states and capitals Crossword Puzzles
Jeel Soni - CWP 2021-05-03
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- The belief that the United States should expand to the coast
- Time after the Civil War in which the States rejoined the US, laws were changed, slavery was abolished
- War between the southern and northern US states.
- The northern states during the Civil War
- Adding land into a nation
- Major cash crop in the south during the 1860s
- A spanish mission in which a battle was fought. It is located in San Antonio
- Location of deadliest hurricane in Texas in 1900
- An economic slump during the 1930s that was caused by overproduction of supplies with lack of demand
- River along the border of Mexico and Texas
- Fights between farmers and ranchers about land
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- Name of the ship which was coming to England and was attacked by the German people. This attack led the US to joining World War I.
- Oil was found at this location in 1901...it caused a great oil boom in Texas
- Country that borders Texas
- A town that rapidly grows/urbanizes due to sudden prosperity
- President of Mexico who was a dictator, ordered execution of soldiers at Goliad
- Storms of dust that caused the fleeing of the affected states -- poor farming techniques led to this
- The southern states during the Civil War
- Invention that is put around land to keep someone/something out. For example, farmers used this to keep cattle from ruining their crops.
- First European to map the coast of Texas
20 Clues: Adding land into a nation • Country that borders Texas • The northern states during the Civil War • The southern states during the Civil War • First European to map the coast of Texas • River along the border of Mexico and Texas • Major cash crop in the south during the 1860s • Fights between farmers and ranchers about land • ...
the cival war 2023-02-16
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- a long blade or knife at the end of a musket
- a law passed by congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned their
- Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
- a nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862
- when a person is murdered for political reasons
- An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
- the part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virgina,West Virgina,Maryland, and Pennysylvania
- large caliber like firearms like cannons and mortars
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- these states were slave states that did not leave the union
- a nickname from people from the north as well as union soldiers
- a person who want to abloish or eliminate slavery
- a canvas bag that many cival wars soldiers used to carry food
- a term used to describe people who supported the union
- a side of an army or military unit
- A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
- A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
- a nickname for the confederate states of america or the confederacy
- a term meaning "before war" often used to describe the united state before the cival war
- a nickname for the south
- an ankle high shoe worn by soldiers in the cival war
20 Clues: a nickname for the south • a side of an army or military unit • a long blade or knife at the end of a musket • when a person is murdered for political reasons • a person who want to abloish or eliminate slavery • A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • an ankle high shoe worn by soldiers in the cival war • ...
Unit 1: Foundations of Government 2018-01-25
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- Believed in separation of powers
- Believed men were inherently evil
- Contract Unwritten agreement between the ruler and the ruled
- Believed in separation of church and state
- Powers given to the national government alone
- Oppressive, one party rule
- Believed in life, liberty, and property
- Central power rules over the states
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- States direct the central government; creates a weak central authority
- Powers are shared between states and central government
- of Rights The first 10 Amendments; secure individual rights
- Rights that cannot be taken away or denied
- Powers given to the states via the 10th Amendment
- Powers shared by the federal and state governments
- Government by the people, both directly and indirectly
15 Clues: Oppressive, one party rule • Believed in separation of powers • Believed men were inherently evil • Central power rules over the states • Believed in life, liberty, and property • Rights that cannot be taken away or denied • Believed in separation of church and state • Powers given to the national government alone • Powers given to the states via the 10th Amendment • ...
Our Puzzling Government #2 2022-11-18
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- No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
- Grants of federal money or other resources to the states or their cities, counties, and other local units.
- An act creating a new state
- Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.
- The powers of the national government in foreign affairs that the Supreme Court has declared do not depend on constitutional grants but rather grow out of the very existence of the national government. (Power that belongs to the National Government because it is the government of the sovereign state within the world community)
- Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution reasonably suggested.
- Passing down of responsibilities from the national government to the states.
- Giving money back to the state and local government with no strings attached
- Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (in the United States, between the National Government and the States).
- Grants made to States, private agencies for projects
- An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
- Thought that Government should be free of parties
- Direct federal orders to state and local governments requiring them to perform a service or to obey federal laws in the performance of their functions.
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- Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
- A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone
- Network of political, financial, and administrative relationships between units of the federal government and those of state and local governments.
- The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
- Constitutional agreement by which the national government is created by and relies on subnational governments for its authority
- Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose
- powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution spelled out expressly.
- Powers that are shared by both the Nationaly and state governments
- One type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy
- powers saved for the states
- The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution
25 Clues: An act creating a new state • powers saved for the states • Thought that Government should be free of parties • Grants made to States, private agencies for projects • Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone • Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose • Powers that are shared by both the Nationaly and state governments • ...
Unit 3 Crossword Part 1 2018-11-24
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- The property that states that a(b+c) = ab + ac
- adjacent, supplementary angles
- The POE that states that if a=b and b=c, then a=c
- the process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts, definitions, and properties
- If D is in the interior of angle ABC, then angle ABD + angle DBC = angle ABC
- The POE that states that if a=b and c is not equal to 0, then a/c = b/c
- two angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees
- The POE that states that if a=b, then a+c = b+c
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- The POE that states that if a=b, then ac = bc
- The POE that states that if a=b, then b can be substituted for a in any expression
- the process of reasoning that a rule or statement is true because specific cases are true
- two angles in the same plane with a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points
- If B is between A and C, then AB + BC = AC
- The POE that states that if a=b, then a-c = b-c
- two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees
15 Clues: 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 • two angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees • The POE that states that if a=b, then a+c = b+c • ...
Springtime 2024-03-09
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- You write with them instead of small letters
- When you really need a thing, it is…
- first yellow flower in spring
- You can tell how old a tree is if you count them.
- Each day this is later
- Every April big people have to pay their
- On your house, this keeps the rain out.
- Jesus rose from the dead
- Ben & Jerry put chocolate pieces in Chunky
- After winter, games start in Arizona
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- Rain can come with thunder and…
- A big word the weatherman calls rain.
- Daytime clouds go away, you get it
- A 2-by-4 is a type of wooden…
- They are on trees and hold up the leaves
- Just before Spring, clocks fall back one…
- Dead in winter, must be mowed in Spring
- The front one is just outside your front door.
- When the moon is round, it is called a
- Each day this is earlier
- Walk on it to keep off the grass.
- To live, the air you breathe must have this.
22 Clues: Each day this is later • Each day this is earlier • Jesus rose from the dead • A 2-by-4 is a type of wooden… • first yellow flower in spring • Rain can come with thunder and… • Walk on it to keep off the grass. • Daytime clouds go away, you get it • When you really need a thing, it is… • After winter, games start in Arizona • A big word the weatherman calls rain. • ...
Map Quiz part 1 2023-09-30
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- province housing many Miao minzu
- gets its name from loess deposits that it carries
- home of the second most popular fangyan (province)
- Tibetan region today absorbed into Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces
- one of the five British treaty ports
- Central Land
- launch site of China's minzu shibie in 1954
- capital of the Ming Empire
- last stand of the Dzunghar state
- site of the greatest conspiracy theories of 2020
- capital of the Republic of China
- Donald Trump is an admirer
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- Capital of the New Frontier
- capital of Yunnan province
- province, speakers of this fangyan claim it is one the oldest Chinese languages (along with Cantonese)
- municipality bordering the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu
- territory ceded to the British after the Opium Wars
- one of four historical capitals of China
- capital of Sichuan province
- longest river in Eurasia
- one of the north west frontier provinces
- historical seat of the Dalai Lama's government
- one of the south west frontier provinces
- territory ceded under the Treaty of Shimonoseki
24 Clues: Central Land • longest river in Eurasia • capital of Yunnan province • capital of the Ming Empire • Donald Trump is an admirer • Capital of the New Frontier • capital of Sichuan province • province housing many Miao minzu • last stand of the Dzunghar state • capital of the Republic of China • one of the five British treaty ports • one of four historical capitals of China • ...
Capitals of Europe 2023-01-02
20 Clues: Italy • Spain • France • Greece • Latvia • Norway • Croatia • Finland • Romania • Denmark • Ireland • Germany • Estonia • Bulgaria • Portugal • Slovenia • Netherlands • Liechtenstein • Czech Republic • United Kingdom
Capitals of Asia 2023-01-02
20 Clues: Laos • Yemen • Qatar • Japan • India • Taiwan • Armenia • Bahrain • Lebanon • Cambodia • Malaysia • Mongolia • Maldives • Thailand • Sri Lanka • Singapore • Azerbaijan • Philippines • South Korea • Turkmenistan
Capitals of Asia 2020-06-15
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- The capital of Bhutan
- The capital of Sri Lanka (3 wrds)
- The capital of Syria
- The capital of Indonesia
- The capital of Mongolia
- The capital of the United Arab Emirates (2 wrds)
- The capital of Nepal
- The capital of Georgia
- The capital of India (2 wrds)
- The capital of Bangladesh
- The capital of Singapore
- The capital of Turkmenistan
- The capital of Jordan
- The capital of Maldives
- The capital of Vietnam
- The capital of Pakistan
- The capital of Palestine (disputed, 2 wrds)
- The capital of Afghanistan
- The capital of North Korea
- The capital of Kyrgyzstan
- The capital of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- The capital of Kuwait (2 wrds)
- The capital of Thailand
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- The capital of Azerbaijan
- The capital of Taiwan
- The capital of Turkey
- The capital of Philippines
- The capital of Qatar
- The capital of South Korea
- The capital of Oman
- The capital of Kazakhstan
- The capital of Malaysia (2 wrds)
- The capital of Brunei (3 wrds)
- The capital of Israel (disputed)
- The capital of Lebanon
- The capital of Laos
- The capital of Iran
- The capital of Iraq
- The capital of Japan
- The capital of Bahrain
- The capital of Myanmar (also known as Burma)
- The capital of Uzbekistan
- The capital of Armenia
- The capital of Yemen
- The capital of Cambodia (2 wrds)
- The capital of Tajikistan
- The capital of China
- The capital of Russia
- The capital of Saudi Arabia
49 Clues: The capital of Oman • The capital of Laos • The capital of Iran • The capital of Iraq • The capital of Qatar • The capital of Syria • The capital of Nepal • The capital of Japan • The capital of Yemen • The capital of China • The capital of Bhutan • The capital of Taiwan • The capital of Turkey • The capital of Jordan • The capital of Russia • The capital of Lebanon • The capital of Georgia • ...
World Capitals #2 2020-03-07
26 Clues: Oman • Iraq • Cuba • Congo • Syria • Spain • Mexico • Serbia • Poland • Russia • France • Romania • Liberia • Finland • Belarus • Vietnam • Ukraine • Croatia • Colombia • Indonesia • Nicaragua • Costa Rica • Bangladesh • Puerto Rico • Sierra Leone • Czech Republic
African Countries & Capitals 2020-02-10
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- Lusaka
- Brazzaville
- Lomé
- Niamey
- Rabat
- Victoria
- Kampala
- Abuja
- Luanda
- Gitega
- Lilongwe
- Monrovia
- Maputo
- Algiers
- Accra
- Banjul
- Cairo
- Kigali
- Conakry
- Yaounde
- Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative, royal)
- N’Djamena
- Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
- Malabo (de jure), Oyala (seat of government)
- Bamako
- Asmara
- Moroni
- Libreville
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- São Tomé
- Addis Ababa
- Djibouti
- Praia
- Porto-Novo
- Yamoussoukro
- Bissau
- Nouakchott
- Juba
- Gaborone
- Dakar
- Bangui
- Tripoli
- Port Louis
- Kinshasa
- Harare
- Nairobi
- Mogadishu
- Antananarivo
- Freetown
- Tunis
- Windhoek
- Maseru
- Khartoum
- Dodoma
- Ouagadougou
54 Clues: Lomé • Juba • Praia • Rabat • Dakar • Abuja • Accra • Cairo • Tunis • Lusaka • Niamey • Bissau • Bangui • Luanda • Harare • Gitega • Maputo • Banjul • Kigali • Maseru • Dodoma • Bamako • Asmara • Moroni • Kampala • Tripoli • Nairobi • Algiers • Conakry • Yaounde • São Tomé • Djibouti • Gaborone • Victoria • Kinshasa • Lilongwe • Monrovia • Freetown • Windhoek • Khartoum • Mogadishu • N’Djamena • Porto-Novo • Nouakchott • Port Louis • Libreville • Addis Ababa • Brazzaville • Ouagadougou • ...
Capitals of Countries 2020-12-30
20 Clues: Nepal • Egypt • China • Japan • Brazil • France • Russia • Canada • Ireland • Germany • Denmark • Belgium • Colombia • Portugal • Australia • Indonesia • Argentina • Bangladesh • Afghanistan • Netherlands
Capitals of Countries 2020-12-30
21 Clues: Japan • Egypt • China • Nepal • Canada • France • Brazil • Russia • Ireland • Germany • Denmark • Belgium • Colombia • Portugal • Thailand • Australia • Indonesia • Argentina • Bangladesh • Afghanistan • Netherlands
Island Countries & Capitals 2021-08-28
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- Comoros
- capital Antananarivo
- Sri Lanka
- Ireland
- Bahrain
- capital Bridgetown
- capital Bandar Seri Begawan
- capital Nuku'alofa
- Cuba
- New Zealand
- capital Ngerulmud
- capital Yaren District
- capital Reykjavik
- Seychelles
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Cape Verde
- St. Lucia
- capital Funafuti
- Indonesia
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- Marshall Islands
- United Kingon
- Sri Lanka
- Maldives
- capital Nassau
- capital Valletta
- East Timor
- Philippines
- capital Port Louis
- capital St. George's
- Dominica
- capital Kingston
- capital Reykjavik
- Kiribati
- capital Suva
- Japan
- capital Port-au-Prince
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- capital Port Vila
- Solomon Islands
- capital Nicosia
41 Clues: Cuba • Japan • Samoa • Comoros • Ireland • Bahrain • Maldives • Dominica • Kiribati • Sri Lanka • Sri Lanka • St. Lucia • Indonesia • East Timor • Seychelles • Cape Verde • Philippines • New Zealand • capital Suva • United Kingon • capital Nassau • Solomon Islands • capital Nicosia • Marshall Islands • capital Valletta • capital Kingston • capital Funafuti • capital Reykjavik • capital Ngerulmud • capital Reykjavik • capital Port Vila • ...
