states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Unit 2 Keywords 2022-10-12

Unit 2 Keywords crossword puzzle
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  1. The national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. The period of time is commonly associated with President James Monroe's two presidential terms (1817-25), but it actually began in 1815, when, for the first time since the Napoleonic Wars ended, American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military concerns.
  2. New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), a key author of the Federalist papers, and first secretary of the United States Treasury (1789-95), who was the leading advocate of a strong central government for the new United States.
  3. Four punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance.
  4. A diplomatic incident that, when made public in 1798, nearly led to war between the United States and France.
  5. The decisive engagement of the American Revolution that took place in the colono. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation—the United States of America.
  6. An uprising that provided the young United States government with its first opportunity to establish federal control through military measures within state borders, as officials traveled into western Pennsylvania to crush a settlers' revolt over the liquor tax.
  7. American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians threw 342 boxes of tea belonging to the British East India Company from ships into Boston Harbor.
  8. The Second Continental Congress's final attempt to convince King George III of England to respond to the concerns of the American colonists and settle their issues peacefully.
  9. English-American writer and political pamphleteer whose work Common Sense and Crisis papers had a significant impact on the American Revolution.
  10. In preparation for a war with France, the United States Congress approved four internal security laws restricting aliens and limiting the excesses of an unfettered press.
  11. The set of doctrines and practices that serve as the basic organizing principle of a political state.
  12. An event that occurred during a conflict after which the eventual outcome was inevitable.
  13. Groups appointed by the legislatures in the 13 British American colonies to provide colonial leadership and aid intercolonial cooperation.
  14. A loose political coalition of popular politicians, such as Patrick Henry, who unsuccessfully opposed the strong central government envisioned in the U.S. Constitution of 1787 and whose agitations led to the addition of a Bill of Rights.
  15. Organization formed in the American colonies in the summer of 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act.
  16. The British government's policy toward its North American colonies from the early to mid-18th century, wherein trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was permissive as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British government and contributed to Britain's economic profitability.
  17. First U.S. constitution (1781–89), which served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress of the Revolutionary period and the federal government provided under the U.S. Constitution of 1787.
  18. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which were ratified as a single unit on December 15, 1791, and comprise a collection of mutually reinforcing guarantees of individual rights and limitations on federal and state governments.
  19. The opening shot of the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, which began the American Revolutionary War.
  20. Two or more acts conducted by the British Parliament requiring local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food.
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  1. (August 1786–February 1787) It was an uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.
  2. It was the army of the Thirteen Colonies and the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
  3. A conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights (1812-1814).
  4. The first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies.
  5. British legislation aimed at putting an end to the smuggling of sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies.
  6. The United States purchased the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France in 1803; for less than three cents per acre for 828,000 square miles (2,144,520 square kilometers), it was the greatest land purchase in American history.
  7. The final effort of the Second Continental Congress to persuade King George III of England to respond to the concerns of the American Colonists and to settle their differences amicably.
  8. Declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.
  9. On February 24, 1803, the United States Supreme Court for the first time proclaimed an act of Congress unconstitutional, thereby establishing the notion of judicial review.
  10. A early U.S. national political party that advocated a strong central government and held power from 1789 to 1801, during the rise of the country’s political party system.
  11. Series of four acts passed by the British Parliament (1767) in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies.
  12. The body of delegates who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the colony-states that later became the United States of America.
  13. An agreement in Belgium between Great Britain and the United States to end the War of 1812 on the general basis of the status quo antebellum (maintaining the prewar conditions).
  14. A skirmish between British forces and a crowd that took place in Boston, Massachusetts. It was widely publicized, and it contributed to the British regime's unpopularity in much of colonial North America in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
  15. Collection of treaties concluding the American Revolution and signed by representatives of Great Britain on one side and the United States, France, and Spain on the other.

35 Clues: An event that occurred during a conflict after which the eventual outcome was inevitable.Organization formed in the American colonies in the summer of 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act.The set of doctrines and practices that serve as the basic organizing principle of a political state....

Causes of the Civil War 2022-03-07

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. admitted missouri as a slave state and maine as a non-slave state, keeping the number of slave and free states equal. At 36-30 line, slavery was permitted below the line and would not be permitted above the line
  2. greater loyalty to your own section rather than the country as a whole.
  3. required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.
  4. Kansas The first fighting over the slavery issue took place in Kansas. In 1854, the government passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowing the residents of Kansas to vote on whether they would be a slave state or a free state. The region was flooded with supporters from both sides. They fought over the issue for years. Several people were killed in small skirmishes giving the confrontation the name Bleeding Kansas. Eventually Kansas entered the Union as a free state in 1861.
  5. As the United States continued to expand westward, each new state added to the country shifted the power between the North and the South. Southern states began to fear they would lose so much power that they would lose all their rights. Each new state became a battleground between the two sides for power.
  6. willnot provise, suggested all lands from mexico cession had no slaves. California free state, fugitive slave law, texas border established, no slave trade in W.DC, Nm and UT could vote.
  7. northern abolitionist, launched a slave revolt in 1859 he seized weapons from harpers ferry, virginia. Uprising was quickly crushed, brown was tired and executed.
  8. When Lincoln was elected, many of the southern states decided they no longer wanted to be a part of the United States. They felt that they had every right to leave. Starting with South Carolina, eleven states would eventually leave the United States and form a new country called the Confederate States of America. Abraham Lincoln said they did not have the right to leave the United States and sent in troops to force the Southern states to rejoin the Union. The Civil War had begun.
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  1. The final straw for the South was election of Abraham Lincoln to President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was a member of the new anti-slavery Republican Party. He managed to get elected without even being on the ballot in ten of the southern states. The southern states felt that Lincoln was against slavery and also against the South.
  2. he sued his master for his freedom. The supreme court ruled slaves were not legal citizens and could not bring court cases before the supreme court. They said the declaration of independence did not apply to slavery.
  3. Abraham Licoln became the 16th president campaigning on a platform opposing the spread of slavery.
  4. condition in which one human being was owned by another. A slave was considered by law as property, or chattel,and was deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons.
  5. The idea of states' rights was not new to the Civil War. Since the Constitution was first written there had been arguments about how much power the states should have versus how much power the federal government should have. The southern states felt that the federal government was taking away their rights and powers.
  6. In the mid-1800s, the economies of many northern states had moved away from farming to industry. A lot of people in the North worked and lived in large cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. The southern states, however, had maintained a large farming economy and this economy was based on slave labor. While the North no longer needed slaves, the South relied heavily upon slaves for their way of life.

14 Clues: required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.greater loyalty to your own section rather than the country as a whole.Abraham Licoln became the 16th president campaigning on a platform opposing the spread of slavery....

Properties and States of Matter 2018-02-27

Properties and States of Matter crossword puzzle
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  1. a change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties
  2. a characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change, such as density, color, or hardness
  3. homogeneous mixtures whose particles are smaller than the particles in suspensions but larger than particles in solutions and the particles do not settle out
  4. a homogeneous mixture that appears to be a single substance
  5. the law that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes
  6. heterogeneous mixture with large particles that can separate and settle out
  7. a substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means
  8. a pure substance that is composed of molecules that form when two or more kinds of atoms bond
  9. anything that has mass and takes up space
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  1. a property of matter that describes a substance's ability to participate in chemical reactions
  2. a change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemical properties
  3. the state of matter in which the volume and shape of a substance are fixed
  4. the state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape
  5. building blocks of matter because they combine with one another to make may different materials
  6. a state of matter that starts as a gas and then becomes ionized; it consists of free-moving ions and electrons, it takes on an electric charge, and its prperties differ from those of a solid, liquid, or gas
  7. a form of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape
  8. matter that contains two or more pure substances
  9. the amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface

18 Clues: anything that has mass and takes up spacematter that contains two or more pure substancesthe amount of force exerted per unit area of a surfacea homogeneous mixture that appears to be a single substancea form of matter that does not have a definite volume or shapethe state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape...

Matter and States of Matter 2020-10-04

Matter and States of Matter crossword puzzle
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  1. no charge
  2. only one type of atom
  3. proton and neutron home
  4. 29th element
  5. atoms bouncing all around
  6. packed extremely tight together
  7. 5th element
  8. does not have a fixed shape
  9. anything with mass that takes up space
  10. type of plasma
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  1. positive
  2. Indian physicist
  3. electron snaps off
  4. negative
  5. 11th element
  6. dry ice
  7. solid goes directly to a gas
  8. German physicist

18 Clues: dry icepositivenegativeno charge5th element11th element29th elementtype of plasmaIndian physicistGerman physicistelectron snaps offonly one type of atomproton and neutron homeatoms bouncing all arounddoes not have a fixed shapesolid goes directly to a gaspacked extremely tight togetheranything with mass that takes up space

Constitution 2025-03-04

Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. happened in Philadelphia, PA 1787 to discuss the failure of the articles of confederation
  2. the number of state representatives in this house is based on population
  3. a set of rules that establish the fundamental principles of a government
  4. wanted equal votes among states regardless of size
  5. the introduction to the constitution that explains its purpose
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  1. branch of government led by President of the United States and their job is to enforce the laws
  2. branch of government led by the supreme court and their job is to interpret the Constitution
  3. two houses were created one by population and one with equal number to establish a balance between NJ and VA Plan
  4. It gave the power to the states, preventing a strong central government
  5. all states get two representative in this house
  6. branch of government led by House of Representatives and the Senate and their job is to create the laws
  7. wanted different number of votes depending on size of state
  8. main body of the constitution
  9. the first ten amendments of the constitution
  10. Felt that the Constitution was taking rights away from the people
  11. For every 5 slaves, 3 of them would be counted in the population
  12. Allows the three branches to check on each other and make sure that no branch is gaining too much power
  13. Nine out of thirteen states needed to ? the Constitution in order for it to replace the Articles of Confederation
  14. Wanted a strong national government

19 Clues: main body of the constitutionWanted a strong national governmentthe first ten amendments of the constitutionall states get two representative in this housewanted equal votes among states regardless of sizewanted different number of votes depending on size of statethe introduction to the constitution that explains its purpose...

