution (3 words)
- where the House and Senate work to create laws
- the document that gives rules for how a government runs
- a feature of a state, can change through war, purchase, or negotiation.
- the largest part/section of the constitution
- relating to the rights of citizens
- dividing government into national and state levels
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- our first attempt at an independent government (3 words)
- the house of congress where each state gets 2 members
- the ruler/leader of a state
- the election to remove a politician from office early
- a group of more than 1 judge(s) that listen to a case
- protects unpopular groups in America (2 words)
- everyone, even the president must follow the law (3 words)
- the leader of a state department
- The power of deciding what is constitutional or not (2 words)
- branch of our government that interprets what the law means
- the president can call off a bill that might become a law
- the vote of the public (2 words)
- congress is split up into 2 chambers
- relating to crime, prison/execution if guilty
25 Clues: a person who makes laws • the ruler/leader of a state • a presidents legal forgiveness • the leader of a state department • the vote of the public (2 words) • relating to the rights of citizens • congress is split up into 2 chambers • the largest part/section of the constitution • relating to crime, prison/execution if guilty • protects unpopular groups in America (2 words) • ...
Legislative Branch 2023-09-28
Across
- This is how many Senators there are
- This branch is made up of the House and Senate where the main job is to create laws
- The House and Senate combined forms this
- After a bill passes in the Senate first, it then goes to the
- This is the compromise that helped create our bicameral legislature
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- This is every two years and allows people to vote for members of Congress
- The chamber of Congress where tax bills must start
- When a bill passes in both chambers of Congress it goes to the
- What is a law called before it passes?
- When the president gets the bill, they can either sign it into law or they can _______ it.
- The House of Representatives uses this to determine how many seats each state gets
- After a bill passes in the House, it then goes to the
12 Clues: This is how many Senators there are • What is a law called before it passes? • The House and Senate combined forms this • The chamber of Congress where tax bills must start • After a bill passes in the House, it then goes to the • After a bill passes in the Senate first, it then goes to the • When a bill passes in both chambers of Congress it goes to the • ...
The Government 2023-03-11
Across
- The branch of government headed up by the presidant.
- The various divisions and departments that actually run a large government.
- A system of government that keeps any one branch of government becoming too powerful.
- A law proposed to congress, not yet passed.
- A document that is the highest law in the land and defines the U.S. federal government.
- Rights guaranteed to all citizens of a country without discrimination.
- Process of choosing by voting.
- The institution that elects the President of the United States.
- The Legislative Branch of the U.S. Government which includes the Senate and the House of Representatives.
- A government in which the people take part. The power rests with the people.
- An addition or change to the U.S. Constitution.
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- When two opposing political parties work together to find common ground and a compromise.
- The document that announced the intent of the colonies to free themselves from Great Britain.
- An economic system where trade and industry are owned and controlled by privet citizens for profit.
- A group of people that work for and advise the president.
- The system by which people produce, buy, sell, and trade goods & services.
16 Clues: Process of choosing by voting. • A law proposed to congress, not yet passed. • An addition or change to the U.S. Constitution. • The branch of government headed up by the presidant. • A group of people that work for and advise the president. • The institution that elects the President of the United States. • ...
Chapter 28 Crossword 2022-08-09
Across
- Municipality with the power to set up its own system of governing
- Veto the power of the Texas Governor to reject only some provisions of a spending bill
- an area represented by a member of the legislature
- an official paper
- a person from another country who has a long-term permit to stay and work in the United States
- a person from another country who does not have proper documentation
- of or relating to the government of a city or town
- Constitutional principle that ensures that government powers are limited in order to protect individual rights
- composed of two legislative chamers or houses (House or Representatives and Senate)
- Constitutional principle that gives each branch of government the ability to limit the power of other branches
- town or city whose power is limited to governmental structures and powers specifically granted by state law
- to follow the rules
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- difficult to understand due to having many parts or pieces
- section of a constitution that protects individual freedoms
- a tax levied on real property (land, house buildings) or personal property (cars, farm equipment airplanes)
- to charge a state official with a crime leading to a trial in the state Senate
- Constitutional principle that divides power among different branches of government
- the process of becoming a new citizen
- purpose
- a session of the Texas state legislature called by the governor to address particular issues
- Constitutional principle that recognizes people's fundamental rights
- an oath that must be taken by all individuals gaining citizenship through naturalization
- the share of possible voters who actually vote
- the governing body of Texas counties
- a group of people seeking to advance their views ona public issue
- a government's plan for revenue and spending
- a constiutionally set 140 day session of the Texas state legislature that occurs every other years in odd numbered years
- to persuade a person or group to adopt an idea of follow an action
28 Clues: purpose • an official paper • to follow the rules • the governing body of Texas counties • the process of becoming a new citizen • a government's plan for revenue and spending • the share of possible voters who actually vote • an area represented by a member of the legislature • of or relating to the government of a city or town • ...
EOY Vocab 3 2016-05-05
Across
- Political system that developed in Germany, Italy, and Spain after WWI, marked by intense nationalism, belief in an all-powerful leader.
- An effort to murder an entire people or nationality. Attempts of genocide occurred in Armenia during World War I, the Holocaust during World War II, and more recently in Rwanda, Burundi, Darfur, and Kosovo.
- The total percentage of a population that can read and write
- (1932 – 1939) A devastating economic downturn that saw stock prices fall, business fail and large scale unemployment in America and Europe.
- Creation of a global economy and society through improved communications, transportation, and trade.
- Wars aims announced by President Woodrow Wilson, which included creating new nation-states in Eastern Europe and a League of Nations.
- A revolution in Britain in which James II was overthrown and the new king and queen agreed to the Bill of Rights of 1689, granting their subjects certain rights.
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- Revolution that overthrew the French monarchy, ended hereditary privilege, and made France more democratic.
- An economic system in which basic economic questions are answered by the free actions of producers and consumers.
9 Clues: The total percentage of a population that can read and write • Creation of a global economy and society through improved communications, transportation, and trade. • Revolution that overthrew the French monarchy, ended hereditary privilege, and made France more democratic. • ...
the jungle 2021-12-09
Across
- who drowns in the street?
- lithuanian wedding feast
- dad of the family
- what does jurgis do to his ankle?
- how does jurgis escape chicago?
- married to jurgis
- convinces jurgis to pickpocket with him
- jurgis' nickname while in jail
- jurgis' second job
- the town they live in
- long meats mixed together
- jurgis' cellmate
- what color is the meat?
- who disappears in the family?
- who brings jurgis to his castle of a house?
- young bulls
- marija's first job
- dies first in the story; jurgis' dad
- falls out of the mattress in jail
- what do the kids sell to make money?
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- how does jurgis spend all his money?
- teta elzibeta's son
- where the family immigrated from
- commonly ate by the family
- how much money does the bartender give jurgis after buying a beer with a 100 dollar bill?
- the author
- full of pigs, cattle, and sheep
- how does the book describe the meat?
- the idea that if you work for something, you will achieve it
- protecting workers' rights
- the city they moved to
- what did they call the taxis?
- ona's supervisor
- who raped ona
- jurgis' first job
35 Clues: the author • young bulls • who raped ona • ona's supervisor • jurgis' cellmate • dad of the family • married to jurgis • jurgis' first job • jurgis' second job • marija's first job • teta elzibeta's son • the town they live in • the city they moved to • what color is the meat? • lithuanian wedding feast • who drowns in the street? • long meats mixed together • commonly ate by the family • ...
Canadian Parliament Puzzle by: Kate Sandercock 2014-02-03
Across
- where parliament buildings are
- happens every wednesday morning
- prime minister
- Province of Capital City
- Bill must recieve _ _ before is is a law
- Ensures enough members of party are in chamber
- population does this to "make" House of Commons
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- represents the queen
- when a bill is past it becomes
- the name of a law before it is past
- another name for the house, because of the colour
- Mike Duffy was one of the senators invloved in this
- our system of government
- OF COMMONS voted in by populations
- leader of the _____ and critics
- ensures everyone respects rules and regulations
16 Clues: prime minister • represents the queen • our system of government • Province of Capital City • when a bill is past it becomes • where parliament buildings are • happens every wednesday morning • leader of the _____ and critics • OF COMMONS voted in by populations • the name of a law before it is past • Bill must recieve _ _ before is is a law • ...
Chapter 12 Crossword 2022-04-12
Across
- A bill passed in 1864 that would have given Congress control of Reconstruction
- A white Southerner who joined the Republican Party after the Civil War
- An amendment made to the U.S. Constitution that makes all persons born or naturalized in the United States citizens of the country
- To formally charge an official with misconduct in office
- The first African-American senator
- An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the denial of voting rights to people because of their race or color
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- People in congress that wanted to give African Americans full citizenship
- A federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War
- Laws passed throughout the post-Civil-War South which severely restricted African Americans' lives
- He succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president
- A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War
- The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War
- A system in which landowners give farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crops they raise
13 Clues: The first African-American senator • He succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president • The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War • A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War • To formally charge an official with misconduct in office • A federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War • ...
5th Grade S.S. 2024-04-23
Across
- Arctic tribes lived in these types of dwellings
- Samuel _____ was the founder of the Sons of Liberty.
- This branch houses congress
- Thomas _____ wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- There are ____ branches of government
- Statue of _____ represents new beginnings.
