states and capitals Crossword Puzzles
Spanish speaking Countries and their capitals 2021-09-07
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- Capital of Paraguay
- Capital of Colombia
- Capital of Cuba
- Capital of El Salvador
- Capital of Nicaragua
- Capital of Mexico
- Capital of Bolivia
- Capital of Guatemala
- Capital of Espana
- Capital of Ecuador
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- Capital of Costa Rica
- Capital of Panama
- Capital of Honduras
- Capital of Peru
- Capital of Puerto Rico
- Capital of Uruguay
- Capital of Venezuela
- Capital of Argentina
- Capital of República Dominicana
- Capital of Chile
20 Clues: Capital of Cuba • Capital of Peru • Capital of Chile • Capital of Panama • Capital of Mexico • Capital of Espana • Capital of Uruguay • Capital of Bolivia • Capital of Ecuador • Capital of Paraguay • Capital of Colombia • Capital of Honduras • Capital of Nicaragua • Capital of Venezuela • Capital of Argentina • Capital of Guatemala • Capital of Costa Rica • Capital of El Salvador • ...
South America Countries and Capitals Crossword 2021-05-11
22 Clues: PY • Co • YV • PE • EC • RA • BR • GUY • RCH • SME • ROU • BOL • Peru Capital • Chile Capital • Guyana capital • Uruguay Capital • Ecuador Capital • Bolivia Capital • Suriname Capital • Brazil's Capital • Paraguay Capital • Venezuela Capital
All Africa Country and Territory Capitals 2021-05-08
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- lesotho
- sao tome and principe
- somalia
- niger
- togo
- namibia
- ascension
- uganda
- algeria
- tunisia
- congo
- gambia
- mali
- south africa
- eswatini
- gabon
- abyei
- ethiopia
- reunion
- zimbabwe
- chad
- comoros
- benin
- canary islands
- tristan da cunha
- car
- french southern and antarctic lands
- seychelles
- mauritius
- mauritania
- madeira
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- sierra leone
- british indian ocean territory
- equatorial guinea
- mozambique
- libya
- ghana
- south africa
- rwanda
- guinea
- cape verde
- zanzibar
- eritrea
- morocco
- western sahara
- south sudan
- somaliland
- botswana
- melilla
- tanzania
- madagascar
- cameroon
- azores
- ivory coast
- nigeria
- ceuta
- mayotte
- kenya
- saint helena
- zaire
- sudan
- senegal
- eswatini capital 2
63 Clues: car • togo • mali • chad • niger • libya • ghana • congo • gabon • abyei • ceuta • kenya • zaire • benin • sudan • rwanda • guinea • uganda • gambia • azores • lesotho • somalia • namibia • eritrea • algeria • morocco • tunisia • melilla • nigeria • mayotte • reunion • comoros • senegal • madeira • zanzibar • botswana • tanzania • eswatini • cameroon • ethiopia • zimbabwe • ascension • mauritius • mozambique • cape verde • somaliland • madagascar • seychelles • mauritania • south sudan • ...
The Formative Years 2014-04-27
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- document formally ending the American Revolutionary War
- an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787, caused by aggressive tax and debt collection
- battle of the American Revolution, which ended the war
- an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution
- Supreme Court ruling, declaring the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional
- Eli Whitney invented this in 1793
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- chief justice appointed by John Adams
- invented the steamboat
- a collection of articles, written in opposition to the ratification of the 1787 United States Constitution
- prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri
- the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
- stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention
- Rebellion a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington
- the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana, more than doubling the current size of the United States
14 Clues: invented the steamboat • Eli Whitney invented this in 1793 • chief justice appointed by John Adams • battle of the American Revolution, which ended the war • document formally ending the American Revolutionary War • Supreme Court ruling, declaring the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional • ...
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
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State Capitals 2019-09-25
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- 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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Jackson and Sectionalism 2020-05-13
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- In the 1828 election, there were more ______ because property requirements were eliminated
- Northern industrial states favored high ____ to protect manufacturers from foreign competition
- Anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison
- Giving government jobs to loyal campaign supporters
- Compromises over slavery prior to the Civil War were meant to balance power between free and slave states in this branch of the national government
- This state opposed the Tariff of 1832 and threatened secession
- Southern states relied on this type of economy before and after the Civil War
- Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser led slave revolts in this state
- The Know-Nothings and this political party were formed when the Federalist party died after the War of 1812—WHIGS
- Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady ______ were leaders of the women's suffrage movement
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- Event in which Native Americans were forced to march west; many died along the Way
- Modeled after the Declaration of Independence, the _______ Declaration outlined reasons to give women the right to vote
- America's victory in the Mexican War led to the U.S. acquisition of California,Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and _____.
- Power given to the President to prevent passage of legislation
- When a new state joined the Union and if forbid slavery, it was called this
- This area entered the Union 9 years after fights for, and winning, independence from Mexico
- The Missouri Compromise's separation of free and slave state areas deals solely with this territory
- Westward expansion and admission of new states to the Union led to increased conflict over this issue
- This term means a state can invalidate (void) an act of Congress
- Battle where "Texans" were defeated by a superior Mexican army
- This person vetoed the re-chartering of the Bank of the United States
21 Clues: Giving government jobs to loyal campaign supporters • Anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison • Power given to the President to prevent passage of legislation • This state opposed the Tariff of 1832 and threatened secession • Battle where "Texans" were defeated by a superior Mexican army • ...
1.8-1.10 vocab 2021-09-10
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- is a machine that is used to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed.
- the withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president
- was a widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
- refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1801 to 1835
- that all territories were opened up to slavery once again
- practice in which the political party winning an election rewards its campaign workers and other active supporters by appointment to government posts
- system of manufacturing that began in the 18th century and is based on the concentration of industry into specialized
- an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe
- attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery
- was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
- American Civil War campaign that concluded Union operations in the Confederate state of Georgia
- plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral
- a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg
- was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States
- an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor
- that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states
- consists of five laws passed in September of 1850
- authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders
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- a volunteer Union regiment organized in the American Civil War
- was the first women's rights convention in the United States
- An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas
- is one of the two major political parties in the United States
- a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory of the United States
- violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan
- riot in Richmond, Virginia, on April 2, 1863
- an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
- during the American Civil War, pejoratively, any citizen in the North who opposed the war policy and advocated restoration of the Union through a negotiated settlement with the South
- an organized effort to end the practice of slavery in the United States
28 Clues: violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan • riot in Richmond, Virginia, on April 2, 1863 • consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 • an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor • An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas • that all territories were opened up to slavery once again • ...
Civil War and Reconstruction Review 2025-12-17
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- What was the document that President Lincoln signged that declared the freedom of enslaved people in the Confederate States?
- Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
- Which amendment abolished slavery in the entire United States?
- What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong do?
- President Lincoln's 10% Plan required 10% of the state's population to pledge ______ to The United States.
- Who was a former slave who escaped and went on to make speeches advocating to end slavery in The United States?
- What was the name of the "rules" put into place that were meant to control slaves, including forbidding themt o read, write, or own a gun?
- What supreme court case ruled that racial segregation was constitutional?
- Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States"?
- Among the South, who was the most feared and most wanted of the abolitionists due to her success with the Underground Railroad?
- What was the name of the northerners who were made up of states that fought to preserve the United States and prevent the expansion of slavery?
- In the Atlantic Slave Trade Triangle, what was the name of the journey that transported African people from Africa to the slave markets in The Americas?
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- The idea that the p eople living in a new territory or state should ahve the right to vote on whether or not to allow slavery was known as what?
- What word defined a person who engaged in the effort to stop slavery?
- The Civil was able to give people a front row seat to the atrocities of war because they now had what?
- What do we call the era after the Civil War where the nation was attempting to rebuild?
- What invention came from the Civil War and Reconstruction that made the harvesting of cotton greatly simplified
- What term means to have one part of a country wanting to become independent from or break away from the main country?
- What organization was created in the South to intimidate freed slaves and southern Republicans?
- Propaganda is _____ information intended to be misleading, used to promote or publicize a particular political agenda
- What forced northerners to assist in catching runaway slaves and return them to their southern owners?
- What is the name of the celebration of the emancipation of all enslaved people in The United States?
- The period in the U.S. after The Civil War was over where efforts were made to reintegrate former confederate states and newly freed slaves into The Union was known as what?
- President Lincoln's 10% Plan was not a __________ due to his assassination.
- Which amendment granted african American men the right to vote?
- What was the main crop grown in the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction?
- Who became especially outraged after learning of the truths of slavery from the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?
- What was the name of the southern states that seceded from the U.S.?
- What term defines the time between the formation of the United States all the way to the outbreak of The American Civil War?
29 Clues: Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln? • What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong do? • Which amendment abolished slavery in the entire United States? • Which amendment granted african American men the right to vote? • What was the name of the southern states that seceded from the U.S.? • ...
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 • ...
AP Government chapter 3 2016-05-02
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- landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.
- list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that set forth the authority of Congress. In summary, Congress may exercise the powers that the Constitution grants it, subject to the individual rights listed in the Bill of Rights
- The Fourteenth Amendment's Privileges and Immunities Clause has virtually no significance in Civil Rights law. The clause states, "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
- the federal principle or system of government
- grants, issued by the United States Congress, which may be spent only for narrowly defined purposes. Categorical grants are the main source of federal aid to state and local government, can be used only for specific purposes and for helping education or categories of state and local spending
- Project grants are a type of categorical grant. Projects are grants given by the federal government to state and local governments on the basis of merit. The other type of categorical grant is a formula grant.
- the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration
- political arrangement in which power is divided between the federal and state governments in clearly defined terms, with state governments exercising those powers accorded to them without interference from the federal government.
- landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland
- the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime
- quantifiable elements, such as population, amount of tax effort, proportion of population unemployed or below poverty level, density of housing, or rate of infant mortality
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- grant from a central government that a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services
- powers not explicitly named in the Constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement the expressed powers that are named in Article I.
- an obligation under the U.S. Constitution of one state to recognize and give effect to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of her sister states
- concept of federalism in which national, state, and local governments interact cooperatively and collectively to solve common problems, rather than making policies separately but more or less equally
- model of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal government system. The national government's primary means of influencing state governments is giving money to states in the form of grants-in-aid.
- clause within Article VI of the U.S. Constitution which dictates that federal law is the "supreme law of the land".
- A unitary state is a state governed as one single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (subnational units) exercise only powers that their central government chooses to delegate.
- a statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.
- act of the United States Congress on July 10, 1953, to make recommendations for the solution of problems involving federal and state governments
- section of the Bill of Rights that basically says that any power that is not given to the federal government is given to the people or the states.
21 Clues: the federal principle or system of government • the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime • grant from a central government that a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services • clause within Article VI of the U.S. Constitution which dictates that federal law is the "supreme law of the land". • ...
Welcome ! 2023-09-24
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- The capital of the United Kingdom is ...
- Twenty + ten = ...
- It is the capital of New-Zealand
- One of the three capitals of South Africa is P...
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- It is the language spoken in: the UK, the USA, Ireland, India, South Africa, Australia...
- The capital of ... is Dublin
- The capital of ... is Edinburgh
- One hundred - ninety = ...
- One hundred fifty-three - one hundred fifty = ...
- The capital of ... is New Delhi
10 Clues: Twenty + ten = ... • One hundred - ninety = ... • The capital of ... is Dublin • The capital of ... is Edinburgh • The capital of ... is New Delhi • It is the capital of New-Zealand • The capital of the United Kingdom is ... • One hundred fifty-three - one hundred fifty = ... • One of the three capitals of South Africa is P... • ...
5.01 Graded Assignment: Cuban Missile Crisis_Asya_Yuksel 2025-04-21
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- Through aerial photographs, an American aircraft discovered Soviet missile installations in Cuba.
- Missiles with a long range capable of carrying nuclear warheads between continents.
- In the resolution, the United States agreed to remove missiles from Turkey as part of a secret agreement.
- Aiming for the most favorable outcome by pushing a situation to the brink of disaster.
- President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He played an important role in resolving the conflict.
- Often referred to as "the most dangerous moment in history," this month marked the beginning of the crisis.
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- A nuclear war would result in total destruction on both sides, discouraging the use of nuclear weapons.
- This was a failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles backed by the United States; it increased tensions and contributed to the missile crisis.
- A Communist leader of Cuba who allowed the Soviet Union to place nuclear missiles on the island.
- He was the leader of the Soviet Union during the crisis and agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.
- This was the highest level of military alert for the United States during the crisis, just short of war.
- After the crisis, Washington and Moscow established a direct communication link in order to prevent future misunderstandings.
- An advisory group of Kennedy's top advisers who met during the crisis to discuss U.S. options.
- In response to the missile threat, President Kennedy ordered the U.S. Navy to prevent Soviet ships from delivering more weapons to Cuba.
- There was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
- To avoid the appearance of an act of war, the United States called its naval blockade a "quarantine."
- A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II.
- During the Cuban missile crisis, the U.S. presented photographic evidence of missiles in Cuba to the United Nations.
- The Soviet Union placed weapons in Cuba that could strike most of the United States in minutes.
19 Clues: Missiles with a long range capable of carrying nuclear warheads between continents. • Aiming for the most favorable outcome by pushing a situation to the brink of disaster. • An advisory group of Kennedy's top advisers who met during the crisis to discuss U.S. options. • ...
Government Crossword Review 2020-12-02
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- links people to government, gives voice to people.
- collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends.
- who were dedicated to the concept of limited government.
- What is one of the three ways that makes interest groups powerful?
- this is of the Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States.
- What is one of the three types of interest groups?
- the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
- a system of government in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national government and the State governments.
- a system where power is concentrated in a central government.
- agreements among states
- What powers levy and collect taxes?
- what branch proposes the laws?
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- 50% of people vote in this election.
