states and capitals Crossword Puzzles
Crossword Review 2023-11-30
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- to urge new yorks to approve the us constitution
- Napoleon is trying to conquer everything
- Battle of january 8, 1815
- Bicameral, Upper house, lower house
- How to decide if it was constitutional
- voting to agree
- disagreed with the constitution
- Cadastral Survey and a plan to add states to the union
- violent uprising in massachusetts
- about the articles of confederation
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- an action to begin a riot
- first constitution
- helped lewis and clark
- national anthem of the United States
- failed bombardment
- 1st 10 amendments
- force american sailors to fight
- Land deal with United states and France
- right to job but the job was void.
- declared war against great britain over impressment
20 Clues: voting to agree • 1st 10 amendments • first constitution • failed bombardment • helped lewis and clark • an action to begin a riot • Battle of january 8, 1815 • disagreed with the constitution • force american sailors to fight • violent uprising in massachusetts • right to job but the job was void. • Bicameral, Upper house, lower house • about the articles of confederation • ...
4th of July 2024-07-02
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- Public procession that might occur on the July Fourth.
- Month in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
- National Bird of the United States
- City in which the Declaration of Independence was signed.
- Cooking outdoors on a grill
- American President who was born July 4th, Calvin____
- Nickname for the American flag, stars and ____
- Fight for American independence : The ____ War.
- Famous signer of the Declaration of Independence: John _____.
- Symbol of Freedom located in the New York Harbor: Statue of ____.
- Commonly consumed food on July 4th
- Founding document of the United States: The Declaration of ____.
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- Red, White and ____.
- Light show often seen on the 4th of July
- Patriotic song: Yankee ___.
- Founding father and third President of the United States.
- The day of the Month on which American declared its independence
- Open air meal popular on July Fourth
- First President of the United States.
- Number of original colonies that declared independence
- National Anthem: The Star-Spangled ____.
21 Clues: Red, White and ____. • Patriotic song: Yankee ___. • Cooking outdoors on a grill • National Bird of the United States • Commonly consumed food on July 4th • Open air meal popular on July Fourth • First President of the United States. • Light show often seen on the 4th of July • National Anthem: The Star-Spangled ____. • Nickname for the American flag, stars and ____ • ...
4th of July 2024-07-02
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- Public procession that might occur on the July Fourth.
- Month in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
- National Bird of the United States
- City in which the Declaration of Independence was signed.
- Cooking outdoors on a grill
- American President who was born July 4th, Calvin____
- Nickname for the American flag, stars and ____
- Fight for American independence : The ____ War.
- Famous signer of the Declaration of Independence: John _____.
- Symbol of Freedom located in the New York Harbor: Statue of ____.
- Commonly consumed food on July 4th
- Founding document of the United States: The Declaration of ____.
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- Red, White and ____.
- Light show often seen on the 4th of July
- Patriotic song: Yankee ___.
- Founding father and third President of the United States.
- The day of the Month on which American declared its independence
- Open air meal popular on July Fourth
- First President of the United States.
- Number of original colonies that declared independence
- National Anthem: The Star-Spangled ____.
21 Clues: Red, White and ____. • Patriotic song: Yankee ___. • Cooking outdoors on a grill • National Bird of the United States • Commonly consumed food on July 4th • Open air meal popular on July Fourth • First President of the United States. • Light show often seen on the 4th of July • National Anthem: The Star-Spangled ____. • Nickname for the American flag, stars and ____ • ...
Unit 5 new nations 2023-12-04
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- to loose friendships of states
- large states wanted votes to be proportional to how many people you had in each state
- equal representation where state gets 1 vote
- voting for people who represent us in government
- 5/3 counted towards the population
- enforces laws
- where states with large populations have more votes
- together both groups pass laws
- the branches make sure that they’re not too strong
- the first constitution signed by the u.s.
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- they wanted a weak central government
- representatives from each state call delegates met together in Philadelphia to come up with a new constitution
- a ruler with total control
- a rule book for what the government can and can’t do
- power to govern yourself
- small states wanted to be equal and to only get 1 vote when passing laws
- judges the laws to make sure they’re fair
- they wanted a very strong central government
- signed and agreed on
- changes
20 Clues: changes • enforces laws • signed and agreed on • power to govern yourself • a ruler with total control • to loose friendships of states • together both groups pass laws • 5/3 counted towards the population • they wanted a weak central government • judges the laws to make sure they’re fair • the first constitution signed by the u.s. • equal representation where state gets 1 vote • ...
Unit 5- Triple Box Vocabulary 2018-01-10
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- Hawks-The Twelfth Congress that met from 1811 to 1813 included a number of young and outspoken members who were foes of Great Britain and supporters of expansion by the United States.
- pride in one nation.
- and Sedition Acts-The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798.
- Proclamation-The Proclamation of Neutrality was a formal announcement issued by U.S. President George Washington on April 22, 1793 that declared the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain.
- vs Madison-An 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether law passed the Congress.
- review-Power of the Supreme Court to decide if laws are carried out fairly.
- and Clark-The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition.
- for others to follow.
- Treaty -The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation , between his britannic majesty and the United States Of America Neutrality Proclamation
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- Treaty-The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Florida Purchase Treaty, or the Florida Treaty, was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819.
- Act of 1789 -A 1789 law created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district.
- by forcing people into military service
- Doctrine-President Monroe foreign policy statement warning European nation not to interfere in Latin American.
- to a state or section rather than to the whole country sedition stirring up rebellion against a government.
- Rebellion -The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791.
- rights-The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
- and Virginia resolutions-The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (or Resolves) were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1800.state’s rights
- of New Orleans-The Battle of New Orleans was a series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812.
- Affair-The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the administration of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France.
- Purchase-Vast territory between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountain purchased from France in 1803.
- Act-Ban on trade.
- policy-Actions that a nation takes in relation to other nations.
- of Greenville-The Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3, 1795, at Fort Greenville, now Greenville, Ohio; it followed negotiations after the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
- Marshall-John Marshall was an American politician. He was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States.
24 Clues: Act-Ban on trade. • pride in one nation. • for others to follow. • by forcing people into military service • policy-Actions that a nation takes in relation to other nations. • review-Power of the Supreme Court to decide if laws are carried out fairly. • Rebellion -The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791. • ...
Roaring 20s Vocabulary 2017-05-02
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- A totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
- A particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- Italian-born American anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster
- A bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922,
- Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock.
- Gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion
- A generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.
- 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921, until his death in 1923
- A person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power.
- The 30th President of the United States
- The movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.
- Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution;
- High school teacher John Thomas Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee's law against teaching evolution instead of the divine creation of man.
- An illicit liquor store or nightclub.
- An American aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
- A condition in which securities prices fall and widespread pessimism causes the stock market's downward spiral to be self-sustaining.
- To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally.
- Believe that the statements in the Bible are literally true.
- A Jamaican black-rights activist and loyal leader of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements.
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- The natural rise and fall of economic growth that occurs over time.
- a law restricting the number of new immigrants to the United States.
- A system for paying for goods by installments. installment plan, time plan · regular payment - a payment made at regular times.
- A twentieth-century American author known for his short stories and for his novels, including The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise.
- The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920.
- The United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol
- A cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s.
- The way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign promise in the election of 1920.
- An American politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.
- A financial market of a group of securities in which prices are rising or are expected to rise.
- An American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
30 Clues: An illicit liquor store or nightclub. • The 30th President of the United States • Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock. • Believe that the statements in the Bible are literally true. • To make, sell, or transport (alcoholic liquor) for sale illegally. • The natural rise and fall of economic growth that occurs over time. • ...
Jose Sandoval 1 2017-11-30
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- calendar systems
- gods controlled everything that happened on earth
- and priests: assisted kings in governing the city-states
- below them were
- maya rules
- fields of corn and other crops and built cities under government direction
- the maya set up more than 50 independent
- an area where the soil has collapsed into a hollow or depression
- and streams: sinkholes gave the maya access to a network of underground
- major calendars
- at least two women served as ruling
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- projects: people of this paid taxes and worked on large
- system: the maya city-states had a strict
- when the maya
- ceremonies to please the gods
- sometimes included human sacrifice
- who built the city
- for advice: maya rulers turned to
- each maya city-state was ruled by
- forested areas clear together
20 Clues: maya rules • when the maya • below them were • major calendars • calendar systems • who built the city • ceremonies to please the gods • forested areas clear together • for advice: maya rulers turned to • each maya city-state was ruled by • sometimes included human sacrifice • at least two women served as ruling • the maya set up more than 50 independent • ...
Civil War Word Puzzle 2021-02-09
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- Confederacy's first general officer
- First battle of the Civil War
- The Northern States during the Civil War
- General of the Union
- Took over men's work, disguised as men in order to fight, etc.
- A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- President of the Confederate States of America
- Former slave, traveled the country speaking out against slavery, newspaper called North Star
- Confederate submarine
- President of the United States during the Civil War
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- Capital of the Confederacy
- The Southern states during the Civil War
- Union naval ships and soldiers captured Port Royal
- General of the Confederate
- A war between citizens of the same country
- Freed slaves
- Capital of the Union
- Former slave, freed himself and others during blockade
- The Union Navy cut off South's major port from trade
- African American unit in the Union ArmyU
20 Clues: Freed slaves • General of the Union • Capital of the Union • Confederate submarine • Capital of the Confederacy • General of the Confederate • First battle of the Civil War • Confederacy's first general officer • The Southern states during the Civil War • The Northern States during the Civil War • African American unit in the Union ArmyU • ...
Toward Civil War (use pages 448, 452, 456, 462) 2013-05-10
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- a person who dies for a great cause
- Illinois senator
- brief
- runaway enslaved people
- allowing the people to decide
- challended the pro-slavery Whigs and Democrats
- unavoidable
- leaving
- the southern states
- storage site for weapons
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- control
- tried to sue for his freedom but the Supreme Court ruled him as "property"
- this preserved the balance between slave states and free states
- withdrawal from the Union
- greates cologne probably ever
- an exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country
- people that crossed borders to vote in elections that were not their own
- a fervent abolitionist who believed God chose him to end slavery. Famous painting of him kissing a baby before being hung.
- Republican presidential candidate who was greatly against slavery
- to not vote
- a conflict between citizens of the same country
- the northern states
22 Clues: brief • control • leaving • to not vote • unavoidable • Illinois senator • the northern states • the southern states • runaway enslaved people • storage site for weapons • withdrawal from the Union • greates cologne probably ever • allowing the people to decide • a person who dies for a great cause • challended the pro-slavery Whigs and Democrats • ...
U.S History Crossword Ethan Braden 2015-10-22
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- our government splits __ so no one is in complete control
- we were in __ after the revolutionary war
- Document that ended the revolutionary war giving us freedom
- 2 types of states in conflict
- people who supported the colonies
- colonies became __
- Helped our army and our first president
- A document saying 2 war is over and there is now peace
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- War that gave us freedom
- British government
- instead of states we used to have __
- final unalienable right that is in the declaration
- document people wanted after taxes were raise by our government
- our government wanted to give right to the __
- our government refuses to have a __
- name of our country after the war
- first 2 unalienable rights
- people who lived in the last question were called
- direction the new land for the states was
- people demanded a bill of __
20 Clues: British government • colonies became __ • War that gave us freedom • first 2 unalienable rights • people demanded a bill of __ • 2 types of states in conflict • name of our country after the war • people who supported the colonies • our government refuses to have a __ • instead of states we used to have __ • Helped our army and our first president • ...
Influential African Americans 2023-02-17
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- Writer and activist, leader of the Harlem Renaissance
- Former slave who became an abolitionist and women's rights activist
- Memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist
- Inventor and scientist, professor at Tuskegee Institute, promoted peanuts and sweet potatoes as crops
- Muslim minister and human rights activist
- Current vice president of the United States
- Talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist
- Considered one of the greatest baseball players in history, nicknamed The Hammer
- Jazz pianist and composer
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- American civil rights lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Activist best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
- Politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th US Secretary of State
- After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement
- First black president of the United States
- 14-year-old boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955
- Writer and essayist, helped to raise public awareness of racial and sexual oppression
- Professional boxer and activist, nicknamed "The Greatest"
- whaler and sailor, the first person killed in the Boston Massacre
18 Clues: Jazz pianist and composer • Muslim minister and human rights activist • First black president of the United States • Current vice president of the United States • Memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist • Writer and activist, leader of the Harlem Renaissance • Professional boxer and activist, nicknamed "The Greatest" • ...
Unit 7 Crossword 2022-01-22
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- was put in place to end The Black Codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War.
- Political system where both the national and state governments share power.
- What did Texas do in 1861?
- was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?
- Laws that were imposed on freedmen that limited the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments didn't allow them to vote, have weapons or testify against white men.
- allows governments to Grant pardons, override vetoes and declare laws as unconstitutional.
- The day the end of slavery was officially announced in Texas.
- Southern states were mainly _____, this was an economic influence on the causes of the Civil War.
- government in which representatives are chosen.
- African-Americans were viewed as ____ in the confederate states' Constitution.
- protected the voting rights of African American men.
- this led to shortages of food, medicine, weapons and ammunition.
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- German immigrants’ supported freeing slaves.