- The Northwest ____ was the shorter route to Asia that explorers were looking for
- Columbus was searching for a new trade route to ______.
- Who worked on plantations?
- The ____ plan based representation on population of the state.
- The ____ plan was a compromise of the Virginia and New Jersey plan.
- The Battle of _____ ended the Revolution.
- This branch houses the supreme court
- This act taxed all imported sugars
- The ___ plan had equal representation in every state
- God, Glory, and ____ were the three 'G's or motivators for exploration.
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- People who opposed British rule
- The ship Pilgrims sailed over on
- The _______ colonies were made up of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.
- Who did Christopher Columbus sail for?
- groups or communities of people who share the same culture
- This act forced colonists to provide housing, food, and beds for British Soldiers
- Paul _____ helped warn men and women before the Battle of Lexington and Concord
- People who remained loyal to king George III
- The Articles of _______ was the first governing document of the United States.
- Something that is used to represent something else
- The bill of _____ are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- This branch houses the president
- They wanted a stronger central government
- There are _____ starts on the current U.S. flag.
- This act forced colonists to pay tax on every piece of paper
- They wanted to keep the articles of confederation
- This act placed taxes on items that were not made in the colonies
- ____ was the first colony attempt in North America.
- Untrained small army
- These rights were given in the Declaration of Independence; they are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
36 Clues: Untrained small army • Who worked on plantations? • This branch houses congress • People who opposed British rule • The ship Pilgrims sailed over on • This branch houses the president • This act taxed all imported sugars • This branch houses the supreme court • There are ____ branches of government • Who did Christopher Columbus sail for? • ...
CROSSWORD: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 2025-01-29
Across
- A rule made by a government to regulate people's behavior.
- The action of joining together, often for political or social purposes.
- The branch of a country’s military force that defends its land.
- A group of people with similar political beliefs, like the Democratic or Republican
- A piece of cloth with a design or symbol that represents a country.
- The fundamental principles or established precedents that govern a country or organization
- A form of government in which power is held by elected representatives and an elected president rather than a monarch
- The elected leader of a city or town.
- A person who legally belongs to a country and has rights there.
- An agreement between two or more countries, often related to peace or trade.
- The upper house of the United States Congress.
- A place where legal cases are heard and decisions are made
- A form of government where a single ruler holds absolute power, often in an oppressive or unjust manner
- System of government where power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through elected representatives
- Freedoms or privileges granted to citizens by law.
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- A course of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, or individual
- The process of charging a public official with misconduct or wrongdoing while in office.
- A form of government where a king, queen, or emperor rules the country.
- The length of time someone holds a political office
- The practice of managing international relations through negotiation and dialogue
- To express a choice or opinion in an election
- The supreme power or authority of a state to govern itself or another state
- The process of making or enacting laws
- A law passed by a legislative body.
- A proposal for a new law.
- The process by which citizens vote to choose leaders or pass laws
- A group of high-ranking government officials who advise the head of state, usually in charge of different departments.
- Money collected by the government from its citizens.
- A person who practices law and helps with legal matters.
- A politically organized body with its own government.
30 Clues: A proposal for a new law. • A law passed by a legislative body. • The elected leader of a city or town. • The process of making or enacting laws • To express a choice or opinion in an election • The upper house of the United States Congress. • Freedoms or privileges granted to citizens by law. • The length of time someone holds a political office • ...
Chapter 3 vocab 2022-01-07
Across
- A written plan of government
- Sovereignty, the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
- a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
- College, a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to elect the president and vice president
- Branch, the branch of government that carries out laws
- of Law, principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
- Branch, the branch of government that interprets laws
- of Powers, the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
- Supporters of the Constitution were led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. They firmly believed the national government should be strong. They didn't want the Bill of Rights because they felt citizens' rights were already well protected by the Constitution.
- Convention, A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
- Fifths Compromise, delegates agreed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons.
- an introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government in the Constitution.
- Compromise, The compromise made by the Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
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- a group of individual state governments that band together for a common purpose
- A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
- A change to the Constitution
- Powers, powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
- Powers, powers held jointly by the national and state governments.
- and Balances, Under this system, each branch of government is able to check, or limit, the power of the others
- Branch, the branch of government that makes the laws
- federalist, Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
- Approved
- Powers, powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution
23 Clues: Approved • A written plan of government • A change to the Constitution • A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses • Branch, the branch of government that makes the laws • Branch, the branch of government that interprets laws • Branch, the branch of government that carries out laws • Powers, powers held jointly by the national and state governments. • ...
Landmark Trials 2024-08-07
Across
- v. Maxwell, fair trial rights
- v. Macomber, income tax and constitutional limits
- v. California, obscenity and free speech
- Scott v. Sandford, slavery and Citizenship ruling
- v. Vitale, school prayer prohibition
- v. Lopez, student due process rights
- v. Des Moines, student free speech case
- Jersey v. TLO, student search and seizure case
- v. Board of Education, desegregation case
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- v. Madison established judicial review
- v. United States, Internment Camps legality
- v. Reproductive Health Services, abortion regulations
- v. Nixon, executive privilege limits
- v. Texas, equal protection under the law
- v. Ferguson upheld segregation laws
- v. State, privacy and criminal justice
- v. Wainwright, right to legal counsel
- v. Wade, abortion rights decision
- v. United States, federal gun control limits
- v. Arizona, Miranda rights ruling
20 Clues: v. Maxwell, fair trial rights • v. Wade, abortion rights decision • v. Arizona, Miranda rights ruling • v. Ferguson upheld segregation laws • v. Nixon, executive privilege limits • v. Vitale, school prayer prohibition • v. Lopez, student due process rights • v. Wainwright, right to legal counsel • v. Madison established judicial review • ...
Crossword Crazy 2023-03-27
Across
- imported nutty rodents
- use of hope chest built by Bill Stromberg
- fast floral ocean cab
- location of floating schoolhouse
- Charlie Klien nickname
- a mast at the Honeymoon Cottage
- rusty stain location
- TV inspiration for aquatic club
- nickname of gold and silver tall tale teller
- quintuple car ferry name
- means of describing and documenting artifacts
- nesting box abodes for
- early mail delivery vessel
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- tectonic hazard witnessed in Gillies Bay
- a singer of Christmas trees
- what Bill Young and Fred Lowther were capable of dishing out
- precious metal insect
- largest orchard tree of its kind grown by Cooper Queen foreman
- a gritty regal event
- location of Stromberg' summer cottage, what known as today
- watercraft medical facility
- driftwood fuelled
- 100 year fuel source
- early fire department
24 Clues: driftwood fuelled • a gritty regal event • rusty stain location • 100 year fuel source • precious metal insect • fast floral ocean cab • early fire department • imported nutty rodents • Charlie Klien nickname • nesting box abodes for • quintuple car ferry name • early mail delivery vessel • a singer of Christmas trees • watercraft medical facility • a mast at the Honeymoon Cottage • ...
Great Compromise Crossword 2025-12-04
Across
- – Essays written to explain and support the Constitution.
- of Rights – The first ten amendments that protect individual freedoms.
- – The part of government that interprets laws and decides court cases (Supreme Court and other courts).
- – People who supported the Constitution and a strong national government.
- – Changes or additions to the Constitution.
- – “Father of the Constitution” who took notes and helped design the new government.
- – A proposal that called for equal representation for all states, no matter their size.
- – A system where power is shared between the national government and the states.
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- – People who opposed the Constitution because they feared a strong national government.
- – A system where each branch of government can limit the others to prevent too much power.
- – The part of government that enforces laws (the President and departments).
- – The idea that the power of government comes from the people.
- – The part of government that makes laws (Congress).
- – A proposal for a new government with representation based on a state’s population.
- – The agreement to create two houses of Congress: one based on population and one with equal representation.
- – A deal that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxes.
16 Clues: – Changes or additions to the Constitution. • – The part of government that makes laws (Congress). • – Essays written to explain and support the Constitution. • – The idea that the power of government comes from the people. • of Rights – The first ten amendments that protect individual freedoms. • ...
Civil Rights 2021-05-18
Across
- What happened at the 16 Street Baptist Church?
- Who was elected President in 1960 and supported ending segregation?
- What laws were in place in the South to KEEP segregation after Reconstruction when the Civil War ended
- What is an example of a non-violent protest at a lunch counter in a segregated restaurant?
- What president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law?
- Who was Linda Brown's lawyer who later became a Supreme Court Judge?
- Dr. King's middle name
- What Act of 1965 stated all discrimination should end all all people be allowed to vote?
- what word means to refuse to use or buy from?
- What 8 year old girl lived in Kansas and had to travel to a black only school across town instead of attending the school in her neighborhood?
- What were the laws called that mandated racial segregation in public places on the South?
- What were the group of students called who integrated a high school in 1957?
- What Baptist Church was bombed in downtown Birmingham?
- What is the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
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- Who became president after Kennedy's assassination?(initials)
- He was the Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety and was FOR segregation
- What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 PROHIBIT?
- Where did the MARCH take place that was a rally for jobs and freedom led by Dr. King?
- What woman refused to leave her seat on a segregated bus here in Alabama?
- What LAW was passed in 1964 that banned segregation in public places and unfair treatment of workers based on skin color or religion?
- What was Dr. King's approach to protesting?
- What day of the week was it when protesters in Selma were attacked?