US State Capitals 2021-03-19
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- City, capital of Oklahoma
- capital of New Hampshire
- capital of Vermont
- capital of California
- capital of Nebraska
- Moines, capital of Iowa
- Paul, capital of Minnesota
- capital of Alaska
- City, capital of Nevada
- capital of Wyoming
- capital of Connecticut
- capital of Colorado
- capital of Pennsylvania
- capital of West Virginia
- capital of Maine
- capital of Georgia
- capital of Wisconsin
- capital of Washington
- capital of Virginia
- City, capital of Missouri
- capital of Oregon
- capital of Alabama
- capital of Indiana
- capital of Mississippi
- capital of Idaho
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- capital of Michigan
- capital of North Dakota
- capital of Hawaii
- capital of Rhode Island
- capital of Florida
- Fe, capital of New Mexico
- capital of North Carolina
- Rock, capital of Arkansas
- capital of Ohio
- capital of Maryland
- capital of New Jersey
- Rouge, capital of Louisiana
- capital of Kansas
- capital of Massachusetts
- capital of South Dakota
- capital of Montana
- capital of Arizona
- capital of Illinois
- capital of Delaware
- capital of South Carolina
- Lake City, capital of Utah
- capital of Kentucky
- capital of Tennessee
- capital of Texas
- capital of New York
50 Clues: capital of Ohio • capital of Maine • capital of Texas • capital of Idaho • capital of Hawaii • capital of Alaska • capital of Kansas • capital of Oregon • capital of Vermont • capital of Florida • capital of Wyoming • capital of Georgia • capital of Montana • capital of Arizona • capital of Alabama • capital of Indiana • capital of Michigan • capital of Nebraska • capital of Maryland • ...
World Capitals Practice 2023-02-13
21 Clues: India • China • Italy • Spain • Egypt • Japan • Mexico • Russia • France • Canada • Ukraine • Germany • Belgium • Austria • Argentina • Australia • South Korea • Saudi Arabia • United Kingdom • United Arab Emirates • United States of America
USA State Capitals 2023-01-19
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- Little Rock
- Salem
- Salt Lake City
- Columbia
- Atlanta
- Nashville
- Oklahoma City
- Raleigh
- Madison
- Des Moines
- Bismarck
- Trenton
- Harrisburg
- Indianapolis
- Baton Rouge
- Olympia
- Boston
- Springfield
- Annapolis
- Jefferson City
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- Albany
- Montgomery
- Providence
- Frankfort
- Pierre
- Topeka
- Carson City
- Helena
- Montpelier
- Sacramento
- Tallahassee
- Dover
- Concord
- Honolulu
- Lincoln
- Richmond
- Hartford
- Denver
- Cheyenne
- Phoenix
- Austin
- Augusta
- Juneau
- Columbus
- Jackson
- Saint Paul
- Charleston
- Lansing
- Santa Fe
- Boise
50 Clues: Salem • Dover • Boise • Albany • Pierre • Topeka • Helena • Denver • Austin • Juneau • Boston • Atlanta • Concord • Raleigh • Lincoln • Madison • Phoenix • Trenton • Augusta • Jackson • Olympia • Lansing • Columbia • Honolulu • Richmond • Hartford • Cheyenne • Bismarck • Columbus • Santa Fe • Frankfort • Nashville • Annapolis • Montgomery • Providence • Montpelier • Sacramento • Des Moines • Harrisburg • Saint Paul • Charleston • Little Rock • Carson City • Tallahassee • ...
Eastern Europe Capitals 2013-03-06
30 Clues: Riga • Kiev • Baku • Sofia • Minsk • Zagreb • Skopje • Athens • Astana • Warsaw • Prague • Tirana • Vienna • Moscow • Tbilisi • Yerevan • Tallinn • Vilnius • Bishkek • Kishinev • Tashkent • Sarajevo • Dushanbe • Ashgabat • Budapest • Belgrade • Podgorica • Bucharest • Ljubljana • Bratislava
World Capitals Review 2013-05-14
25 Clues: Iraq • Chile • India • Egypt • China • Samoa • Israel • Brazil • Brunei • Russia • Canada • Turkey • France • Jamaica • Lebanon • Honduras • Djibouti • Argentina • Australia • Madagascar • New Zealand • North Korea • Burkina Faso • United States • Great Britain
Capitals of Europe 2014-03-25
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- Belgium
- Lithuania
- Albania
- Sweden
- City Holy See
- Russia
- Romania
- Andorra
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Belarus
- Iceland
- Portugal
- Northern Island
- Montenegro
- Wales
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- France
- Estonia
- Poland
- Ukraine
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- Ireland
- Italy
- Finland
- Monaco
- Moldova
- Slovakia
- Norway
- Denmark
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- England
- Hungary
- San Marino
- Greece
- Croatia
- Germany
- Slovenia
- Malta
- Czech Republic
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Macedonia
- Austria
- Bulgaria
47 Clues: Italy • Spain • Malta • Wales • Monaco • Norway • Sweden • Russia • Greece • Serbia • Kosovo • Latvia • France • Poland • Ireland • Finland • Moldova • Belgium • Albania • Denmark • England • Romania • Hungary • Andorra • Croatia • Germany • Belarus • Iceland • Austria • Estonia • Ukraine • Slovakia • Scotland • Slovenia • Portugal • Bulgaria • Lithuania • Macedonia • Luxembourg • San Marino • Montenegro • Netherlands • City Holy See • Liechtenstein • Czech Republic • ...
Capitals of Europe 2014-03-25
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- Spain
- Portugal
- Croatia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Norway
- Slovakia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Germany
- Latvia
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- Belarus
- Kosovo
- Greece
- Lithuania
- Bulgaria
- England
- France
- Liechtenstein
- Poland
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- Czech Republic
- Northern Island
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Monaco
- Finland
- Sweden
- Hungary
- Scotland
- Ireland
- City Holy See
- Wales
- Andorra
- Romania
- Iceland
- Belgium
- Malta
- San Marino
- Estonia
- Italy
- Russia
- Albania
- Austria
- Macedonia
- Ukraine
47 Clues: Spain • Wales • Malta • Italy • Serbia • Monaco • Sweden • Norway • Latvia • Russia • Kosovo • Greece • France • Poland • Finland • Croatia • Hungary • Moldova • Ireland • Andorra • Germany • Romania • Iceland • Belgium • Estonia • Denmark • Belarus • Albania • Austria • Ukraine • England • Slovenia • Portugal • Scotland • Slovakia • Bulgaria • Lithuania • Macedonia • Montenegro • Luxembourg • San Marino • Netherlands • City Holy See • Liechtenstein • Czech Republic • ...
Write the capitals 2015-06-17
29 Clues: Italy • Malta • Spain • Latvia • Poland • France • Cyprus • Sweden • Greece • Belgium • Estonia • Hungary • Croatia • Austria • Denmark • Galicia • Ireland • Romania • Finland • Germany • Slovakia • Slovakia • Bulgaria • Portugal • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Netherlands • Czech Republic • United Kingdom
Capitals @GBBHockey Trivia 2016-07-06
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- number Ovi cups
- McPhee nickname
- ov3ch...
- caps forward
- blamed for 2016 loss
- pens fans congregate
- former nashville
- caps first pick
- George's worst trade
- hendricks played with
- stay thirsty
- trophy braden won
- ovi called bruce
- ex-cap enigma
- vezina winner
- when they lose
- chimera nick
- caps no lucky
- comcast scribe
- friend of Ted ex-NHL
- Robo day job
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- nicky's country
- current caps boss
- caps alumni
- before verizon
- caps alumni goalie
- flyers isles description
- another blog
- upset caps 2010
- Teds beginning
- abbr robosite "yes"
- former coach and player
- alex affectionately
- practice there
- worst caps coach ever
- ovi had hot one
- press box food
- Boudreau's team
- won rocket trophy
- ex-cap won cup
- Teds rafter decoration
- goalie coach
- created @GBBhockey
43 Clues: ov3ch... • caps alumni • another blog • caps forward • stay thirsty • chimera nick • goalie coach • Robo day job • ex-cap enigma • vezina winner • caps no lucky • before verizon • Teds beginning • practice there • press box food • when they lose • ex-cap won cup • comcast scribe • nicky's country • number Ovi cups • McPhee nickname • upset caps 2010 • caps first pick • ovi had hot one • Boudreau's team • former nashville • ...
US CAPITALS CITIES 2016-06-12
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- Rouge Louisiana
- Michigan
- Ohio
- Vermont
- Maine
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- South Dakota
- North Dakota
- Montana
- Kentucky
- Idaho
- Paul Minnesota
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Washington
- Oregon
- Wyoming
- City Missouri
- Massachusetts
- Kansas
- Fe New Mexico
- Arizona
- New Jersey
- Mississippi
- Colorado
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- Nebraska
- New York
- Hawaii
- Rock Arkansas
- Alabama
- Delaware
- Moines Iowa
- West Virginia
- Florida
- Connecticut
- Tennessee
- Indiana
- City Oklahoma
- Illinois
- Texas
- Rhode Island
- California
- South Carolina
- Georgia
- Maryland
- City Nevada
- Lake City Utah
- Pennsylvania
- Alaska
50 Clues: Ohio • Maine • Texas • Idaho • Hawaii • Oregon • Kansas • Alaska • Alabama • Vermont • Florida • Indiana • Montana • Georgia • Wyoming • Arizona • Nebraska • New York • Michigan • Delaware • Virginia • Illinois • Kentucky • Maryland • Colorado • Wisconsin • Tennessee • California • Washington • New Jersey • Moines Iowa • Connecticut • City Nevada • Mississippi • South Dakota • North Dakota • Rhode Island • Pennsylvania • Rock Arkansas • West Virginia • City Oklahoma • ...
Asian Countries & Capitals 2022-04-07
31 Clues: Baku • Dhaka • Tokyo • Seoul • Hanoi • Manila • Taipei • Moscow • Bishkek • Yerevan • Beijing • Jakarta • Thimphu • Tbilisi • Bangkok • Dushanbe • Tashkent • Ashgabat • Vientiane • Naypyidaw • Islamabad • Pyongyang • Kathmandu • Singapore • New Delhi • Nur-Sultan • Phnom Penh • Ulaanbaatar • Kuala Lumpur • Bandar Seri Begawan • Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Eastern European Capitals 2022-04-11
23 Clues: Kiev • Riga • Sofia • Minsk • Prague • Zagreb • Ankara • Warsaw • Tirana • Skpoje • Athens • Moscow • Tallinn • Vilnius • Nicosia • Budapest • Belgrade • Pristina • Bucharest • Podgorica • Ljubljana • Christinau • Bratislava
Capitals of Europe 2022-04-28
37 Clues: Italy • Spain • greece • Poland • latvia • Sweden • russia • serbia • Norway • France • bosnia • Belgium • Czechia • austria • Ireland • albania • moldova • Finland • ukraine • estonia • Britain • Germany • hungary • Denmark • Croatia • belarus • romania • Slovenia • Portugal • bulgaria • Slovakia • macedonia • lithuania • montenegro • Luxembourg • Netherlands • Switzerland
Capitals of Asia 2023-12-19
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- Jakarta
- Kuala Lumpur
- Kuwait City
- Ankara
- Kabul
- Pyongyang
- Tokyo
- Sanaa
- Riyadh
- Beirut
- Beijing
- Damascus
- Baku
- Male
- Manama
- Tashkent
- Jerusalem
- Vientiane
- Thimphu
- Ulan Bator
- Singapore
- Dhaka
- Bishkek
- Islamabad
- Taipei
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- Manila
- Bandar Seri Begawan
- Hanoi
- NewDelhi
- Abu Dhabi
- Bangkok
- Sri Jayawardenpura Kotte
- Doha
- Phnom Penh
- Muscat
- Naypyidaw
- Nursultan
- Tehran
- Dili
- Baghdad
- Yerevan
- Ashgabat
- Amman
- Dushanbe
- Seoul
- Tbilisi
- Kathmandu
47 Clues: Doha • Dili • Baku • Male • Hanoi • Kabul • Tokyo • Sanaa • Amman • Seoul • Dhaka • Manila • Ankara • Muscat • Riyadh • Beirut • Tehran • Manama • Taipei • Jakarta • Bangkok • Beijing • Baghdad • Yerevan • Thimphu • Tbilisi • Bishkek • NewDelhi • Damascus • Ashgabat • Tashkent • Dushanbe • Abu Dhabi • Pyongyang • Naypyidaw • Nursultan • Jerusalem • Vientiane • Singapore • Kathmandu • Islamabad • Phnom Penh • Ulan Bator • Kuwait City • Kuala Lumpur • Bandar Seri Begawan • ...
Eastern Europe Capitals 2024-01-31
20 Clues: Poland • Latvia • Kosovo • Serbia • Hungary • Romania • Belarus • Moldova • Estonia • Albania • Ukraine • Croatia • Slovakia • Bulgaria • Slovenia • Lithuania • Macedonia • Montenegro • Czech Republic • Bosnia & Herzegovina
World Capitals 1 2023-09-04
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- - India's bustling capital
- - Australia's capital
- - Pyramids' location
- - Danube river city
- - Sweden's capital
- - Red Square's city
- - Colosseum's home
- - Canals and tulips city
- - Home to Buckingham Palace
- - Forbidden City's home
- - Argentina's cosmopolitan center
- - Poland's capital
- - Eiffel Tower's city
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- - Brazilian modernist city
- - New Zealand's capital
- - Hungarian cultural hub
- - Japanese metropolis
- - South Korea's bustling city
- - Spain's vibrant capital
- - Vietnam's historic capital
- - Birthplace of democracy
- - Lively Irish capital
- LUMPUR - Malaysian capital
- - Canadian capital
- - Portugal's coastal capital
25 Clues: - Sweden's capital • - Colosseum's home • - Canadian capital • - Poland's capital • - Danube river city • - Red Square's city • - Pyramids' location • - Australia's capital • - Japanese metropolis • - Eiffel Tower's city • - Lively Irish capital • - New Zealand's capital • - Forbidden City's home • - Hungarian cultural hub • - Canals and tulips city • - Spain's vibrant capital • ...
