states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Power, Sovereignty, and International Relations 2022-04-20

Power, Sovereignty, and International Relations crossword puzzle
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  1. type of power based on the collective influence of multiple states
  2. type of power involving militarial and economic influence
  3. type of power based on cultural and political influence
  4. type of power that is held by a single state
  5. type of power had by larger groups
  6. state organized by a centralized power that incorporates various territories
  7. cultural boundaries match up with state boundaries
  8. political entity with a union of partially self-governing states
  9. defined cultural group doesn't have specific, legal territory
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  1. type of power held by a single person or group
  2. short term cooperation between states
  3. change that preserves existing values
  4. political theory that examines power differences (especially culture) between Western and Non-Western groups
  5. characteristic of a leader who the collective believes has the right to rule
  6. political theory that emphasizes the link between humankind and nature
  7. political theory that believes capitalism is doomed to fail
  8. cooperation between states that is typically military related
  9. group witha common culture/identity

18 Clues: type of power had by larger groups • group witha common culture/identity • short term cooperation between states • change that preserves existing values • type of power that is held by a single state • type of power held by a single person or group • cultural boundaries match up with state boundaries • type of power based on cultural and political influence • ...

Unit 4 crossword Mason & Sophie 2023-10-20

Unit 4 crossword Mason & Sophie crossword puzzle
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  1. First President of the United states
  2. Second President
  3. policy stating that europe should not colonize
  4. landmark supreme court case that established judical reveiw
  5. forced relocation of nartive american tribes
  6. allows the supreme court to determine the law
  7. set of fundmental rights
  8. conflict with united states and great britian
  9. Believed in a small federal government
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  1. Jefferson negotiated land from france
  2. Movement of settlers and immigrants
  3. identifying in ones country
  4. 13th Amendment
  5. An offical ban on trade
  6. Believed in a strong federal government
  7. james madisons proposal consituitonal convention
  8. Political Party
  9. Federalist taxing common products
  10. conflict with native american tribes
  11. fourth president of the united states

20 Clues: 13th Amendment • Political Party • Second President • An offical ban on trade • set of fundmental rights • identifying in ones country • Federalist taxing common products • Movement of settlers and immigrants • First President of the United states • conflict with native american tribes • Jefferson negotiated land from france • fourth president of the united states • ...

Constitution Vocabulary Crossword 2022-11-27

Constitution Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. made up of congress, this is in charge of making desicions and passing laws for the government
  2. The first ten amendments of the United States Constitution
  3. A case used in an argument that connects with the case being argued
  4. this is in charge of determining constitutionality of laws in the highest court in the United States. There are Nine judges (called Justices). Also known as SCOTUS
  5. Purpose of the constitution
  6. the document containing the Bill of Rights and how the United States government is to be run
  7. this enforces laws made by congress, and the head of this branch (the President) can also veto said laws
  8. Made up of the house and senate, this gives states the ability to have representation in desicion-making
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  1. this branch determines the constitutionality of new laws, it is made up of the Supreme Court.
  2. A combination of the Virginia Plan and New Jersey plan, this created the House of Representatives and Senate, with population-based representation in one, and equal representation in the other.
  3. Part of congress where states have equal representation
  4. Part of congress where states are represented by population
  5. a plan to give each state equal representation in congress
  6. The plan to make three parts of the government, that held equal power but did different things, and to give states representation by population in congress

14 Clues: Purpose of the constitution • Part of congress where states have equal representation • The first ten amendments of the United States Constitution • a plan to give each state equal representation in congress • Part of congress where states are represented by population • A case used in an argument that connects with the case being argued • ...

Escape room - DHSS 2024-08-26

Escape room - DHSS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The French philosopher who talks about three different capitals that are important due to class.
  2. How many different classes are there in Britain today?
  3. What is it called when you take something from a shop without paying?
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  1. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain in the 1980s?
  2. If a group of workers stop working as a protest, it is called a ?
  3. To ask people to give you food, money ect, because you live in poverty, is called ?
  4. The abbreviation of Department of Health and Social Security.
  5. What is the missing capital? Economic, cultural and ?

8 Clues: Who was the Prime Minister of Britain in the 1980s? • What is the missing capital? Economic, cultural and ? • How many different classes are there in Britain today? • The abbreviation of Department of Health and Social Security. • If a group of workers stop working as a protest, it is called a ? • ...

THE CIVIL WAR 2017-02-12

THE CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
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  1. STRENGTHS SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T HAVE
  2. SAID FIRMLY;CALLED FOR
  3. SAID NO TO.LINCOLN REFUSED TO LET THE SOUTH SPLIT OFF.
  4. MISSOURI.
  5. MONEY TO BUY THINGS NEEDED
  6. RELATING TO THE ARMED FORCES
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  1. IN GOVERNMENT
  2. THE IDEA THAT STATES HAD JOINED TOGETHER FREELY AND HAD
  3. KNOWN
  4. THE STATES THAT LEFT THE UNION.SEE THE CHART ON THE LEFT.
  5. THE STATES,OR CONDITION,OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.WHEN PEOPLE
  6. STATES UNION STATES THAT ON THE BORDER WITH THE CONFEDERACY:
  7. PEOPLE WHO FIND OUT OR CARRY SECRET INFORMATION IN WARTIME

13 Clues: KNOWN • MISSOURI. • IN GOVERNMENT • SAID FIRMLY;CALLED FOR • MONEY TO BUY THINGS NEEDED • RELATING TO THE ARMED FORCES • STRENGTHS SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T HAVE • SAID NO TO.LINCOLN REFUSED TO LET THE SOUTH SPLIT OFF. • THE IDEA THAT STATES HAD JOINED TOGETHER FREELY AND HAD • THE STATES THAT LEFT THE UNION.SEE THE CHART ON THE LEFT. • ...

CAPITALS OF EUROPE 2015-01-05

CAPITALS OF EUROPE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Moscow
  2. Paris
  3. Copenhagen
  4. Amsterdam
  5. Vienna
  6. Bucharest
  7. Budapest
  8. Dublin
  9. Stockholm
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  1. Athens
  2. Madrid
  3. Helsinki
  4. Prague
  5. Brussels
  6. Rome
  7. Warsaw
  8. Berlin
  9. Oslo

18 Clues: Rome • Oslo • Paris • Athens • Moscow • Madrid • Prague • Warsaw • Vienna • Berlin • Dublin • Helsinki • Brussels • Budapest • Amsterdam • Bucharest • Stockholm • Copenhagen

East European Capitals 2016-04-28

East European Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Belgrade
  2. Bucharest
  3. Amsterdam
  4. and Herzegovina Sarajevo
  5. Zagreb
  6. Sofia
  7. Tbilisi
  8. Warsaw
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  1. Tirana
  2. Minsk
  3. Kiev
  4. Podgorica
  5. Vilnius
  6. Skopje
  7. Bratislava
  8. Republic Prague
  9. Chisinau
  10. Vienna

18 Clues: Kiev • Minsk • Sofia • Tirana • Skopje • Zagreb • Vienna • Warsaw • Vilnius • Tbilisi • Belgrade • Chisinau • Bucharest • Podgorica • Amsterdam • Bratislava • Republic Prague • and Herzegovina Sarajevo

Countries/ Capitals Crossword 2021-03-17

Countries/ Capitals Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the capital of Egypt.
  2. the capital of Australia.
  3. Delhi the capital of India.
  4. the capital of South Africa.
  5. the capital of Russia.
  6. the capital of Kenya.
  7. Aires the capital of Argentina.
  8. the capital of Nigeria.
  9. the capital of Germany.
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  1. the capital of China.
  2. the capital of Spain.
  3. the capital of New Zealand.
  4. the capital of Thailand.
  5. the capital of Italy.
  6. the capital of Japan.
  7. the capital of South Korea.
  8. the capital of Brazil.
  9. the capital of France.

18 Clues: the capital of China. • the capital of Egypt. • the capital of Spain. • the capital of Italy. • the capital of Japan. • the capital of Kenya. • the capital of Russia. • the capital of Brazil. • the capital of France. • the capital of Nigeria. • the capital of Germany. • the capital of Thailand. • the capital of Australia. • the capital of New Zealand. • Delhi the capital of India. • ...

European countries capitals 2022-02-08

European countries capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. next door in Spain
  2. in the Ukraine
  3. in albania
  4. is in Irland or Eire
  5. is in Belgium
  6. Moldova
  7. bosnia in Herzegovina
  8. this is in Belgrade
  9. romania
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  1. is in Kosovo although I am afraid
  2. in Norway I suggest you take a sweater
  3. in Bulgaria, and while youre in the area
  4. is the capital of Bratislava
  5. is in Portugal
  6. marino is the own one cos its just a little fella
  7. has valletta
  8. down in Greece
  9. has Amsterdam

18 Clues: Moldova • romania • in albania • has valletta • is in Belgium • has Amsterdam • in the Ukraine • is in Portugal • down in Greece • next door in Spain • this is in Belgrade • is in Irland or Eire • bosnia in Herzegovina • is the capital of Bratislava • is in Kosovo although I am afraid • in Norway I suggest you take a sweater • in Bulgaria, and while youre in the area • ...

S23 USH Semester Final Review 2023-05-12

S23 USH Semester Final Review crossword puzzle
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  1. a party organized in the late 1960s as a means of getting Mexican Americans to unite politically and to identify ethnically as one people after trying to protest separately was ineffective
  2. Betty Friedan and Phyllis Schafly were on opposite sides of the ______, which nearly became an amendment to the United States Constitution as it was lacking the required amount of states' ratification
  3. world alliance organization created after WWII; the United States is a permanent member of the Security Council
  4. 1972; the first time that the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles produced
  5. ensures that all students have equal opportunity to enjoy the benefits of team sports participation for both girls and boys
  6. incident that was a "dark hour for President Kennedy" due to the failed invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained La Brigada
  7. practicing containment by economically aiding and therefore encouraging countries away from communist influence and relations
  8. President Reagan's economic policy that included a 25% tax cut and curb in government spending
  9. the _____ Scandal was the break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in Washington was carried out under the direction of White House employees; led to Nixon's resignation
  10. United States lining the border of Saudi Arabia to prevent a potential Iraqi invasion during the Gulf War
  11. policy enacted by President Nixon and Henry Kissinger; United States troops would slowly withdraw from Vietnam
  12. the misappropriating of funds to counterrevolutionaries in Nicaragua through a hostage/arms deal with Iran; the problem was that Congress had forbade aiding the Contras prior
  13. the largest trading block in the world; free trade between Canada, Mexico and the United States established during Clinton's Presidency
  14. ultimately, the Korean War ended at a _____ at the 38th parallel (very close to where it had begun)
  15. a war crime committed by the United States on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by the United States Army in 1968 that was leaked a year later
  16. fascist leader who rose to power in the Soviet Union; continued the Purge and enacted the Berlin Blockade
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  1. when Egypt became the first Arab country to recognize Israel's independence after leaders had been invited to President Carter's retreat
  2. massive surprise attack by the Viet Cong in which over 100 towns and cities were bombed simulataneously; considered to be a major turning point in the Vietnam War
  3. one of the leaders of the United Farm Workers in 1962, a movement that consisted of marches, boycotts and fasts promoting safer and fair working conditions for Hispanic/Latino Americans working in the southwest
  4. peacefully breaking the law and accepting the consequences, usually to protest an unfair law or policy
  5. satellite nations' and communists' countries counter to the creation of NATO
  6. provided for college or vocational training for returning WWII veterans as well as one year of unemployment compensation
  7. encouraged Native Americans to buy land and leave the tribe to counter reservation poverty and conditions, but in many cases made things worse as land allotted was not farmable
  8. communist revolutionary leader, first of the Viet Minh, then of the Viet Cong
  9. temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel in hopes that free elections would be held to unify the country; also recognized Cambodia's independence
  10. President Eisenhower was angry at Great Britain for "making a muck of things" when they escalated tensions with Egypt over the _____, thus encouraging Egypt to seek Soviet aid and relations.
  11. the name of the United States air strikes and bombing of Iraqi forces in Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War
  12. classified documents that were leaked to the press in 1971 that alleged that former Presidents had purposely kept the public, press and even the Congress in the dark about what had really been going on with United States' involvement in Vietnam
  13. civil rights leader who promoted self defense, economic prosperity and nationalism amongst black Americans

29 Clues: satellite nations' and communists' countries counter to the creation of NATO • communist revolutionary leader, first of the Viet Minh, then of the Viet Cong • President Reagan's economic policy that included a 25% tax cut and curb in government spending • ultimately, the Korean War ended at a _____ at the 38th parallel (very close to where it had begun) • ...

IMPERIALISM CROSSWORD 2015-06-03

IMPERIALISM CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
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  1. A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas, usually with water on either side.
  2. The popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909, by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, along with various escorts.
  3. A modern name given to various theories of society that emerged in the United Kingdom, North America, and Western Europe in the 1870s, and which are claimed to have applied biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.
  4. A person forced to work for another with no payment or freedom to seek work elsewhere.
  5. In the political sense, this usually means freedom.
  6. Political ruler of a country of nation
  7. Ended the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War.
  8. The effort of the United States—particularly over President William Howard Taft—to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
  9. A canal that crosses the isthmus of Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Built by the United States between 1904 and 1914.
  10. Append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.
  11. General Weyler of Spain sent thousands of Cubans into concentration camps.
  12. The result of various political activities within both the United States and Puerto Rican governments.
  13. Free Cuba.
  14. International negotiations backed by the threat of force. The phrase comes from a proverb quoted by Theodore Roosevelt, who said that the United States should “ Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
  15. The supreme law of the land in the United States.
  16. The transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia.
  17. Who we fought in Spanish American war.
  18. An economy based on free trade and supply and demand.
  19. A series of opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1901 about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish–American War. The Supreme Court held that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all places under American control.
  20. A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  21. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  22. Members of a volunteer regiment of cavalry organized by Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood for service in the Spanish-American War.
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  1. An extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.
  2. Destiny A term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico.
  3. Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 7, 1898, until August 21, 1959, when its territory was admitted to the Union as the fiftieth U.S. state, the State of Hawaii.
  4. 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 1902–03.
  5. A term was coined in the mid-1890s to characterize the sensational journalism that used some yellow ink in the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer's New York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal.
  6. A country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.
  7. A United States federal statute that provides for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine.
  8. Dutch descended colonist living in South Africa. Also called Afrikaners.
  9. A slogan of the The United States battleship Maine mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba in 1898.
  10. Various materials found in nature used in manufacturing such as wood, coal, and oil.
  11. Widespread hunger caused by the near complete lack of food.
  12. Belief in the benefits of profitable trading
  13. An agreement made in 1898 that resulted in the Spanish Empire's surrendering control of Cuba and ceding Puerto Rico, parts of the Spanish West Indies, the island of Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
  14. A term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers.
  15. The conditions for U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs and permitted the United States to lease or buy lands for the purpose of the establishing naval bases (the main one was Guantánamo Bay) and coaling stations in Cuba.
  16. A Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there.
  17. A history of naval warfare published in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan.
  18. A state that is controlled and protected by another.
  19. The entry of forces into a territory through hostile means.

41 Clues: Free Cuba. • Ended the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War. • Political ruler of a country of nation • Who we fought in Spanish American war. • Belief in the benefits of profitable trading • The supreme law of the land in the United States. • In the political sense, this usually means freedom. • A state that is controlled and protected by another. • ...

Civil war crossword puzzle 2023-02-23

Civil war crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. confederate general
  2. before the war
  3. turning point in the civil war
  4. the Union president
  5. submarine found a century later in Charleston
  6. killed more people in the war than fighting
  7. goods that are illegal in a country
  8. the first battle of the war
  9. the number of confederate states
  10. the states that seceded
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  1. blocking people or goods from entering or leaving somewhere
  2. to leave a government or political party
  3. the one and only confederate president
  4. could be considered a monster or hero
  5. a job a lot of women took
  6. setting free
  7. the first ironclad battle in the war
  8. the states that weren't confederate or union states
  9. the first state to secede
  10. the nickname for the US

20 Clues: setting free • before the war • confederate general • the Union president • the nickname for the US • the states that seceded • a job a lot of women took • the first state to secede • the first battle of the war • turning point in the civil war • the number of confederate states • goods that are illegal in a country • the first ironclad battle in the war • ...

