states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Civil War 2017-04-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. process to readmit the Confederate states to the Union
  2. Codes Laws created by the South to limit the rights of former slaves
  3. Extensions of black codes
  4. Slave states that bordered states where slavery was illegal
  5. Place where the South surrendered
  6. Gave African Americans equal rights and protection under the laws
  7. Place where the first shots were fired
  8. Bullet that increased death rates
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  1. Southern plan for the Civil War
  2. winner of First Battle of Bull Run
  3. Agency created to assist former slaves
  4. Created by Lincoln to free Southern slaves
  5. Northern Plan that called for a naval blockade
  6. Largest cause of death
  7. Ended Slavery
  8. Gave African Americans the right to vote
  9. Lincoln's killer
  10. Battle that was the turning point of the war, turned war to North
  11. Virginia citizen who resigned from the US Army and became leader of the Confederate Army
  12. 16th President of the United States

20 Clues: Ended Slavery • Lincoln's killer • Largest cause of death • Extensions of black codes • Southern plan for the Civil War • Place where the South surrendered • Bullet that increased death rates • winner of First Battle of Bull Run • 16th President of the United States • Agency created to assist former slaves • Place where the first shots were fired • ...

World War II Warfare 2017-03-02

World War II Warfare crossword puzzle
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  1. Codename for the Atomic Bomb dropped in Japan
  2. The second president during World War 2
  3. Allies with Germany
  4. The United states also dropped a bomb here, causing over 80,000 casualties
  5. The first president during the beginning of World war 2(Died during the war)
  6. What Air Warfare fighters were called (dropped bombs)
  7. Leader of the Nazis
  8. _____Warfare included Submarines, Battleships and aircraft carriers
  9. Artillery was considered more ________
  10. The United States dropped a bomb here, causing over 140,000 casualties
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  1. Ally Powers(United States, Canada, ____,Brazil)
  2. American Troops and other nations used __________ weapons
  3. 1st attack of the War(Place)
  4. Considered the most Impressive tank of the War. (T-______) (Soviet Union)
  5. Axis Powers (Germany, Italy,Hungary,_______)
  6. Pilot that dropped the bomb
  7. Year Japan surrendered
  8. Japan attacked the U.S Station(December 7,1941)
  9. Allies are with United States
  10. Code name for the second bomb dropped in Japan

20 Clues: Allies with Germany • Leader of the Nazis • Year Japan surrendered • Pilot that dropped the bomb • 1st attack of the War(Place) • Allies are with United States • Artillery was considered more ________ • The second president during World War 2 • Axis Powers (Germany, Italy,Hungary,_______) • Codename for the Atomic Bomb dropped in Japan • ...

Civil War Word Puzzle 2021-02-09

Civil War Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederacy's first general officer
  2. First battle of the Civil War
  3. The Northern States during the Civil War
  4. General of the Union
  5. Took over men's work, disguised as men in order to fight, etc.
  6. A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
  7. President of the Confederate States of America
  8. Former slave, traveled the country speaking out against slavery, newspaper called North Star
  9. Confederate submarine
  10. President of the United States during the Civil War
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  1. Capital of the Confederacy
  2. The Southern states during the Civil War
  3. Union naval ships and soldiers captured Port Royal
  4. General of the Confederate
  5. A war between citizens of the same country
  6. Freed slaves
  7. Capital of the Union
  8. Former slave, freed himself and others during blockade
  9. The Union Navy cut off South's major port from trade
  10. African American unit in the Union ArmyU

20 Clues: Freed slaves • General of the Union • Capital of the Union • Confederate submarine • Capital of the Confederacy • General of the Confederate • First battle of the Civil War • Confederacy's first general officer • The Southern states during the Civil War • The Northern States during the Civil War • African American unit in the Union ArmyU • ...

Mr. Corbin's Wordsearch for Substitute 2021-08-24

Mr. Corbin's Wordsearch for Substitute crossword puzzle
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  1. 3rd president of the United States
  2. I am in the front and back of this class
  3. there are 12 in this room
  4. this was a declaration to the king of England
  5. 1 of the basic principles of the constitution
  6. amount of stars on the flag
  7. branch of government that makes laws
  8. 4th president of the United States
  9. author of the pamphlet "common sense"
  10. known for the Golden Gate Bridge
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  1. document on which America is founded
  2. amendment gives you the right to remain silent
  3. said give me liberty or give me death
  4. starts with "we the people"
  5. building where the president lives
  6. one of the freedoms guaranteed in the 1st amendment
  7. this classroom has 6 of these
  8. division of power between Federal and States
  9. state directly above Florida
  10. articles in the constitution
  11. there are 50 of these in America

21 Clues: there are 12 in this room • starts with "we the people" • amount of stars on the flag • state directly above Florida • articles in the constitution • this classroom has 6 of these • there are 50 of these in America • known for the Golden Gate Bridge • 3rd president of the United States • building where the president lives • 4th president of the United States • ...

Forming a Governemnt 2021-01-14

Forming a Governemnt crossword puzzle
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  1. A document signed that made the king subject to law
  2. Divides the powers of government between a central government and the states that make it up
  3. People who opposed the constitution
  4. Ten proposed amendments intended to protect citizens' rights
  5. led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the supreme court
  6. Set of basics and laws that states powers and duties of government
  7. Political authority is in the nads of the people
  8. Gave each state equal number of votes in the federal government
  9. Official approval
  10. The right to vote
  11. Essays supporting the constitution
  12. Give sovereignty to the central government
  13. Proposing and passing laws
  14. Trade between two or more states
  15. System for bringing new states into the union
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  1. No branch gets too powerful
  2. Uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
  3. Taxes on imports or exports
  4. Seven articles that made the first central government
  5. Two-house legislature
  6. Increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
  7. A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
  8. Interpreting laws
  9. Laws are carried out
  10. Official changes to the constitution

25 Clues: Official approval • The right to vote • Interpreting laws • Laws are carried out • Two-house legislature • Proposing and passing laws • No branch gets too powerful • Taxes on imports or exports • Trade between two or more states • Essays supporting the constitution • People who opposed the constitution • Official changes to the constitution • ...

Murphy Choice Board 2023-12-08

Murphy Choice Board crossword puzzle
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  1. When did the United States and North Vietnam decide to cease fire?
  2. When did the Berlin Wall fall?
  3. How many people fled from East Berlin before the wall was built to go to West Berlin?
  4. Who was the Soviet leader that was responsible for placing nuclear wepons in Cuba and aiming them at the United states?
  5. The United States and Soviet Union competed with one another for political influence and military power.
  6. What is an area of extreme tension called?
  7. A wall built to stop East Berliners from coming to the West
  8. A country split in two by a 103 mile long wall.
  9. An imaginary line across Europe
  10. Who won the Space Race?
  11. A competition for science superiority between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  12. Who took over Cuba in 1959 during the Rusian Revolution?
  13. Who won the Korean War?
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  1. When did the Cold War end?
  2. What year were East and West Berlin established?
  3. A nuclear war where no shots were fired
  4. A project to deliver goods to Berlin
  5. A country with large amounts of power
  6. What is the abreviation for the National Atlantic Treaty Organiazation
  7. Who built the Berlin wall?

20 Clues: Who won the Space Race? • Who won the Korean War? • When did the Cold War end? • Who built the Berlin wall? • When did the Berlin Wall fall? • An imaginary line across Europe • A project to deliver goods to Berlin • A country with large amounts of power • A nuclear war where no shots were fired • What is an area of extreme tension called? • ...

Unit 6 2013-03-27

Unit 6 crossword puzzle
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  1. corps volunteer program run by the United States government
  2. the authority act that an elected official receives from the voters who elected him or her
  3. a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and President from 1976 to 2008.
  4. was committed to the promotion of a libertarian and egalitarian society
  5. speech and program by Lyndon B. Johnson
  6. authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty
  7. national social insurance program, administered by the U.S. federal government since 1965, that guarantees access to health insurance for Americans ages 65 and older and younger people with disabilities as well as people with end stage renal disease
  8. was realistic in that nuclear weapons couldn't be used
  9. initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1961 aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America
  10. point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-hook
  11. 36th President of the United States
  12. was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin
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  1. To select from a group for some usually compulsory service like the army
  2. used by liberal Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention
  3. separation of humans into racial groups in daily life
  4. United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources
  5. a group that investigated the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy that had taken place on November 22, 1963
  6. 35th President of the United States
  7. abolished the National Origins Formula that had been in place in the United States since the Emergency Quota Act
  8. form of direct action that involves one or more people nonviolently occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change
  9. prohibits nuclear weapons tests "or any other nuclear explosion" in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water

21 Clues: 35th President of the United States • 36th President of the United States • speech and program by Lyndon B. Johnson • separation of humans into racial groups in daily life • was realistic in that nuclear weapons couldn't be used • corps volunteer program run by the United States government • was committed to the promotion of a libertarian and egalitarian society • ...

7th Grade History Culminating Crossword! 2023-06-04

7th Grade History Culminating Crossword! crossword puzzle
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  1. 1820 compromise admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
  2. a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions
  3. built to connect the center of the United States to the Atlantic Ocean
  4. law that prevented the manufacture, sale, and transporting of alcoholic drinks in the United States between 1919 and 1933
  5. Boss
  6. 1857 decision that stunned the nation. The United States Supreme Court upheld enslavement in United States territories, denied the legality of Black citizenship in U.S.A., and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
  7. Renaissance
  8. largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal
  9. a merger; union
  10. activist and author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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  1. people who have only recently become rich and who have tastes and manners that some people consider vulgar
  2. someone who has influence in how power is distributed
  3. popular clothing item in 1900s
  4. "________________ of the 20,000"
  5. covered in a thin layer of gold
  6. "__________ of industry"
  7. time period after Stock Market crash in U.S.
  8. The process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change.
  9. helped build the formidable American steel industry
  10. previously the head of the Triborough Bridge Authority

20 Clues: Boss • Renaissance • a merger; union • "__________ of industry" • popular clothing item in 1900s • covered in a thin layer of gold • "________________ of the 20,000" • time period after Stock Market crash in U.S. • helped build the formidable American steel industry • someone who has influence in how power is distributed • previously the head of the Triborough Bridge Authority • ...

History of the Civil Right Movement 2021-02-26

History of the Civil Right Movement crossword puzzle
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  1. vs reed A landmark decision of the US Supreme Court ruling that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes
  2. vs virginia The Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  3. amendment Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized In the United States
  4. An African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement
  5. vs boe A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
  6. vs browder A case heard before a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on Montgomery and Alabama state bus segregation laws
  7. vs charlotte The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States
  8. amendment Abolished slavery
  9. vs sidoti A mother challenging a state court order divesting her of custody of her child contended that, contrary to the trial court's findings, it was not in her pre-school child's best interests to be removed from her custody, while the father alleged that the child would be damaged by being raised in a racially mixed household
  10. vs bakke The Court's decision to upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy
  11. integration The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups
  12. disobedience The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest
  13. marshall An African American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
  14. Protection Clause Requires states to practice equal protection
  15. robinson The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
  16. parks An American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
  17. vs ferguson Legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws
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  1. vs baltimore A per curiam order by the Supreme Court of the United States affirming an order by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that enjoined racial segregation in public beaches and bathhouses
  2. clause Gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian
  3. ins A form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
  4. vs orr United States Supreme Court case that held that a statutory scheme in Alabama that imposed alimony obligations on husbands but not on wives was an unconstitutional equal protection violation
  5. vs holmes A United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation of public schools in the American South
  6. A civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
  7. from birmingham jail A letter that Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed to his fellow clergymen while he was in jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, after a nonviolent protest against racial segregation
  8. amendment Everyone including African Americans can vote
  9. The principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s
  10. crow laws State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  11. bus boycott A political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama
  12. x An African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement
  13. An African American civil rights organization that is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr.

30 Clues: amendment Abolished slavery • amendment Everyone including African Americans can vote • Protection Clause Requires states to practice equal protection • amendment Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized In the United States • robinson The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era • ...

Roaring 20s Vocabulary 2017-05-02

Roaring 20s Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
  2. A particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
  3. Italian-born American anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster
  4. A bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922,
  5. Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock.
  6. Gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion
  7. A generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.
  8. 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921, until his death in 1923
  9. A person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power.
  10. The 30th President of the United States
  11. The movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.
  12. Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution;
  13. High school teacher John Thomas Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee's law against teaching evolution instead of the divine creation of man.
  14. An illicit liquor store or nightclub.
  15. An American aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
  16. A condition in which securities prices fall and widespread pessimism causes the stock market's downward spiral to be self-sustaining.
  17. To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally.
  18. Believe that the statements in the Bible are literally true.
  19. A Jamaican black-rights activist and loyal leader of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements.
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  1. The natural rise and fall of economic growth that occurs over time.
  2. a law restricting the number of new immigrants to the United States.
  3. A system for paying for goods by installments. installment plan, time plan · regular payment - a payment made at regular times.
  4. A twentieth-century American author known for his short stories and for his novels, including The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise.
  5. The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920.
  6. The United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol
  7. A cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s.
  8. The way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign promise in the election of 1920.
  9. An American politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.
  10. A financial market of a group of securities in which prices are rising or are expected to rise.
  11. An American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.

30 Clues: An illicit liquor store or nightclub. • The 30th President of the United States • Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock. • Believe that the statements in the Bible are literally true. • To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally. • The natural rise and fall of economic growth that occurs over time. • ...

Dissolving and States of Matter 2014-09-19

Dissolving and States of Matter crossword puzzle
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  1. when a solid warms up and becomes a liquid
  2. a way to speed up dissolving using a rod or spoon
  3. the state of matter where a material
  4. when a liquid becomes a gas and goes into the air
  5. if an experiment is to be trustworthy, it must be a... (4-4)
  6. a substance that dissolves into another
  7. the process when a gas changes straight from a gas into a solid
  8. a word meaning "cannot dissolve"
  9. a substance that causes another to dissolve
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  1. when two or more materials are put together to make a substance but don't change their own properties.
  2. the state of matter where a material keeps its shape
  3. information represented in the form of a picture, diagram or drawing
  4. the process when a solid changes straight from a solid into a gas
  5. a summary of the results of an experiment and a statement of how the results relate to the aim
  6. a word meaning "can dissolve"
  7. when a liquid cools and becomes solid
  8. a mixture where a substance has dissolved into another
  9. you wear these to protect your eyes in the lab

18 Clues: a word meaning "can dissolve" • a word meaning "cannot dissolve" • the state of matter where a material • when a liquid cools and becomes solid • a substance that dissolves into another • when a solid warms up and becomes a liquid • a substance that causes another to dissolve • you wear these to protect your eyes in the lab • ...