- What words means hatred of a particular race or religion called?
- In 1963, people of all races rode interstate busses to protest segregated seating on busses
- What town was the center of an uproar regarding integration of a high school?
- President Johnson signed into law that stated discrimination and segregation were illegal in 196_____
- Linda Brown sued what Board of Education?
- George ______ was the Governor of Al. who supported segregation
- What boycott happened here in Al. to protest segregated busses?
29 Clues: Dr. King's middle name • What is the Edmund Pettus Bridge? • Linda Brown sued what Board of Education? • What was Dr. King's approach to protesting? • what word means to refuse to use or buy from? • What happened at the 16 Street Baptist Church? • What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 PROHIBIT? • What Baptist Church was bombed in downtown Birmingham? • ...
Human rights 2022-11-07
23 Clues: køn • liv • tro • lov • tale • alder • lighed • frihed • tortur • lighed • slaveri • skyldig • religion • menneske • privatliv • bevægelse • udtagelse • sikkerhed • sikkerhed • realationer • rettigheder • nationalitet • forskellsbehandling
Civil rights 2022-12-05
Across
- Amendment (1865) Abolishes and prohibits slavery
- To end separation of different races and bring into equal membership in society
- disobedience Nonviolent protests against unjust laws - boycotts, sit-ins & marches used by Martin Luther King to gain civil rights and end defacto segregation
- Rights Movement The efforts of African-Americans and others who worked for equality. Reached its peak in the late 1950s and 1960s
- To separate the races to keep them apart - in such situations as housing, schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, etc.
- Rights Act of 1965 Passed by Congress to end literacy tests which were often given in the South to keep blacks from voting and allowed federal regulation of voter registration in states where local officials practiced discrimination
- line A level of personal or family income below which is classified as poor according to government standards
- Rider Civil rights worker who tried to integrate bus terminals.
- vs. Arizona (1966) Supreme Court case that guaranteed the constitutional rights of the criminally accused - "you have the right to remain silent..."
- v. Painter 1950 Supreme Court ruling requiring state schools to provide facilities for blacks substantially equal to those provided for white students
- Rights Act of 1964 Passed by Congress to protect the right of all citizens to vote, outlawed discrimination in hiring and ended segregation in public places
- Amendment (1870) Prohibited voting restrictions based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery)
- Rights Basic privileges and liberties of citizens
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- Action a program to provide more job and education opportunities to people who faced discrimination in the past.
- Amendment (1868) guaranteed citizenship rights & equal protection of the laws to everyone born in the United States (including African Americans)
- A social program that helps pay for medical care for the elderly
- v. Ferguson 1896 Supreme Court ruling that segregated facilities for blacks and whites: "separate but equal"
- X Believed that African Americans could only succeed if they separated from white society
- Luther King, Jr. Led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the 1960s with nonviolent disobedience such as boycotts, sit-ins, "freedom rides", & marches to bring about integration & civil rights
- v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969) Supreme Court decision establishing the constitutional rights of students while in school.
- To refuse to buy items from a particular country; to refuse to use in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms
- The act of occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment as a form of organized protest
- vs. board of Education of Topeka 1954 Supreme Court ruling reversing the policy of segregation, declaring that "separate could never be equal" and a year later ordered the integration of all public schools "with all deliberate speed" - society became less racist
- Founded in 1909. Its main purpose is to protect the rights of African Americans and work to end discrimination and segregation
- A social program that gives the states money to help those who cannot pay their hospital bills
25 Clues: Amendment (1865) Abolishes and prohibits slavery • Rights Basic privileges and liberties of citizens • Rider Civil rights worker who tried to integrate bus terminals. • A social program that helps pay for medical care for the elderly • To end separation of different races and bring into equal membership in society • ...
Human Rights 2020-01-14
Across
- võrdne
- samadõigused
- avalik kogunemine
- orjandus
- liikumisvabadus
- ilmaloata
- õiguselule
- väljendus
- vastutus
- õigushealeelule
- kinnihoidmine'fairwage õiglanepalk
- süütu
- kopeerimisõigus
- töötu
- kaitsmaõigusi
- privaatsus
- olleslahutatud
- ametiühing
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- avalikõigusemõistmine
- kunstilinelooming
- puudega
- tõestatudsüüdi
- sündinudvabana
- mõtlemisvabadus
- demokraatia
- piinama
- otsimaturvalistpaika
- rahvus
- sotsiaalneturvalisus
- õiglaseltkoheldud
30 Clues: süütu • töötu • võrdne • rahvus • puudega • piinama • orjandus • vastutus • ilmaloata • väljendus • õiguselule • privaatsus • ametiühing • demokraatia • samadõigused • kaitsmaõigusi • tõestatudsüüdi • sündinudvabana • olleslahutatud • liikumisvabadus • mõtlemisvabadus • õigushealeelule • kopeerimisõigus • kunstilinelooming • avalik kogunemine • õiglaseltkoheldud • otsimaturvalistpaika • sotsiaalneturvalisus • avalikõigusemõistmine • ...
Residents' Rights 2020-08-12
Across
- frontline worker of 2020
- link or bond
- the state of being worthy of respect
- right to use or benefit from something
- the place where one lives
- notification of something
- official who investigates complaints
- health insurance program
- advisory body
- detailed proposal for doing something
- recreational pursuits
- safeguarding someone
- push for something
- group of related people
- science of eating
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- drug
- communication device
- the right to make a selection
- sympathy for another’s suffering
- told in secret
- take part
- being free from observation
- degree of goodness
- having knowledge of a situation
- state of ease
- word after "health" or "self"
- protection from risk
- one coming calling
28 Clues: drug • take part • link or bond • state of ease • advisory body • told in secret • science of eating • degree of goodness • push for something • one coming calling • communication device • protection from risk • safeguarding someone • recreational pursuits • group of related people • frontline worker of 2020 • health insurance program • the place where one lives • notification of something • ...
Human Rights 2021-02-10
Across
- Everyone has the right to seek ______ from persecution in other countries
- Everyone has the right to ______ and leisure
- No one shall be subjected to attacks upon _____ and reputation
- The number of articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- What article seventeen says people have the right to own
- No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or _____ treatment
- A right you are exercising right now
- The right to work article #
- Everyone has the right to take part in the _____ of the country
- Article # that covers slavery
- Who is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration?
- Everyone has a right to recognition as a ______
- All human beings are born free and equal in _____ and rights
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- Everyone has duties to the _____
- Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for _____ and well-being
- Everyone has the right to participate in cultural life of the community, and to share in in the benefits of _____
- Article # for the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Practicing a religion falls under article #___
- The article # for the right to a nationality
- Everyone has the right to social ______
- Everyone has the right to be presumed
- Article # for protection of the law
22 Clues: The right to work article # • Article # that covers slavery • Everyone has duties to the _____ • Article # for protection of the law • A right you are exercising right now • Everyone has the right to be presumed • Everyone has the right to social ______ • Everyone has the right to ______ and leisure • The article # for the right to a nationality • ...
Consumer Rights 2021-10-27
Across
- Made it illegal for companies to limit competition by price fixing.
- The process by which the parties to a dispute submit their differences to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent or statutory provision.
- An oral or written promise that states a product has a certain quality or performance.
- Requires the product to be able to do what the seller says it can do.
- Exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular product or service.
- A practice was deemed unfair when it (1) offended public policy as defined by statutes, Common Law, or otherwise (2) was immoral, unethical, oppressive, or unscrupulous and (3) substantially injured consumers.
- Works to provide information to consumers to help them make wise financial decisions.
- Guarantees goods are free of patent, copyright, and trademark infringement.
- Prevented mergers or acquisitions that were likely to control prices, stifle competition, and create a monopoly.
- Federal and state statutes governing sales and credit practices involving consumer goods.
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- Given by all sellers and imposed by law but does not have to be stated to be effective.
- Ensures that no third party can claim the property or any balances on it at the time of delivery.
- An express warranty that requires seller to repair or replace a product without cost to the buyer within a reasonable time (usually 1 year).
- The seller owns the product that he or she is selling and has the title to transfer to the buyer.
- An agreement (written, verbal, or inferred from conduct) among competitors that raises, lowers, or stabilizes prices or competitive terms.
- Anything that provides less protection than a full warranty that must be disclosed.
- A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.
- Is the nation's consumer protection agency. The FTC works to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace.
- Notice of exclusion for a warranty, must be in writing and must be noticeable.
- Create and gave power to investigate and stop unfair methods of competition and deceptive practices.
- Exaggerated sales talk that does not count as a warranty.
21 Clues: Exaggerated sales talk that does not count as a warranty. • Made it illegal for companies to limit competition by price fixing. • Requires the product to be able to do what the seller says it can do. • Guarantees goods are free of patent, copyright, and trademark infringement. • A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain. • ...