- what branch writes the laws?
- keep people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs.
- the ___ and Immunities clause is when no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
- congressional elections take place every ___ years
- assigning certain powers to the National Government and certain powers to the States.
- what powers regulate trade and business within the state?
- what branch interprets the laws?
- the 4th branch of government.
- powers found directly within the constitution.
- What powers regulate foreign trade?
- an elector who does not vote for his state's popular vote would be considered a ___ elector
- has a weak central government and strong state governments
25 Clues: agreements among states • what branch writes the laws? • the 4th branch of government. • what branch proposes the laws? • what branch interprets the laws? • What powers regulate foreign trade? • What powers levy and collect taxes? • 50% of people vote in this election. • powers found directly within the constitution. • links people to government, gives voice to people. • ...
IX • XV • MMXXI 2022-02-12
16 Clues: You • Lucifer • Only In • The Devil • The Savior • A Hollow Sword • Roman Language • Between States • Singular of Dice • After a Great Hill • Being Between States • ayay ightbray ingthay • A Majestic American Bird • Being Between States of Body • Mountain between Horror and Bliss • Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here
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? • ...
U.S Constitution Crossword 2025-06-15
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- popular election of senators
- Specifying the ratification process for all nine states
- Establishes the Judicial branc
- suits against states
- guarantee to a jury trial
- Cruel and unusual punishment
- right to vote not denied by race
- The law makers blue print
- Two term limit on presidency
- women’s right to vote
- Quartering of soldiers
- protecting individuals from self incrimination
- income tax
- abolition of slavery
- search and seizure
- repeal of prohibition
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- election of president and vice president
- establishes The executive branch of the national government
- Freedom of religion/speech
- congressional compensation
- Non-Enumerated rights retained by people
- Establishes the relationships between states and the federal government
- citizenship rights , war debt , equal protection
- The process for amending the constitution
- addresses 3 topics ensuring the government will assume responsibility in debts, assert federal law over state laws , and Oaths/affirmations will take place for representatives
- Rights reserved to states or people
- prohibition of liquor
- abolition of poll taxes
- presidential vote for D.C
- Right to speedy trial
- presidential disability and succession
- Assembly of congress
- right to vote at age 18
- the right to bear arms
34 Clues: income tax • search and seizure • suits against states • Assembly of congress • abolition of slavery • prohibition of liquor • Right to speedy trial • women’s right to vote • repeal of prohibition • the right to bear arms • Quartering of soldiers • abolition of poll taxes • right to vote at age 18 • presidential vote for D.C • guarantee to a jury trial • The law makers blue print • ...
Civil War 2018-04-19
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- President of the United States of America during the Civil War
- To leave or withdraw
- Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
- Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
- The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863
- Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides
- The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah
- Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
- the United States
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- Union general
- Place where Civil War ended Lee surrendered to Grant
- Slave states that remained in the Union
- Union military post taken over by the Confederacy in 1861
- President of the Confederacy
- Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
- Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery
- ship made of iron
- General of the Confederacy
- The southern states that seceded from the United States
- Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else
20 Clues: Union general • ship made of iron • the United States • To leave or withdraw • General of the Confederacy • President of the Confederacy • Slave states that remained in the Union • Place where Civil War ended Lee surrendered to Grant • Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides • The southern states that seceded from the United States • ...
Civil war crossword 2017-05-22
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- General for the confederacy (last name)
- union color
- month the civil war ended
- The president for the confederate states (Last name)
- This was the first battle of the civil war
- number of states in confederacy
- number of states in union
- This freed all slaves in the rebellious states
- used by abraham lincoln to communicate
- This battle was the turning point for the west
- transportation used for supplies and troops in the union
- confederate color
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- The states in the north fighting for abolition of slavery
- last battle of the civil war
- The southern states fighting for slavery
- The civil war ended here
- Commanding general for the union (last name)
- This battle was the turning point for the east
- first state to secede from the union
- Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name)
- He was the 16th president (Last name)
- awarded medal of honor for keeping the flag flying
- month the civil war started
- awarded medal of honor for valor in combat
- Murdered lincoln (last name)
25 Clues: union color • confederate color • The civil war ended here • month the civil war ended • number of states in union • month the civil war started • last battle of the civil war • Murdered lincoln (last name) • number of states in confederacy • Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name) • first state to secede from the union • He was the 16th president (Last name) • ...
Civil war crossword 2017-05-22
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- month the civil war started
- This battle was the turning point for the east
- Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name)
- month the civil war ended
- last battle of the civil war
- This battle was the turning point for the west
- Commanding general for the union (last name)
- used by abraham lincoln to communicate
- The states in the north fighting for abolition of slavery
- The president for the confederate states (Last name)
- first state to secede from the union
- Murdered lincoln (last name)
- number of states in confederacy
- awarded medal of honor for valor in combat
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- awarded medal of honor for keeping the flag flying
- number of states in union
- confederate color
- This freed all slaves in the rebellious states
- General for the confederacy (last name)
- union color
- transportation used for supplies and troops in the union
- He was the 16th president (Last name)
- This was the first battle of the civil war
- The southern states fighting for slavery
- The civil war ended here
25 Clues: union color • confederate color • The civil war ended here • number of states in union • month the civil war ended • month the civil war started • last battle of the civil war • Murdered lincoln (last name) • number of states in confederacy • Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name) • first state to secede from the union • He was the 16th president (Last name) • ...
Civil War 2018-04-19
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- Slave states that remained in the Union
- President of the United States of America during the Civil War
- Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery
- ship made of iron
- the United States
- Place where Civil War ended Lee surrendered to Grant
- Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
- To leave or withdraw
- President of the Confederacy
- Union general
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- Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
- General of the Confederacy
- Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
- Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
- Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else
- Union military post taken over by the Confederacy in 1861
- The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863
- The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah
- Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides
- The southern states that seceded from the United States
20 Clues: Union general • ship made of iron • the United States • To leave or withdraw • General of the Confederacy • President of the Confederacy • Slave states that remained in the Union • Place where Civil War ended Lee surrendered to Grant • Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides • The southern states that seceded from the United States • ...
Chapter 3 The Constitution 2023-10-12
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- compromise that led solved the question of representation
- author of the constitution
- prevents the centralization of power
- small states wanted representation
- branch of government to make the laws
- bowers belonging to the national government
- number of Articles in the Constitution
- ensures each branch doesn't assume too much power
- constitution location
- compromise on how the executive would be chosen
- the people run the government
- dividing power between the states and national government
- powers kept by the states
- rebellion that led to the Constitional Convention
- branch of government that interprets the laws
- number of states needed to ratify the constitution
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- large states wanted representation
- a promise to add this helped to ratify the Constitution
- first three words of the Constitution
- explains the reason why they wrote the constitution
- clause that says the Constitution is highest law of the land
- writers of the constitution
- nations first written government of the United states
- branch of government that enforces the laws
- allows the Constitution to change
- essays that argued for a strong national government
26 Clues: constitution location • powers kept by the states • author of the constitution • writers of the constitution • the people run the government • allows the Constitution to change • large states wanted representation • small states wanted representation • prevents the centralization of power • first three words of the Constitution • branch of government to make the laws • ...
Civil War 2025-05-10
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- Bloodiest battle of the war
- Era following the civil war
- Armored warships used in naval battles
- Southern states that seceded
- President of the Union during the civil war
- Slave states that stayed int he union
- North states in civil war
- Lincolns Assassin
- Where the First shots of the civil war were fired
- Founded Red Cross
- Movement to end slavery
- What southern states did to leave Union
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- System used to requiree men to join military
- Proclamation that freed slaves in Confederate states
- Site of confederate surrender
- Abolished Slavery in U.S.
- Union Strategy to squeeze the south
- Infamous confederate prison camp
- Union general who accepted surrender
- President of the Confederacy
- Confederate General who Surrendered
- Turning Point battle in Pennsylvania
- Spy for Union
- Union gained control of the Mississippi River
- Attempt to balance slave and free states
- Major confederate victory in Virginia
- Major cause of civil war
- Naval strategy used to stop southern trade
- March to the Sea
- Military Strategy targeting all resources
30 Clues: Spy for Union • March to the Sea • Lincolns Assassin • Founded Red Cross • Movement to end slavery • Major cause of civil war • Abolished Slavery in U.S. • North states in civil war • Bloodiest battle of the war • Era following the civil war • President of the Confederacy • Southern states that seceded • Site of confederate surrender • Infamous confederate prison camp • ...
Civil War 2025-05-10
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- Bloodiest battle of the war
- Era following the civil war
- Armored warships used in naval battles
- Southern states that seceded
- President of the Union during the civil war
- Slave states that stayed int he union
- North states in civil war
- Lincolns Assassin
- Where the First shots of the civil war were fired
- Founded Red Cross
- Movement to end slavery
- What southern states did to leave Union
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- System used to requiree men to join military
- Proclamation that freed slaves in Confederate states
- Site of confederate surrender
- Abolished Slavery in U.S.
- Union Strategy to squeeze the south
- Infamous confederate prison camp
- Union general who accepted surrender
- President of the Confederacy
- Confederate General who Surrendered
- Turning Point battle in Pennsylvania
- Spy for Union
- Union gained control of the Mississippi River
- Attempt to balance slave and free states
- Major confederate victory in Virginia
- Major cause of civil war
- Naval strategy used to stop southern trade
- March to the Sea
- Military Strategy targeting all resources
30 Clues: Spy for Union • March to the Sea • Lincolns Assassin • Founded Red Cross • Movement to end slavery • Major cause of civil war • Abolished Slavery in U.S. • North states in civil war • Bloodiest battle of the war • Era following the civil war • President of the Confederacy • Southern states that seceded • Site of confederate surrender • Infamous confederate prison camp • ...
AP QUIZ 2022-02-14
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- to travel, What kind of Freedom that gives problem to the world like spreading of diseases?
- Cooperation, Two countries trading products, services and capitals between them eventually form cooperation of a political nature.
- Multinational corporation bring to our country not only material goods as well as their?
- Bank, This is also known as International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
- trade organization, Formerly known as GATT
- how many benefits of economic integration can be categorized?
- network, What is CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera?
- Revolution, This refers to extensive mechanization in the production system
- This includes call center.
- Air transportation, This kind of transportation was flourished including the use of telephone and postal mail.
- This is the result of all the activities of peoples and government around the world.
- Trade, What happened during Spaniards colonization year 1565-1815?
- A mentality deeply engraved in every Filipino as a result of country’s colonization
- This is one of the aspects of globalization which Information technology has paved the way to cultural globalization.
- One country that dominated WTO.
- America, Where did the catholic missionaries from Europe spread Catholicism in 1492?
- This refers to the advocacy system or theory of protecting domestic producers
- How many members does WTO has?
- What did the Filipinos harvested during the colonization of the Spaniards?
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- the great, He is the reasons behind hastening of globalization. In 334 B.C.
- War, World bank loans helped rebuild countries devastated by what war?
- Where did the Filipinos sent their harvested Tobacco?
- culture, Another aspect that influenced the activities and beliefs of people in other countries.
- an organization working to faster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability
- Silk Road, This is the trade route between China and other countries during the 207 - 220 B.C.E.
- trade, What trade was expanded in the 21th century which ushered the Information Age?
- This is referred to as exchange of goods, services and capitals.
- benefits, Caused by the capital being brought to the country by the large foreign investors, a number of Filipinos became employed, being employed.
- Another aspect of globalization that focuses to the improvements of transportation.
- investors , Investors who lose a lot because they need to pay higher tax to the government.
- When did the catholic missionaries spread Catholicism in the Philippines?
- Nation, this started on October 24, 1945. Before they only have 51 members but now it has 193 member.
- trade, Creates employment and job opportunities.
- This aspect focuses on transnational Corporations or Multinational companies lead globalization.
- Who colonized the Philippines?
- One of the goals of of European was to bring and spread of what religion?
- Wiseman, Who wrote the book entitled “ Australia and the Politics of Globalization.”
- Hellenistic culture, What culture is the combination of the western and eastern culture?
- country, They have a lay of capital and have many corporations but only limited market for the large amount of product.
- What is the main source of fuel?
40 Clues: This includes call center. • Who colonized the Philippines? • How many members does WTO has? • One country that dominated WTO. • What is the main source of fuel? • trade organization, Formerly known as GATT • network, What is CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera? • trade, Creates employment and job opportunities. • Where did the Filipinos sent their harvested Tobacco? • ...
AP QUIZ 2022-02-14
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- culture, Another aspect that influenced the activities and beliefs of people in other countries.
- trade organization, Formerly known as GATT
- Silk Road, This is the trade route between China and other countries during the 207 - 220 B.C.E.
- Bank, This is also known as International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
- trade, Creates employment and job opportunities.
- This refers to the advocacy system or theory of protecting domestic producers
- Where did the Filipinos sent their harvested Tobacco?
- Another aspect of globalization that focuses to the improvements of transportation.
- When did the catholic missionaries spread Catholicism in the Philippines?
- Wiseman, Who wrote the book entitled “ Australia and the Politics of Globalization.”
- Revolution, This refers to extensive mechanization in the production system
- Trade, What happened during Spaniards colonization year 1565-1815?
- Hellenistic culture, What culture is the combination of the western and eastern culture?
- benefits, Caused by the capital being brought to the country by the large foreign investors, a number of Filipinos became employed, being employed.
- America, Where did the catholic missionaries from Europe spread Catholicism in 1492?
- trade, What trade was expanded in the 21th century which ushered the Information Age?
- Nation, this started on October 24, 1945. Before they only have 51 members but now it has 193 member.
- What did the Filipinos harvested during the colonization of the Spaniards?
- an organization working to faster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability
- A mentality deeply engraved in every Filipino as a result of country’s colonization
- Who colonized the Philippines?
- What is the main source of fuel?
- How many members does WTO has?
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- One of the goals of of European was to bring and spread of what religion?