US State Capitals 2025-01-24
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- Utah (4,4,4)
- Indiana (12)
- Massachusetts (6)
- Ohio (8)
- North Carolina (7)
- Michigan (7)
- Maryland (9)
- Rhode Island (10)
- Kansas (6)
- North Dakota (8)
- Idaho (5)
- Virginia (8)
- Kentucky (10)
- Georgia (7)
- Iowa (3,6)
- Maine (7)
- Texas (6)
- Connecticut (8)
- Montana (6)
- Hawaii (8)
- Oregon (5)
- New York (6)
- Wisconsin (7)
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- New Mexico (5,2)
- Minnesota (5,4)
- Colorado (6)
- Alabama (10)
- South Carolina (8)
- New Hampshire (7)
- Pennsylvania (10)
- Nevada (6,4)
- Illinois (11)
- Missouri (9,4)
- Arkansas (6,10)
- Vermont (10)
- Alaska (6)
- Mississippi (7)
- New Jersey (7)
- Nebraska (7)
- South Dakota (6)
- West Virginia (10)
- California (10)
- Louisiana (5,5)
- Delaware (5)
- Tennessee (9)
- Oklahoma (8,4)
- Florida (11)
- Wyoming (8)
48 Clues: Ohio (8) • Idaho (5) • Maine (7) • Texas (6) • Alaska (6) • Kansas (6) • Iowa (3,6) • Hawaii (8) • Oregon (5) • Georgia (7) • Montana (6) • Wyoming (8) • Colorado (6) • Alabama (10) • Utah (4,4,4) • Indiana (12) • Nevada (6,4) • Vermont (10) • Michigan (7) • Maryland (9) • Nebraska (7) • Virginia (8) • Delaware (5) • Florida (11) • New York (6) • Illinois (11) • Kentucky (10) • Tennessee (9) • Wisconsin (7) • Missouri (9,4) • ...
Capitals Western Europe 2025-01-07
23 Clues: Malta • Spain • Italy • Wales • France • Greece • Norway • Sweden • Belgium • Austria • Finland • Germany • Ireland • England • Iceland • Scotland • Portugal • Switzerland • Netherlands • United Kingdom • Northern Ireland • Holy See (2 words) • Netherlands (2 words)
US State Capitals 2025-09-24
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- Baton Rouge
- Concord
- Richmond
- Madison
- Cheyenne
- Boston
- Harrisburg
- Austin
- Trenton
- Springfield
- Denver
- Phoenix
- Bismarck
- Sacramento
- Charleston
- Helena
- Montpelier
- Pierre
- Atlanta
- Saint Paul
- Boise
- Raleigh
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- Topeka
- Columbia
- Honolulu
- Salt Lake City
- Frankfort
- Olympia
- Indianapolis
- Augusta
- Jefferson City
- Jackson
- Annapolis
- Hartford
- Little Rock
- Providence
- Montgomery
- Lansing
- Carson City
- Oklahoma City
- Tallahassee
- Dover
- Des Moines
- Nashville
- Columbus
- Albany
- Lincoln
- Salem
- Santa Fe
- Juneau
50 Clues: Dover • Salem • Boise • Topeka • Boston • Austin • Denver • Helena • Albany • Pierre • Juneau • Concord • Olympia • Augusta • Jackson • Madison • Trenton • Lansing • Phoenix • Lincoln • Atlanta • Raleigh • Columbia • Honolulu • Richmond • Cheyenne • Hartford • Columbus • Bismarck • Santa Fe • Frankfort • Annapolis • Nashville • Harrisburg • Providence • Montgomery • Des Moines • Sacramento • Charleston • Montpelier • Saint Paul • Baton Rouge • Little Rock • Carson City • ...
European Countries & Capitals 2025-10-07
41 Clues: Oslo • Bern • Kyiv • Riga • Rome • Sofia • Vaduz • Paris • Minsk • Zagreb • Prague • Moscow • Athens • Ankara • Lisbon • London • Warsaw • Vienna • Skopje • Madrid • Tirana • Berlin • Tallinn • Vilnius • Brussels • Chișinău • Helsinki • Sarajevo • Budapest • Belgrade • Pristina • Stockholm • Reykjavík • Amsterdam • Bucharest • Ljubljana • Podgorica • Copenhagen • Luxembourg • Bratislava • Andorra la Vella
CAPITALS SPANISH ONE 2023-10-03
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- venezuela capital
- paraguay capital
- bolivia capital
- ecuador capital
- chile capital
- el salvador capital
- puerto rico capital
- uruguay capital
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- guatemala capital
- panama capital
- honduras capital
- nicaragua capital
- cuba capital
- mexico capital
- la republica dominicana capital
- peru capital
- colombia capital
- espana capital
- guinea ecuatorial capital
- costa rica capital
20 Clues: cuba capital • peru capital • chile capital • panama capital • mexico capital • espana capital • bolivia capital • ecuador capital • uruguay capital • honduras capital • paraguay capital • colombia capital • guatemala capital • nicaragua capital • venezuela capital • costa rica capital • el salvador capital • puerto rico capital • guinea ecuatorial capital • la republica dominicana capital
U.S. State Capitals 2025-05-27
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- the capital of Wyoming
- the capital of Vermont
- the capital of Indiana
- the capital of Maryland
- the capital of Maine
- the capital of Delaware
- the capital of Hawaii
- the capital of Ohio
- City, the capital of Nevada
- the capital of Virginia
- the capital of Michigan
- the capital of North Carolina
- Rock, the capital of Arkansas
- the capital of Pennsylvania
- City, the capital of Oklahoma
- the capital of Texas
- the capital of California
- the capital of Massachusetts
- the capital of New Jersey
- the capital of Idaho
- the capital of Kansas
- the capital of Wisconsin
- the capital of Mississippi
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- the capital of Colorado
- the capital of Arizona
- the capital of Washington
- the capital of Illinois
- the capital of South Carolina
- the capital of Georgia
- the capital of Oregon
- Moines, the capital of Iowa
- the capital of New Hampshire
- Lake City, the capital of Utah
- Paul, the capital of Minnesota
- the capital of North Dakota
- the capital of Florida
- the capital of Alaska
- City, the capital of Missouri
- Fe, the capital of New Mexico
- the capital of Montana
- the capital of South Dakota
- the capital of West Virginia
- the capital of Nebraska
- Rouge, the capital of Louisiana
- the capital of New York
- the capital of Tennessee
- the capital of Connecticut
- the capital of Kentucky
- the capital of Rhode Island
- the capital of Alabama
50 Clues: the capital of Ohio • the capital of Maine • the capital of Texas • the capital of Idaho • the capital of Oregon • the capital of Hawaii • the capital of Alaska • the capital of Kansas • the capital of Arizona • the capital of Wyoming • the capital of Georgia • the capital of Vermont • the capital of Indiana • the capital of Florida • the capital of Montana • the capital of Alabama • ...
USA State Capitals 2026-03-16
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- Providence
- Boise
- Jefferson City
- Phoenix
- Cheyenne
- Little Rock
- Columbus
- Honolulu
- Salt Lake City
- Springfield
- Austin
- Hartford
- Montpelier
- Saint Paul
- Juneau
- Bismarck
- Charleston
- Montgomery
- Augusta
- Olympia
- Sacramento
- Tallahassee
- Atlanta
- Topeka
- Concord
- Salem
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- Columbia
- Richmond
- Pierre
- Albany
- Carson City
- Jackson
- Baton Rouge
- Raleigh
- Harrisburg
- Madison
- Dover
- Lansing
- Santa Fe
- Des Moines
- Annapolis
- Denver
- Lincoln
- Boston
- Frankfort
- Indianapolis
- Helena
- Trenton
- Nashville
- Oklahoma City
50 Clues: Boise • Dover • Salem • Pierre • Albany • Austin • Denver • Boston • Juneau • Helena • Topeka • Jackson • Phoenix • Raleigh • Madison • Lansing • Lincoln • Augusta • Olympia • Trenton • Atlanta • Concord • Columbia • Richmond • Cheyenne • Columbus • Honolulu • Santa Fe • Hartford • Bismarck • Annapolis • Frankfort • Nashville • Providence • Harrisburg • Des Moines • Montpelier • Saint Paul • Charleston • Montgomery • Sacramento • Carson City • Baton Rouge • Little Rock • ...
Capitals of Africa 2024-05-16
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- DJIBOUTI
- TOGO
- SIERRA LEONE
- GUINEA-BISSAU
- GHANA
- MADAGASCAR
- BURUNDI
- NAMIBIA
- ALGERIA
- MOROCCO
- TUNISIA
- Tome, SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
- MAURITANIA
- MOZAMBIQUE
- UGANDA
- SEYCHELLES
- BENIN
- EGYPT
- GAMBIA
- LESOTHO
- COMOROS
- RWANDA
- SENEGAL
- CHAD
- CAPE VERDE
- SOUTH SUDAN
- GABON
- ZIMBABWE
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA
- MALI
- BOTSWANA
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- MALAWI
- LIBERIA
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
- CONGO
- central capital in SOUTH AFRICA
- GUINEA
- COTE D’IVOIRE
- SOMALIA
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- TANZANIA
- SUDAN
- ZAMBIA
- BURKINA FASO
- LIBYA
- northern-most capital in SOUTH AFRICA
- CAMEROON
- ERITREA
- SWAZILAND
- Town, southern-most capital in SOUTH AFRICA
- NIGER
- NIGERIA
- Ababa, ETHIOPIA
- KENYA
- ANGOLA
55 Clues: TOGO • CHAD • MALI • CONGO • GHANA • SUDAN • LIBYA • BENIN • EGYPT • NIGER • KENYA • GABON • MALAWI • GUINEA • ZAMBIA • UGANDA • GAMBIA • RWANDA • ANGOLA • LIBERIA • SOMALIA • BURUNDI • NAMIBIA • ALGERIA • MOROCCO • TUNISIA • ERITREA • LESOTHO • COMOROS • SENEGAL • NIGERIA • DJIBOUTI • TANZANIA • CAMEROON • ZIMBABWE • BOTSWANA • SWAZILAND • MADAGASCAR • MAURITANIA • MOZAMBIQUE • SEYCHELLES • CAPE VERDE • SOUTH SUDAN • SIERRA LEONE • BURKINA FASO • GUINEA-BISSAU • COTE D’IVOIRE • ...
50 State Capitals 2024-05-08
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- Capital of Utah
- Capital of South Carolina
- Capital of Wisconsin
- Capital of Oklahoma
- Capital of North Carolina
- Capital of Oregon
- Capital of Nebraska
- Capital of New Mexico
- Capital of Nevada
- Capital of Montana
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- Capital of North Dakota
- Capital of Pennsylvania
- Capital of Washington
- Capital of South Dakota
- Capital of Virginia
- Capital of West Virginia
- Capital of Rhode Island
- Capital of Vermont
- Capital of Texas
- Capital of New York
- Capital of New Hampshire
- Capital of Tennessee
- Capital of New Jersey
- Capital of Ohio
- Capital of Wyoming
25 Clues: Capital of Utah • Capital of Ohio • Capital of Texas • Capital of Oregon • Capital of Nevada • Capital of Vermont • Capital of Wyoming • Capital of Montana • Capital of Virginia • Capital of Oklahoma • Capital of New York • Capital of Nebraska • Capital of Wisconsin • Capital of Tennessee • Capital of Washington • Capital of New Jersey • Capital of New Mexico • Capital of North Dakota • ...
Countries, Capitals, Nationalities 2024-10-09
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- de Guinea Ecuatorial
- Costa Rica
- de Ecuador
- Colombia
- de Cuba
- Argentina
- de Guatemala
- de Chile
- de Venezuela
- la República Dominicana
- de España
- de Argentina
- de Panamá
- de Puerto Rico
- Guatemala
- Panamá
- Cuba
- de Colombia
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- de los Estados Unidos (EE.UU.)
- Chile
- Uruguay
- de Paraguay
- de Honduras
- de la República Dominicana
- Bolivia
- México
- El Salvador
- de México
- Ecuador
- de Perú
- de Uruguay
- Venezuela
- de Bolivia
- de El Salvador
- de Nicaragua
- Paraguay
- Honduras
- Puerto Rico
- España
- de Costa Rica
- Perú
- Guinea Ecuatorial
- Nicaragua
43 Clues: Perú • Cuba • Chile • México • España • Panamá • Uruguay • Bolivia • de Cuba • Ecuador • de Perú • Colombia • de Chile • Paraguay • Honduras • de México • Argentina • Venezuela • de España • de Panamá • Guatemala • Nicaragua • Costa Rica • de Ecuador • de Uruguay • de Bolivia • de Paraguay • de Honduras • El Salvador • Puerto Rico • de Colombia • de Guatemala • de Nicaragua • de Venezuela • de Argentina • de Costa Rica • de El Salvador • de Puerto Rico • ...
The Jackson Era Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-09
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- A nickname given to Andrew Jackson.
- Who is a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular, an elected representative sent to a conference?
- What political convection is held every 4 years by political parties who nominate participants in the U.S. election?
- The anti-jacksonian party.
- Which act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830?
- The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
- A derogatory term for state banks selected by the U.S. Department of Treasury.
- The eighth president of the United States.
- A conservative political party that existed in the United States during the middle 19th century.
- An ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people.
- The constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional.
- Also known as George Gist or George Guess.
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- Who were the indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States?
- She died because of deathly drama.
- A movement for more democracy in the American government in the 1830s.
- Who was the fourth chief justice of the United States?
- What is the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters?
- The third and last president of the Second Bank of the United States.
- The ninth President of the United States.
- Political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections, and referendums.
- Political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government.
21 Clues: The anti-jacksonian party. • She died because of deathly drama. • A nickname given to Andrew Jackson. • The ninth President of the United States. • The eighth president of the United States. • Also known as George Gist or George Guess. • Who was the fourth chief justice of the United States? • Which act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830? • ...
Vocabulary 1 2024-01-22
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- Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States
- A Plan for a representative house which tried to protect the smaller states by giving each state a single representative in the house.
- A violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787, brought about by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War.
- Supporting stronger local governments and little to no international trade and industry.
- A document that was written by Thomas Jefferson, sent to King George III, declaring independence from the British monarchy.
- An international Affair in which a confrontation between the United States and Republican France led to an undeclared war between the two countries.
- The branch of government that carries out the laws.