Civil Rights 2023-04-21
Across
- In Birmingham, blacks boycotted riding the ____ as a form of protest
- MLK and John Lewis were speakers at the ____ on Washigton
- Maddox closed his restaurant rather than allow integration
- The sncc was responsible for the ___ Movement to fight for integration
- This amendment gave African Americans citizenship
- Lester ____, segregationist governor elected in 1966
- policy of ending separation of the races
- To protest segregation, in 1956 Georgia changed its state ____
- Georgia governor Vandiver tried to close this school rather than allow black students in
- _____ Sunday-John Lewis was beaten after march in Selma, Ala
- MLK believed in _______ protests
- Jim ______ laws removed African Americans citizenship rights
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- Maddox was the last _____ governor in Georgia
- MLK started this organization to fight segregation
- ______ vs Board of Education challenged segregation in schools
- In 1965, the _____ Rights Act was passed
- MLK speech I have a ______ given at March on Washigton
- policy of keeping whites and blacks separate in society
- _________ Commission asked Georgians how they felt about desegregation
- Lester Maddox was _____ segregation of the races in Georgia
- March on Washington led to passage of ____ Rights Act of 1964, ending segregation
- John ____ was a U.S. Rep from Georgia who fought for desegregation
- Georgia's John Lewis formed this organization to fight segregation
23 Clues: MLK believed in _______ protests • In 1965, the _____ Rights Act was passed • policy of ending separation of the races • Maddox was the last _____ governor in Georgia • This amendment gave African Americans citizenship • MLK started this organization to fight segregation • Lester ____, segregationist governor elected in 1966 • ...
Human Rights 2023-04-07
Across
- kidutus
- suuntautuminen
- ihmiskauppa
- vainota
- silpoa
- suvaitsematon
- epäoikeudenmukainen
- ennakkoluuloinen
- ennakkoluulo
- sorto
- rasisti, rasistinen
- periaate
- puolueellisuus
- seksuaalinen
- epäinhimillinen
- people alkuperäiskansa
- voimaannuttaa
- tasa-arvo
- vähemmistö
- vaino
- rights ihmisoikeudet
- kielto
- sukupuoli
- arvokkuus, ihmisarvo
- syrjintä
- servitude orjuus
- suvaitsevainen
- kansanmurha
- monikulttuurinen
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- vapauttaminen
- kiihkoilija, fanaatikko
- abortti
- rodullinen
- suvaitsevaisuus
- oikeudenkäynti
- suvaitsemattomuus
- kaltoinkohtelu, hyväksikäyttö, pahoinpitely
- lehdistö
- syrjintä
- loukata
- kohtelu
- inhimillinen
- rinnakkaiselo
- yleinen äänioikeus
- loukkaus, häpäisy
- enemmistö
- rasismi
- tasapuolinen
- sensuuri
- käyttää hyväksi, kohdella huonosti
- luku- ja kirjoitustaito
- kiistaton
- rights kansalaisoikeudet
- pelottelu
- kunnia
55 Clues: sorto • vaino • silpoa • kielto • kunnia • kidutus • abortti • vainota • loukata • kohtelu • rasismi • lehdistö • syrjintä • periaate • sensuuri • syrjintä • tasa-arvo • enemmistö • sukupuoli • kiistaton • pelottelu • rodullinen • vähemmistö • ihmiskauppa • kansanmurha • ennakkoluulo • inhimillinen • seksuaalinen • tasapuolinen • vapauttaminen • suvaitsematon • rinnakkaiselo • voimaannuttaa • suuntautuminen • oikeudenkäynti • puolueellisuus • ...
my rights 2023-05-19
21 Clues: love • solo • right • justo • I can • grita • to go • I have • freedom • country • podemos • to give • to sleep • I have to • to school • the street • contaminado • environment • somechildren • ganar dinero • there is/are
civil rights 2023-05-16
Across
- was an advocate of black power and was the figurehead of the Nation of Islam for some time
- the absence of mental stress or anxiety
- withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest
- a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience.
- the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants
- peaceful resistance to a government
- the freeing of someone from slavery.
- a part of a city in which members of a minority group live because of social or legal pressure
- the absence of justice; violation of the rights of another
- something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people
- the state of being equal
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- a group of people living in a particular local area
- the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
- to kill someone especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.
- hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs.
- a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
- end a policy of racial segregation in.
- people refuse to leave a restaurant or other establishment until their demands are met
20 Clues: the state of being equal • peaceful resistance to a government • the freeing of someone from slavery. • end a policy of racial segregation in. • the absence of mental stress or anxiety • a group of people living in a particular local area • something done (usually as opposed to something said) • a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience. • ...
Civil Rights 2013-04-23
Across
- a catalyst in causing the bus boycott
- hatred or intolerance of another race
- An act where african americans stopped riding the bus to run them out of business
- a teen boy that was brutally murdered
- separation of races
- a group of african american students who enrolled in little rock central high school
- Treatment of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person based on the group, class, or category to which that a person belongs rather than on individual merit.
- rights to personal freedom
- To put to death
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- person who favors racial segregation
- a person who objects or disapproves
- gave a speech on i have a dream
- Banned literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from voting
- refusing to buy a product or have dealings with
- The examination before a judicial tribunal
- a member of little rock 9
- help women get good jobs and equal pay for their work
- Programs to help poor,elderly,and women
- a person or thing that causes change in events
- protest when people refuse to move until demands are met
20 Clues: To put to death • separation of races • a member of little rock 9 • rights to personal freedom • gave a speech on i have a dream • a person who objects or disapproves • person who favors racial segregation • a catalyst in causing the bus boycott • hatred or intolerance of another race • a teen boy that was brutally murdered • Programs to help poor,elderly,and women • ...
Civil Rights 2013-04-12
Across
- enrolled in all-white university of mississippi
- "if you think we are here to tell you to love the white man, you have come to the wrong place."
- african american protesters sat down at segregated lunch counters and refuse to leave until they were served
- him and his naacp lawyers would win 29 out of 32 cases argued before the supreme court
- national protest group organized by shaw university in raleigh, north carolina
- in this case, a girl's admission to an all-white elementary school was denied four blocks from her house
- citizens and eliminate race prejudice
- led their followers in a march to finish what James Meredith had started, the “walk against fear”
- objective was to ensure political, educational, and social equality of minority
- sat in the front row of the "colored" section on a montgomery bus and would not give up her seat to a white man
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- prohibited any mandatory poll taxes that prevented African americans from voting
- CORE and SNCC workers were registering as many african american voters as possible and hoping the campaign would reach all publicity to influence Congress to pass a voting rights act
- these programs involve making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination
- civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated south
- Eliminated literacy tests that had disqualified many voters and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters who had been denied suffrage by local officials.
- in this case, the supreme court ruled that "separate but equal" law did not violate the fourteenth amendment
- its purpose was "to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship"
- "well, i'm not sure i'm the best person for the position, but if no one else is going to serve, i'd be glad to try."
- prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender
- black muslims; elijah muhammad is the head of this
- a political party to fight police brutality in the ghetto
21 Clues: citizens and eliminate race prejudice • enrolled in all-white university of mississippi • black muslims; elijah muhammad is the head of this • a political party to fight police brutality in the ghetto • civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated south • national protest group organized by shaw university in raleigh, north carolina • ...
Civil Rights 2013-04-12
Across
- objective was to ensure political, educational, and social equality of minority
- civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated south
- led their followers in a march to finish what James Meredith had started, the “walk against fear”
- in this case, a girl's admission to an all-white elementary school was denied four blocks from her house
- him and his naacp lawyers would win 29 out of 32 cases argued before the supreme court
- national protest group organized by shaw university in raleigh, north carolina
- "well, i'm not sure i'm the best person for the position, but if no one else is going to serve, i'd be glad to try."
- "if you think we are here to tell you to love the white man, you have come to the wrong place."
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- a political party to fight police brutality in the ghetto
- in this case, the supreme court ruled that "separate but equal" law did not violate the fourteenth amendment
- prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender
- these programs involve making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination
- enrolled in all-white university of mississippi
- Eliminated literacy tests that had disqualified many voters and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters who had been denied suffrage by local officials.
- CORE and SNCC workers were registering as many african american voters as possible and hoping the campaign would reach all publicity to influence Congress to pass a voting rights act
- sat in the front row of the "colored" section on a montgomery bus and would not give up her seat to a white man
- its purpose was "to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship"
- black muslims; elijah muhammad is the head of this
- african american protesters sat down at segregated lunch counters and refuse to leave until they were served
- prohibited any mandatory poll taxes that prevented African americans from voting
- citizens and eliminate race prejudice
21 Clues: citizens and eliminate race prejudice • enrolled in all-white university of mississippi • black muslims; elijah muhammad is the head of this • a political party to fight police brutality in the ghetto • civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated south • national protest group organized by shaw university in raleigh, north carolina • ...
Human Rights 2022-05-11
Across
- resist doing something
- spoken with intensity or forcefulness
- shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
- the act of meeting formally
- distinctive of the ways of living of a group of people
- have as a logical consequence
- an unconditional commitment that something will happen
- applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
- relating to the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a society
- any basic freedom to which all people are entitled to
- existing, occurring, or carried on between nations
- being or characteristic of a single thing or person
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- something contributed to improve or emphasise quality
- serving as an essential component
- existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true
- assign to a higher position
- incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
- make easier
- a statement that is emphatic and explicit
- the act of removing or getting rid of something
- commonly used or practiced
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
26 Clues: make easier • resist doing something • commonly used or practiced • assign to a higher position • the act of meeting formally • have as a logical consequence • serving as an essential component • spoken with intensity or forcefulness • a statement that is emphatic and explicit • a basic generalization that is accepted as true • the act of removing or getting rid of something • ...