Chapter 4 Nathaniel Beyer 2020-12-01

Chapter 4 Nathaniel Beyer crossword puzzle
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  1. those posers that the constitution does not grant to nation government and does not deny to the states.
  2. both state and national government were equal authorities operating within their own spheres of influence, as defined by a strict reading of the Constitution
  3. an era of federalism during which the national and state governments shared functional authority in broad policy areas
  4. powers the constitution is preseumed to have delegated to nation government because it is the government of a soverign state within the world community.
  5. regulations that the national government imposes on state and local governments
  6. The Constitution lists powers granted to the national government.
  7. federal funds given to state and local governments for specific projects
  8. the modern era in federalism in which authority that rested with the national government is being returned to the states
  9. central to the Contract with America was the idea of returning power to states
  10. federal grants that can only be used for a specific purpose, or category, of state and local spending
  11. a system of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal system
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  1. the idea that a state had the right to separate from the Union
  2. the belief that the states had the right to cancel federal laws which they believed contradicted or clashed with state interests
  3. those powers that both the nation government and states posses and exercise.
  4. those delegated powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution; those "necessary and proper" to carry out expressed powers.
  5. constitution's requirement that each state accept public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every state.
  6. the period in which the national government channeled federal funds to local governments and citizen groups to address problems that states could or would not address
  7. federal grants given to state and local governments for broad purposes, such as welfare, community development, public health, or education

18 Clues: the idea that a state had the right to separate from the Union • The Constitution lists powers granted to the national government. • federal funds given to state and local governments for specific projects • a system of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal system • those powers that both the nation government and states posses and exercise. • ...

Homework 2017-04-20

Homework crossword puzzle
Across
  1. support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs
  2. a fair bargain or treatment
  3. prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol
  4. prohibiting any contract, conspiracy, or combination of business interests
  5. gave women the right to vote in 1920.
  6. social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
  7. the power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do
  8. a person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.
  9. A third-party movement that sprang up in the 1890s
  10. sensationalism and crude exaggeration
  11. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.
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  1. mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 16, 1919.
  2. an act or instance of officially recalling someone or something.
  3. promoting the business interests of its citizens in other countries.
  4. a person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.
  5. popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states
  6. a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food
  7. An election in which voters choose candidates to run on a party's ticket in a subsequent election for public office
  8. 48-mile waterway
  9. the Monroe Doctrine
  10. dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers
  11. federal (United States) government to levy (collect) an income tax from all Americans.
  12. sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end
  13. "speak softly, and carry a big stick."

24 Clues: 48-mile waterway • the Monroe Doctrine • a fair bargain or treatment • gave women the right to vote in 1920. • sensationalism and crude exaggeration • "speak softly, and carry a big stick." • A third-party movement that sprang up in the 1890s • support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs • mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 16, 1919. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-12-07

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. party a political party formed in 1854 majority supported the end to slavery they also replaced the free soil and whig parties
  2. a draft requiring people to serve in the military
  3. Stevens vice president of the south
  4. Sumter, a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston South Carolina the attack on this place was the official start of the Civil War
  5. Ferry a united states weapon arsenal in Virginia
  6. Davis president of the confederate states
  7. Lincoln became president became president in march of 1861 and previously ran for the Illinois senate seat but lost to Douglas
  8. another name for the union army
  9. warships covered in iron plates to protect it
  10. of Bull Run first major battle of the Civil War fought near Washington DC confederate victory
  11. when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area
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  1. man who led a rebellion in 1831 that killed 55 white folks
  2. states the union states that still have Slavery
  3. soldiers on horseback
  4. of Antietam bloodiest day in American history
  5. uniform color of the confederate army
  6. one of the reasons men joined the army
  7. Brown Plan failed plan to capture the arsenal and then help revolting slaves gain their freedom,
  8. number of confederate states
  9. C Freemont explorer national hero first presidential nominee for the republican party 1856
  10. an African American who had been a slave and moved by his master to a state where slavery was illegal
  11. another name for the confederate army
  12. plan the union plan to shut off all southern trade and ruin their economy introduced by Winfield Scott
  13. uniform color of the union army

24 Clues: soldiers on horseback • number of confederate states • another name for the union army • uniform color of the union army • uniform color of the confederate army • another name for the confederate army • one of the reasons men joined the army • Stevens vice president of the south • Davis president of the confederate states • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-14

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. President of the Confederate States of America
  2. The commanding general of the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia.
  3. This battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. The President of the United States of America.
  5. Includes California being admitted as a free state and, the Fugitive Slave Act
  6. A man who dug in and held their position on a hill overlooking Bull Run Creek until reinforcements could arrive and organize a counter-attack.
  7. People hold the final authority in all matters of government
  8. Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the war
  9. Battle that started the war.
  10. Declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
  11. The speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
  12. An act that stated Kansas and Nebraska would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery.
  13. Union army's blockade of Vicksburg, Mississippi, that led the city to surrender during the Civil War
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  1. Turning point of the War
  2. A slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
  3. Choke the South out of its resources through blockades of bodies of water
  4. Compromise set where Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state
  5. Withdraw from an organization or communion
  6. Nurse during the Civil War; started the American Red Cross
  7. Southern states that seceded from the United States

20 Clues: Turning point of the War • Battle that started the war. • Withdraw from an organization or communion • President of the Confederate States of America • The President of the United States of America. • This battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation. • Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the war • Southern states that seceded from the United States • ...

Capitals 2020-04-21

Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. England
  3. Maharashtra
Down
  1. Punjab
  2. India
  3. Karnataka
  4. Goa

7 Clues: Goa • India • Punjab • England • Karnataka • Maharashtra • Madhya Pradesh

capitals 2022-01-07

capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bacon
  2. no ice, Greenland ice
  3. strange cloud
  4. city, burritos
Down
  1. toro
  2. DC, ya missed bin
  3. kingdom, god save the queen

7 Clues: toro • bacon • strange cloud • city, burritos • DC, ya missed bin • no ice, Greenland ice • kingdom, god save the queen

Capitals 2023-11-10

Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Israel
  2. Japan
  3. Iraq
  4. Brazil
Down
  1. U.S.A
  2. Canada
  3. Canberra

7 Clues: Iraq • U.S.A • Japan • Israel • Canada • Brazil • Canberra

Speration of National and State powers 2014-05-12

Speration of National and State powers crossword puzzle
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  1. Formal withdrawal by a constituent member from an alliance, federation, or association.
  2. a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
  3. The first constitution of the United States, created to form a perpetual union and a firm league of friendship among the thirteen original states.
  4. An act of legislature that inflicts punishment on an individual or gourp without judicial trial
  5. is the government of a country subdivision in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government
  6. a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
  7. is the body of law created by the federal government of a country
  8. A tax on imported or exported goods.
  9. is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
  10. a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.
  11. A compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.
  12. took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain.
  13. Powers of the federal government that are specifically addressed in the Constitution; for Congress, these powers are listed in Article I, Section 8, and include the power to coin money, regulate its value and impose taxes
  14. a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner.
  15. Charging a public official with a crime while in office and bringing him or her to trial.
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  1. A law that criminalizes an act that was not a crime when committed, that increases the penalty for a crime after it was committed, or that changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. These laws are forbidden.
  2. proposed a bicameral (2 part) legislature
  3. Article VI, Section 2 of the Constitution, which states that the U.S. Constitution, law passed by congress and treaties of the United States “shall be the supreme Law of the Land” and binding on the states.
  4. a circumstance or condition required by law or custom for getting, having, or exercising a right, holding an office, or the like.
  5. each slave was counted as 3/5 of a person for population
  6. a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
  7. the convention in Philadelphia (1787) of representatives from each of the former Colonies, except Rhode Island, at which the constitution of the United States was framed.
  8. a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
  9. was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General
  10. a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.

25 Clues: A tax on imported or exported goods. • proposed a bicameral (2 part) legislature • each slave was counted as 3/5 of a person for population • is the body of law created by the federal government of a country • a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant. • ...

Unit 3 review 2018-04-23

Unit 3 review crossword puzzle
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  1. belief in a more centralized government
  2. Known as a small state plan, proposal for a structure of the US
  3. 1rst United States President
  4. Proposal by Virginia for a bicameral legislative structure
  5. Believes in one strong central government
  6. signing or giving a formal consent so a contract or treaty can be official
  7. Legislative, judicial, execuative
  8. population of slaves would be counted as 3/5ths when voting for a representative
  9. Of the peoples rule, authority of a state and its government created and sustained by the consent of the people
  10. an armed uprising is Massachesetts during 1786-1787
  11. former governor of New York
  12. to go through with ratifying a law you need 2/3 vote
  13. founding father of the United States
  14. Liberties of each individual to pursue life and goals without interference
  15. a system to make sure no part of the gov. had more power then the other parts
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  1. government is enpowered by a law from a starting point of having power
  2. collection of 85 articles and essays to promote ratification of the Constitution
  3. Believes in state laws
  4. centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic in which the people hold popular Sovereignty
  5. 4th United States President
  6. agreement among the 13 colonies that served as the 1 constitution
  7. politician
  8. Different powers to three different groups
  9. Small states and big states follow legislative structure
  10. former governor of Virginia

25 Clues: politician • Believes in state laws • 4th United States President • former governor of New York • former governor of Virginia • 1rst United States President • Legislative, judicial, execuative • founding father of the United States • belief in a more centralized government • Believes in one strong central government • Different powers to three different groups • ...

Government Coming to 'Terms' 2021-01-23

Government Coming to 'Terms' crossword puzzle
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  1. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
  2. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
  3. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  4. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  5. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
  6. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
  7. 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; he did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
  8. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  9. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  10. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
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  1. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
  2. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  3. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
  4. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the interests of a few.
  5. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
  6. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  7. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural rights
  8. English political philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed that in order to live together, individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection
  9. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
  10. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power

20 Clues: belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers • ...

Government Mid-Term Review 2022-01-03

Government Mid-Term Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The first 10 Amendments in the Constitution
  2. Law that is derived from Judicial decisions
  3. The privilege of the President that allows him to withhold information from the public
  4. A change to the Constitution
  5. A type of power that isn't stated in the Constitution that allows the Government to control Immigration policies, acquiring territory, and ending labor strikes
  6. A congressional resolution designed to limit what the President can do to initiate or escalate military actions abroad
  7. A person who supports the idea of a strong central Government
  8. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
  9. A hypothetical contract between the ruled and their rulers that define the rights and duties of each citizen
  10. A contractual agreement made between two or more states
  11. A law of which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable for public laws
  12. The power of extrading a person accused or convicted of a crime
  13. A clause the prohibits states from interfering with the federal government's exercise of it's constitutional powers
  14. A type of power given to the United States Government that isn't specifically stated in the Constitution
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  1. A government whose legalized force and power is limited by delegated and enumerated authorities
  2. A good sense in judgement
  3. A type of power given to the government that are specifically stated in the Constitution
  4. A person who supports several states uniting under one power
  5. The real or hypothetical condition of human beings before or without political association
  6. An agreement between the United States Government and a Foreign Government
  7. A separation of the Judicial Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Executive Branch.
  8. A time where there is difficulty passing laws that please the public
  9. A pot of money given to the states by the Federal Government
  10. A form of Government in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives
  11. A form of Government where people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation

25 Clues: A good sense in judgement • A change to the Constitution • The first 10 Amendments in the Constitution • Law that is derived from Judicial decisions • A contractual agreement made between two or more states • A person who supports several states uniting under one power • A pot of money given to the states by the Federal Government • ...

8th US Benchmark 2 Crossword Review 2021-03-19

8th US Benchmark 2 Crossword Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This constitutional principle explains how powers are divided between the national government and the state government.
  2. This principle bestows the right to vote in a democracy and also the civic duty to do so.
  3. One effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was that ___________ among the populations of northern and southern states increased.
  4. This amendment declares that individual states are given powers not granted to the federal government.
  5. One of the most significant contributions to the industrial development in the Northeast was the construction of the _____ canal.
  6. The __________ Ordinance outlined the process for admitting a new state into the Union and also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in new territories.
  7. The creation of Congress to carry out the will of the people represents this constitutional principle.
  8. The formation of political parties in the U.S. can be traced back to a disagreement over whether congress should create a ______________ and raise tariffs.
  9. This was the main crop grown on plantations in the southern United States.
  10. The Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison first stated the principle that the courts may declare a federal law ______________.
  11. This amendment was created to prevent soldiers from being housed in private homes without the owner’s consent.
  12. Slavery expanded into new acquired territories after this invention made processing cotton faster and growing cotton more profitable.
  13. George Washington wanted the United States to follow a policy of _________ in regards to foreign nations.
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  1. The main reason for the __________ Doctrine was to prevent European intervention in countries near the United States.
  2. The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution are an example of the Constitutional Principle ____ rights.
  3. Washington stopped this rebellion and showed the country that under the Constitution military action could be used to enforce laws.
  4. In this type of economic system there is limited government interference in business, and prices are determined by supply and demand.
  5. ____________ became a widespread practice in the southern part of the U.S. because of the need for agricultural labor increased as a result of expanded cotton production.
  6. The President vetoing a law passed by congress, then the congress overriding a presidential veto is an example of which Constitutional Principle.
  7. The Whiskey Rebellion, Alien and Sedition Acts, and Marbury v. Madison are all examples of __________ issues faced by the leaders of the new republic.
  8. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were the leaders of America's first two _______________.
  9. This occurred when workers moved closer to manufacturing centers after the development of the factory system.
  10. During the ______ Crisis southern states felt they had the right to overrule and act passed by Congress since the national government is supposed to share power with the states.
  11. Northern manufacturers increased their production of textiles, which could not be imported from England during the _____________.
  12. One result of industrialization in the United States was that _________ differences increased.
  13. This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

26 Clues: This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. • This was the main crop grown on plantations in the southern United States. • This principle bestows the right to vote in a democracy and also the civic duty to do so. • One result of industrialization in the United States was that _________ differences increased. • ...

8th US Benchmark 2 Crossword Review 2021-03-17

8th US Benchmark 2 Crossword Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This constitutional principle explains how powers are divided between the national government and the state government.
  2. This principle bestows the right to vote in a democracy and also the civic duty to do so.
  3. One effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was that ___________ among the populations of northern and southern states increased.
  4. This amendment declares that individual states are given powers not granted to the federal government.
  5. One of the most significant contributions to the industrial development in the Northeast was the construction of the _____ canal.
  6. The __________ Ordinance outlined the process for admitting a new state into the Union and also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in new territories.
  7. The creation of Congress to carry out the will of the people represents this constitutional principle.
  8. The formation of political parties in the U.S. can be traced back to a disagreement over whether congress should create a ______________ and raise tariffs.
  9. This was the main crop grown on plantations in the southern United States.
  10. The Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison first stated the principle that the courts may declare a federal law ______________.
  11. This amendment was created to prevent soldiers from being housed in private homes without the owner’s consent.
  12. Slavery expanded into new acquired territories after this invention made processing cotton faster and growing cotton more profitable.
  13. George Washigton wanted the United States to follow a policy of _________ in regards to foreign nations.
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  1. The main reason for the __________ Doctrine was to prevent European intervention in countries near the United States.
  2. The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution are an example the Constitutional Principle ______ rights.
  3. Wahsington stopped this rebellion and showed the country that under the Constitution military action could be used to enforce laws.
  4. In this type of economic system there is limited government interference in business, and prices are determined by supply and demand.
  5. ____________ became a widespread practice in the southern part of the U.S. because of the need for agricultural labor increased as a result of expanded cotton production.
  6. The President vetoing a law passed by congress, then the congress overriding a presidential veto is an example of which Constitutional Principle.
  7. The Whiskey Rebellion, Alien and Sedition Acts, and Marbury v. Madison are all examples of __________ issues faced by the leaders of the new republic.
  8. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were the leaders of America's first two _______________.
  9. This occurred when workers moved closer to manufacturing centers after the development of the factory system.
  10. During the ______ Crisis southern states felt they had the right to overrule and act passed by Congress since the national government is supposed to share power with the states.
  11. Northern manufacturers increased their production of textiles, which could not be imported from England during the _____________.
  12. One result of industrialization in the United States was that _________ differences increased.
  13. This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

26 Clues: This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. • This was the main crop grown on plantations in the southern United States. • This principle bestows the right to vote in a democracy and also the civic duty to do so. • One result of industrialization in the United States was that _________ differences increased. • ...