- An Indian tribal leader who filled in the gap in leaders after other chiefs and generals had died or retired. He led attacks on US settlers.
- The part of the government which interprets the laws.
- Father of the constitution and 4th president of the US.
- The explorers listed with finding a waterway to the pacific ocean in the Louisiana purchase.
- An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution. Determining that there would be two houses: the house of representatives and the senate. One based on population and one based on equal representation.
- A type of governmental system where representatives, voted by the people, would make decisions on behalf of their voters.
- An ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.
- A war fought by the United States and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its own indigenous allies in British North America,
- The first ‘constitution’ of the United States, It did not give the federal government the power to raise an army or tax which made the US vulnerable.
- An ordinance that laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold.
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- Unconstitutional acts which tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government.
- A political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape.
- A purchase of 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
- The first president of the United States, universally elected without competition.
- For a strong central government and international industry.
- A population counting compromise which listed a slave as 3/5ths of a person.
- Southerner Anti-federalist who wrote the constitution.
- A mode of government which combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system,
- A machine which was able to automatically remove the seeds from cotton, making the process much more efficient.
- The Branch that makes the laws.
- A system that is supposed to balance the powers of each branch of the United States government.
- A violet tax protest which was against the newly enacted whiskey tax.
- The first ten amendments of the Constitution, meant to protect the rights of the people.
- A northerner Federalist who believed that an elite and educated government was needed, and that the US should be an international industrial center.
31 Clues: The Branch that makes the laws. • The branch of government that carries out the laws. • The part of the government which interprets the laws. • Southerner Anti-federalist who wrote the constitution. • Father of the constitution and 4th president of the US. • For a strong central government and international industry. • ...
Marlee Ramirez 2025-05-16
Across
- confederate general
- a conflict fought between the united (the union) and the Confederate states of America
- a secret network of safe houses and routes used by enslaved people in the American South to escape to freedom in the Northern United States and Canada.
- American abolitionist and social activist
- a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln
- to withdraw from an organization
- effectively ended in reconstruction era
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- made picking cotton easier
- seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
- This era involved attempts to rebuild the South, grant freedmen citizenship and voting rights, and establish new state governments.
- addresses citizenship, equal protection
- the right of citizens of the United States to vote
- a period of profound change, roughly from the mid-18th century
- the untied States government policy of ethnic cleansing
- the site where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861.
15 Clues: confederate general • made picking cotton easier • to withdraw from an organization • a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln • addresses citizenship, equal protection • effectively ended in reconstruction era • American abolitionist and social activist • the right of citizens of the United States to vote • the untied States government policy of ethnic cleansing • ...
Capitals of states 2023-06-08
Who's Who 2017-09-04
Across
- Modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect
- de Tocqueville/ French diplomat, political scientist, and historian. Author of Democracy in America
- David Thoreau/ A leading transcendentalist, best known for his book Walden.
- Allen Poe/ He is known for being a poet that wrote about mysteries and morbid events
- Douglass/ African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman
- Dix/ American activist that worked on behalf of the mentally insane
- Turner/ Enslaved African American who led rebellion of slaves and free blacks.
- Irvin/ He is best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
- Calhoun/ American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina and the seventh Vice President of the United States. Is remembered for strongly defending slavery.
- Core belief believes in nature and self reliance
- system/ The practice of, after winning an election, giving civil jobs for your friends, family, and supporters.
- Truth/ African American abolitionist and women's right activist
- Morse/ Invented the telegraph
- McCormick/ Invented the mechanical reaper
- Cady Stanton/ Worked with Lucretia Mott during the Seneca Falls Convention
- Rush/ The movement of a lot of people going towards an area with gold.
- Purchase/ The purchase that allowed the United States to gain the southern part of Arizona and New Mexico
- Destiny/ A belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
- A pivotal event in the Texas Revolution.
- Canal/ Canal that opened trade between New York and the midwestern states and aided in the growth of New York as a port
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- A religious and cultural group related to Mormonism
- The act of canceling something
- parts/ First used for musket rifles
- Waldo Emerson/ American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid 19th century.
- of Abominations/ A protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States, designed to protect industry on the northern United States
- Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions
- A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution
- Fennimore Cooper/ He is known for his historical romances of frontier and the Indian life.
- Lode/ Located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, first major discovery of silver in the United States
- Bank/ A commercial bank that is chartered under federal government
- Political idea that a nation should govern itself
- Mott/ Women's rights activist. Worked with Elizabeth Staton during the Seneca Falls Convention
- Great Awakening/ A Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States
- Young/ American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, moved Mormons to Utah
- Smith/ American religious leader and founder of Mormonism
- gin/ A machine for separating cotton from its seed
- Whitney/ Invented the cotton gin
- cession/ A historical name on the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the US in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- Webster/ Created the dictionary
- Jackson/ American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States. He gained the support through being seen as a “common man”.
40 Clues: Morse/ Invented the telegraph • The act of canceling something • Webster/ Created the dictionary • Whitney/ Invented the cotton gin • parts/ First used for musket rifles • A pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. • McCormick/ Invented the mechanical reaper • Core belief believes in nature and self reliance • Political idea that a nation should govern itself • ...
Unit 7 2024-10-24
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- housing and urban development
- health education and welfare
- United States postal services
- department of energy or education
- airporT security
- food and drug administration
- national aeronautics and space administration
- DOL
- justice department
- federal deposit insurance corporation
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- DOD
- health and human services
- homeland security
- United States department of agriculture
- veterans affairs
- institute of health
- department of transportation
- Federal emergency management agency
- Internal Revenue Service
- Central Intelligence Agency
20 Clues: DOD • DOL • airporT security • veterans affairs • homeland security • justice department • institute of health • Internal Revenue Service • health and human services • Central Intelligence Agency • health education and welfare • food and drug administration • department of transportation • housing and urban development • United States postal services • department of energy or education • ...
American History Unit 2 Vocab 2026-02-10
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- a historic town in West Virginia known for John Brown's raid in 1859, which aimed to incite a slave rebellion by seizing the federal armory.
- 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management.
- an act of one country seizing land that belongs to another country.
- used to refer to the antiwar/peace wing of the Democratic Party.
- established that voters in a territory could decide whether to have slavery or not by passing laws favorable or unfavorable to it.
- a legal arrangement in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.
- an agreement between the United States and Mexico in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
- a group of politicians who formed a faction within the Republican party that lasted from the Civil War into the era of Reconstruction.
- voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States.
- the turbulent era following the Civil War, was the effort to reintegrate southern states from the Confederacy to the Union.
- a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
- a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860 following the election of President Abraham Lincoln.
- ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
- granted by state constitution or state statute and allocates some autonomy to a local government, if the local government accepts certain conditions.
- an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era.
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- a lenient plan, based on Lincoln's earlier 10% plan, to allow the Southern states to begin holding elections and sending representatives back to Washington.
- gave African American men in the South the right to vote three years before ratification of the 15th Amendment.
- the first full-scale battle of the Civil War.
- a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
- a strategy implemented by President Abraham Lincoln aimed at reintegrating the Southern states back into the Union.
- an edict issued by US President Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves of the Confederate states.
- a strategy outlined by the Union Army for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War.
- restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished.
- 1,300-mile (2,100 km) route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers traveled from 1846 to 1869.
- a slur to insult white Southern Republicans whom they considered traitors to the South.
- a US government agency of early post American Civil War Reconstruction, assisting freedmen (ie, former enslaved people) in the South.
- five bills that attempted to resolve disputes over slavery in new territories added to the United States.
- the first naval combat between ironclad warships, fought at Hampton Roads, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
- describes how the United States became a modern market-based economy.
30 Clues: the first full-scale battle of the Civil War. • used to refer to the antiwar/peace wing of the Democratic Party. • an act of one country seizing land that belongs to another country. • describes how the United States became a modern market-based economy. • a slur to insult white Southern Republicans whom they considered traitors to the South. • ...
States 2024-06-20
7 Clues: Capital of India • Capital of Tripura • It is the smallest state • Most populous state of India • Union territory with 2 capitals • Number of Union territories in India • Shillong is the capital of this state
Ken's Custom Crossword 2021-03-23
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- Last name of Mississauga brothers in NHL
- Famous Canadian Penguins player
- Scrappy Leaf player (94-06)
- First Leaf's player to (publicly) test positive for COVID
- Former Swedish Leaf's captain jersey number
- Leafs GM (first&last name)
- How old do you have to be to be drafted into the NHL
- Gretzky Father
- Bonus: who is Amanda's favourite Toronto Raptor
- Most common hockey injury
- Oldest NHL player in 2021 (44 years old - Washington Capitals)
- This player is engaged to one of Amanda's friends (first name starts with S - Calgary Flames)
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- Richest NHL player of all time (first and last name)
- Russian player with missing tooth
- Team name with the most Stanley Cup wins
- Team that eliminated the Leafs from last year's playoffs
- Scored Team Canada's winning goal at 1972 Summit Series (first&last name)
- Last time Leafs won the cup (last 2 digits of the year)
- New NHL team (2021)
- First city to win the Stanley Cup
20 Clues: Gretzky Father • New NHL team (2021) • Most common hockey injury • Leafs GM (first&last name) • Scrappy Leaf player (94-06) • Famous Canadian Penguins player • Russian player with missing tooth • First city to win the Stanley Cup • Last name of Mississauga brothers in NHL • Team name with the most Stanley Cup wins • Former Swedish Leaf's captain jersey number • ...
Seahorses 2024-03-25
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- The only girl that goes to the Art Classes
- The only third grader that is in Seahorses since Foundation
- Knows all about sea life
- Her country is in South America
- Reads all the books
- Future female Messi
- Has double D in his name
- She jumps when she is exited
- Edyta´s neighbor
- Speaks French
- The only boy with Z in his name
- Last person who joined PAL
- Has double T in his name
- Speaks German
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- Knows Kung fu
- He loves PAL
- He is in India now
- Wears glasses for reading
- Plays badminton
- Likes spicy food
- Like talking to Yuva
- Knows all the countries and capitals
- He is half Italian
- He is "curly woorly"
- Rapunzel
- Went to the USA for holidays this year
- Always wants to go for camping
- Plays violin
- She was born in the USA
- She is from Turkey
- Has a brother in Turtles
31 Clues: Rapunzel • He loves PAL • Plays violin • Knows Kung fu • Speaks French • Speaks German • Plays badminton • Likes spicy food • Edyta´s neighbor • He is in India now • He is half Italian • She is from Turkey • Reads all the books • Future female Messi • Like talking to Yuva • He is "curly woorly" • She was born in the USA • Knows all about sea life • Has double D in his name • Has double T in his name • ...
Tyson 2026-01-20
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- what is the center of the earth
- what is the longest river in the world
- the smallest island that is a country, also has no capital
- which country loves tacos
- which country is home to the nile river
- which country's flag doesnt contain red, blue or white
- which country had the minecraft age verification
- africa what country has three capitals
- the country with the most bodies of fresh water
- what country do we live in
- what is the tallest mountain in the world
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- what country in the largest in physical size
- which country has 16 official languages
- what is the largest ocean
- which country is home to the eiffel towel
- what is scotlands official animal
- which continent has the mountain range Alps
- what country has the largest popualtion
- which country has an Emu on their coat of arms
- how many continents are on earth
- which country is east, west, north and south of Finland
- which direction does the sun rise from
22 Clues: what is the largest ocean • which country loves tacos • what country do we live in • what is the center of the earth • how many continents are on earth • what is scotlands official animal • what is the longest river in the world • africa what country has three capitals • which direction does the sun rise from • which country has 16 official languages • ...
Chapter 18 Reconstruction 2017-09-27
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- Leader of the Radical Republicans
- Agency that provided relief for freed-people and certain poor people in the South
- The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
- Ulysees S. Grant is elected President, in part, to votes by African Americans in the South
- Granted equal rights to african americans
- Office holders who were northern-born Republicans who had moved South after the War
- poor African Americans worked a piece of land and gave land owner 1/3-1/2 of annual crop
- Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
- required states to swear an oath of loyalty to the united states and agree that slavery was illegal
- the process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union
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- Requried potential voters to read and explain difficult concepts in order to vote
- Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials
- southern states took advantage of this reconstruction plan as he was from the south
- members of congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
- made slavery illegal throughout the united states
- Fake railroad corporation created by Union Pacific stockholders and paid themselves with grants from the Federal Government
- Forced labor system that required former slaves to enter contracts with white planters to work off debts
- Southern whites who became republicans
- hid in his office after President Johnson attempted to fire him
- Gave African Americans the right to vote
- African Americans rented a piece of land to farm from a land owner
- Social organization fromed in 1866 in Tennessee that intimidated African Americans and White Supporters with violent Tactics
22 Clues: Leader of the Radical Republicans • Southern whites who became republicans • Gave African Americans the right to vote • Granted equal rights to african americans • made slavery illegal throughout the united states • Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials • Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans • ...
Chapter 18 Reconstruction 2017-09-27
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- Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
- Office holders who were northern-born Republicans who had moved South after the War
- African Americans rented a piece of land to farm from a land owner
- Granted equal rights to african americans
- Leader of the Radical Republicans
- Fake railroad corporation created by Union Pacific stockholders and paid themselves with grants from the Federal Government
- Forced labor system that required former slaves to enter contracts with white planters to work off debts
- Ulysees S. Grant is elected President, in part, to votes by African Americans in the South
- poor African Americans worked a piece of land and gave land owner 1/3-1/2 of annual crop
- the process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union
- members of congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
- Southern whites who became republicans
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- made slavery illegal throughout the united states
- The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
- hid in his office after President Johnson attempted to fire him
- required states to swear an oath of loyalty to the united states and agree that slavery was illegal
- Gave African Americans the right to vote
- Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials
- Agency that provided relief for freed-people and certain poor people in the South
- southern states took advantage of this reconstruction plan as he was from the south
- Requried potential voters to read and explain difficult concepts in order to vote
- Social organization fromed in 1866 in Tennessee that intimidated African Americans and White Supporters with violent Tactics
22 Clues: Leader of the Radical Republicans • Southern whites who became republicans • Gave African Americans the right to vote • Granted equal rights to african americans • made slavery illegal throughout the united states • Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials • Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans • ...