History 2023-05-04

History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (served in Congress for more than 30 years)
  2. (punishments related to the return of escaped slaves to their owners)
  3. (attempted to resolve the issue of whether slavery would be legal in places)
  4. (powerful United States senator)
  5. (taxed both manufactured goods and raw materials that were imported from other countries)
  6. (a state would enter the United States as a free state or a slave state)
  7. (lawyer and member of Congress)
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  1. (laws or rules that forbid people from discussing)
  2. (theory that some states’ rights advocates held)
  3. ( the thought that political power comes from consent of the people)
  4. (states in which slavery was legal)
  5. (states that fought against the Confederacy)
  6. (People that liked slavery)
  7. (states that did not allow slavery)

14 Clues: (People that liked slavery) • (lawyer and member of Congress) • (powerful United States senator) • (states in which slavery was legal) • (states that did not allow slavery) • (served in Congress for more than 30 years) • (states that fought against the Confederacy) • (theory that some states’ rights advocates held) • (laws or rules that forbid people from discussing) • ...

27 Amendments crossword puzzle 2024-06-05

27 Amendments crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. granted women the right to vote.
  2. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
  3. forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control
  4. 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
  5. The rights of citizens will be protected whether these rights are listed or not.
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  1. grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,”
  2. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
  3. Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts.
  4. Rights to a fast and public trial by an impartial jury and to be aware of the criminal charges.
  5. Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves.
  6. Restricts housing soldiers in private homes.
  7. Right to bear arms.
  8. Powers not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, belong to the states.
  9. Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.

14 Clues: Right to bear arms. • granted women the right to vote. • Restricts housing soldiers in private homes. • Protects against unreasonable search and seizure. • Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. • Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts. • Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves. • ...

27 Amendments crossword puzzle 2024-06-05

27 Amendments crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. granted women the right to vote.
  2. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
  3. forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control
  4. 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
  5. The rights of citizens will be protected whether these rights are listed or not.
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  1. grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,”
  2. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
  3. Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts.
  4. Rights to a fast and public trial by an impartial jury and to be aware of the criminal charges.
  5. Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves.
  6. Restricts housing soldiers in private homes.
  7. Right to bear arms.
  8. Powers not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, belong to the states.
  9. Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.

14 Clues: Right to bear arms. • granted women the right to vote. • Restricts housing soldiers in private homes. • Protects against unreasonable search and seizure. • Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. • Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts. • Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves. • ...

The Roaring Twenties 2024-02-19

The Roaring Twenties crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American aviation pioneers credited with making the first succesful airplane
  2. international conference called by the United States to limit the naval arms race in the 20ś
  3. an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921
  4. American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition
  5. the 29th president
  6. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups
  7. an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
  8. the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970
  9. deregulation, civic engagement, and isolationism
  10. moral panic provoked by fear of the rise of leftist ideologies
  11. an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer, he also wrote the Great Gatsby
  12. murder trial in Massachusetts
  13. a subculture of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior
  14. a trial on weather or not evolution should be taught in schools
  15. an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935
  16. a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
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  1. limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States
  2. founder of the Ford Motor Company,and business magnate
  3. an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist
  4. legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933
  5. outlawed war as an instrument of national policy and the second called upon signatories to settle their disputes by peaceful means
  6. manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation
  7. an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri
  8. a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity
  9. the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century
  10. he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris
  11. a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923

27 Clues: the 29th president • murder trial in Massachusetts • deregulation, civic engagement, and isolationism • founder of the Ford Motor Company,and business magnate • an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist • he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris • moral panic provoked by fear of the rise of leftist ideologies • ...

The Roaring Twenties 2024-02-19

The Roaring Twenties crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American aviation pioneers credited with making the first succesful airplane
  2. international conference called by the United States to limit the naval arms race in the 20ś
  3. an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921
  4. American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition
  5. the 29th president
  6. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups
  7. an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
  8. the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970
  9. deregulation, civic engagement, and isolationism
  10. moral panic provoked by fear of the rise of leftist ideologies
  11. an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer, he also wrote the Great Gatsby
  12. murder trial in Massachusetts
  13. a subculture of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior
  14. a trial on weather or not evolution should be taught in schools
  15. an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935
  16. a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
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  1. limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States
  2. founder of the Ford Motor Company,and business magnate
  3. an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist
  4. legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933
  5. outlawed war as an instrument of national policy and the second called upon signatories to settle their disputes by peaceful means
  6. manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation
  7. an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri
  8. a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity
  9. the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century
  10. he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris
  11. a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923

27 Clues: the 29th president • murder trial in Massachusetts • deregulation, civic engagement, and isolationism • founder of the Ford Motor Company,and business magnate • an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist • he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris • moral panic provoked by fear of the rise of leftist ideologies • ...

Tic-Tac-Toe #1 2021-09-12

Tic-Tac-Toe #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the crime of betraying one's country
  2. type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast-moving, small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces
  3. derogatory name for proslavery raiders from the slave state of Missouri
  4. American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky
  5. a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
  6. unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery
  7. a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding
  8. created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
  9. withdrawal of a group from a larger entity
  10. anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe
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  1. American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina
  2. issue of slavery and territorial expansion
  3. American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire
  4. federal union and southern states that voted to secede
  5. a civil legal action by one person or entity
  6. government based on consent of the people
  7. short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854
  8. balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
  9. act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
  10. a collection of weapons and military equipment

20 Clues: the crime of betraying one's country • government based on consent of the people • issue of slavery and territorial expansion • withdrawal of a group from a larger entity • a civil legal action by one person or entity • a collection of weapons and military equipment • a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding • ...

The European Union 2021-05-05

The European Union crossword puzzle
Across
  1. consists of 27 judges and 11 independant advocates-general
  2. EU primary legislation
  3. 55% of member states must agree, representing at least 65% of EU population
  4. 14 out of 27 member states must agree
  5. one or more departments of the European Commission added to a portfolio
  6. 31 January 2020
  7. executive body consisting of the heads of state of heads of government of Member States
  8. - an individual can directly enforce EU law against the state, not an individual
  9. - an individual can directly enforce EU law against any other individual in the UK
  10. all member states must agree
  11. executive body who act as "the guardian of EU Treaties"
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  1. has legislative function and passes EU secondary legislation proposed by the European Commission. Presidency changes every 6 months
  2. monarch (or president) with full powers
  3. if monarch has only ceremonial role, this person runs the country
  4. elected law making body with legislative function. Can amend EU Treaties.
  5. secondary legislation setting out EU law in general terms only and is addressed to one or more member states who will then have to amend their national law accordingly
  6. secondary legislation directly applicable to all member states

17 Clues: 31 January 2020 • EU primary legislation • all member states must agree • 14 out of 27 member states must agree • monarch (or president) with full powers • executive body who act as "the guardian of EU Treaties" • consists of 27 judges and 11 independant advocates-general • secondary legislation directly applicable to all member states • ...

Jose Sandoval 1 2017-11-30

Jose Sandoval 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. calendar systems
  2. gods controlled everything that happened on earth
  3. and priests: assisted kings in governing the city-states
  4. below them were
  5. maya rules
  6. fields of corn and other crops and built cities under government direction
  7. the maya set up more than 50 independent
  8. an area where the soil has collapsed into a hollow or depression
  9. and streams: sinkholes gave the maya access to a network of underground
  10. major calendars
  11. at least two women served as ruling
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  1. projects: people of this paid taxes and worked on large
  2. system: the maya city-states had a strict
  3. when the maya
  4. ceremonies to please the gods
  5. sometimes included human sacrifice
  6. who built the city
  7. for advice: maya rulers turned to
  8. each maya city-state was ruled by
  9. forested areas clear together

20 Clues: maya rules • when the maya • below them were • major calendars • calendar systems • who built the city • ceremonies to please the gods • forested areas clear together • for advice: maya rulers turned to • each maya city-state was ruled by • sometimes included human sacrifice • at least two women served as ruling • the maya set up more than 50 independent • ...

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution 2022-05-10

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It is the condition in which one human being was owned by another.
  2. It was a set of laws that governed African Americans' behavior.
  3. Government set up schools and hospitals for former slaves.
  4. The war fought between Americans from 1861-1865
  5. The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.
  6. The thing that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction.
  7. The amendment in which guaranteed African-American men the right to vote
  8. First ten amendments to the constitution
  9. Discussed rights that arise from national citizenship
  10. Author of the 14th Amendment
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  1. a U.S. secret group made up of white people who are opposed to people of
  2. Author of the 13th Amendment
  3. president that assumed after Lincoln's death.
  4. The right to vote in public
  5. They were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern united states.
  6. The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
  7. The state in which everyone gets treated the same.
  8. Parts of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to states using this doctrine.
  9. The amendment in which Citizens of the United States and the state in which they reside are all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its authority.
  10. It is a relationship between a person and a government to which the person owes loyalty and is so entitled to protection.

20 Clues: The right to vote in public • Author of the 13th Amendment • Author of the 14th Amendment • First ten amendments to the constitution • president that assumed after Lincoln's death. • The war fought between Americans from 1861-1865 • The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. • The state in which everyone gets treated the same. • ...

Declaration of Independence #2 2019-02-12

Declaration of Independence #2 crossword puzzle
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  1. / establish _______,
  2. / contract ______,
  3. / Assembled, appealing to the Supreme ________ of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do,
  4. / we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred ____.
  5. / We, therefore, the ________ of the united States of America
  6. / That these united Colonies are, and of _______ ought to be Free and Independent States,
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  1. / conclude Peace,
  2. / solemnly publish and _______,
  3. / in General ___________,
  4. / and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally ________;
  5. / —And for the support of this _______, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence,
  6. / and that as Free and ____________ States, they have full Power to levy War,
  7. / in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these __________,
  8. / that they are Absolved from all _________ to the British Crown,
  9. / and to do all other Acts and _____ which Independent States may of right do.

15 Clues: / conclude Peace, • / contract ______, • / establish _______, • / in General ___________, • / solemnly publish and _______, • / We, therefore, the ________ of the united States of America • / that they are Absolved from all _________ to the British Crown, • / in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these __________, • ...

History Crossword 2020-06-05

History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a Canadian retail business group that traded furs
  2. the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country
  3. an estimated 700 to 1,000 emigrants left for Oregon (another name for Oregeon Trails)
  4. is a mountain pass in the northwest United States, through the Cascade Range in Washington
  5. was a U. S. Army post in the Washington Territory located three miles north of current Colville, Washington
  6. an American businessman, real estate developer, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel
  7. a Republican lawyer who had twice been Governor of Washington Territory
  8. an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (think lewis and ___)
  9. a Suquamish and Duwamish chief
  10. A British explorer, cartographer, and navigator in the British Royal Navy.
  11. a Lemhi Shoshone woman who is best know for helping the Lewis and Clark expedition.
  12. was a 19th-century fur trading post that was the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department
  13. Lewis an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator (think ____ and Clark).
  14. an entrepreneur and a politician, regarded as a founder of the city of Seattle
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  1. A Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific North West.
  2. a British officer of the Royal Navy best known for his 1791–95 expedition
  3. a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and United Kingdom over the crossover border between countries in the San Juan Islands
  4. a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the America
  5. the belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
  6. a Belgian Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus
  7. is a United States statute that permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America
  8. a conflict between the United States and the Yakama
  9. a Greek maritime pilot in the service of the King of Spain, Philip II
  10. an American career Army officer and politician, who served as governor of the Territory of Washington
  11. a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the West Seattle district (in Seattle, Washington, of course)

25 Clues: a Suquamish and Duwamish chief • a Canadian retail business group that traded furs • a conflict between the United States and the Yakama • A Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific North West. • a Belgian Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus • a Greek maritime pilot in the service of the King of Spain, Philip II • ...

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution 2022-05-10

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It was a set of laws that governed African Americans' behavior.
  2. First ten amendments to the constitution
  3. They were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern united states.
  4. It is a relationship between a person and a government to which the person owes loyalty and is so entitled to protection.
  5. It is the condition in which one human being was owned by another.
  6. The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.
  7. Parts of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to states using this doctrine.
  8. Author of the 14th Amendment
  9. The state in which everyone gets treated the same.
  10. The thing that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction. freedmenbureau Government set up schools and hospitals for former slaves.
  11. a U.S. secret group made up of white people who are opposed to people of other races
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  1. Discussed rights that arise from national citizenship
  2. president that assumed after Lincoln's death.
  3. The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
  4. Author of the 13th Amendment
  5. A phrase that meant that people of all races could vote.
  6. The right to vote in public
  7. The amendment in which Citizens of the United States and the state in which they reside are all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its authority.
  8. The amendment in which guaranteed African-American men the right to vote
  9. The war fought between Americans from 1861-1865

20 Clues: The right to vote in public • Author of the 13th Amendment • Author of the 14th Amendment • First ten amendments to the constitution • president that assumed after Lincoln's death. • The war fought between Americans from 1861-1865 • The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. • The state in which everyone gets treated the same. • ...

The Makings of American Government 2019-08-30

The Makings of American Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
  2. doctrine holding that state and federal governments have almost completely seperate functions
  3. splits powers between nation and state
  4. the branch of government that makes the laws
  5. creator of the Virginia Plan
  6. electors selected to represent the votes of their respective states
  7. The intial governing authority of the United States (1781-88)
  8. keep any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  9. right of states to invalidate acts of congress they believe to be illegal
  10. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the state government
  11. imposed tax on almost all paper products
  12. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the national government
  13. powers expressly granted to congress by the constitution
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  1. rule by the people
  2. required states to return runaway slaves
  3. who proposed the Connecticut Compromise
  4. groups of people sharing similar views and interests in order to win elections
  5. powers retained by the states under the constitution
  6. amendment that prohibits states from denying the right to vote on account of race
  7. required colonists to export certain items only to Britain
  8. to formally withdraw from a nation-state
  9. colonists dump taxed tea into Boston Harbor
  10. powers held by the national and state governments in a federal system
  11. Documents that establish the rules for how society will be governed
  12. those who supported the constitution
  13. list of rights granted to the people that can not be taken away
  14. form of government in which political power is exercised directly by the citizens
  15. makes federal law supreme over state law
  16. form of government where citizens vote for officials to represent them
  17. power that the president has to block legislation

30 Clues: rule by the people • creator of the Virginia Plan • those who supported the constitution • splits powers between nation and state • who proposed the Connecticut Compromise • required states to return runaway slaves • to formally withdraw from a nation-state • makes federal law supreme over state law • imposed tax on almost all paper products • ...