- Cooperation, Two countries trading products, services and capitals between them eventually form cooperation of a political nature.
- Multinational corporation bring to our country not only material goods as well as their?
- This is referred to as exchange of goods, services and capitals.
- investors , Investors who lose a lot because they need to pay higher tax to the government.
- how many benefits of economic integration can be categorized?
- the great, He is the reasons behind hastening of globalization. In 334 B.C.
- This is the result of all the activities of peoples and government around the world.
- network, What is CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera?
- One country that dominated WTO.
- country, They have a lay of capital and have many corporations but only limited market for the large amount of product.
- to travel, What kind of Freedom that gives problem to the world like spreading of diseases?
- War, World bank loans helped rebuild countries devastated by what war?
- This aspect focuses on transnational Corporations or Multinational companies lead globalization.
- This includes call center.
- This is one of the aspects of globalization which Information technology has paved the way to cultural globalization.
- Air transportation, This kind of transportation was flourished including the use of telephone and postal mail.
40 Clues: This includes call center. • Who colonized the Philippines? • How many members does WTO has? • One country that dominated WTO. • What is the main source of fuel? • trade organization, Formerly known as GATT • network, What is CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera? • trade, Creates employment and job opportunities. • Where did the Filipinos sent their harvested Tobacco? • ...
50 States 2024-09-18
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- Capital of country music
- Known for their vast amoutn of Mormons
- Home to multiple popular cities like LA, San Fransisco Hollywood
- Known for producing peaches
- Known for producing lots of potatoes
- Airplanes were invented here
- Smallest State
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- Home to Mount Rushmore
- Home to Yellowstone
- Known as the concrete jungle
- 49th State
- Islands
- Home to the Liberty Bell
- Home to the Grand Canyon
- Disney world and lots of gators
- Has a weird shaped flag
16 Clues: Islands • 49th State • Smallest State • Home to Yellowstone • Home to Mount Rushmore • Has a weird shaped flag • Capital of country music • Home to the Liberty Bell • Home to the Grand Canyon • Known for producing peaches • Airplanes were invented here • Known as the concrete jungle • Disney world and lots of gators • Known for producing lots of potatoes • ...
Southeast States 2024-10-01
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- Florida's capital
- Tallahassee is the capital of this state
- North Carolina capital
- South Carolina capital
- Georgia capital
- Kentucky capital
- Tennessee capital
- Alabama capital
- Mississippi capital
- Jackson is the capital of this state
- Frankfort is the capital of this state
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- Raleigh is the capital of this state
- Columbia is the capital of this state
- Montgomery is the capital of this state
- Nashville is the capital of this state
- Atlanta is the capital of this state
16 Clues: Georgia capital • Alabama capital • Kentucky capital • Florida's capital • Tennessee capital • Mississippi capital • North Carolina capital • South Carolina capital • Raleigh is the capital of this state • Atlanta is the capital of this state • Jackson is the capital of this state • Columbia is the capital of this state • Nashville is the capital of this state • ...
US States 2022-12-14
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- The first state to be founded
- Nothing but nature and potatoes
- This state comes with its own named lake
- Looking for something or anything that's big?
- More than just its big city
- Dorothy doesn't think she's in this state anymore
- Home of the Redsox and the Boston Tea Party
- The capital of entertainment of technology
- Go skiing near the rocky mountains in this state
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- America's biggest dairy factory capital
- Warmest state in the winter and one of the rainiest
- you can visit two big cities in one day
- A populated state all because of one massive city
- It's the state where the Declaration of Independence is signed.
- A very "peachy" state
- Costs a fortune to visit or move there
16 Clues: A very "peachy" state • More than just its big city • The first state to be founded • Nothing but nature and potatoes • Costs a fortune to visit or move there • America's biggest dairy factory capital • you can visit two big cities in one day • This state comes with its own named lake • The capital of entertainment of technology • Home of the Redsox and the Boston Tea Party • ...
federalism vocab puzzle 2018-11-29
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- not mentioned specifically in the constitution, these may be done by states because the constitution neither assigns them to the national government nor prohibits them to states
- a system of taxing and spending within the federal system (usually it’s the national government providing money to states with some instructions on how to spend it)
- the old idea that the national and state governments were equal authorities
- returning power from the national government to states
- both the national government and state governments may do these
- gives Congress the authority to make laws about economic activity that crosses state lines, or that may affect other states. Source of authority for many modern laws.
- money and other resources given to states to spend on state and local activities, like when the national government gave state land which states sold to fund public universities
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- the national government has these under the Necessary and Proper Clause because they’re logical extensions of expressed powers
- demands on states to carry out specific policies (usually, but not always, with money provided by the national government)
- says that one state must recognize and honor the official acts of other states, like marriages or criminal convictions
- what the constitution explicitly says Congress can do
- money given to states to spend on general purposes, with relatively few restrictions
12 Clues: what the constitution explicitly says Congress can do • returning power from the national government to states • both the national government and state governments may do these • the old idea that the national and state governments were equal authorities • money given to states to spend on general purposes, with relatively few restrictions • ...
Chapter 30 crossword 2024-03-26
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- the global struggle for power and influence between the United States and the Soviet Union that followed World War II.
- an economic system based on private ownership of farms and businesses.
- ______ preparedness soon became part of daily life.
- For the next _______ years, the Berlin Wall served as a grim symbol of a divided Europe.
- What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s abbreviation?
- In 1961, President Eisenhower warned _______ of the growing influence.
- close watch kept over someone or something, especially by a detective or investigator.
- _______ came into power hoping to reform the communist system and make it work better.
- to declare to be blameworthy or evil
- The Soviets set up a communist government in East Germany and demanded that the Western Allies leave______.
- More than _____ years, the Cold War was over.
- competition to develop and manufacture more and more powerful weapons.
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- The United States and the Soviet Union nearly came into direct conflict over____.
- To be noticeable within a group.
- Who was the second superpower that dominated world affairs besides the United States?
- In April 1949, 10 Western European countries, the United States, and Canada formed the_____.
- The _____________ inspired “ban the bomb” protests in both the United States and Europe.
- Which senator took advantage of Americans’ fears to gain political power.
- The Warsaw Pact (named after the capital of Poland) called for military cooperation among the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East ______.
- What was a war in which the superpowers backed different sides, which acted as substitutes (proxies) for the superpowers themselves.
20 Clues: To be noticeable within a group. • to declare to be blameworthy or evil • More than _____ years, the Cold War was over. • ______ preparedness soon became part of daily life. • What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s abbreviation? • an economic system based on private ownership of farms and businesses. • ...
The Cold War 2021-04-20
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- An economic system based on government ownership and control of resources.
- Purposely escalating a dangerous situation to the limit (brink), while giving the impression that you are willing to go to war, in the hope of pressuring your opponents to back down.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is an alliance of democratic and western countries including much of Western Europe, Canada, and the United States.
- A softening or easing of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , also commonly called the Soviet Union, was a country that consisted of what is now Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
- A crossing point between West Berlin and East Berlin when the Berlin Wall divided the city.
- was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space
- A term used by Mikhail Gorbachev to describe a reconstruction of the Soviet economy and industry.
- a policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev that allowed for more openness in the Soviet government as well as some level of freedom of speech.
- when two sides use third parties to fight rather than fighting each other directly
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. It was when the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear weapons they made.
- the guarantee that if one superpower launched a massive nuclear attack, the other would reciprocate by also launching a massive nuclear attack, and both countries would be destroyed.
- A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to manufacture the most nuclear weapons. They also tried to outdo each other in weapons technology and defense.
- An economic system based on private ownership (rather than government ownership) and the free market system.
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- a country that is significantly stronger, especially in regards to their military, than most other countries.
- an effort to stop the spread of communism. It said that the United States would help countries that were threatened by "armed minorities or outside pressures".
- a descriptive term or symbol used to describe the border between the communist and democratic countries of Europe.
- an economic and political philosophy named after its author German philosopher Karl Marx.
- The Eisenhower Doctrine stated that a country could ask for military support from the United States if it was threatened by another country.
- The Eastern Bloc was a name given to the Soviet Union and its communist controlled states in Eastern Europe such as Poland, East Germany, and Bulgaria.
- A direct line of communication between the White House and the Kremlin established in 1963. Often called the "red telephone."
- A nuclear weapon is a device that uses nuclear forces to create a huge explosion capable of destroying an entire city.
- This is the term given to accusations of treason or disloyalty without having evidence.
- U.S. President Ronald Reagan's plan to research, develop, and build a space-based system that could destroy incoming nuclear missiles
- a time of extreme anti-communism in the United States.
- an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern Europe communist nations.
26 Clues: a time of extreme anti-communism in the United States. • An economic system based on government ownership and control of resources. • an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern Europe communist nations. • was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space • ...
Government Vocab 2020-12-03
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- citizen participation level and awareness of government decisions.
- drive or effort put forth (single issue groups fall into this category).
- Labor unions, agricultural, Business, Professional.
- very expensive on TV, way to reach many voters, raising campaign costs.
- meets every 4 years, nominates President.
- and Immunities Clause no State can draw unreasonable distinctions its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
- Institution links people and government, gives voice to people.
- powers are those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
- powers are those found directly within the Constitution. (Most are in Article I Section
- powers are not expressly stated in the Constitution, but are reasonably suggested, or implied by, the expressed powers.
- Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States.
- campaign committee supports party's candidates.
- effect Presidential popularity effecting congressional elections (or another popular candidate).
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- House Press Corp journalists whose sole job is to follow the President.
- is the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State (Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
- public interest, environmental
- of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, or localities
- = an election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
- powers belong only because the U.S. is sovereign.
- Institution a structure within a society that connects the people to the government or other centralized authority.
- keep people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs.
- a system of gov't in which a written constitution divides the powers of government the national gov't (U.S.) and the State governments (50 States).
- and Justice racial issues, gender issues,minority issues.
- Groups A collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence gov't for specific ends. They work w/in the framework of gov't and employ tactics such as lobbying to achieve their goals.
24 Clues: public interest, environmental • meets every 4 years, nominates President. • campaign committee supports party's candidates. • powers belong only because the U.S. is sovereign. • Labor unions, agricultural, Business, Professional. • and Justice racial issues, gender issues,minority issues. • Institution links people and government, gives voice to people. • ...
Unit 6 Vocabulary Definitions 2018-02-12
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- Canal the artificial waterway opened in 1825, linking Lake Erie to the Hudson River
- Road the first federally funded national road project, begun in 1811
- Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States. In 1841, he died of pneumonia after only a month in office
- Trail the route to the Oregon Country used by wagon trains in the 1800s
- an old Spanish mission building in Texas where Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged Texans in 1836
- the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
- Tyler was the tenth President of the United States, serving from 1841-1845. He accomplished little during his presidency due to quarrels between Whigs and Democrats.
- Clay leading member of the House of Representatives for Kentucky under Presidents Madison and Monroe who spoke for the interests of the West, and who later served as a U.S. senator and Secretary of State.
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- Removal Act a law passed by Congress in 1830 setting up territories west of the Mississippi River where Native Americans living in existing states could be relocated
- of Tears the forced migration by the Cherokee and other Native American groups from their southeastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River
- Act an act passed by South Carolina that declared that the Tariff of 1832 unconstitutional
- of San Jacinto an 1836 battle between Texans and Mexicans during the Texas war for independence from Mexico
- the right to vote
- to add on or take over
- Party andrew jackson and his supporters called themselves the democratic party
- system they practice of giving supporters government jobs
- men a trapper who explored and hunted in the American West in the early 1800s
- Party a political party of national republicans
- Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. He was blamed for the Panic of 1837 and the widespread unemployment and poverty that it brought and was not reelected for a second term.
- Houston a soldier, lawyer, and politician, was instrumental in Texan independence and its subsequent annexation by the United States.
20 Clues: the right to vote • to add on or take over • Party a political party of national republicans • the right of states to limit the power of the federal government • system they practice of giving supporters government jobs • Road the first federally funded national road project, begun in 1811 • ...
Post War America 2023-01-31
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- an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
- an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
- a set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in 1945
- In economics and industrial design, planned obsolescence is a policy of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life
- was the 37th president of the United States
- the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.
- name of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States by William J. Levitt
- an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform.
- An enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring.
- is a bestselling book by William H. Whyte, originally published by Simon & Schuster in 1956
- a society in which the material benefits of prosperity are widely available.
- American pediatrician and left-wing political activist whose book Baby and Child Care is one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century
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- use a numbering scheme in which primary Interstates are assigned one- or two-digit numbers
- informs the development of national civil rights policy and enhances enforcement of federal civil rights laws.
- The States' Rights Democratic Party was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States, active primarily in the South.
- 1946 – 1964
- governmental economy and decentralization of Federal projects through cooperation with State and local governments as well as private enterprise.
- method of distributing products or services involving a franchisor
- American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines
- a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools
- compliance with standards, rules, or laws.
- the national ethos of the United States, a set of ideals including representative democracy, rights, liberty, and equality
- multi-industry company – i.e., a combination of multiple business entities operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group,
- provides educational assistance to servicemembers, veterans, and their dependents.
24 Clues: 1946 – 1964 • compliance with standards, rules, or laws. • was the 37th president of the United States • An enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring. • the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers. • an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. • method of distributing products or services involving a franchisor • ...
The Cold War 2024-04-25
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- Major Cold War confrontation in 1962 --> Soviets building missile bases on Cuba, atomic missiles could reach US within minutes.
- Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear warheads and missiles.
- An alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and Western European nations to fight Soviet aggression.
- President Truman's policy of giving American aid to nations threatened by communist expansion.
- The dividing line between South and North Korea.
- Citizens of the United States who were sentenced to death because they passed atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets.
- A system of supply routes from the North, which ran through southern North Vietnam, through Cambodia, and into southern South Vietnam.