- ended the institution of slavery.
- Northern states were mainly _____, this was an economic influence on the causes of the Civil War.
- At the beginning of ____ southern states currency had little to no value, homes and land were destroyed, and food prices were high.
- This freedom allows people to publish their opinions and information without the government stopping them. This may be through any type of media including the newspaper, radio, and TV.
- One reason Texas joined the Confederacy was
- A Major Source of Revenue for state and Local Governments along with Sales tax, bonds and fees.
- The level of government that collect taxes oversee and administer law enforcement, oversee elections and provide services to rural populations.
- the Battle of Galveston led to the loss of a key ____ for supplies to come in and out.
21 Clues: What did Texas do in 1861? • ended the institution of slavery. • One reason Texas joined the Confederacy was • German immigrants’ supported freeing slaves. • government in which representatives are chosen. • protected the voting rights of African American men. • was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system? • ...
Westward Expansion 2016-10-28
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- The United States 11th President.
- Man Slogan that represents the Manifest Destiny
- 1836 battle between Mexico and Texas. With a real catchy slogan
- A war from 1835-1846 fought by Texas and Mexico for Texas's independence.
- Agreement between the United States and France for the west lands. This occurred in 1803, and the United States got 800,000 square miles of land for $15 million.
- A term often used to describe the spread of the United States going from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
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- Peace treaty that ended the Mexican War. Which in turn gave the United States the Southwestern states.
- Events or conditions that lead people to move else where.
- When Mexico gave up what is now the southwestern states to avoid possible annexation of the country.
- Was a movement that brought settlers West to California in search for gold.
- Commonly known as the Mexican-American War.
- Purchase between the United States and Mexico back in 1853 for Southern Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million.
12 Clues: The United States 11th President. • Commonly known as the Mexican-American War. • Man Slogan that represents the Manifest Destiny • Events or conditions that lead people to move else where. • 1836 battle between Mexico and Texas. With a real catchy slogan • A war from 1835-1846 fought by Texas and Mexico for Texas's independence. • ...
learning contract #2 2021-10-18
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- - The act of making unjustified distinctions between people.
- - An effort to reunify the divided nation.
- - Prohibited the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote.
- - An American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
- - 23rd quadrennial presidential election.
- - Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War.
- - An American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor.
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- - State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
- - Amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
- - An American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States.
- - Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
- - First United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.
- - Setting someone or something apart from other people or things.
- - An unwritten agreement after the American Civil War.
14 Clues: - 23rd quadrennial presidential election. • - An effort to reunify the divided nation. • - An unwritten agreement after the American Civil War. • - The act of making unjustified distinctions between people. • - Amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. • - Setting someone or something apart from other people or things. • ...
Legislative Branch 2014-11-12
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- The General Assembly meets annually for a ___ number of days.
- Protecting public safety and collected taxes is a ___ power because they are shared power between the levels.
- The legislative branch approves federal ___.
- A ____ leads the state.
- The ___ branch has the power of impeachment.
- The legislative branch ___ appointments.
- Congress approves a ___ every year.
- The ____ Amendment reserves powers for the states.
- States are able to make ____ under the Constitution
- The chief executive of a city.
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- Congress is made up of the House of ___ and the Senate
- Establishing __ departments is an example of powers from the local government.
- These powers are written in the Constitution.
- Local governments have to create a budget every ___.
- Expressed powers include the ability to ___ money, regulate trade and declare war.
- Expressed powers are written in the ___.
- Congress and the General Assembly are both ___.
- The division of power between the national and state government.
- Counties have both an __ Board of Supervisors and School Board.
- The Board of Supervisors makes laws for the ___.
- States have __ powers under the 10th Amendment.
- Powers ___ given to the national government are reserved for the states.
- Congress makes ___ laws.
23 Clues: A ____ leads the state. • Congress makes ___ laws. • The chief executive of a city. • Congress approves a ___ every year. • Expressed powers are written in the ___. • The legislative branch ___ appointments. • The legislative branch approves federal ___. • The ___ branch has the power of impeachment. • These powers are written in the Constitution. • ...
The Jackson Era Crossword Puzzle 2026-02-09
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- Andrew Jackson's nickname because people thought he was strong and tough like a hickory tree.
- The right to vote in elections
- A law passed in 1830 that forced Native Americans to move west.
- Andrew Jackson's wife, who was often criticized during his campaigns.
- Giving government jobs to friends and supporters after winning an election
- State banks chosen by Andrew Jackson to hold government money after he closed the national bank
- When a state decides to leave the United States.
- People chosen to represent other
- The president of the Second Bank of the United States who fought against Andrew Jackson.
- A Cherokee leader who created a written alphabet for the Cherokee language.
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- The 1824 election deal where John Quincy Adams became president after making a political agreement.
- The idea that a state can cancel a federal law
- The deadly journey Native Americans were forced to take to Indian Territory.
- The long serving chief of justice who strengthened the power of the federal government
- Andrew Jackson's vice president who supported states' rights and nullification.
- A political party formed to oppose Andrew Jackson and his policies.
- A major economic depression that caused many banks and businesses to fail.
- The belief that individual states have more power than the federal government.
- A Native American tribe that lived in the southeastern United States and was forced to move west
19 Clues: The right to vote in elections • People chosen to represent other • The idea that a state can cancel a federal law • When a state decides to leave the United States. • A law passed in 1830 that forced Native Americans to move west. • A political party formed to oppose Andrew Jackson and his policies. • ...
Unit 6 2013-03-27
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- corps volunteer program run by the United States government
- the authority act that an elected official receives from the voters who elected him or her
- a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and President from 1976 to 2008.
- was committed to the promotion of a libertarian and egalitarian society
- speech and program by Lyndon B. Johnson
- authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty
- national social insurance program, administered by the U.S. federal government since 1965, that guarantees access to health insurance for Americans ages 65 and older and younger people with disabilities as well as people with end stage renal disease
- was realistic in that nuclear weapons couldn't be used
- initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1961 aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America
- point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-hook
- 36th President of the United States
- was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin
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- To select from a group for some usually compulsory service like the army
- used by liberal Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention
- separation of humans into racial groups in daily life
- United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources
- a group that investigated the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy that had taken place on November 22, 1963
- 35th President of the United States
- abolished the National Origins Formula that had been in place in the United States since the Emergency Quota Act
- form of direct action that involves one or more people nonviolently occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change
- prohibits nuclear weapons tests "or any other nuclear explosion" in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water
21 Clues: 35th President of the United States • 36th President of the United States • speech and program by Lyndon B. Johnson • separation of humans into racial groups in daily life • was realistic in that nuclear weapons couldn't be used • corps volunteer program run by the United States government • was committed to the promotion of a libertarian and egalitarian society • ...
Cold War 2024-04-22
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- The communist-led country that fought against the United States and its allies in the Korean War
- The ideological and geopolitical struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1990s
- The communist-led country that the Soviet Union was allied with
- The 1947 policy that provided economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism
- The 1948-1949 operation where the United States and its allies airlifted supplies to West Berlin after the Soviet Union blockaded the city
- The international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace and security
- The 1947 plan that provided economic aid to help rebuild Europe after World War II
- The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would also fall
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- The policy of preventing the spread of communism to other countries
- The political and economic system where the government owns the means of production and distribution of goods
- The policy of expanding communist influence around the world
- The 1946 telegram written by George Kennan that outlined the policy of containment
- The communist-led country that fought against the United States and its allies in the Vietnam War
- The 1962 confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba
- The physical and ideological division between communist and democratic countries during the Cold War
- The communist-led country that the United States attempted to overthrow in the Bay of Pigs invasion
16 Clues: The policy of expanding communist influence around the world • The communist-led country that the Soviet Union was allied with • The policy of preventing the spread of communism to other countries • The international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace and security • The 1946 telegram written by George Kennan that outlined the policy of containment • ...
Forming a Governemnt 2021-01-14
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- A document signed that made the king subject to law
- Divides the powers of government between a central government and the states that make it up
- People who opposed the constitution
- Ten proposed amendments intended to protect citizens' rights
- led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the supreme court
- Set of basics and laws that states powers and duties of government
- Political authority is in the nads of the people
- Gave each state equal number of votes in the federal government
- Official approval
- The right to vote
- Essays supporting the constitution
- Give sovereignty to the central government
- Proposing and passing laws
- Trade between two or more states
- System for bringing new states into the union
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- No branch gets too powerful
- Uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
- Taxes on imports or exports
- Seven articles that made the first central government
- Two-house legislature
- Increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
- Interpreting laws
- Laws are carried out
- Official changes to the constitution
25 Clues: Official approval • The right to vote • Interpreting laws • Laws are carried out • Two-house legislature • Proposing and passing laws • No branch gets too powerful • Taxes on imports or exports • Trade between two or more states • Essays supporting the constitution • People who opposed the constitution • Official changes to the constitution • ...
Murphy Choice Board 2023-12-08
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- When did the United States and North Vietnam decide to cease fire?
- When did the Berlin Wall fall?
- How many people fled from East Berlin before the wall was built to go to West Berlin?
- Who was the Soviet leader that was responsible for placing nuclear wepons in Cuba and aiming them at the United states?
- The United States and Soviet Union competed with one another for political influence and military power.
- What is an area of extreme tension called?
- A wall built to stop East Berliners from coming to the West
- A country split in two by a 103 mile long wall.
- An imaginary line across Europe
- Who won the Space Race?
- A competition for science superiority between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- Who took over Cuba in 1959 during the Rusian Revolution?
- Who won the Korean War?
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- When did the Cold War end?
- What year were East and West Berlin established?
- A nuclear war where no shots were fired
- A project to deliver goods to Berlin
- A country with large amounts of power
- What is the abreviation for the National Atlantic Treaty Organiazation
- Who built the Berlin wall?
20 Clues: Who won the Space Race? • Who won the Korean War? • When did the Cold War end? • Who built the Berlin wall? • When did the Berlin Wall fall? • An imaginary line across Europe • A project to deliver goods to Berlin • A country with large amounts of power • A nuclear war where no shots were fired • What is an area of extreme tension called? • ...
The Cold War 2023-05-03
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- a system of government that is centralized or has total power and is led by a ruler that requires its members to serve the state
- a civil conflict that became a proxy war between superpowers clashing over communism and democracy
- a political system in which all property is owned by the state and each citizen works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
- a competition between nations for power through the creation and buildup of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
- was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
- group of socialist states under the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia
- to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state
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- Divided communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea.
- based on the assumption that both sides were equally interested in preventing nuclear war and any other use of nuclear weapons.
- an imaginary barrier separating the Soviet Union and its communist satellite states from Western Europe during the Cold War.
- the open yet limited competition that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies.
- force levels, control of the weapons, technology for delivering them, and the plans for targeting them.
- a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.
- the United States of America.
- a destructive bomb that rapidly releases nuclear energy, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity.
- the United States maintained a “triad” of ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers in a strategic nuclear arsenal of more than 10,000 warheads
- an economic system in which prices are determined by open competition between privately owned businesses.
- a system to organize society with the goal of spreading wealth more evenly and treating all people fairly. The government owns and regulates the means of trade and production rather than private ownership in a free market.
18 Clues: the United States of America. • Divided communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea. • a civil conflict that became a proxy war between superpowers clashing over communism and democracy • to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state • ...
Review Crossword Puzzle 2020-09-30
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- : A battle between the Germans and the americans in 1781 and was a decisive victory.
- Provided shelter for Newly freed African Americans.
- states.
- : A slave who sued for his freedom claiming that his four year stay in the northern portion of the louisiana Territory had made him a free man.
- : He was an author of the declaration of independence and was the third president of the united states.
- : Guaranteeing suh tights as the freedom of speech, assembly, and worship.
- : a Battle between the united states and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
- : was a American social reformed, Abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
- : facilitated the creation of the first transcontinental railroad, a huge railway line connected the east of the USA to the west.
- : was a railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the east to the council Buffs.
- : was a ruling that banned off land but the colonists rebelled and won.
- : Native Americans that were forced of their lands by the Americans.
- : declared the slaves in the rebellious confederate states would be free but not all slaves.
- : Gave voting right to every man citizen including African Americans.
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- : was abolishing slavery and if you had slaves it was a crime.
- the belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
- : equal protection under law and African Americans became citizens.
- : the king of great britain
- : a American actor who assassinated president Abraham Lincoln.
- : he was a military general and the first president of the united states.
- : became a founding father and the impassioned champion of a strong federal government and played a defending role in the US constitution.
- : A withdrawal from the eleven
- : was a long and serious english law that developed, Promoted and regulated English ships, shipping ,Trade,commerce between countries.
- : a battle between the united states and Great Britain over britain violations.
- : a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly.
- : This act was a law that was passed by the british to import sugar to the colonies.
- : a proposal for the structure if the united states Government
- : people who are in the anti-Slavery movement.
- : large-estate meant for farming that specializes in cotton, coffee, tea, cocoa, and sugarcane.
- : was a small battle in the American revolutionary war that had heavy loss and continental army.
30 Clues: states. • : the king of great britain • : A withdrawal from the eleven • : people who are in the anti-Slavery movement. • Provided shelter for Newly freed African Americans. • : was abolishing slavery and if you had slaves it was a crime. • : a American actor who assassinated president Abraham Lincoln. • : a proposal for the structure if the united states Government • ...