The Makings of American Government 2019-08-30

The Makings of American Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. form of government in which political power is exercised directly by the citizens
  2. powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
  3. form of government where citizens vote for officials to represent them
  4. required colonists to export certain items only to Britain
  5. electors selected to represent the votes of their respective states
  6. to formally withdraw from a nation-state
  7. the branch of government that makes the laws
  8. doctrine holding that state and federal governments have almost completely separate functions
  9. imposed tax on almost all paper products
  10. those who supported the constitution
  11. The initial governing authority of the United States (1781-88)
  12. splits powers between nation and state
  13. powers held by the national and state governments in a federal system
  14. Documents that establish the rules for how society will be governed
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  1. powers expressly granted to congress by the constitution
  2. makes federal law supreme over state law
  3. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the state government
  4. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the national government
  5. amendment that prohibits states from denying the right to vote on account of race
  6. groups of people sharing similar views and interests in order to win elections
  7. keep any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  8. creator of the Virginia Plan
  9. who proposed the Connecticut Compromise
  10. right of states to invalidate acts of congress they believe to be illegal
  11. required states to return runaway slaves
  12. list of rights granted to the people that can not be taken away
  13. colonists dump taxed tea into Boston Harbor
  14. powers retained by the states under the constitution
  15. power that the president has to block legislation
  16. rule by the people

30 Clues: rule by the people • creator of the Virginia Plan • those who supported the constitution • splits powers between nation and state • who proposed the Connecticut Compromise • makes federal law supreme over state law • to formally withdraw from a nation-state • required states to return runaway slaves • imposed tax on almost all paper products • ...

The Reconstruction Era Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-01

The Reconstruction Era Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. members of Congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
  2. a white southerner who collaborated with the northern republicans during Reconstruction
  3. offered southerners amnesty for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion
  4. a period beginning in 1867 when the Republicans, who had control in both houses of Congress, took charge of Reconstruction
  5. an agency providing relief for freed people and certain poor people in the South
  6. a person from the northern states who went South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction
  7. a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements
  8. this secret society opposed civil rights, particularly suffrage, for African Americans
  9. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American War
  10. the process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
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  1. the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union
  2. a special tax that you need to pay in order to vote
  3. the law that put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new constitutions upholding the Fourteenth Amendment
  4. 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated
  5. the forced separation of whites and African Americans in public spaces
  6. an assessment to determine a person's ability to read and write that is required in order to vote
  7. one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans
  8. laws that limited the freedom of African Americans
  9. someone sharing land with a landowner in exchange for labor
  10. an official pardon

20 Clues: an official pardon • one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans • laws that limited the freedom of African Americans • a special tax that you need to pay in order to vote • someone sharing land with a landowner in exchange for labor • the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union • ...

AbolitionofSlavery: To get rid of Slavery. Equalprotection / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Accountofrace / A phrase that meant people of a 2022-05-06

AbolitionofSlavery: To get rid of Slavery. Equalprotection / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Accountofrace / A phrase that meant people of a crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Programs that offer job training to those who've dealt with discrimination in the past.
  2. / Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
  3. / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
  4. / The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
  5. / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
  6. / A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
  7. / The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after he got assassinated.
  8. / Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
  9. / The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.
  10. / The enacting of laws.
  11. / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.
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  1. / A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
  2. / The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.
  3. / The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
  4. To get rid of Slavery.
  5. / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  6. / An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
  7. / The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
  8. / A test of reading comprehension and writing skills that people were required to take to vote in southern states.
  9. / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.

20 Clues: To get rid of Slavery. • / The enacting of laws. • / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote. • / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting. • / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South. • / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans. • ...

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-06

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Programs that offer job training to those who've dealt with discrimination in the past.
  2. / Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
  3. / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
  4. / The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
  5. / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
  6. / A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
  7. / The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after he got assassinated.
  8. / Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
  9. / The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.
  10. / The enacting of laws.
  11. / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.
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  1. / A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
  2. / The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.
  3. / The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
  4. To get rid of Slavery.
  5. / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  6. / An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
  7. / The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
  8. / A test of reading comprehension and writing skills that people were required to take to vote in southern states.
  9. / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.

20 Clues: To get rid of Slavery. • / The enacting of laws. • / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote. • / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting. • / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South. • / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans. • ...

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-06

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after he got assassinated.
  2. / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
  3. / A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
  4. / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.
  5. / The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.
  6. / The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
  7. / The enacting of laws.
  8. / To get rid of Slavery.
  9. / Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
  10. / The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
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  1. / The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
  2. / A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
  3. / Programs that offer job training to those who've dealt with discrimination in the past.
  4. / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  5. / An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
  6. / Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
  7. / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.
  8. / The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.
  9. / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
  10. / A test of reading comprehension and writing skills that people were required to take to vote in southern states.

20 Clues: / The enacting of laws. • / To get rid of Slavery. • / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote. • / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting. • / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South. • / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans. • ...

Legislative Branch 2014-11-12

Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The General Assembly meets annually for a ___ number of days.
  2. Protecting public safety and collected taxes is a ___ power because they are shared power between the levels.
  3. The legislative branch approves federal ___.
  4. A ____ leads the state.
  5. The ___ branch has the power of impeachment.
  6. The legislative branch ___ appointments.
  7. Congress approves a ___ every year.
  8. The ____ Amendment reserves powers for the states.
  9. States are able to make ____ under the Constitution
  10. The chief executive of a city.
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  1. Congress is made up of the House of ___ and the Senate
  2. Establishing __ departments is an example of powers from the local government.
  3. These powers are written in the Constitution.
  4. Local governments have to create a budget every ___.
  5. Expressed powers include the ability to ___ money, regulate trade and declare war.
  6. Expressed powers are written in the ___.
  7. Congress and the General Assembly are both ___.
  8. The division of power between the national and state government.
  9. Counties have both an __ Board of Supervisors and School Board.
  10. The Board of Supervisors makes laws for the ___.
  11. States have __ powers under the 10th Amendment.
  12. Powers ___ given to the national government are reserved for the states.
  13. Congress makes ___ laws.

23 Clues: A ____ leads the state. • Congress makes ___ laws. • The chief executive of a city. • Congress approves a ___ every year. • Expressed powers are written in the ___. • The legislative branch ___ appointments. • The legislative branch approves federal ___. • The ___ branch has the power of impeachment. • These powers are written in the Constitution. • ...

The Antebellum Period 2020-12-03

The Antebellum Period crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Douglass, born a slave and was the national leader of the abolitionist movement
  2. Party, oldest voter-based political party in the US
  3. When people favor the interests of one region over the interests of the country as a whole
  4. Party,founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854 and led by Abraham Lincoln
  5. Rights, the rights and powers held by individual US states rather han by the federal government
  6. Slave Act, law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and those who helped them
  7. 1860, due to the dramatic sectionalism tearing the country apart four political parties emerged
  8. condition in which one human being was owned by another
  9. Compromise, a band aid solution with states being admitted into the Union in free & slave pairings
  10. States of America, 7 states who seceded from the Union
  11. Scott, US slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state
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  1. when states have a right to invalidate a law which that state viewed as unconstitutional
  2. of 1850, abolished the slave trade in th District of Columbia
  3. withdrawal from the Union
  4. Period, Period befor the Civil War
  5. Kansas, another name given to the Kansas Territory because of the bloody violence there

16 Clues: withdrawal from the Union • Period, Period befor the Civil War • Party, oldest voter-based political party in the US • States of America, 7 states who seceded from the Union • condition in which one human being was owned by another • of 1850, abolished the slave trade in th District of Columbia • Scott, US slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state • ...

Ancient Chinese Warfare 2020-05-31

Ancient Chinese Warfare crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the smallest of the warring states
  2. the era that began when China was unified
  3. the earliest soldiers in ancient china
  4. the vehicle that carried the archers and drivers during early ancient chinese battles
  5. the dynasty during which firearms were developed
  6. the number of chapters in The Art of War
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  1. the state victorious at the end of the warring states period
  2. what the earliest armour was made of
  3. the number of states involved in the Warring states
  4. armies of mounted troops
  5. important weapon developed during the Warring states period
  6. the author of The art of war
  7. the state eliminated by qin state in 223BCE
  8. the book written in ancient china on war strategies
  9. the axe that was popular during the warring states period
  10. the dynasty in power at the beginning of the warring states period

16 Clues: armies of mounted troops • the author of The art of war • the smallest of the warring states • what the earliest armour was made of • the earliest soldiers in ancient china • the number of chapters in The Art of War • the era that began when China was unified • the state eliminated by qin state in 223BCE • the dynasty during which firearms were developed • ...

Antebellum America, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Vocabulary 2013-05-16

Antebellum America, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. klux klan Often abbreviated KKK and informally known as The Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right,
  2. amendment Extended the right to vote for all males
  3. of 1850 Legislation passed by congress by which California entered the union as a free state
  4. Confedarate prison for union soliders
  5. compromise Legislation passed by congress in 1820
  6. The ability to buy something now and pay for it later or over a period of time
  7. The act of pulling out of the union
  8. The right to vote
  9. Unfair treatment of a person or group because of prejudice
  10. sovereignity The ability of the residents of an area to decide upon issue such as whether they would allow slavery
  11. right's The belief that a states interest should preceedence over the interest of the Nation government
  12. bureau A federal government organization established in 1865 that helped the newly freed slavery after the Civil War
  13. The action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
  14. codes A set of laws passed by Georgia, and most Southern states, after the Civil War to restrict the rights of freedom
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  1. amendment A granted citizenship to the former slaves and forbade the states from denying anyone the equal protection of the law
  2. amendment An amendment to the U.S constitution ratified in 1865, that made slavery illegal
  3. To declare invalid
  4. The period immediatley after the Civil war when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
  5. gin Used to seperate the seeds from the cotton fiber
  6. lincoln Elected in 1860
  7. proclamation A document issued by the president Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that freed the slaves in the confedaracy
  8. states A state that allowed slavery
  9. Landowners provided land, a house, farming tools, and fertilizer
  10. of chickamauga Union general led his troopa seven miles South of Chattanooga at Chickamauga Creek
  11. The period before the civilwar
  12. states A state that didn't allow slavery
  13. farming Owned some agriculture equipment
  14. runners Mostly private ships that slipped around the blockade

28 Clues: The right to vote • To declare invalid • lincoln Elected in 1860 • The period before the civilwar • states A state that allowed slavery • The act of pulling out of the union • Confedarate prison for union soliders • states A state that didn't allow slavery • farming Owned some agriculture equipment • compromise Legislation passed by congress in 1820 • ...

Civil War 2022-11-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. commanded the US Army garrison of Fort Sumter
  2. trained and commanded the First New Jersey Brig
  3. he escaped and helped others gain their freedom as a conductor of the Underground Railroad
  4. wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
  5. led a revolt against his enslavers.
  6. led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War.
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  1. an abolitionist who had fought against slave-owners in Kansas
  2. built the Republican Party, and served as the sixteenth president of the United States
  3. assisted and advised anti-slavery members of the United States Congress.
  4. requested that he be declared a free man
  5. served as the sixth president of the United States
  6. United States Armor Officer and was appointed on June 14, 1861 to brigadier general of volunteers by President Abraham Lincoln
  7. participation in the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863
  8. he forged the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the Union
  9. led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas

15 Clues: led a revolt against his enslavers. • requested that he be declared a free man • commanded the US Army garrison of Fort Sumter • trained and commanded the First New Jersey Brig • served as the sixth president of the United States • participation in the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 • he forged the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the Union • ...

The Cold War Crossword 2023-12-07

The Cold War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. House Un-American Activities Committee
  2. Resupply of West Berlin by U.S. in 1948 in response to a Soviet blockade of Berlin
  3. 13 day period when the USA and USSR came very close to nuclear war
  4. Man who led the Communist Revolution of China
  5. Communist dictator of Cuba who led a revolution in the late 1950s
  6. United States policy to stop the spread of Communism
  7. Period of tension between the United States and USSR
  8. List of people who Joe McCarthy said were Communists
  9. Program after WW2 to rebuild Europe by sending them money and economic aid
  10. Secret spy organization in the United States
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  1. United States foreign policy of sending aid to nations threatened by Communism
  2. Term used to describe territories taken over by the USSR
  3. War that was between North and South Korea, with the United States supporting the Democratic South
  4. Peacekeeping body of nations
  5. Term used to refer to accusing people without evidence
  6. The imaginary line that was said by Winston Churchill that separated Western and Eastern Europe
  7. Senator from Wisconsin who started the Red Scare and accused people of being loyal to Communism

17 Clues: Peacekeeping body of nations • House Un-American Activities Committee • Secret spy organization in the United States • Man who led the Communist Revolution of China • United States policy to stop the spread of Communism • Period of tension between the United States and USSR • List of people who Joe McCarthy said were Communists • ...

State Capitals 2013-03-03

State Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The state with the coldest temperatures has this capital
  2. Capital of the state named after a president
  3. Only capital named after a president (State = Nebraska)
  4. Capital of California
  5. This state has Cheyenne as it's Capital
  6. The Aloha State's capital
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  1. Capital of Montana
  2. Capital of the state that also has Las Vegas
  3. Capital of Colorado
  4. State named after a president
  5. Salem is this state's capital
  6. Lake City Utah's Capital

12 Clues: Capital of Montana • Capital of Colorado • Capital of California • Lake City Utah's Capital • The Aloha State's capital • State named after a president • Salem is this state's capital • This state has Cheyenne as it's Capital • Capital of the state that also has Las Vegas • Capital of the state named after a president • Only capital named after a president (State = Nebraska) • ...