American Revolution & A New Nation 2023-12-30

American Revolution & A New Nation crossword puzzle
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  1. Daniel, led rebellion - showed weakness of Articles of Confederation
  2. political system where power is shared
  3. second President of the United States
  4. winter camp for Washington's Army
  5. United States first president
  6. _of Confederation - United States first government
  7. United States' current government
  8. Christmas night attack by Washington
  9. those who supported the Constitution
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  1. author of the Declaration of Independence
  2. first ten amendments
  3. tax enacted by British, required stamp on paper
  4. an early event or action, example
  5. those who favored America and independence
  6. Washington's secretary of Treasury
  7. those who supported the British
  8. tax
  9. placing the interest of a region over the nation

18 Clues: tax • first ten amendments • United States first president • those who supported the British • an early event or action, example • winter camp for Washington's Army • United States' current government • Washington's secretary of Treasury • Christmas night attack by Washington • those who supported the Constitution • second President of the United States • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary Choice Board 2018-01-16

Unit 5 Vocabulary Choice Board crossword puzzle
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  1. restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
  2. American victory in a battle that never had to happen
  3. was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, Belgium.
  4. The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Florida Purchase Treaty
  5. The Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3, 1795, at Fort Greenville, now Greenville
  6. an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
  7. make legally null and void; invalidate.
  8. Embargo Act of 1807 was a law passed by the United State Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson on December 22, 1807.
  9. The Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 was a conflict between the confederacy of native warriors led by Tecumseh,
  10. - Impressment refers to the act in which men were captured and forced into naval service.
  11. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  12. Hawks The Twelfth Congress that met from 1811 to 1813 included a number of young and outspoken members who were foes of Great Britain and supporters of expansion by the United States.
  13. was a 1795 treaty between the United States and Great Britain that averted war
  14. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (or Resolves) were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799
  15. a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.
  16. The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  17. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
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  1. A case decided by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall in 1803.
  2. was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the administration of John Adams
  3. an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
  4. of or relating to a major American political party of the early 19th century favoring a strict interpretation of the Constitution to restrict the powers of the federal government and emphasizing states' rights.
  5. Marshall was an American politician.
  6. The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798.
  7. was a tax protest
  8. The Proclamation of Neutrality was a formal announcement issued by U.S. President George Washington on April 22, 1793 that declared the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain.
  9. A journey made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, to explore the American Northwest
  10. The purchase by the United States from France of the huge Louisiana Territory in 1803.
  11. a government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
  12. was a United States federal statute adopted on September 24, 1789
  13. a cupboard with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying articles.
  14. patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.

31 Clues: was a tax protest • Marshall was an American politician. • make legally null and void; invalidate. • patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts. • American victory in a battle that never had to happen • a government's strategy in dealing with other nations. • was a United States federal statute adopted on September 24, 1789 • ...

Civil War 2014-10-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. battle fought July 1-3 1863
  2. graduate of west point and a chief aide in the Mexican American war and assumed command of confederate army
  3. northern commander before Ulysses S. Grant
  4. confederate general
  5. first shots of the Civil War were fired here
  6. northern democrat who supported popular sovereignty
  7. People would vote on rather to allow slavery or not
  8. issued January 1, 1863 and freed the slaves in the states in the rebellion against the union
  9. Created the underground railroad
  10. Written by Harriet Beecher in 1852, motivated people in the north to support abolition
  11. Republican who became president in 1860 and was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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  1. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War
  2. opposed slavery in new territories
  3. union morale law after defeat at second battle of bull run
  4. African American Unit
  5. One of the two major political parties in the United States.
  6. sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification
  7. slave owners could recover slaves who ran away to free states
  8. becomes the president of the confederate states of America
  9. US army general who took control of western front after Grant's appointment
  10. The leading southern politician of the early nineteenth century; he served as vice president under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and then was elected senator from South Carolina.
  11. led by social reformers, William Lloyd Garrison, founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society; writers such as John Greenleaf Whittier and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  12. Where Robert E. Lee and his troops surrendered
  13. destroyed southern cities and railways to trap
  14. non-supporters of the Civil War

25 Clues: confederate general • African American Unit • battle fought July 1-3 1863 • non-supporters of the Civil War • Created the underground railroad • opposed slavery in new territories • northern commander before Ulysses S. Grant • first shots of the Civil War were fired here • Where Robert E. Lee and his troops surrendered • destroyed southern cities and railways to trap • ...

Midterm Study Guide 2022-01-03

Midterm Study Guide crossword puzzle
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  1. States like these because they have more say in how the money is spent.
  2. God given rights to life, liberty, and property.
  3. Political stalemate is a situation when there is difficulty passing laws that satisfy the needs of the people.
  4. The first ten amendments.
  5. Feared the powered of the national government and believed state legislatures, which would better protect their freedoms, wanted the Bill of Rights.
  6. A form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation.
  7. Agreements among States.
  8. An agreement between the people and their government.
  9. British political philosophers that differed how governments should be ran.
  10. An addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution, there are 27.
  11. Letter to the British king that listed all the ways he abused his power, written by Thomas Jefferson.
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  1. Come with strings attached, used for specific purpose.
  2. Are not expressly stated in the Constitution, but are reasonably suggested, or implied by, the expressed powers.
  3. A clause in the Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States.
  4. Supported the Constitution, believed a strong central government would be better for national security and economic prosperity.
  5. The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
  6. The principle that sovereignty should be divided between the federal government and the states especially as expressed by the Constitution of the U.S.
  7. A form of government in which "supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
  8. Are those found directly within the Constitution.
  9. When the government doesn't protect its people, the people can revolt.
  10. Belong only because the U.S. is sovereign.

21 Clues: Agreements among States. • The first ten amendments. • Belong only because the U.S. is sovereign. • God given rights to life, liberty, and property. • Are those found directly within the Constitution. • An agreement between the people and their government. • Come with strings attached, used for specific purpose. • ...

Saadia Freeman 6th Asia Religon 2017-11-13

Saadia Freeman 6th Asia Religon crossword puzzle
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  1. hundred twenty is the highest temperature recorded in Asia
  2. are the flag colors of Asia
  3. has the most expensive houses in the world
  4. is one of Asia's country
  5. rolls are one of the foods in Asia
  6. town center one of Asia's restaurants
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  1. is one of the capitals in Asia
  2. is a treeless plain located in a arctic circle
  3. is a bordering island
  4. garden Lite one of the gardens in Asia
  5. Arabian Night one of the folktales in Asia
  6. is one of Asia's rivers

12 Clues: is a bordering island • is one of Asia's rivers • is one of Asia's country • are the flag colors of Asia • is one of the capitals in Asia • rolls are one of the foods in Asia • town center one of Asia's restaurants • garden Lite one of the gardens in Asia • Arabian Night one of the folktales in Asia • has the most expensive houses in the world • ...

American History 2020-10-01

American History crossword puzzle
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  1. The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
  2. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves
  3. belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism
  4. The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade
  5. founding father who served as the third president
  6. The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  7. was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787
  8. was an American social reformer and abolitionist
  9. war ended with the treaty of paris in 1763
  10. an act of the British Parliament in 1765 to get revenue from America by imposing a stamp duty
  11. On November 29, 1864, peaceful Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians are massacred by a band of Colonel John Chivington's Colorado volunteers at Sand Creek, Colorado
  12. was a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature
  13. a person that is anti slavery
  14. This act, passed on July 1, 1862, provided Federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States
  15. a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,ooo Native Americans
  16. he was one of the founding fathers of the uninted states
  17. was a small but pivotal for America on Christmas day
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  1. was a former slave that tried to sue for freedom but was rejected because he was told he was property
  2. The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776
  3. It was the first peaceful protest by the sons of liberty
  4. founding father who was the first president
  5. an estate on which crops such as coffee,sugar,and tobacco
  6. was an American stage actor who assassinated President Lincoln
  7. The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803
  8. fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War
  9. aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses
  10. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory
  11. In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad
  12. A democratic republic is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy
  13. the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
  14. In response to Pontiac's Rebellion, a revolt of Native Americans led by Pontiac, an Ottawa chief

31 Clues: a person that is anti slavery • war ended with the treaty of paris in 1763 • founding father who was the first president • was an American social reformer and abolitionist • founding father who served as the third president • was a small but pivotal for America on Christmas day • It was the first peaceful protest by the sons of liberty • ...

Goverment for the U.S. (SOPHIA MATTESON) 2023-10-18

Goverment for the U.S. (SOPHIA MATTESON) crossword puzzle
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  1. The branch that makes the laws
  2. How much slaves and servants were worth when totaling up the total population
  3. Sets the stage for the Constitution and it clearly communicates the intentions of the framers and the purpose of the document.
  4. Designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation
  5. The legislature of the federal government of the United States.
  6. 4th president Father of the U.S. Constitution
  7. Changes to the constitution
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  1. Each state's representation in Congress would be based on its population
  2. Want the states to have most if not all the power.
  3. An American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States
  4. The highest judicial court in a country or state.
  5. The upper chamber of the United States Congress.
  6. The branch that enforces the laws
  7. The elected leader is a rank below the president.
  8. The elected leader of the U.S.
  9. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government.
  10. The branch the interprets the laws
  11. It person who believes in a strong central government
  12. The division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.
  13. The process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing.

20 Clues: Changes to the constitution • The branch that makes the laws • The elected leader of the U.S. • The branch that enforces the laws • The branch the interprets the laws • 4th president Father of the U.S. Constitution • The upper chamber of the United States Congress. • The highest judicial court in a country or state. • The elected leader is a rank below the president. • ...

Building America 2024-04-10

Building America crossword puzzle
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  1. The principle that everyone, including government officials, must follow the law.
  2. Someone who supports a strong central government.
  3. The process of becoming a citizen of a country if you were not born there.
  4. A group of people chosen to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
  5. The legal requirement that the government must respect all legal rights of an individual.
  6. The right to vote in political elections.
  7. A group of advisors to the President or another leader.
  8. To charge a government official with misconduct.
  9. The system where each branch of government has the power to limit the actions of the other branches.
  10. The branch of government that makes laws (Congress in the United States).
  11. The power of the President or another leader to reject a proposed law.
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  1. Fair treatment and adherence to the law.
  2. A group of states or nations that are united for a common purpose.
  3. The division of government into branches (legislative, executive, judicial) with different roles and responsibilities.
  4. A form of government where people elect representatives to make decisions for them.
  5. The branch of government that interprets laws and administers justice (courts and judges).
  6. system A system of government where power is divided between a central government and individual states or regions.
  7. The part of government that enforces laws (President in the United States).
  8. A place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made.
  9. To approve or confirm, especially regarding a treaty or agreement.
  10. An agreement where both sides give up something to reach a mutual solution.
  11. A change or addition to the Constitution or another legal document.
  12. A proposed law that is being discussed and voted on by a legislature.

23 Clues: Fair treatment and adherence to the law. • The right to vote in political elections. • To charge a government official with misconduct. • Someone who supports a strong central government. • A group of advisors to the President or another leader. • A place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made. • ...

5 Capitals of GA 2021-10-13

5 Capitals of GA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the acronynm of all the 5 capitals
  2. Lasted for 7 years
  3. 4th Capital of GA
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  1. Biggest City in GA
  2. Caused many to die from diseases
  3. Had a past Capital named after them
  4. Now a major city that runs through the fall line

7 Clues: 4th Capital of GA • Biggest City in GA • Lasted for 7 years • Caused many to die from diseases • the acronynm of all the 5 capitals • Had a past Capital named after them • Now a major city that runs through the fall line

American Gov. chapters 2-3 2019-08-28

American Gov. chapters 2-3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Initially, those who supported the Constitution during the ratification period; later, the name of the political party established by supporters of Alexander Hamilton.
  2. Enforces the laws.
  3. Document Declaring independence from Great Britain.
  4. Formal process of changing the Constitution.
  5. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government.
  6. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional governments.
  7. Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representation to the states.
  8. rule by the people.
  9. Powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.
  10. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who meet every four years to cast the electoral votes for president and vice president.
  11. View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the Constitution.
  12. Government structure that authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches.
  13. the fundamental law undergirding the structure of government.
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  1. Initial governing authority of the United States, 1781–88.
  2. First ten amendments to the Constitution, which provide basic political rights.
  3. Interprets the laws.
  4. Makes federal law supreme over state laws.
  5. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution.
  6. Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution during the ratification period.
  7. Doctrine holding that state governments and the federal government have almost completely separate functions.
  8. Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress. Congress can override a veto by a two-thirds majority in each chamber.
  9. Compromise over slavery at the Constitutional Convention that granted states extra representation in the House of Representatives based on their number of slaves at the ratio of three-fifths.
  10. Form of democracy in which political power is exercised directly by citizens.
  11. Meeting in 1787 at which twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up proposing an entirely new Constitution.
  12. Right of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe to be illegal.
  13. To formally withdraw from a nation-state.
  14. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches.
  15. power retained by the states under the constitution.
  16. makes the laws.
  17. Form of government in which power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law.

30 Clues: makes the laws. • Enforces the laws. • rule by the people. • Interprets the laws. • To formally withdraw from a nation-state. • Makes federal law supreme over state laws. • Formal process of changing the Constitution. • Document Declaring independence from Great Britain. • power retained by the states under the constitution. • ...

Articles of confederation vs. constitution 2020-02-21

Articles of confederation vs. constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 3rd president.
  2. Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments
  3. decisions on how america was going to be governed.
  4. documents to ratify the constitution.
  5. democratic parties and republican parties
  6. creator of the banks system.
  7. the federalists paper helped ratify the constitution.
  8. government doesn't have all power
  9. the original constitution of the US
  10. against the constitution.
  11. Washington made the office of the presidency powerful by appointing a cabinet and proposing major legislation to Congress
  12. the plan suggested that states should be represented by the population.
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  1. was the process for admitting a new state to the Union and created states to be equal.
  2. responsible on enforcing laws
  3. first opposition political party in the United States.
  4. army of soliders, military.
  5. was a discussion between small and large states discussing the amount of power each one can have.
  6. the government collected taxes from people and their trades.
  7. 3 out of every 5 slaves could vote
  8. supported the constitution.
  9. is the supreme law of the United States.
  10. taxes on whiskey.
  11. two major political parties dominant the political landscape.
  12. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the west.
  13. washington took office (april 30,1789)
  14. first 10 amendments of the constitution.
  15. His plan was to retire the old depreciated obligations by borrowing new money at a lower interest rate.
  16. writes up and votes on laws,
  17. made up of the supreme court.
  18. the plan to have one vote in congress instead of vote from the population.

30 Clues: 3rd president. • taxes on whiskey. • against the constitution. • army of soliders, military. • supported the constitution. • creator of the banks system. • writes up and votes on laws, • responsible on enforcing laws • made up of the supreme court. • government doesn't have all power • 3 out of every 5 slaves could vote • the original constitution of the US • ...

Unit 5 Vocab Crossword 2022-12-19

Unit 5 Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The head of the executive branch of a state government.
  2. Elected officials that make laws for local governments.
  3. The powers shared by the federal and state governments. Both can exercise these powers. (ex: tax, borrow money, courts)
  4. The level of government that handles the daily needs of residents including garbage collection.
  5. a written law passed by a legislative body
  6. The powers held back from the federal government and reserved for the state governments
  7. Laws made by county or local governments
  8. Other name for the Necessary and Proper Clause (This clause gives Congress the power “to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated powers”)
  9. The level of government that handles things like licenses and public education.
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  1. clause of the Constitution that states that whenever there is a conflict between federal and state law, the federal law is supreme
  2. Florida Declaration of _______ : Guarantees rights and freedoms to the citizens of Florida. (Similar to the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights).
  3. The level of government that handles national issues like foreign policy and the economy.
  4. Powers not specifically listed in the Constitution but they have been determined to be strongly suggested or needed to fulfill the enumerated powers
  5. The powers granted to the federal government and listed in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution (ex: declare war, coin money, sign treaties)
  6. Amendment that states: “The powers not delegated (given directly to) the United States by the Constitution, not prohibited by it to the States, are RESERVED to the States… or the people.”
  7. A city, town or village that has established its own local government
  8. system of dividing political power between the national government and the states

17 Clues: Laws made by county or local governments • a written law passed by a legislative body • The head of the executive branch of a state government. • Elected officials that make laws for local governments. • A city, town or village that has established its own local government • The level of government that handles things like licenses and public education. • ...