- Military alliance established in 1955 of the Soviet Union and other communist states in Europe.
- The person who led a revolution that set up a communist state in Cuba.
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- A general who Truman chose to command a force that was sent to Korea to attack after North Korea attacked Southern Korea.
- The senator of Wisconsin; he charged 205 State Department employees, and accused them of being communist party members, but they were never proven. Eventually he came across as a bully, and his popularity plunged.
- A competition for supremacy in nuclear weapons (between United States and Soviet Union)
- Vietnamese guerillas who opposed the noncommunist government of South Vietnam.
- After World War II, the long period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States.
- President who had to decide whether to commit more forces to the struggle in Vietnam. He didn't think it was worth fighting for, and he didn't think they could get out. However, he sent more and more people into Vietnam causing the longest, most unpopular war in American history.
- Soviet Union leader in 1959 who had gained power a few years after Stalin died in 1953.
- Fighters who used hit and run attacks.
- A wall built by the communist East German government in 1961 to seal off East Berlin from West Berlin.
- Government agency that directs the American space program.
- The world's first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union.
20 Clues: Fighters who used hit and run attacks. • The dividing line between South and North Korea. • Government agency that directs the American space program. • The world's first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union. • The person who led a revolution that set up a communist state in Cuba. • ...
Civics Crossword 1 2021-11-16
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- Benjamin __________ was a statesman who helped arrange a military alliance with France and headed the American peace talks
- How many full terms can the president serve?
- George Washington was Commander-in-Chief of the __________ Army
- How many branches are there in the federal government of the United States?
- The destruction of a cargo of tea by colonists who were opposed to the tea tax is known as the ______ Tea Party
- The _________ Compact was the agreement made by the Pilgrims before landing at Plymouth to pass and obey laws for the good of the colony
- The Declaration of ________ was a proclamation of the former American colonies that they were no and henceforth free states
- How many stripes are there on the United States flag?
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- How many stars are there on the United States flag?
- Independence Day is on what date?
- The president following George Bush was Bill ______
- An addition/change to the Constitution is known as an _______
- The United States President is elected for ______ years
- It is the duty of Congress to make ____
- The 50th state added to our Union was
- There is one ____ for each state on the U.S. flag
- A Boston patriot, Paul ________ rode to warn Lexington and Concord that the British were marching their way
- The Senate and The House of Representatives together make up
- How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
- This British act levied an internal tax on various documents and articles in the American colonies
20 Clues: Independence Day is on what date? • The 50th state added to our Union was • It is the duty of Congress to make ____ • How many Supreme Court Justices are there? • How many full terms can the president serve? • There is one ____ for each state on the U.S. flag • How many stars are there on the United States flag? • The president following George Bush was Bill ______ • ...
Reconstruction Project Amenah 2022-05-31
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- Guaranteed African Americans equal rights in public places such as theaters, and public transportation
- A purpose to provide relief for all poor people, black and white, in the South
- These acts divided the south into five districts
- A vice president that was responsible for reconstruction
- process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states without slavery
- People who wanted the southern states to change much more than they had before so they could return to the Union
- Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
- An act that allowed former Confederates, except those who held high ranks, to hold public office
- This secret society opposed civil rights, and hid their identities
- Leader of Radical Republicans
- Marked the beginning of a severe economic downturn that soon put an estimated 3 million people out of work
- It made state laws subject to review by federal courts
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- Gave African American men throughout the United States to vote
- During a play, he sneaked into the president's theater box and shot him
- Gave African American men throughout the United States to vote
- Provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans
- a bill of 1864proposed for the Reconstruction of the South
- a United States presidential proclamation issued on December8,1863
- Southern Democrats cared even less for white southern Republicans, they referred to them as a name
- Made slavery illegal throughout the United States
- He became an important Republican in Mississippi and was the first African American to serve a full term as a U.S. senator.
21 Clues: Leader of Radical Republicans • These acts divided the south into five districts • Made slavery illegal throughout the United States • It made state laws subject to review by federal courts • A vice president that was responsible for reconstruction • a bill of 1864proposed for the Reconstruction of the South • ...
Forming a New Government 2024-04-17
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- America's first constitution, which failed due to a weak national government.
- A compromise that allowed for equal state representation in the Senate, and representation based on state population in the House
- The first ten amendments of the Constitution
- A set of written laws
- College The body that elects the President of the United States
- An official document that allows a person's property to be searched, or for a person to be arrested
- Branch of government that makes laws
- Branch of government that executes laws, and is lead by the President
- The meeting of US delegates that drafted the United States Constitution
- When branches of government have a check on another branch in order to keep the government balanced
- A move from basing ideas off religion to basing ideas off of reason
- A compromise that lead to slaves being counted as three-fifths of a person
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- Papers written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison aimed at persuading people to ratify the Constitution
- Branch of government that interprets laws
- A form of government where power is split between a central and regional governments
- Listed the steps for states to be admitted to the Union
- Territory that the United States owned, which eventually became Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois
- Transaction and transportation of goods between states
- To formally approve
- Where different branches of government have different powers, so on branch does not become too powerful.
20 Clues: To formally approve • A set of written laws • Branch of government that makes laws • Branch of government that interprets laws • The first ten amendments of the Constitution • Transaction and transportation of goods between states • Listed the steps for states to be admitted to the Union • College The body that elects the President of the United States • ...
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.
- 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.
- Author of the 14th Amendment
- 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.
- Author of the 13th Amendment
- The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.
- The war fought between Americans from 1861-1865
- The state in which everyone gets treated the same.
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- The right to vote in public
- a U.S. secret group made up of white people who are opposed to people of
- president that assumed after Lincoln's death.
- Discussed rights that arise from national citizenship
- The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
- The amendment in which guaranteed African-American men the right to vote
- Parts of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to states using this doctrine.
- Government set up schools and hospitals for former slaves.
- The thing that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction.
20 Clues: The right to vote in public • Author of the 14th Amendment • Author of the 13th 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. • ...
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. • ...
2024 travel cities and states 2024-12-17
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- Darryl's visit to this state to visit his Dad and Dorothy
- A relaxing girls weekend near this Minnesota summer hot spot. We boated, rode jet skis, played games but mostly just had a great time hanging out together (September)
- Ethan and his friends traveled here and we unfortunately don't know anything about it because what happens here, stays here (October)
- A bucket list natural wonder that we saw from two different countries. We toured an old power plant, went to some vineyards to try ice wine, got soaked several times and then headed to Buffalo where we enjoyed some Frank Lloyd Wright architecture at the Martin House (October)
- A spring break road trip with Ethan to this state, where our favorite Christmas movie museum is located. We also took in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame and had a very fun night trying to escape from an Escape Room (March)
- This city is nestled in the bluffs along the Mississippi River. We stayed at Hawk's View, way up on a cliffside, and walked around Kinstone (January)
- Darryl's annual trip with the guys to watch Big Ten football at his alma mater (September)
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- Winter hiking with Dana and unbeatable lodging at the YMCA of the Rockies where we ran into our favorite housekeeper, Abbe Johnson (February) Hint: City
- Our annual family vacation in this town full of good fishing, competitive games and lots of laugher. Shore lunches never disappoint (June)
- Abbe's getaway to visit a friend working in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (August)
- A quick flight here and then a long drive home, picking Abbe up from her gap year job. She moved to RMNP with just 1 suitcase and 1 carryon and somehow we filled a Ford Explorer to the hilt moving her back home (April)
- This trip started with an 18-hour tour of MSP due to the CrowdStrike software glitch, ended with a visit to Seattle, and in the middle--lots of beauty. We biked, hiked and ziplined, saw whales and made friends with the bartenders (July)
- Third annual trip for Kirsten to this destination, enjoying a week with friend and my Danish family. We took in a National's game, visited monuments, met friends, heard Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speak and toured Lincoln's Cottage (September)
- Girlfriend trip to this southern state with sightings of dolphins and manatee (February)
- A girlfriend trip on a houseboat with just barely enough food to get us through five days (ha!). This national park is full of lakes, eagles, otters, turtles and baby ducks (August)
- A quick 24-hour stay in this favorite city with friends to see Nathaniel Rateliff at the Xcel Energy Center (November)
- A weekend getaway with friends to the land of fire and ice. We enjoyed waterfalls, hot springs, a glacier and a black sand beach. The food, drink and company was top notch (May)
- A visit with my aunt and uncle during a nor'easter. I really enjoyed the pace of retired life with two of my favorite retirees (April)
18 Clues: Darryl's visit to this state to visit his Dad and Dorothy • Girlfriend trip to this southern state with sightings of dolphins and manatee (February) • Darryl's annual trip with the guys to watch Big Ten football at his alma mater (September) • Abbe's getaway to visit a friend working in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (August) • ...
States and Phases of Matter 2025-10-24
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- = A state of matter that spreads out to fill all the space.
- = A very hot gas made of charged particles.
- = When a solid changes to a liquid.
- = A state of matter that flows and takes the shape of its container.
- = When a gas changes to a liquid.
- = When a solid changes directly to a gas.
- = To move back and forth very fast.
- = The form that matter can take, like solid, liquid, or gas.
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- = When a liquid changes to a gas slowly.
- = Another word for a state of matter, like solid or liquid.
- = The shape or way something exists.
- = The tiny pieces that make up all matter.
- = A state of matter that keeps its own shape.
- = When a liquid changes to a gas quickly with bubbles.
- = When a liquid becomes a solid.
- = To move smoothly like a liquid.
- = How hot or cold something is.
- = What makes particles move or change.
18 Clues: = How hot or cold something is. • = When a liquid becomes a solid. • = To move smoothly like a liquid. • = When a gas changes to a liquid. • = When a solid changes to a liquid. • = To move back and forth very fast. • = The shape or way something exists. • = What makes particles move or change. • = When a liquid changes to a gas slowly. • ...
Word formation 2026-01-08
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- The action of showing something to be right or reasonable
- It is not okay to a.. your responsibilities.
- The violinist was nervous about the u... concert. He only had three days left to practice.
- Escape or avoid
- My e.. were high for this restaurant, because it had excellent reviews.
- Suggestion, insinuation
- The quality or state of not being accurate
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- Roomy, sizeable, commodious
- Successor, offspring
- The teacher said that we have to m.. the capitals of Asian countries.
- Unmindful, careless, irresponsible
- Payment, share, ration
- Pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it
- Opposite of paperback
- Please r.. to water my plants, I always forget.
- More than necessary, normal or colorized
16 Clues: Escape or avoid • Successor, offspring • Opposite of paperback • Payment, share, ration • Suggestion, insinuation • Roomy, sizeable, commodious • Unmindful, careless, irresponsible • More than necessary, normal or colorized • The quality or state of not being accurate • It is not okay to a.. your responsibilities. • Please r.. to water my plants, I always forget. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2024-05-14
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- a skilled Confederate general from Virginia who dies after being accidentally shot by Confederate soldiers
- President of the Confederate States of America
- turning point of the Civil War, Union forces repel Lee's invasion of the North in this small town in southern Pennsylvania, after gaining control of the high ground of the battlefield
- Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, offered command of Union forces at the beginning of the war, but chose not to fight against Virginia, urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war and reunite as Americans
- the first major battle of the Civil War
- general of the Union forces who defeated Robert E. Lee's confederate army
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- consisted of slave states that remained in the Union
- by taking this city in southern Mississippi, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy
- The BLANK consisted of 11 states that supported states' rights and the practice of slavery and seceded from the United States
- The BLANK consisted of 23 states located mostly to the north and west that opposed secession from the United States
- new state formed from the western counties of Virginia that refused to secede from the Union
- Lee's surrender to Grant here in 1865, marking the end of the Civil War
- President of the United States who opposed the spread of slavery and was determined to preserve the Union, by force is necessary
- to withdraw or separate from a political state
- First shots fired to start the Civil War
15 Clues: the first major battle of the Civil War • First shots fired to start the Civil War • President of the Confederate States of America • to withdraw or separate from a political state • consisted of slave states that remained in the Union • Lee's surrender to Grant here in 1865, marking the end of the Civil War • ...
The Constitutional Convention 2024-03-13
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- A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
- A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
- A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan
- To agree or pledge to support someone or something
- Opponents of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the loose association of states established under the Articles of Confederation.
- An agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
- To formally approve a plan or an agreement. T
- A country governed by elected representatives
- A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
- A strong disagreement.
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- The first written plan of government for the United States.
- The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress.
- A series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states
- supporting Ideas of freedom, change, and progress
- A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes.
- The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president.
- A difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true
- Supporters of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the creation of a strong federal government that shared power with the states.
- The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe.
19 Clues: A strong disagreement. • To formally approve a plan or an agreement. T • A country governed by elected representatives • supporting Ideas of freedom, change, and progress • A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan • To agree or pledge to support someone or something • The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. • ...
Federalism Crossword 2021-09-28
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- Powers that the National & State governments both possess and exercise.
- States and local governments can apply for these to get money from the government
- Governmental powers are divided
- directs people to frame a proposed state constitution
- My daughter's name
- My (affordable) dream car. (Hint: I keep a Hotwheels version of one on my desk.)
- They wanted to limit the power of the states.
- a system of government in which a written constitution divides power of the government (usually between central government and state).
- Under this, Congress gave an annual share of the huge federal tax revenue to the states and their cities, counties, and townships.
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- The Anti-Federalists believed we needed this to prevent the central government from taking rights away from the citizens.
- The process of returning a fugitive from the state they fled to back to their own state.
- Agreement among states to get together, kind of like an alliance or treaty.
- No state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other states.
- Federalists did not want to follow this exactly and believed the central government needed more power than what was written.
- They both favor checks and balances, however this group thought the states deserved more power.
15 Clues: My daughter's name • Governmental powers are divided • They wanted to limit the power of the states. • directs people to frame a proposed state constitution • Powers that the National & State governments both possess and exercise. • Agreement among states to get together, kind of like an alliance or treaty. • ...