World Capitals 2021-08-23

World Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. TOKYO
  2. CANBERRA
  3. NASSAU
  4. PARIS
  5. HAVANNA
  6. LONDON
Down
  1. ATHENS
  2. OTTAWA
  3. BEIJING
  4. ANKARA
  5. CAIRO
  6. NEW DELHI

12 Clues: TOKYO • PARIS • CAIRO • ATHENS • OTTAWA • ANKARA • NASSAU • LONDON • BEIJING • HAVANNA • CANBERRA • NEW DELHI

African Capitals 2022-03-11

African Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mozambique
  2. Botswana
  3. Algeria
  4. Ethiopia
  5. Egypt
Down
  1. Kenya
  2. Tunisia
  3. South Africa
  4. Namibia
  5. Morocco
  6. Nigeria
  7. Libya

12 Clues: Kenya • Libya • Egypt • Tunisia • Namibia • Morocco • Algeria • Nigeria • Botswana • Ethiopia • Mozambique • South Africa

World Capitals 2021-07-14

World Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. London
  2. Lanka Colombo
  3. Dhaka
  4. Moscow
  5. Beijing
Down
  1. Paris
  2. Thimphu
  3. Berlin
  4. Santiago
  5. Madrid
  6. Arabia Riyadh
  7. Brasilia

12 Clues: Paris • Dhaka • London • Berlin • Madrid • Moscow • Thimphu • Beijing • Santiago • Brasilia • Lanka Colombo • Arabia Riyadh

State Capitals 2019-09-25

State Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. capital of the state where manner lives
  2. New Hampshire is this capital’s home
  3. this capital is in an “island”
  4. home of Boston and the Bruins
  5. capital of Vermont
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  1. this states capital is Dover
  2. capital of New Jersey
  3. a nice place to visit In August
  4. capital of Pennsylvania
  5. capital of the state you live w
  6. capital of Connecticut
  7. the capital of a “new” state

12 Clues: capital of Vermont • capital of New Jersey • capital of Connecticut • capital of Pennsylvania • this states capital is Dover • the capital of a “new” state • home of Boston and the Bruins • this capital is in an “island” • a nice place to visit In August • capital of the state you live w • New Hampshire is this capital’s home • capital of the state where manner lives

SE capitals 2023-01-11

SE capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Florida
  2. Lousiana
  3. West Virginia
  4. Arkansas
  5. Mississippi
Down
  1. Georgia
  2. North Carolina
  3. South Carolina
  4. Alabama
  5. Kentucky
  6. Virginia
  7. Tennessee

12 Clues: Georgia • Florida • Alabama • Kentucky • Lousiana • Virginia • Arkansas • Tennessee • Mississippi • West Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina

European capitals 2023-02-19

European capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ENGLAND
  2. HUNGARY
  3. ROMANIA
  4. SPAIN
  5. GREECE
  6. AUSTRIA
  7. ITALY
  8. FRANCE
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  1. DENMARK
  2. CZECHIA
  3. GERMANY
  4. NETHERLANDS

12 Clues: SPAIN • ITALY • GREECE • FRANCE • DENMARK • ENGLAND • HUNGARY • CZECHIA • ROMANIA • GERMANY • AUSTRIA • NETHERLANDS

World Capitals 2024-03-29

World Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Eiffel Tower
  2. - Modernist Architecture
  3. - Colosseum
  4. - Imperial Palace
  5. - White House
  6. - Brandenburg Gate
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  1. - Parliament House
  2. - Kremlin
  3. - Pyramids
  4. - Forbidden City
  5. Delhi - Red Fort
  6. - Big Ben

12 Clues: - Kremlin • - Big Ben • - Pyramids • - Colosseum • - White House • - Eiffel Tower • - Forbidden City • Delhi - Red Fort • - Imperial Palace • - Parliament House • - Brandenburg Gate • - Modernist Architecture

Revolutionary Characters Activity 3 2021-10-07

Revolutionary Characters Activity 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what kind of artwork did Monsr.houdon do of Washington
  2. what did Ben Franklin wirte while traveling the British Isles
  3. first president
  4. Ben Franklins... helped Thomas Paine by giving him a job in America
  5. forgotten founder
  6. wrote by Jefferson
  7. Jefferson advocated for because of his liberalist French associates
  8. what country saw Ben Franklin as a symbol of America
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  1. what was Ben Franklin's job in France
  2. which capitals buildings did Jefferson have mimic Roman temples
  3. after the death of...all of Washington's slaves were freed
  4. wrote by Thomas Paine
  5. position that opened up that Ben Franklin wanted by was rejected because of the American Ministry
  6. college that Ben Franklin had an honorary degree from
  7. college that Ben Franklin had an honorary degree from
  8. musician, draftsman, surveyor, astronomer, natural philosopher, jurist, and statesman
  9. Thomas Paines political offices
  10. which group had the largest celebrations in Ben Franklins memory
  11. least likely revolutionary
  12. number of presidents that asked Jefferson what wines to serve at presidential

20 Clues: first president • forgotten founder • wrote by Jefferson • wrote by Thomas Paine • least likely revolutionary • Thomas Paines political offices • what was Ben Franklin's job in France • what country saw Ben Franklin as a symbol of America • college that Ben Franklin had an honorary degree from • college that Ben Franklin had an honorary degree from • ...

Building a New Nation 2020-04-02

Building a New Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was an economic plan that played an important role in American policy
  2. former First Lady of the United States
  3. passed by Congress with an explicit function of protecting U.S. manufactured items from overseas competition
  4. the United States capital
  5. was the primary catalyst for the war of 1812 between Britain and the United States
  6. an organic act of Congress of the constitution of the United States
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  1. Vice President during another persons presidency and the third president
  2. the territory Lewis, Clark, and sacagwea were exploring
  3. the 4th US president, a founding father, and philosopher
  4. helped the Lewis and Clark expedition by exploring the Louisiana Territory
  5. was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government.
  6. Taking of men into a military or navel force by compulsion
  7. the national anthem
  8. wrote the national anthem
  9. treaty that gave the native Americans 20,000 dollars and in return the U.S. was given the Northwest territory

15 Clues: the national anthem • the United States capital • wrote the national anthem • former First Lady of the United States • the territory Lewis, Clark, and sacagwea were exploring • the 4th US president, a founding father, and philosopher • Taking of men into a military or navel force by compulsion • an organic act of Congress of the constitution of the United States • ...

us history 2021-01-13

us history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  2. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
  3. an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898.
  4. the ability to assess and initiate things independently.
  5. a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968).
  6. is a political philosophy in support of social reform.
  7. was an American statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer, who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
  8. an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
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  1. were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  2. were reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era in the United States who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt.
  3. s a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.
  4. a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  5. an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903.
  6. was a peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War.
  7. was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism.
  8. to call back
  9. was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"
  10. was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.

18 Clues: to call back • is a political philosophy in support of social reform. • the ability to assess and initiate things independently. • an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. • a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). • ...

Amendments crossword puzzle 2024-06-05

Amendments crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
  2. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
  3. 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
  4. Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts.
  5. The rights of citizens will be protected whether these rights are listed or not.
  6. Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
  7. Right to bear arms.
  8. Restricts housing soldiers in private homes.
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  1. granted women the right to vote.
  2. Rights to a fast and public trial by an impartial jury and to be aware of the criminal charges.
  3. Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves.
  4. forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control
  5. Powers not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, belong to the states.
  6. grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,”

14 Clues: Right to bear arms. • granted women the right to vote. • Restricts housing soldiers in private homes. • Protects against unreasonable search and seizure. • Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. • Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves. • Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts. • ...

Government Vocabulary Crossword 2022-01-06

Government Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the government is not all powerful.
  2. belief that monarchs are chosen by God.
  3. article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the constitution.
  4. powers saved for the states.
  5. the distribution of power between the national government and the states with the union.
  6. first ten amendments to the constitution.
  7. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom.
  8. king/queen controls all aspects of life.
  9. division of the powers among the three branches.
  10. writing in the constitution that satisfies both small and large states
  11. the first U.S. president.
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  1. leading supporter of the constitution.
  2. third president of the united states.
  3. democracy based on the protection of individual rights.
  4. supporters who believed in a strong central government.
  5. power is held at the national level.
  6. group who feared the new government.
  7. explains the purpose of the constitution.
  8. the citizens have political authority.
  9. believed in natural rights
  10. father of the constitution and 4th president of the U.S.
  11. government is defined by law and serves the people.

22 Clues: the first U.S. president. • believed in natural rights • powers saved for the states. • the government is not all powerful. • power is held at the national level. • group who feared the new government. • third president of the united states. • leading supporter of the constitution. • the citizens have political authority. • belief that monarchs are chosen by God. • ...

Tic-Tac-Toe #1 2021-09-12

Tic-Tac-Toe #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
  2. derogatory name for proslavery raiders from the slave state of Missouri
  3. short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854
  4. federal union and southern states that voted to secede
  5. withdrawal of a group from a larger entity
  6. the crime of betraying one's country
  7. American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky
  8. issue of slavery and territorial expansion
  9. a civil legal action by one person or entity
  10. created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
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  1. type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast-moving, small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces
  2. balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
  3. government based on consent of the people
  4. a collection of weapons and military equipment
  5. a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding
  6. act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
  7. American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire
  8. unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery
  9. American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina
  10. anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe

20 Clues: the crime of betraying one's country • government based on consent of the people • withdrawal of a group from a larger entity • issue of slavery and territorial expansion • a civil legal action by one person or entity • a collection of weapons and military equipment • a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding • ...

Chapter 12 Vocabulary Worksheet 2013-02-25

Chapter 12 Vocabulary Worksheet crossword puzzle
Across
  1. law that states that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules
  2. law that states that the pressur of a gas at a constant volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature
  3. the ammount of force exerted per unit area of surface
  4. law that states that the volume of gases involved in a chemical change can be represented by the ration of small whole numbers
  5. the pressure of each gas in a mixture
  6. imaginary gas whose particles are infinitely small and do not interact with each other
  7. movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density
  8. Si Unit of pressure
  9. law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant pressure the volume of the gas increases as the termpeature of the gas increases and the volume of the gas decreases as the temperature of the gas decreases
  10. Si unit for force
  11. passage of a gas under pressure through a tiny opening
Down
  1. the terperature of 0°C and 1 atm
  2. law that states that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the component gases
  3. law that states that the rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the gass density
  4. Law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant temperature the volume of the gas increases as the pressure of the gas decreases and the volume of the gas decreases as the pressure of the gas increases
  5. theory that explains that the behavior of physical systems depends on the combined actions of the molecules constituting the system
  6. law that states the mathematical relationship of pressure volume temperature the gas constant and the number of moles of a gas

17 Clues: Si unit for force • Si Unit of pressure • the terperature of 0°C and 1 atm • the pressure of each gas in a mixture • the ammount of force exerted per unit area of surface • passage of a gas under pressure through a tiny opening • movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density • ...

US States 2022-12-14

US States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first state to be founded
  2. Nothing but nature and potatoes
  3. This state comes with its own named lake
  4. Looking for something or anything that's big?
  5. More than just its big city
  6. Dorothy doesn't think she's in this state anymore
  7. Home of the Redsox and the Boston Tea Party
  8. The capital of entertainment of technology
  9. Go skiing near the rocky mountains in this state
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  1. America's biggest dairy factory capital
  2. Warmest state in the winter and one of the rainiest
  3. you can visit two big cities in one day
  4. A populated state all because of one massive city
  5. It's the state where the Declaration of Independence is signed.
  6. A very "peachy" state
  7. Costs a fortune to visit or move there

16 Clues: A very "peachy" state • More than just its big city • The first state to be founded • Nothing but nature and potatoes • Costs a fortune to visit or move there • America's biggest dairy factory capital • you can visit two big cities in one day • This state comes with its own named lake • The capital of entertainment of technology • Home of the Redsox and the Boston Tea Party • ...

50 States 2024-09-18

50 States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of country music
  2. Known for their vast amoutn of Mormons
  3. Home to multiple popular cities like LA, San Fransisco Hollywood
  4. Known for producing peaches
  5. Known for producing lots of potatoes
  6. Airplanes were invented here
  7. Smallest State
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  1. Home to Mount Rushmore
  2. Home to Yellowstone
  3. Known as the concrete jungle
  4. 49th State
  5. Islands
  6. Home to the Liberty Bell
  7. Home to the Grand Canyon
  8. Disney world and lots of gators
  9. Has a weird shaped flag

16 Clues: Islands • 49th State • Smallest State • Home to Yellowstone • Home to Mount Rushmore • Has a weird shaped flag • Capital of country music • Home to the Liberty Bell • Home to the Grand Canyon • Known for producing peaches • Airplanes were invented here • Known as the concrete jungle • Disney world and lots of gators • Known for producing lots of potatoes • ...

Chapter 7 Vocabulary 2020-12-03

Chapter 7 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a 1787 article that set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers,and outlawed slavery there
  2. written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
  3. a document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government
  4. supporter of the Constitution, who favored a strong federal, or national, government
  5. the right that no person can be held in prison without first being charges with a specific crime
  6. a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes
  7. plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by larger states, that called for a strong national goverenment with three branches and a two-chamber legislature
  8. agreement at the Constituional Convention that three fifths of the slaves in any state be counted in his population
  9. first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states
  10. plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
  11. law setting up a system for settling the Northwest Territory
  12. branch of government that passes laws
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  1. plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that clled for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
  2. branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly
  3. signed in 1215, a British document that contains two basic ideas: Monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights
  4. people who opposed the Constitution and a strong national government
  5. first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  6. principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
  7. gathering of state representatives on May, 25 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation
  8. James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and other leaders who laid the groundwork for the United States
  9. branch of government that carries out laws
  10. series of essays by Federalists James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of ratifying the Constitution

22 Clues: branch of government that passes laws • branch of government that carries out laws • first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • law setting up a system for settling the Northwest Territory • written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect • branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly • ...

Civil War 2024-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub
  2. talks about different materials and liquids used by the Canon
  3. forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison
  4. showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater
  5. Confederate troops repulsed enemy forces, delaying the Union's advance on Atlanta
  6. the bloodiest battle in the civil war
  7. the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history
  8. fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  9. Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. John Pope
  10. Confederate troops attack a Union supply depot and are met by untested United States Colored Troops
  11. a Unionist who professes to rob, burn out and murder only rebels in arms against the government.
  12. american Civil War lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864
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  1. laws passed at different periods in the southern United States
  2. failed an attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
  3. the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems
  4. term saying once slaves crossed US army line, they became property
  5. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  6. an early battle of the civil war, stands as one of the greatest Confederate victories.
  7. tells the story of Cora, a runaway slave
  8. the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants
  9. General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
  10. called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral

22 Clues: the bloodiest battle in the civil war • tells the story of Cora, a runaway slave • the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history • called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral • talks about different materials and liquids used by the Canon • laws passed at different periods in the southern United States • ...

Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion 2023-12-04

Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. over 400 different agreements made between various native American nations, the states' governments, and the federal government over land disputes prior to the Civil War
  2. a radical and militant abolitionist that led the Raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia and the Pottawatomie Massacre
  3. one of the ways Chief Sequoya of the Cherokee nation tried to preserve Cherokee culture
  4. first war since 1812 that the United States fought against another country - Mexico - over territory that is now part of the American Southwest and California
  5. characterized by universal white manhood suffrage, the spoils system, interest groups, and political campaigning
  6. term for all the land ceded by Mexico to the United States through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and includes modern day states of Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Colorado
  7. a violent event in 1854 where pro-slavery militants and anti-slavery militants fought over the vote regarding slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
  8. a political party that opposed the expansion of slavery in the west because of competition over labor
  9. fate of 40,000 American Indians who refused to relocate, therefore were forcibly removed by marching 800 miles in dire conditions
  10. first "common man" president and founder of the Democratic Party
  11. a term that means the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory
  12. the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848
  13. political party that supported policies that favored native-born Americans over foreign-born Americans
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  1. a term that means the people of s state can vote for the laws of their state
  2. a political party that supported the abolition of slavery for moral reasons, and believed in a strong national government
  3. the first long distance, over-land form of travel and transportation in the United States
  4. political party founded by Andrew Jackson which fought for westward territorial expansion and a limited government
  5. signed into law in 1830, President Andrew Jackson authorized the government to financially support the resettlement of specific Indian nations to territory in Oklahoma; the US Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional
  6. the largest Indian nation to be impacted by Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears
  7. a law passed by US Congress in 1820 that drew a boundary between slave states and free states in the Louisiana Territory
  8. popular belief that it was America's purpose to expand its territory across the continent
  9. formerly part of Mexico, declared independence and fought the famous Battle of the Alamo, became annexed by the United States in 1845
  10. a law passed by US Congress in 1854 that overturned the Missouri Compromise and allowed for "popular sovereignty" to determine whether future states would be slave or free
  11. political party formed in opposition to the Democratic Party, pro-business and believed the government should promote economic development
  12. a term that means "anti-immigrant", especially against Irish and German immigrants
  13. pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops reclaimed the Alamo Mission, killing most of the occupants
  14. the most important cash crop in the Southern economy prior to the civil war, increased the demand for slave labor

27 Clues: the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848 • first "common man" president and founder of the Democratic Party • a term that means the people of s state can vote for the laws of their state • the largest Indian nation to be impacted by Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears • ...

the civil war 2023-03-02

the civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a period before war
  2. someone who wanted to end slavery
  3. the south's way of producing goods. they often used slaves for the labor
  4. corn,wheat,grain,ect.
  5. when a person is murdered for political reasons
  6. boundary or border that split free states from slave states. it passed through the north,Virginia,Pennsylvania, Maryland,Delaware, and then through the south
  7. 18th president of the union
  8. the name for the south after they ______(7 down) from the north
  9. meaning to break apart or split from one another
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  1. the name for those who supported the south
  2. name for the north after the south _____(7 down) from them
  3. when usually african-americans and sometimes native americans are owned by people (usually whites) and forced to do labor for them and sometimes sold/bidded for money to other people
  4. a large farm in the southern united states. before the war many of the people who worked on the land were enslaved
  5. president of the union during the civil war
  6. men who traveled and fought on the ground
  7. an attempt to stop people and/or supplies from coming and/or leaving a port
  8. manufacturing goods from raw materials used by the northern people to produce goods. there was no need for slavery for this type of production
  9. large caliber firearms such as cannons and mortars
  10. when a soldier is wounded or killed in battle
  11. states that left the union to form their own country after Abraham Lincoln was elected as the president of the united states
  12. men who fight on horseback
  13. loyal to the north

22 Clues: loyal to the north • a period before war • corn,wheat,grain,ect. • men who fight on horseback • 18th president of the union • someone who wanted to end slavery • men who traveled and fought on the ground • the name for those who supported the south • president of the union during the civil war • when a soldier is wounded or killed in battle • ...

IX • XV • MMXXI 2022-02-12

IX • XV • MMXXI crossword puzzle
Across
  1. After a Great Hill
  2. A Hollow Sword
  3. ayay ightbray ingthay
  4. Mountain between Horror and Bliss
  5. Roman Language
  6. Only In
  7. You
  8. Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here
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  1. The Devil
  2. Lucifer
  3. The Savior
  4. Being Between States of Body
  5. Singular of Dice
  6. Being Between States
  7. A Majestic American Bird
  8. Between States

16 Clues: You • Lucifer • Only In • The Devil • The Savior • A Hollow Sword • Roman Language • Between States • Singular of Dice • After a Great Hill • Being Between States • ayay ightbray ingthay • A Majestic American Bird • Being Between States of Body • Mountain between Horror and Bliss • Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here

Civil War 2022-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lincoln president during the Civil War
  2. important statement
  3. states did not allow slavery
  4. William T. Sherman Union general who captured Atlanta, GA, then marched through GA to the sea, burning and destroying everything on the way
  5. Sumter located in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first battle of the Civil War was fought
  6. first Union ironclad
  7. gin machine that quickly removed cotton seeds
  8. War fought between north & south, 1861-1865, also called the War between the States
  9. states allowed slavery
  10. Ulysses S. Grant commander of the Union army
  11. decision to satisfy both sides of an argument
  12. Robert E. Lee commander of the Confederate army
  13. Union's move to block major seaports from the south, to prevent them from receiving much needed supplies
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  1. Johnson president after Lincoln's death
  2. Davis president of the Confederate States of America
  3. Court House, Virginia where General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the end of the Civil War
  4. Wilkes Booth shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in 1865
  5. battle that was the turning point of the Civil War
  6. set free
  7. first Confederate ironclad
  8. ship covered with thick iron plates to keep cannon balls and gun shells out
  9. referred to the US during the Civil War
  10. Proclamation President Lincoln's announcement in 1863, to free slaves
  11. city captured by the Union army so the north could control the Mississippi River
  12. States of America name Southern states gave themselves after withdrawing from the Union, to form their own nation
  13. capital of the Confederate States
  14. Compromise decision in 1821 to allow Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state & Maine as a free state, to keep the balance represented in Congress
  15. Whitney man who invented the cotton gin

28 Clues: set free • important statement • first Union ironclad • states allowed slavery • first Confederate ironclad • states did not allow slavery • capital of the Confederate States • Lincoln president during the Civil War • Johnson president after Lincoln's death • referred to the US during the Civil War • Whitney man who invented the cotton gin • ...

CIVIC'S TEST PART 1 2024-02-24

CIVIC'S TEST PART 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
  2. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States
  3. What is the capital of the United States
  4. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
  5. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are those words?
  6. What is the name of the Vice-President of the United States now?
  7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
  8. What is the highest court in the United States?
  9. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
  10. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
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  1. Who was the first president?
  2. Name two national U.S. Holidays
  3. What does the President's cabinet do?
  4. What are two parts of the U.S. Congress?
  5. Name one branch or part of the government.
  6. We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
  7. Why does the flag have 50 stars?
  8. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
  9. Who is the Commander in chief of the military?
  10. When do we celebrate Independence Day?
  11. What is one reason colonists came to America?
  12. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
  13. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
  14. We elect a President for how many years?
  15. What is the political party of the President now?

25 Clues: Who was the first president? • Name two national U.S. Holidays • Why does the flag have 50 stars? • Who does a U.S. Senator represent? • What does the President's cabinet do? • What are two Cabinet-level positions? • When do we celebrate Independence Day? • What are two parts of the U.S. Congress? • What is the capital of the United States • ...

Unit 2 Vocabulary 2024-02-21

Unit 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the former Confederate States of America into the United States.
  2. American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War.
  3. allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states
  4. 1,300-mile long route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers traveled from 1846–47.
  5. enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, famous court case
  6. discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune
  7. American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.
  8. a process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements.
  9. also known as the Wormley Agreement or the Bargain of 1877, was an unwritten political deal in the United States to settle the intense dispute over the results of the 1876
  10. several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.
  11. American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
  12. an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865
  13. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
  14. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  15. a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other.
  16. a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory.
  17. occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
  18. was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers
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  1. 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico
  2. granted by state constitution or state statute and allocates some autonomy to a local government, if the local government accepts certain conditions
  3. legal arrangement in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.
  4. a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil
  5. recourse in law by which a report can be made to a court in the events of unlawful detention or imprisonment, requesting that the court orders the person's custodian, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether their detention is lawful.
  6. he principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political legitimacy.
  7. an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
  8. was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil Wa
  9. white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
  10. the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of anti-immigration and immigration-restriction measures.
  11. in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory.
  12. also known as Peace Democrats, were a faction of the Democratic Party in the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.
  13. or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

31 Clues: the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. • allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states • occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War. • a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil • ...

great depression 2015-03-18

great depression crossword puzzle
Across
  1. make changes in a social, political, or economic institution or practice to in prove it
  2. a group of experts appointed to advise a government or politician
  3. a shareholder
  4. 32nd President of the United States
  5. borrowing the balance from a bank or broker
  6. a political and economic theory of social organization
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  1. the rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants
  2. a shortage of water
  3. a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the depression
  4. government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income
  5. vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust
  6. stock market crash that precipitated the great depression
  7. a day on which banks are officially closed
  8. american author of twenty-seven books
  9. rapid settlement of the continental united states
  10. longest-serving first lady of the united states
  11. overwhelming majority of votes for one party in an election
  12. a series of radio broadcasts made by president franklin delano roosevelt
  13. a series of domestic programs enacted in the united states
  14. federal government agencies created as part of the new deal

20 Clues: a shareholder • a shortage of water • 32nd President of the United States • american author of twenty-seven books • a day on which banks are officially closed • borrowing the balance from a bank or broker • longest-serving first lady of the united states • vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust • rapid settlement of the continental united states • ...

Causes of the Civil war 2022-03-07

Causes of the Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. Suggested all lands from Mexican cession had no slaves.
  2. Some states thought they could leave the Union if they didn't like the laws.
  3. African American slaves worked on plantation in the South.
  4. The new states would vote if their state would be admitted as a free or slave state.
  5. President of the united states during the civil war.
  6. Abraham Lincoln became the 26th president campaigning on a platform opposing the spread of slavery.
  7. Five year long war.
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  1. northern abolitionist launched a slave revolt in 1859.
  2. Required all citizens to help catch runaway enslaved people.
  3. Greater loyalty to your own section rather than the country as a whole.
  4. He sued his owner for his freedom.
  5. Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state, keeping the number slave free states equal.
  6. The southern states during the civil war.
  7. 11 southern states leave the Union and become The Confederacy.
  8. The northern states during the civil war.

15 Clues: Five year long war. • He sued his owner for his freedom. • The southern states during the civil war. • The northern states during the civil war. • President of the united states during the civil war. • northern abolitionist launched a slave revolt in 1859. • Suggested all lands from Mexican cession had no slaves. • ...

Jacksonian Democracy 2018-01-31

Jacksonian Democracy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cashier of the bank's branch in Maryland that was against the second bank of the united states.
  2. was secretary of state and one of Jacksons strongest allies in his official cabinet
  3. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  4. American military officer, a principal contributor in the War of 1812, and the ninth President of the United States.
  5. dispute between the state and federal government
  6. He vowed "liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
  7. Jackson's informal group of trusted advisers that would meet up in the white house kitchen.
  8. an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837
  9. Group formed by Jackson's opponents
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  1. senator from South Carolina jackson chose to be his vice presidential running mate
  2. Public meetings to select the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates
  3. practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
  4. Group that gathered together to make sure Andrew jackson would win the presidential election
  5. Financial crisis that Jacksons plan had made but Van Burren got the blame for
  6. a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.

15 Clues: Group formed by Jackson's opponents • dispute between the state and federal government • He vowed "liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable" • Financial crisis that Jacksons plan had made but Van Burren got the blame for • practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters. • ...

Civil War Search 2014-04-08

Civil War Search crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level
  2. Racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 in the United States at the state and local level
  3. A village were Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in April of 1865, ending the war
  4. A controversial ruling made by the supreme court in 1857
  5. A United States federal law that was mainly intended to protect the civil rights of African-Americans
  6. An infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Lee on Major General George G.(Union). On the last day of Gettysburg
  7. Amendment of the United States Constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
  8. A series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, campaigning for election, U.S. Senate from Illinois
  9. A speech by Lincoln, one of the best known in American History
  10. A plan carried out by John Wilkes Booth, in order to revive the Confederate cause
  11. An agency of the war department set up in the 1865 to assist freed slaves
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  1. The period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory
  2. Major event leading to the American Civil War. Five bills proposed by Henry Clay
  3. A presidential proclamation issued by Lincoln, directed to all areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive Branch
  4. Amendment of the United States Constitution that prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
  5. A bill proposed for the reconstruction of the south written by two radical republicans
  6. Battle between the Union and the Confederate on July 1-3, 1863 (Union Won)
  7. Preserved the balance between slave and free states in the senate and brought about a lull in the bitter debate in congress over slavery. Banned slavery north of the 36 30 line
  8. A United States federal law, that was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate
  9. A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned

20 Clues: A controversial ruling made by the supreme court in 1857 • A speech by Lincoln, one of the best known in American History • The period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory • An agency of the war department set up in the 1865 to assist freed slaves • Battle between the Union and the Confederate on July 1-3, 1863 (Union Won) • ...

US History 30 terms 2020-10-26

US History 30 terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Responsible for the Missouri Compromise
  2. Helped protect Tariff and developed a federal government
  3. Mostly served to raise income for the national government
  4. Emerged in 1830 in opposition to President Andrew Jackson
  5. Eight President of the United States
  6. Served as the ninth president of the United States
  7. Warn European nations that the U.S. will not tolerate colonization or monarchy
  8. Elected seventh President
  9. Machin that separates cotton fiber from seed
  10. Political party gives government civil service jobs to its supporters
  11. Financial crises in the United States that created a major depression
  12. Establish in 1791 to serve as a repository for federal funds
  13. Political party's
  14. U.S. into war with Great Britain and established second bank of the U.S.
  15. Allowed Missouria to become a slave state and Maine to become a free state in 1854
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  1. Substitutes one for another
  2. Gave Congress power to establish a national bank
  3. Known for his inventing the cotton gin
  4. Sixth president of the United States
  5. Made to protect industry in northern U.S.
  6. Treaty Between the United States and Spain in 1819
  7. Longest artificial waterway
  8. Large making of products
  9. Granted unsettled land west of Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands
  10. Indian nation forced to give up lands
  11. transition to new manufacturing processes in U.S.
  12. Helped define the constitutional power of the federal government
  13. Road made by Federal government
  14. Was the tenth president of the United States in 1841
  15. Idea that promotes the interest of a national group

30 Clues: Political party's • Large making of products • Elected seventh President • Substitutes one for another • Longest artificial waterway • Road made by Federal government • Eight President of the United States • Sixth president of the United States • Indian nation forced to give up lands • Known for his inventing the cotton gin • Responsible for the Missouri Compromise • ...