Executive Branch Review - Sabatini, J 2018-04-26

Executive Branch Review - Sabatini, J crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the government's many administrators and agencies
  2. a blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators
  3. the power to reduce a fine or the length of a sentence
  4. voters who have not made up their mind about who they will vote for
  5. President of the United States
  6. a person who works for a bureaucracy
  7. the body that formally elects the President of the United States
  8. Length of office
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  1. canceling some provisions in a measure while approving others
  2. states in which either candidate could win
  3. Vice President of the United States
  4. People who cast their vote to elect the President of the United States
  5. GOP, Democrats, Libertarians
  6. the parties formal statement of its policies
  7. closed meeting of members of a political party
  8. First Lady of the United States

16 Clues: Length of office • GOP, Democrats, Libertarians • President of the United States • First Lady of the United States • Vice President of the United States • a person who works for a bureaucracy • states in which either candidate could win • the parties formal statement of its policies • closed meeting of members of a political party • ...

Internationalism 2017-12-06

Internationalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a program that allows the United States to give financial aid to countries struggling from the effects of World War II
  2. maintaining peace in a country
  3. an organization that promotes economic stability in the Arctic and safeguards the Arctic’s fragile environment
  4. Criminal Court (ICC) an organization that punishes individuals for crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
  5. an international monetary system that occurred in 1944 that led to the creation of the World Bank and IMF
  6. the policy of a country responding to issues on it’s own without the support of other nations
  7. an agency of the United Nations that promotes programs in science, education and the arts.
  8. a term that describes the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
  9. an agreement between two countries for the resolution of issues
  10. Council an organ of the United Nations that responds to international crises
  11. (NATO) an organization made up of 29 member states that safeguards the freedom and security of its member states
  12. an organ of the United Nations that allows all member states to have equal representation
  13. the countries of the world linked together because of advances in technology
  14. an international organization that represents countries where French is the mother tongue. It’s goal is to promote French culture
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  1. a quick spread of a disease throughout the world
  2. an international organization that works to promote peace and security
  3. like minded people separating into groups that oppose people whose values differ from their own
  4. an international organization that provides relief for victims of war, victims of natural disasters and provides aid for soldiers
  5. the action of bringing peace to a nation in distress
  6. an organization shared between the United States and Canada that deals with missions of aerospace warning and control for North America.
  7. an association of 28 European member states that work to promote peace and economic stability among its associates
  8. the doctrine of several nation-states jointly meeting obstacles and dealing with problems
  9. an international non-profit medical relief institution that provides aid for populations in distress or facing armed conflict
  10. (NGO) non-profit organizations that send help to countries that have been affected by a massive disaster
  11. (WTO) an international organization that promotes trade between nations.
  12. the concept of all members of the global community accepting collective responsibility for the adversities that go on in the world. As well as remembering to respect nation-states during the resolution of issues
  13. an organization that aids countries suffering from financial instability and promotes promotes international trade
  14. an international institution that provides loans to countries in need of financial aid to help reduce poverty
  15. a form of foreign policy where a country provides aid (with strings attached!!) to another country experiencing economic, political or social distress
  16. a global organization that teaches less fortunate children with various educational games
  17. the doctrine of a country to control one’s affairs without the help of any nation-states, resulting in the isolation of one’s self from any international affairs.

31 Clues: maintaining peace in a country • a quick spread of a disease throughout the world • the action of bringing peace to a nation in distress • an agreement between two countries for the resolution of issues • an international organization that works to promote peace and security • (WTO) an international organization that promotes trade between nations. • ...

S23 USH Semester Final Review 2023-05-12

S23 USH Semester Final Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a party organized in the late 1960s as a means of getting Mexican Americans to unite politically and to identify ethnically as one people after trying to protest separately was ineffective
  2. Betty Friedan and Phyllis Schafly were on opposite sides of the ______, which nearly became an amendment to the United States Constitution as it was lacking the required amount of states' ratification
  3. world alliance organization created after WWII; the United States is a permanent member of the Security Council
  4. 1972; the first time that the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles produced
  5. ensures that all students have equal opportunity to enjoy the benefits of team sports participation for both girls and boys
  6. incident that was a "dark hour for President Kennedy" due to the failed invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained La Brigada
  7. practicing containment by economically aiding and therefore encouraging countries away from communist influence and relations
  8. President Reagan's economic policy that included a 25% tax cut and curb in government spending
  9. the _____ Scandal was the break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in Washington was carried out under the direction of White House employees; led to Nixon's resignation
  10. United States lining the border of Saudi Arabia to prevent a potential Iraqi invasion during the Gulf War
  11. policy enacted by President Nixon and Henry Kissinger; United States troops would slowly withdraw from Vietnam
  12. the misappropriating of funds to counterrevolutionaries in Nicaragua through a hostage/arms deal with Iran; the problem was that Congress had forbade aiding the Contras prior
  13. the largest trading block in the world; free trade between Canada, Mexico and the United States established during Clinton's Presidency
  14. ultimately, the Korean War ended at a _____ at the 38th parallel (very close to where it had begun)
  15. a war crime committed by the United States on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by the United States Army in 1968 that was leaked a year later
  16. fascist leader who rose to power in the Soviet Union; continued the Purge and enacted the Berlin Blockade
Down
  1. when Egypt became the first Arab country to recognize Israel's independence after leaders had been invited to President Carter's retreat
  2. massive surprise attack by the Viet Cong in which over 100 towns and cities were bombed simulataneously; considered to be a major turning point in the Vietnam War
  3. one of the leaders of the United Farm Workers in 1962, a movement that consisted of marches, boycotts and fasts promoting safer and fair working conditions for Hispanic/Latino Americans working in the southwest
  4. peacefully breaking the law and accepting the consequences, usually to protest an unfair law or policy
  5. satellite nations' and communists' countries counter to the creation of NATO
  6. provided for college or vocational training for returning WWII veterans as well as one year of unemployment compensation
  7. encouraged Native Americans to buy land and leave the tribe to counter reservation poverty and conditions, but in many cases made things worse as land allotted was not farmable
  8. communist revolutionary leader, first of the Viet Minh, then of the Viet Cong
  9. temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel in hopes that free elections would be held to unify the country; also recognized Cambodia's independence
  10. President Eisenhower was angry at Great Britain for "making a muck of things" when they escalated tensions with Egypt over the _____, thus encouraging Egypt to seek Soviet aid and relations.
  11. the name of the United States air strikes and bombing of Iraqi forces in Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War
  12. classified documents that were leaked to the press in 1971 that alleged that former Presidents had purposely kept the public, press and even the Congress in the dark about what had really been going on with United States' involvement in Vietnam
  13. civil rights leader who promoted self defense, economic prosperity and nationalism amongst black Americans

29 Clues: satellite nations' and communists' countries counter to the creation of NATO • communist revolutionary leader, first of the Viet Minh, then of the Viet Cong • President Reagan's economic policy that included a 25% tax cut and curb in government spending • ultimately, the Korean War ended at a _____ at the 38th parallel (very close to where it had begun) • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2024-04-12

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A controversial election which caused southern states to secede.
  2. The first republican to become president.
  3. South Carolina nullified a federal tariff that favored Northern manufacturing over Southern agriculture.
  4. A state that didn't support slavery.
  5. Required all escaped slaves to be captured and returned to their owner.
  6. A slave revolts in Virginia in 1831, resulted in 55-65 deaths.
  7. Part of the U.S. that supported slavery.
  8. Someone who believes the act of slavery is unjust.
  9. A state that continued to use slaves.
  10. A set of five bills that temporarily calmed tensions between slave and non-slave states.
Down
  1. Considered a hero to many of the slaves she helped.
  2. Southern states wanted control of their own laws.
  3. Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state.
  4. Fought between proslavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new territory Kansas.
  5. An escape route led by Harriet Tubman.
  6. Ruled that enslaved people were not citizens of the U.S. and the federal government cannot protect them.
  7. The act of using a person as a workforce without consent.
  8. States had the right to enforce and pass their own laws.
  9. Repealed the Missouri compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty.
  10. Part of the U.S. that did not support slavery.
  11. Taxes on imports.

21 Clues: Taxes on imports. • A state that didn't support slavery. • A state that continued to use slaves. • An escape route led by Harriet Tubman. • Part of the U.S. that supported slavery. • The first republican to become president. • Part of the U.S. that did not support slavery. • Southern states wanted control of their own laws. • ...

Civil Procedure Section B 2023-04-24

Civil Procedure Section B crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What analysis should be applied in finding proper venue? (hint: case name)
  2. What rule covers joinder of parties?
  3. Under 12(f), the court may _____ from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.
  4. Under Rule 15(a)(1), a party may amend its pleading as a matter of course within how many days?
  5. Section 1652 states "The laws of the several states, except where the Constitution or treaties of the United States or Acts of Congress otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of _________ in civil actions in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply."
  6. Under FRCP 55, When a party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought has failed to plead or otherwise defend, and that failure is shown by affidavit or otherwise, the clerk must enter the party's ________.
  7. What rule including the section states: "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief..."
  8. Essential facts of the claims are so logically connected that considerations of judicial economy & fairness dictate that all issues are resolved in one lawsuit. This is the _________ relationship test.
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  1. What color was Wasserman's squishmallow? (It sat on the podium for every lecture.)
  2. FRCP 12(b)(6) is a Motion to __________?
  3. Under section 1332 the matter in controversy needs to exceed what amount?
  4. Under what section does it state, "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.
  5. What sat on the desk when Wasserman explained the Erie analysis?
  6. In a §1404(a) motion to transfer what needs to be established first?
  7. When no party is from the same state as the adverse party it is __________ diversity.
  8. Which section states, "The Supreme Court shall have the power to prescribe general rules of practice and procedure and rules of evidence for cases in the United States district courts(including proceedings before magistrate judges thereof) and courts of appeals.
  9. A motion to sever is outlined in what rule?
  10. What should you not include when reciting a rule in class?
  11. A request to produce documents is outlined under what rule?
  12. What rule guides Summary Judgment? (no spaces)

20 Clues: What rule covers joinder of parties? • FRCP 12(b)(6) is a Motion to __________? • A motion to sever is outlined in what rule? • What rule guides Summary Judgment? (no spaces) • What should you not include when reciting a rule in class? • A request to produce documents is outlined under what rule? • What sat on the desk when Wasserman explained the Erie analysis? • ...

NGO's and IGO's - DL 2023-09-27

NGO's and IGO's - DL crossword puzzle
Across
  1. intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states
  2. promote health, keep the world safe
  3. partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty
  4. global partnership fighting poverty worldwide
  5. Fund for Nature is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization
  6. continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa
  7. intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade
  8. founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade
  9. British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty
  10. international non-governmental organisation focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom
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  1. political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia
  2. humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide
  3. supranational political and economic union of 27 member states
  4. achieve sustainable growth
  5. international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City
  6. cultivates a community of change leaders who transform institutions and cultures so they support changemaking for the good of society
  7. international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control
  8. nonprofit organization that helps people in your community and around the world build or improve a place
  9. international non-governmental and lobbying organisation for multinational companies based in Cologny

19 Clues: achieve sustainable growth • promote health, keep the world safe • global partnership fighting poverty worldwide • political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia • intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states • supranational political and economic union of 27 member states • founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade • ...

1960's (Puzzle 3) 2023-06-25

1960's (Puzzle 3) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement
  2. leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba
  3. was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon
  4. was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
  5. a countercultural movement that rejected the mores of mainstream American life
  6. went full throttle in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to claim a leadership role in space and land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.
  7. set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65
  8. often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969
  9. involved mechanically scanning images then transmitting those images onto a screen
Down
  1. “to strengthen the educational resources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial assistance for students in postsecondary and higher education”
  2. a 20th-century competition between two Cold War adversaries, the Soviet Union and the United States, to achieve superior spaceflight capability
  3. a act that outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
  4. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
  5. A set of government programs, designed to help poor Americans, begun by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964
  6. the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. He was a member of the Republican Party
  7. American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination

16 Clues: a countercultural movement that rejected the mores of mainstream American life • involved mechanically scanning images then transmitting those images onto a screen • was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union • A set of government programs, designed to help poor Americans, begun by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-05-14

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the Confederate States of America
  2. The commanding general of the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia.
  3. This battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. The President of the United States of America.
  5. Includes California being admitted as a free state and, the Fugitive Slave Act
  6. A man who dug in and held their position on a hill overlooking Bull Run Creek until reinforcements could arrive and organize a counter-attack.
  7. People hold the final authority in all matters of government
  8. Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the war
  9. Battle that started the war.
  10. Declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
  11. The speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
  12. An act that stated Kansas and Nebraska would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery.
  13. Union army's blockade of Vicksburg, Mississippi, that led the city to surrender during the Civil War
Down
  1. Turning point of the War
  2. A slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
  3. Choke the South out of its resources through blockades of bodies of water
  4. Compromise set where Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state
  5. Withdraw from an organization or communion
  6. Nurse during the Civil War; started the American Red Cross
  7. Southern states that seceded from the United States

20 Clues: Turning point of the War • Battle that started the war. • Withdraw from an organization or communion • President of the Confederate States of America • The President of the United States of America. • This battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation. • Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the war • Southern states that seceded from the United States • ...

midterm review 2020-09-30

midterm review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  2. a late-18th century movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
  3. effort by the United States to transform Native American culture to European–American culture between the years of 1790 and 1920.
  4. an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in response to a debt crisis
  5. The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  6. named after Christopher Columbus, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries
  7. prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
  8. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
  9. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands.
  10. This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. ... By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States.
  11. loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
  12. an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy.
  13. an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
  14. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
  15. a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade.
  16. colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution
  17. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  18. a steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort.
  19. authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals.
  20. a revolt of Native Americans led by Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, King George III declared all lands west of the Appalachian Divide off-limits to colonial settlers.
  21. the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
  22. the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918.
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  1. an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  2. an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm.
  3. the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776
  4. the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803.
  5. state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
  6. a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause.
  7. Historic Jamestowne is home to the ruins of the first permanent English settlement in North America.
  8. a mixed or compound mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system.
  9. the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
  10. a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.
  11. counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
  12. a secret hate group in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of Black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
  13. an employee within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a signed or forced contract to work without pay for the owner of the indenture for a period of time.
  14. a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions.
  15. was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States.
  16. the period 1865–77 following the Civil War, during which the states of the Confederacy were controlled by the federal government and social legislation, including the granting of new rights to African-Americans, was introduced.
  17. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
  18. a faction of the Republican Party during the American Civil War. They were distinguished by their fierce advocacy for the abolition of slavery, enfranchisement of black citizens, and holding the Southern states financially and morally culpable for the war.
  19. This War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by Native American allies.
  20. the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere.
  21. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
  22. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”
  23. a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its allies.
  24. a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
  25. a large-scale estate meant for farming that specializes in cash crops. The crops that are grown include cotton, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, opium, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, fruits, rubber trees and forest trees
  26. the movement to end slavery.

48 Clues: the movement to end slavery. • the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. • an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in response to a debt crisis • an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. • was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. • ...

US History 2022-11-10

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
  2. established a civilian government in Puerto Rico
  3. was a major battle of the Spanish–American War
  4. are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers
  5. American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century
  6. United States naval officer and historian
  7. Admiral of the Navy
  8. extending a country’s power.
  9. was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government
  10. is a state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law
  11. treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention
  12. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced out President Porfirio Díaz and brought Francisco I
  13. American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869
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  1. was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt
  2. nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
  3. aimed to secure international agreement to the U.S. policy of promoting equal opportunity for international trade and commerce in China
  4. ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation
  5. nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer
  6. considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain
  7. was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898
  8. he was given the Grand Cross of Maria Cristina for his command of troops in the Philippines
  9. the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence.
  10. a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii
  11. a massive engineering marvel that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean through a 50-mile
  12. lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands
  13. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos
  14. Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader

27 Clues: Admiral of the Navy • extending a country’s power. • a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii • United States naval officer and historian • lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands • was a major battle of the Spanish–American War • established a civilian government in Puerto Rico • Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader • ...