Foundations of goevernment 2024-02-12
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- Document in american history that presented the idea of human liberty and consent of the governed
- When french and Indian war began
- Relations between states and the relation between states and the federal government
- established the ideas of representaative democracy limited government and constitutional government
- Basic system of laws added as more settlers came
- Constitution is the law of the land; judges take an oath; no official required to take any religion
- Part of the constitution that has information about the judicial branch
- social contract; freedom of speech; seperation of powers;checks and balances; ETC
- When the Tea Act took place
- Americas first formal constAmericanMayflowercompact The plan the government established by the pilgrims upon settling Plymount was
- power that is not specifically stated but can be inferred
- how many people lived in the 13 states on the atlantic coast
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- A loose union of an independent state
- Part of the constitution that has information about the executive branch
- plan that provides rules for the government
- Sentence that states the goal of the constitution
- part of the constitution that has information about the legislative branch
- How to amend the constitution
- A power of government that is spestatedly statede in the constitution such as the power to tax
- States required to ratify the constitution
- Change of the constitution
21 Clues: Change of the constitution • When the Tea Act took place • How to amend the constitution • When french and Indian war began • A loose union of an independent state • States required to ratify the constitution • plan that provides rules for the government • Basic system of laws added as more settlers came • Sentence that states the goal of the constitution • ...
Layla S. =3rd Hour 2023-03-06
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- Battle which took place near Baldwin City and was the start of the civil war..
- A settler who believed Kansas should not allow slavery.
- Required all Us citizens to help recover runaway enslaved people.
- Operation run by abolotionists which brought escaped slaves north through safehouses.
- An event in which John Brown was enraged by the attack on Lawrence and the caning of Senator Sumner.
- Compromise in which all states north of a specified line would be free states, all territories south of the line would enter the nation as slave states.
- an action that goes against one's country.
- First territorial govener of the Kansas territory.
- Well known abolitionist who was deeply religious and believed in the equality of all man.
- To revoke or annul.
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- Concerned with the principles of right or wrong behavior.
- runaway slave who is able to read and write.
- The fight over slavery in Kansas which eventually led to deaths and loss of property.
- Person who believed in equality of everybody and fought for it.
- 16th president of the United States.
- wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
- A place where weapons are held.
- The capital city of Kansas.
- A popular place other than Canada which the underground railroad led slaves to.
- The 34th state of the United States of America.
20 Clues: To revoke or annul. • The capital city of Kansas. • A place where weapons are held. • 16th president of the United States. • an action that goes against one's country. • runaway slave who is able to read and write. • The 34th state of the United States of America. • First territorial govener of the Kansas territory. • ...
English class puzzle 2023-10-24
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- a Mongolian military leader who lived in the 12th and 13 century
- Where the fighting started in the Civil War
- one of the Axis countries
- The number of years that the Vietnam War lasted
- The President of the United States during the War of 1812
- president of the United States during World War 1
- dictator of Rome and put an end to the Roman Republic
- A powerful leader of Vietnam that fought for its independence
- Last name of winning general in the Civil War
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- Superpower that supported North Korea during the Korean War
- ruled Italy during WW2
- he ruled China from 1949-1976
- The country that the United States fought in the War of 1812
- Prime Minister of United Kingdom during World War 2
- A general of the United States during the Korean War & WW2
- He conquered much of Europe and Asia in a short time
- general in the French Revolution
- Who the United States fought in a war in 1898
18 Clues: ruled Italy during WW2 • one of the Axis countries • he ruled China from 1949-1976 • general in the French Revolution • Where the fighting started in the Civil War • Who the United States fought in a war in 1898 • Last name of winning general in the Civil War • The number of years that the Vietnam War lasted • president of the United States during World War 1 • ...
Reconstruction Era 2023-04-20
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- Most ___ voters joined the Republican Party—the party of Lincoln and emancipation.
- was elected with the help of half a million votes cast by Black men.
- President Johnson was accused by Congress of violating the ___ of Office Act.
- change to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race, or because the person was once enslaved.
- In 1870 and 1871, Congress passed three laws to combat violence against Black Americans known as the _____ Acts.
- laws enforcing segregation of Black and White people in the South after the Civil War.
- the Freedman's Bureau built more than 1,000 _____.
- the right to ____ allowed formerly enslaved peoples to keep a family record.
- a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States
- rented their land from plantation owners.
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- The conventions met and wrote new _____ for their states.
- The ____ Act allowed most former Confederates to vote once again.
- an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
- the period after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union as the federal government addressed the impact of slavery
- the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law.
- About a ____ of the South’s new officeholders were Black men.
- Congress reorganized the South into five military _____.
- a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all individuals equal protection of the law.
- laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of Black Americans
19 Clues: rented their land from plantation owners. • the Freedman's Bureau built more than 1,000 _____. • Congress reorganized the South into five military _____. • The conventions met and wrote new _____ for their states. • About a ____ of the South’s new officeholders were Black men. • The ____ Act allowed most former Confederates to vote once again. • ...
Lead up to the Civil War Terms 2025-10-20
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- People hired to track and capture escaped enslaved individuals.
- 1850 law requiring escaped slaves to be returned to their owners, even from free states.
- U.S. senator known for brokering major compromises to ease sectional tensions.
- Law easing tensions by balancing slave and free states and settling land disputes.
- Reformer who fought to improve treatment of the mentally ill and prison conditions.
- 1823 policy warning Europe not to interfere in the Americas' affairs.
- 1854 law letting states choose to allow slavery or not.
- System where people are treated as property and bought or sold.
- 1857 ruling saying enslaved people couldn’t sue and weren’t U.S. citizens.
- Idea that states can cancel federal laws they think are unconstitutional.
- Public sales where enslaved people were bought and sold to the highest bidder.
- Campaign to limit or ban alcohol to improve society and health.
- Machine invented in 1793 that quickly separated cotton fibers from seeds.
- Abolitionist who led a raid to end slavery at Harpers Ferry in 1859.
- Keeping equal numbers of free and slave states to maintain power in Congress.
- 1852 novel that showed the cruelty of slavery and fueled abolitionist support.
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- Religious revival in the 1800s that inspired reform movements like abolition and temperance.
- Former slave who became a famous abolitionist and speaker for freedom.
- Former slave who spoke out for abolition and women’s rights.
- 1820 law that kept slave and free states balanced.
- Nickname for cotton’s powerful role in the Southern economy before the Civil War.
- The act of freeing someone from slavery or legal bondage.
- Movement to end slavery and free enslaved people.
- Violent clashes over slavery in Kansas before the Civil War.
- Abolitionist who published The Liberator and demanded immediate emancipation of all enslaved people.
- 1846–1848 conflict over land that added the Southwest to the United States.
- Idea that people in each state decide if slavery is allowed.
- Act of a state leaving the Union to become independent.
- Secret network helping enslaved people escape to freedom in the North.
- Brave conductor of the Underground Railroad who led many enslaved people to freedom.
30 Clues: Movement to end slavery and free enslaved people. • 1820 law that kept slave and free states balanced. • 1854 law letting states choose to allow slavery or not. • Act of a state leaving the Union to become independent. • The act of freeing someone from slavery or legal bondage. • Former slave who spoke out for abolition and women’s rights. • ...
American Symbols 2023-07-22
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- The flag of the United States, consisting of thirteen horizontal stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field, representing the original thirteen colonies and the fifty states.
- The official residence and workplace of the President of the United States, representing the nation's executive branch.
- The supreme law of the United States, outlining the framework for the federal government and protecting individual rights.
- The vast, flat region in the central United States, symbolizing the country's agricultural heritage.
- A classic American food often associated with sporting events and outdoor gatherings.
- An iconic bell located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, symbolizing American independence and freedom.
- A nickname for the American flag, symbolizing national pride and unity.
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- A sculpture carved into the Black Hills of South Dakota, featuring the faces of four U.S. Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
- A popular American dessert, often considered a symbol of traditional American culture.
- A symbol of freedom and democracy, located in New York Harbor, welcoming immigrants to the United States.
- The national bird and symbol of the United States, representing strength, freedom, and independence.
- Often referred to as "America's pastime," baseball is a beloved sport with deep roots in American history.
- A personification of the United States government, often depicted as a tall, bearded man wearing a top hat and red, white, and blue clothing.
- The world-famous center of the American film industry, representing American entertainment and culture globally.
14 Clues: A nickname for the American flag, symbolizing national pride and unity. • A classic American food often associated with sporting events and outdoor gatherings. • A popular American dessert, often considered a symbol of traditional American culture. • The national bird and symbol of the United States, representing strength, freedom, and independence. • ...
WW1 2026-01-26
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- The __________ Telegram proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States.
- ___________ involvement helped turn the tide of the war in favor of the Allies.
- The sinking of the __________ increased tensions between the United States and Germany.
- were known as the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).
- the United States declared war on Germany.
- lived in harsh conditions in trenches, facing disease, mud, and constant danger.
- focused on training troops before sending them into combat
- At the beginning of World War I, the United States declared
- Pershing commanded American forces in Europe.
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- including unrestricted submarine warfare, threatened American ships and lives.
- __________ ties and trade increasingly linked the United States to the Allied Powers.
- created a military draft to build the armed forces.
- favored neutrality due to tradition, trade interests, and a desire to avoid European conflicts.
- America joined the ____________
- temporarily limited submarine warfare after the Sussex Pledge.
15 Clues: America joined the ____________ • the United States declared war on Germany. • Pershing commanded American forces in Europe. • created a military draft to build the armed forces. • were known as the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). • focused on training troops before sending them into combat • At the beginning of World War I, the United States declared • ...
Revolutionary War Crossword Puzzle 2023-01-29
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- Washington The commander of the Continental Army. He was able to lead the colonists to victory by encouraging his soldiers and thinking through his strategy calmly.
- The place where the British surrendered in 1781 because they were trapped by the Continental Army and the French navy.
- The place where 2 battles between the colonists and British took place and forced the British to change their strategy from attacking colonist capitals to staying closer towards the coast for Navy protection.
- The city that was captured during the Battle of Brandywine Creek
- The reason why the colonists fought the Revolutionary War. This reason gave the colonists the motivation needed to push through the war.
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- The country with which the Continental Army created an alliance as part of their strategy to defeat the British. This alliance especially came through in the Battle of Yorktown.
- of Paris After negotiations between Great Britain, France, Spain, and the United States, this document was signed in 1783 to officially state that Great Britain grants full independence to the United States.
- The area that the British were trying to capture as part of their initial general strategy. They thought that by capturing this area first, it would be easier to attack the surrounding area.
- Ocean The vast water barrier that made it more difficult for the British to receive additional arsenal from the homeland on time. This barrier set the British back, which helped the Americans succeed.
- Island The place where the British sailed into New York and caused the Continental Army’s number of soldiers to significantly diminish due to casualties and soldiers deserting the goal of freedom
- A term used to describe a strategy that was first used by the Continental Army against the British in the Battle of Trenton and later used by the British against the Continental Army in the Battle of Brandywine Creek. The strategy was to attack the other side unexpectedly.
- of Alliance In 1778, this document established an alliance between France and the colonists.
- Howe The British general who inefficiently used military resources and did not take the war seriously.
- Hill The place where a battle occurred before the Declaration of Independence was signed and resulted in a victory for the British army since the colonists had to retreat. However, there were many British casualties from the battle that occurred at this place.
- York The state that the British were trying to seize in hopes of splitting the New England colonies from the rest of the colonies.
15 Clues: The city that was captured during the Battle of Brandywine Creek • of Alliance In 1778, this document established an alliance between France and the colonists. • Howe The British general who inefficiently used military resources and did not take the war seriously. • ...
Unit 3: The Early Republic & The First Five Presidents Vocabulary 2024-09-26
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- of 1812: A conflict between the United States and Britain (1812-1815), caused by issues like impressment and trade restrictions.
- Act of 1789: A law that established the federal judiciary system, including the Supreme Court and lower courts.
- The British practice of capturing American sailors and forcing them into the British navy, which was one of the causes of the War of 1812.
- Purchase: The 1803 acquisition by the United States of France's Louisiana Territory, which doubled the size of the U.S. and provided access to land west of the Mississippi River.
- Government: A principle where governmental power is restricted by law, usually in a written constitution, to prevent tyranny.
- A system of government in which power is divided between a national (federal) government and various regional (state) governments.
- Hamilton: The first Secretary of the Treasury who established the national bank and supported a strong federal government.
- of Confederation: The first constitution of the United States, in effect from 1781 to 1789, which established a weak central government and gave most powers to the states.
- Adams: was the second President of the United States (1797-1801) and a Founding Father. He played a major role in the American Revolution and was a strong advocate for independence. During his presidency, he faced challenges like conflicts with France and the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts.
- Ordinance of 1785: A law passed to regulate the sale and settlement of land in the western territories. It divided the land into townships to be sold to raise money for the federal government.
- of Powers: The division of government responsibilities into distinct branches (executive, legislative, judicial) to prevent any one branch from gaining too much power.
- Rebellion: A 1786-1787 uprising led by farmers in Massachusetts, protesting high taxes and debt. It highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to calls for a stronger federal government.
- An example or standard set by an earlier event or decision. George Washington set many important precedents during his presidency.
- A person who supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in the late 1780s, favoring a strong central government.
- Doctrine: A U.S. policy, declared in 1823, that warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere, asserting U.S. influence in the region.
- Monroe: The fifth President of the United States (1817-1825) who is known for the Monroe Doctrine, which opposed European colonialism in the Americas.
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- and Balances: A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches to prevent abuse of power.
- Officially approved or confirmed. For example, the U.S. Constitution was ratified by the states in 1788.
- government and threatened states' rights and individual liberties.
- A person who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, fearing it gave too much power to the
- A group of advisors to the president, including the heads of the executive departments.
- Ordinance of 1787: A policy that established the process for admitting new states from the Northwest Territory and prohibited slavery in the region.
- Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: Written in 1798 and 1799 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, these documents were responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts. They argued that states had the right to nullify (or cancel) federal laws they believed were unconstitutional, setting the stage for future debates about states' rights.
- Rebellion: A 1794 uprising by farmers in Pennsylvania protesting a federal tax on whiskey. It was one of the first major tests of the new U.S. government’s authority.
- Act: Also passed in 1798, it illegal to criticize the government, Congress, or the president in writing or speech. This law was highly controversial because it was seen as a violation of free speech, and many believed it was aimed at silencing political opposition.