Unit 2- A New nation 2024-04-21

Unit 2- A New nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A compromise that stated the HOR= based off population and Senate= equal in proportion.
  2. favored large states, representation based on population
  3. Met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
  4. The power of the judicial branch to declare laws unconstitutional.
  5. The supreme law of the United States of America.
  6. Government that only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution.
  7. Document that limited the power of the king.
  8. Established direct democracy, first form of self government in the U.S
  9. Division of power among different levels of government
  10. Supported the constitution as is; no need for additional protections
  11. Each branch has their individual roles and responsibilities
  12. Ensures one branch does not become too powerful.
  13. favored the small states in equal representation
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  1. Rule by the people, consent of the governed
  2. Wanted additional protections for people and states.
  3. Written in 1776, declared us independent of Great Britain
  4. The nation's first constitution; it failed due to giving the states too much power.
  5. Where we got some ideas for our Bill Of Rights from.
  6. The governing body that declared us independent of Great Britain
  7. States no one is above the law
  8. People directly vote for what they want
  9. Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person
  10. The first democratically elected legislative body in the U.S
  11. Showed the weakness of the Articles; armed rebellion regarding taxes.

24 Clues: States no one is above the law • Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person • People directly vote for what they want • Rule by the people, consent of the governed • Document that limited the power of the king. • The supreme law of the United States of America. • Ensures one branch does not become too powerful. • favored the small states in equal representation • ...

The Amendments 2023-02-14

The Amendments crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Known as the lame__ amendment, it reduced the length of time between elections in November and the beginning of presidential and congressional terms.
  2. Established a prohibition of___ in the United States.
  3. Authorized a tax on___
  4. Prevents members of Congress from receiving an increase in__ until after the next election has been held.
  5. Established presidential__ limits.
  6. Abolished___ throughout the United States.
  7. Clarifies the succession procedure if the___ is removed from office, dies, or resigns.
  8. Prohibits denying the right to vote to any citizen based on their___
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  1. Established that every person born or naturalized in the United States was a__
  2. Established the direct election of United States__by the people.
  3. Prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, fines, and cruel and___
  4. Guarantees the right to a speedy and public__
  5. Protects the right of the people to keep and bear__
  6. Protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and what else?
  7. States that powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the___

15 Clues: Authorized a tax on___ • Established presidential__ limits. • Abolished___ throughout the United States. • Guarantees the right to a speedy and public__ • Protects the right of the people to keep and bear__ • Established a prohibition of___ in the United States. • Protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and what else? • ...

Period 3 2016-11-29

Period 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Compromise/ Roger Sherman introduces it to mend ideas
  2. Battle which washington Crosses the Delaware river
  3. plan/ Plan that favored large states
  4. Ordinance/ System for terrritories to become states
  5. Rights/ John Locke said everyone had..
  6. Sovereighty/ Power in the hands of the people
  7. Paine/ Author of Common sense
  8. Jersey plan/ Plan that favored small states
  9. The _______ convention is where they revise the articles
  10. Final Battle
  11. people who supported the constitution w/ a strong central gov
  12. Most states abolished slavery in the...
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  1. five essays/The federalist papers consisted of
  2. fifths/ Slaves were counted_________ of a person, when voting
  3. Trade/ allowed to continue untill 1808
  4. The constitution divided power between state and ...
  5. Rebellion/ Rebellion includes middle class, debts, jails & banks
  6. Power comes from the people
  7. in the Articles of Confederstion, most power lies w/ the...

19 Clues: Final Battle • Power comes from the people • Paine/ Author of Common sense • plan/ Plan that favored large states • Trade/ allowed to continue untill 1808 • Rights/ John Locke said everyone had.. • Most states abolished slavery in the... • Jersey plan/ Plan that favored small states • Sovereighty/ Power in the hands of the people • ...

Constitution 2021-12-08

Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Power of the Supreme Court to judge whether or not actions of other branches are unconstitutional
  2. First 10 amendments to the Constitution stating fundemental rights of citizens
  3. Powers that were not specifically defined by the Constitution, shall be entrusted to Congress
  4. A change or addition to the Constitution
  5. Powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch gets too much power
  6. the introduction to the Constitution
  7. Branch that makes laws
  8. To approve
  9. Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
  10. Powers that belong only to the states
  11. Powers shared by States and the Federal Government
  12. Powers not stated belong to the people.
  13. Against ratifying constitution, wanted bill of rights
  14. Government with limited powers strictly defined by law, no person or group is above the law
  15. Right of trial by jury in civil cases.
  16. Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.
  17. the SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND
  18. Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy.
  19. England's lawmaking body
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  1. Government type where people elect representatives to make laws
  2. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
  3. Right to a speedy and public trial.
  4. Amendment that gives the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
  5. Government of the people
  6. System in which each branch of government checks or limits other branches so no branch gets too powerful.
  7. Branch that enforces the laws.
  8. Branch that can declare laws unconstitutional
  9. Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
  10. Powers that belong only to the Federal Government
  11. Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people
  12. the sharing of powers between the national and state governments
  13. Movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society.
  14. Amendment that states that citizens are not required to house soldiers
  15. Based on John Locke, basic rights and freedoms all humans are entitled to at birth
  16. Amendment that states that citizens have the right to bear arms
  17. supporters of constitution and strong national government, feared disorder without it
  18. Delegates of the Constitutional Convention who shaped Constitution

37 Clues: To approve • Branch that makes laws • Government of the people • England's lawmaking body • the SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND • Branch that enforces the laws. • Right to a speedy and public trial. • Legislative, Executive, and Judicial • the introduction to the Constitution • Powers that belong only to the states • Right of trial by jury in civil cases. • ...

Chapter 16 and 17 vocabulary 2020-05-11

Chapter 16 and 17 vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the West, the major Union goal was to control the Mississippi River and the smaller rivers that fed it.
  2. Ruffians- people who used the border to vote illegally, make raids, and intimidate the antislavery settlers
  3. place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service
  4. act by which a state left the Union
  5. Tactics or ways something is done
  6. act by which a state left the Union
  7. give up or discontinue any further interest in something
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  1. person who flees a country or location to escape danger such as slavery
  2. show (an act, claim,or statement) to be right
  3. enroll oneself in the armed forces
  4. person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and / or refusing to renounce a religion
  5. fixed or set
  6. States-Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri
  7. the underground railroad was an example of
  8. The states always compared and found the differences between each other
  9. Rights-political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
  10. War-The war fought in the United States between northern (Union) and southern (Confederate) states from 1861 to 1865,
  11. / to govern or direct according to rule

18 Clues: fixed or set • Tactics or ways something is done • enroll oneself in the armed forces • act by which a state left the Union • act by which a state left the Union • / to govern or direct according to rule • the underground railroad was an example of • show (an act, claim,or statement) to be right • give up or discontinue any further interest in something • ...

Southwest state and capitals 2021-12-07

Southwest state and capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital is Oklahoma city
  2. tableland
  3. NM
  4. Capital is Santa Fe
  5. Capital is Austin
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  1. Capital is Phoenix
  2. OK
  3. AZ
  4. highland
  5. TX

10 Clues: OK • AZ • NM • TX • highland • tableland • Capital is Austin • Capital is Phoenix • Capital is Santa Fe • Capital is Oklahoma city

Canada's Provinces and Capitals 2021-11-19

Canada's Provinces and Capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital of Ontario
  2. Capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
  3. This is the smallest province
  4. Fredericton is the capital
  5. Is between Manitoba and Alberta
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  1. Was the last province to join Canada
  2. Capital is Victoria
  3. Capital of Canada
  4. Is the newest Territory
  5. People speak French in this province

10 Clues: Capital of Canada • Capital of Ontario • Capital is Victoria • Is the newest Territory • Fredericton is the capital • This is the smallest province • Is between Manitoba and Alberta • Was the last province to join Canada • Capital of Newfoundland and Labrador • People speak French in this province

Countries and their capitals 2016-03-14

Countries and their capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. Madrid
  2. Ottawa
  3. Ankara
  4. Stockholm
  5. Amsterdam
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  1. Moscow
  2. London
  3. Paris
  4. Berlin
  5. Brasilia

10 Clues: Paris • Moscow • London • Madrid • Ottawa • Ankara • Berlin • Brasilia • Stockholm • Amsterdam

Country and their capitals 2022-11-09

Country and their capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. Havana
  2. Budapest
  3. Jakarta
  4. Rome
  5. San salvador
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  1. Tokyo
  2. Copenhagen
  3. Beijing
  4. Bandar Seri Begawan
  5. Male

10 Clues: Male • Rome • Tokyo • Havana • Beijing • Jakarta • Budapest • Copenhagen • San salvador • Bandar Seri Begawan

federalism vocab puzzle 2018-11-29

federalism vocab puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. not mentioned specifically in the constitution, these may be done by states because the constitution neither assigns them to the national government nor prohibits them to states
  2. a system of taxing and spending within the federal system (usually it’s the national government providing money to states with some instructions on how to spend it)
  3. the old idea that the national and state governments were equal authorities
  4. returning power from the national government to states
  5. both the national government and state governments may do these
  6. gives Congress the authority to make laws about economic activity that crosses state lines, or that may affect other states. Source of authority for many modern laws.
  7. money and other resources given to states to spend on state and local activities, like when the national government gave state land which states sold to fund public universities
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  1. the national government has these under the Necessary and Proper Clause because they’re logical extensions of expressed powers
  2. demands on states to carry out specific policies (usually, but not always, with money provided by the national government)
  3. says that one state must recognize and honor the official acts of other states, like marriages or criminal convictions
  4. what the constitution explicitly says Congress can do
  5. money given to states to spend on general purposes, with relatively few restrictions

12 Clues: what the constitution explicitly says Congress can do • returning power from the national government to states • both the national government and state governments may do these • the old idea that the national and state governments were equal authorities • money given to states to spend on general purposes, with relatively few restrictions • ...

Government Crossword Review 2020-12-02

Government Crossword Review crossword puzzle
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  1. links people to government, gives voice to people.
  2. collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends.
  3. who were dedicated to the concept of limited government.
  4. What is one of the three ways that makes interest groups powerful?
  5. this is of the Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States.
  6. What is one of the three types of interest groups?
  7. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
  8. a system of government in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national government and the State governments.
  9. a system where power is concentrated in a central government.
  10. agreements among states
  11. What powers levy and collect taxes?
  12. what branch proposes the laws?
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  1. 50% of people vote in this election.
  2. what branch writes the laws?
  3. keep people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs.
  4. the ___ and Immunities clause is when no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
  5. congressional elections take place every ___ years
  6. assigning certain powers to the National Government and certain powers to the States.
  7. what powers regulate trade and business within the state?
  8. what branch interprets the laws?
  9. the 4th branch of government.
  10. powers found directly within the constitution.
  11. What powers regulate foreign trade?
  12. an elector who does not vote for his state's popular vote would be considered a ___ elector
  13. has a weak central government and strong state governments

25 Clues: agreements among states • what branch writes the laws? • the 4th branch of government. • what branch proposes the laws? • what branch interprets the laws? • What powers regulate foreign trade? • What powers levy and collect taxes? • 50% of people vote in this election. • powers found directly within the constitution. • links people to government, gives voice to people. • ...

WH Topic 19: Cold War Conflicts 2023-05-08

WH Topic 19: Cold War Conflicts crossword puzzle
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  1. a group of Communist guerrillas who fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War
  2. U.S. President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  3. a group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975
  4. nations the independent countries that remained neutral in the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union
  5. in Communist China, a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together
  6. militia units formed by young Chinese people in response to Mao Zedong's call for a social and cultural revolution
  7. a series of meetings in which leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit their nations' stocks of nuclear weapons
  8. during the Cold War, the developing nations not allied with either the United States or the Soviet Union
  9. the state of diplomatic hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II
  10. an uprising in China led by the Red Guards with the goal of establishing a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal
  11. the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control
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  1. during the Cold War, the boundary separating the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe
  2. a U.S. foreign policy in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances
  3. a policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon
  4. a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries
  5. a line of latitude that divided Korea into two nations after World War II
  6. a U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II
  7. a U.S. policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents
  8. an international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world
  9. a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression
  10. a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada

21 Clues: a group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975 • a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression • a line of latitude that divided Korea into two nations after World War II • U.S. President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War • ...

ACCOUNTS HOLIDAY HOMEWORK, BY 2022-07-01

ACCOUNTS HOLIDAY HOMEWORK, BY crossword puzzle
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  1. Assets which physically exist but are not shown in the balance sheet are ___
  2. Current accounts of the partners are opened when the capitals are _____
  3. Average of the profit of the past agreed years is known as ____
  4. Interest on capital is allowed only if the firm earns ____ during the year
  5. Goodwil is an _____ asset
  6. Capital invested in the firm's business is termed as _____
  7. Workmen compensation reserve is a reserve created out of profit to meet the ___
  8. Profit and loss account is prepared to find out____
  9. The excess of actual / average profit over normal profit is known as ___
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  1. In the absence of agreement of profits and losses are shared
  2. The ratio in which all the partners share future profits and losses is knows as __
  3. Change in the relationship among the partner is______of the partnership deed
  4. Revaluation accounts is a __ account
  5. Investments made in another enterprise for furtherance of own business are ___
  6. Manager's commission is a _____ against profit

15 Clues: Goodwil is an _____ asset • Revaluation accounts is a __ account • Manager's commission is a _____ against profit • Profit and loss account is prepared to find out____ • Capital invested in the firm's business is termed as _____ • In the absence of agreement of profits and losses are shared • Average of the profit of the past agreed years is known as ____ • ...

Jackson and Sectionalism 2020-05-13

Jackson and Sectionalism crossword puzzle
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  1. In the 1828 election, there were more ______ because property requirements were eliminated
  2. Northern industrial states favored high ____ to protect manufacturers from foreign competition
  3. Anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison
  4. Giving government jobs to loyal campaign supporters
  5. Compromises over slavery prior to the Civil War were meant to balance power between free and slave states in this branch of the national government
  6. This state opposed the Tariff of 1832 and threatened secession
  7. Southern states relied on this type of economy before and after the Civil War
  8. Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser led slave revolts in this state
  9. The Know-Nothings and this political party were formed when the Federalist party died after the War of 1812—WHIGS
  10. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady ______ were leaders of the women's suffrage movement
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  1. Event in which Native Americans were forced to march west; many died along the Way
  2. Modeled after the Declaration of Independence, the _______ Declaration outlined reasons to give women the right to vote
  3. America's victory in the Mexican War led to the U.S. acquisition of California,Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and _____.
  4. Power given to the President to prevent passage of legislation
  5. When a new state joined the Union and if forbid slavery, it was called this
  6. This area entered the Union 9 years after fights for, and winning, independence from Mexico
  7. The Missouri Compromise's separation of free and slave state areas deals solely with this territory
  8. Westward expansion and admission of new states to the Union led to increased conflict over this issue
  9. This term means a state can invalidate (void) an act of Congress
  10. Battle where "Texans" were defeated by a superior Mexican army
  11. This person vetoed the re-chartering of the Bank of the United States

21 Clues: Giving government jobs to loyal campaign supporters • Anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison • Power given to the President to prevent passage of legislation • This state opposed the Tariff of 1832 and threatened secession • Battle where "Texans" were defeated by a superior Mexican army • ...