CH 7 Federalist Era Vocabulary test 2025-01-15
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- An agreement signed in 1794 between the US and Great Britain that aimed to resolve issues that remained after the American Revolutionary War. Ex: GB agreed to vacate the NW Territory (today’s Midwest)
- A government agency responsible for managing a country’s finances including the collection of taxes (revenue), issuance of currency, and the management (ideally payback) of public debt with a historical role dating back to its formation in the United States in 1789.
- Drafted by James Madison, the resolution argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional because they infringed upon individual rights and states’ rights. Madison also asserted that states could nullify federal laws they deemed unconstitutional.
- A time period in American history from the late 1780s to the early 1800s defined by: Washington’s presidency, an economic plan for the US (Hamilton’s), political parties, and foreign affairs challenges.
- Jefferson argued that the federal government had no authority to enact the Alien and Sedition Acts because they violated the First Amendment’s protections for free speech and press. Simultaneously, Jefferson articulated the concept of nullification.
- Activities aimed at weakening an established government by inciting resistance or rebellion to authority. Is this legal in the US?
- The total amount of money a government borrows to cover expenses that exceed its revenue.
- Members of a major political party in the United States that typically advocates for conservative policies and principles.
- A diplomatic incident between the United States and France that occurred during the Federalists Era. Short story: American envoys (diplomats) negotiated a peace agreement to stop French attacks on American ships. But first, France was asking for money (a bribe) just to talk, which led to a breakdown in relations between. This affair contributed to rising tensions, eventually leading to the Quasi-War, an undeclared naval conflict between us and France.
- Something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow. Washington led the way on many of these (ex: cabinet secretaries).
- Title for the head of the United States Postal Service historically responsible for overseeing mail delivery, postal services, and mail security. Benjamin Franklin was our first official PMG.
- Senior government officials responsible for managing specific departments and advising the president.
- Signed in 1795 between the United States and Spain granted America navigation rights on the Mississippi River and defined the boundary between the U.S and Spanish territories.
- Laws passed in 1798. Allowed the federal government to deport foreign nationals and criminalize speech that was critical of the government. Federalists and John Adams loved these acts.
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- A person living (residing) in a country who is not a citizen of that country.
- July 1794! Farmers in western Pennsylvania protested against a federal tax on whiskey highlighting tension between rural communities and the federal government.
- Head of the Judicial Branch of the United States (Article 3 USC), responsible for presiding over Supreme Court proceeding, and leading the Supreme Court in interpreting the Constitution and constitutionality of federal laws. States have their own such court.
- U.S government agency that is responsible for handling the country’s foreign affairs and international relations.
- A group of top executive advisors to a president picked by the president!
- Colloquially "the press" or the "press gang", is a type of conscription of people into a military force. The Royal Navy impressed many US merchant sailors. People liable to ___________ were "eligible men of seafaring habits between the ages of 18 and 55 years".
- Signed in 1795,an agreement between the US and numerous Native American tribes, which settled territorial disputes in the Northwest Territory following the Northwest Indian War.
- A geographical region of the United States established after the American Revolution encompassing land that would later become the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.
- A form of tax applied on imports from other countries. Hamilton had in mind protectionism, which has a lot to do with tariffs.
- Responsible for the administration of military affairs and the management of the Army during times of war from its establishment in 1789 until it was recognized into the Department of Defense in 1974.
- Supporters of a strong national government in the early United States, who believed in the ratification of the Constitution.
- The chief legal officer of a state or country responsible for overseeing legal affairs and representing the government in legal matters. Leads the Department of Justice these days.
- The highest federal court in the United States established in 1789 that has the authority to interpret the Constitution and review laws ensuring they are applied to every citizen while upholding the rule of law.
- Debt securities issued by a government to finance public projects and expenditures to raise cash while providing investors with a secure and steady return on investment. Hamilton loved them.
- A law in U.S history that established the process for granting citizenship to immigrants, initially allowing only free white immigrants should become citizens after a period of residency.
- A government strategy and dealing with other nations, focusing on diplomacy, trade, military actions, and alliances to achieve its national interests.
- A meeting of members of each US political party who choose candidates for upcoming national elections.
- this became a significant issue with the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799. In their resolutions, Jefferson and Madison are you that if the federal government passed the law that was unconstitutional, the states had the right to nullify (or refuse to enforce) that law within their own borders. They believed that the states, as parties to the Constitution, had the power to determine whether a federal law was in line with the Constitution.
- When a government’s expenditures exceed its revenues over a specific period leading to an accumulation of debt.
33 Clues: A group of top executive advisors to a president picked by the president! • A person living (residing) in a country who is not a citizen of that country. • The total amount of money a government borrows to cover expenses that exceed its revenue. • Senior government officials responsible for managing specific departments and advising the president. • ...
Wanted: A Just Right Government 2020-10-15
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- Branch that carries out laws
- In Virginia Plan, these states have more power
- People afraid states might lose this
- In NJ Plan these states have more power
- The Articles was America's first plan for
- Branch that makes laws
- Fraction of states to amend Constitution
- People afraid states might lose this
- States must treat their & other citizens this way
- In Articles government only had one of these
- Laws by Congress _ to state laws
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- Branch that interprets laws
- Document that replaced the Articles
- Group of individuals united for purpose
- In Articles Congress could not do this w laws
- States send these to Congress
- In Articles Congress create this but not pay
- In Articles America didn't have one of these
- States charged these on goods from other states
- "Individuals" in the "Confederation"
- In the House, number of vote depends on this
- Congress chamber where each state gets two votes
22 Clues: Branch that makes laws • Branch that interprets laws • Branch that carries out laws • States send these to Congress • Laws by Congress _ to state laws • Document that replaced the Articles • People afraid states might lose this • "Individuals" in the "Confederation" • People afraid states might lose this • Group of individuals united for purpose • ...
Social Studies Vocabulary 2016-10-13
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- an imaginary line of latitde that circles the globe halfway between the North and South poles
- imaginary lines running East to West around the globe
- has arrowa that point to all of the principal directions
- imaginary line of longitude on the Earth's surface located about 180 degrees east of Greenwich Meridian
- a general description of where a place is located
- a large landmass that is part of Earth's crust
- a book of maps
- someone who makes maps
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- a ball-shaped model of the entire planet
- a half of the Earth, there are 4 of them
- this kind of map shows country borders, capitals, and cities
- exactly where a place is located
- represent distances between points on a map
- a territory of a nation
- shows what the subject of the map is
- this kind of map shows elevations
- imaginary lines running North to South around the globe
- an imaginary line of longitude that runs through Greenwich, England
- another name for lines of longitude
- this kind of map focuses on one special topic
- explains what the symbols on the map represent
- provides location, time information, and all the weather conditions
22 Clues: a book of maps • someone who makes maps • a territory of a nation • exactly where a place is located • this kind of map shows elevations • another name for lines of longitude • shows what the subject of the map is • a ball-shaped model of the entire planet • a half of the Earth, there are 4 of them • represent distances between points on a map • ...
1TI1's crossword 2024-04-15
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- England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- South... Three capitals
- Plan for a building
- Electric car
- Someone who fights for the environment
- New... North of Australia
- Lead actress in Don't Look Up
- Transport by air
- President Joe
- The threat in Don't Look Up
- The state of Los Angeles
- Australian animal
- The UN's Sustainable ... Goals
- In real life
- Barack's wife
- North, west, south...
- A theme in Get Out
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- Your book
- Transport by sea
- Street artist from New York
- Italian car
- Former president Donald
- The state of Las Vegas
- The pinkest movie ever
- A state in the south of the US
- Popular Canadian sport
- X-Box and...
- Number of paragraphs in your essays
- A cold American country
- Capital of England
- Largest country in the world
- The band that sings Fix You
- South of the US
- Lead actor in Don't Look Up
- Most populated country in the world
- 1TI1's favorite movie
- Former president Barack
- Tagging
- The American flag is white, blue and...
- Self-driving cars
- Ford vs.
41 Clues: Tagging • Ford vs. • Your book • Italian car • X-Box and... • Electric car • In real life • President Joe • Barack's wife • South of the US • Transport by sea • Transport by air • Australian animal • Self-driving cars • Capital of England • A theme in Get Out • Plan for a building • 1TI1's favorite movie • North, west, south... • The state of Las Vegas • The pinkest movie ever • Popular Canadian sport • ...
War of 1812 2026-01-15
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- Canadian national
- First major engagement of war. British victory in this case with Britain and US
- Surrendered to Britain in 1812
- Battle between US troops and Native American warriors.
- United States Navy officer
- People who strongly pushed for war with Great Britain
- Shawnee chief warrior who resisted the expansion of the United States
- Historical battlefield in Niagara falls, Ontario
- U.S army general & seventh president of USA
- Shortest presidency
- American lawyer, author and poet
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- Served as fourth president of the United
- Former French emperor and general
- Belief that God called the US to expand across North America/ another name for Canada
- British forcibly took american sailors
- Official ban on trade hero
- Now called Toronto and was the capital of Upper Canada
- Officially ended the war of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain
- Famous 38 gun american frigate(warship)
- British Army officer, general
20 Clues: Canadian national • Shortest presidency • United States Navy officer • Official ban on trade hero • British Army officer, general • Surrendered to Britain in 1812 • American lawyer, author and poet • Former French emperor and general • British forcibly took american sailors • Famous 38 gun american frigate(warship) • Served as fourth president of the United • ...
GEOG ON CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2021-12-14
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- Largest of the Great Lakes in North America
- what is the world's largest desert
- What country does the Rhine River run through?
- tallest waterfall in the world (...falls)
- what country's famine was sung about in Band aid 1984
- what country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined
- newest country in the world
- which country has the abbreviation "CH"?
- which tube line has the most stations
- What is the smallest country in the world?
- Victoria Falls is located on the border of Zambia and which other African country
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- (capitals and countries in Europe) if D is to C and P is to L and W what is H to (full name)
- Mt. Fuji is the highest point located in which Asian country?
- What country ends with the letter Q?
- How many time zones does China have?
- What is the name of the deepest point in Earth’s oceans?
- What is the capital of the American State of California?
- In which European city was the first organized marathon held?
- Tijuana, Ensenada, Acapulco and Cancun are cities in what country?
- what is the capital of Chile
- which English county will you find the University of East Anglia?
- What season does Australia experience in December?
22 Clues: newest country in the world • what is the capital of Chile • what is the world's largest desert • What country ends with the letter Q? • How many time zones does China have? • which tube line has the most stations • which country has the abbreviation "CH"? • tallest waterfall in the world (...falls) • What is the smallest country in the world? • ...
GEOG ON CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2021-12-14
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- Victoria Falls is located on the border of Zambia and which other African country
- what is the capital of Chile
- In which European city was the first organized marathon held?
- Tijuana, Ensenada, Acapulco and Cancun are cities in what country?
- What is the capital of the American State of California?
- which country has the abbreviation "CH"?
- newest country in the world
- tallest waterfall in the world (...falls)
- what country's famine was sung about in Band aid 1984
- What is the name of the deepest point in Earth’s oceans?
- What season does Australia experience in December?
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- What is the smallest country in the world?
- Mt. Fuji is the highest point located in which Asian country?
- Largest of the Great Lakes in North America
- what is the world's largest desert
- which tube line has the most stations
- What country does the Rhine River run through?
- what country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined
- (capitals and countries in Europe) if D is to C and P is to L and W what is H to (full name)
- How many time zones does China have?
- What country ends with the letter Q?
- which English county will you find the University of East Anglia?
22 Clues: newest country in the world • what is the capital of Chile • what is the world's largest desert • How many time zones does China have? • What country ends with the letter Q? • which tube line has the most stations • which country has the abbreviation "CH"? • tallest waterfall in the world (...falls) • What is the smallest country in the world? • ...
Geography 2022-05-09
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- Branch of geography dealing with urban processes.
- Bragg's favorite color.
- Cambodian Dictator, Pol ___.
- Nationality of the Golden Horde.
- Country where Hinduism is prominent.
- Capital of Australia.
- Archipelago off the east coast of China and the Koreas.
- Largest religion.
- Japanese City.
- Geographic point indicating east-west position.
- Country in Africa with Portuguese as the national language.
- Region of the world that includes Hawaii and Australia.
- Contains England.
- Japanese volcano.
- Name for the ancestors of the Golden Horde.
- Oldest and largest of the Christian denominations.
- Largest continent.
- Country south of Russia.
- Aspect of geography dealing with art, food, religions, and more.
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- Geographic point indicating north-south position.
- Oldest religion.
- Where the Holy Lands are.
- Country with the most official languages.
- Spans two or more continents.
- Founded Buddhism.
- Oldest monotheistic religion.
- Name of Bragg's wife.
- Fiji's capital.
- What project one covered.
- Mother of Gardens.
- What Hector Berlioz wrote.
- Person's name that happens to be a country.
- Has three capitals.
- Great Indian and Mojave are examples.
- Chain of islands.
- Part of Egypt in Asia.
- Hawaii is the only US state to grow this.
37 Clues: Japanese City. • Fiji's capital. • Oldest religion. • Founded Buddhism. • Largest religion. • Chain of islands. • Contains England. • Japanese volcano. • Mother of Gardens. • Largest continent. • Has three capitals. • Name of Bragg's wife. • Capital of Australia. • Part of Egypt in Asia. • Bragg's favorite color. • Country south of Russia. • Where the Holy Lands are. • What project one covered. • ...