- Washington: The first President of the United States (1789-1797) and a key leader in the American Revolution. He set many important precedents as the first president, such as the creation of a cabinet.
- and Clark Expedition: A journey led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1804-1806) to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
- Madison: The fourth President of the United States (1809-1817), known as the "Father of the Constitution" for his role in drafting it. He led the country through the War of 1812, which was fought between the U.S. and Britain over issues like impressment and trade restrictions.
- Acts: Passed in 1798 under President John Adams, were laws that allowed the president to deport foreigners considered dangerous to the U.S. and made it harder for new immigrants to become citizens. These acts were passed during a time of fear about foreign influence and conflict with France.
- Hawks: A group of young congressmen, mostly from the South and West, who pushed for war against Britain in the lead-up to the War of 1812.
- Jefferson: The third President of the United States (1801-1809) and the main author of the Declaration of Independence. He made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which doubled the size of the United States by acquiring territory from France.
31 Clues: government and threatened states' rights and individual liberties. • A group of advisors to the president, including the heads of the executive departments. • A person who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, fearing it gave too much power to the • ...
States 2021-03-16
10 Clues: Known for potatoes. • The capital is Salem. • Are 51 is located there. • Demi Lovato was born there. • Least popular state in the US • Most popular state in the US. • Borders California and Mexico. • Borders Canada and North Dakota. • Has George Washington on the flag. • Square shaped. Also known for Denver.
States 2022-04-15
States 2021-01-31
10 Clues: The gem state • The Aloha state • The ocean state • The first state • The show me state • The sunshine state • The sunflower state • The lone star state • The centennial state • The Grand Canyon state
States 2021-04-15
10 Clues: nene • canine • Blue Lacy • cairn terrior • seeing eye dog • golden retriever • alaskan malamute • western meadowlark • labrador retriever • sissor-tailed flycather
states 2023-10-20
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- Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode island
- Mexico new York north Carolina north Dakota
- Wyoming
- Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
- Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia
- Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland
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- Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois
- Nebraska Nevada new Hampshire nsoutew Jersey
- Carolina south Dakota Tennessee Texas
- Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado
10 Clues: Wyoming • Carolina south Dakota Tennessee Texas • Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri • Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode island • Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia • Mexico new York north Carolina north Dakota • Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado • Nebraska Nevada new Hampshire nsoutew Jersey • Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland • ...
states 2023-04-19
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- smallest state in the usa
- is the usa a free contry
- is whasington a state
- where is the usa located.
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- the biggest state
- we have 50 of them
- fourth biggest state
- how many states do we have in the usa conected
- how many states are in the west
- what is the number of states that are not connected to the main island
10 Clues: the biggest state • we have 50 of them • fourth biggest state • is whasington a state • is the usa a free contry • smallest state in the usa • where is the usa located. • how many states are in the west • how many states do we have in the usa conected • what is the number of states that are not connected to the main island
STATES 2023-03-12
10 Clues: WE LIVE HERE • FRIED CHICKEN • SENATOR IS MIKE LEE • RHYMES WITH UNDERWEAR • THE ROCKIES RESIDE HERE • ANN HARBOR IS IN THIS STATE • THIS STATE HAS A HANDLE ON THINGS • WHAT YOU WOULD SAY TO SOMEONE NAMED O • DOROTHY DOESN'T THINK SHE IS THERE ANYMORE • MOST PEOPLE THAT CONSUME ALCOHOL LIVE HERE
Unit 4 US History Constitution 2016-10-11
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- freedom of speech
- decided to weak and gave states too much power
- favored small states
- favored states and individual rights
- first ten amendments to the constitution
- favored states with larger populations
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- sharing of power between the states
- right to bear arms
- government is subject to the will of the people
- each branch of government has power to check or control other branches
- where the first continental congress took place
- congress would be bicameral
- state ability to nullify a federal law
- favored strong national government
14 Clues: freedom of speech • right to bear arms • favored small states • congress would be bicameral • favored strong national government • sharing of power between the states • favored states and individual rights • state ability to nullify a federal law • favored states with larger populations • first ten amendments to the constitution • decided to weak and gave states too much power • ...
Global Theories Crossword 2024-10-11
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- Dividend Economic benefits that result when states reduce defense spending due to peace.
- Trade Organization International institution that liberalists believe promotes cooperation and economic stability.
- The principle of a state's authority and autonomy over its territory.
- of Power The theory that stability is achieved when power is distributed so that no one state dominates.
- Morgenthau Key realist thinker who argued that politics is governed by objective laws rooted in human nature.
- Theory that promotes international cooperation and institutions as means to avoid conflict.
- Process of increasing interconnectedness across the world, seen as promoting peace by liberals.
- Economic or political mutual reliance between states, reducing conflict likelihood according to liberals.
- Dilemma A situation where one state's actions to increase its security causes insecurity in others.
- The theory in international relations that suggests conflict is inevitable due to an anarchic global system.
- Fukuyama Political theorist who argued that liberal democracy represents the "end of history."
- The absence of a central authority governing states in the international system.
- Locke Philosopher who argued that political power should derive from the consent of the governed.
- Organisations Institutions like the UN that encourage cooperation among states.
- Rights Fundamental rights and freedoms that liberals argue should be protected globally.
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- Power Use of military or economic force to influence other states.
- Distribution of power in the international system, such as unipolarity, bipolarity, and multipolarity.
- Triangle Framework in liberal theory including democracy, economic interdependence, and international organizations.
- A system of world order where two major powers dominate global politics, such as during the Cold War.
- Security The idea that states work together to enhance mutual security and prevent conflict.
- Internationalism Ideology promoting global cooperation and democracy to achieve peace and prosperity.
- Principle of not interfering in the domestic affairs of other states.
- Kant Philosopher who proposed that democracy, trade, and institutions could bring about global peace.
- A central concept in realism, often maximized by states for survival.
- A sovereign entity represented by a cohesive national identity within a defined territory.
- System of government that liberals argue reduces conflict likelihood between states.
- Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.
- Bull Theorist known for “The Anarchical Society,” which explores order within an international system lacking overarching authority.
- Assured Destruction Cold War concept where nuclear capability prevented conflict due to the threat of complete annihilation.
- Hobbes Philosopher who argued for the necessity of a strong sovereign due to the “state of nature.”
- Power The ability to influence others through cultural or ideological appeal rather than coercion.
31 Clues: Power Use of military or economic force to influence other states. • The principle of a state's authority and autonomy over its territory. • Principle of not interfering in the domestic affairs of other states. • A central concept in realism, often maximized by states for survival. • ...
Health and Safety 2016-05-11
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- sometimes keeps your hands warm
- mr taylor goes on about them in assembally
- hazards a yellow sign used when cleaning
- a green cross
- clothing a blue circle
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- you wear them on your eyes
- Sounds like cosh but in capitals
- liquid something like water that can catch fire
- mask people wear it to protect there mouths
- assessment a pain that you have to do
10 Clues: a green cross • clothing a blue circle • you wear them on your eyes • sometimes keeps your hands warm • Sounds like cosh but in capitals • assessment a pain that you have to do • mr taylor goes on about them in assembally • hazards a yellow sign used when cleaning • mask people wear it to protect there mouths • liquid something like water that can catch fire
Fort Sumter 2025-03-07
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- The United States of America during the Civil War, specifically the northern states that remained loyal to the federal government.
- A continuous attack with bombs or artillery shells.
- A federal fort located in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in April 1861.
- To Legally separate from a country.
- The system used to elect the President of the United States, in which voters in each state choose electors who then cast votes for the president.
- A northern state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- A war fought between groups of people within the same country.
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- To stop fighting and give up to an enemy or opponent.
- The 16th president of the United States, who led the Union during the Civil War.
- Extra soldiers or supplies sent to support an army or military operation.
- A southern state that seceded from the Union.
- An act of armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
- The group of southern states that left the United States between 1860 and 1861.
- A war between the United States and Great Britain, The reason the US built forts along the coast of the United States.
- The president of the Confederate States of America.
15 Clues: To Legally separate from a country. • A southern state that seceded from the Union. • A continuous attack with bombs or artillery shells. • The president of the Confederate States of America. • To stop fighting and give up to an enemy or opponent. • A war fought between groups of people within the same country. • ...
School for Good and Evil crossword 2022-03-29
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- There are two of them on the school grounds. It is where all the students live.
- What is the name of the boy that both Agatha and Sophie like?
- Tedros's nickname. Agatha and Sophie both call him this.
- The name of the pen that writes all the fairy tales.
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- The school Sophie and Agatha go to. (No spaces or capitals in the answer.)
- The person who kidnaps all the students.
- Which girl is the one who was put into the school of evil?
- Who is Tedros's best friend?
- Where did Agatha and Sophie live before they went to the School of good and evil?
- Who is the most beautiful Ever in the School of Good?
10 Clues: Who is Tedros's best friend? • The person who kidnaps all the students. • The name of the pen that writes all the fairy tales. • Who is the most beautiful Ever in the School of Good? • Tedros's nickname. Agatha and Sophie both call him this. • Which girl is the one who was put into the school of evil? • What is the name of the boy that both Agatha and Sophie like? • ...
Medieval Europe 2021-10-15
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- those obligations that a person assumes for themselves - taking on responsibilities based on the choices we make in life. These are obligations we make to ourselves and our families.
- those duties that each person has to society
- people who have been lawfully admitted to the United States, are also granted certain legal rights and protections even if they are not citizens.
- a legal document showing a permanent resident has the right to live and work legally in the U.S.
- voluntarily give up their Interactive citizenship.
- putting aside their own personal interests to work toward the common good.
- good,
- in 1798. declared that noncitizens had to reside in the United States for at least fourteen years to qualify for naturalization and even authorized the President to deport noncitizens who were citizens of foreign countries with which the United States was at war
- e those rights that allow a person to choose to do what he or she wants as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others.
- those who do not have legal status to live or work in the United States
- a Latin term meaning “law of the soil” or “right of birthplace.” This idea means that any child born in the United States, no matter the citizenship status of his or her parents, is a citizen of the United States.
- the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country.
- society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity.
- someone may be a citizen of two or more countries. The following countries permit dual citizenship: Canada, France, Mexico, Australia and the United Kingdom to name a few. Japan requires that a Japanese national holding dual nationality to choose when they turn twenty years old. Germany and India do not permit dual citizenship.
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- those rights that guarantee our freedom to engage in the political process in the United States, are also important to our understanding of rights in the United States. Without these rights, we would not be allowed to participate in our representative democracy
- a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
- the ways in which people participate in the life of their communities or improve the conditions and quality of life for others using political and non-political processes.
- rights that expressly limit the power of government.
- rights that require government to do something - to take positive action to guarantee rights.
- Congress’s first rule for naturalization This rule simply stated that “free white persons” living in the United States for two years could be granted citizenship as long as they exhibited good moral character and swore allegiance to the Constitution.
- a sworn declaration that every citizenship applicant must recite during a formal ceremony in order to become a naturalized American citizen.
- the social ties that we develop throughout our lives.
- Scott v. Sandford an enslaved African American born in Virginia, was declared not to be a citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. Chief Justice Roger Taney argued that the Framers never meant to include slaves under the protections of the Constitution.
- how people from other countries become citizens of the United States
- revoke, a person’s citizenship if they commit certain actions.
- include the right of people to buy property and sell property, and use their private property as they see fit without unreasonable government interference. People also have the right to seek a job where they please and to change jobs if they want. Also, people have the right to join labor unions if they choose, and can enter into contracts with others.
- This law granted Native Americans citizenship to both the United States and to the states where they lived; however, most were still denied the right to vote by many state laws until 1957.
- Written by Senator Jacob M. Howard from Michigan, Section 1 states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
- “law of the blood” which means that a child inherits the citizenship of its parents.
- rights that you are inherently born with and cannot be given up or taken away.
- a deliberate, open, non-violent action which breaks the law. It involves the willingness to accept the punishment for the lawbreaking. It is not the same thing as rebellion or revolution, but rather an action that is based on a moral conscience and a recognition of a higher law.
31 Clues: good, • those duties that each person has to society • voluntarily give up their Interactive citizenship. • rights that expressly limit the power of government. • the social ties that we develop throughout our lives. • revoke, a person’s citizenship if they commit certain actions. • the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country. • ...
Citizenship 2021-10-15
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- those obligations that a person assumes for themselves - taking on responsibilities based on the choices we make in life. These are obligations we make to ourselves and our families.
- those duties that each person has to society
- people who have been lawfully admitted to the United States, are also granted certain legal rights and protections even if they are not citizens.
- a legal document showing a permanent resident has the right to live and work legally in the U.S.
- voluntarily give up their Interactive citizenship.
- putting aside their own personal interests to work toward the common good.
- good,
- in 1798. declared that noncitizens had to reside in the United States for at least fourteen years to qualify for naturalization and even authorized the President to deport noncitizens who were citizens of foreign countries with which the United States was at war
- e those rights that allow a person to choose to do what he or she wants as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others.
- those who do not have legal status to live or work in the United States
- a Latin term meaning “law of the soil” or “right of birthplace.” This idea means that any child born in the United States, no matter the citizenship status of his or her parents, is a citizen of the United States.
- the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country.
- society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity.
- someone may be a citizen of two or more countries. The following countries permit dual citizenship: Canada, France, Mexico, Australia and the United Kingdom to name a few. Japan requires that a Japanese national holding dual nationality to choose when they turn twenty years old. Germany and India do not permit dual citizenship.
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- those rights that guarantee our freedom to engage in the political process in the United States, are also important to our understanding of rights in the United States. Without these rights, we would not be allowed to participate in our representative democracy
- a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
- the ways in which people participate in the life of their communities or improve the conditions and quality of life for others using political and non-political processes.
- rights that expressly limit the power of government.
- rights that require government to do something - to take positive action to guarantee rights.
- Congress’s first rule for naturalization This rule simply stated that “free white persons” living in the United States for two years could be granted citizenship as long as they exhibited good moral character and swore allegiance to the Constitution.
- a sworn declaration that every citizenship applicant must recite during a formal ceremony in order to become a naturalized American citizen.
- the social ties that we develop throughout our lives.