The Roaring Twenties 2024-02-19

The Roaring Twenties crossword puzzle
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  1. American aviation pioneers credited with making the first succesful airplane
  2. international conference called by the United States to limit the naval arms race in the 20ś
  3. an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921
  4. American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition
  5. the 29th president
  6. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups
  7. an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
  8. the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970
  9. deregulation, civic engagement, and isolationism
  10. moral panic provoked by fear of the rise of leftist ideologies
  11. an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer, he also wrote the Great Gatsby
  12. murder trial in Massachusetts
  13. a subculture of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior
  14. a trial on weather or not evolution should be taught in schools
  15. an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935
  16. a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
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  1. limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States
  2. founder of the Ford Motor Company,and business magnate
  3. an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist
  4. legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933
  5. outlawed war as an instrument of national policy and the second called upon signatories to settle their disputes by peaceful means
  6. manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation
  7. an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri
  8. a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity
  9. the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century
  10. he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris
  11. a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923

27 Clues: the 29th president • murder trial in Massachusetts • deregulation, civic engagement, and isolationism • founder of the Ford Motor Company,and business magnate • an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist • he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris • moral panic provoked by fear of the rise of leftist ideologies • ...

The Cold War 2023-05-03

The Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. a system of government that is centralized or has total power and is led by a ruler that requires its members to serve the state
  2. a civil conflict that became a proxy war between superpowers clashing over communism and democracy
  3. a political system in which all property is owned by the state and each citizen works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
  4. a competition between nations for power through the creation and buildup of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
  5. was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
  6. group of socialist states under the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia
  7. to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state
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  1. Divided communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea.
  2. based on the assumption that both sides were equally interested in preventing nuclear war and any other use of nuclear weapons.
  3. an imaginary barrier separating the Soviet Union and its communist satellite states from Western Europe during the Cold War.
  4. the open yet limited competition that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies.
  5. force levels, control of the weapons, technology for delivering them, and the plans for targeting them.
  6. a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.
  7. the United States of America.
  8. a destructive bomb that rapidly releases nuclear energy, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity.
  9. the United States maintained a “triad” of ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers in a strategic nuclear arsenal of more than 10,000 warheads
  10. an economic system in which prices are determined by open competition between privately owned businesses.
  11. a system to organize society with the goal of spreading wealth more evenly and treating all people fairly. The government owns and regulates the means of trade and production rather than private ownership in a free market.

18 Clues: the United States of America. • Divided communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea. • a civil conflict that became a proxy war between superpowers clashing over communism and democracy • to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state • ...

Chapter 30 crossword 2024-03-26

Chapter 30 crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the global struggle for power and influence between the United States and the Soviet Union that followed World War II.
  2. an economic system based on private ownership of farms and businesses.
  3. ______ preparedness soon became part of daily life.
  4. For the next _______ years, the Berlin Wall served as a grim symbol of a divided Europe.
  5. What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s abbreviation?
  6. In 1961, President Eisenhower warned _______ of the growing influence.
  7. close watch kept over someone or something, especially by a detective or investigator.
  8. _______ came into power hoping to reform the communist system and make it work better.
  9. to declare to be blameworthy or evil
  10. The Soviets set up a communist government in East Germany and demanded that the Western Allies leave______.
  11. More than _____ years, the Cold War was over.
  12. competition to develop and manufacture more and more powerful weapons.
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  1. The United States and the Soviet Union nearly came into direct conflict over____.
  2. To be noticeable within a group.
  3. Who was the second superpower that dominated world affairs besides the United States?
  4. In April 1949, 10 Western European countries, the United States, and Canada formed the_____.
  5. The _____________ inspired “ban the bomb” protests in both the United States and Europe.
  6. Which senator took advantage of Americans’ fears to gain political power.
  7. The Warsaw Pact (named after the capital of Poland) called for military cooperation among the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East ______.
  8. What was a war in which the superpowers backed different sides, which acted as substitutes (proxies) for the superpowers themselves.

20 Clues: To be noticeable within a group. • to declare to be blameworthy or evil • More than _____ years, the Cold War was over. • ______ preparedness soon became part of daily life. • What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s abbreviation? • an economic system based on private ownership of farms and businesses. • ...

Difficult Capital Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-01

Difficult Capital Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. One of three south African capitals in the country that is home to the legislative branch of government
  2. Bilingual (french/english) capital known for "Parliament Hill"
  3. City containing a very famous wall that splits the city in half
  4. Very populated South American capital that mainly lies in a massive valley
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  1. Capital of a southern South-American country and the birthplace for the tango dance.
  2. East Asian and beauty capital of the world.
  3. Northern capital know for scenic views and Nordic cuisine
  4. Famous city know for its volcanic hills, also known as Tāmaki Makaurau
  5. Ancient North African city known for its Phoenician historical sites
  6. East European capital known for having a treaty named after it (mid-1950s)
  7. Mythology capital of the world and location of the Acropolis

11 Clues: East Asian and beauty capital of the world. • Northern capital know for scenic views and Nordic cuisine • Mythology capital of the world and location of the Acropolis • Bilingual (french/english) capital known for "Parliament Hill" • City containing a very famous wall that splits the city in half • ...

Government Vocab 2021-01-06

Government Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. government among the legislative, executive,and judicial branches
  2. the first president of the United States
  3. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  4. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  5. the citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution citizens willingly subordinate their private,selfish interests to the common good
  6. Government is defined by law and serves the people the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone
  7. Belief that monarchs were chosen by God gave the monarch unlimited authority
  8. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress
  9. distribution of power between the national government
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  1. First plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution
  2. intelligent and decisive
  3. Compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state
  4. author of the Declaration of Independence
  5. Government defined by law and serves the people the law
  6. 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
  7. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  8. government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks
  9. Explains the purposes of the Constitution
  10. "Father of the constitution"
  11. English political philosopher

20 Clues: intelligent and decisive • "Father of the constitution" • English political philosopher • the first president of the United States • First ten amendments to the Constitution • author of the Declaration of Independence • Explains the purposes of the Constitution • distribution of power between the national government • ...

American Revolution 2022-10-16

American Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. Only white men with a certain amount of property were allowed to _______ in the United States.
  2. The United States showed that it was possible to put __________ ideas into practice.
  3. The United States Constitution established a _______ republic.
  4. One protest against taxation without representation was the ______ Tea Party.
  5. What branch of the United States government was the president?
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  1. The colonial army was led by George _______.
  2. ___________ was the legislative branch of the United States government.
  3. Citizens were considered to be free and ______ before the law in the United States.
  4. In the second stage of the American Revolution, France and ______ offered support to the colonies.
  5. The Battle of ______ was an important victory for the colonists, because it led other countries to offer support.
  6. American independence was recognised in the 1783 Treaty of __________.
  7. There were _________ colonies.
  8. The Declaration of ________ was proclaimed on 4 July 1776.
  9. What did George III increase to pay for his war debts?
  10. The Supreme Court was the __________ branch of the United States government.

15 Clues: There were _________ colonies. • The colonial army was led by George _______. • What did George III increase to pay for his war debts? • The Declaration of ________ was proclaimed on 4 July 1776. • The United States Constitution established a _______ republic. • What branch of the United States government was the president? • ...

Economic Impact of Animals 2024-09-04

Economic Impact of Animals crossword puzzle
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  1. overwhelmingly family-owned and managed, not vertical integration (owned by a company), produced in all 50 states.Top states: California, Wisconsin, Idaho
  2. one of the most important agricultural industries in the United States. top states Nebraska, texas, kansas
  3. percent of US households have at least one dog
  4. billion in pet products
  5. percent of US households have at least one cat
  6. industry of pets
  7. the U.s. poultry industry (largely vertically integrated) is the world’s largest producer of poultry meat. Top states: Georgia, North Carolina, Arkansas
  8. Raised for meat. Top states: North Carolina, Minnesota, Indiana
  9. billion dollars spent in the pet food manufacturing industry
  10. exports continue to be a major economic factor for processors (exceeding 7 billion pounds per year). industry has rapidly shifted to fewer and larger operations. Top states: Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina
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  1. billion in vet care
  2. of all US households own at least one pet
  3. industry of animals raised for food
  4. egg production is widely distributed across the U.s. Top states: Iowa, Georgia, Ohio
  5. billion in pet services

15 Clues: industry of pets • billion in vet care • billion in pet products • billion in pet services • industry of animals raised for food • of all US households own at least one pet • percent of US households have at least one dog • percent of US households have at least one cat • billion dollars spent in the pet food manufacturing industry • ...

Evaluation 2 theme 2 Power 2021-11-09

Evaluation 2 theme 2 Power crossword puzzle
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  1. founder of this party was Thomas Jefferson
  2. interpretation strong national government
  3. new Chief Justice
  4. president can deport non citizens
  5. 1st president of United States
  6. no branch gets to much power
  7. pledge a certain area and change their promise they would do
  8. look back see if rules is constitutional or not
  9. fight for his job and sued for it
  10. found guilty of criticizing
  11. thomas Jefferson’s first cousin
  12. 3rd president of United States
  13. Secretary of State secretary of treasury, secretary of war, secretary of attorney
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  1. “necessary and proper”
  2. 2nd president of United States
  3. writer of the federalist papers
  4. move capital closer
  5. of people every 10 years
  6. last second judges
  7. unicameral 1 vote

20 Clues: new Chief Justice • unicameral 1 vote • last second judges • move capital closer • “necessary and proper” • of people every 10 years • found guilty of criticizing • no branch gets to much power • 2nd president of United States • 1st president of United States • 3rd president of United States • writer of the federalist papers • thomas Jefferson’s first cousin • ...

Chapter 2 Vocabulary 2022-09-07

Chapter 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Security through domination
  2. ability to wield power independently
  3. The fundamental rules and norms of politics
  4. weak states that breaks down
  5. The ability of a state to carry out actions
  6. Political power concentrated to authority
  7. Ability to wield power to make people work
  8. States that have strong sovereignty
  9. tendency toward decentralisation
  10. Federalism that is not uniform
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  1. Combined political entities of state, regime, gov
  2. Power that is distributed to regional bodies
  3. Something recognised as right and proper
  4. States that have weak sovereignty
  5. Appeals on the laws they offer
  6. Using customs and age to justify
  7. Organisation that maintains a monopoly of violence
  8. Appeals by power or ideas
  9. Security through cooperation
  10. The leadership that runs the state

20 Clues: Appeals by power or ideas • Security through domination • weak states that breaks down • Security through cooperation • Appeals on the laws they offer • Federalism that is not uniform • Using customs and age to justify • tendency toward decentralisation • States that have weak sovereignty • The leadership that runs the state • States that have strong sovereignty • ...

Civil War Word Puzzle 2021-02-09

Civil War Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederacy's first general officer
  2. Took over men's work, disguised as men in order to fight, etc.
  3. Capital of the Union
  4. Union naval ships and soldiers captured Port Royal
  5. President of the United States during the Civil War
  6. A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
  7. Former slave, traveled the country speaking out against slavery, newspaper called North Star
  8. A war between citizens of the same country
  9. The Southern states during the Civil War
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  1. African American unit in the Union ArmyU
  2. Former slave, freed himself and others during blockade
  3. Capital of the Confederacy
  4. The Northern States during the Civil War
  5. General of the Union
  6. The Union Navy cut off South's major port from trade
  7. General of the Confederate
  8. at fort sumter First battle of the Civil War
  9. Freed slaves
  10. Confederate submarine
  11. President of the Confederate States of America

20 Clues: Freed slaves • General of the Union • Capital of the Union • Confederate submarine • Capital of the Confederacy • General of the Confederate • Confederacy's first general officer • African American unit in the Union ArmyU • The Northern States during the Civil War • The Southern states during the Civil War • A war between citizens of the same country • ...

The Formative Years 2014-04-27

The Formative Years crossword puzzle
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  1. document formally ending the American Revolutionary War
  2. an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787, caused by aggressive tax and debt collection
  3. battle of the American Revolution, which ended the war
  4. an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution
  5. Supreme Court ruling, declaring the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional
  6. Eli Whitney invented this in 1793
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  1. chief justice appointed by John Adams
  2. invented the steamboat
  3. a collection of articles, written in opposition to the ratification of the 1787 United States Constitution
  4. prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri
  5. the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  6. stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention
  7. Rebellion a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington
  8. the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana, more than doubling the current size of the United States

14 Clues: invented the steamboat • Eli Whitney invented this in 1793 • chief justice appointed by John Adams • battle of the American Revolution, which ended the war • document formally ending the American Revolutionary War • Supreme Court ruling, declaring the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional • ...

Crossword Puzzle: Period 4 2023-04-12

Crossword Puzzle: Period 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. act of 1801. expanded federal jurisdiction, eliminated Supreme Court justices' circuit court duties, and created 16 federal circuit court judgeships
  2. Burr. third Vice President of the United States
  3. Affair. a naval battle that took place off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia on June 22, 1807.
  4. Jefferson. third president of the United States
  5. A Native American woman who traveled with Lewis and Clark throughout the North America continent
  6. Marshall. served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court for amor than three decades
  7. purchase. land deal between the United States and France
  8. forcing American seamen by British Navy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
  9. Revolution. a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint Domingue
  10. v. Madison. established the principle of judicial review the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional
  11. Madison. fourth President of the United States
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  1. judges. commissioning Federalist Party members
  2. Livingston. early American leader who served as Continental Congress
  3. hawks. young politicians hailing from the West and South
  4. act. closed U.S ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain
  5. of Discovery. a mission commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 to explore and map the newly acquired western territory of the U.S
  6. with Tripoli. War between the U.S and the North African state of Tripoli, to which the U.S had been paying tribute, since 1784, for shipping access
  7. act. the act of Congress (1809) prohibiting all shipping and trade between the U.S and British or French ports
  8. Lewis & William Clark. expedition set out to find practical route across the western half of the continent
  9. review. the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional

20 Clues: Jefferson. third president of the United States • judges. commissioning Federalist Party members • Burr. third Vice President of the United States • Madison. fourth President of the United States • purchase. land deal between the United States and France • ...

war of 1812 2023-02-03

war of 1812 crossword puzzle
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  1. Hull / an American politician and military commander who is best remembered for the surrender of Detroit during the War of 1812
  2. / that closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain.
  3. / a 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy.
  4. lane / Also known as the battle of Niagra Falls
  5. / is known throughout Canada as a heroine of the War of 1812 for her 20-mile journey to warn the British.
  6. / Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands
  7. / was fought between American soldiers and Native American warriors
  8. / the oldest person to assume the American presidency, the ninth president
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  1. destiny / a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God
  2. / defeat Americans under General Stephen Van Rensselaer at the Battle of Queenstown Heights
  3. / seventh President of the United States
  4. / President of the United States during the
  5. perry / helped the US end the War of 1812 by beating the Royal Navy in the Battle of Lake Erie.
  6. Key / , American lawyer, best known as the author of the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.
  7. / ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain
  8. Heights / extensive hillside area on the Niagara escarpment
  9. / A university in Toronto

17 Clues: / A university in Toronto • / seventh President of the United States • / President of the United States during the • lane / Also known as the battle of Niagra Falls • Heights / extensive hillside area on the Niagara escarpment • / was fought between American soldiers and Native American warriors • ...