Civil Rights 2023-11-27
Across
- became a heavy weight boxing champion
- A law that reinforced slavery
- he was the executive director of the nacp
- granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country.
- terriozed African Americans
- One of the first African Americans to play baseball
- what did people fight for?
- abolished slavery in the United States.
- Very famous speech that MLK did
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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- when a bunch of people come together and peacefully protest
- origin in Africa
- Inspired Millions to appreciate there African backgrounds
- led movement to end and stop slavery
- struggled for racial equality when she refused to give up her seat
- someone applying there opinion freely without any harm
- Not buying a product at a store because you don't support what the store supports
- one human is being owned by another
- given deferent things such as water fountains and rail cars
- setting something or someone apart from others
20 Clues: origin in Africa • what did people fight for? • terriozed African Americans • A law that reinforced slavery • Very famous speech that MLK did • one human is being owned by another • led movement to end and stop slavery • became a heavy weight boxing champion • abolished slavery in the United States. • he was the executive director of the nacp • ...
Civil Rights 2024-03-04
Across
- REFUSED TO SIT IN THE COLORED SECTION OF A BUS
- SEPERATE BUT _______ CLAIMED BY SEGREGATIONISTS
- VIOLENT RACIST GRROUP
- TYPE OF PROTEST THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE OR HARM
- NON VIOLENT LEADER
- ROBERT F WILLIAMS FLED TO THIS COUNTRY
- PROTESTORS WHO TRAVELLED ON BUSSES
- TYPE OF PROTEST WITHOUT VIOLENCE
- GUNS WILLIAMS GUN CLUBS
- FORGOTTEN LEADER
- _________ VS BOARD OF EDUCATION
- PROTESTS THAT INVOLVED SITTING DOWN
- TOWN WILLIAMS LIVED
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- TYPE OF PROTEST WHERE PEOPLE REFUSE TO FEEL BEATEN OR LESSER
- MILITANT CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP
- CASE INVOLVING 2 BOYS UNDER 10 BEING ARRESTED AND BEATEN
- PRESIDENT DURING MLK'S SPECH
- MEANT TO PROTECT BUT OFTEN DIDN'T HELP PROTESTORS
- NAME OF MLK'S SPEECH
- MURDERERD LEADER WHO BELIEVED VIOLENCE CAN BE JUSTIFIED
- WHY WILLIAMS WAS ON THE FBI MOST WANTED LIST
- BLACKAND WHITE PEOPLE KEPT APART
22 Clues: FORGOTTEN LEADER • NON VIOLENT LEADER • TOWN WILLIAMS LIVED • NAME OF MLK'S SPEECH • VIOLENT RACIST GRROUP • GUNS WILLIAMS GUN CLUBS • MILITANT CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP • PRESIDENT DURING MLK'S SPECH • _________ VS BOARD OF EDUCATION • TYPE OF PROTEST WITHOUT VIOLENCE • BLACKAND WHITE PEOPLE KEPT APART • PROTESTORS WHO TRAVELLED ON BUSSES • PROTESTS THAT INVOLVED SITTING DOWN • ...
Human rights 2024-05-17
Across
- - Willingly accepting different beliefs or practices.
- - Things you enjoy or care about.
- - Membership in a state.
- - Clear and open communication.
- - Being involved or taking part.
- - Personal space.
- - Responsibility for actions.
- - Well-being or health.
- - Taking action for social change.
- - Exercise of power by a state.
- - Growth or progress.
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- - Qualities that make us human.
- - Keeping safe from harm.
- - Honesty and moral principles.
- - Concerned with human welfare.
- - Unity or togetherness.
- - Means of earning a living.
- - Involving everyone.
- - A chance for success.
- - Giving someone authority.
20 Clues: - Personal space. • - Involving everyone. • - Growth or progress. • - A chance for success. • - Well-being or health. • - Unity or togetherness. • - Membership in a state. • - Keeping safe from harm. • - Giving someone authority. • - Means of earning a living. • - Responsibility for actions. • - Qualities that make us human. • - Honesty and moral principles. • ...
Human Rights 2024-11-18
Across
- These ensure you get treated fairly under the law and must be done in public
- Everyone is born ____
- You have freedom to change, practice, and belong to one of these
- Someone who does not get paid or compensated for their forced labour
- This is important for getting paid and buying goods and services
- You have the right to leave your _______
- This action is supported by democracy and ensures you get a say in your country's political affairs
- You have the right to participate in your communitys' _____
- You have _____ over your belongings
- You should always be considered this before guilty
- Despite race, gender, sexual orientation, or anything else, everyone gets treated with
- You have the right to claim one of these
- This is important for learning, developing skills, and entering the workforce
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- Everyone gets this
- Everyone needs rest and has the right to these
- Everyone has the right to this even if its done ineffectively
- You have the right to this as you become legally entitled
- These are things that are essential to life
- This is where you go if you're convicted of a crime
- Canada has a center for victims of this
- This is the freedom to think, say, and share what you like
- You have the right to seek this in another country
22 Clues: Everyone gets this • Everyone is born ____ • You have _____ over your belongings • Canada has a center for victims of this • You have the right to leave your _______ • You have the right to claim one of these • These are things that are essential to life • Everyone needs rest and has the right to these • You should always be considered this before guilty • ...
Human rights 2025-07-08
Across
- Erkinlik yoki cheklovsiz yashash huquqi
- Iqtisodiy yoki moliyaviy sohaga oid
- Erkinlik yoki mustaqil yashash huquqi
- Umumiy yoki hamma uchun teng
- Bayonot yoki rasmiy e’lon
- Himoya yoki asrash
- Huquqiy yoki qonuniy asosda
- Qo‘llab-quvvatlash yoki yordam
- Fuqarolarga oid yoki tinchlikdagi
- Qadriyatlar yoki e’tiqodlar
- Zo‘ravonlik yoki suiste’mol qilish
- Kamsitish yoki tengsizlik
- Insoniyat yoki insonparvarlik
- Ta’lim yoki o‘qish huquqi
- Tenglik yoki adolatli imkoniyatlar
- Ijtimoiy yoki jamiyatga oid
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- Konstitutsiya yoki asosiy qonun
- Siyosiy yoki boshqaruv bilan bog‘liq
- Xalqaro yoki mamlakatlararo
- Tashkilot yoki tizimli tuzilma
- Adolat yoki haqiqatga asoslangan tizim
- Demokratiya yoki xalq boshqaruvi
- Faollik yoki o‘zgarish uchun harakat
- Xavfsizlik yoki himoya holati
- Sog‘liqni saqlash tizimi
- Qonun yoki huquqni buzish
- Qadr-qimmat yoki insoniylik martabasi
- Hurmat yoki qadrlash
- Huquqlar yoki qonuniy imkoniyatlar
- Qonun yoki rasmiy huquqiy norma
30 Clues: Himoya yoki asrash • Hurmat yoki qadrlash • Sog‘liqni saqlash tizimi • Bayonot yoki rasmiy e’lon • Qonun yoki huquqni buzish • Kamsitish yoki tengsizlik • Ta’lim yoki o‘qish huquqi • Xalqaro yoki mamlakatlararo • Huquqiy yoki qonuniy asosda • Qadriyatlar yoki e’tiqodlar • Ijtimoiy yoki jamiyatga oid • Umumiy yoki hamma uchun teng • Xavfsizlik yoki himoya holati • ...
Human Rights 2025-06-02
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- – A smaller group within a population.
- – The use of peaceful means to bring about change.
- – The state of being equal, especially in status or rights.
- – The practice of owning other people as property.
- – Belief that one race is superior to another.
- – Relating to the customs and achievements of a group.
- – Pertaining to the production and use of wealth.
- – Belief in and worship of a higher power.
- – Fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor or law.
- – Legal principle that all are treated the same in court.
- – Inflicting severe pain to punish or extract information.
- – A social construct relating to roles of men and women.
- – Protection granted to someone fleeing persecution.
- – Basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled.
- – The process of becoming stronger and more confident.
- – Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement.
- – Impartial and just treatment without favoritism.
- – Unfair treatment of people based on prejudice.
- – Illegal trade of people, often for exploitation.
- – Supreme power or authority of a state to govern itself.
- – A young person entitled to special protection under human rights law.
- – The power to act, speak, or think without restraint.
- – The act of making one’s thoughts or feelings known.
- – Fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers.
- – Public demonstration against injustice.
- – The act of embracing all individuals regardless of differences.
- – Non-governmental organization promoting human rights.
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- – Concerned with promoting human welfare.
- – Official pardon for people who have violated laws or policies.
- – The principle that all people are subject to the law.
- – Another term for freedom, often in legal or political contexts.
- – The fundamental right to exist and not be killed.
- – Permission for something to happen.
- – The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction.
- – Applicable to all people, regardless of nationality or background.
- – Relating to citizens and their rights.
- – Responsibility for one's actions, especially by those in power.
- – Systematic killing of a national, racial, or religious group.
- – A person forced to flee their country due to danger.
- – Acronym for the first international human rights document.
- – Work, especially hard physical work or employment.
- – Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
- – Related to government, policy, and public affairs.
- – The right to keep personal information protected.
- – Being involved in decision-making processes.
- – Violations of the laws of war.
- – Related to society and community living.
- – Legal principle ensuring fair treatment through the judiciary.
- – A system of government by the whole population.
- – The state of being worthy of honor or respect.