States Vocabulary 2014-03-18
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- something valuable or useful to a place or a person
- digging up minerals that are underground
- the height above sea level
- the city in a country or state where the government is based
- the falling of water from the sky in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow
- adding a group of figures together and then dividing by the sum of the numbers
- an area or district
- the way a country runs its industry, trade, and finance
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- a piece of land that sticks out from a larger land mass and is almost completely surrounded by water
- the amount of surface within a given boundary, measured in square units
- to make something, often with machines
- farming
- the usual weather in a place
- the total number of people who live in a place
- manufacturing companies and other businesses, taken together
- the dividing line between one country or region and another
16 Clues: farming • an area or district • the height above sea level • the usual weather in a place • to make something, often with machines • digging up minerals that are underground • the total number of people who live in a place • something valuable or useful to a place or a person • the way a country runs its industry, trade, and finance • ...
Southern States 2017-08-16
16 Clues: Texas • Florida • Georgia • Alabama • Maryland • Arkansas • Kentucky • Virginia • Delaware • Oklahoma • Louisiana • Tennessee • Mississippi • West Virginia • South Carolina • North Carolina
Midwest States 2018-02-01
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- The longest river in the U.S.
- This state is directly west of Ohio.
- This state is directly north of Iowa.
- This city is located along the Mississippi River. One of its main attractions is its Arch.
- What state is directly south of Nebraska?
- The Great Lakes connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the St. ____Seaway.
- Farmers in the Midwest grow so much corn, its nicknamed the corn___.
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- Most eastern, Midwest state on your map.
- This state is north of Illinois.
- Prairie____ live on the Great Plains in underground burrows.
- The center of the auto industry is located in Detroit, ___.
- The Western Meadowlark is the official state bird of _____.
- Mount ____ is located in South Dakota.
- How many states are on your Midwest map?
- The wide open land of the Great ____ is perfect for farming.
- How many Great Lakes are there?
16 Clues: The longest river in the U.S. • How many Great Lakes are there? • This state is north of Illinois. • This state is directly west of Ohio. • This state is directly north of Iowa. • Mount ____ is located in South Dakota. • Most eastern, Midwest state on your map. • How many states are on your Midwest map? • What state is directly south of Nebraska? • ...
states review 2023-12-06
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- is the capital of Minnesota
- is the capital of Flordia
- is the capital of Kentucky
- is the capital of Idaho
- is the capital of California
- is the capital of Michigan
- is the capital of Hawaii
- is the capital of Massachusetts
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- is the capital of Maryland
- is the capital of Connecticut
- Rock is the capital of Arkansas
- city is the capital of Missouri
- is the capital of Alaska
- is the capital of Illinois
- is the capital of Georgia
- is the capital of Alabama
16 Clues: is the capital of Idaho • is the capital of Alaska • is the capital of Hawaii • is the capital of Maryland • is the capital of Flordia • is the capital of Kentucky • is the capital of Illinois • is the capital of Georgia • is the capital of Michigan • is the capital of Alabama • is the capital of Minnesota • is the capital of California • is the capital of Connecticut • ...
Changing states 2025-10-08
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- A fast chemical change that makes fire, like burning wood.
- A change that you can undo, like melting an ice cube and freezing it again
- Water in its gaseous state.
- When an apple or banana goes brown and smelling bad.
- All matter is made up of these tiny bits.
- The process of a solid turning into a liquid.
- Materials in this state take the shape of the container they are in.
- The reddish-brown stuff that grows on old, wet metal
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- The process of a solid turning directly into a gas.
- The process of a gas turning into a liquid.
- The breakdown of food in the body.
- A state of matter with no fixed shape or volume.
- The process of a liquid turning into a gas.
- A state of matter with a definite shape and volume.
- The process of a liquid turning into a solid.
- A white liquid, often associated with a physical change when it sours.
16 Clues: Water in its gaseous state. • The breakdown of food in the body. • All matter is made up of these tiny bits. • The process of a gas turning into a liquid. • The process of a liquid turning into a gas. • The process of a liquid turning into a solid. • The process of a solid turning into a liquid. • A state of matter with no fixed shape or volume. • ...
US States 2024-06-05
16 Clues: Crabs • Island • Peaches • Casinos • Potatoes • The Arch • The First • Really Hot • Mardi Gras • Great Lakes • Biggest State • Eastern Most State • North and South ___ • Most Populated State • Everything is bigger in ___ • Southern Beach Tourist Attraction
Countries and capitals or the UE 2014-12-17
29 Clues: malta • italy • spain • cyprus • poland • france • sweden • greece • latvia • germany • estonia • austria • hungary • ireland • finland • croatia • belgium • romania • denmark • galicia • slovenia • bulgaria • portugal • slovakia • lithuania • luxembourg • netherlands • czech republic • united kingdom
Countries and capitals of the UE 2014-12-17
29 Clues: malta • spain • italy • latvia • france • cyprus • greece • sweden • poland • hungary • croatia • estonia • romania • belgium • galicia • denmark • austria • ireland • finland • germany • slovakia • slovenia • portugal • bulgaria • lithuania • luxembourg • netherlands • united kingdom • czech republic
North American Countries and their Capitals 2026-02-06
23 Clues: Havana • Roseau • Ottawa • Nassau • Managua • SanJosé • StJohns • Castries • Belmopan • Kingston • Kingstown • StGeorges • PanamaCity • Basseterre • Bridgetown • MexicoCity • SanSalvador • Tegucigalpa • PortofSpain • SantoDomingo • PortauPrince • WashingtonDC • GuatemalaCity
times the charm 2024-02-12
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- How many parts in the Hitchhiker's Guide?
- The personification of destiny
- Law that states "A = A"
- Faith, hope, and love
- Combine the root, third, and fifth
- Law that states that something cannot be and not be at the same time
- Army of Darkness weapon
- Built houses out of straw, sticks, and bricks
- The unification of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity
- Derived the laws of planetary motion
- Nitrogen with three hydrogens
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- Moha, Raga, and Dvesha lead to its creation
- Narya, Nenya, Vilya
- Law that states that something has to be or not be
- Its angles add up to 180
- Goddess of ghosts and magic
- The personification of vengeance
- Red, blue, and yellow
- PVT - used to remember Murphy's _____
- Is the Japanese idea of something that not is being as important as the part that is
20 Clues: Narya, Nenya, Vilya • Faith, hope, and love • Red, blue, and yellow • Law that states "A = A" • Army of Darkness weapon • Its angles add up to 180 • Goddess of ghosts and magic • Nitrogen with three hydrogens • The personification of destiny • The personification of vengeance • Combine the root, third, and fifth • Derived the laws of planetary motion • ...
PSIR Crossword 2024-01-17
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- The conduct of international relations and negotiations between countries.
- Interactions and relationships between two states.
- Measures taken to ensure the safety and protection of a state from external threats.
- Distribution of power and capabilities among states to prevent any one from dominating others.
- Entities formed by states to facilitate cooperation on global issues, such as the United Nations.
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- The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments of different nations.
- Cooperation and coordination among multiple states to address common challenges or achieve common goals.
- Private organizations that operate independently of government control, often focused on humanitarian or environmental issues.
- Formal acknowledgment of the legal existence of a sovereign state.
- Formal agreements between states, often addressing issues of mutual interest or concern.
- The ability to influence others through attraction and persuasion, rather than through force or coercion.
- Legal principles governing the relationships between sovereign states and other international actors.
- The supreme authority of a state to govern itself without interference from external sources.
13 Clues: Interactions and relationships between two states. • Formal acknowledgment of the legal existence of a sovereign state. • The conduct of international relations and negotiations between countries. • Measures taken to ensure the safety and protection of a state from external threats. • ...
Unit 4 Assessment Project 2020-12-07
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- the ability of one group to manipulate and control the actions of another group by withholding funding, or putting stipulations on the use of funds
- The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States
- have the power to impeach a government official
- powers that are specifically stated
- a government with two legislative houses or chambers
- regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian
- a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty
- a formal act by which one country goes to war against another
- Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote
- ensures that the House passes legislation supported by the majority party
- powers that aren't specifically stated
- members of the House are elected every two years, whereas senators are elected for six-year terms
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- When the vice president is absent, the president presides over the Senate
- process by which a legislative body addresses charges against a government official
- To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof
- a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
- to use one's authority to reject or cancel
- a legislative committee responsible for expediting the passage of bills
- representative for virginia's 3rd congressional district
- thirty,citizen,resident of state
- senators of VA
- a joint committee of the United States Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill
- has the power to conduct impeachment trials
- a member of a constituency
24 Clues: senators of VA • a member of a constituency • thirty,citizen,resident of state • powers that are specifically stated • powers that aren't specifically stated • to use one's authority to reject or cancel • has the power to conduct impeachment trials • have the power to impeach a government official • a government with two legislative houses or chambers • ...
Civil war crossword 2024-04-04
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- The thing that the Civil War was fought to end
- President that made Texas a slave state and part of the union.
- Texas was a state that broke off from Mexico and was added to the union as a slave state by James K Polk
- A leader in the Bleeding Kansas act
- Wrote the Liberator article.
- This man lived on free land so he sued his slave owner for his freedom. The congress told this man that he was not free and had to right to sue.
- Made the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
- Domestic slave trade was taken away from this place in the Compromise of 1850
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- People came to Kansas to vote on whether it should be a slave states or free state. It was voted a slave state, but anti-slavery activists did not follow these laws and rebelled killing 5 pro-slavery people.
- Two territories that were open to slavery in the Compromise of 1850
- This woman talked about her experience with slavery.
- UT territories and NM territories were open to slavery. California is a free state, Wasington D.C is no longer part of the domestic slave trade, and new fugitive slave laws were put in place.
- A person who is against slavery and wants it to be gone.
- Changed her name to Sojourner Truth and delivered speeches about slavery.
- Law that made enslaved people be returned back to their owners if they escaped.
- Was a free state as of the Compromise of 1850
- Their family had a lot of slaves and made money from them. These people freed their families slaves using their money.
- Led the underground railroad where slaves could escape
- Kansas and Nebraska were new territories in the United States, Stephen Douglass wanted the people to vote if it should be a free state or a slave state.
- A line was created below Missouri and any states under the line were free states and any states above were slave states
20 Clues: Wrote the Liberator article. • A leader in the Bleeding Kansas act • Was a free state as of the Compromise of 1850 • The thing that the Civil War was fought to end • This woman talked about her experience with slavery. • Led the underground railroad where slaves could escape • Made the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 • ...
History Extra Credit 2016-01-06
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- Negative nickname for a white southern Republican after the civil war.
- First major battle of the Civil War, won by the Confederates in July 1861
- Type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjourned; it is applied when the chief executive does not formally sign or reject a bill within the period of time allowed to do so
- War between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South; fought from 1861 to 1865
- The first women's rights convention in the United States history, held in 1848
- the right to vote
- People who moved their homes regularly, usually in search of available source of food.
- Place where weapons are made or stored
- Program implemented by the federal government between 1865 and 1877 to repair the damage to the South caused by the Civil War and restore the southern states by the Union.
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- Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture.
- The United States as a unit; or, during the Civil War, the North
- Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories
- A railroad stretching from coast to coast
- To join or attach, as in the joining of a new territory to an existing country
- Regulation that prohibited certain activities people considered immoral such as drinking alcohol on Sundays.
- A [policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants
- In the Civil War, the states between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
- An official forgiveness of the crime.
- Required military service
19 Clues: the right to vote • Required military service • An official forgiveness of the crime. • Place where weapons are made or stored • A railroad stretching from coast to coast • A [policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants • The United States as a unit; or, during the Civil War, the North • ...
MATTER CROSSWORD by O`Lando Ramsaroop and Rudranath Ojeda 2018-11-05
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- The changing of a solid to a liquid is called
- At -50`C water is
- when cooling at 0`C water is
- at R.T.P the state water is at is
- a large body of matter with n definate shape
- _or slanted lines represents areas where pure states exist in the heating curve
- The three low energy states of matter are Solid,Liquid and
- The to other states that are found in special locations are Nutrion Degenerate and
- What is a physical property of matter with Green and red and blue just to name a few.
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- Anything that occupies space and mass
- the temperature at which a substance melts
- In the heating E-F A.K.A Gas to Plasma equals
- degree of compactness of a substance
- What is a chemical property of matter?
- The two properties of matter are General and
- Which state of matter has a definite shape and has definite volume? A solid at 100’ is Liquid
- A change in a substance when a new substance is formed is a
- What causes matter to change states?
18 Clues: At -50`C water is • when cooling at 0`C water is • at R.T.P the state water is at is • degree of compactness of a substance • What causes matter to change states? • Anything that occupies space and mass • What is a chemical property of matter? • the temperature at which a substance melts • a large body of matter with n definate shape • ...
Gov Crossword 2021-11-09
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- powers the constitution is presumed to have delegated to the national government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
- a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
- formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
- those powers which can be exercised by the national government alone
- the first ten amendments to the constitution
- a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which (unlike a treaty) does not require senate consent
- a change in, or addition to a constitution or law
- those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution
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- those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the national government by the constituion
- those delegated powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution
- a provision of the U.S. Constitution that states that the constitution, federal law, and treaties of the united states are the "supreme law of the land"
- those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise
- formal agreement entered into with the consent of congress, between or among states, or between a state and foreign state
- congressional act admitting a new state to the union
- the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state
- those powers that the constitution does not grant to the national government and does not deny tho the states
- group of persons chosen in each state and the district of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the president and vice president
- a congressional act direction the people of a united states territory to frame a proposed state constitution as a step toward admission to the union
18 Clues: the first ten amendments to the constitution • a change in, or addition to a constitution or law • congressional act admitting a new state to the union • a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states • those powers which can be exercised by the national government alone • those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise • ...
New Government 2023-01-23
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- Congress could tax imports but not exports.
- 1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.
- A system of government in which citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people
- A 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats
- Formal approval
- A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789.
- Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption
- Supporters of the U.S. Constitution at the time the states were contemplating its adoption.
- The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population
- The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 3rd president of the United States
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- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams.