Andrew Jackson 2023-02-13

Andrew Jackson crossword puzzle
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  1. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
  2. andrew Jacksons nickname
  3. to make it invalid
  4. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.
  5. Andrew Jacksons wife
  6. Three events in American political history
  7. a person's ability to participate in society by being able to vote at elections.
  8. the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
  9. American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions including being the seventh vice president of the United States
  10. American financier who served as the third and last president of the Second Bank of the United States
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  1. American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States
  2. indian cheif the leader of a group of Native Americans.
  3. a deadly route used by Native Americans when forced off their ancestral lands and into Oklahoma
  4. a group of people who believe in a strong government
  5. the largest tribe in the United States
  6. a derogatory term for selected by the u.s department of treasury
  7. political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
  8. American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States

18 Clues: to make it invalidAndrew Jacksons wifeandrew Jacksons nicknamethe largest tribe in the United StatesThree events in American political historya group of people who believe in a strong governmentindian cheif the leader of a group of Native Americans.a derogatory term for selected by the u.s department of treasury...

Module 8 Vocabulary 2023-02-16

Module 8 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. stated that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war
  2. Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States
  3. the vice president of George Washington.
  4. the treaty that forced the Creek nation to give up millions of acres of their land
  5. the power of a court to determine the constitutionally of a governmental action
  6. from france
  7. United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812
  8. 1817 agreement that limited American and British naval forces on the Great Lakes
  9. warship which defeated the British warship guerrine in 1812 called "old ironsides"
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  1. the first president.
  2. "Legalized pirates," more than a thousand strong, who inflicted heavy damage on British shipping
  3. Battle where a Naval force led by Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British and secured Lake Erie
  4. the territory the united states
  5. "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.
  6. a case that needed the supreme court and judicial review
  7. an offical ban on trade other on commercial activity with a particular country
  8. the woman who helped lewis and clark with geography
  9. 1803

18 Clues: 1803from francethe first president.the territory the united statesthe vice president of George Washington.the woman who helped lewis and clark with geographya case that needed the supreme court and judicial reviewAgreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States...

World Capitals - C 2026-03-02

World Capitals - C crossword puzzle
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  1. PENH CAMBODIA
  2. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
  3. COTE D'IVOIRE
  4. COLOMBIA
  5. COSTA RICA
  6. CHAD
  7. CABO VERDE
  8. COMOROS
  9. CORATIA
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  1. CHILE
  2. CANADA
  3. CAMEROON
  4. CYPRUS
  5. CUBA
  6. CZECHIA
  7. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  8. CHINA
  9. REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

18 Clues: CUBACHADCHILECHINACANADACYPRUSCZECHIACOMOROSCORATIACAMEROONCOLOMBIACOSTA RICACABO VERDEPENH CAMBODIACOTE D'IVOIREREPUBLIC OF THE CONGOCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Reconstruction 2023-05-17

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. These people wanted a better approach to Reconstruction.
  2. Period of time after the Civil War where the states wanted to rebuild its society.
  3. General of the Confederate Army.
  4. This states that if you were born in the U.S. you were a citizen and have the same rights as a citizen.
  5. U.S. President at the time.
  6. People tortured African Americans by hanging them. This was called _______.
  7. This is when one human being was owned by another and was forced to work..
  8. This was 3 requirements a state had to make in order to rejoin the Union.
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  1. Laws that were passed to free newly freed African Americans.
  2. Northerners who traveled south to "help" with Reconstruction, but really wanted to scam them.
  3. This was created to assist African Americans adjust to their life after being a slave.
  4. These laws divided the former Confederate states into five military sections.
  5. Abolished slavery in the United States.
  6. The amendment that granted African American men the right to vote.
  7. 10% of the voters within the Confederate states swear allegiance to the Union.
  8. Dishonest or illegal actions.
  9. African Americans and white people were separated. This was called _________.
  10. General of the Union Army.
  11. Southerners who supported the north during the civil war.
  12. The forgiveness of any crime committed.

20 Clues: General of the Union Army.U.S. President at the time.Dishonest or illegal actions.General of the Confederate Army.Abolished slavery in the United States.The forgiveness of any crime committed.These people wanted a better approach to Reconstruction.Southerners who supported the north during the civil war....

Civil War Vocab 2026-03-06

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. The location where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant effectively ending the Civil War.
  2. The northern states that remained loyal to the United States government during the Civil War.
  3. Loyalty to a specific region or section of the country, which contributed to tensions between the North and South.
  4. The system in which people were owned as property and forced to work without pay, a central issue leading to the Civil War.
  5. Commander of the Confederate Army
  6. A significant battle fought in July 1863, considered a turning point in the Civil War, resulting in a Union victory.
  7. The 16th President of the United States who led the country during the Civil War and worked to end slavery.
  8. tax imposed on imported goods
  9. The production of goods and services in factories
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  1. An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring the freedom of all slaves in Confederate-held territory.
  2. The site in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861
  3. A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  4. A member of the Confederate States of America, which seceded from the Union during the Civil War.
  5. President of the Confederacy
  6. The idea that states have certain rights and political powers independent of the federal government, often used to justify slavery.
  7. The presidential election in which Abraham Lincoln was elected, leading to the secession of several southern states.
  8. An agreement passed in 1820 that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance.
  9. General of the Union Army
  10. A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in November 1863, emphasizing the principles of liberty and equality
  11. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history

20 Clues: General of the Union ArmyPresident of the Confederacytax imposed on imported goodsA novel by Harriet Beecher StoweCommander of the Confederate ArmyThe production of goods and services in factoriesThe bloodiest single-day battle in American historyThe northern states that remained loyal to the United States government during the Civil War....

4.2 Crossword 2024-05-01

4.2 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The 15th _______________ was signed into law to protect the right to vote for all citizens regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This mainly protected African-American citizens from discrimination.
  2. After the Civil War, many states in the south implemented discriminatory laws to suppress African-American citizens from voting and to keep white and black people segregated. (Two words)
  3. The political group which opposed Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan and created the Reconstruction Acts for the South's re-admittance to the Union was the ___________ _____________. (Two words)
  4. One of the ways former Confederate states attempted to reduce the number of African-American men from voting was to introduce a ________ _________ and charge citizens a fee to vote. (Two words)
  5. The period after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt & brought back into the Union as the federal government addressed the impact of slavery was called __________________.
  6. After trying to suppress Reconstruction plans, Radical Republicans
  7. In the Election of 1868, former Union general Ulysses ___________ ran as a Republican who supported Reconstruction and extending rights to former slaves.
  8. After the Civil War ended, former Confederate states had to be readmitted to the Union and were placed under _______________ control for several years.
  9. One of the biggest impacts of Reconstruction was that African-Americans were now able to ________ and take part in the political process.
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  1. President Lincoln and Congress created the ___________ ____________ to provide and protect many rights and services intended for formerly enslaved African-Americans. (Two words)
  2. The 14th Amendment was signed into law to protect the earlier legislation of the _________ _________ Act of 1866. (Two words)
  3. Besides the poll tax, southern states also began forcing citizens to pass a __________ test in order to vote, but exempted anyone whose father or grandfather could vote on January 1st, 1867 -- making the law only apply to African-Americans.
  4. People in the former Confederate states viewed Northerners that came South to profit as unwelcomed and referred to them as _______________.
  5. The 13th Amendment abolished all forms of __________ in the United States, except as a punishment for a crime.
  6. In his Second __________ Address, President Lincoln called for the nation to begin healing the wounds and division and that the former Confederate states should be treated with both kindness and weakness.
  7. The Supreme Court ruled in __________ v. United States that "Grandfather Clauses" used to suppress African-American voters was unconstitutional.
  8. After the Civil War, much of the former Confederate leadership retained their political power and immediately began passing laws to trap former slaves in a system that limited their rights and freedoms. These became known as _______ ________. (Two words)
  9. Southern Democrats could not believe that any white southerner would vote for Republican candidates and would call them a ____________ if they did, which meant they were a traitor to the South.

18 Clues: After trying to suppress Reconstruction plans, Radical RepublicansThe 13th Amendment abolished all forms of __________ in the United States, except as a punishment for a crime.The 14th Amendment was signed into law to protect the earlier legislation of the _________ _________ Act of 1866. (Two words)...