For Frannie 2023-11-01
8 Clues: Our synonym for tired • Jack's Senior Year House • Fran wore these on Thanksgiving • First pro sports game we went to • Hotel we stayed in for Luke Comb's • Fran loves to shop on this website • Fran's favorite Caps player's last name • What fruit Jack got on his shirt at Perry's
How Amurica became Amurica 2020-09-29
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- Americans to natives to assigned reserves
- connects pacific to east
- rebel states are free states
- abolishment of slavery
- a colony
- hessian army lost in raid of Americans
- plan to give power to smaller states
- share both republican and democracy
- plan of power to give larger states
- americans were destined to expand west
- trade creates money which makes profit
- enslaved black man fights for freedom
- enforced racial segregation in south
- Rebels dumped tea off a British boat
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- ends war of americans and mexico
- tax put on sugar, molasses, coffee, and indigo
- U.S clears tribe for land
- tax on all paper goods
- withdrawing from a political federation
- a group is absorbed in a dominant group
- black men have rights to vote
- Lee surrenders army to union
- black men have rights as people
- british put restrictions on trade
- U.S. bought louisiana from France
- group to help freed slaves as people
- custer dies in native american battle
- british america and france + natives
- actor and killer of abraham lincoln
- route between missouri river and oregon
30 Clues: a colony • tax on all paper goods • abolishment of slavery • connects pacific to east • U.S clears tribe for land • rebel states are free states • Lee surrenders army to union • black men have rights to vote • black men have rights as people • ends war of americans and mexico • british put restrictions on trade • U.S. bought louisiana from France • share both republican and democracy • ...
Physics 2024-12-01
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- a push or pull
- exists tangent to the circle
- a force of attraction between two objects that have mass
- force that is equal in size and opposite in direction
- force
- force is not equal in size and opposite in direction
- force that is a type of friction that occurs between air molecules and a moving object
- force directly touches the object
- which newton's law states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside,unblanced force
- force that acts between moving surfaces
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- accelaration that is directly towards the center of the circcle
- force acting along a rope or cable
- newton's universal law of __________ states that more mass of objects = more force and more distance between the objects = less force
- support force that opposes gravity
- force that keeps an object at rest
- object moving in a circular
- this is a force applied to an object by another object
- force is felt, but does not contact the object
- which of newton's law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
- newton's law that states f=ma
20 Clues: force • a push or pull • object moving in a circular • exists tangent to the circle • newton's law that states f=ma • force directly touches the object • force acting along a rope or cable • support force that opposes gravity • force that keeps an object at rest • force that acts between moving surfaces • force is felt, but does not contact the object • ...
civil war 2023-03-16
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- 13,200 soliders
- freed
- the belief that race determines human traits and capacties
- robert e lee surrender
- people who go to union ships and move trade in and out of harbors
- united states
- protecting homeland and their way of life
- to do away with
- had a larger population
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- kentucky, delaware, missouri,mississippi allowed slavery but didn't left the union
- all slaves in confederate states would be _____
- General Winfield Scott developed a plan
- most soldiers considered a _____ rank
- first battle of the american civil war
- rank lowered
- won the election of 1860
- an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
- union gained support of ____ states
- leaving
- people who opposed slavery
20 Clues: freed • leaving • rank lowered • united states • 13,200 soliders • to do away with • robert e lee surrender • had a larger population • won the election of 1860 • people who opposed slavery • union gained support of ____ states • most soldiers considered a _____ rank • first battle of the american civil war • General Winfield Scott developed a plan • ...
Nations, States & Nation States 2022-10-25
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- Japan is an example of this.
- Identity with a group of people who share citizenship and personal allegiance to a particular country.
- An area of land that is part of a country but is not officially a province or state of that country.
- Example of ethnic cleansing
- the USA is an example of this.
- Elimination or forced removal of a specific ethnic group of people.
- Independent, defined borders, internationally recognized, full sovereignty (control over land and people), includes different nations (groups).
- A practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world.
- Ability of a state (country) to govern its territory free from control of other countries.
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- The group of people who control and make decisions for a country, state, etc.
- The capital of the USA.
- A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to an aspect of a person's identity (country, language, religion, ethnic group).
- A group of people who have a common language, culture, and set of values.
- Common group of people who may share a common ancestry, religion, language, behavior, and history.
- A state in which a nation's (group of similar people) homeland corresponds exactly to a state's territory.
- Puerto Rico is an example of this.
16 Clues: The capital of the USA. • Example of ethnic cleansing • Japan is an example of this. • the USA is an example of this. • Puerto Rico is an example of this. • Elimination or forced removal of a specific ethnic group of people. • A group of people who have a common language, culture, and set of values. • ...
SECTION 14: PAYROLL FOR U.S. EMPLOYEES ABROAD AND ALIENS IN THE U.S. 2026-02-14
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- Federal withholding certificate used by employees to determine income tax withholding.
- Income earned by U.S. citizens or residents while working outside the United States.
- Employer policy reimbursing employees if foreign taxes exceed their hypothetical home-country tax.
- The required timing for depositing withheld federal employment taxes.
- An individual who does not meet U.S. residency tests and is taxed only on U.S.-source income.
- Government approval allowing a foreign national to work legally in the United States.
- Information return used to report income paid to foreign persons and related withholding.
- Form used by foreign individuals to certify foreign status and claim treaty benefits.
- Federal program providing retirement, survivor, and disability benefits funded through payroll taxes.
- An individual who is both a resident and nonresident alien during the same tax year.
- Provision allowing exclusion of certain employer-provided housing costs from income for employees working abroad.
- Form used by nonresident aliens to claim exemption from withholding based on a tax treaty.
- Employer policy ensuring employees working abroad pay approximately the same taxes as if working in the United States.
- A U.S. citizen or resident working outside the United States.
- IRS test used to determine residency status based on days of physical presence in the United States.
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- Provision allowing qualified individuals to exclude a portion of foreign earned income from federal taxation.
- Federal health insurance program funded through payroll taxes.
- Employment Authorization Document issued to certain foreign nationals permitting employment.
- An agreement between countries to coordinate Social Security coverage and avoid dual taxation.
- An individual who meets the green card test or substantial presence test and is taxed similarly to a U.S. citizen.
- Statement reporting U.S.-source income paid to foreign individuals subject to withholding.
- Federal unemployment tax paid by employers to fund unemployment benefits.
- A taxpayer identification number used for tax reporting purposes.
- A taxpayer identification number issued to individuals who are not eligible for a Social Security number.
- Withholding requirements that may apply based on state residency or work location.
- A credit allowed for income taxes paid to a foreign government.
- CARD A document issued by the government granting lawful permanent residence and authorization to work in the United States.
- An agreement between the United States and another country to avoid double taxation.
- Government authorization allowing a foreign national to enter the United States for a specific purpose.
29 Clues: A U.S. citizen or resident working outside the United States. • Federal health insurance program funded through payroll taxes. • A credit allowed for income taxes paid to a foreign government. • A taxpayer identification number used for tax reporting purposes. • The required timing for depositing withheld federal employment taxes. • ...
Legends and Legacy 2024-06-11
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- Italian explorer who discovered the Americas
- Last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
- 16th President of the United States
- French military leader and saint
- Physicist known for the theory of relativity
- British Prime Minister during World War II
- African-American civil rights leader and activist
- Leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule
- Last pharaoh of ancient Egypt
- Pioneer in the field of radioactivity
- Prophet and founder of Islam
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- Roman general and statesman
- French military leader and emperor
- Queen of England during the Renaissance
- First President of the United States
- Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty
- French heroine and military leader during the Hundred Years' War
- German monk and key figure in the Protestant Reformation
- Ancient Macedonian ruler known as "the Great"
- 35th President of the United States
20 Clues: Roman general and statesman • Prophet and founder of Islam • Last pharaoh of ancient Egypt • French military leader and saint • French military leader and emperor • 16th President of the United States • 35th President of the United States • First President of the United States • Pioneer in the field of radioactivity • Queen of England during the Renaissance • ...
India and it's states 2024-08-13
13 Clues: Thar • Mumbai • Chennai • Lakshadweep • Capital of India • Thiruvananthapuram • Summer capital of J&K • Capital of West Bengal • Capital of Madhya Pradesh • If you want to learn Bhangra • Union Territory in Bay of Bengal • Punjab and Haryana share the capital • Northeastern State that starts with "N"
Antebellum America, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Vocabulary 2013-05-16
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- klux klan Often abbreviated KKK and informally known as The Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right,
- amendment Extended the right to vote for all males
- of 1850 Legislation passed by congress by which California entered the union as a free state
- Confedarate prison for union soliders
- compromise Legislation passed by congress in 1820
- The ability to buy something now and pay for it later or over a period of time
- The act of pulling out of the union
- The right to vote
- Unfair treatment of a person or group because of prejudice
- sovereignity The ability of the residents of an area to decide upon issue such as whether they would allow slavery
- right's The belief that a states interest should preceedence over the interest of the Nation government
- bureau A federal government organization established in 1865 that helped the newly freed slavery after the Civil War
- The action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
- codes A set of laws passed by Georgia, and most Southern states, after the Civil War to restrict the rights of freedom
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- amendment A granted citizenship to the former slaves and forbade the states from denying anyone the equal protection of the law
- amendment An amendment to the U.S constitution ratified in 1865, that made slavery illegal
- To declare invalid
- The period immediatley after the Civil war when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- gin Used to seperate the seeds from the cotton fiber
- lincoln Elected in 1860
- proclamation A document issued by the president Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that freed the slaves in the confedaracy
- states A state that allowed slavery
- Landowners provided land, a house, farming tools, and fertilizer
- of chickamauga Union general led his troopa seven miles South of Chattanooga at Chickamauga Creek
- The period before the civilwar
- states A state that didn't allow slavery
- farming Owned some agriculture equipment
- runners Mostly private ships that slipped around the blockade
28 Clues: The right to vote • To declare invalid • lincoln Elected in 1860 • The period before the civilwar • states A state that allowed slavery • The act of pulling out of the union • Confedarate prison for union soliders • states A state that didn't allow slavery • farming Owned some agriculture equipment • compromise Legislation passed by congress in 1820 • ...
History of the Civil Right Movement 2021-02-26
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- vs reed A landmark decision of the US Supreme Court ruling that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes
- vs virginia The Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- amendment Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized In the United States
- An African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement
- vs boe A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
- vs browder A case heard before a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on Montgomery and Alabama state bus segregation laws
- vs charlotte The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States
- amendment Abolished slavery
- vs sidoti A mother challenging a state court order divesting her of custody of her child contended that, contrary to the trial court's findings, it was not in her pre-school child's best interests to be removed from her custody, while the father alleged that the child would be damaged by being raised in a racially mixed household
- vs bakke The Court's decision to upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy
- integration The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups
- disobedience The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest
- marshall An African American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
- Protection Clause Requires states to practice equal protection
- robinson The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
- parks An American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
- vs ferguson Legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws
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- vs baltimore A per curiam order by the Supreme Court of the United States affirming an order by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that enjoined racial segregation in public beaches and bathhouses
- clause Gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian
- ins A form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
- vs orr United States Supreme Court case that held that a statutory scheme in Alabama that imposed alimony obligations on husbands but not on wives was an unconstitutional equal protection violation
- vs holmes A United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation of public schools in the American South
- A civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
- from birmingham jail A letter that Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed to his fellow clergymen while he was in jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, after a nonviolent protest against racial segregation
- amendment Everyone including African Americans can vote
- The principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s
- crow laws State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
- bus boycott A political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama
- x An African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement
- An African American civil rights organization that is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr.
30 Clues: amendment Abolished slavery • amendment Everyone including African Americans can vote • Protection Clause Requires states to practice equal protection • amendment Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized In the United States • robinson The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era • ...
Tic-Tac-Toe #1 2021-09-12
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- a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
- derogatory name for proslavery raiders from the slave state of Missouri
- short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854
- federal union and southern states that voted to secede
- withdrawal of a group from a larger entity
- the crime of betraying one's country
- American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky
- issue of slavery and territorial expansion
- a civil legal action by one person or entity
- created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
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- type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast-moving, small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces
- balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
- government based on consent of the people
- a collection of weapons and military equipment
- a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding
- act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
- American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire
- unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery
- American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina
- anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe
20 Clues: the crime of betraying one's country • government based on consent of the people • withdrawal of a group from a larger entity • issue of slavery and territorial expansion • a civil legal action by one person or entity • a collection of weapons and military equipment • a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding • ...
Unit 2 Vocabulary 2024-02-21
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- period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the former Confederate States of America into the United States.
- American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War.
- allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states
- 1,300-mile long route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers traveled from 1846–47.
- enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, famous court case
- discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune
- American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.
- a process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements.
- also known as the Wormley Agreement or the Bargain of 1877, was an unwritten political deal in the United States to settle the intense dispute over the results of the 1876
- several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.
- American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
- an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865
- the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
- restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
- a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other.
- a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory.
- occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
- was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers
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- 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico
- granted by state constitution or state statute and allocates some autonomy to a local government, if the local government accepts certain conditions
- 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.