50 Clues: – Violations of the laws of war. • – Permission for something to happen. • – A smaller group within a population. • – Relating to citizens and their rights. • – Concerned with promoting human welfare. • – Public demonstration against injustice. • – Belief in and worship of a higher power. • – Related to society and community living. • ...
Human Rights 2025-07-17
20 Clues: – qonun • – ta’lim • – himoya • – adolat • – hurmat • – qonuniy • – tenglik • – ozodlik • – buzilish • – huquqlar • – erkinlik • – kamsitish • – xavfsizlik • – zo‘ravonlik • – demokratiya • – qadr-qimmat • – qadriyatlar • – insonparvarlik • – sog‘liqni saqlash • – qo‘llab-quvvatlash
Human Rights 2025-07-26
20 Clues: – qonun • – adolat • – himoya • – hurmat • – ta’lim • – ozodlik • – qonuniy • – tenglik • – erkinlik • – huquqlar • – buzilish • – kamsitish • – xavfsizlik • – demokratiya • – zo‘ravonlik • – qadr-qimmat • – qadriyatlar • – insonparvarlik • – sog‘liqni saqlash • – qo‘llab-quvvatlash
Amendments 2024-10-14
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- All males can vote
- Terms begin in January
- People have other rights not in the constitution
- Protects against unreasonable search and seizure
- Provides equality for all citizens
- Provides presidential succession
- Congress can pass taxes
- All powers not federal are given to the states
- Selling and drinking of alcohol is illegal
- Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- Presidents can't serve more than two terms
- No one may be forced to house soldiers
- Congress can't give themselves a raise
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- Senators are elected by voters of their state
- District of Colombia has votes
- Gives women right to vote
- Right to bear arms
- Rights to a speedy trial by jury
- Rights of the accused
- Rights to a jury trial in civil cases
- Abolishes slavery
- Federal courts can't sue a state
- Seperate elections for president and VP
- Eliminates poll tax
- No cruel and unusual punishment
- Voting age from 21 to 18
- Alcohol allowed again
27 Clues: Abolishes slavery • All males can vote • Right to bear arms • Eliminates poll tax • Rights of the accused • Alcohol allowed again • Terms begin in January • Congress can pass taxes • Voting age from 21 to 18 • Gives women right to vote • District of Colombia has votes • No cruel and unusual punishment • Rights to a speedy trial by jury • Provides presidential succession • ...
EOY Vocab 3 2016-05-05
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- An effort to murder an entire people or nationality. Attempts of genocide occurred in Armenia during World War I, the Holocaust during World War II, and more recently in Rwanda, Burundi, Darfur, and Kosovo.
- The total percentage of a population that can read and write
- Revolution that overthrew the French monarchy, ended hereditary privilege, and made France more democratic.
- A revolution in Britain in which James II was overthrown and the new king and queen agreed to the Bill of Rights of 1689, granting their subjects certain rights.
- Wars aims announced by President Woodrow Wilson, which included creating new nation-states in Eastern Europe and a League of Nations.
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- An economic system in which basic economic questions are answered by the free actions of producers and consumers.
- (1932 – 1939) A devastating economic downturn that saw stock prices fall, business fail and large scale unemployment in America and Europe.
- Creation of a global economy and society through improved communications, transportation, and trade.
- Political system that developed in Germany, Italy, and Spain after WWI, marked by intense nationalism, belief in an all-powerful leader.
9 Clues: The total percentage of a population that can read and write • Creation of a global economy and society through improved communications, transportation, and trade. • Revolution that overthrew the French monarchy, ended hereditary privilege, and made France more democratic. • ...
4.1 2025-05-16
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- Prime Minister who proposed the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords
- Quebec political party formed in reaction to constitutional failures
- Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015
- Prime Minister who patriated the Constitution in 1982
- Peoples whose rights were discussed in the context of constitutional accords
- The province that did not agree to the 1982 Constitution
- To bring the Constitution under Canadian control from Britain
- Party that gained popularity in the West after the 1993 election
- A direct vote by the electorate on a specific issue
- 1987 accord that failed due to lack of unanimous provincial support
- Term for Quebec’s proposed political independence
- Law passed after the 1995 Quebec referendum requiring a clear question for future secession votes
- Case involving hate speech and freedom of expression
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- This “of Rights and Freedoms” became part of the Constitution in 1982
- Famous case that tested the limits of the Charter’s rights
- Clause that allows governments to override certain Charter rights temporarily
- 1992 accord that was rejected in a national referendum
- MLA who opposed the Meech Lake Accord on behalf of Indigenous concerns
- Gained more power with the introduction of the Charter
- Prime Minister for part of 1984
20 Clues: Prime Minister for part of 1984 • Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015 • Term for Quebec’s proposed political independence • A direct vote by the electorate on a specific issue • Case involving hate speech and freedom of expression • Prime Minister who patriated the Constitution in 1982 • 1992 accord that was rejected in a national referendum • ...
Human Rights 2016-04-20
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- pankhust:the leader and organiser of the british Sufragetts
- yousafzai: a world wide known pakistanian human rights activist
- women rights activists in brittain
- a organisation to secure the basic human rights
- a well known indian
- created by the UNO to try to secure education all over the world
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- the most important human right
- an act of the british parliament in 1689(without space between the words)
- of independence: With the accept of the ..................... the american indipendence war ended
- everybody is.....
- that´s what all children should have the right to go to
- the first known leader to set human rights in his country
- rights activists
13 Clues: rights activists • everybody is..... • a well known indian • the most important human right • women rights activists in brittain • a organisation to secure the basic human rights • that´s what all children should have the right to go to • the first known leader to set human rights in his country • pankhust:the leader and organiser of the british Sufragetts • ...
Democracy 2015-10-02
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- The Member of Parliament or Senator in a political party who is responsible for keeping other party Members informed about the Chamber's business
- The city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business
- To choose a representative in an election
- A word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament before it is passed to become a law
- The daily official record of debates in the Senate and the House of Commons in English and French
- A university student who works for the Senate or the House of Commons
- All political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party
- A king or queen of a country
- A Senator or a Member of the House of Commons
- A person with full political and civil rights in his or her country
- A person living in an area in Canada represented by a MP
- A change that is made to a bill, a motion or a committee report with the intention of improving it
- A formal event that follows rules or traditions
- A special title given to Senators and Cabinet Ministers for life, and to the Speaker of the House of Commons as long as he or she is the Speker
- A group of Senators, MPs, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it
- To change or improve something
- The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament
- A large, heavy, silver and gold covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament
- The process of choosing a representative by vote
- The set of rules that a country follows to work as a nation
- The government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
- A rule for all Canadians made by Senators, MPs and the Governor General
- A person appointed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister
- One of two large rooms in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings
- A proposal by a Member for either the Senate or the House of Commons to do or order something to be done
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- A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament
- The person in charge of a meeting
- A Member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party
- The periods into which a Parliament is divided
- Composed of the Monarch, Senate, House of Commons
- A meeting of the Senate or of the House of Commons within a session
- Bills that are passed by Parliament
- To pick one person from a group of several people by voting
- A person who speaks for another
- A group made up of all Senators and MPs from the same political party
- A discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules
- The Upper House of Parliament
- Another word for constituency
- Of two chambers, or rooms
- The bring to an end of a Parliament
- The specific geographic area in Canada that a MP represents in the House of Commons
- A group of all Ministers
- The political party with the most members elected to the House of Commons
- To place a document before the Senate, the House of Commons or a committee for consideration
44 Clues: A group of all Ministers • Of two chambers, or rooms • A king or queen of a country • The Upper House of Parliament • Another word for constituency • To change or improve something • A person who speaks for another • The person in charge of a meeting • Bills that are passed by Parliament • The bring to an end of a Parliament • To choose a representative in an election • ...
The Colonial Era 2017-05-25
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- Wrote the Fundamental Orders of CT in 1639; first written constitution in colonial America
- Publisher who contributed to freedom of the press
- Founded PA for Quakers
- Colony that provided a religious refuge for Catholic people
- War that Britain and France fought due to fur trapping conflicts; Seven Years’ War
- First barrier colonists faced against westward expansion
- A type of govt in which the people elect representatives to make the laws for them
- Ended the French and Indian War (name of document, then year)
- First representative form of government in the colonies
- Document written in 1215 that established due process of law and trial by jury
- First permanent English settlement in colonial America
- A colony established by a group of settlers who were given a formal document allowing them to settle on the land
- Type of farming in the New England Colonies
- Colonial region that was mainly settled on for trade and profit; staple farming
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- Founded RI for the purpose of religious freedom
- Explorer who discovered the New World and claimed it for Spain
- Document written by Pilgrims/Puritans aboard the Mayflower, pledging to unite into a civil body politic
- A system of trading in which Africans were kidnapped from their homes, deported to America, and sold as slaves
- A colony in which the English monarch provided land to proprietors in exchange for yearly payment
- Economic system in which the mother country gets rich at the expense of her colonies by restricting trade
- Protected the basic civil rights of individuals; model for the US Bill of Rights
- Proclamation issued by King George III that banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains (name of document, then year)
- Leader of the First Great Awakening
- The colonial region that relied on plantation farming, cash crops, and slavery
- Economic competition with little government control
- A colony that was under the direct control of the British crown
- Political cartoon drawn by Benjamin Franklin that urged the US colonies to unite
- Founded as a debtor colony and a buffer zone between the colonies and Spanish Florida
28 Clues: Founded PA for Quakers • Leader of the First Great Awakening • Type of farming in the New England Colonies • Founded RI for the purpose of religious freedom • Publisher who contributed to freedom of the press • Economic competition with little government control • First permanent English settlement in colonial America • ...