Crossword Activity 2020-06-23

Crossword Activity crossword puzzle
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  1. pro slavery states
  2. freeing of slaves
  3. outlawed publishing false writings
  4. believed states should have control
  5. new powers to deport foreigners
  6. believed in a central government
  7. nicknamed "Little Jemmy"
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  1. first president of the US
  2. the Cavalier
  3. assumption of state debt
  4. foreign minister of France
  5. Thomas Jefferson's plantation
  6. Washington's retirement speech
  7. anti slavery states
  8. John Adams' wife
  9. the Yankee
  10. force assembled after tensions with France
  11. helped shape foreign policy
  12. confrontation between the US and France
  13. fight in Weehawken, NJ

20 Clues: the Yankeethe CavalierJohn Adams' wifefreeing of slavespro slavery statesanti slavery statesfight in Weehawken, NJassumption of state debtnicknamed "Little Jemmy"first president of the USforeign minister of Francehelped shape foreign policyThomas Jefferson's plantationWashington's retirement speechnew powers to deport foreigners...

America and the Law: Trying to Abolish Slavery 2026-01-20

America and the Law: Trying to Abolish Slavery crossword puzzle
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  1. The Northern states that stayed together and fought to keep the United States united.
  2. The branch of government that makes the laws, known as Congress.
  3. ______of Independence, the 1776 document that announced America’s independence from Britain.
  4. A system where people are owned, controlled, and forced to work without pay.
  5. To completely end or get rid of something, such as slavery.
  6. A situation where neither side can win, and nothing moves forward.
  7. The branch of government that leads the country and enforces laws, including the President.
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  1. _____ Fathers, the group of leaders who helped create the United States and wrote important early documents like the Constitution.
  2. The national government that makes laws for the whole country.
  3. Describes an economy based on farming and growing crops.
  4. The Southern states that broke away from the United States.
  5. A gap or weakness in a law that allows people to avoid following it fully.
  6. The branch of government that interprets laws and runs the court system.
  7. Describes an economy based on factories, machines, and manufacturing.
  8. A level of government that controls individual territories, such as Texas or New York.

15 Clues: Describes an economy based on farming and growing crops.The Southern states that broke away from the United States.To completely end or get rid of something, such as slavery.The national government that makes laws for the whole country.The branch of government that makes the laws, known as Congress....

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

8th US Benchmark 2 Crossword Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
  2. Tunnels basted through mountains, bridges built across rivers, hills leveled and valley filled, these environmental modifications were made in order to construct the _____________ railroad.
  3. The creation of Congress to carry out the will of the people represents this constitutional principle.
  4. One result of industrialization in the United States was that _________ differences increased.
  5. ____________ became a widespread practice in the U.S. because of the need for agricultural labor increased as a result of expanded cotton production.
  6. This constitutional principle explains how powers are divided between the national government and the state government.
  7. This document guarantees protection of your rights, like the right of protection against excessive bail and cruel punishment.
  8. Slavery expanded into new acquired territories after this invention made processing cotton faster and growing cotton more profitable.
  9. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were the leaders of America's first two _______________.
  10. Irish and German _____________ came to the U.S. to escape starvation from crop failure and see economic opportunity.
  11. George Washigton wanted the United States to follow a policy of _________ in regards to foreign nations.
  12. The Whiskey Rebellion, Alien and Sedition Acts, and Marbury v. Madison are all examples of __________ issues faced by the leaders of the new republic.
  13. The Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison first stated the principle that the courts may declare a federal law ______________.
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  1. The __________ Ordinance outlined the process for admitting a new state into the Union and also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in new territories.
  2. The purchase of ___________ provided the United States with access to the vast resources of western lands.
  3. This amendment declares that individual states are given powers not granted to the federal government.
  4. In this type of economic system there is limited government interference in business, and prices are determined by supply and demand.
  5. This amendment was created to prevent soldiers from being housed in private homes without the owner’s consent.
  6. The President vetoing a law passed by congress, then the congress overriding a presidential veto is an example of which Constitutional Principle.
  7. This was the main crop grown on plantations in the southern United States.
  8. During the ______ Crisis southern states felt they had the right to overrule and act passed by Congress since the national government is supposed to share power with the states.
  9. The main reason for the __________ Doctrine was to prevent European intervention in countries near the United States.
  10. Rights The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution are an example of this constitutional principle.
  11. This principle bestows the right to vote in a democracy and also the civic duty to do so.
  12. Wahsington stopped this rebellion and showed the country that under the Constitution military action could be used to enforce laws.
  13. Iron ore, coal, timber, and rivers are examples of the abundant _________ that helped the United States become a major industrial power in the early 19th century.
  14. The formation of political parties in the U.S. can be traced back to a disagreement over whether congress should create a ______________ and raise tariffs.
  15. This occurred when workers moved closer to manufacturing centers after the development of the factory system.
  16. Northern manufacturers increased their production of textiles, which could not be imported from England during the _____________.
  17. One effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was that ___________ among the populations of northern and southern states increased.
  18. One of the most significant contributions to the industrial development in the Northeast was the construction of the _____ canal.

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

Vocabulary definition 2018-02-09

Vocabulary definition crossword puzzle
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  1. the artificial waterway opened in 1825, linking Lake Erie to the Hudson River
  2. the 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent
  3. the forced migration by the Cherokee and other Native American groups from their southeastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River
  4. the first federally funded national road project, begun in 1811
  5. an 1848 treaty in which Mexico gave up California and New Mexico Territory to the United States for $15 million
  6. Stephen Austin (1793–1836), often referred to as the “Father of Texas,” founded the first colony of U.S. settlers in Mexican Texas. Born in Virginia, he spent most of his life on the frontier, living in the Missouri and Arkansas territories before moving to Texas.
  7. Brigham Young (1801–1877) supervised the Mormon migration to Utah beginning in the 1840s. He was the first governor of Utah when it became a U.S. territory.
  8. the practice of giving supporters government jobs
  9. to give up
  10. to add on or take over
  11. Sam Houston (1793–1863), a soldier, lawyer, and politician, was instrumental in Texan independence and its subsequent annexation by the United States. He was born and grew up on a farm in Tennessee. In his teens, he ran away and lived with the Cherokee for three years.
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  1. the route to Santa Fe, New Mexico, that was used by traders in the 1800s
  2. William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) was the ninth President of the United States. In 1841, he died of pneumonia after only a month in office.
  3. the right of state to limit the power of the local government.
  4. James Polk (1795–1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from 1845-1849. He led the expansion of the United States to the Pacific Coast through the acquisition of the Oregon Territory and the Mexican Cession.
  5. a term to describe one of more than 80,000 people who joined the California Gold Rush in 1849
  6. an 1836 battle between Texans and Mexicans during the Texas war for independence from Mexico
  7. a strip of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico for which the United States paid Mexico $10 million in 1853
  8. John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) was the sixth President of the United States who earlier served as a U.S. diplomat, senator, and Secretary of State.
  9. 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
  10. an act passed by South Carolina that declared that the Tariff of 1832 unconstitutional
  11. an old Spanish mission building in Texas where Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged Texans in 1836
  12. a U.S. political party active between 1832 and 1858 that backed government support for the economy
  13. a U.S. political party dating from the 1820s to the present that at first spoke out for small farmers and workers against moneyed businessmen and whose policies have changed over the years
  14. the right to vote
  15. the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico given to the United States in 1848
  16. John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was a leading member of the House of Representatives for South Carolina under Presidents Madison and Monroe who spoke for the interests of the South, and who later served as Vice President and U.S. senator.
  17. John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) was the sixth President of the United States who earlier served as a U.S. diplomat, senator, and Secretary of State.
  18. John Tyler (1790–1862) 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.
  19. the route to the Oregon Country used by wagon trains in the 1800s
  20. a trapper who explored and hunted in the American West in the early 1800s

31 Clues: to give upthe right to voteto add on or take overthe practice of giving supporters government jobsthe right of state to limit the power of the local government.the first federally funded national road project, begun in 1811the route to the Oregon Country used by wagon trains in the 1800s...

Unit 3 Review 2026-04-15

Unit 3 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This group of people wanted Americans to vote against the Constitution and keep power in the state governments.
  2. The Constitution guards against tyranny by creating three different branches in the government.
  3. The _____ to the Constitution lists the purposes of government and who the government's power comes from.
  4. Passed by President Adams, the _____ Act made it much more difficult for immigrants to the United States to become citizens.
  5. This branch of the government is the one that creates the nation's laws.
  6. The _____ Compromise created a bicameral (two house) legislature, with one house having representation based on population and the other based on equality for all states.
  7. This Massachusetts farmer led a rebellion that showed people the federal government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak.
  8. Under Tennessee's first state constitution in 1796, all voters had to own this.
  9. This General in the Continental Army also served as the President of the Constitutional Convention.
  10. This branch of the government is the one that carries the laws out.
  11. The Northwest Ordinance helped the U.S. expand by creating a way for the U.S. to make new _____.
  12. Tennessee's 1796 state constitution was unique because while voters did have to be men, they did not have to be _____.
  13. In the United States, the government's power comes from this.
  14. The _____ Rebellion under Washington's Presidency proved the Constitution had enough power to enforce the government's laws.
  15. The Constitution guards tyranny in this way, splitting powers between the state and federal governments.
  16. This branch of the government is the one that interprets the laws and makes sure they follow the Constitution.
  17. This man was known as the "Father of the Constitution" because he wrote most of the document.
  18. The President's advisors, and a precedent set by George Washington for other Presidents to follow.
  19. The Constitution guards against tyranny by giving each branch a way to limit the power of the others.
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  1. Washington's Vice President and the second President of the United States.
  2. The first government of the United States was set up under this document.
  3. The _____ _____ Plan (ugh) wanted representation to be equal for all states, regardless of their population.
  4. This was the main issue debated at the Constitutional Convention, with debates between large and small states as well as northern and southern states.
  5. The Northwest Ordinance contributed to sectionalism by banning this in the Northwest Territory.
  6. This group of people wanted Americans to approve of the Constitution and increase the federal government's power.
  7. The _____ Plan wanted representation to be based on population, with bigger states getting more representatives.
  8. Washington's _____ Address laid out many of the hopes and goals he had for the new nation.
  9. Almost starting a war with France, the _____ Affair was one of the biggest controversies of Adams' Presidency.
  10. The number of terms served by George Washington, setting a precedent for future Presidents.
  11. Passed by President Adams, the _____ Act made it illegal to say anything negative about the President or the government.
  12. The _____ Compromise stated that for every 5 non-white inhabitants of a state, 3 would count towards the population of that state.
  13. The Land Ordinance of 1785 made every new town include a school, helping to spread _____.
  14. These first 10 amendments to the Constitution protect many of the rights Americans enjoy today.
  15. Sometimes referred to as the Lost State, this state would have been the first new state created in the U.S. but got denied.