- A belief that ultimate power resides in the people
- 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
- Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)
- A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
- A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed
- A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of the press "ought not to be restrained"
- Financial support from the government
- Led by Thomas Jefferson, believed people should have political power, favored strong STATE governments, emphasized agriculture, strict interpretation of the Constitution, pro-French, opposed National Bank
- A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
- Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
- "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.
24 Clues: Formal approval • 3rd president of the United States • Financial support from the government • Congress could tax imports but not exports. • The first ten amendments to the Constitution • A belief that ultimate power resides in the people • A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789. • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams. • ...
Civil War- Zak Swinson 2019-12-02
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- General who planned an attack and led Union troops into Shiloh
- capital of the Confederate states
- plagued camp life and proved to be deadly
- Eleven Southern states had seceded and formed the ______
- major crop of the South
- the North's biggest advantage over the South
- made all men 20-45 eligible for draft
- bloodiest single-day of fighting in the war
- most of the fighting happened in what region
- conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy
- The states seceded in order to maintain this practice
- President of Confederacy
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- The South was based on agriculture, but the North had the most
- allowed to enlist in the Union Army after 1862
- prison that held over 30,000 prisoners
- this battle was the bloodiest engagement of the war
- President Lincoln sent ships to S.C. b/c they were low on ___
- President of the Union
- slave states that remained loyal to the Union
- the war begun in this location
- some citizens of this state opposed secession
- battle that increased confidence of Confederate troops
22 Clues: President of the Union • major crop of the South • President of Confederacy • the war begun in this location • capital of the Confederate states • made all men 20-45 eligible for draft • prison that held over 30,000 prisoners • conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy • plagued camp life and proved to be deadly • bloodiest single-day of fighting in the war • ...
Civil War 2023-10-06
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- General for the Confederate Army.
- A political party generally against slavery and its expansion into the territories.
- When a person is murdered for political reasons.
- general for the Union Army.
- The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition.
- A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder.
- turning point of the Civil War.
- were loyal to the Confederate States.
- A term meaning "before war".
- A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
- The lowest rank in the army.
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- declares all slaves in states in rebellion to be free.
- A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket.
- Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War.
- A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
- first major battle in the Civil War.
- Who was the president of the Confederates during the Civil War.
- Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
- the first ironclad warship in the United States Navy.
- A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. Also, Union, Federal, or Northern.
20 Clues: general for the Union Army. • A term meaning "before war". • The lowest rank in the army. • turning point of the Civil War. • General for the Confederate Army. • first major battle in the Civil War. • were loyal to the Confederate States. • A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder. • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • ...
civil war crossword puzzle Colton Ingle and Connor padgett 2025-12-16
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- the person who led to march to the sea
- the 13th and final colony
- nation that was at war with eachother
- the election Abraham Lincoln became president from
- prison union soldiers were held at with very bad living conditions
- the document that said If the south did not surrender by 1863 the could not have slaves anymore
- war that the north and south of the United States fought in
- forced labor of humans
- officially made California a state
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- bloodiest battle of the war
- the idea States can invalidate a federal law
- led by William Sherman and they burnt down atlanta
- he was hanged for his actions at the prison
- the hub of transportation in Georgia at that time
- the president that ended slavery and started the civil war
- the plan to block the souths ports so they could not access others resources
- second bloodiest battle of the war
- bloodiest single day of the civil war
- south of the United States that was for slavery
- northern United States that was against slavery
20 Clues: forced labor of humans • the 13th and final colony • bloodiest battle of the war • second bloodiest battle of the war • officially made California a state • nation that was at war with eachother • bloodiest single day of the civil war • the person who led to march to the sea • he was hanged for his actions at the prison • the idea States can invalidate a federal law • ...
Civil War 2023-04-27
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- escaping from slavery in Maryland
- We specialize in original Civil War Photography and Antiques, with an emphasi
- was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard
- served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865),
- Is the states that is down
- American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk.
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- led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
- deological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen
- (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States
- was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States Army
- was a general officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
- was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South")
- president during the civil war
- Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end
- Is the states that is up
15 Clues: Is the states that is up • Is the states that is down • president during the civil war • escaping from slavery in Maryland • Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end • We specialize in original Civil War Photography and Antiques, with an emphasi • led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. • ...
JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 2025-05-07
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- Practice of giving government jobs to political supporters
- Political party formed to support Jackson
- Route taken by Native Americans during forced relocation
- Nickname for the 1828 tariff that angered the South
- Jackson’s Vice President and advocate for states’ rights
- State banks where Jackson deposited federal funds
- Public meetings to select party candidates
- Belief that states have powers independent of the federal government
- Political party formed by Jackson’s opponents
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- Jackson’s political rival and leader of the Whig Party
- Principle that the side with the most votes wins
- Financial crisis blamed on Van Buren but caused by Jackson’s policies
- Seventh President of the United States
- Jackson’s Secretary of State and later President
- Forced relocation of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi
- Jackson’s informal group of trusted advisers
- Idea that states can invalidate federal laws they consider unconstitutional
- Ordinary citizens whom Jackson claimed to represent
18 Clues: Seventh President of the United States • Political party formed to support Jackson • Public meetings to select party candidates • Jackson’s informal group of trusted advisers • Political party formed by Jackson’s opponents • Principle that the side with the most votes wins • Jackson’s Secretary of State and later President • ...
Constitution Crossword 2021-09-13
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- When power is shared between the central government and the states
- Article II lays out the _____ branch
- A person in favor of a strong central government
- Article I lays out the ______ branch
- The structure of Congress. It means “Two House”
- A person suspicious of a strong central government and wants a list of guaranteed freedoms
- Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the ______
- The plan that created our current system of government. It was designed to please large and small states
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- The plan at the Constitutional Convention that favored large states is named for this state
- The first government of the United States
- Article III lays out the ______ branch
- A change to the Constitution
- The head of the executive branch
- The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- The plan at the Constitutional Convention that favored small states is named for this state
15 Clues: A change to the Constitution • The head of the executive branch • Article II lays out the _____ branch • Article I lays out the ______ branch • Article III lays out the ______ branch • The first government of the United States • The first 10 amendments to the Constitution • The structure of Congress. It means “Two House” • A person in favor of a strong central government • ...
The Causes of Civil War Review Crossword 2015-04-15
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- In the Compromise of 1850 California entered as a __________ state, in the rest of the Mexican session slavery would be decided by _______________ sovereignty, and a stronger fugitive ___________ law was passed.
- In the Missouri Compromise, ______________ would enter the Union as a slave state, and _____________ would enter as a _____________ state.
- This is the movement to completely end slavery.
- The idea that the states had more power than the federal government.
- He fought slavery by publishing the anti-slavery newspaper “The Liberator” and was president of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
- She was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
- As a result of the unfair election, two separate Kansas governments were formed (one for slavery, the other against). Over the next two years, Kansas collapsed into _________ ________ and two ________________ people died.
- Frederick Douglass was the most famous abolitionist public _______________. He published an anti-slavery ____________________ called the North-Star, and wrote autobiographies to show the injustice of ________________.
- Some abolitionists believed that African Americans should receive the ______________ treatment as whites. Others believed blacks should not receive _______________ with whites.
- The Underground Railroad was a network of ________________ and ______________ places to help escaped slaves get to freedom.
- Abraham ______________ won the Election of 1860 without any electoral votes from the _________________.
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- To influence the Kansas vote on slavery, _______ thousand voters crossed the Kansas border from Missouri and ___________ for the state to have slavery be legal.
- ____________ _______________ was born a slave but sued for his freedom after he moved to the free territory of Wisconsin with his master. In the ruling the Supreme Court ruled he and other blacks were not ____________ and had no right to sue in federal court. They also ruled that the Missouri Compromise was illegal and the government couldn’t ban ____________ in the territories.
- _______________ Sovereignty means that political _______________ belongs to the people.
- This abolitionist changed her name after getting her freedom and fought slavery by giving speeches for the rights of slaves and women.
- The Grimke Sisters fought slavery by writing anti-slavery _____________ and tried to _____________ other white southern _______________ to the anti-slavery cause.
- Between 1860 and 1861 eleven southern states seceded from the United States of America and formed the ____________________ States of America.
- The _________________ states believed that the states had more power than the federal government.
- John Brown thought that he was called on by _________ to end slavery. He planned to _____________ the federal arsenal, take all the weapons, give them to slaves, and start a rebellion. His planned failed and he was caught and put to _____________.
- In order for Senator Stephen Douglas to get his railroad a compromise was formed called the Kansas-Nebraska Act. As a result of the compromise, the Louisiana Purchase was divided into the _____________ and Nebraska territories. _______________ in each territory would be decided by the ________________ (popular sovereignty).
- She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which showed the evils and cruelty of slavery.
- The Election of 1860 showed the South they were losing political _____________ and that slavery may be in __________________.
- The idea that the federal government had more power than the states.
- Disagreements between regions in the country.
- Most _________________ states believe the federal government had more power than the states.
- Senator Stephen Douglas wanted an intercontinental railroad running through the ______________.
26 Clues: Disagreements between regions in the country. • This is the movement to completely end slavery. • She was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. • The idea that the states had more power than the federal government. • The idea that the federal government had more power than the states. • ...
Spanish Speaking Countries, Capitals, and Locations 2014-08-10
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- The capital is Caracas and it is located north of Brazil.
- The capital is Asuncion and it is southwest of Brazil.
- The capital is Montevideo and it is located east of Argentina.
- The capital is Washington, D.C. and it is located north of Mexico.
- The capital is Andorra la Vella and it is located in Europe between Spain and France.
- The capital is Madrid and it is located in Europe east of Portugal.
- The capital is Malabo and it is located along the west coast of Africa.
- The capital is Managua and it is located north of Costa Rica.
- The capital is Santiago and it is located west of Argentina.
- The capital is Sucre and it is located north of Argentina.
- The capital is Bogota and it is located northwest of Brazil.
- The capital is San Jose and it is located south of Nicaragua.
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- The capital is Tegucigalpa and it is located north of Nicaragua.
- The capital is Santo Domingo and it is located East of Haiti.
- The capital is Ciudad de Panama and it connects Costa Rica to Colombia.
- The capital is Lima and it is located west of Brazil.
- The capital is Buenos Aires and it is located east of Chile.
- The capital is San Juan and it is an island east of Republica Domincana.
- The capital is Ciudad de Mexico and it is located south of the US.
- The capital is Ciudad de Guatemala and it is located west of Honduras.
- The capital is San Salvador and it is located south of Honduras.
- The capital is Quito and it is located north of Peru.
- The capital is Belmopan and it is located east of Guatemala.
- The capital is La Habana and it is an island south of Florida.
24 Clues: The capital is Lima and it is located west of Brazil. • The capital is Quito and it is located north of Peru. • The capital is Asuncion and it is southwest of Brazil. • The capital is Caracas and it is located north of Brazil. • The capital is Sucre and it is located north of Argentina. • The capital is Buenos Aires and it is located east of Chile. • ...
Capitals of Australia and the Oceania 2019-10-14
23 Clues: Cuba • Haiti • Canada • Belize • Panama • Mexico • Jamaica • Bahamas • Honduras • Barbados • Dominica • Nicaragua • Guatemala • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Saint Lucia • George Grenada • Dominican Republic • Trinidad and Tobago • Antigua and Barbuda • Saint Kitts and Nevis • United States of America • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Countries and Capitals of the Americas 2021-11-03
21 Clues: Lima • Sucre • Quito • Bogota • Ottawa • Caracas • Managua • Santiago • Brasilia • Belmopan • Asuncion • San Jose • Paramaribo • Montevideo • Georgetown • Panama City • Buenos Ares • Tegucigalpa • Mexico City • San Salvador • Guatemala City
20 ARAB COUNTRIES AND THEIR CAPITALS 2023-02-01
20 Clues: Doha • Cairo • Amman • Rabat • Tunis • Manama • Beirut • Sana’a • Muscat • Baghdad • Algiers • Tripoli • Damascus • Djibouti • Khartoum • Mogadishu • Abu Dhabi • Nouakchott • Kuwait City • Ramallah/ Jerusalem
Dissolving and States of Matter 2014-09-19
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- when a solid warms up and becomes a liquid
- a way to speed up dissolving using a rod or spoon
- the state of matter where a material
- when a liquid becomes a gas and goes into the air
- if an experiment is to be trustworthy, it must be a... (4-4)
- a substance that dissolves into another
- the process when a gas changes straight from a gas into a solid
- a word meaning "cannot dissolve"
- a substance that causes another to dissolve
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- when two or more materials are put together to make a substance but don't change their own properties.
- the state of matter where a material keeps its shape
- information represented in the form of a picture, diagram or drawing
- the process when a solid changes straight from a solid into a gas
- a summary of the results of an experiment and a statement of how the results relate to the aim
- a word meaning "can dissolve"
- when a liquid cools and becomes solid
- a mixture where a substance has dissolved into another
- you wear these to protect your eyes in the lab
18 Clues: a word meaning "can dissolve" • a word meaning "cannot dissolve" • the state of matter where a material • when a liquid cools and becomes solid • a substance that dissolves into another • when a solid warms up and becomes a liquid • a substance that causes another to dissolve • you wear these to protect your eyes in the lab • ...
AP QUIZ 2022-02-14
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- Bank, This is also known as International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
- Silk Road, This is the trade route between China and other countries during the 207 - 220 B.C.E.
- This is one of the aspects of globalization which Information technology has paved the way to cultural globalization.
- Multinational corporation bring to our country not only material goods as well as their?
- culture, Another aspect that influenced the activities and beliefs of people in other countries.
- What did the Filipinos harvested during the colonization of the Spaniards?
- how many benefits of economic integration can be categorized?
- the great, He is the reasons behind hastening of globalization. In 334 B.C.
- This includes call center.
- Wiseman, Who wrote the book entitled “ Australia and the Politics of Globalization.”
- trade, What trade was expanded in the 21th century which ushered the Information Age?