American Revolution 2020-11-06

American Revolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of Paris A treaty of 1763 signed by Britain , France , and Spain
  2. American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
  3. of Savannah The failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers
  4. Act Laws that taxed printed goods
  5. Governor A person appointed by a king or queen to act as governor of a colony
  6. Compromise An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787
  7. Congress A series of legislative bodies which met in the British American colonies that met before,during,and after the American Revolution
  8. American colonist who favored American independence
  9. of Kettle Creek Victory for Georgia as the militia was able to defeat and gain supplies from the British
Down
  1. Gwinnett One of Georgia's signer of the Declaration of Independence
  2. of Confederation An agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America
  3. Hall Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia
  4. of 1763 Document declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America
  5. and Indian War The war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–1760
  6. Fifths Compromise Agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States

15 Clues: Act Laws that taxed printed goods • American colonist who favored American independence • of Paris A treaty of 1763 signed by Britain , France , and Spain • Gwinnett One of Georgia's signer of the Declaration of Independence • Governor A person appointed by a king or queen to act as governor of a colony • ...

Internet Safety 2021-09-23

Internet Safety crossword puzzle
Across
  1. password A mixture of capitals, symbols, and numbers, like hBr3%9
  2. Getting harmless emails, but a lot of them
  3. tracking An example of would be a website installing cookies without you knowing
  4. A person who makes one unhappy on the internet
  5. citizenship Being kind and thoughtful of the internet
  6. The act of sending emails from a site, such as Bank of America
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  1. security A protection between you and third parties looking for your information
  2. tracking An example of this would be a company tracking your location using Facebook
  3. A person who uses your information for their personal gain
  4. footprint Where you go and what you look at on the internet, staying there forever

10 Clues: Getting harmless emails, but a lot of them • A person who makes one unhappy on the internet • citizenship Being kind and thoughtful of the internet • A person who uses your information for their personal gain • The act of sending emails from a site, such as Bank of America • password A mixture of capitals, symbols, and numbers, like hBr3%9 • ...

Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2017-11-15

Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Laws passed by Democrat-controlled Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War to restrict African Americans' freedom
  2. Crow A black man portrayed by a white man in minstrel shows
  3. The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
  4. Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and West Virginia in the Civil War
  5. To set free from something
  6. The period after the Civil War in American history
  7. This amendment was passed in 1868
  8. The 1st of the Reconstruction Amendments
  9. To divide or seperate
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  1. Making something officially valid
  2. Southern States during the Civil War
  3. A synonym of "fairness"
  4. The northern states during the Civil War
  5. Section 1- "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
  6. ________ v. Sandford case of 1857
  7. "Neither slavery nor involuntary _______, except as a punishment..."
  8. The Constitution guarantees many types of civil _____
  9. Begins with "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union..."
  10. He was arrested for sitting in a white car on a train even though he was only 1/8ths black
  11. He _____ the ruling the judge had declared
  12. An antonym of "acceptance"
  13. Inherent to all human beings according to the UN

22 Clues: To divide or seperate • A synonym of "fairness" • To set free from something • An antonym of "acceptance" • Making something officially valid • ________ v. Sandford case of 1857 • This amendment was passed in 1868 • Southern States during the Civil War • The northern states during the Civil War • The 1st of the Reconstruction Amendments • ...

Gov/Civ Review 2024-05-14

Gov/Civ Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of the United States
  2. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
  3. What stops one branch of government from being too powerful?
  4. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  5. Who is the "father of our country"?
  6. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
  7. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes president?
  8. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
  9. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
  10. Ocean on the WEST coast of the United States
  11. Another name for the first ten amendments
  12. Who was President during World War 1?
  13. Ocean on the EAST coast of the United States
  14. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
  15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Down
  1. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
  2. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
  3. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War 2?
  4. A change/addition to the Constitution
  5. In what month do we vote for the President?
  6. What is the supreme law of the land?
  7. When was the Constitution written?
  8. The highest court in the United States
  9. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
  10. Longest river in the United States

25 Clues: Capital of the United States • When was the Constitution written? • Longest river in the United States • Who is the "father of our country"? • What is the supreme law of the land? • A change/addition to the Constitution • Who was President during World War 1? • The highest court in the United States • Another name for the first ten amendments • ...

American Civil War Crossword 2021-02-05

American Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
  2. The Northern States during the Civil War who were against slavery.
  3. Our 16th president and signer of the Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. An enslaved man who freed himself and delivered a boat to the Union
  5. People who have left the country of their birth to live in another country.
  6. An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America
  7. This Confederate submarine was introduced to battle in 1864, but was ineffective in combat.
  8. Partial or complete removal of a limb.
  9. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.
  10. Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R, and to take an army through heart of south.
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  1. A loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War.
  2. An act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
  3. An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters
  4. A proclamation written by Aberaham Lincoln that freed all slaves in America.
  5. Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross.
  6. American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer.
  7. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.
  8. A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
  9. General whose march to sea caused destruction to the south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare.
  10. A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.

20 Clues: Partial or complete removal of a limb. • Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation. • Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross. • Our 16th president and signer of the Emancipation Proclamation. • A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy. • A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military. • ...

The Civil War 2022-10-06

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. for the civil war
  2. confederate general
  3. the act that set Kansas and Nebraska as states
  4. 18th president
  5. President during the War
  6. Fort attacked by South Carolina starting the Civil War
  7. the north that was led by Abraham Lincoln
  8. first major clash of the confederate and union armies.
  9. law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and those who helped
  10. june 25-july 1, 1862
Down
  1. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  2. presdient of the confederate states of america
  3. 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi
  4. battle that made it clear that the North would win
  5. the ammendment that was passed after the War

15 Clues: 18th president • for the civil war • confederate general • june 25-july 1, 1862 • President during the War • 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi • the north that was led by Abraham Lincoln • the ammendment that was passed after the War • presdient of the confederate states of america • the act that set Kansas and Nebraska as states • ...

Texas During the Civil War 2024-01-03

Texas During the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61.
  2. Political system in which power is shared between the national and central governments
  3. The people have the complete authority over the government
  4. Blocking off an area to keep supplies from getting in or out
  5. abolished(ended) slavery in the United States
  6. Concern for regional needs and interests
  7. granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War
  8. the states that were part of the United States under President Lincoln's government.
Down
  1. A tenant farmer who receives a portion of the crop
  2. The act of giving someone freedom
  3. Government in which representatives are chosen
  4. granted African American men the right to vote
  5. To withdraw, including the withdrawal of the States from the Union
  6. the act of rebuilding, generally refers to the rebuilding of the Union following the Civil War

14 Clues: The act of giving someone freedom • Concern for regional needs and interests • abolished(ended) slavery in the United States • Government in which representatives are chosen • granted African American men the right to vote • A tenant farmer who receives a portion of the crop • The people have the complete authority over the government • ...

Famous people in the civil war 2024-01-26

Famous people in the civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Was the representative for the democrats in 1860
  2. Sixth president of the states
  3. First and only president of the confederate slave states
  4. Led a revolt against slavery and was hanged.
  5. A great general for the confederate army
  6. Led the union army to victory
  7. One of most famous abolitionists
  8. A great general for the union army
  9. Said that slavery was a sin against
  10. Lead conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Down
  1. Helped passed the union through critical impasses
  2. Founded the Red Cross program
  3. famous for his defense of the Union during the states rights nullification crisis
  4. Published many books against slavery
  5. Commander and general of the confederate army
  6. Shot Abraham Lincoln in the head
  7. Was president during the war "and never told a lie"
  8. Made the liberator newspaper.
  9. He was a slave and abolitionist, was sued by his wife.
  10. He was the father of the abolitionist movement

20 Clues: Founded the Red Cross program • Made the liberator newspaper. • Sixth president of the states • Led the union army to victory • Shot Abraham Lincoln in the head • One of most famous abolitionists • A great general for the union army • Said that slavery was a sin against • Published many books against slavery • A great general for the confederate army • ...

USA 2024-06-04

USA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Country
  2. A state and city on the East Coast.
  3. Referring to George Washington, the first President of the United States.
  4. A prominent signer of the Declaration of Independence.
  5. A state on the East Coast of the United States.
  6. The national bird and symbol of the United States.
  7. Referring to the original thirteen colonies that formed the United States.
Down
  1. An iconic symbol of American independence located in Philadelphia.
  2. A state in the Midwest.
  3. The official residence and workplace of the U.S. President.
  4. The 30th President of the United States.
  5. A U.S. Army post in Kentucky known for storing gold reserves.
  6. A major city in Pennsylvania.

13 Clues: Country • A state in the Midwest. • A major city in Pennsylvania. • A state and city on the East Coast. • The 30th President of the United States. • A state on the East Coast of the United States. • The national bird and symbol of the United States. • A prominent signer of the Declaration of Independence. • The official residence and workplace of the U.S. President. • ...

American Gov. chapters 2-3 2019-08-28

American Gov. chapters 2-3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Initially, those who supported the Constitution during the ratification period; later, the name of the political party established by supporters of Alexander Hamilton.
  2. Makes federal law supreme over state laws.
  3. Form of democracy in which political power is exercised directly by citizens.
  4. Formal process of changing the Constitution.
  5. Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution during the ratification period.
  6. Compromise over slavery at the Constitutional Convention that granted states extra representation in the House of Representatives based on their number of slaves at the ratio of three-fifths.
  7. Interprets the laws.
  8. power retained by the states under the constitution.
  9. To formally withdraw from a nation-state.
  10. Initial governing authority of the United States, 1781–88.
  11. rule by the people.
  12. Document Declaring independence from Great Britain.
  13. First ten amendments to the Constitution, which provide basic political rights.
  14. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government.
  15. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution.
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  1. Powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.
  2. Meeting in 1787 at which twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up proposing an entirely new Constitution.
  3. Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representation to the states.
  4. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional governments.
  5. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who meet every four years to cast the electoral votes for president and vice president.
  6. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches.
  7. View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the Constitution.
  8. Enforces the laws.
  9. Form of government in which power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law.
  10. makes the laws.
  11. Doctrine holding that state governments and the federal government have almost completely separate functions.
  12. Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress. Congress can override a veto by a two-thirds majority in each chamber.
  13. Government structure that authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches.
  14. the fundamental law undergirding the structure of government.
  15. Right of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe to be illegal.

30 Clues: makes the laws. • Enforces the laws. • rule by the people. • Interprets the laws. • To formally withdraw from a nation-state. • Makes federal law supreme over state laws. • Formal process of changing the Constitution. • Document Declaring independence from Great Britain. • power retained by the states under the constitution. • ...

Europe Capitals/Countries 2021-03-21

Europe Capitals/Countries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amsterdam is the capital of _____
  2. _____ is the capital of Malta
  3. _____ is the capital of Switzerland
  4. (Like, nothing could be harder) San Marino is the capital of _____(2 words)
  5. Dublin is the capital of _____
  6. _____ is the capital of Andorra
  7. Rome is the capital of _____
Down
  1. (This one is really hard) Luxembourg City is the capital of _____
  2. _____ is the capital of Belgium
  3. Madrid is the capital of_____
  4. _____ is the capital of Germany
  5. _____ is the capital of The United Kingdom
  6. _____ is the capital of Liechtenstein
  7. _____ is the capital of Portugal
  8. (Try to guess this one) Monaco is the capital of _____
  9. _____ is the capital of Austria
  10. Paris is the capital of _____
  11. _____ is the capital of Iceland

18 Clues: Rome is the capital of _____ • Madrid is the capital of_____ • _____ is the capital of Malta • Paris is the capital of _____ • Dublin is the capital of _____ • _____ is the capital of Belgium • _____ is the capital of Germany • _____ is the capital of Austria • _____ is the capital of Iceland • _____ is the capital of Andorra • Amsterdam is the capital of _____ • ...

Know Your Capitals! 2022-01-17

Know Your Capitals! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Jharkhand
  2. Karnataka
  3. Tripura
  4. Mizoram
  5. Punjab
  6. Goa
  7. Kerala
  8. Nagaland
Down
  1. Meghalaya
  2. Manipur
  3. Chhattisgarh
  4. Rajasthan
  5. Dun Uttarakhand
  6. Andhra Pradesh
  7. Madhya Pradesh
  8. Assam
  9. Arunachal Pradesh
  10. Sikkim

18 Clues: Goa • Assam • Punjab • Sikkim • Kerala • Manipur • Tripura • Mizoram • Nagaland • Meghalaya • Rajasthan • Jharkhand • Karnataka • Chhattisgarh • Andhra Pradesh • Madhya Pradesh • Dun Uttarakhand • Arunachal Pradesh

Foreign and Domestic Policy 2023-05-26

Foreign and Domestic Policy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A tax or duty to be paid
  2. Amount of cash banks must hold in reserve against deposits made by their customers
  3. A period of temporary economic decline
  4. Central bank of the United States created by congress
  5. Action of buying and selling goods and services
  6. Minimum interest rate set by the federal reserve
  7. A policy remaining apart from affairs or interests of other groups
  8. A total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year
Down
  1. Money, Food and other resources given or lent by one country to another
  2. Agreement according to international law to form a free trade area
  3. Sets of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to include particular groups
  4. An activity by a central bank to give liquidy in its currency to a bank or group of banks
  5. Commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states
  6. Federal health insurance for people age 65 or older
  7. Having a right to something
  8. Value of the shares issued by a company
  9. An official ban on trade or other commercial activity
  10. Wealth and resources of a country or region
  11. Political economic union of 27 members states
  12. A general increase in prices

20 Clues: A tax or duty to be paid • Having a right to something • A general increase in prices • A period of temporary economic decline • Value of the shares issued by a company • Wealth and resources of a country or region • Political economic union of 27 members states • Action of buying and selling goods and services • Minimum interest rate set by the federal reserve • ...

Social Studies Final 2015-05-26

Social Studies Final crossword puzzle
Across
  1. government with a command economy
  2. date JFK was assassinated
  3. D. Roosevelt president that established the New Deal
  4. territory purchased from Russia
  5. of Paris treaty signed between the Uniteds States and Spain
  6. M. Nixon President got the United States out of Vietnam
  7. belief in one god
  8. Till person was murdered for supposedly flirting with a white woman
  9. McCarthy started a campaign against alleged Communists in the United States Government
  10. amendment repealed prohibition
  11. when the Little Rock Nine attended High School
  12. President that made the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb
  13. amendment amendment that gave women the right to vote
  14. emancipated young women who embraced urban attitudes and fashion and in the 1920's
Down
  1. believe god can neither be proven nor disproven
  2. opposite of segregation
  3. Solution Hitler's ultimate plan to annihilate all European Jews
  4. Where the Second Atomic Bomb was dropped
  5. known for some bad quality or deed
  6. country with the open door policy
  7. lying under oath
  8. most practiced religion in the world / Christianity
  9. President got the United States out of the Korean War
  10. amendment amendment that prohibits the sale and consumption of alcohol
  11. Act allowed Hitler to enact and enforce laws without government involvement

25 Clues: lying under oath • belief in one god • opposite of segregation • date JFK was assassinated • territory purchased from Russia • government with a command economy • country with the open door policy • amendment repealed prohibition • known for some bad quality or deed • Where the Second Atomic Bomb was dropped • when the Little Rock Nine attended High School • ...

State Capitals 2015-03-31

State Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. New Hampshire
  2. Maryland
  3. Vermont
  4. New Jersey
Down
  1. New York
  2. Virginia
  3. Pennsylvania
  4. Connecticut
  5. Massachusetts
  6. Rhode Island
  7. Maine

11 Clues: Maine • Vermont • New York • Virginia • Maryland • New Jersey • Connecticut • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • New Hampshire • Massachusetts

Country Capitals 2022-12-11

Country Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this place has an effiel tower
  2. theres a pair of boots with the same name that are know as gum boots now
  3. maple syrup is often consumed with food
  4. famous for chocalate
  5. was once a great empire that conquered most of europe
Down
  1. sounds like the dreaded vegatable
  2. often confused with sydney as capital
  3. its name is close to its country
  4. was burnt by a fire started by a baker
  5. named after an american revolution person
  6. this capital is famous for anime

11 Clues: famous for chocalate • this place has an effiel tower • its name is close to its country • this capital is famous for anime • sounds like the dreaded vegatable • often confused with sydney as capital • was burnt by a fire started by a baker • maple syrup is often consumed with food • named after an american revolution person • ...