34 Clues: In the United States, the government's power comes from this.This branch of the government is the one that carries the laws out.This branch of the government is the one that creates the nation's laws.The first government of the United States was set up under this document.Washington's Vice President and the second President of the United States....

APUSH Chapter 20-21 Puzzle Part 2 2021-12-09

APUSH Chapter 20-21 Puzzle Part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. United States Army officer, defeated Robert E. Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg.
  2. Northern Democrats who obstructed the war effort by attacking Abraham Lincoln.
  3. A coalition party of pro war Republicans and Democrats to defeat antiwar Northern Democrats.
  4. Declared all slaves in rebelling states to be free.
  5. Union Soldier, Unites States Senator
  6. Constitutional amendment prohibiting all forms of slavery.
  7. Major General in the Confederate States Army.
  8. Civil War Union General.
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  1. 18th U.S. president.
  2. George B. McClellan's failed effort to seize Richmond.
  3. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
  4. William Tecumseh Sherman's destructive march through Georgia.
  5. Commander of the Confederate States Army.
  6. Abraham Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication at the Gettysburg Battlefield.
  7. Brutal clashes between Ulysses S. Grant's and Robert E. Lee's Armies.

15 Clues: 18th U.S. president.Civil War Union General.Assassinated Abraham Lincoln.Union Soldier, Unites States SenatorCommander of the Confederate States Army.Major General in the Confederate States Army.Declared all slaves in rebelling states to be free.George B. McClellan's failed effort to seize Richmond....

American History Key Terms & People (Midterm) by Samania Choudhury 2023-12-12

American History Key Terms & People (Midterm) by Samania Choudhury crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. general who led troops to capture Villa
  2. A leading proponent of woman suffrage
  3. First African American to receive a doctorate degree from Harvard
  4. Policy of intervening in other countries to protect U.S. business interests
  5. Mexican rebel
  6. Roosevelt's 1904 extension of Monroe Doctrine, stating that United States has right to protect its economic interests in South Central America by using military force
  7. An American nurse who founded the American Red Cross.
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  1. A prosperous businessman who organised War Industries Board
  2. Inventor who unveiled dramatic invention of telephone in 1876
  3. Former President of the Confederate States of America from 1862 to 1865
  4. The 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853
  5. A prominent organiser in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement
  6. An American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
  7. An American statesma and a Founding Father of the United States.
  8. A channel across Central America between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans opened in 1914

15 Clues: Mexican rebelA leading proponent of woman suffrageU.S. general who led troops to capture VillaAn American nurse who founded the American Red Cross.A prosperous businessman who organised War Industries BoardInventor who unveiled dramatic invention of telephone in 1876An American statesma and a Founding Father of the United States....

Civil War Georgia 2019-01-14

Civil War Georgia crossword puzzle
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  1. of 1850 Allowed California to enter as free and divided territories won in the Mexican War to Utah and New Mexico. No decision on slavery
  2. War the social economic and constitutional disagreement between the North and the South
  3. Plan The Northern plan that was meant to strangle the South and cut off trade with other countries
  4. The blocking of Southern ports from trading
  5. Davis President of the Confederacy
  6. Person who supports abolition
  7. Brown Northern abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry
  8. to end slavery
  9. Lincoln 16th President of the United States. His election in 1860 caused the Southern States to secede from Union
  10. Platform stated that Georgia would remain in the Union as long as the Fugitive Slave Act would be enforced
  11. before war
  12. Slave Act stated that any slave escaping from slavery had to be returned to its owner
  13. Ferry located in Virginia, Brown hoped attack would rally slaves to revolte against their masters
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  1. Sovereignty Allowed people in certain areas to decide whether they wanted slavery or not
  2. States of America The country that the succeeding states formed
  3. Proclamation Document that Lincoln used to free the slaves in the Southern states
  4. Compromise The agreement that allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It was meant to keep the balance of free and slave state
  5. Rights Where the state has the right to decide on a particular issue
  6. Proviso Law that would forbid the expansion of slavery in western territories won from Mexico
  7. gold rush gold discovery in 1849. Prompting the debate of slavery in Union
  8. loyal to a certain part or region of the country
  9. To break away from the Union
  10. Stephens popular polition from Georgia, became the Vice President of the Confederacy.
  11. to say its not valid

24 Clues: before warto end slaveryto say its not validTo break away from the UnionPerson who supports abolitionDavis President of the ConfederacyThe blocking of Southern ports from tradingloyal to a certain part or region of the countryBrown Northern abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry...

Civil War and Reconstruction (1820-1877) 2022-10-04

Civil War and Reconstruction (1820-1877) crossword puzzle
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  1. The ________ of Office Act was broken by Andrew Johnson when he fired Edwin Stanton.
  2. Republicans who pushed to end slavery and punish the South for the Civil War were called ________ Republicans.
  3. The action of separating people, especially based on race.
  4. Name of the Railroad that linked the East and West of the United States, completed in 1869.
  5. Derogatory term for people from the North who arrived in the South to recover the South.
  6. A compromise reached in 1820 to keep slave and nonslave states equal in the Senate.
  7. Term for a freedman who enters into a farming deal with former owner to work the land and divide the harvest
  8. This group was founded on white supremacy and committed acts of violence against African Americans following the Civil War.
  9. Loyalty felt by many Americans to their region of the country, rather than the country as a whole.
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  1. The admission of California as a free state coupled with stronger slave laws made up the ________ of 1850.
  2. Violence between abolitionists and pro-slavery Southerners in Kansas led to the nickname "________" Kansas.
  3. Constitutional amendment that prohibited slavery throughout the United States.
  4. An emancipated slave.
  5. Just after the Civil War, _______ _______ were written by Southern states to prevent freedmen from having the same rights as whites.
  6. Lincoln's __________ Proclamation declared that slaves in states in rebellion would be free in January 1863.
  7. Constitutional amendment that prohibits denial of voting rights on the basis of race.
  8. The action of formally withdrawing from membership in the United States.
  9. These tests were given to African Americans after the Fifteenth Amendment in order to limit black voting rights.
  10. The first American president to be impeached by Congress.
  11. The Freedmen's _________ was designed to provide newly freed slaves with legal protection and education during the Reconstruction period.
  12. Bill that prohibited discrimination based on race, the __________ act of 1866.
  13. Republican who won the 1860 presidential election.
  14. A Southern white who supported Reconstruction.

23 Clues: An emancipated slave.A Southern white who supported Reconstruction.Republican who won the 1860 presidential election.The first American president to be impeached by Congress.The action of separating people, especially based on race.The action of formally withdrawing from membership in the United States....

Colonial Era through the US Constitution 2023-11-30

Colonial Era through the US Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. Allows Congress to pass legislation
  2. This was a British tax on paper goods
  3. Law signed under the Articles of Confederation that prohibited slavery in the Ohio River Valley region
  4. The official term for a legislative branch that has two chambers
  5. This clause found in Article VI. Section 2 of the US Constitution makes clear that the US government is higher than state governments
  6. This amendment allows states legislate on topics that the federal government has not already regulated
  7. Found in the 12th Amendment, this is not popular vote is how the president is elected in the United States
  8. Name of pamphlet published the same year as the Declaration of Independence to convince colonists reasons to separate from Britain
  9. This group argued for a strong central government and did not believe the Bill of Rights was necessary to include in the US Constitution
  10. Gives legislative power to Congress
  11. This compromise between the north and south enhancing the population of the southern states by counting enslaved people as part of it
  12. Allowed for the importation of enslaved people until the year, 1808
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  1. Advocated for more states rights
  2. Rebellion that occurred in the state of Virginia over farmers wanting more land and protesting taxes
  3. Taken every decade and used to determine the number of representatives each state can send to Congress
  4. corrects this weakness of the Articles of Confederation and allows Congress to tax the states
  5. A trade regulation stipulating that colonies can only trade within the empire
  6. the first ten amendments that were added as part of the Constitution
  7. This compromise was made between the states of Virginia and New Jersey creating a bicameral legislature
  8. American delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
  9. Some argue this war was started by Washington and his Ohio Company

21 Clues: Advocated for more states rightsAllows Congress to pass legislationGives legislative power to CongressThis was a British tax on paper goodsThe official term for a legislative branch that has two chambersSome argue this war was started by Washington and his Ohio CompanyAllowed for the importation of enslaved people until the year, 1808...