- Scott v. Sandford an enslaved African American born in Virginia, was declared not to be a citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. Chief Justice Roger Taney argued that the Framers never meant to include slaves under the protections of the Constitution.
- how people from other countries become citizens of the United States
- revoke, a person’s citizenship if they commit certain actions.
- include the right of people to buy property and sell property, and use their private property as they see fit without unreasonable government interference. People also have the right to seek a job where they please and to change jobs if they want. Also, people have the right to join labor unions if they choose, and can enter into contracts with others.
- This law granted Native Americans citizenship to both the United States and to the states where they lived; however, most were still denied the right to vote by many state laws until 1957.
- Written by Senator Jacob M. Howard from Michigan, Section 1 states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
- “law of the blood” which means that a child inherits the citizenship of its parents.
- rights that you are inherently born with and cannot be given up or taken away.
- a deliberate, open, non-violent action which breaks the law. It involves the willingness to accept the punishment for the lawbreaking. It is not the same thing as rebellion or revolution, but rather an action that is based on a moral conscience and a recognition of a higher law.
31 Clues: good, • those duties that each person has to society • voluntarily give up their Interactive citizenship. • rights that expressly limit the power of government. • the social ties that we develop throughout our lives. • revoke, a person’s citizenship if they commit certain actions. • the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country. • ...
Reconstruction (Andrew & Ben) 2023-05-30
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- An official pardon, for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion
- Marked the beginning of a severe economic downturn that soon put and estimated 2 million people out of work
- Who in Pennsylvania was the leader of the Radical Republicans
- Who was sworn into office after lincoln died
- this society opposed Civil rights
- Forced separation of whites and african americans in public places
- Who did the Republicans select for the election of 1868
- Reconstruction was now his responsibility since lincoln died
- Process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states without slavery
- Laws that greatly limited freedom of African Americans
- Who was the first African American to serve a full term as senator
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- What laws divided the south into five districts
- Under what bill did states have to meet two conditions before rejoining the union
- It defined all people born or naturalized within the UNited States
- Who shot Abraham Lincoln
- Who wanted southern states to change much more than they already had
- Laws that required segregation- were common in southern states in the 1880
- What gave African American men the right to vote
- This made slavery illegal throughout all the united states
- This act provide african Americans with the same legal right as white Americans
- Democrats that regained control of state governments in the south
- what did Democrats call Republicans that they didn’t care about
- Its purpose was to provide relief for all poor people- black and white- in the south
- Which guaranteed African Americans equal right in public places such as theaters and public transportation
24 Clues: Who shot Abraham Lincoln • this society opposed Civil rights • Who was sworn into office after lincoln died • What laws divided the south into five districts • What gave African American men the right to vote • Laws that greatly limited freedom of African Americans • Who did the Republicans select for the election of 1868 • ...
Chapter 19: American Empire 2026-01-12
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- US President Taft's policy to use American economic power instead of military force to create stability and exert influence in Latin America.
- Religion that grew dramatically in size in the United States
- Territory gained by the United States during American Imperialism and is a state today
- Immigrants were blamed for killing police officers in a bomb blast
- Satirical commentary of American superiority in the Middle East written by Mark Twain
- Country that was ensured independence by the United States and contained a vital canal zone.
- An affair about a crisis regarding the wrongful arrest of American sailors by the Mexicans.
- Person that assassinated the 25th president of the United States
- Ship that exploded.
- law that banned the entry of convicted criminals, Asian laborers brought involuntarily, and designed for Chinese women
- Fleet that was founded by a US president
- Battle during the Spanish American War in which the Spanish fleet was destroyed
- US President that was concerned with safety of American lives and property in Cuba
- Organization that upheld the right for self-governance.
- the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conscious displays of naval power
- Bill that acquired the United States’s first Pacific territories
- All Western powers had equal access to Chinese markets
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- survival of the fittest within humans
- Group of people who comes to the United States from foreign lands
- a consensus between the United States and Japan
- Territory of the US that has now become a country in Southeast Asia
- Warfare in terrain that were unfamiliar to the Americans. Although an American victory, resistance still continued afterwards.
- Most famous of the US overseas territories today
- Territory that was occupied by the United States but was never annexed
- foreign policy of negotiating peacefully while maintaining a strong military presence
- Person whose naval theories influenced the 26th president of the United States
- Wanted global power. Developed the US military and navy. Latin America became an important area for US foreign policy.
- Most well-known land battle of the Spanish American War
- the first major US law to ban a specific group of people
- Yellow journal that was written by William Randolph Hearst
- Most important battle of the Philippine-American War
- Stated that the US could intervene in Latin America to stop European interference.
- denied admission to people who were not able to support themselves, as well as convicted criminals, people with mental illnesses, etc.
- poorer, spoke non-English languages, typically Catholic and Jewish
- United States defeated Spain, ending Spanish control in the Americas and esbalishing the US as a world power in this treaty.
- Territory of the United States that is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
36 Clues: Ship that exploded. • survival of the fittest within humans • Fleet that was founded by a US president • a consensus between the United States and Japan • Most famous of the US overseas territories today • Most important battle of the Philippine-American War • All Western powers had equal access to Chinese markets • ...
South Africa 2016-05-26
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- Indigenous Empire that fought against the British in a civil war
- While weak Federalism exists, South Africa is considered...
- South Africa's system of government is considered a Constitutional ______.
- Number of houses in the legislative branch
- Number of capitals South Africa has
- The South African _________ provides the regime with a sense of rational-legal legitimacy.
- Party that has dominated South African politics of late
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- Name of current President
- Former President that was put in prison fighting for end to Apartheid
- South Africa was colonized and later granted independence by the...
- Investigations have led to the uncovering of this prevalent issue in the government.
- Word used to describe the laws segregating blacks and whites
- Civil Society is strong, which has led to an increasing number of ______.
- South Africa is the leading producer in the world of this fine element
- Name of the main media outlet in South Africa.
15 Clues: Name of current President • Number of capitals South Africa has • Number of houses in the legislative branch • Name of the main media outlet in South Africa. • Party that has dominated South African politics of late • While weak Federalism exists, South Africa is considered... • Word used to describe the laws segregating blacks and whites • ...
The Constitution 2014-08-29
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- construction A literal interpretation of a statute or document by a court.
- and balances Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that power in political institutions is not concentrated in the hands of particular individuals or groups.
- plan A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
- They feared a federal govt with unlimited King Like Powers and wouldn't agree to it until there was a Bill of Rights added to protect the people!
- of independence The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
- of rights The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the US, ratified in 1791.
- of powers The vesting of the legislative, executive, and judiciary powers of government in separate bodies.
- An article added to the US Constitution.
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- papers A series of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- compromise A compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The debate was over if, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for constitutional purposes.
- convention A gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution.
- jersey plan A proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.
- Defined as a system of government where there is one strong, central controlling authority, or the principles of a political party called the Federalists.
- powers A list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that set forth the authoritative capacity of Congress.
- construction Allows the government to expand powers that are not specifically outlined in the Constitution as long as these powers are not specifically prohibited.
- compromise An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
- rebellion An armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders.
- of confederation The first constitution of the 13 American states, adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1789 by the Constitution of the United States.
18 Clues: An article added to the US Constitution. • plan A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. • construction A literal interpretation of a statute or document by a court. • of rights The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the US, ratified in 1791. • ...
Building a New Nation 2020-04-05
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- Pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.
- An American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
- The belief that your own country is better than all others.
- It was a poem written during the War of 1812.
- An American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States in 1841.
- A treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, following the War of 1812.
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- He was a founding father of the United States and the fourth American president, serving in office from 1809 to 1817.
- The wife of James Madison.
- It provided the first waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
- It was a law that prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports.
- Reveiw by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
- A treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.
- She met and helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.
- An American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
- The United States Military Academy.
15 Clues: The wife of James Madison. • The United States Military Academy. • It was a poem written during the War of 1812. • The belief that your own country is better than all others. • It was a law that prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports. • It provided the first waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. • ...
Government Review - Alaina Takacs 2020-12-03
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- no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in another state
- the supremacy clause in the constitution establishes the constitution and U.S. laws as the _________
- second long segments
- grants of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, or localities
- for a specific purpose,states must make contribution money,states must provide for an agency to administrator the grant, must obey guidlines
- powers that both the national and state government have
- a collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends
- the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state
- powers that the constitution does not give the national government but at the same time does not deny to the states
- the fourth branch of government
- for a specific project
- the states have a say in how the money is used
- size, intensity, and _____ make interest groups powerful
- money that goes to a local government in areas where there are large federal land holding in lieu of property taxes that the local government can't get from the national government
- are not expressly stated in the constitution but are implied by the expressed powers (national)
- factions are bad but a necessary evil
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- a system of government in which a written constitution divides the powers between the national and state governments
- found directly within the constitution for the national government
- ensures that states recognize the laws, documents, and court proceedings of another state
- an act creating a new state
- belong only because the U.S. is sovereign Ex. Immigration (national)
- agreements among states
- the censoring of news before it is released
- helped to fund state universities with the sale of public land given to the state by the federal governments (1862)
- keep people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs
- powers that can be exercised by the national government alone
- an act directing people of the territory to frame a proposed constitution
27 Clues: second long segments • for a specific project • agreements among states • an act creating a new state • the fourth branch of government • factions are bad but a necessary evil • the censoring of news before it is released • the states have a say in how the money is used • powers that both the national and state government have • ...
Federal and State court system crossword puzzle 2024-03-20
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- Someone who brings the case against someone in court
- Shared power
- Can be heard in the states
- Can be appealed to U.S court of appeals
- Civil officer
- Court's of limited jurisdiction
- Court of general jurisdiction
- Highest court in the judicial system
- Is appointed by the state's governor
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- Can be heard in the federal system
- General trial
- Hears matters involving juvenile activity
- Making laws and regulation for states
- Can interpret laws
- Power to create legal decisions
- District court, Circuit court, and Supreme court
- Review of the decisions made in court to make sure it is fair
- Is appointed by the president
- Makes and enforces laws for states
- A justice and decides cases in court
20 Clues: Shared power • General trial • Civil officer • Can interpret laws • Can be heard in the states • Is appointed by the president • Court of general jurisdiction • Power to create legal decisions • Court's of limited jurisdiction • Can be heard in the federal system • Makes and enforces laws for states • A justice and decides cases in court • Highest court in the judicial system • ...
Braxton Miller Unit one crossword 2024-09-19
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- freedom
- State that refused to send delegates
- two chamber legislature
- Seeds of democracy take root
- 55 what attended the constitutional convention
- enjoyed the most independence from the crown
- A formal of institions and process
- an example of a royal colony
- Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
- something in its perfect form
- Father of the constitution
- avaliable for everyone and cant be taken away
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- Framers refused to sign the contitution because
- 1215 was the year signed of what
- United states first constitution
- must have people
- French and Indian war decided to tax them
- Formally approved by all the states
- the number of states sent representatives
- Became King of England in 1760
20 Clues: freedom • must have people • two chamber legislature • Father of the constitution • Seeds of democracy take root • an example of a royal colony • something in its perfect form • Became King of England in 1760 • United states first constitution • 1215 was the year signed of what • A formal of institions and process • Formally approved by all the states • ...
Week 27: The Founders 2026-03-25
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- People who wanted a strong central government that had more power over the people and states.
- The amendments that were added to the Constitution in 1791, are known as the ______ __ ______.
- Strength and _______ were what the members of Congress wanted in a government for the new nation
- People who favored a weaker federal government and gave more power to the states and the people.
- Each state had ______ voting in Congress.
- Hamilton is on the ____ dollar bill.
- In 1789, George Washington became the first _________ of the United States.
- The Federalist ________ were a series of essays that supported the new government.
- Washington hoped that the United States would expand its territory west of the _____________ during his presidency.
- William _________ was a delegate from New Jersey.
- The new government was fearful of a ____________.
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- Alexander ___________ was Washington’s secretary of the treasury.
- Over the next few years the operation of government under the Articles of Confederation proved to be ___________.
- _________ __________ is known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
- ______ of the 13 states had to agree to pass any laws.
- Congress created the Articles of ________ to provide the written rules for how the states would be organized.
- George Washington is often called the _______ of our country.
- Some delegates wanted to add a bill of ________ to the Constitution to protect important individual rights.
- Washington appointed Henry _____ as his secretary of war.
- Each state would set their own ______.
- Congress is made of two parts, called ________.
- James ________ was a delegate from Virginia and presented the Virginia Plan.
- Sherman Who proposed the Great Compromise?
23 Clues: Hamilton is on the ____ dollar bill. • Each state would set their own ______. • Each state had ______ voting in Congress. • Sherman Who proposed the Great Compromise? • Congress is made of two parts, called ________. • William _________ was a delegate from New Jersey. • The new government was fearful of a ____________. • ...
Chapter 2 and 3 Terms 2019-08-29
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- A political arrangement in which power is divided between the federal and state governments in clearly defined terms. This type of political system ended during FDR's presidency in the U.S.
- The powers of Congress stated in the Constitution.
- A clause that required the return of runaway slaves passed during the time of the Civil War.
- The powers of Congress deemed by the necessary and proper clause.
- Also known as the elastic clause.
- The institutional arrangement that assigns judicial, executive, and legislative powers.
- Famously known as the "Great Compromise" this agreement defined how to distribute state representatives in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
- A minor change or addition designed to improve a piece of legislation.
- The state is ruled by representatives elected by the citizens.
- Those in the __________ formally cast votes for a candidate in a presidential election.
- This is when a state or province breaks away from the national government.
- These are the first ten amendments.
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- Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and George Washington all belonged to this party.
- A Federalist, he established the National Bank.
- The United States first constitution was called the _______________.
- The act of cancelling something.
- A political system in which states or regional governments retain ultimate authority except for those powers that they expressly delegate to a central government.
- This plan ensures that a non-partisan commission reviews candidates for a judicial vacancy.
- The Court determined that Congress had the power to create a National Bank in this case.
- States that the United States Congress shall have power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes".
- States that all laws made furthering the Constitution and all treaties made under the authority of the United States are the “supreme law of the land.”
- A system of government in which states or provinces share power with a national government.
- A system of government in which the citizens rule themselves.
- A system in which the citizens of a state directly vote on laws voiding the election of representatives.
- The power shared by the federal and state governments.