First Branch: Legislative 2021-11-01
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- One area of a state that a house member represents
- How many senators are there per state?
- Senators are elected for _____ terms
- The only branch of government that has been directly elected by American voters since it was created
- How many years does it take until the House of Representatives are reapportioned among the states?
- How much is needed by both houses in order to pass a bill?
- How many years old does a person have to be in order to be a member of the House of Representatives?
- How many years does a person have to be a citizen for in order to be a member of the House of Representatives?
- Which chamber can impeach the president, federal judges, or other federal officials?
- How many members are there in the senate?
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- When a senator tries to stall or stop a bill from being voted on
- How many years old does a person have to be in order to serve in the Senate?
- How many years does a person have to be a citizen for in order to be a senator?
- Who tries to act like a jury during an impeachment trial?
- How much of the Senate is elected every two years?
- Both _____ must agree to the same version of a bill before it can be sent to the President to be approved or vetoed
- Article I of the Constitution breaks Congress into ______ bodies
- If a president vetoes a bill, how many votes are needed by both chambers to override the veto?
18 Clues: Senators are elected for _____ terms • How many senators are there per state? • How many members are there in the senate? • One area of a state that a house member represents • How much of the Senate is elected every two years? • Who tries to act like a jury during an impeachment trial? • How much is needed by both houses in order to pass a bill? • ...
Road to the Constitution 2014-09-24
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- one person has all the power
- forced colonists to put tax stamps on all legal documents
- made laws and stood up for peoples' rights
- limited the power of the king and protected certain rights for the nobles
- citizens elect representatives to represent their rights in government
- one person has absolute control over citizens' lives
- agree to form a majority-rule government
- recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority
- forced certain colonists to let British troops live in their houses
- a small group of people have all the power
- permission to set up a colony in America
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- written to solve the question, Who is in charge
- says that colonists were dependent on the king
- citizens hold the political power
- published in colonial newspapers
- no representatives citizens are directly involved
- a king or queen has the power
- expanded the rights of the parliament
- taxing things the colonists couldn't make for themselves
- nobody is in control
20 Clues: nobody is in control • one person has all the power • a king or queen has the power • published in colonial newspapers • citizens hold the political power • expanded the rights of the parliament • agree to form a majority-rule government • permission to set up a colony in America • made laws and stood up for peoples' rights • a small group of people have all the power • ...
Enlightenment and Revolution Crossword 2023-10-23
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- Wrote "A Vindication on the Rights of Woman"
- What Denis Diderot created
- The Catholic church believed in this theory
- Declaration of ____
- A philosophe who argued for separation of powers
- Where people gathered to exchange ideas
- A philosophe who argued for religious freedom
- He believed that rulers protect the people and that people should give loyalty
- Larger division under federal government
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- A philosophe who advocated for democracy
- Extravagant style of art and architecture
- This theory challenged the church's view on the universe
- More modern style of art and architecture
- He wrote the Declaration of Independence
- French scholar or philosopher
- Smaller division under federal government
- Enlightenment ____ -- monarchs who treated their subjects fairly
- This document defined the rights of American citizens
- He discovered the laws of gravity
- He believed in natural born rights
20 Clues: Declaration of ____ • What Denis Diderot created • French scholar or philosopher • He discovered the laws of gravity • He believed in natural born rights • Where people gathered to exchange ideas • A philosophe who advocated for democracy • He wrote the Declaration of Independence • Larger division under federal government • Extravagant style of art and architecture • ...
Plans For Reconstruction Clash 2024-09-04
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- support, the bureau of refugees, freedman, and
- This created federal
- the South's economy, and and promote the rights of
- The federal government struggled with
- Or Congress, insisted that the
- to return the eleven southern states to the Union
- The Radical Republicans receiving the
- Lincoln's vice president.
- entangling the nation in the war.
- lands.
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- Forbidding any state from denying
- prosses of restoration.
- of civil rights and superseded an states laws
- limited them.
- Americans and keep them as landless workers.
- Guaranteed equality under the law for
- of servitude
- committed these crimes by enslaving African Americans
- citizens.
- on the grounds of race, color, or previous
- states prewar votes swear loyalty to the Union before
- Laws that sought to limit the rights of
- To charge someone with wrongdoing in office.
- The requirement that the majority of
24 Clues: lands. • citizens. • of servitude • limited them. • This created federal • prosses of restoration. • Lincoln's vice president. • Or Congress, insisted that the • Forbidding any state from denying • entangling the nation in the war. • The requirement that the majority of • Guaranteed equality under the law for • The federal government struggled with • ...
Exercise 1 2025-02-15
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- A legislative body of elected representatives.
- Regional areas with distinct governments.
- enforceable against anyone who interferes with them
- Law-making body
- Legislation regulating business entities.
- method of transferring rights
- fundamental principle that establishes the supremacy of law over arbitrary power
- the responsibility for actions or omissions that cause harm or loss to another party,
- Approved and made official.
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- Branch of government responsible for enforcing laws.
- Law established by the outcome of former cases.
- Legal foundation in South Africa
- undermines the effectiveness and credibility of law enforcement agencies.
- personal rights
- offenses against the state or society at large.
- System of rules enforced by a state.
- Established pattern of behavior.
- a non-human legal entity that is granted rights and responsibilities by law.
- Unwritten laws derived from judicial decisions.
- Supreme legal document.
20 Clues: personal rights • Law-making body • Supreme legal document. • Approved and made official. • method of transferring rights • Legal foundation in South Africa • Established pattern of behavior. • System of rules enforced by a state. • Regional areas with distinct governments. • Legislation regulating business entities. • A legislative body of elected representatives. • ...
Black History Month 2024-02-26
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- American talk show host
- Famous gymnast
- Mother of the civil rights movement
- American Civil avioator
- Master Jazz trumpeter
- Conductor of the Underground Railroad
- Wore jersey number 24 and 8
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- American Actor and producer
- track and field athlete
- American Fashion designer
- memoriest and civil rights activist
- Enslaved Black man
- Human rights civil activist
- Christian minister and activist
- First black President
15 Clues: Famous gymnast • Enslaved Black man • Master Jazz trumpeter • First black President • track and field athlete • American talk show host • American Civil avioator • American Fashion designer • American Actor and producer • Human rights civil activist • Wore jersey number 24 and 8 • Christian minister and activist • memoriest and civil rights activist • Mother of the civil rights movement • ...
Chapter 3 crossword puzzle 2020-09-07
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- This means to be divided into two parts (like our legislative branch), what is this called?
- This is the branch for our government that makes the laws; is made of the Senate and the House of Representative. Which branch is this?
- Which group were members of Protestant, persecuted in England, colonized Pennsylvania. Believed that slaves should be free. Also supported women’s equal rights?
- This is a period of time when economic activity is slow and unemployment rates are high. What are these times called?
- This is the freeing of individual slaves.
- This was created because of the Northwest Ordinance, land north of the Ohio River. It became the states: Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois, what is it?
- This was the first state to form in the Northwest Territory in 1803, which state is it?
- These people opposed the ratification of the constitution. They did not support it because it did not include a bill of rights, who are they?
- and Federalism What does it mean to share power between federal and state governments. Who were supporters of the Constitution?
- There are 3 branches in this, what is this called? There is the legislative that makes the laws, Judicial interprets the laws in real cases, and the Executive branch carries out the laws. The different branches provide checks and balances for each other.
- Who was the Virginia planter and the “father” of the Constitution? He became one of the leaders for the new government and became the 4th president, defending the principle of balance which was in the Constitution.
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- What means that the people allowed for someone to govern them, they gave permission for the leaders?
- This plan was made by James Madison, it provided a strong government because it was divided into 3 branches that each had a job. What is this plan called?
- Who was the delegate to the Constitutional Convention who wrote the final draft of the Constitution?
- A document that gave basic rights to the English people. It influenced the writers of the states constitutions, what is this document called?
- This is the document that protected individual rights, what is this document called?
- Compromise What was the compromise on how to count slaves for representation and taxing? In this compromise every 5 slaves would count as 3 free people.
- Framers had this system made to keep everyone in check, and so no branch could take over and gain too much power, what was this?
- What was the first constitution of the US that made the states independent and had power over themselves, it made the states be self-governed?
- Who was Continental Army captain who led the Shays’s rebellion? This man led a revolt with other angry farmers against the system where their lands were being taken because of taxes and debt.
- This made a democratic influence for national expansion. It set up the northwest territory, what is it?
- The compromise where there was a house of representatives with numbers of seats varying by state population and a Senate with two senators for every state. What is this compromise called?
- Who was the French thinker in the Enlightenment who wrote, “Spirit of Laws”, which argued that the government should be balanced, separate parts?
- Who was the english philosopher of the Enlightenment who believed everyone had natural rights which included life, liberty and property? The architects of the Constitution were influenced by him.
- What was the movement in the 1700’s that lifted knowledge, reason and science to improve society?
- Who was the rich merchant from Philadelphia and gave a lot of money to help get the government out of debt?