- Nation, this started on October 24, 1945. Before they only have 51 members but now it has 193 member.
- When did the catholic missionaries spread Catholicism in the Philippines?
- Revolution, This refers to extensive mechanization in the production system
- This refers to the advocacy system or theory of protecting domestic producers
- One of the goals of of European was to bring and spread of what religion?
- A mentality deeply engraved in every Filipino as a result of country’s colonization
- an organization working to faster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability
- to travel, What kind of Freedom that gives problem to the world like spreading of diseases?
- network, What is CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera?
- How many members does WTO has?
- America, Where did the catholic missionaries from Europe spread Catholicism in 1492?
- trade, Creates employment and job opportunities.
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- Another aspect of globalization that focuses to the improvements of transportation.
- Cooperation, Two countries trading products, services and capitals between them eventually form cooperation of a political nature.
- This is referred to as exchange of goods, services and capitals.
- This aspect focuses on transnational Corporations or Multinational companies lead globalization.
- investors , Investors who lose a lot because they need to pay higher tax to the government.
- This is the result of all the activities of peoples and government around the world.
- country, They have a lay of capital and have many corporations but only limited market for the large amount of product.
- trade organization, Formerly known as GATT
- Who colonized the Philippines?
- Hellenistic culture, What culture is the combination of the western and eastern culture?
- How much is the minimum wage in Metro Manila?
- Air transportation, This kind of transportation was flourished including the use of telephone and postal mail.
- War, World bank loans helped rebuild countries devastated by what war?
- Trade, What happened during Spaniards colonization year 1565-1815?
- What is the main source of fuel?
- One country that dominated WTO.
- benefits, Caused by the capital being brought to the country by the large foreign investors, a number of Filipinos became employed, being employed.
- Where did the Filipinos sent their harvested Tobacco?
41 Clues: This includes call center. • Who colonized the Philippines? • How many members does WTO has? • One country that dominated WTO. • What is the main source of fuel? • trade organization, Formerly known as GATT • network, What is CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera? • How much is the minimum wage in Metro Manila? • trade, Creates employment and job opportunities. • ...
The United States and the International Community Crossword Puzzle 2025-04-29
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- The U.S. currency that dominates global trade.
- Famous economic conflict between the U.S. and China.
- What is the term to describe the U.S.'s consistent support for Israel, often at the expense of Palestinian concerns?
- Conflict where the U.S. Navy helped contain Soviet power.
- US’s diverse cultural landscape, shaped by immigration and a blend of traditions from various parts of the world contributes to what image?
- Where was the Bretton Woods Agreement held?
- A military agreement between the United States and the Philippines aimed at strengthening their alliance. It allows the US to rotate troops into the Philippines for extended stays, build and operate facilities on Philippine bases, and preposition military equipment.
- What is the primary mission of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)?
- The U.S. Navy ensures freedom of __________, a key principle in global trade.
- a formal agreement between two or more countries that pledges a commitment to defend each other in any possible threats or external aggression. This agreement essentially creates a military alliance, signifying that the signatory nations will come to each other's aid if one of them is attacked.
- What is the agreement between Spain and the United States that ceded the Philippines islands from Spain to the United States?
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- Considered the most important organ of the United Nations where the United States is a permanent member of.
- The power the United States has for being a permanent member of the organ of your answer in the previous question.
- In which geopolitical conflict did the United States frequently use the type of power mentioned in your previous answer to support its ally?
- Type of diplomacy involving joint naval exercises.
- U.S. Navy's action against threats like piracy and terrorism.
- Major strategic region where the U.S. Navy counters China's influence.
- Who is the 1st Secretary General of NATO
- What is the main factor that gives Silicon Valley global influence?
- The U.S. Navy patrols this important waterway in the Middle East.
- NATO was formed because of the threat of this country and its political ideology.
- Identify the international body that regulates trade rules between nations to ensure smooth and fair commerce wherein the United States is a founding member and the largest contributor of.
22 Clues: Who is the 1st Secretary General of NATO • Where was the Bretton Woods Agreement held? • The U.S. currency that dominates global trade. • Type of diplomacy involving joint naval exercises. • Famous economic conflict between the U.S. and China. • Conflict where the U.S. Navy helped contain Soviet power. • U.S. Navy's action against threats like piracy and terrorism. • ...
USVA Unit 7 Test Review 2026-02-13
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- The United States obtained this territory from Spain after the Spanish-American War
- This "Roosevelt ____" added to the Monroe Doctrine, and claimed the U.S. had "international police power" to intervene in Latin America
- The United States first attacked the Spanish in this bay in 1898
- The United States successfully connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through this engineering project
- This type of diplomacy is associated with President Wilson, who pursued humanitarian goals internationally
- This "_____ Service Act" authorized the U.S. government to mobilize the military using a draft
- This term refers to U.S. senators who refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles under any circumstance
- This telegram proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico
- This type of warfare involves non-traditional hit and run tactics, used by Filipino insurgents
- This ____-American War was a brutal conflict (1899-1902) over American colonial rule
- This term refers to U.S. senators who would only support the Treaty of Versailles if changes were made
- This long standing U.S. policy avoided involvement in European wars and other international conflict
- This was Wilson's political party, and "Wilson _____" supported the Treaty of Versailles as written since it was negotiated by Wilson
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- The United States overthrew the queen and then annexed this Pacific island territory
- Wilson proposed a "____ of Nations" to prevent future global war
- This type of diplomacy -- favored by President Taft -- focused on U.S. economic influence rather than military might
- This British passenger ship was sunk by a German u-boat (submarine), killing 128 Americans
- The "_____ Act" criminalized disloyal language about the U.S. government during WWI
- Wilson's peace plan had this many points
- Emilio ____; Filipino revolutionary leader who fought against both Spain and the United States
- This amendment stated that the U.S. could not annex Cuba after the war
- The "Treaty of ______" ended WWI, but the United States did not ratify [approve] the treaty
- "____ of Influence" -- areas in China where foreign nations claimed exclusive political and economic rights
- This is the name of the U.S. ship that exploded in Havana Bay
- The United States joined WWI on this side, which included Great Britain, France, and Russia
- This law promised eventual independence for the Philippines
- "_____ door policy" -- U.S. proposal that all nations should have equal trading rights in China
27 Clues: Wilson's peace plan had this many points • This law promised eventual independence for the Philippines • This telegram proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico • This is the name of the U.S. ship that exploded in Havana Bay • Wilson proposed a "____ of Nations" to prevent future global war • The United States first attacked the Spanish in this bay in 1898 • ...
The Great Depression Vocab 2017-12-13
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- inconvertible paper money made legal tender by a government decree
- to increase the size of the supreme court and bring in new justices
- term used to describe a series of 28 evening radio addresses
- a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America
- a decision by the supreme court of the united states that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry
- limited amount of terms to 2
- the largest and most ambitious american new deal agency
- a federally owned corporation in the united states created by congressional charter on may 18, 1933 to provide navigation
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- 32nd president of the united states from 1933 to 1945
- a law that was passed by the united states congress to facilitate regulation of electric utilites
- established in 1934 to regulate the commerce in stock bonds and other securities
- establishes minimum wage,overtime pay.recordkeeping and youth employment standards
- 31st President of the United States
- a monetary system where a country's currency or paper money has a value directly linked to gold
- a federal law passed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal
15 Clues: limited amount of terms to 2 • 31st President of the United States • 32nd president of the united states from 1933 to 1945 • the largest and most ambitious american new deal agency • term used to describe a series of 28 evening radio addresses • inconvertible paper money made legal tender by a government decree • ...
Executive Branch 2024-11-19
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- The President's power to forgive a crime and eliminate punishment.
- The official who presides over the Senate and steps in if the President cannot serve.
- The Political Part of the current President
- The process by which a President can be charged with wrongdoing and removed from office.
- The amount of years a President serves in one term.
- The current Vice President of the United States
- The future President of the United States.
- Executive _________: Directive from the President.
- A group that advises the President and leads the Executive Departments
- The official residence and workplace of the President.
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- The head of the executive branch and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
- The President's official workplace in the White House.
- When the President rejects a law passed by Congress.
- The group that formally elects the President and Vice President.
- The future Vice President of the United States
- The current President of the United States.
- The Political Party of the new President
- The title for the heads of Executive Departments.
18 Clues: The Political Party of the new President • The future President of the United States. • The Political Part of the current President • The current President of the United States. • The future Vice President of the United States • The current Vice President of the United States • The title for the heads of Executive Departments. • ...
Adam and Chan: Chapter 4 2017-06-14
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- Belt / The region of the United States in the south and southwest that has seen population growth relative to the rest of the country and which, because of its climate, has attracted retirees
- / Sparsely populated territory and small towns, often associated with farming
- Gap / The difference between the political opinions or political behavior of men and of women
- / Those who own or control the means of production
- / Conservative christians who, as a group, have become more active in politics in the last two decades and were especially influential in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections
- Status / A division of population based on occupation, income, and education
- / A grouping of human beings with distinctive characteristics determined by genetic inheritance
- Exceptionalism / The view that due to circumstances of history, the constitution, and liberty, the United States is different from other nations
- / A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race
- Domestic Product / The total output of all economic activity in the nation, including goods and services
- Destiny / A notion held by the nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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- Bowl diversity / the integration of the many different cultures of United States residents combine like a salad
- / A densely settled territory that is often the central part of a city of metropolitan area
- / The movement of population from rural areas to central cities
- Effects / When a particular generation has had experiences that make it politically distinct
- / Those who sell their labor
- cleavages / Divisions within society that reinforce one another, making groups more homogenous or similar
- cleavages / Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogenous or different
- Belt / States in the midwest once known for their industrial output, which have seen factories close and have experienced relatively high unemployment
- / Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group
- / The study of characteristics of populations
- Effects / The effect of aging and becoming more politically conservative, less mobile, and more likely to participate in politics
- / Fastest growing ethnic group
- / An area that typically surrounds the central city, is often residential, and is not as densely populated
- Belt / The region of the states in the south and states bordering the south with a large number of strongly committed protestants who see a public role for religion
25 Clues: / Those who sell their labor • / Fastest growing ethnic group • / The study of characteristics of populations • / Those who own or control the means of production • / Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group • / The movement of population from rural areas to central cities • ...
Spanish Speaking Capitals 2022-10-24
19 Clues: CUBA • PERU • CHILE • PANAMA • MEXICO • URUGUAY • BOLIVIA • ECUADOR • COLOMBIA • PARAGUAY • HONDURAS • ARGENTINA • VENEZUELA • GUATEMALA • NICARAGUA • COSTARICA • PUERTORICO • ELSALVADOR • REPUBLICADOMINICANA
Latin America Capitals 2025-01-24
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- Capital of El Salvador
- Capital of Panama
- Capital of Guatemala
- Capital of Bolivia
- Capital of Argentina
- Capital of Brazil
- Capital of Uruguay
- Capital of Guyana
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- Capital of Honduras
- Capital of Suriname
- Capital of Ecuador
- Capital of Nicaragua
- Capital of Venezuela
- Capital of Peru
- Capital of Colombia
- Capital of Belize
- Capital of Paraguay
- Capital of Costa Rica
- Capital of Chile
19 Clues: Capital of Peru • Capital of Chile • Capital of Panama • Capital of Belize • Capital of Brazil • Capital of Guyana • Capital of Ecuador • Capital of Bolivia • Capital of Uruguay • Capital of Honduras • Capital of Suriname • Capital of Colombia • Capital of Paraguay • Capital of Nicaragua • Capital of Venezuela • Capital of Guatemala • Capital of Argentina • Capital of Costa Rica • ...
federalism 2019-10-24
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- returning power from the national government to states
- says that one state must recognize and honor the official acts of other states, like marriages or criminal convictions
- what the constitution explicitly says Congress can do
- a system of taxing and spending within the federal system (usually it’s the national government providing money to states with some instructions on how to spend it)
- a state separating itself from the USA
- the old idea that the national and state governments were equal authorities
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- gives Congress the authority to make laws about economic activity that crosses state lines, or that may affect the interstate economy. Source of authority for many modern laws.
- both the national government and state governments may do these
- the national government has these under the Necessary and Proper Clause because they’re logical extensions of expressed powers
- not mentioned specifically in the constitution, these may be done by states because the constitution neither assigns them to the national government nor prohibits them to states
- demands on states to carry out specific policies (usually, but not always, with money provided by the national government)
- money and other resources given to states to spend on state and local activities, like when the national government gave states land which states sold to fund public universities
- greatly expanded the role of the national government, trying to improve people’s social and economic welfare during the Great Depression of the 1930s
13 Clues: a state separating itself from the USA • what the constitution explicitly says Congress can do • returning power from the national government to states • both the national government and state governments may do these • the old idea that the national and state governments were equal authorities • ...
Geography of the United States vocabulary words 2017-09-05
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- a system of lines that cross each other to form a pattern of squares and on a map used to locate places
- a direction such as northwest that is between two cardinal directions
- a collection or book of maps
- a symbol on a map that shows directions
- lines that measure the distances east and west of the prime meridian
- a map legend the boxed list showing the symbols and what they represent on a map
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- half of a sphere
- a unit measure there are 360 degrees of latitude and longitude to used to locate places
- the starting point for measuring longitude
- the distance above or below sea level
- one of the four main compass points north south east and west
- lines that measure distance north and west of the equator
- a map that shows information such as borders capitals and important cities
- an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between North and South poles
- a line drawn on a map that shows the relationship between a unit of measurement on the map and the real distance on earth
- a map that shows geographic features of a place such as mountains valleys and bodies of water
- a thing that stands for or represents something else
- a model of the earth
18 Clues: half of a sphere • a model of the earth • a collection or book of maps • the distance above or below sea level • a symbol on a map that shows directions • the starting point for measuring longitude • a thing that stands for or represents something else • lines that measure distance north and west of the equator • ...