- This party wanted a weak central government and strong state government.
- A state governed as a single entity without local governments. Government is only at the national level
- Andrew Jackson was known as the "____" king because of his numerous rejections of laws presented by Congress.
- A power that may be exercised by the head of state without the approval of another branch of the government.
- The document that established the way in which the United States would be governed.
30 Clues: The act of cancelling something. • Also known as the elastic clause. • These are the first ten amendments. • A Federalist, he established the National Bank. • The powers of Congress stated in the Constitution. • The power shared by the federal and state governments. • A system of government in which the citizens rule themselves. • ...
Colorado-crossword 2020-11-30
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- The Mile Hight City is capitals common...
- The first wave of settlers came when...broke
- One of the largest rivers in Colorado.
- The national tree of Colorado.
- What is the capital of Colorado?
- Uninhabited areas in Colorado are called...
- Colorado is also known for his...
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- Name of the world-famous animated series, hosted in Colorado.
- In witch part of USA is Colorado located in?
- What sport does Scott Humphries play?
- Highest point of the state.
- National dinosaur of Colorado.
12 Clues: Highest point of the state. • The national tree of Colorado. • National dinosaur of Colorado. • What is the capital of Colorado? • Colorado is also known for his... • What sport does Scott Humphries play? • One of the largest rivers in Colorado. • The Mile Hight City is capitals common... • Uninhabited areas in Colorado are called... • ...
Preotria 2025-10-07
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- one of the capitals of SA
- the political party that led apartheid resistance
- The Day of Reconciliation is a moment to celebrate national _______
- separatness in Afrikaans
- certain books in SA were ________ during apartheid
- one of the two European countries that colonised SA
- one of the national sports of SA
- the friend Tim made at university
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- the political group that introduced apartheid
- in 1994, South Africa held its first multi-racial
- a famous leader of SA
- where Tim worked in England
12 Clues: a famous leader of SA • separatness in Afrikaans • one of the capitals of SA • where Tim worked in England • one of the national sports of SA • the friend Tim made at university • the political group that introduced apartheid • in 1994, South Africa held its first multi-racial • the political party that led apartheid resistance • ...
Noah Revolutionary War 2022-05-12
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- won the revolutionary war against britain.
- part of the declaration of independence that declares the states becoming independent from britain.
- the colonists had no representation in this branch of government
- statement issued by king george that prohibits the colonists from moving west over the appalachian mountains.
- a devastating lose for the patriots.
- established group affilaited with the sons of liberty that opposed the stamp act.
- the first form of government accepted into the united states.
- the document stating the reasons for the states to declare their independence from england.
- this law taxed all paper documents of the colonists
- part of the declaration of independence that declares that states have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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- this country helped support the states during the revolutionary war
- king______ signed the proclamation of 1763
- this group of people supported britain during the revolutionary war
- the colonist had no say in their government taxes, this was called _______ without representation.
- this group of people supported the states during the revolutionary war.
- increased taxes on the colonists after the french and indian war.
- the list of complaints the colonist had with britain.
- a suprise attack on the british led by elijah clarke
- the war fought between the british and the french over fur trade.
- replaced the articles of confederation.
20 Clues: a devastating lose for the patriots. • replaced the articles of confederation. • won the revolutionary war against britain. • king______ signed the proclamation of 1763 • this law taxed all paper documents of the colonists • a suprise attack on the british led by elijah clarke • the list of complaints the colonist had with britain. • ...
States 3 2014-10-25
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- The first American chess tournament was held here
- The world's first installed parking meter was built here
- NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks are home team when they play here
- The movie "Hard Rain" was filmed here
- This state is the coldest state
- The world's largest shrimp is on display here
- The first slot machine was built here
- Milk is the official state beverage
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- NFL’s Dolphins live here
- ______ was the first state to give women the right to vote
- The most turkeys are raised here than any other state
- The world's first nuclear powered submarine was built here
- The home of the MLB’s Nationals
- The states bird is the Willow Goldfinch
- ______ is the only state in the United States whose name has one syllable.
- The capitol of this state is Topeka
- NHL’s Devils call this place home
17 Clues: NFL’s Dolphins live here • The home of the MLB’s Nationals • This state is the coldest state • NHL’s Devils call this place home • The capitol of this state is Topeka • Milk is the official state beverage • The movie "Hard Rain" was filmed here • The first slot machine was built here • The states bird is the Willow Goldfinch • The world's largest shrimp is on display here • ...
Hayden states 2022-05-24
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- known as the "Lone Star State" and is famous for its BBQ, live music, hot temperatures, and more.
- is world-renowned for its beach resorts, amusement parks, warm and sunny climate, and nautical recreation
- The state is known for its skiing, with the mountains near Salt Lake City collecting an average of 500 inches of snow per year,
- State is known for NYC, cultural diversity, and breathtaking sights like the Statue of Liberty, Niagara Falls, Adirondack Park, and historic covered bridges.
- magnolias, catfish, bluegrass music, and southern charm.
- is known for: American football. Oil. Tornadoes.
- famous for its lobsters and tree land
- is known for its lakes, rivers, and hot springs, extreme weather and frequent storms, rice and poultry production, and the only active diamond mine in the United States.
- is nicknamed “The Gem State” because almost every known type of gemstone has been found in the state, including the largest diamond discovered in the United States.
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- is known for Diverse landscape. Birthplace of the nuclear bomb. Ancient Pueblo People.
- is known for glaciers, national parks, the vast wilderness, Northern lights, midnight sun, and cruises.
- is the country's number-one producer of peanuts and pecans
- is known for Cedar Point, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Pro Football Hall of Fame
- produces more sweet cherries, apples, pears, and red raspberries than any other state.
- is known for Cedar Point, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- is known for the beaches, surfing, Hollywood, and wine, as well as its large economy and progressive politics.
- has long been known as "The Wheat State."
- is known for its beautiful beaches—some of them with unusual colors. Many beaches are filled with white sand,
18 Clues: famous for its lobsters and tree land • has long been known as "The Wheat State." • is known for: American football. Oil. Tornadoes. • magnolias, catfish, bluegrass music, and southern charm. • is the country's number-one producer of peanuts and pecans • is known for Cedar Point, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Pro Football Hall of Fame • ...
Civil War Crossword 2018-05-21
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- Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant.
- U.S. Supreme Court decision which determined that slaves could not sue in federal court because they did not have the rights of citizenship.
- Union general who believed in TOTAL WAR
- Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute.
- Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy
- The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia which left a path of almost total destruction. Often cited as the first example of total war.
- Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states.
- Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware).
- The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
- To leave or withdraw
- General of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time
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- Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery to Northerners.
- A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state to keep the balance of power.
- General for the South; got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle - he held his position like a stone wall.
- point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
- President of the United States of America during the Civil War
- ship made of iron
- Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded, it is considered the bloodiest day of the Civil War.
- The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
- Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides.The Union blocked the South's coastline and Mississippi River to stop movement of people and supplies in the South.
- A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
- Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
- Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal.
- Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances/ Helped Union send battle information.
- Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.
25 Clues: ship made of iron • To leave or withdraw • Union general who believed in TOTAL WAR • Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute. • point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win. • President of the United States of America during the Civil War • Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states. • ...
Austin Skero 2021-01-06
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- first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
- central government is ultimately supreme
- Founding Father
- form of republicanism developed in the Renaissance
- military general
- creation of a stronger U.S. federal government
- English philosopher
- "Father of Liberalism
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- agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention
- political ideology centered on citizenship
- principle that the authority of a state and its government are created
- introductory and expressionary statement in a document
- prohibits opposition parties
- agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states
- agreement among the 13 original states
- mixed form of government
- monarch holds supreme autocratic authority,
- the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power
- American statesman
- a statement in the U.S
20 Clues: Founding Father • military general • American statesman • English philosopher • "Father of Liberalism • a statement in the U.S • mixed form of government • prohibits opposition parties • agreement among the 13 original states • first 10 Amendments to the Constitution • central government is ultimately supreme • political ideology centered on citizenship • ...
Austin Skero 2021-01-06
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- principle that the authority of a state and its government are created
- monarch holds supreme autocratic authority,
- first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
- prohibits opposition parties
- agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states
- "Father of Liberalism
- mixed form of government
- American statesman
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- military general
- form of republicanism developed in the Renaissance
- agreement among the 13 original states
- creation of a stronger U.S. federal government
- agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention
- political ideology centered on citizenship
- a statement in the U.S
- English philosopher
- the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power
- central government is ultimately supreme
- introductory and expressionary statement in a document
- Founding Father
20 Clues: Founding Father • military general • American statesman • English philosopher • "Father of Liberalism • a statement in the U.S • mixed form of government • prohibits opposition parties • agreement among the 13 original states • first 10 Amendments to the Constitution • central government is ultimately supreme • political ideology centered on citizenship • ...
Unit 1 Menu Board 2021-02-27
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- a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
- wire, a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands
- of wouned knee, the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops
- commerce act, United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.
- railroad, railway that would link the United States from east to west.
- a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth century
- the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group.
- party, a left-wing agrarian populist late-19th-century political party in the United States.
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- act, several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead.
- point, a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States
- Act, allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
- a type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop, to be given to the landowner at the end of each year.
- a farmers' association organized in 1867
- a system of allowing the unrestricted currency of two metals (e.g. gold and silver) as legal tender at a fixed ratio to each other.
- v ferguson, a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws
- v illinois, a Supreme Court decision that severely limited the rights of states to control or impede interstate commerce.
- act, made it possible for new western states to establish colleges for their citizens.
- wars, the First Nations Wars in Canada and is the collective name for the various armed conflicts that were fought by European governments and colonists
- horse, a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century.
- a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
20 Clues: a farmers' association organized in 1867 • point, a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States • Act, allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands. • horse, a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century. • railroad, railway that would link the United States from east to west. • ...
APUSH Chapter 20 2021-12-09
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- Ireland and Germany had most of the _____ population.
- Where they first found gold
- Illegaly took its self from a state and was called the mountain white.
- The state where they first found gold
- Proved to be more powerful than cotton, the new Kings.
- The person who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The first women to recieve a medical degree in the United States.
- They had lots of industry and was part of the union.
- They seceded from the Union to create the Confederacy.
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- This tariff increased import and raised incomes.
- An emergency form of currency
- Their nickname is Stonewall
- These States have a name, south of them were slave states and north of them were free states.
- The President of the Confederate States
- Who is King in the south
15 Clues: Who is King in the south • Where they first found gold • Their nickname is Stonewall • An emergency form of currency • The state where they first found gold • The person who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • The President of the Confederate States • This tariff increased import and raised incomes. • They had lots of industry and was part of the union. • ...
Chapter 2 and 3 Vocabulary 2019-08-30
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- Powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.
- Gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, with Indian tribes, and among the various states (Article I, Section 8).
- The fundamental law undergirding the structure of government.
- System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional (for example, state) governments.
- The 1776 document declaring American independence from Great Britain and calling for equality, human rights, and citizen participation.
- Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution during the ratification period.
- To formally withdraw from a nation-state.
- Initial governing authority of the United States, 1781–88.
- Initially, those who supported the Constitution during the ratification period; later, the name of the political party established by supporters of Alexander Hamilton.
- System of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments.
- Right of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe to be illegal.
- Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress.
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- System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government.
- Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is by appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election.
- Form of government in which power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law.
- Formal process of changing the Constitution.
- 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.
- 1819 Supreme Court decision upholding the right of Congress to create a bank.
- 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.
- Meeting in 1787 at which twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up proposing an entirely new Constitution.
- Makes federal law supreme over state laws (Article VI).
- Powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system.
- Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution.
- President Franklin Roosevelt’s proposal to add new justices to the Supreme Court so that the Court would uphold his policies.
- Required states to return runaway slaves; negated by the Thirteenth Amendment (Article IV, Section 2).
- Doctrine holding that state governments and the federal government have almost completely separate functions.
- Form of democracy in which political power is exercised directly by citizens.
- Powers retained by the states under the Constitution.
- First ten amendments to the Constitution, which provide basic political rights.
- View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the Constitution.
30 Clues: To formally withdraw from a nation-state. • Formal process of changing the Constitution. • Powers retained by the states under the Constitution. • Makes federal law supreme over state laws (Article VI). • Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution. • Initial governing authority of the United States, 1781–88. • ...
Muromachi - 1 2023-11-01
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- the rule that the shugo-daimyo of some areas needed to live in Kyoto
- the position of power outside of Kyoto
- the battle that destroyed kyoto
- the brother of the first Ashikaga Shogun
- the mirror, jewel, and sword
- the name ofthe battle between the 1st shogun and his brother
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- the timewhen there were two capitals
- the leader of a country. The "top" person in a country
- real, correct, especially with laws. The Southern Emperor felt he was this
- fake
- to kill someone for politics or to take power
- "~system". the government system in Muromachi era that replaced shitsuji -執事
- the position of "deputy" of the Ashikaga Shogun, at the beginning
- someone who syas they are something, but may not be. The Southern Empreor felt that the Northern Emperor was this.
14 Clues: fake • the mirror, jewel, and sword • the battle that destroyed kyoto • the timewhen there were two capitals • the position of power outside of Kyoto • the brother of the first Ashikaga Shogun • to kill someone for politics or to take power • the leader of a country. The "top" person in a country • the name ofthe battle between the 1st shogun and his brother • ...
Anatomy of the Constitution 2021-12-13
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- belief that government has to share power with the states
- 10 amendments that secure rights not already listed in the Constitution
- the leader of the U.S.
- rule-book of the country
- article that explains how to pass the Constitution
- article that says that states can make laws and states have a representative-like government
- introduction of the constitution
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- changes to the Constitution
- article that describes the job of the president
- this article creates the judicial branch
- article that creates the legislative branch in our government
- one article that creates federalism, states laws, and federal laws
- this branch interprets the laws, this branch includes the Supreme Court
- this article says people can make amendments to the Constitution
- the branch of our government that makes the countries laws
- supreme laws over the land
- there are 50 of these in the U.S.
- to pass
18 Clues: to pass • the leader of the U.S. • rule-book of the country • supreme laws over the land • changes to the Constitution • introduction of the constitution • there are 50 of these in the U.S. • this article creates the judicial branch • article that describes the job of the president • article that explains how to pass the Constitution • ...