World capitals 2021-07-11

World capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ireland
  2. France
  3. Indonesia
  4. Australia
  5. Iran
Down
  1. Afghanistan
  2. Turkey
  3. Chile
  4. Russia
  5. Spain
  6. Germany

11 Clues: Iran • Chile • Spain • Turkey • France • Russia • Ireland • Germany • Indonesia • Australia • Afghanistan

World Capitals 2022-11-08

World Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Maldives
  2. Bhutan
  3. Iceland
  4. Congo
  5. Azerbaijan
Down
  1. Georgia
  2. East Timor
  3. Cape Verde
  4. Cameroon
  5. Afhganistan
  6. Kyrgyzstan

11 Clues: Congo • Bhutan • Georgia • Iceland • Maldives • Cameroon • East Timor • Cape Verde • Azerbaijan • Kyrgyzstan • Afhganistan

COUNTRIES-CAPITALS 2023-05-18

COUNTRIES-CAPITALS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. THE CAPITAL OF HUNGARY
  2. THE CAPITAL OF AZERBAITZAN
  3. THE CAPITAL OF SWEDEN
  4. THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRIA
  5. THE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA
  6. THE CAPITAL OF DENMARK
Down
  1. THE CAPITAL OF SERBIA
  2. THE CAPITAL OF PORTUGAL
  3. THE CAPITAL OF BELGIUM
  4. THE CAPITAL OF CYPRUS
  5. THE CAPITAL OF MONACO

11 Clues: THE CAPITAL OF SERBIA • THE CAPITAL OF SWEDEN • THE CAPITAL OF CYPRUS • THE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA • THE CAPITAL OF MONACO • THE CAPITAL OF HUNGARY • THE CAPITAL OF BELGIUM • THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRIA • THE CAPITAL OF DENMARK • THE CAPITAL OF PORTUGAL • THE CAPITAL OF AZERBAITZAN

State Capitals 2023-12-20

State Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sikkim
  2. Gujarat
  3. Kerala
  4. Karnataka
  5. Bihar
  6. Telangana
  7. Tamil Nadu
Down
  1. West Bangal
  2. Nagaland
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Goa

11 Clues: Goa • Bihar • Sikkim • Kerala • Gujarat • Nagaland • Karnataka • Telangana • Tamil Nadu • West Bangal • Maharashtra

Civil war cross word puzzle 2024-05-22

Civil war cross word puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. general of confederated army
  2. affair when confederates on Mexican boats caught and prisoned by the union
  3. formed of states the seceded from the U.S.
  4. proclamation that set slaves free
  5. north placed these to stop south from trading with other countries
  6. killer of Abraham Lincoln
  7. the president during the civil war
  8. placed by the north on imported goods
  9. plan to stop confederates from going to foreign countries
Down
  1. 18 president of the U.S. after Lincoln
  2. states bordering slave and free states
  3. states that did not secede during the civil war
  4. president of the confederate army
  5. war fought between the union and the confederate
  6. called to serve in the army

15 Clues: killer of Abraham Lincoln • called to serve in the army • general of confederated army • president of the confederate army • proclamation that set slaves free • the president during the civil war • placed by the north on imported goods • 18 president of the U.S. after Lincoln • states bordering slave and free states • formed of states the seceded from the U.S. • ...

Unit 3 Crossword Part 1 2018-11-24

Unit 3 Crossword Part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The POE that states that if a=b and c is not equal to 0, then a/c = b/c
  2. The POE that states that if a=b, then a+c = b+c
  3. if the pair of angles are corresponding, then they are congruent to each other
  4. vertical angles are congruent
  5. the process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts, definitions, and properties
  6. If D is in the interior of angle ABC, then angle ABD + angle DBC = angle ABC
  7. non-adjacent interior angles that lie on opposite sides of a transversal
  8. If B is between A and C, then AB + BC = AC
  9. The POE that states that if a=b, then a-c = b-c
  10. a line that intersects two or more lines at two different points
  11. if the pair of angles are alternate interior angles, then they are congruent to each other
  12. if the pair of angles are same side exterior angles, then they are supplementary
  13. interior angles that lie on the same side of a transversal
  14. two angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees
  15. angles that lie on the same side of a transversal and one is exterior and the other is interior
  16. The POE that states that if a=b and b=c, then a=c
  17. The POE that states that if a=b, then b can be substituted for a in any expression
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  1. the process of reasoning that a rule or statement is true because specific cases are true
  2. if the pair of angles are alternate exterior angles, then they are congruent to each other
  3. two angles that form a linear pair are supplementary
  4. if the pair of angles are same side interior angles, then they are supplementary
  5. The POE that states that if a=b, then ac = bc
  6. non-adjacent exterior angles that lie on opposite sides of a transversal
  7. adjacent, supplementary angles
  8. the definition that states two objects have the same measure
  9. two angles in the same plane with a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points
  10. two congruent angles formed by two intersecting lines that are not adjacent
  11. The property that states that a(b+c) = ab + ac
  12. exterior angles that lie on the same side of a transversal
  13. two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees

30 Clues: vertical angles are congruent • adjacent, supplementary angles • If B is between A and C, then AB + BC = AC • The POE that states that if a=b, then ac = bc • The property that states that a(b+c) = ab + ac • two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees • The POE that states that if a=b, then a+c = b+c • The POE that states that if a=b, then a-c = b-c • ...

Great Depression 2021-01-26

Great Depression crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.
  2. Form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power.
  3. Provided by some large financial institutions, such as banks and insurance companies.
  4. Served as the 32nd president of the United States.
  5. All-pay auction in which all participants must pay a non-refundable fee to place each small incremental bid.
  6. Provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations, and other businesses.
  7. American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression.
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  1. Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.
  2. Reriod of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture.
  3. American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration.
  4. First Lady of the United States.
  5. Act of borrowing money to buy securities
  6. Law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
  7. 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts.
  8. American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."
  9. investment in stocks, property, or other ventures.
  10. Who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service certificates.

17 Clues: First Lady of the United States. • Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. • Act of borrowing money to buy securities • Served as the 32nd president of the United States. • investment in stocks, property, or other ventures. • Law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States. • ...

The United States Gets More Land 2022-11-30

The United States Gets More Land crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sugar cane grew on ___________.
  2. What does Alaska have that makes cars run and helps us make electricity.
  3. Hawaii became the ________ state.
  4. Due to owning a lot more land, the United States became a strong ______.
  5. Many Americans didn't want the United States to buy Alaska because they thought it was just an ______.
  6. ______ is a large piece of land near northwestern Canada.
  7. The United States owned land from the Atlantic Ocean to the _______ Ocean.
  8. Today the Philippines are a _______ country.
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  1. American was interested in ________.
  2. What was the name of the war that occurred between the United States, Spain, and Cubans?
  3. Queen _________ ruled Hawaii.
  4. _______ means one country rules other counties or colonies.
  5. Alaska became the _________ state.
  6. No one knew why the ______ blew up.
  7. Cuba wanted their country to be ________.
  8. Who surrendered to the United States?

16 Clues: Queen _________ ruled Hawaii. • Sugar cane grew on ___________. • Hawaii became the ________ state. • Alaska became the _________ state. • No one knew why the ______ blew up. • American was interested in ________. • Who surrendered to the United States? • Cuba wanted their country to be ________. • Today the Philippines are a _______ country. • ...

Civil War Project 2022-02-11

Civil War Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a period in American history following the American Civil War; it lasted from 1865 to 1877 and marked a significant chapter in the history of civil rights in the United States.
  2. United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
  3. A nickname for southern white who supported the republican party.
  4. an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
  5. The people that were against slavery.
  6. A term used to describe people who supported the union.
  7. The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
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  1. An attempt to stop people from going in and out of a port.
  2. The portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  3. an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
  4. Gettysburg ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee's ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end.
  5. the military land force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, fighting against the United States forces in order to uphold the institution of slavery in the Southern states.
  6. The state of being free of the control of some other person, country or entity.
  7. It was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, from May 31 to June 12, 1864 resulting in the disastrous defeat for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  8. the condition in which one human being was owned by another.

15 Clues: The people that were against slavery. • A term used to describe people who supported the union. • An attempt to stop people from going in and out of a port. • United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million. • the condition in which one human being was owned by another. • A nickname for southern white who supported the republican party. • ...

Sectionalism Vocabulary 2023-09-06

Sectionalism Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The placing of the interests of one’s own region ahead of the interests of the nation as whole
  2. A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-21 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states
  3. A series of Congressional measures intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states
  4. A conflict between the United States and Mexico in an attempt for the United States to complete Manifest Destiny.
  5. 11th President of the United States; Expansionist
  6. a radical abolitionist, and 22 followers, decide to raid a federal general in Harper's Ferry, Virginia and use the guns to start a massive slave rebellion
  7. A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
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  1. A law enacted in 1854, that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery
  2. Election where slavery was the central issue, Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won over John Breckinridge (Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union Party). Lincoln won 40% of popular vote, but won a large majority of electoral votes. Lincoln's victory leads the south to secede.
  3. The U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts.
  4. The 1848 treaty ending the US war with Mexico, in which Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the United States.
  5. The 19th Century belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican Territory.

12 Clues: 11th President of the United States; Expansionist • A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue • The placing of the interests of one’s own region ahead of the interests of the nation as whole • A conflict between the United States and Mexico in an attempt for the United States to complete Manifest Destiny. • ...

Government 2022-10-21

Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Under the Articles of Confederation, states could print their own...
  2. "we the people" is the start to the _______ of the constitution
  3. argued for the abolition of slavery
  4. Number of states that had to agree in order to change the Articles of Confederation
  5. plan favored by large states
  6. spoke little at constitutional convention (America's first president)
  7. led call to replace articles of confederation
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  1. America's First Constitution
  2. "father of the constitution"
  3. federal law is the ________ law of the land.
  4. articles of confederation were changed because they were too...
  5. Article 1 of the constitution establishes ________ branch.
  6. former American Revolutionary soldiers are mad in Massachussetts
  7. minimum age to be president
  8. branch that enforces the laws
  9. compromise that settles dispute between large and small states
  10. plan favored by small states
  11. branch that interprets the laws
  12. refused to sign Constitution until a bill of rights was added
  13. branch that makes laws

20 Clues: branch that makes laws • minimum age to be president • America's First Constitution • "father of the constitution" • plan favored by large states • plan favored by small states • branch that enforces the laws • branch that interprets the laws • argued for the abolition of slavery • federal law is the ________ law of the land. • led call to replace articles of confederation • ...

Capitals 2021-10-02

Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Capital of China
  3. Capital of Assam
Down
  1. Capital of India
  2. Capital of France
  3. Capital of Bihar
  4. Capital of Kerala

7 Clues: Capital of India • Capital of Bihar • Capital of China • Capital of Assam • Capital of France • Capital of Kerala • Capital of Arunachal Pradesh

Capitals 2021-09-05

Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. USA
  2. bangladesh
  3. india
Down
  1. UK
  2. nepal
  3. Germany
  4. France

7 Clues: UK • USA • nepal • india • France • Germany • bangladesh

capitals 2022-01-06

capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. horvátország
  2. portugália
  3. svájc
  4. svédország
Down
  1. argentina
  2. spanyolország
  3. amerika

7 Clues: svájc • amerika • argentina • portugália • svédország • horvátország • spanyolország

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-15

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. capital of the United States of America
  2. slave states that did not secede from the Union
  3. a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862
  4. compulsory service in the federal military services
  5. the diplomatic methods employed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to coerce the Great Britain and France to support the Confederate war effort
  6. a Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
  7. an American politician and military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States
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  1. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  2. the first major battle of the American Civil War
  3. capital of Virginia
  4. what the north was referred to during the Civil War
  5. military strategy that called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces
  6. president during the Civil War
  7. an American Civil War general and a major architect of modern warfare
  8. fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

15 Clues: capital of Virginia • president during the Civil War • capital of the United States of America • slave states that did not secede from the Union • the first major battle of the American Civil War • what the north was referred to during the Civil War • compulsory service in the federal military services • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • ...

slavery and war crossword 2023-04-11

slavery and war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 5 men killed
  2. a movement against slavery
  3. antislavery states
  4. captured while trying to free slaves
  5. president which slavery ended under
  6. democrat candidate little known to public in election of 1852
  7. a movement against abolition
  8. got hit in head with cane
  9. conductor on underground railroad
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  1. hit a congressman criticizing antislavery in the head with cane
  2. conductor on underground railroad and escaped slave
  3. sent a bill to congress to create a railroad creating argument between south and north
  4. a compromise which allowed missouri to become a slave state
  5. added kansas and nebraska as popular sovereignty states
  6. forced african americans to work unpaid
  7. lead capture in mexico and a whig candidate in 1852 election
  8. got 4.9% of the votes in 1852
  9. war between north and south
  10. pro slave states
  11. a massacre that occurred in kansas

20 Clues: 5 men killed • pro slave states • antislavery states • got hit in head with cane • a movement against slavery • war between north and south • a movement against abolition • got 4.9% of the votes in 1852 • conductor on underground railroad • a massacre that occurred in kansas • president which slavery ended under • captured while trying to free slaves • ...

First Receiver 2021-12-13

First Receiver crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Personnel who initially respond to emergencies
  2. is committed to achieving and maintaining a safe and healthy environment that advances Temple’s excellence in education, research, and health care
  3. the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics.
  4. holds those responsibilities within a healthcare facility using ionizing radiation for medical procedures.
  5. is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy.
  6. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives
  7. is the process of removing or neutralizing a hazardous substance(s) so that it can no longer pose a hazard to the patient.
  8. "improving the health, safety, and well-being of America"
  9. independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.
  10. the national public health agency of the United States
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  1. s the agency in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania responsible for protecting and preserving the land, air, water, and public health through enforcement of the state's environmental laws.
  2. is "the federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries"
  3. Employees at the hospital engaged in decontamination and treatment of patients who were contaminated by a hazardous substance(s) during an emergency incident.
  4. emergency management is the organization and management of the resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies.
  5. a large regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.
  6. the patient is subjected to a hazardous substance through any route of entry (inhalation, ingestion, absorption, and/ or injection)
  7. an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
  8. is a hazardous substance that is on the patient's skin, has been inhaled r ingested by he/her, or has been injected into that individual.
  9. the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness
  10. focuses on minimizing human health risks associated with exposure to hazardous substances.

20 Clues: Personnel who initially respond to emergencies • the national public health agency of the United States • Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives • "improving the health, safety, and well-being of America" • focuses on minimizing human health risks associated with exposure to hazardous substances. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle by Emmanuel Wu 2023-05-01

Civil War Crossword Puzzle by Emmanuel Wu crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Southern States that joined together after they seceded
  2. General of the Confederate Army
  3. People who worked to end slavery
  4. Separate from the Union
  5. Bloodiest day of the Civil War
  6. Second General of the Union Army
  7. President of the Confederate States of America
  8. Location of the bloodiest battle (3 days) of the Civil War
Down
  1. Man who killed Lincoln
  2. States in between the Union and Confederate States
  3. A novel promoting abolition and showed the cruelty of slavery
  4. Wars without limitations on weapons, targets, etc
  5. President during the Civil War
  6. Courthouse where General Lee surrendered
  7. Commander who led the famous "March to the Sea"
  8. First Battle of the Civil War
  9. First Major Land Battle of the Civil War

17 Clues: Man who killed Lincoln • Separate from the Union • First Battle of the Civil War • President during the Civil War • Bloodiest day of the Civil War • General of the Confederate Army • People who worked to end slavery • Second General of the Union Army • Courthouse where General Lee surrendered • First Major Land Battle of the Civil War • ...