- a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil
- recourse in law by which a report can be made to a court in the events of unlawful detention or imprisonment, requesting that the court orders the person's custodian, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether their detention is lawful.
- he principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political legitimacy.
- an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
- was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil Wa
- white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
- the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of anti-immigration and immigration-restriction measures.
- in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory.
- also known as Peace Democrats, were a faction of the Democratic Party in the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.
- or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.
31 Clues: the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. • allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states • occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War. • a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil • ...
Westward Expansion 2016-10-28
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- Commonly known as the Mexican-American War.
- A term often used to describe the spread of the United States going from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
- Peace treaty that ended the Mexican War. Which in turn gave the United States the Southwestern states.
- Man Slogan that represents the Manifest Destiny
- Purchase between the United States and Mexico back in 1853 for Southern Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million.
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- Agreement between the United States and France for the west lands. This occurred in 1803, and the United States got 800,000 square miles of land for $15 million.
- Events or conditions that lead people to move else where.
- A war from 1835-1846 fought by Texas and Mexico for Texas's independence.
- 1836 battle between Mexico and Texas. With a real catchy slogan
- The United States 11th President.
- Was a movement that brought settlers West to California in search for gold.
- When Mexico gave up what is now the southwestern states to avoid possible annexation of the country.
12 Clues: The United States 11th President. • Commonly known as the Mexican-American War. • Man Slogan that represents the Manifest Destiny • Events or conditions that lead people to move else where. • 1836 battle between Mexico and Texas. With a real catchy slogan • A war from 1835-1846 fought by Texas and Mexico for Texas's independence. • ...
Virginia State Facts Crossword Puzzle Jamestown The first of the original 13 Colonies is what. Dogwood Virginia's state flower is a what. Dominion Virginia’s state nickname is old what. Richmond What is Virginia’s capital city. Stonewall Wh 2025-05-14
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- How many Presidents' wives were born in Virginia.
- What is Virginia’s capital city.
- How many Presidents were born in
- What is General Thomas Jefferson's nickname.
- How many capitals are there in Virginia
- Virginia’s state nickname is old what.
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- Virginia’s state bird is a what.
- How many Presidents were buried in Virginia.
- The first of the original 13 Colonies is what.
- Virginia's state flower is a what.
10 Clues: Virginia’s state bird is a what. • What is Virginia’s capital city. • How many Presidents were born in • Virginia's state flower is a what. • Virginia’s state nickname is old what. • How many capitals are there in Virginia • How many Presidents were buried in Virginia. • What is General Thomas Jefferson's nickname. • The first of the original 13 Colonies is what. • ...
Expressen 2025-11-27
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- Ett bär
- en insekt som finns i hela sverige
- Ett djur som är råst röd och har lång ludden svans
- spanskt öl på systembolaget
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- namnet på min fru
- pojk namn på P som slutar på er
- En ishockey spelare i nhl laget washington capitals heter detta i förnamn
- är ett träd
- en kille som gör fler hyss än dagar på året
- bokstaven finns med i tuggumit extra
10 Clues: Ett bär • är ett träd • namnet på min fru • spanskt öl på systembolaget • pojk namn på P som slutar på er • en insekt som finns i hela sverige • bokstaven finns med i tuggumit extra • en kille som gör fler hyss än dagar på året • Ett djur som är råst röd och har lång ludden svans • En ishockey spelare i nhl laget washington capitals heter detta i förnamn
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution 2022-05-10
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- It was a set of laws that governed African Americans' behavior.
- First ten amendments to the constitution
- They were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern united states.
- It is a relationship between a person and a government to which the person owes loyalty and is so entitled to protection.
- It is the condition in which one human being was owned by another.
- The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.
- Parts of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to states using this doctrine.
- Author of the 14th Amendment
- The state in which everyone gets treated the same.
- The thing that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction. freedmenbureau Government set up schools and hospitals for former slaves.
- a U.S. secret group made up of white people who are opposed to people of other races
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- Discussed rights that arise from national citizenship
- president that assumed after Lincoln's death.
- The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
- Author of the 13th Amendment
- A phrase that meant that people of all races could vote.
- The right to vote in public
- The amendment in which Citizens of the United States and the state in which they reside are all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its authority.
- The amendment in which guaranteed African-American men the right to vote
- The war fought between Americans from 1861-1865
20 Clues: The right to vote in public • Author of the 13th Amendment • Author of the 14th Amendment • First ten amendments to the constitution • president that assumed after Lincoln's death. • The war fought between Americans from 1861-1865 • The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. • The state in which everyone gets treated the same. • ...
Ga History Events 2026-05-13
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- was a document outlined southern rights & devotion to the Union
- Cheap labor was needed to grow and clean cotton
- British raided Spanish ships, each pirated other
- “gold fever”
- White missionaries were living on Cherokee land. They did not want to have to leave
- When Lincoln was elected Southerners felt it was time to secede from the Union
- 1st method GA used to distribute land from 1732-1795
- Started in 1837 as southern end of RR line; named Terminus
- Union Navy closed ports and rivers to choke CSA imports and exports
- There was a great struggle to balance the number of slave states and free states in Congress
- was used to remove 15,000 Cherokee Indians to present day Oklahoma.
- Tensions grew between Northern states and Southern states
- this document declared that all slaves in the CONFEDERACY were free
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- Came to GA in search of religious freedom
- Battle in NW GA where CSA army turned back Union soldiers
- four private land companies bribed members of the General Assembly to pass a law
- Arrived 5 months after colony began in July,1733
- Products could be moved faster
- Surveyors divided land into square lots.
- First state chartered university in the United States (1785)
- Republicans (new party)opposed slavery
- AKA: Compromise of 1820
- Established a settlement on GA’s Southern frontier along the Altamaha River
- improved by eli whitney
- “It was a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight.”
25 Clues: “gold fever” • AKA: Compromise of 1820 • improved by eli whitney • Products could be moved faster • Republicans (new party)opposed slavery • Surveyors divided land into square lots. • Came to GA in search of religious freedom • Cheap labor was needed to grow and clean cotton • Arrived 5 months after colony began in July,1733 • British raided Spanish ships, each pirated other • ...
Tic-Tac-Toe #1 2021-09-12
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- the crime of betraying one's country
- type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast-moving, small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces
- derogatory name for proslavery raiders from the slave state of Missouri
- American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky
- a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
- unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery
- a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding
- created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
- withdrawal of a group from a larger entity
- anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe
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- American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina
- issue of slavery and territorial expansion
- American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire
- federal union and southern states that voted to secede
- a civil legal action by one person or entity
- government based on consent of the people
- short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854
- balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
- act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
- a collection of weapons and military equipment
20 Clues: the crime of betraying one's country • government based on consent of the people • issue of slavery and territorial expansion • withdrawal of a group from a larger entity • a civil legal action by one person or entity • a collection of weapons and military equipment • a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding • ...
Vietnam - Chapter 29 2014-05-07
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- practical
- Coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals and 5 major cities during the lunar new year
- Those who opposed LBJ's war policy
- Those who supported LBJ's war policy
- teachings
- College where the Ohio National Guard opened fire on student protesters in 1970
- postponement
- American public's growing distrust of statements made by the government
- approval and support
- Jellied gasoline which was dropped in large canisters that exploded on impact
- young men brought into the military
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- Act that restricted the President's ability to declare war without Congress
- William ____________, American commander of forces in South Vietnam
- NLF guerrilla fighters
- to state positively; declare
- to guarantee; secure
- The most important voice demanding independence for Vietnam
- The idea if Vietnam fell to communism, its closest neighbors would follow
- Defined by concrete national interests instead of abstract ideologies
- certain to happen
- Resolution that authorized the President "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the U.S. and to prevent further aggression"
- A classified government history of America's involvement in Vietnam
- Acronym for Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
- City where massacre took place on March 16, 1968
- to bring about; cause
25 Clues: practical • teachings • postponement • certain to happen • to guarantee; secure • approval and support • to bring about; cause • NLF guerrilla fighters • to state positively; declare • Those who opposed LBJ's war policy • young men brought into the military • Those who supported LBJ's war policy • Acronym for Southeast Asia Treaty Organization • ...
Punctuation and Part of Speech 2021-10-15
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- Used to define nouns
- Use this at the end of a statement
- End in -self or -selves
- Connects words or phrases; joins parts of a sentence
- Uses reflexive pronouns to emphasize the subject of the sentence
- Use this before a list of words following an independent clause; to signal important ideas; to write salutations in a business letter; in numerals giving time
- Use this to make letters appear bigger
- Used to connect parts of a sentence in pairs
- Shows ownership; replaces a letter in contractions
- Used to connect parts of a sentence with one word
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- Join independent clauses that don’t use a conjunction; used to avoid confusion when items in a series already have commas
- Use this to show emotion and the end of a sentence
- Used in dialogue or direct speech in a narrative
- A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
- Used to show the object
- Indicates the location of things
- Use this at the end of a question
- Modifies or gives information about nouns and pronouns
- A person, place, or thing
- Use in numbers, compound words, and fractions as adjectives
20 Clues: Used to define nouns • End in -self or -selves • Used to show the object • A person, place, or thing • Indicates the location of things • Use this at the end of a question • Use this at the end of a statement • Use this to make letters appear bigger • Used to connect parts of a sentence in pairs • Used in dialogue or direct speech in a narrative • ...
clil 2014-11-26
8 Clues: divisible par 2 • deux extrémités • une lettre capitale • elles ont un point d'intersection • elles ont un point d'intersection • une petite lettre où 2 lettre capitals • elles n'ont pas de point d'intersection • une droite qui partage l'angle en duex angles de même amplitude
History Crossword 2020-06-05
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- a Canadian retail business group that traded furs
- the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country
- an estimated 700 to 1,000 emigrants left for Oregon (another name for Oregeon Trails)
- is a mountain pass in the northwest United States, through the Cascade Range in Washington
- was a U. S. Army post in the Washington Territory located three miles north of current Colville, Washington
- an American businessman, real estate developer, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel
- a Republican lawyer who had twice been Governor of Washington Territory
- an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (think lewis and ___)
- a Suquamish and Duwamish chief
- A British explorer, cartographer, and navigator in the British Royal Navy.
- a Lemhi Shoshone woman who is best know for helping the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- was a 19th-century fur trading post that was the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department
- Lewis an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator (think ____ and Clark).
- an entrepreneur and a politician, regarded as a founder of the city of Seattle
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- A Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific North West.
- a British officer of the Royal Navy best known for his 1791–95 expedition
- a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and United Kingdom over the crossover border between countries in the San Juan Islands
- a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the America
- the belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
- a Belgian Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus
- is a United States statute that permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America
- a conflict between the United States and the Yakama
- a Greek maritime pilot in the service of the King of Spain, Philip II
- an American career Army officer and politician, who served as governor of the Territory of Washington
- a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the West Seattle district (in Seattle, Washington, of course)
25 Clues: a Suquamish and Duwamish chief • a Canadian retail business group that traded furs • a conflict between the United States and the Yakama • A Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific North West. • a Belgian Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus • a Greek maritime pilot in the service of the King of Spain, Philip II • ...
CIVIC'S TEST PART 1 2024-02-24
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- What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
- Name one American Indian tribe in the United States
- What is the capital of the United States
- Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
- The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are those words?
- What is the name of the Vice-President of the United States now?
- How many amendments does the Constitution have?
- What is the highest court in the United States?
- What are two Cabinet-level positions?
- What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
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- Who was the first president?
- Name two national U.S. Holidays
- What does the President's cabinet do?
- What are two parts of the U.S. Congress?
- Name one branch or part of the government.
- We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
- Why does the flag have 50 stars?
- What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
- Who is the Commander in chief of the military?
- When do we celebrate Independence Day?
- What is one reason colonists came to America?
- What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
- What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
- We elect a President for how many years?
- What is the political party of the President now?
25 Clues: Who was the first president? • Name two national U.S. Holidays • Why does the flag have 50 stars? • Who does a U.S. Senator represent? • What does the President's cabinet do? • What are two Cabinet-level positions? • When do we celebrate Independence Day? • What are two parts of the U.S. Congress? • What is the capital of the United States • ...