US History Catch UP - Colonial Era 2024-01-30

US History Catch UP - Colonial Era crossword puzzle
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  1. Allows Congress to pass legislation
  2. This was a British tax on paper goods
  3. Law signed under the Articles of Confederation that prohibited slavery in the Ohio River Valley region
  4. The official term for a legislative branch that has two chambers
  5. This clause found in Article VI. Section 2 of the US Constitution makes clear that the US government is higher than state governments
  6. This amendment allows states legislate on topics that the federal government has not already regulated
  7. Found in the 12th Amendment, this is not popular vote is how the president is elected in the United States
  8. Name of pamphlet published the same year as the Declaration of Independence to convince colonists reasons to separate from Britain
  9. This group argued for a strong central government and did not believe the Bill of Rights was necessary to include in the US Constitution
  10. Gives legislative power to Congress
  11. This compromise between the north and south enhancing the population of the southern states by counting enslaved people as part of it
  12. Allowed for the importation of enslaved people until the year, 1808
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  1. Advocated for more states rights
  2. Rebellion that occurred in Virginia colony over farmers wanting more land and protesting taxes
  3. Taken every decade and used to determine the number of representatives each state can send to Congress
  4. corrects this weakness of the Articles of Confederation and allows Congress to tax the states
  5. A trade regulation stipulating that colonies can only trade within the empire
  6. the first ten amendments that were added as part of the Constitution
  7. This compromise was made between the states of Virginia and New Jersey creating a bicameral legislature
  8. American delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
  9. Some argue this war was started by Washington and his Ohio Company

21 Clues: Advocated for more states rightsAllows Congress to pass legislationGives legislative power to CongressThis was a British tax on paper goodsThe official term for a legislative branch that has two chambersSome argue this war was started by Washington and his Ohio CompanyAllowed for the importation of enslaved people until the year, 1808...

Civil War Crossword 2026-04-21

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A tax on earnings
  2. Rights given to all citizens
  3. Cash payments
  4. Northern democrat that favored peace with the South
  5. This is also known as the draft
  6. The most famous speech said by Abraham Lincoln
  7. Slave states that bordered the seceded states or Confederate states
  8. To formally leave or break away from the Union
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  1. The process the federal government took to readmit the Confederate states to the Union
  2. The green paper currency that got its name from the color
  3. Soldiers riding on horseback
  4. The states that broke away from the Union and formed the…
  5. Warships covered in iron
  6. A reformer who supported ending slavery
  7. When another army cuts off supply of a location their enemy is in and isolates them

15 Clues: Cash paymentsA tax on earningsWarships covered in ironRights given to all citizensSoldiers riding on horsebackThis is also known as the draftA reformer who supported ending slaveryThe most famous speech said by Abraham LincolnTo formally leave or break away from the UnionNorthern democrat that favored peace with the South...

Chapter 14 2023-09-15

Chapter 14 crossword puzzle
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  1. Maine, battleship sent to Cuba to aid in the independence efforts that eventually was blown up
  2. Mans Burden, the alleged duty of white colonizers to care for nonwhite Indigenous subjects in their colonial possessions.
  3. a territory of the United States gained in 1898
  4. White Fleet, A group of battleships from the United States that contributed to U.S. imperialism
  5. Amendment, piece added to the Cuban Constitution to protect American interests
  6. B Dole, influential businessman in Hawaii that pushed to overthrow the government and establish U.S. control
  7. Policy, the way a country deals with other countries
  8. Journalism, exaggerated news stories created to attract and enrage readers
  9. Constitution, government document created in Hawaii by force
  10. a territory of the United States gained in 1898
  11. Riders, volunteer cavalry unit created by T. Roosevelt
  12. Juan Hill, battle in Cuba that proved to be the greatest victory for the Rough Riders
  13. country under colonial rule that received aid from the United States
  14. McKinley, president of the United States during the Spanish American war
  15. Roosevelt, Deputy Secretary of the Navy and military leader during the Spanish American War
  16. an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state.
  17. colonial government controlling Cuba
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  1. Folly, the nickname given for the purchase of Alaska by people who did not agree with it
  2. Rico, a territory of the United States gained in 1898
  3. the Maine, rallying cry of soldiers during the Spanish-American War
  4. gaining control over lands and using them to build an empire.
  5. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
  6. Queen of Hawaii
  7. Door Policy, concept that allowed the U.S. and European nations to trade with China during the early 1900s
  8. The policy that the United States should stay out of other countries problems and issues

25 Clues: Queen of Hawaiicolonial government controlling Cubaa territory of the United States gained in 1898a territory of the United States gained in 1898Policy, the way a country deals with other countriesRico, a territory of the United States gained in 1898Riders, volunteer cavalry unit created by T. Roosevelt...

The Great Migration 2024-12-18

The Great Migration crossword puzzle
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  1. The year The Great Migration took place
  2. An outbreak of racial violence that occurred in 1919
  3. The ethnic population that migrated
  4. work, especially hard physical work.
  5. The movement of a person or people from one country, locality, place of residence, etc., to settle in another
  6. One of the States in the United States were they migrated to
  7. A paid position of regular employment.
  8. The area of the United States where they migrated from
  9. One of the states in the United States where they migrated to
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  1. The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
  2. One way of transportation they used to migrate
  3. Laws that mandated segregation of schools, parks, libraries, drinking fountains, restrooms, buses, trains, and restaurants.
  4. The area of the United States where they migrated to
  5. Serious human rights violations, including a threat to life or freedom
  6. Discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity

15 Clues: The ethnic population that migratedwork, especially hard physical work.A paid position of regular employment.The year The Great Migration took placeOne way of transportation they used to migrateAn outbreak of racial violence that occurred in 1919The area of the United States where they migrated to...

4th of July Good Shepherd Puzzle 2025-06-12

4th of July Good Shepherd Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Light show often seen on the 4th of July.
  2. Doodle Patriotic Song often sung on Independence Day.
  3. Number of original colonies.
  4. Red, white, and blue banner.
  5. Eagle National Bird of the United States.
  6. George ____ first president of United States.
  7. Soldiers fight for our ____.
  8. Color of sky or Sea.
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  1. Someone who loves and supports America.
  2. Head of the executive branch.
  3. The 4th of July is ___ Day.
  4. United States of ____.
  5. Color of Clouds.
  6. John ____ was the first vice-president of United States.

14 Clues: Color of Clouds.Color of sky or Sea.United States of ____.The 4th of July is ___ Day.Number of original colonies.Red, white, and blue banner.Soldiers fight for our ____.Head of the executive branch.Someone who loves and supports America.Light show often seen on the 4th of July.Eagle National Bird of the United States....

chapter 2 History 2021-09-30

chapter 2 History crossword puzzle
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  1. groups of workers who press for better working conditions and member benefits
  2. most famous conductor
  3. taking their states out of the Union
  4. a decree freeing all enslaved persons in states
  5. withdraw, from the Union
  6. moderation in the consumption of alcohol
  7. jackson’s decision formed a new political party
  8. began following his troops seeking food and shelter
  9. the Confederate States of America
  10. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
  11. On the journey, known to the Cherokee as the the
  12. was the idea that the nation was meant to spread to the Pacific
  13. the wearing down of one side by the other through exhaustion of soldiers and resources
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  1. one of the best senior officers in the United States Army
  2. banning slavery in the United States
  3. a Missouri slave who had been taken north to work in free territory for several years
  4. A key to many African Americans’ escape from the South was the
  5. the practice of appointing people to government jobs based on party loyalty and support
  6. became one of the best-known orations in American history
  7. clear sign from the voters, to end slavery permanently by amending the Constitution
  8. utting off its food and supplies and bombarding the city until its defenders gave up
  9. powers not explicitly listed in the Constitution but necessary for the government to do its job
  10. system to select presidential candidates
  11. who had escaped from slavery in Maryland
  12. the individuals who would head Thomas Jefferson and others favored less government interference in the economy

25 Clues: most famous conductorwithdraw, from the Unionthe Confederate States of Americabanning slavery in the United Statestaking their states out of the Unionsystem to select presidential candidateswho had escaped from slavery in Marylandmoderation in the consumption of alcoholthe first 10 amendments to the Constitution...

Constitution 2025-03-04

Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. branch of government led by President of the United States and their job is to enforce the laws
  2. of Representatives the number of state representatives in this house is based on population
  3. a set of rules that establish the fundamental principles of a government
  4. Wanted a strong national government
  5. Felt that the Constitution was taking rights away from the people
  6. It gave the power to the states, preventing a strong central government
  7. the introduction to the constitution that explains its purpose
  8. Compromise, two houses were created one by population and one with equal number to establish a balance between NJ and VA Plan
  9. wanted equal votes among states regardless of size
  10. the first ten amendments of the constitution
  11. convention happened in Philadelphia, PA 1787 to discuss the failure of the articles of confederation
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  1. all states get two representative in this house
  2. Allows the three branches to check on each other and make sure that no branch is gaining too much power
  3. wanted different number of votes depending on size of state
  4. Nine out of thirteen states needed to ? the Constitution in order for it to replace the Articles of Confederation
  5. branch of government led by House of Representatives and the Senate and their job is to create the laws
  6. For every 5 slaves 3 of them would be counted in the population
  7. articles main body of the constitution
  8. branch of government led by the supreme court and their job is to interpret the Constitution

19 Clues: Wanted a strong national governmentarticles main body of the constitutionthe first ten amendments of the constitutionall states get two representative in this housewanted equal votes among states regardless of sizewanted different number of votes depending on size of statethe introduction to the constitution that explains its purpose...