26 Clues: This is the freeing of individual slaves. • This is the document that protected individual rights, what is this document called? • This was the first state to form in the Northwest Territory in 1803, which state is it? • This means to be divided into two parts (like our legislative branch), what is this called? • ...
Chapter 27 2025-01-24
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- Deal : an extension of Roosevelt’s New Deal
- : a major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries
- : the government agency that regulates and licenses television, telephone, telegraph, radio, and other communications industries
- movement : expressed the social and literary nonconformity of artists, poets, and writers.
- Jonas Salk: developed a vaccine for the crippling disease poliomyelitis—polio.
- inflation: Inflation that occurred after the war
- policy: eliminated federal economic support, discontinued the reservation system, and distributed tribal lands among individual Native Americans.
- a company that offers similar products or services in many locations.
- : homes in small residential communities surrounding cities
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- Bill of Rights 14 : helps ease veterans’ return to civilian life,
- television developed with lightning speed.
- media : means of communication that reach large
- n roll: a name that has come to mean music that’s both black and white music that is American.
- buying material goods, came to be equated with success.
- Levitt & Son's first development consisted of 2,000 homes that the company rented to married veterans at $65 a month.
- hired hands
- renewal: a program that redevelops blighted areas of a city to improve the quality of life for residents
- a number of Southern Democrats
- style of music characterized by the use of improvisation
- S. Truman : was president after Franklin D.Roosevelt’s
- boom: an unprecedented population explosion
21 Clues: hired hands • a number of Southern Democrats • television developed with lightning speed. • Deal : an extension of Roosevelt’s New Deal • boom: an unprecedented population explosion • media : means of communication that reach large • inflation: Inflation that occurred after the war • S. Truman : was president after Franklin D.Roosevelt’s • ...
60's social issues 2025-06-12
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- Resistance to this military requirement grew during Vietnam
- Movement concerned with pollution and the environment
- A major Cold War conflict that escalated U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia
- A social movement advocating women's equality that gained momentum in the 60s
- Volunteer group founded by JFK to help developing nations
- Site of the Free Speech Movement in 1964
- What young men burned in protest of the Vietnam War
- Home of the hippie movement in San Francisco
- Feminist movement pushing for gender equality
- Strategy used in Selma, Washington, and other cities
- Protest movement targeting U.S. involvement in Vietnam
- A key student organization in the civil rights movement
- A political movement of young people pushing for civil rights and antiwar reforms
- Nickname for antiwar activists in the 1960s
- Interracial bus rides to protest segregated travel
- Activist student group that opposed the Vietnam War
- Lyndon Johnson’s domestic reform programs
- Landmark court case that began legal battles over abortion
- Author of *Silent Spring*, sparking the environmental movement
- Anti-communist alliance in Southeast Asia
- Hallucinogenic drug popularized by Timothy Leary
- The 1965 civil rights march destination in Alabama
- City where police used dogs and hoses on protestors in 1963
- Iots broke out in this Los Angeles neighborhood in 1965
- Public gathering focused on peace and nonviolence
- Won the 1968 presidential election on a law-and-order platform
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- First African American Supreme Court justice, appointed in 1967
- This structure was erected in 1961 to divide East and West
- Failed 1961 CIA invasion of Cuba
- Antiwar candidate who challenged LBJ in the primaries
- 1969 music festival symbolizing counterculture
- University where National Guard shot student protesters in 1970
- Supreme Court ruling that reinforced rights during police arrests
- A slogan symbolizing racial pride and self-determination in the 1960s
- City where police clashed with protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention
- What women demanded in workplaces during the 1960s
- Committee investigating alleged communism in the U.S.
- Civil rights leader assassinated in 1968
- Emerging political voice of this ethnic group in the 1960s
- Radical Black rights group founded in Oakland in 1966
- Group founded to promote women's rights in 1966
- The movement to end racial segregation and discrimination
- U.S. Special Forces often deployed in Vietnam
- Great Society program for early childhood education
- 1963 demonstration where MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech
- Militant civil rights leader assassinated in 1965
- Uprising in this Black neighborhood shocked America in 1965
- Organization that legally challenged segregation laws
- President who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
49 Clues: Failed 1961 CIA invasion of Cuba • Site of the Free Speech Movement in 1964 • Civil rights leader assassinated in 1968 • Lyndon Johnson’s domestic reform programs • Anti-communist alliance in Southeast Asia • Nickname for antiwar activists in the 1960s • Home of the hippie movement in San Francisco • Feminist movement pushing for gender equality • ...
vocabulary for government 2021-11-16
Across
- a _______ of a forest fire could be a match
- assign job
- review supreme court determines if a law is constitutional
- to break the law
- not yet passed law
- to make sure the law is followed
- law that is not constitutional
- president
- acceptable for the occasion
Down
- interpret laws
- the presidents advisers
- create laws
- rejecting a veto
- president reject bill
- to accuse a public official
15 Clues: president • assign job • create laws • interpret laws • rejecting a veto • to break the law • not yet passed law • president reject bill • the presidents advisers • to accuse a public official • acceptable for the occasion • law that is not constitutional • to make sure the law is followed • a _______ of a forest fire could be a match • ...
World History Review 2024-04-18
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- Radical party who came to power in the aftermath of the French Revolution
- Invented interchangeable parts and the cotton gin
- This is the prison that was stormed to start the French Revolution
- This is what Alexander Graham Bell invented
- Law that angered colonists by taxing them and helped give rise to the American Revolution
- Device used to behead people during the French Revolution
- He introduced the assembly line and made cars more accessible
- Agreements between countries to protect each other that helped cause World War I
- These rodents were everywhere in the trenches
- King who was deposed and then executed when the French Revolution got underway
- Believed people had three natural rights: life, liberty, and property
- He was the first astronomer to use a telescope and he later came into conflict with Catholic Church for his belief in heliocentrism
- Scientist who discovered the laws of motion, law of gravity, and calculus
- He drafted the Bill of Rights and was known as the Father of the Constitution
- Napoleon's final battle
- Intense devotion to one's country that helped lead to World War I
- Product used by Britain to make China dependent on them
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- Leader who became emperor of France before being exiled
- The process of building up military strength
- This is where the Industrial Revolution Began
- He wrote the Declaration of Independence
- He led the Continental Army and was the first President of the United States
- He was King of England during the American Revolution
- This is the process of one country taking over another to increase their power
- Belief that the sun is at the center of the solar system
- The area between trenches
- Enlightenment thinker who was a strong advocate of freedom of speech and freedom of religion
- Philosopher whose idea of separation of powers appears in the American Constitution
- This African country kept its independence during the Scramble for Africa
- Indian soldiers in the British Army
- This country was Britain's Jewel in the Crown
31 Clues: Napoleon's final battle • The area between trenches • Indian soldiers in the British Army • He wrote the Declaration of Independence • This is what Alexander Graham Bell invented • The process of building up military strength • This is where the Industrial Revolution Began • These rodents were everywhere in the trenches • This country was Britain's Jewel in the Crown • ...
CROSSWORD AP 2022-04-11
Across
- Ang kalagayan o katayuan ng isang tao bilang miyembro ng isang pamayanan o estado
- Ang pagkamamamayan ay nakabatay sa lugar kung saan siya ipinanganak
- asulatan kung saan nakasaad ang pagkamamayang Pilipino
- tumutukoy sa sitwasyon kung saan ang isang tao nang sabay na umutang, sa pamamagitan ng ilang positibong kilos,katapatan sa dalawa o higit pang mga estado.
- pinagsama-samang karapatan ng isang mamamayan ayon sa nakatadhana sa batas ang mga karapatang ito at pinagtibay ng konstitusyon ng isang bansa
- Ang pagkamamamayan ng isang tao ay nakabatay sa pagkamamamayan ng isa sa kanyang mga magulang.
- Layunin ng Pilipinas ang kapayapaan
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- Isang legal na paraan kung saan ang isang dayuhan na nais maging mamamayan ng isang bansa ay sumailalim sa isang proseso sa korte
- Paglabag sa karapatang pantao na may ugnay sa pamahalaan at sa mga batas.
- ligal na karapatan ng isang indibidwal, na ipinagkaloob sa kanya ng lokal at pambansang awtoridad na namamahala
- Nag pahintulot sa isang tao na pumasok at umalis sa ibang bansa.
- Uri ng karapatan na ang isang tao ay may karapatang mabuhay.
- Seksyon sa Bill of rights artikulo 3 na sinisigurado ang isang pagkakapantay pantay ng kababaihan at kalalakihan sa lipunan.
- Isang bill na naglalaman ng mga karapatan na mayroon ang tao
- isang katayuan ng pagkamamamayan ng isang tao, kung saan ang isang tao ay sabay na itinuturing bilang isang mamamayan ng higit sa isang bansa sa ilalim ng mga batas ng mga bansang iyon.
15 Clues: Layunin ng Pilipinas ang kapayapaan • asulatan kung saan nakasaad ang pagkamamayang Pilipino • Uri ng karapatan na ang isang tao ay may karapatang mabuhay. • Isang bill na naglalaman ng mga karapatan na mayroon ang tao • Nag pahintulot sa isang tao na pumasok at umalis sa ibang bansa. • Ang pagkamamamayan ay nakabatay sa lugar kung saan siya ipinanganak • ...