Civil War 2022-05-10
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- Lincoln president during the Civil War
- important statement
- states did not allow slavery
- William T. Sherman Union general who captured Atlanta, GA, then marched through GA to the sea, burning and destroying everything on the way
- Sumter located in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first battle of the Civil War was fought
- first Union ironclad
- gin machine that quickly removed cotton seeds
- War fought between north & south, 1861-1865, also called the War between the States
- states allowed slavery
- Ulysses S. Grant commander of the Union army
- decision to satisfy both sides of an argument
- Robert E. Lee commander of the Confederate army
- Union's move to block major seaports from the south, to prevent them from receiving much needed supplies
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- Johnson president after Lincoln's death
- Davis president of the Confederate States of America
- Court House, Virginia where General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the end of the Civil War
- Wilkes Booth shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in 1865
- battle that was the turning point of the Civil War
- set free
- first Confederate ironclad
- ship covered with thick iron plates to keep cannon balls and gun shells out
- referred to the US during the Civil War
- Proclamation President Lincoln's announcement in 1863, to free slaves
- city captured by the Union army so the north could control the Mississippi River
- States of America name Southern states gave themselves after withdrawing from the Union, to form their own nation
- capital of the Confederate States
- Compromise decision in 1821 to allow Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state & Maine as a free state, to keep the balance represented in Congress
- Whitney man who invented the cotton gin
28 Clues: set free • important statement • first Union ironclad • states allowed slavery • first Confederate ironclad • states did not allow slavery • capital of the Confederate States • Lincoln president during the Civil War • Johnson president after Lincoln's death • referred to the US during the Civil War • Whitney man who invented the cotton gin • ...
chelsea tony 2023-07-28
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- Falls: Location where The Office’s Jim and Pam got married
- Swift: Chelsea’s favorite music artist
- Tony’s college
- ___ years is known as the golden anniversary
- color of Chelsea’s eyes
- Chelsea and Tony’s favorite type of food
- Groom’s drink of choice
- Museum: wedding reception location
- wedding month
- Chelsea and Tony’s favorite baseball team
- John: Oldest artist they have seen in concert together
- Chelsea’s High School
- Traditional first wedding anniversary gift
- Delta: Chelsea’s sorority
- Chelsea and Tony’s favorite trip together
- Chelsea and Tony’s favorite hockey team
- where Chelsea and Tony met
- Office: Tony’s favorite TV show
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- Queen who started the white wedding dress trend
- name of Chelsea and Tony’s pup
- Bride’s drink of choice
- Studies: Tony’s minor in undergrad
- Notebook: “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird” movie
- Name of the street Chelsea and Tony live at
- Chelsea and Tony’s favorite football team
- Madison: Chelsea’s college
- Minds: Chelsea’s favorite TV show
- location of Chelsea and Tony’s first date
- “Love is ____, love is kind”
- Tony’s High School
- Chelsea’s middle name
- Something old, new, borrowed, and _____
- Vegas: Marriage capital of the world
- Halo: a special feature of Chelsea’s engagement ring
- “L is for the way you ____ at me”
- Tony’s favorite animal
- the month Tony proposed to Chelsea
- Sport Tony played
- George’s: Where prince Harry and Duchess Meghan married
- Tony’s middle name
40 Clues: wedding month • Tony’s college • Sport Tony played • Tony’s High School • Tony’s middle name • Chelsea’s middle name • Chelsea’s High School • Tony’s favorite animal • Bride’s drink of choice • color of Chelsea’s eyes • Groom’s drink of choice • Delta: Chelsea’s sorority • Madison: Chelsea’s college • where Chelsea and Tony met • “Love is ____, love is kind” • name of Chelsea and Tony’s pup • ...
The Cold War 2023-05-03
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- a system of government that is centralized or has total power and is led by a ruler that requires its members to serve the state
- a civil conflict that became a proxy war between superpowers clashing over communism and democracy
- a political system in which all property is owned by the state and each citizen works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
- a competition between nations for power through the creation and buildup of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
- was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
- group of socialist states under the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia
- to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state
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- Divided communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea.
- based on the assumption that both sides were equally interested in preventing nuclear war and any other use of nuclear weapons.
- an imaginary barrier separating the Soviet Union and its communist satellite states from Western Europe during the Cold War.
- the open yet limited competition that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies.
- force levels, control of the weapons, technology for delivering them, and the plans for targeting them.
- a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.
- the United States of America.
- a destructive bomb that rapidly releases nuclear energy, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity.
- the United States maintained a “triad” of ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers in a strategic nuclear arsenal of more than 10,000 warheads
- an economic system in which prices are determined by open competition between privately owned businesses.
- a system to organize society with the goal of spreading wealth more evenly and treating all people fairly. The government owns and regulates the means of trade and production rather than private ownership in a free market.
18 Clues: the United States of America. • Divided communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea. • a civil conflict that became a proxy war between superpowers clashing over communism and democracy • to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state • ...
Ancient Chinese Warfare 2020-05-31
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- the smallest of the warring states
- the era that began when China was unified
- the earliest soldiers in ancient china
- the vehicle that carried the archers and drivers during early ancient chinese battles
- the dynasty during which firearms were developed
- the number of chapters in The Art of War
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- the state victorious at the end of the warring states period
- what the earliest armour was made of
- the number of states involved in the Warring states
- armies of mounted troops
- important weapon developed during the Warring states period
- the author of The art of war
- the state eliminated by qin state in 223BCE
- the book written in ancient china on war strategies
- the axe that was popular during the warring states period
- the dynasty in power at the beginning of the warring states period
16 Clues: armies of mounted troops • the author of The art of war • the smallest of the warring states • what the earliest armour was made of • the earliest soldiers in ancient china • the number of chapters in The Art of War • the era that began when China was unified • the state eliminated by qin state in 223BCE • the dynasty during which firearms were developed • ...
Federalism 2015-09-29
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- what ensures that a political power is not in control over all governments?
- what is the basic principles stated in the constitution called?
- father of the constitution?
- this states the constitution is the supreme law of the land?
- who creates the laws?
- this power grants both implied and enumerated powers in the constitution?
- what is the division of power between a central and local governments?
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- this plan was known for favoring lager states?
- the branch that clarifies the laws?
- powers that belong to the states?
- which group supported the ratification of the constitution?
- was the compromise between the federalist and anti-Federalist?
- what is authority of the government that was created and sustained by the consent of its people?
- which group did not support the constitution till after the bill of rights was added?
- powers not expressed in the constitution?
- which article states the ratification process?
- which branch enforces the laws?
- what was the major issue of the constitutional convection?
- when national and state governments share the same power, what is this called?
- what kind of power prohibits state and nation governments?
20 Clues: who creates the laws? • father of the constitution? • which branch enforces the laws? • powers that belong to the states? • the branch that clarifies the laws? • powers not expressed in the constitution? • this plan was known for favoring lager states? • which article states the ratification process? • what was the major issue of the constitutional convection? • ...
Leading up to the Civil War Crossword 2024-04-02
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- Insisted African Americans receive not just freedom but full equality with whites.
- President who made Texas a state.
- A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory over voting for slavery laws.
- Wrote the liberator.
- A person who wants to end slavery
- Compromise of 1850 banned the slave trade in this city.
- A slave who sued for his freedom
- An act that became stronger in the Compromise of 1850
- An act where California became a free state, and the Utah and New Mexico territories became open to slavery.
- Prominent leader in the American Abolitionist movement who fought in Bleeding Kansas
- Got their inheritance early and used it to free their family's slaves.
- All states above a certain line are free states and below are free states
- Texas became a slave state
- Proposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
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- Act where Missouri Compromise Line was repealed
- Published her life story of the hardships of an escaped slave
- Written by Henry David Theroeau, urges citizens to break unjust laws.
- Senator who proposed that states should decide if they allow slaves or not.
- House burned down and killed
- Originally went by the name of Isabella Baumfree
20 Clues: Wrote the liberator. • Texas became a slave state • House burned down and killed • A slave who sued for his freedom • President who made Texas a state. • A person who wants to end slavery • Act where Missouri Compromise Line was repealed • Originally went by the name of Isabella Baumfree • An act that became stronger in the Compromise of 1850 • ...
Chapter 7 Vocabulary 2020-12-03
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- a 1787 article that set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers,and outlawed slavery there
- written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
- a document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government
- supporter of the Constitution, who favored a strong federal, or national, government
- the right that no person can be held in prison without first being charges with a specific crime
- a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes
- plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by larger states, that called for a strong national goverenment with three branches and a two-chamber legislature
- agreement at the Constituional Convention that three fifths of the slaves in any state be counted in his population
- first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states
- plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
- law setting up a system for settling the Northwest Territory
- branch of government that passes laws
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- plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that clled for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
- branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly
- signed in 1215, a British document that contains two basic ideas: Monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights
- people who opposed the Constitution and a strong national government
- first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
- principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
- gathering of state representatives on May, 25 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation
- James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and other leaders who laid the groundwork for the United States
- branch of government that carries out laws
- series of essays by Federalists James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of ratifying the Constitution
22 Clues: branch of government that passes laws • branch of government that carries out laws • first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • law setting up a system for settling the Northwest Territory • written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect • branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly • ...
Civil War 2024-05-15
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- Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub
- talks about different materials and liquids used by the Canon
- forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison
- showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater
- Confederate troops repulsed enemy forces, delaying the Union's advance on Atlanta
- the bloodiest battle in the civil war
- the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history
- fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. John Pope
- Confederate troops attack a Union supply depot and are met by untested United States Colored Troops
- a Unionist who professes to rob, burn out and murder only rebels in arms against the government.
- american Civil War lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864
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- laws passed at different periods in the southern United States
- failed an attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
- the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems
- term saying once slaves crossed US army line, they became property
- declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- an early battle of the civil war, stands as one of the greatest Confederate victories.
- tells the story of Cora, a runaway slave
- the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants
- General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
- called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral
22 Clues: the bloodiest battle in the civil war • tells the story of Cora, a runaway slave • the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history • called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral • talks about different materials and liquids used by the Canon • laws passed at different periods in the southern United States • ...
Civil War and Slavery Unit Test Review 2026-05-18
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- The time when students have to arrive for promotion if eligible to go
- What did the Southern states do when he came President?
- What happened to Lincoln just days after the Civil War ended
- What is 1 thing enslaved Africans were not allowed to do/learn according to these slave codes
- One of these "abolitionists" used a network of underground tunnels called ___________________ to help slaves escape to the North and get their freedom
- For the states that secede from the Union, what do they call their new country?
- Who is the 1st President of the "Confederacy"?
- Who was the 1st President to have a strong anti-slave stance that made white Southerners scared
- (True/False) The Civil War was deadlier than WWI and WWII combined.
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- What continent are we located on?
- What is the 1st state to secede (or leave) the Union?
- # of oceans on Earth
- The mascot of the school you are leaving here shortly
- The ideas Lincoln has for freeing the slaves, the speech and laws he suggested before they became law are called...
- The laws made specifically made for enslaved Africans
- Which amendment # finally freed the slaves and ended slavery in America
- What is the ultimate reason the Civil War is fought?
- The Union (anti-slave states) fought the Confederacy (slave states) in the Civil War. Which side won the war?
- The name given to people who were anti-slave and spoke about the need to end slavery
- What are some of the ways enslaved Africans organized themselves and started fighting back?
- The state we are located in.
- What continent did most enslaved people come from?
- This war breaks out because southern states secede and want to keep slaves, and the North does not
- # of continents on Earth
- The day of promotion for those who are eligible to go
- The # of states in the U.S.A
26 Clues: # of oceans on Earth • # of continents on Earth • The state we are located in. • The # of states in the U.S.A • What continent are we located on? • Who is the 1st President of the "Confederacy"? • What continent did most enslaved people come from? • What is the ultimate reason the Civil War is fought? • What is the 1st state to secede (or leave) the Union? • ...
POLS 101 A Midterm Part 2 2024-11-04
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- governor’s powers of mercy.
- clause of the Constitution allowing Congress to exercise “implied” powers.
- law of basic and lasting importance.
- type of federal grant with little or no strings attached.
- An executive’s ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature.
- system of government where state governments are sovereign; national government can do only what the states permit.
- SC case that saw the court abandoned the distinction between intra- and inter-state
- Process that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot.
- Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in its sphere, the states are supreme in theirs, and the two spheres should be kept separate like a layer cake.
- Procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature.
- power of a state legislature to regulate the health, safety, welfare and morals of a state.
- Money given by the national government to the states.
- The transfer of power from the national government to state and local governments.
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- Procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office.
- Idea that the federal and state governments share power in many policy areas.
- system of government where sovereignty is vested in the national government, not the states.
- laws made by a state legislature; can be changed by a state legislature alone.
- SC case that relied on the supremacy clause to elevate federal over state; taxes
- different states act as these & can implement different policies; successful ones will spread.
- doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that violates the Constitution.
- section of the Constitution that states the Constitution is the ultimate authority.
- system of government where the national and state governments share sovereignty.
- Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport.
23 Clues: governor’s powers of mercy. • law of basic and lasting importance. • Money given by the national government to the states. • type of federal grant with little or no strings attached. • Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport. • Procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office. • ...
Education B1 2021-07-02
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- You learn about capitals in this subject
- Your last year of high school
- You learn about atoms in this subject
- You use a lot of numbers here
- A person who attends a primary school
- You have to pay to attend this school
- You attend this school for free
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- He or she runs the school
- A school where you stay after classes
- A person who attends university
- Kids go here before elementary school
- A group of pupils
- The school year in the UK has three of these
- A person who has a degree
- You learn about past in this subject
15 Clues: A group of pupils • He or she runs the school • A person who has a degree • Your last year of high school • You use a lot of numbers here • A person who attends university • You attend this school for free • You learn about past in this subject • A school where you stay after classes • Kids go here before elementary school • You learn about atoms in this subject • ...
Amendments crossword puzzle 2024-06-05
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- Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts.
- The rights of citizens will be protected whether these rights are listed or not.
- Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
- Right to bear arms.
- Restricts housing soldiers in private homes.
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- granted women the right to vote.