Second Semester Texas History Crossword Puzzle 2021-05-18

Second Semester Texas History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. This was transported to northern markets along cattle trails.
  2. These helped on cattle drives/ trails and had a very difficult job.
  3. Major cash crop in Texas
  4. The US _______ War led to the US acquiring the Mexican Cession
  5. One of the two major political parties in the United States that favors less government involvement and spending.
  6. Another name for North during the Civil War
  7. Equal rights organization for African Americans that was established during the Civil Rights Era.
  8. During the Civil War, Texas sided with the _______ states of America.
  9. Also called The Great War.
  10. _________ was the era after the Civil War where southern states were readmitted to the Union.
  11. Country that existed from 1836-1845.
  12. Oil was discovered here in 1901.
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  1. Equal rights organization for Hispanic Americans that was established during the Civil Rights Era.
  2. President of Texas who established the Texas Navy
  3. First president of Texas.
  4. Established the Texas Railroad Commission
  5. The ______ of Texas was a major cause of the US Mexican War.
  6. The ____________was a conflict between the Northern and Southern States in the US.
  7. One of the two major political parties in the United States that favors more government involvement and spending.
  8. The ________ of 1850 finalized the borders of Texas.
  9. Major conflict between the Allied and Axis powers.
  10. Transported cattle and were helped regulated by James Hogg.
  11. Major industry in Texas that experiences a boom and bust cycle.
  12. Leader of Germany during World War II.
  13. Immigrant group to Texas that experienced discrimination during the World Wars.

25 Clues: Major cash crop in TexasFirst president of Texas.Also called The Great War.Oil was discovered here in 1901.Country that existed from 1836-1845.Leader of Germany during World War II.Established the Texas Railroad CommissionAnother name for North during the Civil WarPresident of Texas who established the Texas Navy...

SRI LANKa 2020-09-06

SRI LANKa crossword puzzle
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  1. ONE OF THE CAPITALS
  2. SRI LANKA'S WORD FOR GINGER
  3. SRI LANKA IS THE HOME OF THIS SWEET SPICE
  4. DON'T MISTAKE THIS FOR THEIR NATIONAL SPORT
  5. SRI LANKA IS OFTEN CALLED THIS IN RELATION TO INDIA
  6. A TRADITIONAL THIN PANCAKE
  7. THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
  8. A WORLD RECORD WAS SET FOR THE LARGEST ONE OF THESE (5,4)
  9. A DISH ENJOYED AT NEW YEAR
  10. ONE OF THE GREAT ANIMALS YOU CAN SEE AT THEIR NATIONAL PARK (5,7)
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  1. YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THIS UTENSIL AT DINNER TIME
  2. THE MARKET LEADER BISCUIT BRAND IN SRI LANKA
  3. THEIR CURRENCY
  4. THEIR NATIONAL FOOD DISH (5,3,4)
  5. A SNACK ENJOYED BY MANY IN SRI LANKA
  6. ONE OF THE FOUR VALUES OF THE NATION
  7. SRI LANKA'S LARGEST EXPORT
  8. THE NATIONAL SPORT
  9. THEIR NATIONAL FRUIT

19 Clues: THEIR CURRENCYTHE NATIONAL SPORTONE OF THE CAPITALSTHEIR NATIONAL FRUITTHE OFFICIAL LANGUAGESRI LANKA'S LARGEST EXPORTA TRADITIONAL THIN PANCAKEA DISH ENJOYED AT NEW YEARSRI LANKA'S WORD FOR GINGERTHEIR NATIONAL FOOD DISH (5,3,4)A SNACK ENJOYED BY MANY IN SRI LANKAONE OF THE FOUR VALUES OF THE NATIONSRI LANKA IS THE HOME OF THIS SWEET SPICE...

Difficult Capital Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-01

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

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

Unit 2 Vocab 2020-09-08

Unit 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. locke, among the most famous philosophers and political theorists of the 17th century. He is often regarded as the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism, and he made foundational contributions to modern theories of limited, liberal government.
  2. of rights, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  3. Branch, executed and enforced laws.
  4. Ordinance of 1787, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Confederation Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
  5. Plan, a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government
  6. government in which the power is divided between the national government and other governmental units. It contrasts with a unitary government, in which a central authority holds the power, and a confederation, in which states, for example, are clearly dominant.
  7. Battle of Saratoga, occurred in September and October, 1777, during the second year of the American Revolution. It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.
  8. Paine, English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary.
  9. and Balances, counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
  10. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
  11. Branch, makes the meanings of the laws
  12. Rebellion, rebellion in Springfield, Massachusetts to protest what he perceived as the unjust economic policies and political corruption of the Massachusetts state legislature.
  13. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
  14. branch, makes laws.
  15. of 1763, prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachian
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  1. a diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution. They believed that the greatest threat to the future of the United States lay in the government's potential to become corrupt and seize more and more power until its tyrannical rule completely dominated the people.
  2. Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, or the Sherman Compromise, was an agreement made between large and small states which partly defined the representation each state would have under the United States Constitution, as well as in legislature.
  3. compromise, agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
  4. College, (in the US) a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
  5. Ordinance of 1785, established the creation of townships of any size, set aside land for public schools. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had the ability to tax. Crated the Wilderness Road.
  6. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
  7. of confederation - the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  8. Madison, America's fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”
  9. of independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
  10. Plan, proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
  11. Jersey plan, a proposal for the structure of the U.S. federal government put forward by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The proposal was a response to the Virginia Plan, which Paterson believed would put too much power in large states to the disadvantage of smaller states

26 Clues: branch, makes laws.Branch, executed and enforced laws.Branch, makes the meanings of the lawsof 1763, prohibited American colonists from settling west of AppalachianPlan, a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government...

Geography of the United States vocabulary words 2017-09-05

Geography of the United States vocabulary words crossword puzzle
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  1. a collection or book of maps
  2. a line drawn on a map that shows the relationship between a unit of measurement on the map and the real distance on earth
  3. a map legend the boxed list showing the symbols and what they represent on a map
  4. a unit measure there are 360 degrees of latitude and longitude to used to locate places
  5. a symbol on a map that shows directions
  6. the distance above or below sea level
  7. one of the four main compass points north south east and west
  8. an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between North and South poles
  9. half of a sphere
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  1. a model of the earth
  2. a map that shows geographic features of a place such as mountains valleys and bodies of water
  3. a thing that stands for or represents something else
  4. lines that measure the distances east and west of the prime meridian
  5. a direction such as northwest that is between two cardinal directions
  6. the starting point for measuring longitude
  7. a map that shows information such as borders capitals and important cities
  8. a system of lines that cross each other to form a pattern of squares and on a map used to locate places
  9. lines that measure distance north and west of the equator

18 Clues: half of a spherea model of the eartha collection or book of mapsthe distance above or below sea levela symbol on a map that shows directionsthe starting point for measuring longitudea thing that stands for or represents something elselines that measure distance north and west of the equator...

Causes of the Civil War 2023-03-14

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. This state was admitted to the U.S. under the Compromise of 1850.
  2. The states that seceded and left the US during the Civil War were these States. They had a partnership and worked together.
  3. people who were against slavery and tried to put an end to it or help slaves escape.
  4. States that legalized or permitted slavery. (the South)
  5. By June of 1860 this was the total number of states that had seceded.
  6. In 1857 the Supreme Court ruled on a case involving this African American.
  7. In 1859 this abolitionist led a slave revolt in Harpers Ferry, VA.
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  1. The name given to the states that stayed united and did not secede(break away) during the Civil War.
  2. The Congressman who proposed the Missouri Compromise.
  3. This man was elected president in 1860.
  4. people who did not want slavery to expand into the western states.
  5. A state that outlawed or banned slavery (the North)
  6. South Carolina was the first state to do this in 1860.
  7. The author of the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
  8. Citizens were allowed to do this to decide if their territory would have slaves under the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
  9. This event started in 1861 and was where the Union fought against the Confederacy.

16 Clues: This man was elected president in 1860.The author of the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin."A state that outlawed or banned slavery (the North)The Congressman who proposed the Missouri Compromise.South Carolina was the first state to do this in 1860.States that legalized or permitted slavery. (the South)...

Secession and War 2026-05-13

Secession and War crossword puzzle
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  1. and France Southern states hoped these two European countries would support them.
  2. Confederate capital city in Virginia.
  3. Border state important because it controlled rivers to the West.
  4. The Southern military strategy was mainly this type of warfare.
  5. Carolina The first state to secede from the Union.
  6. The Northern goal at the start of the war was to restore the _____.
  7. River The river the Union wanted to control to split the Confederacy.
  8. Plan Northern plan named after a snake.
  9. President elected in 1860 who opposed the spread of slavery.
  10. Sumter Fort attacked by Confederate forces in April 1861.
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  1. The group of states that formed after seceding from the Union.
  2. Northern states were also known by this nickname.
  3. Southern states leaving the Union.
  4. Rights Southern states argued these gave them the right to leave the Union.
  5. Army African Americans were finally allowed to join this army during the war.
  6. The political issue that divided the North and South before the war.
  7. Plan The Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River.