Manifest Destiny 2024-02-08

Manifest Destiny crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who were the two most influential members in Washington's Cabinet. Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury.
  2. This 1803 Supreme Court Case set an important precedent, It gave the Supreme Court the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional and to reject laws that it considered to be Unconstitutional.
  3. The official name of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
  4. This led to increased knowledge about plant and animal life in the West, knowledge about Native American cultures, and a map showing a route to the Pacific Ocean.
  5. The idea that Americans were destined to settle all of North America, from the East Coast to the Pacific Ocean.
  6. The numbers of terms that George Washington served, set an important precedent in 1796.
  7. Discovered in California in 1848.
  8. Under this law, the President could expel any alien, or foreigner, thought to be dangerous to the country.
  9. The French _________ American ships in 1797 in the West Indies. Led to a conflict between the United States and France.
  10. A Native American leader who vowed to keep settlers from taking more American Indian land.
  11. A tax on imports.
  12. Fourth President of the United States.
  13. A French term for "let do" meaning letting people do as they please. Jefferson believed in this economic idea.
  14. Fifth President of the United States.
  15. When the United States entered the War of 1812, it had a _______ army and navy that lacked the training to face the British military.
  16. The total amount of money that a country's government has borrowed.
  17. Washington responded to this by quicly calling up the militia and sending them to Pennsylvania.
  18. Third President of the United States.
  19. Second President of the United States.
Down
  1. A tax on this led to a rebellion.
  2. Route over which settlers traveled to Oregon.
  3. President Jefferson wanted to ________ the size of the Federal Government.
  4. A Shoshone guide on the Corps of Discovery, she was a very important member of the expedition.
  5. One of the first political parties, believed in a strong federal government. Led by Alexander Hamilton.
  6. Thomas Jefferson cut the federal _________, this shows his determination to reduce the size and power of the federal government.
  7. From which foreign nation did the United States purchase Louisiana?
  8. This was an important thing to have on the Oregon Trail, the main source of transportation.
  9. An example for others to follow.
  10. purchase of 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America from France in 1803 for $15 million.
  11. A nation's plan of action toward other nations.
  12. The War of 1812 led to an increased sense of American __________.
  13. One of the first political parties, believed in more power for the states. Led by Thomas Jefferson.
  14. Conflicts between Native Americans and settlers in the ___________________ were due to conflict over resources that threatened the Native Americans' way of life.
  15. A diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war knows as the Quasi-War.
  16. First President of the United States.
  17. If the Supreme Court rules that a new law violates the Constituion, that would be an example of ___________________.
  18. Under this law, citizens could be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials.
  19. The heads of the executive departments make up the _______. They advise the President on important issues.

38 Clues: A tax on imports. • An example for others to follow. • A tax on this led to a rebellion. • Discovered in California in 1848. • First President of the United States. • Fifth President of the United States. • Third President of the United States. • Fourth President of the United States. • Second President of the United States. • Route over which settlers traveled to Oregon. • ...

Reconstruction 2015-01-15

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. former president of the southern confederate states
  2. this principle states that all authority of the government relies on the consent of the people
  3. individual in favor of getting rid of a practice, such as capital punishment, or formerly, slavery
  4. abolished slavery within the United States
  5. southern states of the U.S. that fought for the right for slavery
  6. republican in favor in the emancipation of slaves
  7. laws put in place after reconstruction in the south to discriminate against African Americans
  8. granted citizenship to those born in the U.S., as well as freed slaves
  9. secret group in the south aimed at suppressing newly freed blacks, active several strong years after the civil war
Down
  1. segregation enforced by law
  2. legal case in which sought his freedom under the Missouri Compromise
  3. compromise that abolished slave trade in Washington D.C.
  4. granted the right for African American men to vote
  5. established in 1865 to aide former slaves and poor whites after the civil war
  6. 16th president of the United States
  7. era after the civil war when laws and policies were reconstructed
  8. 17th President of the United States
  9. process in which an official is prosecuted of something unjust, in which this is individual is removed from office
  10. machine that separates cotton from seeds

19 Clues: segregation enforced by law • 16th president of the United States • 17th President of the United States • machine that separates cotton from seeds • abolished slavery within the United States • republican in favor in the emancipation of slaves • granted the right for African American men to vote • former president of the southern confederate states • ...

Unit 5 - New Government and Nation Standards 2019-10-08

Unit 5 - New Government and Nation Standards crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Treaty / the British agreed to pay for damages to American ships. They also agreed to leave their forts, giving the United States control of the Northwest. In return, the United States agreed to pay debts owed to the British.
  2. Plan / by Edmund Randolph. Under the Virginia Plan, the national legislature would be bicameral, meaning it would have two houses or groups of representatives.
  3. Jersey Plan / Similar to the AOC it just gave congress addition powers. The plan proposed a unicameral, or one-house, legislature. Each state would have equal representation in the legislature. The New Jersey Plan also suggested a “plural executive”—that is, two or three top executives chosen by Congress.
  4. Ordinance / It was meant to encourage orderly settlement and the formation of new states, all controlled by law. The Northwest Ordinance also promised settlers religious freedom and other civil rights. Significantly, slavery was not allowed in the Northwest Territory.
  5. Act / The Embargo Act prohibited exports to foreign countries.
  6. / refers to the act in which men were captured and forced into naval service
  7. and Clark Expedition / goal was to reach the Pacific Ocean.
  8. Convention / Delegates from 12 states attended some or all of the meetings. (Politicians in Rhode Island opposed a stronger government and so never took part.) Each state had one vote. Decisions were made by a simple majority.
  9. Papers / discussed and defended each part of the Constitution. The main goal of the essays was to persuade New York delegates to ratify the document by explaining the advantages it would bring. But they were also brilliant explanations of republican government and politics.
  10. / Supporters of the Constitution, once called nationalists
  11. & KY Resolutions / In these resolutions, Jefferson and Madison argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
  12. powers/ The Constitution gives certain powers to each branch of the national government. Those are the delegated powers.
  13. review / Marbury v. Madison was important because it established the Supreme Court’s right to declare that a law violates the Constitution. This power is known as judicial review.
  14. Compromise / Compromise, delegates agreed that all whites plus three-fifths of the slave population (referred to as “all other persons”) would be counted for both representation and taxation. Native Americans were not counted.
  15. Act of 1801 / This act created new positions in the judicial branch.
  16. Purchase / a treaty signed with France in 1803 by which the U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. the land included in this purchase.
  17. of New Orleans / The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase
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  1. and Sedition Act / measures aimed at protecting the country from foreign enemies and domestic dissent during what was expected to be a war with France.
  2. powers / powers that the Constitution does not specifically give to the federal government or deny to the states.
  3. Proclamation / It committed the United States to “pursue a conduct friendly and impartial towards the belligerent powers.”
  4. of Ghent / The Treaty of Ghent (8 Stat. 218) was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  5. / For example, the Constitution mentions the “heads of the executive departments” but did not specify what those departments should be. So, in 1789 Congress created the first three executive departments state, treasury, and war. The leaders of these departments would become known as the president’s cabinet.
  6. of the US / Proposed by Alexander Hamilton, the Bank of the United States was established in 1791 to serve as a repository for federal funds and as the government's fiscal agent
  7. / Jeffersonian Republicans were later called Democratic-Republicans to emphasize that they favored popular government.
  8. / loyalty to one’s region,
  9. Treaty: /with Spain settled many border and trade disputes between the United States and Spain.
  10. Hawks / some American politicians had been calling for war. a person who clamors for war especially: a jingoistic American favoring war with Britain around 1812.
  11. of Rights / the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  12. / declared them void
  13. Compromise / (aka Connecticut Compromise) “The two ideas . . . ought to be combined; that in one branch the people ought to be represented; in the other the States.” That is, the upper house, the Senate, would have two representatives from each state. In the other house, representation would be based on states’ population.
  14. Ordinance of 1785 / the land would be surveyed and divided into a neat grid of townships, each 6 miles square
  15. Federalists / Opponents of the Constitution
  16. of Confederation / America’s first national constitution. As its name indicates, the document established a confederation—an association of independent, sovereign states with certain common goals.
  17. Affair / was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war
  18. Rebellion / one of several taxpayers’ revolts

35 Clues: / declared them void • / loyalty to one’s region, • Federalists / Opponents of the Constitution • Rebellion / one of several taxpayers’ revolts • / Supporters of the Constitution, once called nationalists • and Clark Expedition / goal was to reach the Pacific Ocean. • Act / The Embargo Act prohibited exports to foreign countries. • ...

Unit 5 - New Government and Nation Standards 2019-10-08

Unit 5 - New Government and Nation Standards crossword puzzle
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  1. Treaty /with Spain settled many border and trade disputes between the United States and Spain.
  2. Rebellion / one of several taxpayers’ revolts
  3. Hawks / some American politicians had been calling for war. a person who clamors for war especially: a jingoistic American favoring war with Britain around 1812.
  4. Act of 1801 / This act created new positions in the judicial branch.
  5. Affair / was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war
  6. & KY Resolutions / In these resolutions, Jefferson and Madison argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
  7. powers/ The Constitution gives certain powers to each branch of the national government. Those are the delegated powers.
  8. / loyalty to one’s region,
  9. of Ghent / The Treaty of Ghent (8 Stat. 218) was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  10. Proclamation / It committed the United States to “pursue a conduct friendly and impartial towards the belligerent powers.”
  11. and Sedition Act / measures aimed at protecting the country from foreign enemies and domestic dissent during what was expected to be a war with France.
  12. Convention / Delegates from 12 states attended some or all of the meetings. (Politicians in Rhode Island opposed a stronger government and so never took part.) Each state had one vote. Decisions were made by a simple majority.
  13. Act / The Embargo Act prohibited exports to foreign countries.
  14. Papers / discussed and defended each part of the Constitution. The main goal of the essays was to persuade New York delegates to ratify the document by explaining the advantages it would bring. But they were also brilliant explanations of republican government and politics.
  15. of the US / Proposed by Alexander Hamilton, the Bank of the United States was established in 1791 to serve as a repository for federal funds and as the government's fiscal agent
  16. Plan / by Edmund Randolph. Under the Virginia Plan, the national legislature would be bicameral, meaning it would have two houses or groups of representatives.
  17. Purchase / a treaty signed with France in 1803 by which the U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. the land included in this purchase.
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  1. Compromise / Compromise, delegates agreed that all whites plus three-fifths of the slave population (referred to as “all other persons”) would be counted for both representation and taxation. Native Americans were not counted.
  2. powers / powers that the Constitution does not specifically give to the federal government or deny to the states.
  3. / Jeffersonian Republicans were later called Democratic-Republicans to emphasize that they favored popular government.
  4. / refers to the act in which men were captured and forced into naval service
  5. Ordinance / It was meant to encourage orderly settlement and the formation of new states, all controlled by law. The Northwest Ordinance also promised settlers religious freedom and other civil rights. Significantly, slavery was not allowed in the Northwest Territory.
  6. Treaty / the British agreed to pay for damages to American ships. They also agreed to leave their forts, giving the United States control of the Northwest. In return, the United States agreed to pay debts owed to the British.
  7. Federalists / Opponents of the Constitution
  8. of New Orleans / The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase
  9. / Supporters of the Constitution, once called nationalists
  10. of Confederation / America’s first national constitution. As its name indicates, the document established a confederation—an association of independent, sovereign states with certain common goals.
  11. / declared them void
  12. review / Marbury v. Madison was important because it established the Supreme Court’s right to declare that a law violates the Constitution. This power is known as judicial review.
  13. Compromise / (aka Connecticut Compromise) “The two ideas . . . ought to be combined; that in one branch the people ought to be represented; in the other the States.” That is, the upper house, the Senate, would have two representatives from each state. In the other house, representation would be based on states’ population.
  14. Jersey Plan / Similar to the AOC it just gave congress addition powers. The plan proposed a unicameral, or one-house, legislature. Each state would have equal representation in the legislature. The New Jersey Plan also suggested a “plural executive”—that is, two or three top executives chosen by Congress.
  15. of Rights / the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  16. / For example, the Constitution mentions the “heads of the executive departments” but did not specify what those departments should be. So, in 1789 Congress created the first three executive departments state, treasury, and war. The leaders of these departments would become known as the president’s cabinet.
  17. Ordinance of 1785 / the land would be surveyed and divided into a neat grid of townships, each 6 miles square
  18. and Clark Expedition / goal was to reach the Pacific Ocean.

35 Clues: / declared them void • / loyalty to one’s region, • Federalists / Opponents of the Constitution • Rebellion / one of several taxpayers’ revolts • / Supporters of the Constitution, once called nationalists • and Clark Expedition / goal was to reach the Pacific Ocean. • Act / The Embargo Act prohibited exports to foreign countries. • ...

Crossword Puzzle: 1789 2016-11-09

Crossword Puzzle: 1789 crossword puzzle
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  1. second President of the United States and the first Vice President
  2. orator during the movement for independence in Virginia
  3. author of the Declaration of Independence
  4. opposed ratification of the Constitution
  5. one of the Founding Fathers, $100
  6. a formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.
  7. nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government
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  1. an infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzleloading, and fired from the shoulder
  2. support Federalism
  3. an instance of revolving
  4. first president of the United States
  5. formal or official change made to a law
  6. officer of high rank in the army
  7. American political theorist and statesman, who served as the fourth President of the United States
  8. American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
  9. month that the thirteen colonies claimed their independence from England

16 Clues: support Federalism • an instance of revolving • officer of high rank in the army • one of the Founding Fathers, $100 • first president of the United States • formal or official change made to a law • opposed ratification of the Constitution • author of the Declaration of Independence • orator during the movement for independence in Virginia • ...

Nik Blue 7 2018-01-16

Nik Blue 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. A nice ________ would not be mean
  2. I am an _______ of the Washington Capitals
  3. A kind __________ would be with an accent
  4. I am a ________ of the lightning winning the Stanley Cup
  5. Ben Franklin was a good ________
  6. “SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH” said the _________ were in a library
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  1. A center is an ________ in hockey
  2. I am a 9/11 ________ because I got out of the building alive
  3. I am not _____ I am american am a normal ________
  4. A good ________ would be in the oprea
  5. I am a ______ of the play
  6. a __________ is good in their field

12 Clues: I am a ______ of the play • Ben Franklin was a good ________ • A center is an ________ in hockey • A nice ________ would not be mean • a __________ is good in their field • A good ________ would be in the oprea • A kind __________ would be with an accent • I am an _______ of the Washington Capitals • I am not _____ I am american am a normal ________ • ...

Saadia Freeman 6th Asia Religon 2017-11-13

Saadia Freeman 6th Asia Religon crossword puzzle
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  1. hundred twenty is the highest temperature recorded in Asia
  2. are the flag colors of Asia
  3. is one of Asia's country
  4. is one of Asia's rivers
  5. town center one of Asia's restaurants
  6. rolls are one of the foods in Asia
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  1. is a treeless plain located in a arctic circle
  2. garden Lite one of the gardens in Asia
  3. is one of the capitals in Asia
  4. Arabian Night one of the folktales in Asia
  5. is a bordering island
  6. has the most expensive houses in the world

12 Clues: is a bordering island • is one of Asia's rivers • is one of Asia's country • are the flag colors of Asia • is one of the capitals in Asia • rolls are one of the foods in Asia • town center one of Asia's restaurants • garden Lite one of the gardens in Asia • Arabian Night one of the folktales in Asia • has the most expensive houses in the world • ...

Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-17

Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities
  2. a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of the city, Hull House opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had expanded to 13 buildings.
  3. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision
  4. a United States foreign policy established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. It stated that the U.S. would intervene in Latin American countries where European powers sought to collect debts or whose governments were thought to be unstable.
  5. an armed conflict between Spain and the United States. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence
  6. a political philosophy in support of social reform
  7. state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  8. a power reserved to the voters to propose legislation, by petition, that would enact, amend or repeal a City Charter or Code provision
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  1. a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".
  2. 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.
  3. a peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War. Under the treaty, Cuba gained independence from Spain, and the United States gained possession of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
  4. any of a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing.
  5. an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909
  6. 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.
  7. a power reserved to the voters that allows the voters, by petition, to demand the removal of an elected official.
  8. a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama.
  9. a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  10. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

18 Clues: a political philosophy in support of social reform • state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States • a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force • any of a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing. • ...

caden lucas Executive Branch Crossword 2023-10-25

caden lucas Executive Branch Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. expressed the will of the people or stronger popular support. Forum. medium for discussion. Executive Order
  2. embodies a state in its unity and legitimacy. Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead
  3. pacts between the president and the head of a foreign government.
  4. Security, U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior
  5. managerial, directorial, ministerial, supervisory, official, governmental, parliamentary
  6. head government departments and advise the President. Leak. the release of secret government
  7. department, and administrative agency
  8. an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
  9. Treasury,national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States
  10. federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law
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  1. executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies
  2. the order in which officials fill the office of president in case of a vacancy
  3. directorial, ministerial, supervisory, official, governmental, parliamentary
  4. that support the work of the president at the center of the executive branch of the United States federal government
  5. someone who manages a government agency or department.
  6. managerial, directorial, ministerial, supervisory, official, governmental, parliamentary
  7. the Phoenix-based digital marketing firm, confirmed the online workers were classified as contractors
  8. White House. nounresidence of president of united states. executiv
  9. Secretary, The presidential staff member responsible for handling White House media relations and communications
  10. the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and

20 Clues: department, and administrative agency • someone who manages a government agency or department. • pacts between the president and the head of a foreign government. • White House. nounresidence of president of united states. executiv • directorial, ministerial, supervisory, official, governmental, parliamentary • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2018-03-05

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment that abolished slavery
  2. the system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region
  3. term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory
  4. The center of the north's economy
  5. drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers
  6. The U.S. had an equal number of slave states as free states so it wouldn't upset the balance in _______________
  7. a member of a volunteer committee organized to punish criminals
  8. the civilian world in wartime
  9. The kind of state found in the North
  10. focus on the interests on one's region
  11. Rights the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their Constitutional powers.
  12. The center of the south's economy
  13. President of the Union during the war, won the election of 1860 which resulted in succession of 11 states
  14. The south paid the about 80% of these
  15. a coarse, loosely woven, homemade fabric
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  1. to cause something to continue without changing
  2. using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports
  3. as a whole or in general
  4. Where John Brown hid during his Ferry Raid
  5. the forced enrollment of people into military service
  6. a local law or piece of legislation
  7. a person who supported the Union cause during the Civil War
  8. Carolina First state to secede from the union
  9. free from outside control; self-governing
  10. of central importance
  11. to make payment for something
  12. The group established by the states that seceded
  13. The type of state Texas was
  14. to break apart or fall down suddenly
  15. to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to

30 Clues: of central importance • as a whole or in general • The type of state Texas was • to make payment for something • the civilian world in wartime • Amendment that abolished slavery • The center of the north's economy • The center of the south's economy • a local law or piece of legislation • The kind of state found in the North • to break apart or fall down suddenly • ...

North America Vocabulary 2023-09-29

North America Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Mountains A mountain system of eastern North America, stretching from Quebec and Maine in the North to Georgia and Alabama in the South
  2. A vast, generally flat region in the central United States.
  3. Major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico
  4. Divide A massive area of high ground in the interior of the continent, from either side of which a continent’s river systems flow in different directions
  5. A vast prairie region extending from Canada south through the west central United states into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans
  6. The chief mountain system in North America, extending from central New Mexico to Alaska
  7. Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey
  8. A Large, arid region of the American West, bordered by the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west.
  9. Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona
  10. a depression in Earth’s surface containing water
  11. A group of five freshwater lakes of central North America between the United States and Canada, including Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
  12. A group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States.
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  1. A five-thousand-foot-deep gorge carved by the Colorado River in northwestern Arizona.
  2. The Colorado River flows from Colorado southwest through the Rocky Mountains and into Mexico. The river's most famous landmark is the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
  3. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas,
  4. An arid rainshadow desert and the driest desert in North America. It is located in the southwestern United States
  5. An archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwestern from Alaska
  6. A major river that flows through Canada and the northwestern United States
  7. A large plateau south and west of the Rocky Mountains; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the Southwestern corner.
  8. A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California
  9. volcano A volcano that is formed by a hot plume of molten rock that escapes onto the earth’s surface creating new land sometimes forming islands because of the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates.
  10. A flat low-lying land adjacent (next) to a seacoast
  11. Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Minnesota, Kansas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Michigan
  12. Washington, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Colorado, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii
  13. Lands that share a boundary or touching each other physically
  14. A stream, river or glacier that joins a larger stream, river, glacier or lake
  15. Desert in Eastern California. One of the hottest places in the world and the lowest point in North America

27 Clues: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona • a depression in Earth’s surface containing water • A flat low-lying land adjacent (next) to a seacoast • A vast, generally flat region in the central United States. • Lands that share a boundary or touching each other physically • An archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwestern from Alaska • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2015-12-17

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Run The First Major Battle Of The American Civil War.
  2. Whitney Invented the cotton gin.
  3. Toms Cabin A written novel by Harriet.
  4. Davis The first and only President of the Confederate States of America.
  5. The Battle was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside.
  6. Sumter A battle that started the American Civil War.
  7. No supplies can get in or out of a port because ships are blocking it.
  8. A sunken ship that was rebuilt into iron.
  9. The sunken ship that was rebulit into an ironclad.
  10. The term used to refer to the United States of America, and specifically to the national government and the 20 free states and five border slave states that supported it.
  11. A person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
  12. Cotton A phrase frequently used by Southern politicians and authors prior to the American Civil War, indicating the economic and political importance of cotton production.
  13. Ships that could resist cannon fire.
  14. The plant that is commercially grown for cotton products. Oil and a protein-rich flour are also obtained from the seeds.
  15. Africans brought from Africa to be servants, treated similar to horses and working livestock.
  16. Bucks
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  1. Sovereignty A doctrine, held chiefly by the opponents of the abolitionists, that the people living in a territory should be free of federal interference in determining domestic policy, especially with respect to slavery.
  2. Kansas Abolitionists and slave owners would kill each other to change the vote for the territory.
  3. The group of 11 southern states that separated themselves from the U.S. during the American Civil War.
  4. slavery Children born to slaves were automatically slaves for life.
  5. Run Creek A creek between the two capitols.
  6. People who wanted to end slavery.
  7. War A war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.
  8. Wenchs
  9. underground railroad People helped slaves escape to he Northern states and to Canada.
  10. A native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, especially of one of the northeastern states that sided with the Union in the American Civil War.
  11. E Lee A military officer in the U.S. Army, a West Point commandant and the legendary general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
  12. Tubman Famous guider.
  13. Lincoln 16th U.S President.

29 Clues: Bucks • Wenchs • Tubman Famous guider. • Lincoln 16th U.S President. • Whitney Invented the cotton gin. • People who wanted to end slavery. • Ships that could resist cannon fire. • Toms Cabin A written novel by Harriet. • A sunken ship that was rebuilt into iron. • Run Creek A creek between the two capitols. • The sunken ship that was rebulit into an ironclad. • ...

Government Review Puzzle 2020-12-03

Government Review Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The powers of the Constitution that are specifically granted to the branches of government or to office holders are called ____.
  2. The Constitution prohibits the ____ from entering into treaties or issuing their own money.
  3. ____ are a collection of people who share some common interest and seek to influence the government to their cause.
  4. The ____ powers are not expressed in the Constitution but still are granted to the National government.
  5. In a ____, individuals vote for the candidate they think would be the best president.
  6. Locke believed in philosophical and biblical ____, which wanted to limit total governmental power.
  7. States cannot enter into treaties or alliances, but they can enter into interstate ____, which are agreements among States.
  8. In admitting new States, Congress can pass an ____, which directs the people of a given territory to frame a proposed constitution.
  9. The powers delegated to the National government because the U.S. is sovereign are called the ____ powers.
  10. Hobbes favored philosophical ____, where a strong absolute ruler controls the people.
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  1. ____ feared strong government, wanted less taxation and wanted to ratify the Constitution.
  2. When parties reach out to voters personally, it's known as the community movement of ____.
  3. The ____ of powers assigns certain powers to both the National and State governments.
  4. When people cast their vote, they are actually voting for a group of people, called ____ who represent their state when they cast their vote.
  5. In a ____, party members discuss and hold a series of votes to choose the best candidate.
  6. Ticket ____ is when a voter votes for multiple candidates on their ballot; opposite of straight-ticket voting.
  7. The ____ is a group of five elected members who control the media.
  8. ____ thought a strong central government and taxation was necessary and didn't want the Constitution to be ratified.
  9. States like ____ grants because they have more say in how the money is spent.
  10. ____ is citizen participation level and awareness of government decisions.
  11. A structure within a society that connects the people to the government or other centralized authority is called ____.
  12. The opposite of a winner-takes-all; each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the voting system.
  13. ____ supported the Framers' limited government and divided the powers of the government.
  14. The Constitution's Full ____ Clause ensures that States recognize the laws, documents, and court proceedings of the other States such as a driver's license or marriage certificate.
  15. Both the National and State governments share ____ powers, such as levying and collecting taxes or defining crimes and their punishments.

25 Clues: The ____ is a group of five elected members who control the media. • ____ is citizen participation level and awareness of government decisions. • States like ____ grants because they have more say in how the money is spent. • The ____ of powers assigns certain powers to both the National and State governments. • ...

Final Exam Crossword 2020-06-12

Final Exam Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A man known for exploring the area of water between Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula
  2. An encampment of the Lewis and Clark expedition located near the mouth of the Columbia River
  3. An officer of the British Royal Navy best known for exploring and charting areas along the pacific coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and part of current British Columbia in Canada
  4. This campaign slogan was used during the Polk campaign of 1944 referencing a disputed portion of Washington State
  5. A Shoshone woman who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition in achieving their mission objectives by exploring the territory from the Louisiana Purchase
  6. A fur trading post set on the northern bank of the Columbia River
  7. A time during 1843 when many emigrants left along the Oregon Trail
  8. This person helped Spain explore the Pacific Ocean
  9. A 19th centure cultural belief that the settlers were destined to expand across North America
  10. This person explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase with Meriwether Lewis
  11. A meeting between the United States and many Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest
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  1. A German-American fur trader that built a monopoly and became the first multi-millionaire in the United States
  2. A conflict between the United States and the Yakima primarily taking place around southern Washington
  3. A fur trading business located around the Hudson Bay in Canada
  4. A british explorer who made voyages to the Pacific Ocean, finding Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands
  5. A U.S. Army post located 3 miles north of Colville, Washington
  6. The first governor of Washington State and had been governor of the Washington State territory
  7. A confrontation between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British-American border between Vancouver and the State of Washington
  8. This treaty made the US-Canadian border run along a straight line on the 49th parallel
  9. A Suquamish and Duwamish chief who made a speech arguing in favor of ecological responsibility and respect of Native American's rights
  10. A chinook word meaning "by and by" which is the unofficial state motto for Washington
  11. A group of people who live in the United States and Canada between the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains
  12. A governer of the Territory of Washington and a delegate in the United States House of Representatives

23 Clues: This person helped Spain explore the Pacific Ocean • A fur trading business located around the Hudson Bay in Canada • A U.S. Army post located 3 miles north of Colville, Washington • A fur trading post set on the northern bank of the Columbia River • A time during 1843 when many emigrants left along the Oregon Trail • ...

World Geography Countries and Capitals 2021-12-14

World Geography Countries and Capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. capital of Russia
  2. capital of Japan
  3. capital of the Netherlands
  4. capital of Ireland
  5. country with its capital at Athens
  6. capital of the United Kingdom
  7. capital of Saudi Arabia
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  1. capital of South Korea
  2. country with its capital at Ankara
  3. country with its capital at Madrid
  4. country with its capital at Berlin
  5. capital of Thailand
  6. capital of the Philippines
  7. country with its capital at Kiev

14 Clues: capital of Japan • capital of Russia • capital of Ireland • capital of Thailand • capital of South Korea • capital of Saudi Arabia • capital of the Philippines • capital of the Netherlands • capital of the United Kingdom • country with its capital at Kiev • country with its capital at Ankara • country with its capital at Madrid • country with its capital at Berlin • ...

Motivation and Emotion Review 2017-11-19

Motivation and Emotion Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Underachievers have the ___________ but are not motivated to use them
  2. This theory of emotion states we experience physiological arousal and emotions at the same time
  3. This motivational theory states behavior is motivated in part by the conscious desire for personal growth.
  4. Individuals who score relatively high on tests of ability or intelligence, but perform more poorly than their scores would predict
  5. Individuals expect __________ from the attainment of positive incentives
  6. Engaging in behaviors that contribute to failure and then using these very things, knowingly or not, as excuses for failing to achieve the goals.
  7. This motivational theory explains that we do things because we are biologically programmed to survive.
  8. This need is fulfilled by having friendly social interactions and relationships
  9. A need or desire that propels someone in a certain direction
  10. Examples of these emotions include Shame, Irritation, and Passion
  11. The need for independence and minimal interference would be an example of a __________ motive
  12. This theory of emotion states only after we interpret the arousal can we experience emotions
  13. Another name for the Cognitive Appraisal Theory
  14. This need is fulfilled by having control and influence over others
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  1. Means that the individual is internally motivated to do something
  2. This motivational theory states you are motivated to do things because you assign a higher value to a particular behavior
  3. The state of balance within our bodies
  4. This motivational theory states that your behavior is motivated by a need from something lacking in your body which creates tension
  5. This need is fulfilled by succeeding in attaining your goals
  6. Means the individual is motivated from an outside source
  7. Some people are motivated by a ______ ___ _________ rather than a need to achieve
  8. Another word for Biological or Basic Motives such as hunger or thirst
  9. He created the Hierarchy of Needs
  10. The ____________ Appraisal theory of emotion states you must think about your situation before you can experience an emotion.
  11. When an event causes physiological arousal first, then identify a reason for this arousal, then can experience the emotion
  12. Optimal Arousal Theory states people desire pleasure and avoid ___________
  13. The lower four needs in the Hierarchy are known as ___________ needs
  14. Forces that motivate one to take action
  15. Examples of these emotions include Joy, Anger, and Fear
  16. One way we perceive emotions besides facial expressions or speech patterns

30 Clues: He created the Hierarchy of Needs • The state of balance within our bodies • Forces that motivate one to take action • Another name for the Cognitive Appraisal Theory • Examples of these emotions include Joy, Anger, and Fear • Means the individual is motivated from an outside source • This need is fulfilled by succeeding in attaining your goals • ...

1960-1968 Crossword Activity 2022-04-22

1960-1968 Crossword Activity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. r
  2. u
  3. j
  4. f
  5. was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
  6. d
  7. i
  8. o
  9. American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination
  10. m
Down
  1. g
  2. t
  3. p
  4. q
  5. s
  6. e
  7. k
  8. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
  9. n
  10. h
  11. l

21 Clues: g • t • p • q • s • r • e • u • k • j • f • n • h • d • i • l • o • m • was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union • It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam • American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination

Unit 3 review 2018-04-23

Unit 3 review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. founding father of the United States
  2. former governor of New York
  3. belief in a more centralized government
  4. government is enpowered by a law from a starting point of having power
  5. a system to make sure no part of the gov. had more power then the other parts
  6. agreement among the 13 colonies that served as the 1 constitution
  7. an armed uprising is Massachesetts during 1786-1787
  8. signing or giving a formal consent so a contract or treaty can be official
  9. centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic in which the people hold popular Sovereignty
  10. population of slaves would be counted as 3/5ths when voting for a representative
  11. Known as a small state plan, proposal for a structure of the US
Down
  1. Proposal by Virginia for a bicameral legislative structure
  2. Legislative, judicial, execuative
  3. collection of 85 articles and essays to promote ratification of the Constitution
  4. Of the peoples rule, authority of a state and its government created and sustained by the consent of the people
  5. Different powers to three different groups
  6. to go through with ratifying a law you need 2/3 vote
  7. 1rst United States President
  8. Believes in state laws
  9. Liberties of each individual to pursue life and goals without interference
  10. politician
  11. Believes in one strong central government
  12. 4th United States President
  13. Small states and big states follow legislative structure
  14. former governor of Virginia

25 Clues: politician • Believes in state laws • former governor of New York • 4th United States President • former governor of Virginia • 1rst United States President • Legislative, judicial, execuative • founding father of the United States • belief in a more centralized government • Believes in one strong central government • Different powers to three different groups • ...

civil war 2024-04-12

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate general during the American Civil War
  2. where was the confederate capital
  3. secede from something
  4. wanted too stop slavery
  5. side that did not slavery
  6. tried to prevent any goods, troops, and weapons from entering the southern states
  7. did not support slavery
  8. required that slaves be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state
  9. slave states that border with the free states during the civil war
  10. first republican too become president
  11. supported slavery
  12. side that supported slavery
Down
  1. all slaves in rebel states be free
  2. who won the civil war
  3. this is how slaves would escape
  4. the act of using a person as a workforce without consent
  5. an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker
  6. he burned down nearly all of atlanta
  7. first battle in the civil war
  8. soldiers whom were killed

20 Clues: supported slavery • secede from something • who won the civil war • wanted too stop slavery • did not support slavery • side that did not slavery • soldiers whom were killed • side that supported slavery • first battle in the civil war • this is how slaves would escape • where was the confederate capital • all slaves in rebel states be free • he burned down nearly all of atlanta • ...