- Rights to a fast and public trial by an impartial jury and to be aware of the criminal charges.
- Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves.
- forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control
- Powers not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, belong to the states.
- grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,”
14 Clues: Right to bear arms. • granted women the right to vote. • Restricts housing soldiers in private homes. • Protects against unreasonable search and seizure. • Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. • Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves. • Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts. • ...
4th of July 2026-06-30
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- Sweet red summer berry.
- HOUSE Where the President lives.
- The Statue of _____ stands in New York Harbor.
- The United States has 50 of these.
- The color of the stars on the U.S. flag.
- The Star-Spangled _____.
- The month Independence Day is celebrated.
- Red, white, and _____.
- Outdoor meal with family and friends.
- Large decorated vehicles in a parade.
- The holiday celebrates our country's _____.
- Sweet summer fruit with a green rind.
- America celebrates this on July 4th.
- Our nation's banner.
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- Bright explosions in the night sky.
- Red, white, and blue are our national _____.
- Frozen treat enjoyed on hot days.
- The _____ of Independence was signed in 1776.
- Cookout favorite served in a bun.
- Number of stripes on the U.S. flag.
- Handheld fireworks that sparkle.
- Popular food cooked on the grill.
- A joyful event marking a special occasion.
- A July 4th celebration that marches down the street.
- WASHINGTON First President of the United States.
- Used to cook burgers and hot dogs outdoors.
- Uncle _____.
- One of the colors of the stripes on the U.S. flag.
- The Liberty _____.
- The bird that represents the United States.
30 Clues: Uncle _____. • The Liberty _____. • Our nation's banner. • Red, white, and _____. • Sweet red summer berry. • The Star-Spangled _____. • Handheld fireworks that sparkle. • Frozen treat enjoyed on hot days. • Cookout favorite served in a bun. • Popular food cooked on the grill. • HOUSE Where the President lives. • The United States has 50 of these. • ...
Capitals of Europe 2020-12-08
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- capital of Finland
- capital of Spain
- capital of Hungary
- capital of Italy
- capital of Sweden
- capital of Ireland
- capital of Poland
- capital of Greenland
- capital of Germany
- capital of Denmark
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- capital of Austria
- capital of the Netherlands
- capital of Luxembourg
- capital of France
- capital of Iceland
- capital of Norway
- capital of Belgium
- capital of the United Kingdom
- capital of Portugal
19 Clues: capital of Spain • capital of Italy • capital of France • capital of Norway • capital of Sweden • capital of Poland • capital of Austria • capital of Finland • capital of Hungary • capital of Iceland • capital of Belgium • capital of Ireland • capital of Germany • capital of Denmark • capital of Portugal • capital of Greenland • capital of Luxembourg • capital of the Netherlands • ...
European countries capitals 2022-02-08
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- next door in Spain
- down in Greece
- is in Portugal
- is in Kosovo although I am afraid
- marino is the own one cos its just a little fella
- romania
- bosnia in Herzegovina
- is in Irland or Eire
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- this is in Belgrade
- has Amsterdam
- in the Ukraine
- in Bulgaria, and while youre in the area
- has valletta
- is the same except they stick on a L a Vella
- is in Belgium
- Moldova
- in albania
- in Norway I suggest you take a sweater
- is the capital of Bratislava
19 Clues: Moldova • romania • in albania • has valletta • has Amsterdam • is in Belgium • in the Ukraine • down in Greece • is in Portugal • next door in Spain • this is in Belgrade • is in Irland or Eire • bosnia in Herzegovina • is the capital of Bratislava • is in Kosovo although I am afraid • in Norway I suggest you take a sweater • in Bulgaria, and while youre in the area • ...
US History 30 terms 2020-10-26
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- Responsible for the Missouri Compromise
- Helped protect Tariff and developed a federal government
- Mostly served to raise income for the national government
- Emerged in 1830 in opposition to President Andrew Jackson
- Eight President of the United States
- Served as the ninth president of the United States
- Warn European nations that the U.S. will not tolerate colonization or monarchy
- Elected seventh President
- Machin that separates cotton fiber from seed
- Political party gives government civil service jobs to its supporters
- Financial crises in the United States that created a major depression
- Establish in 1791 to serve as a repository for federal funds
- Political party's
- U.S. into war with Great Britain and established second bank of the U.S.
- Allowed Missouria to become a slave state and Maine to become a free state in 1854
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- Substitutes one for another
- Gave Congress power to establish a national bank
- Known for his inventing the cotton gin
- Sixth president of the United States
- Made to protect industry in northern U.S.
- Treaty Between the United States and Spain in 1819
- Longest artificial waterway
- Large making of products
- Granted unsettled land west of Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands
- Indian nation forced to give up lands
- transition to new manufacturing processes in U.S.
- Helped define the constitutional power of the federal government
- Road made by Federal government
- Was the tenth president of the United States in 1841
- Idea that promotes the interest of a national group
30 Clues: Political party's • Large making of products • Elected seventh President • Substitutes one for another • Longest artificial waterway • Road made by Federal government • Eight President of the United States • Sixth president of the United States • Indian nation forced to give up lands • Known for his inventing the cotton gin • Responsible for the Missouri Compromise • ...
Unit 2- A New nation 2024-04-21
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- A compromise that stated the HOR= based off population and Senate= equal in proportion.
- favored large states, representation based on population
- Met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
- The power of the judicial branch to declare laws unconstitutional.
- The supreme law of the United States of America.
- Government that only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution.
- Document that limited the power of the king.
- Established direct democracy, first form of self government in the U.S
- Division of power among different levels of government
- Supported the constitution as is; no need for additional protections
- Each branch has their individual roles and responsibilities
- Ensures one branch does not become too powerful.
- favored the small states in equal representation
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- Rule by the people, consent of the governed
- Wanted additional protections for people and states.
- Written in 1776, declared us independent of Great Britain
- The nation's first constitution; it failed due to giving the states too much power.
- Where we got some ideas for our Bill Of Rights from.
- The governing body that declared us independent of Great Britain
- States no one is above the law
- People directly vote for what they want
- Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person
- The first democratically elected legislative body in the U.S
- Showed the weakness of the Articles; armed rebellion regarding taxes.
24 Clues: States no one is above the law • Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person • People directly vote for what they want • Rule by the people, consent of the governed • Document that limited the power of the king. • The supreme law of the United States of America. • Ensures one branch does not become too powerful. • favored the small states in equal representation • ...
great depression 2015-03-18
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- make changes in a social, political, or economic institution or practice to in prove it
- a group of experts appointed to advise a government or politician
- a shareholder
- 32nd President of the United States
- borrowing the balance from a bank or broker
- a political and economic theory of social organization
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- the rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants
- a shortage of water
- a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the depression
- government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income
- vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust
- stock market crash that precipitated the great depression
- a day on which banks are officially closed
- american author of twenty-seven books
- rapid settlement of the continental united states
- longest-serving first lady of the united states
- overwhelming majority of votes for one party in an election
- a series of radio broadcasts made by president franklin delano roosevelt
- a series of domestic programs enacted in the united states
- federal government agencies created as part of the new deal
20 Clues: a shareholder • a shortage of water • 32nd President of the United States • american author of twenty-seven books • a day on which banks are officially closed • borrowing the balance from a bank or broker • longest-serving first lady of the united states • vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust • rapid settlement of the continental united states • ...
The Articles of Confederation 2026-03-06
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- who favored a weaker federal government and gave more power to the people and states
- who wanted a strong central government that had more power over the people and states
- author of the Declaration of Independence
- chosen to serve as a delegate of Massachusetts at the 1787 Constitutional Convention
- He wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Congress elected ____ to lead the Confederation Congress
- a talented inventor scientist diplomat and writer
- some delegates wanted to add a bill of rights to the constitution to protect _____
- economy of the south relied on enslaved people to keep farms and plantations running
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- American Indian Nations, Some states treated the American Indians fairly Other states did not
- With independence from____ came a new government for the new nation
- Roger Sherman came up with an idea that Congress be made up of two parts called houses
- in 1787 he was elected as a new york delegate for the constitutional convention
- the leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
- Plan, It said that each state no matter its size would have the same number of representatives in congress
- a plan that gave Congress more power over the states and provided executive branch of government
- known as the "Father of the Constitution
- Each state had the authority to ____ trade and taxes on imports and exports
18 Clues: known as the "Father of the Constitution • author of the Declaration of Independence • He wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights • a talented inventor scientist diplomat and writer • Congress elected ____ to lead the Confederation Congress • the leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution • ...
us history 2021-01-13
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- a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
- an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898.
- the ability to assess and initiate things independently.
- a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968).
- is a political philosophy in support of social reform.
- was an American statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer, who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
- an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
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- were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
- were reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era in the United States who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt.
- s a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.
- a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
- an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903.
- was a peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War.
- was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism.
- to call back
- was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"
- was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
18 Clues: to call back • is a political philosophy in support of social reform. • the ability to assess and initiate things independently. • an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. • a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). • ...
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution 2022-05-10
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- It is the condition in which one human being was owned by another.
- It was a set of laws that governed African Americans' behavior.
- Government set up schools and hospitals for former slaves.
- The war fought between Americans from 1861-1865
- The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.
- The thing that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction.
- The amendment in which guaranteed African-American men the right to vote
- First ten amendments to the constitution
- Discussed rights that arise from national citizenship
- Author of the 14th Amendment
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- a U.S. secret group made up of white people who are opposed to people of
- Author of the 13th Amendment
- president that assumed after Lincoln's death.
- The right to vote in public
- They were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern united states.
- The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
- The state in which everyone gets treated the same.
- Parts of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to states using this doctrine.
- The amendment in which Citizens of the United States and the state in which they reside are all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its authority.
- It is a relationship between a person and a government to which the person owes loyalty and is so entitled to protection.
20 Clues: The right to vote in public • Author of the 13th Amendment • Author of the 14th Amendment • First ten amendments to the constitution • president that assumed after Lincoln's death. • The war fought between Americans from 1861-1865 • The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. • The state in which everyone gets treated the same. • ...
Intro to Office Tech Ian Sabatine 2017-01-27
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- The act of signing in to an account that was previously created
- To start a show on the internet that people can join and watch (examples of apps: Instagram, Facebook, Live.ly etc)
- Tumblr has these
- Screaming online
- A way of sending things online (like the mail but online)
- An electronic device that is larger then a phone but lets you do the same things
- Behaving well online
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- What you leave on the internet when you post (permanent)
- Looking for something on the internet, specifically on an app
- The act of putting something online to excessively
- Putting something online for people to see
- Creating some sort of account on an app
- To share something online specifically a survey
- An online profile that you own
- To recreate something that a person made
15 Clues: Tumblr has these • Screaming online • Behaving well online • An online profile that you own • Creating some sort of account on an app • To recreate something that a person made • Putting something online for people to see • To share something online specifically a survey • The act of putting something online to excessively • ...
Midterm OL units 3-4 2024-12-17
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- created to declare the colonies were breaking away from Britain
- removal of the Cherokee from GA
- Gave away land to new settlers
- One of the main reasons they wanted Cherokee land is because they found
- This battle broke the british stronghold in the war
- Led to Great Britain having to tax the colonies to pay off war debt
- This system gave most of GA's land away
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- What is UGA the first of?
- One of the largest Native American nations in GA
- signed to prevent war from breaking out between Natives and Great Britain
- Also signed the US constitution from GA
- GA's western border as a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud
- Another large Native American nation in GA
- Why did GA's capitals keep moving west?
- Signed the US constitution from GA
15 Clues: What is UGA the first of? • Gave away land to new settlers • removal of the Cherokee from GA • Signed the US constitution from GA • Also signed the US constitution from GA • Why did GA's capitals keep moving west? • This system gave most of GA's land away • Another large Native American nation in GA • One of the largest Native American nations in GA • ...
The Cold War Crossword 2023-12-07
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- House Un-American Activities Committee
- Resupply of West Berlin by U.S. in 1948 in response to a Soviet blockade of Berlin
- 13 day period when the USA and USSR came very close to nuclear war
- Man who led the Communist Revolution of China
- Communist dictator of Cuba who led a revolution in the late 1950s
- United States policy to stop the spread of Communism
- Period of tension between the United States and USSR
- List of people who Joe McCarthy said were Communists
- Program after WW2 to rebuild Europe by sending them money and economic aid
- Secret spy organization in the United States
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- United States foreign policy of sending aid to nations threatened by Communism
- Term used to describe territories taken over by the USSR
- War that was between North and South Korea, with the United States supporting the Democratic South
- Peacekeeping body of nations
- Term used to refer to accusing people without evidence
- The imaginary line that was said by Winston Churchill that separated Western and Eastern Europe
- Senator from Wisconsin who started the Red Scare and accused people of being loyal to Communism
17 Clues: Peacekeeping body of nations • House Un-American Activities Committee • Secret spy organization in the United States • Man who led the Communist Revolution of China • United States policy to stop the spread of Communism • Period of tension between the United States and USSR • List of people who Joe McCarthy said were Communists • ...