17 Clues: Southern states leaving the Union.Confederate capital city in Virginia.Plan Northern plan named after a snake.Northern states were also known by this nickname.Carolina The first state to secede from the Union.Sumter Fort attacked by Confederate forces in April 1861.President elected in 1860 who opposed the spread of slavery....

American History 2023-07-18

American History crossword puzzle
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  1. "Rosie the ___" was a cultural icon representing women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II
  2. Conflict between the Northern and Southern states from 1861 to 1865
  3. "___ Purchase": Acquisition of a large territory from France by the United States in 1803
  4. Document that outlines the fundamental laws and principles of the United States
  5. The right to vote in political elections
  6. Founding Father, inventor, and diplomat; played a significant role in drafting the U.S. Constitution
  7. The "___ Globetrotters" are a globally renowned basketball team known for their entertaining style of play and cultural impact
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  1. 35th President of the United States; assassinated in 1963
  2. 7th President of the United States; known for his populist policies and expansion of presidential powers
  3. "___ Destiny" was the belief that the United States was destined to expand its territory from coast to coast
  4. Tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II
  5. Naval base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941

12 Clues: The right to vote in political elections35th President of the United States; assassinated in 1963Naval base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941Conflict between the Northern and Southern states from 1861 to 1865Document that outlines the fundamental laws and principles of the United States...

WK25Crossword 2024-02-22

WK25Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The collection of the Southern States the left the Union
  2. a system used in the United States for electing the President and Vice President.
  3. Amendments are proposed by _____/thirds of the vote of both houses
  4. One goal of Reconstruction was the ________of the northern and southern states.
  5. one goal of Reconstruction
  6. total number of Amendments
  7. _______ Amendment mandates that electors designate their choice for president and vice president separately.
  8. one goal of Reconstruction
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  1. _______ Amendment prohibits federal courts from hearing cases in which a state is sued by an individual from another state or another country
  2. Amendments are passed with a _____ quarters of the vote from both houses
  3. The process in which a proposed amendment ispassed and added to the constitution
  4. a period in American history following the Civil War that aimed to rebuild the nation, particularly the South, and address the social, economic, and political aftermath of the war.
  5. Freeing of the American Slaves
  6. An add-on to the Consitution
  7. one major cause of the Civil War
  8. a major armed conflict in the United States fought between 1861 and 1865,between the Northern and Southern states.

16 Clues: one goal of Reconstructiontotal number of Amendmentsone goal of ReconstructionAn add-on to the ConsitutionFreeing of the American Slavesone major cause of the Civil WarThe collection of the Southern States the left the UnionAmendments are proposed by _____/thirds of the vote of both houses...

The Iron Curtain 2024-05-10

The Iron Curtain crossword puzzle
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  1. A state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.
  2. A place that was part of the cold war.
  3. To keep someone in one place.
  4. An alliance during the cold war.
  5. A serious disagreement or argument.
  6. An economic system based on private ownership.
  7. A Western European country with a landscape of forests, rivers, mountain ranges and North Sea beaches.
  8. A term used by Winston Churchill in a speech to describe the growing divide between western democracies and Soviet-influenced states.
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  1. A softening or easing of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  2. purposefully escalated a dangerous situation.
  3. An economic system based on government ownership and control of resources.
  4. The whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region.
  5. A country that was apart of the cold war.
  6. The elected head of the republic.
  7. The president that was in office during the atomic bomb.
  8. The struggle for power between the Soviet Union and the United States.

16 Clues: To keep someone in one place.An alliance during the cold war.The elected head of the republic.A serious disagreement or argument.A place that was part of the cold war.A country that was apart of the cold war.purposefully escalated a dangerous situation.An economic system based on private ownership....

AP QUIZ 2022-02-14

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

42 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 GATTnetwork, What is CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera?Foreign corporations coordinates with them.How much is the minimum wage in Metro Manila?...

AP QUIZ 2022-02-14

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

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

Chapter 3: Vocabulary 2023-12-04

Chapter 3: Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. power, power reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens
  2. a system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between a central government and regional governments
  3. grants, congressional grants given to states and localities on the condition that expenditures be limited to a problem or group specified by law
  4. programs through which Congress provides money to state and local governments on the condition that the funds be employed for purposes defined by the federal government
  5. the principle that allows the national government to override state or local actions in certain policy areas; in foreign policy, the willingness to strike first in order to prevent an enemy attack
  6. federalism, a type of federalism existing since the New Deal era in which grants-in-aid have been used strategically to encourage states and localities (without commanding them) to pursue nationally defined goals; also known as intergovernmental cooperation
  7. powers, powers derived from the necessary and proper clause of Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution; such powers are not specifically expressed but are implied through the expansive interpretation of delegated powers
  8. faith and credit clause, provision from Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution requiring that the states normally honor the public acts and judicial decisions that take place in another state
  9. powers, specific powers granted by the Constitution to Congress (Article I, Section 8) and to the president (Article II)
  10. rule, power delegated by the state to a local unit of government to manage its own affairs
  11. federalism, the system of government that prevailed in the United States from 1789 to 1937 in which most fundamental governmental powers were shared between the federal and state governments
  12. and proper clause, Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which provides Congress with the authority to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers
  13. rights, the principle that the states should oppose the increasing authority of the national government; this principle was most popular in the period before the Civil War
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  1. relations, the processes by which the three levels of American government (national, state, local) negotiate and compromise over policy responsibility
  2. system, a centralized government system in which lower levels of government have little power independent of the national government
  3. clause, Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which delegates to Congress the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States and with the Indian tribes"; this clause was interpreted by the Supreme Court in favor of national power over the economy
  4. powers, authority possessed by both state and national governments, such as the power to levy taxes
  5. and immunities clause, provision, from Article IV, Section 2, of the Constitution, that a state cannot discriminate against someone from another state or give its own residents special privileges
  6. federalism, a form of federalism in which Congress imposes legislation on states and localities, requiring them to meet national standards
  7. powers, powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states

20 Clues: rule, power delegated by the state to a local unit of government to manage its own affairspowers, authority possessed by both state and national governments, such as the power to levy taxespower, power reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens...

Southwest state and capitals 2021-12-07

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

10 Clues: OKAZNMTXhighlandtablelandCapital is AustinCapital is PhoenixCapital is Santa FeCapital is Oklahoma city

Canada's Provinces and Capitals 2021-11-19

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

10 Clues: Capital of CanadaCapital of OntarioCapital is VictoriaIs the newest TerritoryFredericton is the capitalThis is the smallest provinceIs between Manitoba and AlbertaWas the last province to join CanadaCapital of Newfoundland and LabradorPeople speak French in this province

Countries and their capitals 2016-03-14

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

10 Clues: ParisMoscowLondonMadridOttawaAnkaraBerlinBrasiliaStockholmAmsterdam

Country and their capitals 2022-11-09

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

10 Clues: MaleRomeTokyoHavanaBeijingJakartaBudapestCopenhagenSan salvadorBandar Seri Begawan

Emancipation Proclamation Crossword Puzzle 2016-05-14

Emancipation Proclamation Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Slaves could receive this in order to move from the United States. They could make the decision to move to countries such as Liberia.
  2. The number of black volunteers who fought with the Union in the Civil War.
  3. This branch of government enforces our laws.
  4. This was the president who was in office during the Civil War, on the Union side.
  5. This race of people were freed from slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation. Many of them helped fight in the Civil War with the Union.
  6. The month and year when the 13th Amendment was ratified.
  7. Lincoln passed this bill that proposed that all slaves in states or territories should be free.
  8. The name of the war that was started to keep all states in the Union and eventually abolished slavery.
  9. The month and year Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington DC.
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  1. Britain continued to buy this popular crop from the Confederate States of America while the Civil War was being fought.
  2. When this bureau was established, it allowed blacks to fight with the Union Army during the Civil War.
  3. The capital of the Union, where slavery was first prohibited.
  4. The month and year that Lincoln prohibited slavery in the Union states and territories.
  5. The month and year that Lincoln prohibited slavery in the rebellious states and territories.
  6. The group of people who were angry about the Emancipation Proclamation, because the Civil War was originally meant to keep the Union together, not to free slaves.
  7. The amendment that was passed that eventually gave slaves their freedom.
  8. An early device that used electric signals to send messages across long distances invented by Samuel Morse.
  9. The advisors of the President who help him make decisions.
  10. The Secretary of the Navy during the time of the Emancipation Proclamation (1862).
  11. The government institution that passed the Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln proposed.

20 Clues: This branch of government enforces our laws.The month and year when the 13th Amendment was ratified.The advisors of the President who help him make decisions.The capital of the Union, where slavery was first prohibited.The month and year Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington DC....