AP QUIZ 2022-02-14

AP QUIZ crossword puzzle
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  1. to travel, What kind of Freedom that gives problem to the world like spreading of diseases?
  2. Cooperation, Two countries trading products, services and capitals between them eventually form cooperation of a political nature.
  3. Multinational corporation bring to our country not only material goods as well as their?
  4. Bank, This is also known as International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
  5. trade organization, Formerly known as GATT
  6. how many benefits of economic integration can be categorized?
  7. network, What is CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera?
  8. Revolution, This refers to extensive mechanization in the production system
  9. This includes call center.
  10. Air transportation, This kind of transportation was flourished including the use of telephone and postal mail.
  11. This is the result of all the activities of peoples and government around the world.
  12. Trade, What happened during Spaniards colonization year 1565-1815?
  13. A mentality deeply engraved in every Filipino as a result of country’s colonization
  14. This is one of the aspects of globalization which Information technology has paved the way to cultural globalization.
  15. One country that dominated WTO.
  16. America, Where did the catholic missionaries from Europe spread Catholicism in 1492?
  17. This refers to the advocacy system or theory of protecting domestic producers
  18. How many members does WTO has?
  19. What did the Filipinos harvested during the colonization of the Spaniards?
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  1. the great, He is the reasons behind hastening of globalization. In 334 B.C.
  2. War, World bank loans helped rebuild countries devastated by what war?
  3. Where did the Filipinos sent their harvested Tobacco?
  4. culture, Another aspect that influenced the activities and beliefs of people in other countries.
  5. an organization working to faster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability
  6. Silk Road, This is the trade route between China and other countries during the 207 - 220 B.C.E.
  7. trade, What trade was expanded in the 21th century which ushered the Information Age?
  8. This is referred to as exchange of goods, services and capitals.
  9. benefits, Caused by the capital being brought to the country by the large foreign investors, a number of Filipinos became employed, being employed.
  10. Another aspect of globalization that focuses to the improvements of transportation.
  11. investors , Investors who lose a lot because they need to pay higher tax to the government.
  12. When did the catholic missionaries spread Catholicism in the Philippines?
  13. Nation, this started on October 24, 1945. Before they only have 51 members but now it has 193 member.
  14. trade, Creates employment and job opportunities.
  15. This aspect focuses on transnational Corporations or Multinational companies lead globalization.
  16. Who colonized the Philippines?
  17. One of the goals of of European was to bring and spread of what religion?
  18. Wiseman, Who wrote the book entitled “ Australia and the Politics of Globalization.”
  19. Hellenistic culture, What culture is the combination of the western and eastern culture?
  20. country, They have a lay of capital and have many corporations but only limited market for the large amount of product.
  21. What is the main source of fuel?

40 Clues: This includes call center. • Who colonized the Philippines? • How many members does WTO has? • One country that dominated WTO. • What is the main source of fuel? • trade organization, Formerly known as GATT • network, What is CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera? • trade, Creates employment and job opportunities. • Where did the Filipinos sent their harvested Tobacco? • ...

The Quiz You Wish You Never Saw (Hard I Think) 2023-05-03

The Quiz You Wish You Never Saw (Hard I Think) crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the capital of Moldavia?
  2. What is the smallest German speaking country in landmass?
  3. What is the longest river in Europe?
  4. What country is Dun Loaghaire from?
  5. What country does the Faroe Islands belong to?
  6. Which city does Westham be long to?
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  1. What is the capital of Kosovo?
  2. What is the capital of Malta?
  3. What country was the chimney cake originally founded in?
  4. What is one of two capitals of The Nederlands?
  5. What is the biggest Scandanavian country in population?

11 Clues: What is the capital of Malta? • What is the capital of Kosovo? • What is the capital of Moldavia? • What country is Dun Loaghaire from? • Which city does Westham be long to? • What is the longest river in Europe? • What is one of two capitals of The Nederlands? • What country does the Faroe Islands belong to? • What is the biggest Scandanavian country in population? • ...

Interim Review 2023-11-30

Interim Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Ordinance Established a government for the northwest territory
  2. Against the constitution
  3. an action to begin a riot
  4. she aided Lewis and Clark
  5. declared war on Britain due to impressment
  6. Battle of january 8, 1815
  7. A Vote to confirm
  8. right to job but the job was void
  9. Land agreement between France and the United States
  10. The first constitution of the united states/ agreement among the 13 states
  11. First 10 amendments
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  1. failed bombardment
  2. The movement of American farmers who protested against high taxes
  3. An agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention
  4. The “Federalist Papers” are a series of essays supporting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  5. national anthem of the United States
  6. A gathering to address the weak laws of AOF
  7. force american sailors to fight
  8. How to determine its constitutional

19 Clues: A Vote to confirm • failed bombardment • First 10 amendments • Against the constitution • an action to begin a riot • she aided Lewis and Clark • Battle of january 8, 1815 • force american sailors to fight • right to job but the job was void • How to determine its constitutional • national anthem of the United States • declared war on Britain due to impressment • ...

Constitutional Fun!!!!! 2021-12-06

Constitutional Fun!!!!! crossword puzzle
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  1. Government type where people elect representatives to make laws
  2. supporters of constitution and strong national government, feared disorder without it
  3. Powers that belong only to the Federal Government
  4. Government with limited powers strictly defined by law, no person or group is above the law
  5. Supreme law of the land
  6. Right of trial by jury in civil cases.
  7. England's lawmaking body
  8. Amendment that states that citizens are not required to house soldiers
  9. Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
  10. Against ratifying constitution, wanted bill of rights
  11. Movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society.
  12. Powers not stated belong to the people.
  13. Government of the people
  14. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
  15. Branch that enforces the laws.
  16. Based on John Locke, basic rights and freedoms all humans are entitled to at birth
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  1. the sharing of powers between the national and state governments
  2. Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people
  3. Powers reserved for the States.
  4. Amendment that gives the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
  5. First 10 amendments to the Constitution stating fundemental rights of citizens
  6. Power of the Supreme Court to judge whether or not actions of other branches are unconstitutional
  7. Powers that were not specifically defined by the Constitution, shall be entrusted to Congress
  8. Delegates of the Constitutional Convention who shaped Constitution
  9. Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy.
  10. Branch that makes laws
  11. System in which each branch of government checks or limits other branches so no branch gets too powerful.
  12. Powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch gets too much power
  13. Powers shared by States and the Federal Government
  14. Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.
  15. Powers that belong only to the states
  16. To approve
  17. Right to a speedy and public trial.
  18. A change or addition to the Constitution
  19. Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
  20. Amendment that states that citizens have the right to bear arms
  21. Branch that can declare laws unconstitutional
  22. Powers reserved for the federal government.

38 Clues: To approve • Branch that makes laws • Supreme law of the land • England's lawmaking body • Government of the people • Branch that enforces the laws. • Powers reserved for the States. • Right to a speedy and public trial. • Legislative, Executive, and Judicial • Powers that belong only to the states • Right of trial by jury in civil cases. • Powers not stated belong to the people. • ...

US History Review 2023-03-06

US History Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The Great Plains is also known as America’s ***********
  2. This new technology allowed for messages to be sent long distances instantly
  3. The acronym for the reasons World War I started
  4. The sinking of a ship in Cuba and Yellow Journalism brought the United States into a war with this nation in 1898
  5. Andrew Carnegie and JD ********** are both examples of big business owners
  6. Trust Busters broke these up
  7. The main form of warfare in World War I
  8. The name of the investigative journalists who shed a light on the problems of the late 1800s in America
  9. Name of the Northern Army in the Civil War
  10. The name of the attempt to rebuild the South after the Civil War
  11. This proclamation stated that slavery was no longer legal in the Confederate States
  12. After 1890, most immigrants came to the United States from ******* Europe
  13. The name of the passenger liner sunk by Germany in WWI
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  1. The location of the canal that was dug by America and linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
  2. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to
  3. This is what killed the most people in the Civil War and World War I
  4. The name of the telegram intercepted by the United States that got us into WWI
  5. Reason the Civil War was fought
  6. This railroad linked the East and West Coasts
  7. This amendment ended slavery in the United States
  8. Chicago and this town in Wisconsin both had fires on October 8, 1871
  9. The Plessy vs. ******** case ruled that segregation was legal.
  10. When people are divided based on the color of their skin
  11. The president behind the Square Deal
  12. These schools were where Native American children were taken to be assimilated into the United States.
  13. A form of farming where people rented farm and lived in perpetual poverty
  14. The name of the ships that the Germans used to sink ships in the ocean.
  15. The Battle of Little ******* is also known as Custer’s Last Stand
  16. The name of the ship that was sunk in 1898 and launched the United States into a war was the USS
  17. This invention brought light into homes and powers most of our appliances.

30 Clues: Trust Busters broke these up • Reason the Civil War was fought • The president behind the Square Deal • The main form of warfare in World War I • The 19th Amendment gave women the right to • Name of the Northern Army in the Civil War • This railroad linked the East and West Coasts • The acronym for the reasons World War I started • ...

AP Government chapter 3 2016-05-02

AP Government chapter 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.
  2. list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that set forth the authority of Congress. In summary, Congress may exercise the powers that the Constitution grants it, subject to the individual rights listed in the Bill of Rights
  3. The Fourteenth Amendment's Privileges and Immunities Clause has virtually no significance in Civil Rights law. The clause states, "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
  4. the federal principle or system of government
  5. grants, issued by the United States Congress, which may be spent only for narrowly defined purposes. Categorical grants are the main source of federal aid to state and local government, can be used only for specific purposes and for helping education or categories of state and local spending
  6. Project grants are a type of categorical grant. Projects are grants given by the federal government to state and local governments on the basis of merit. The other type of categorical grant is a formula grant.
  7. the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration
  8. political arrangement in which power is divided between the federal and state governments in clearly defined terms, with state governments exercising those powers accorded to them without interference from the federal government.
  9. landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland
  10. the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime
  11. quantifiable elements, such as population, amount of tax effort, proportion of population unemployed or below poverty level, density of housing, or rate of infant mortality
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  1. grant from a central government that a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services
  2. powers not explicitly named in the Constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement the expressed powers that are named in Article I.
  3. an obligation under the U.S. Constitution of one state to recognize and give effect to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of her sister states
  4. concept of federalism in which national, state, and local governments interact cooperatively and collectively to solve common problems, rather than making policies separately but more or less equally
  5. model of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal government system. The national government's primary means of influencing state governments is giving money to states in the form of grants-in-aid.
  6. clause within Article VI of the U.S. Constitution which dictates that federal law is the "supreme law of the land".
  7. A unitary state is a state governed as one single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (subnational units) exercise only powers that their central government chooses to delegate.
  8. a statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.
  9. act of the United States Congress on July 10, 1953, to make recommendations for the solution of problems involving federal and state governments
  10. section of the Bill of Rights that basically says that any power that is not given to the federal government is given to the people or the states.

21 Clues: the federal principle or system of government • the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime • grant from a central government that a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services • clause within Article VI of the U.S. Constitution which dictates that federal law is the "supreme law of the land". • ...

Sub Work 1-9 2023-01-09

Sub Work 1-9 crossword puzzle
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  1. small oil refineries in the Cleveland area
  2. authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals
  3. a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way
  4. is a business strategy in which one company grows its operations at the same level in an industry
  5. period of gross materialism and blatant political corruption in U.S. history during the 1870s that gave rise to important novels of social and political criticism
  6. United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years
  7. argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893
  8. extremely wealthy Americans like himself had a responsibility to spend their money in order to benefit the greater good
  9. a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864
  10. among the first in the United States to conceive of photographic images as instruments for social change
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  1. organized unskilled and skilled workers, campaigned for an eight hour workday, and aspired to form a cooperative society in which laborers owned the industries in which they worked
  2. the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois, United States
  3. insulate a company from competition by integrating every aspect of production into a single company, thus eliminating middlemen.
  4. financiers who made fortunes by monopolizing huge industries through the formation of trusts, engaging in unethical business practices, exploiting workers, and paying little heed to their customers or competition
  5. North American Indian religious cult of the second half of the 19th century, based on the performance of a ritual dance that, it was believed, would drive away white people and restore the traditional lands and way of life.
  6. speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former United States Representative from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896
  7. Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
  8. the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals
  9. federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States
  10. a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army

20 Clues: small oil refineries in the Cleveland area • argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 • a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army • is a business strategy in which one company grows its operations at the same level in an industry • ...

Unit 2 Vocab 2023-02-01

Unit 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state.
  2. He is the only person to sign four of the great state papers of the United States related to the founding: the Continental Association, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and U.S. Constitution.
  3. An England-born political philosopher and writer who supported revolutionary causes in America and Europe.
  4. /Imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England.
  5. /A remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States
  6. One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, he helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, he represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
  7. /That the government should serve the will of the people had also been developing in England for several centuries.
  8. / a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
  9. /A union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action.
  10. /A principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally.
  11. An agreement among the 13 states of the United States of America, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government.
  12. known as the Charter of 1606, is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company assigning land rights to colonists for the creation of a settlement
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  1. He was known as "The Chancellor" after the high New York state legal office he held for 25 years
  2. /set the terms for ratifying the Constitution.
  3. /The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.
  4. / a person selected to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the United States.
  5. A legislature that consists of only one house
  6. Government is restricted in what it may do, and every individual has certain rights that the government cannot take away.
  7. a standing army in peace- time, except with the consent of Parliament.
  8. /made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles to achieving it.
  9. An act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest.
  10. / Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
  11. /Limited the king's power in several ways.
  12. /The Great Charter at Runnymede in 1215.

24 Clues: /The Great Charter at Runnymede in 1215. • /Limited the king's power in several ways. • /set the terms for ratifying the Constitution. • A legislature that consists of only one house • a standing army in peace- time, except with the consent of Parliament. • /A union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. • ...