Interim Review 2023-11-30
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- Ordinance Established a government for the northwest territory
- Against the constitution
- an action to begin a riot
- she aided Lewis and Clark
- declared war on Britain due to impressment
- Battle of january 8, 1815
- A Vote to confirm
- right to job but the job was void
- Land agreement between France and the United States
- The first constitution of the united states/ agreement among the 13 states
- First 10 amendments
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- failed bombardment
- The movement of American farmers who protested against high taxes
- An agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention
- The “Federalist Papers” are a series of essays supporting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
- national anthem of the United States
- A gathering to address the weak laws of AOF
- force american sailors to fight
- How to determine its constitutional
19 Clues: A Vote to confirm • failed bombardment • First 10 amendments • Against the constitution • an action to begin a riot • she aided Lewis and Clark • Battle of january 8, 1815 • force american sailors to fight • right to job but the job was void • How to determine its constitutional • national anthem of the United States • declared war on Britain due to impressment • ...
27 Amendments crossword puzzle 2024-06-05
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- granted women the right to vote.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- The rights of citizens will be protected whether these rights are listed or not.
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- grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,”
- Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts.
- Rights to a fast and public trial by an impartial jury and to be aware of the criminal charges.
- Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves.
- Restricts housing soldiers in private homes.
- Right to bear arms.
- Powers not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, belong to the states.
- Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
14 Clues: Right to bear arms. • granted women the right to vote. • Restricts housing soldiers in private homes. • Protects against unreasonable search and seizure. • Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. • Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts. • Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves. • ...
27 Amendments crossword puzzle 2024-06-05
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- granted women the right to vote.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- The rights of citizens will be protected whether these rights are listed or not.
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- grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,”
- Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts.
- Rights to a fast and public trial by an impartial jury and to be aware of the criminal charges.
- Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves.
- Restricts housing soldiers in private homes.
- Right to bear arms.
- Powers not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, belong to the states.
- Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
14 Clues: Right to bear arms. • granted women the right to vote. • Restricts housing soldiers in private homes. • Protects against unreasonable search and seizure. • Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. • Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts. • Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves. • ...
Constitutional Fun!!!!! 2021-12-06
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- Government type where people elect representatives to make laws
- supporters of constitution and strong national government, feared disorder without it
- Powers that belong only to the Federal Government
- Government with limited powers strictly defined by law, no person or group is above the law
- Supreme law of the land
- Right of trial by jury in civil cases.
- England's lawmaking body
- Amendment that states that citizens are not required to house soldiers
- Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
- Against ratifying constitution, wanted bill of rights
- Movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society.
- Powers not stated belong to the people.
- Government of the people
- Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
- Branch that enforces the laws.
- Based on John Locke, basic rights and freedoms all humans are entitled to at birth
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- the sharing of powers between the national and state governments
- Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people
- Powers reserved for the States.
- Amendment that gives the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- First 10 amendments to the Constitution stating fundemental rights of citizens
- Power of the Supreme Court to judge whether or not actions of other branches are unconstitutional
- Powers that were not specifically defined by the Constitution, shall be entrusted to Congress
- Delegates of the Constitutional Convention who shaped Constitution
- Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy.
- Branch that makes laws
- System in which each branch of government checks or limits other branches so no branch gets too powerful.
- Powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch gets too much power
- Powers shared by States and the Federal Government
- Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.
- Powers that belong only to the states
- To approve
- Right to a speedy and public trial.
- A change or addition to the Constitution
- Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Amendment that states that citizens have the right to bear arms
- Branch that can declare laws unconstitutional
- Powers reserved for the federal government.
38 Clues: To approve • Branch that makes laws • Supreme law of the land • England's lawmaking body • Government of the people • Branch that enforces the laws. • Powers reserved for the States. • Right to a speedy and public trial. • Legislative, Executive, and Judicial • Powers that belong only to the states • Right of trial by jury in civil cases. • Powers not stated belong to the people. • ...
US History Review 2023-03-06
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- The Great Plains is also known as America’s ***********
- This new technology allowed for messages to be sent long distances instantly
- The acronym for the reasons World War I started
- The sinking of a ship in Cuba and Yellow Journalism brought the United States into a war with this nation in 1898
- Andrew Carnegie and JD ********** are both examples of big business owners
- Trust Busters broke these up
- The main form of warfare in World War I
- The name of the investigative journalists who shed a light on the problems of the late 1800s in America
- Name of the Northern Army in the Civil War
- The name of the attempt to rebuild the South after the Civil War
- This proclamation stated that slavery was no longer legal in the Confederate States
- After 1890, most immigrants came to the United States from ******* Europe
- The name of the passenger liner sunk by Germany in WWI
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- The location of the canal that was dug by America and linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- The 19th Amendment gave women the right to
- This is what killed the most people in the Civil War and World War I
- The name of the telegram intercepted by the United States that got us into WWI
- Reason the Civil War was fought
- This railroad linked the East and West Coasts
- This amendment ended slavery in the United States
- Chicago and this town in Wisconsin both had fires on October 8, 1871
- The Plessy vs. ******** case ruled that segregation was legal.
- When people are divided based on the color of their skin
- The president behind the Square Deal
- These schools were where Native American children were taken to be assimilated into the United States.
- A form of farming where people rented farm and lived in perpetual poverty
- The name of the ships that the Germans used to sink ships in the ocean.
- The Battle of Little ******* is also known as Custer’s Last Stand
- The name of the ship that was sunk in 1898 and launched the United States into a war was the USS
- This invention brought light into homes and powers most of our appliances.
30 Clues: Trust Busters broke these up • Reason the Civil War was fought • The president behind the Square Deal • The main form of warfare in World War I • The 19th Amendment gave women the right to • Name of the Northern Army in the Civil War • This railroad linked the East and West Coasts • The acronym for the reasons World War I started • ...
7th Grade History Culminating Crossword! 2023-06-04
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- 1820 compromise admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
- a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions
- built to connect the center of the United States to the Atlantic Ocean
- law that prevented the manufacture, sale, and transporting of alcoholic drinks in the United States between 1919 and 1933
- Boss
- 1857 decision that stunned the nation. The United States Supreme Court upheld enslavement in United States territories, denied the legality of Black citizenship in U.S.A., and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
- Renaissance
- largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal
- a merger; union
- activist and author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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- people who have only recently become rich and who have tastes and manners that some people consider vulgar
- someone who has influence in how power is distributed
- popular clothing item in 1900s
- "________________ of the 20,000"
- covered in a thin layer of gold
- "__________ of industry"
- time period after Stock Market crash in U.S.
- The process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change.
- helped build the formidable American steel industry
- previously the head of the Triborough Bridge Authority
20 Clues: Boss • Renaissance • a merger; union • "__________ of industry" • popular clothing item in 1900s • covered in a thin layer of gold • "________________ of the 20,000" • time period after Stock Market crash in U.S. • helped build the formidable American steel industry • someone who has influence in how power is distributed • previously the head of the Triborough Bridge Authority • ...
Civil War 2022-01-07
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- - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
- - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
- - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
- - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
- - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
- - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
- Man's best friend
- Likes to chase mice
- - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
- - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
- - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
- - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
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- - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War. Dixie - A nickname for the South.
- - The side of an army or military unit.
- - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
- Flying mammal
- - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
- - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
- - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
- Large marsupial
- - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
- - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
- Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped slaves in free states had to be returned to their owners.
- Has a trunk
- - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War. Carpetbagger - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
- - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
- - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
27 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...
American Revolution 2022-10-16
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- Only white men with a certain amount of property were allowed to _______ in the United States.
- The United States showed that it was possible to put __________ ideas into practice.
- The United States Constitution established a _______ republic.
- One protest against taxation without representation was the ______ Tea Party.
- What branch of the United States government was the president?
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- The colonial army was led by George _______.
- ___________ was the legislative branch of the United States government.
- Citizens were considered to be free and ______ before the law in the United States.
- In the second stage of the American Revolution, France and ______ offered support to the colonies.
- The Battle of ______ was an important victory for the colonists, because it led other countries to offer support.
- American independence was recognised in the 1783 Treaty of __________.
- There were _________ colonies.
- The Declaration of ________ was proclaimed on 4 July 1776.
- What did George III increase to pay for his war debts?
- The Supreme Court was the __________ branch of the United States government.
15 Clues: There were _________ colonies. • The colonial army was led by George _______. • What did George III increase to pay for his war debts? • The Declaration of ________ was proclaimed on 4 July 1776. • The United States Constitution established a _______ republic. • What branch of the United States government was the president? • ...
Economic Impact of Animals 2024-09-04
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- overwhelmingly family-owned and managed, not vertical integration (owned by a company), produced in all 50 states.Top states: California, Wisconsin, Idaho
- one of the most important agricultural industries in the United States. top states Nebraska, texas, kansas
- percent of US households have at least one dog
- billion in pet products
- percent of US households have at least one cat
- industry of pets
- the U.s. poultry industry (largely vertically integrated) is the world’s largest producer of poultry meat. Top states: Georgia, North Carolina, Arkansas
- Raised for meat. Top states: North Carolina, Minnesota, Indiana
- billion dollars spent in the pet food manufacturing industry
- exports continue to be a major economic factor for processors (exceeding 7 billion pounds per year). industry has rapidly shifted to fewer and larger operations. Top states: Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina
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- billion in vet care
- of all US households own at least one pet
- industry of animals raised for food
- egg production is widely distributed across the U.s. Top states: Iowa, Georgia, Ohio
- billion in pet services
15 Clues: industry of pets • billion in vet care • billion in pet products • billion in pet services • industry of animals raised for food • of all US households own at least one pet • percent of US households have at least one dog • percent of US households have at least one cat • billion dollars spent in the pet food manufacturing industry • ...
The Amendments 2023-02-14
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- Known as the lame__ amendment, it reduced the length of time between elections in November and the beginning of presidential and congressional terms.
- Established a prohibition of___ in the United States.
- Authorized a tax on___
- Prevents members of Congress from receiving an increase in__ until after the next election has been held.
- Established presidential__ limits.
- Abolished___ throughout the United States.
- Clarifies the succession procedure if the___ is removed from office, dies, or resigns.
- Prohibits denying the right to vote to any citizen based on their___
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- Established that every person born or naturalized in the United States was a__
- Established the direct election of United States__by the people.
- Prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, fines, and cruel and___
- Guarantees the right to a speedy and public__
- Protects the right of the people to keep and bear__
- Protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and what else?
- States that powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the___
15 Clues: Authorized a tax on___ • Established presidential__ limits. • Abolished___ throughout the United States. • Guarantees the right to a speedy and public__ • Protects the right of the people to keep and bear__ • Established a prohibition of___ in the United States. • Protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and what else? • ...
WH Topic 19: Cold War Conflicts 2023-05-08
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- a group of Communist guerrillas who fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War
- U.S. President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
- a group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975
- nations the independent countries that remained neutral in the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union
- in Communist China, a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together
- militia units formed by young Chinese people in response to Mao Zedong's call for a social and cultural revolution
- a series of meetings in which leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit their nations' stocks of nuclear weapons
- during the Cold War, the developing nations not allied with either the United States or the Soviet Union
- the state of diplomatic hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II
- an uprising in China led by the Red Guards with the goal of establishing a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal
- the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control
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- during the Cold War, the boundary separating the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe
- a U.S. foreign policy in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances
- a policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon
- a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries
- a line of latitude that divided Korea into two nations after World War II
- a U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II
- a U.S. policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents
- an international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world
- a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression
- a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada
21 Clues: a group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975 • a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression • a line of latitude that divided Korea into two nations after World War II • U.S. President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War • ...
Constitution 2021-12-08
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- Power of the Supreme Court to judge whether or not actions of other branches are unconstitutional
- First 10 amendments to the Constitution stating fundemental rights of citizens
- Powers that were not specifically defined by the Constitution, shall be entrusted to Congress
- A change or addition to the Constitution
- Powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch gets too much power
- the introduction to the Constitution
- Branch that makes laws
- To approve
- Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
- Powers that belong only to the states
- Powers shared by States and the Federal Government
- Powers not stated belong to the people.
- Against ratifying constitution, wanted bill of rights
- Government with limited powers strictly defined by law, no person or group is above the law
- Right of trial by jury in civil cases.
- Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.
- the SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND
- Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy.
- England's lawmaking body
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- Government type where people elect representatives to make laws
- Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
- Right to a speedy and public trial.
- Amendment that gives the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- Government of the people
- System in which each branch of government checks or limits other branches so no branch gets too powerful.
- Branch that enforces the laws.
- Branch that can declare laws unconstitutional
- Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Powers that belong only to the Federal Government
- Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people
- the sharing of powers between the national and state governments
- Movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society.
- Amendment that states that citizens are not required to house soldiers
- Based on John Locke, basic rights and freedoms all humans are entitled to at birth
- Amendment that states that citizens have the right to bear arms
- supporters of constitution and strong national government, feared disorder without it
- Delegates of the Constitutional Convention who shaped Constitution
37 Clues: To approve • Branch that makes laws • Government of the people • England's lawmaking body • the SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND • Branch that enforces the laws. • Right to a speedy and public trial. • Legislative, Executive, and Judicial • the introduction to the Constitution • Powers that belong only to the states • Right of trial by jury in civil cases. • ...
Declaration of Independence #2 2019-02-12
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- / establish _______,
- / contract ______,
- / Assembled, appealing to the Supreme ________ of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do,
- / we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred ____.
- / We, therefore, the ________ of the united States of America
- / That these united Colonies are, and of _______ ought to be Free and Independent States,
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- / conclude Peace,
- / solemnly publish and _______,
- / in General ___________,
- / and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally ________;
- / —And for the support of this _______, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence,
- / and that as Free and ____________ States, they have full Power to levy War,
- / in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these __________,
- / that they are Absolved from all _________ to the British Crown,
- / and to do all other Acts and _____ which Independent States may of right do.
15 Clues: / conclude Peace, • / contract ______, • / establish _______, • / in General ___________, • / solemnly publish and _______, • / We, therefore, the ________ of the united States of America • / that they are Absolved from all _________ to the British Crown, • / in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these __________, • ...
Building a New Nation 2020-04-02
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- was an economic plan that played an important role in American policy
- former First Lady of the United States
- passed by Congress with an explicit function of protecting U.S. manufactured items from overseas competition
- the United States capital
- was the primary catalyst for the war of 1812 between Britain and the United States
- an organic act of Congress of the constitution of the United States
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- Vice President during another persons presidency and the third president
- the territory Lewis, Clark, and sacagwea were exploring
- the 4th US president, a founding father, and philosopher
- helped the Lewis and Clark expedition by exploring the Louisiana Territory
- was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government.
- Taking of men into a military or navel force by compulsion
- the national anthem
- wrote the national anthem
- treaty that gave the native Americans 20,000 dollars and in return the U.S. was given the Northwest territory
15 Clues: the national anthem • the United States capital • wrote the national anthem • former First Lady of the United States • the territory Lewis, Clark, and sacagwea were exploring • the 4th US president, a founding father, and philosopher • Taking of men into a military or navel force by compulsion • an organic act of Congress of the constitution of the United States • ...
Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle 2025-05-05
Across
- Southern states were divided into districts governed by this type of authority during Reconstruction.
- The side that the Southern states seceded from during the Civil War.
- Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of freed slaves.
- Former slaves who were emancipated after the Civil War.
- The era of rebuilding the South and reintegrating it into the Union.
- This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
- A Southern white who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party.
- The group of seceded Southern states.
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- President who supported Reconstruction and civil rights protections.
- This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
- Group in Congress that pushed for harsh Reconstruction policies.
- This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
- President who opposed many Reconstruction policies and was impeached.
- What states had to do to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to be readmitted to the Union.
- Northerner who moved to the South during Reconstruction for political or economic gain.
15 Clues: The group of seceded Southern states. • This amendment abolished slavery in the United States. • Former slaves who were emancipated after the Civil War. • This amendment gave African American men the right to vote. • Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of freed slaves. • Group in Congress that pushed for harsh Reconstruction policies. • ...
h 2025-03-11
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- People who are in favor of War.
- Second Bank of the United States.
- The election some thought was unfair.
- A famous Native American leader who resisted American expansion.
- Burning of ______.
- The political party of Thomas Jefferson.
- The purchase of a large territory from France.
- The fifth president of the United States.
- A big ditch for boats.
- When regular people get to have a say in government.
- A Tax on imported goods.
- War fought between the US and Britain in 1812.
- The name of the crop that was a major export of the southern states.
- The number of original states.
- An agreement between the US and Great Britain that postponed war between the two nations for 20 years.
- The name of the era where political parties started to change and grow.
- The act that Thomas Jefferson signed to stop trade with other countries.
- The era when there was only one major political party.
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- The capital of the United States.
- A message to Europe to stay out of the Americas.
- The first president of the United States.
- The name of the machine that increased the production of cotton.
- The second president of the United States.
- A war fought against Native Americans in Florida.
- The battle where Andrew Jackson became a war hero.
- How many terms did Washington serve as president?
- The president known as "Old Hickory."
- The third president of the United States.
- The act that made it illegal to speak out against the government.
- Inventor of the cotton gin.
- The act that Andrew Jackson signed that forced the removal of Native Americans.
- A financial crisis during Jackson's presidency.
- The political party that favored a strong central government.
- Closed US ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain.
- The person who wrote the Star Spangled Banner.
- The seventh president of the United States.
- The treaty that ended the War of 1812.
- The name of the treaty that ended the war of 1812.
- The treaty that gave the US Florida.
39 Clues: Burning of ______. • A big ditch for boats. • A Tax on imported goods. • Inventor of the cotton gin. • The number of original states. • People who are in favor of War. • The capital of the United States. • Second Bank of the United States. • The treaty that gave the US Florida. • The election some thought was unfair. • The president known as "Old Hickory." • ...
State Capitals 2013-03-03
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- The state with the coldest temperatures has this capital
- Capital of the state named after a president
- Only capital named after a president (State = Nebraska)
- Capital of California
- This state has Cheyenne as it's Capital
- The Aloha State's capital
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- Capital of Montana
- Capital of the state that also has Las Vegas
- Capital of Colorado
- State named after a president
- Salem is this state's capital
- Lake City Utah's Capital
12 Clues: Capital of Montana • Capital of Colorado • Capital of California • Lake City Utah's Capital • The Aloha State's capital • State named after a president • Salem is this state's capital • This state has Cheyenne as it's Capital • Capital of the state that also has Las Vegas • Capital of the state named after a president • Only capital named after a president (State = Nebraska) • ...
World Capitals 2021-08-23
African Capitals 2022-03-11
World Capitals 2021-07-14
State Capitals 2019-09-25
Across
- capital of the state where manner lives
- New Hampshire is this capital’s home
- this capital is in an “island”
- home of Boston and the Bruins
- capital of Vermont
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- this states capital is Dover
- capital of New Jersey
- a nice place to visit In August
- capital of Pennsylvania
- capital of the state you live w
- capital of Connecticut
- the capital of a “new” state
12 Clues: capital of Vermont • capital of New Jersey • capital of Connecticut • capital of Pennsylvania • this states capital is Dover • the capital of a “new” state • home of Boston and the Bruins • this capital is in an “island” • a nice place to visit In August • capital of the state you live w • New Hampshire is this capital’s home • capital of the state where manner lives
World Capitals 2024-03-29
12 Clues: - Kremlin • - Big Ben • - Pyramids • - Colosseum • - White House • - Eiffel Tower • - Forbidden City • Delhi - Red Fort • - Imperial Palace • - Parliament House • - Brandenburg Gate • - Modernist Architecture
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Civil War 2022-11-18
Across
- commanded the US Army garrison of Fort Sumter
- trained and commanded the First New Jersey Brig
- he escaped and helped others gain their freedom as a conductor of the Underground Railroad
- wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
- led a revolt against his enslavers.
- led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War.
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- an abolitionist who had fought against slave-owners in Kansas
- built the Republican Party, and served as the sixteenth president of the United States
- assisted and advised anti-slavery members of the United States Congress.
- requested that he be declared a free man
- served as the sixth president of the United States
- United States Armor Officer and was appointed on June 14, 1861 to brigadier general of volunteers by President Abraham Lincoln
- participation in the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863
- he forged the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the Union
- led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas
15 Clues: led a revolt against his enslavers. • requested that he be declared a free man • commanded the US Army garrison of Fort Sumter • trained and commanded the First New Jersey Brig • served as the sixth president of the United States • participation in the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 • he forged the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the Union • ...
civics (amendments 2024-12-13
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- income tax
- rights reserved to states or people
- right to vote not denied by race
- Freedom of speech
- presidential term and succession
- citizenship rights
- right to bear arms
- quartering soldiers
- jury trial in civil lawsuits
- right to speedy trial
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- no cruel and unusual punishment
- prohibition of liquor
- due process
- abolition of slavery
- women's right to vote
- suits against states
- popular election of senators
- search and seizure
- election of president and vice president
- non-enumerated rights
20 Clues: income tax • due process • Freedom of speech • search and seizure • citizenship rights • right to bear arms • quartering soldiers • abolition of slavery • suits against states • prohibition of liquor • women's right to vote • non-enumerated rights • right to speedy trial • popular election of senators • jury trial in civil lawsuits • no cruel and unusual punishment • ...
Causes of the Civil war 2022-03-07
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- Suggested all lands from Mexican cession had no slaves.
- Some states thought they could leave the Union if they didn't like the laws.
- African American slaves worked on plantation in the South.
- The new states would vote if their state would be admitted as a free or slave state.
- President of the united states during the civil war.
- Abraham Lincoln became the 26th president campaigning on a platform opposing the spread of slavery.
- Five year long war.
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- northern abolitionist launched a slave revolt in 1859.
- Required all citizens to help catch runaway enslaved people.
- Greater loyalty to your own section rather than the country as a whole.
- He sued his owner for his freedom.
- Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state, keeping the number slave free states equal.
- The southern states during the civil war.
- 11 southern states leave the Union and become The Confederacy.
- The northern states during the civil war.
15 Clues: Five year long war. • He sued his owner for his freedom. • The southern states during the civil war. • The northern states during the civil war. • President of the united states during the civil war. • northern abolitionist launched a slave revolt in 1859. • Suggested all lands from Mexican cession had no slaves. • ...
Civil War Word Puzzle 2021-02-09
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- Confederacy's first general officer
- Took over men's work, disguised as men in order to fight, etc.
- Capital of the Union
- Union naval ships and soldiers captured Port Royal
- President of the United States during the Civil War
- A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- Former slave, traveled the country speaking out against slavery, newspaper called North Star
- A war between citizens of the same country
- The Southern states during the Civil War
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- African American unit in the Union ArmyU
- Former slave, freed himself and others during blockade
- Capital of the Confederacy
- The Northern States during the Civil War
- General of the Union
- The Union Navy cut off South's major port from trade
- General of the Confederate
- at fort sumter First battle of the Civil War
- Freed slaves
- Confederate submarine
- President of the Confederate States of America
20 Clues: Freed slaves • General of the Union • Capital of the Union • Confederate submarine • Capital of the Confederacy • General of the Confederate • Confederacy's first general officer • African American unit in the Union ArmyU • The Northern States during the Civil War • The Southern states during the Civil War • A war between citizens of the same country • ...
Civil War 2025-12-11
Across
- Technology that allowed almost instant communication over great distances
- Union plan aimed to "squeeze" the confederacy into submission
- Took place in Mississippi and was one of general Grant's most successful sieges
- First conflict of the Civil War
- Large metal warships
- Group of Southern States that wanted to preserve slavery
- Communication system using dots and dashes
- Southern States withdrawing from the Union
- Battle at which Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia
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- 16th president of the United States
- Abolitionist who led the slave revolt at Harpers Ferry
- First battle between two ironclads
- More accurate version of a musket
- First major battle of the Civil War
- Bloodiest single day of battle in the Civil War
- Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
- 10 month siege in Virginia
- War tactic of destroying anything useful in enemy territory
- Collection of Northern States that opposed the spread of slavery
- Transportation system on tracks
20 Clues: Large metal warships • 10 month siege in Virginia • First conflict of the Civil War • Transportation system on tracks • More accurate version of a musket • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • First battle between two ironclads • 16th president of the United States • First major battle of the Civil War • Communication system using dots and dashes • ...
Government Vocabulary Crossword 2022-01-06
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- the government is not all powerful.
- belief that monarchs are chosen by God.
- article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the constitution.
- powers saved for the states.
- the distribution of power between the national government and the states with the union.
- first ten amendments to the constitution.
- in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom.
- king/queen controls all aspects of life.
- division of the powers among the three branches.
- writing in the constitution that satisfies both small and large states
- the first U.S. president.
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- leading supporter of the constitution.
- third president of the united states.
- democracy based on the protection of individual rights.
- supporters who believed in a strong central government.
- power is held at the national level.
- group who feared the new government.
- explains the purpose of the constitution.
- the citizens have political authority.
- believed in natural rights
- father of the constitution and 4th president of the U.S.
- government is defined by law and serves the people.
22 Clues: the first U.S. president. • believed in natural rights • powers saved for the states. • the government is not all powerful. • power is held at the national level. • group who feared the new government. • third president of the united states. • leading supporter of the constitution. • the citizens have political authority. • belief that monarchs are chosen by God. • ...
Review crossword puzzle 2020-09-29
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- -a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary Wa
- -abolished slavery in the United States
- - was a conflict between the united states and mexico.
- - a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution.
- -A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 acres for grazing.
- -a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
- -a treaty signed with France in 1803
- - was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.
- - a series of acts parliament
- -1st President of the United States
- -The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation
- -a law passed in 1764
- - an estate on wich crops such as coffee, sugar and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
- - a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country.
- - a conflict fought between the U.s and its allies against the united kingdom.
- -was the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an slaved person
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- - granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
- -was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston
- -was an american abolitionist, emancipationist. a reformer who favors abolishing slavery.
- - were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
- -was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War
- - the U.S. Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote
- -contiguous railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass
- -3rd President of the United States
- -a law passed by the British gov. in 1765
- - is the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
- -was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.,
- -issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War.
- - signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862.
- -a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
30 Clues: -a law passed in 1764 • - a series of acts parliament • -3rd President of the United States • -1st President of the United States • -a treaty signed with France in 1803 • -abolished slavery in the United States • -a law passed by the British gov. in 1765 • - was a conflict between the united states and mexico. • ...