Civil War Crossword 2025-04-01

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The act of leaving the Union, claimed as a right by Southern states.
  2. Lincoln issued this proclamation in 1863 to free enslaved people in Confederate states.
  3. Lincoln described this as “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
  4. Term for formerly enslaved individuals who sought rights and opportunities after the war.
  5. The political party of Abraham Lincoln, which opposed the expansion of slavery.
  6. President of the United States who led the Union during the Civil War.
  7. The Northern government led by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
  8. Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
  9. Abolitionist and former enslaved man who advised Lincoln and advocated for Black soldiers.
  10. Union general who later became the 18th President of the United States.
  11. Last name of the president of the Confederate States of America.
  12. The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves.
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  1. Turning point battle in Pennsylvania was fought in July 1863.
  2. Union victory in Mississippi that gave control of the Mississippi River.
  3. The government formed by Southern states that seceded from the Union.
  4. Nickname for Northerners who moved South after the war, often seen as opportunists.
  5. Lincoln warned that this “divided against itself cannot stand.”
  6. Crow – Laws that enforced racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction.
  7. Lincoln believed preserving this was the primary goal of the Civil War.
  8. The first major battle of the Civil War, also called Manassas.
  9. The 13th, 14th, and 15th of these granted rights to formerly enslaved people.
  10. A core belief of Lincoln, who stated, “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
  11. The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War, was fought in Maryland.
  12. A bloody battle in Tennessee that showed the war would be long and costly.
  13. Former enslaved woman who helped free others and served as a Union spy.

25 Clues: Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.Turning point battle in Pennsylvania was fought in July 1863.The first major battle of the Civil War, also called Manassas.Lincoln warned that this “divided against itself cannot stand.”Last name of the president of the Confederate States of America....

History 2022-04-07

History crossword puzzle
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  1. the first president of the United States
  2. the act which established Supreme Court
  3. Farmers rebels against tax collectors due to hight taxes on Whiskey
  4. the main author of the Declaration of Independence
  5. an organization consits of one Chief Justice and five Associate Justices
  6. in charge of carrying out the law
  7. treaty with Spanish that created clear boundary between the USA and Spain
  8. political party that support high tariffs and the establishment of National Bank
  9. the lower chamber of the United States Congress
  10. political party that support strict interpretation of the constitution
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  1. the act where George declared all colonies in rebellion
  2. the event where the declaration of the causes and necessities for taking up arms took place
  3. in charge of interpreting the law
  4. the first ten amendments
  5. representatives from different states were brought together to amend the Articles of Confederation
  6. divided the powers into three branches
  7. the turning point of the war that resulted in the alliance between France and America
  8. in charge of making of the law
  9. the upper chamber of the United States Congress
  10. head of the Executive branch

20 Clues: the first ten amendmentshead of the Executive branchin charge of making of the lawin charge of interpreting the lawin charge of carrying out the lawdivided the powers into three branchesthe act which established Supreme Courtthe first president of the United Statesthe upper chamber of the United States Congress...

Unit 4 crossword Mason & Sophie 2023-10-20

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

20 Clues: 13th AmendmentPolitical PartySecond PresidentAn offical ban on tradeset of fundmental rightsidentifying in ones countryFederalist taxing common productsMovement of settlers and immigrantsFirst President of the United statesconflict with native american tribesJefferson negotiated land from francefourth president of the united states...

Geography Unit Test Review 2014-10-19

Geography Unit Test Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This country borders the United States to the north.
  2. The climate in North America ranges from Arctic to __________, as it gets closer to the equator.
  3. Portuguese is spoken in Brazil which is part of this continent.
  4. This mountain range is located in the eastern United States.
  5. One factor that affects climate is ocean winds, the other is this.
  6. The two national languages of Canada are English and ______________.
  7. The northeast region of the U.S. has rocky soil, a strong fishing and shipping industry, as well as a _____ and cool climate.
  8. Also known as 0 degrees latitude.
  9. These lines run up and down and measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
  10. Places with the ___________ climate are typically closest to the equator.
  11. This region of the United States has four season and lots of farmland.
  12. This lake is the northern border for Ohio.
  13. This ocean is on the west border of South America.
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  1. This region of the United States is mostly arid with desert and sand.
  2. This tropic of __________ is in the northern hemisphere.
  3. Which frigid line of latitude runs through North America, Europe, & Asia?
  4. The Prime Meridian runs through Europe, Antarctica, and this continent.
  5. Texas and _______share the Rio Grande as a border.
  6. One must travel this direction to go from Ohio to Maine.
  7. This U.S. region is know for its strong technology industry.
  8. Cities that are the same ___________ from the equator typically have the same climate.
  9. Which ocean borders the United States on the east?
  10. Meridian: Also known as 0 degrees longitude.
  11. These lines run left to right and measure the distance north or south of the equator.
  12. This is the largest country in South America.

25 Clues: Also known as 0 degrees latitude.This lake is the northern border for Ohio.Meridian: Also known as 0 degrees longitude.This is the largest country in South America.Texas and _______share the Rio Grande as a border.Which ocean borders the United States on the east?This ocean is on the west border of South America....

Govt. Vocab Crossword - Layla Johnson 2022-01-07

Govt. Vocab Crossword - Layla Johnson crossword puzzle
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  1. believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson
  2. defined the structure of Congress and the number of representatives each state would have in Congress
  3. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
  4. third president of the United States; author of the Declaration of Independence
  5. king/queen controls all aspects of life
  6. explains the purpose of the constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
  7. the power within the government is divided so that no branch is too powerful
  8. powers that are not specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution
  9. group who feared the new government created by the Constitution gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
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  1. the government is not all powerful; powers are limited
  2. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions
  3. a leading supporter of the constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers; he has a whole musical about him
  4. english philosopher, had the Social Contract Theory
  5. government is defined by law and serves the people; law is above and applies to everyone
  6. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
  7. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  8. first president of the United States
  9. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  10. father of the constitution, fourth president of the United States
  11. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens

20 Clues: first president of the United Statesking/queen controls all aspects of lifeenglish philosopher, had the Social Contract Theorythe government is not all powerful; powers are limitedfather of the constitution, fourth president of the United Statesgovernment attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens...

American Civil War 2019-10-16

American Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century
  2. African-American abolitionist and women's right activist
  3. General in the Union Army during the American Civil War
  4. Author of of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. Escaped slavery in Maryland and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York
  6. 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865
  7. 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
  8. The art or practice of communicating news by photographs, especially in magazines
  9. Also known as the draft, the enlistment of people into the military
  10. American abolitionist who advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States
  11. Also known as the first battle of Manassas, was the first battle of the American Civil War
  12. Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was fought September 17, 1862
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  1. Type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized bullet for rifled muskets
  2. Side known as the North in the American Civil War
  3. Pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross
  4. Largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States
  5. One of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee
  6. Commander of the Confederate States Army
  7. Town in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is known for Gettysburg National Battlefield
  8. Only President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865
  9. An American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.
  10. Made 13 missions to rescue around 70 enslaved people
  11. Another term for Confederate States of America
  12. City in western Mississippi, known as the site of the key Civil War battle
  13. Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was fought April 6-7 1862

25 Clues: Author of of Uncle Tom's CabinCommander of the Confederate States ArmyAnother term for Confederate States of AmericaSide known as the North in the American Civil WarPioneering nurse who founded the American Red CrossMade 13 missions to rescue around 70 enslaved people16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865...

AP QUIZ 2022-02-14

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

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

Creating the Constitution 2022-02-16

Creating the Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. this plan sought two houses of congress and was cheered by big states
  2. in the Three-Fifths Compromise it was agreed that enslaved people would count as this percentage of a person
  3. this was the first attempt at creating a constitution in the United States
  4. a system used in the United States to choose the President and Vice President
  5. this rebellion led to the overhaul of the constitution
  6. thinkers like John Locke were from this era
  7. Edmund Randolph suggested that the executive branch should have this many leaders
  8. a written frame of government
  9. amount of delegates who attended and did not sign the Constitution
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  1. angry with a brother, sister, or rival nation? You're having one of these.
  2. often known as the father of the constitution
  3. a delegate from this state would create the Great Compromise
  4. the branch that interprets laws
  5. the oldest delegate at the constitutional convention
  6. this plan sought one single house and every state would get one vote
  7. the branch that makes laws
  8. modern-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin
  9. the constitutional ________ occurred in 1787 in Philadelphia
  10. the branch that carries out laws
  11. the number of states needed to ratify the Constitution

20 Clues: the branch that makes lawsa written frame of governmentthe branch that interprets lawsthe branch that carries out lawsthinkers like John Locke were from this eraoften known as the father of the constitutionthe oldest delegate at the constitutional conventionthis rebellion led to the overhaul of the constitution...

JW Civil War Crossword 2021-10-14

JW Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
  2. represented the first clash of ironclad naval vessels in history
  3. acceptance of black men into the Union army and navy
  4. where the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered
  5. portion of the U.S loyal to the federal government during the civil war
  6. naval blockade of the confederate shore
  7. center of the Union war effort
  8. turning point in the Civil War
  9. states important to the success of the union
  10. Union general during the Civil War, playing a crucial role in the victory over the Confederate States
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  1. most acclaimed Union general during the American Civil War and was twice elected president
  2. 16th president of the United States
  3. served as the capital of the confederate States
  4. fought for the institution of slavery
  5. war between north and south
  6. First Battle of Bull Run, first major battle in civil war
  7. deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  8. Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
  9. called for registration of all males between the ages of 20 and 45
  10. efforts to coerce Great Britain and France to support the Confederate war

20 Clues: war between north and southcenter of the Union war effortturning point in the Civil War16th president of the United Statesfought for the institution of slaverystates important to the success of the unionwhere the Army of Northern Virginia surrenderedacceptance of black men into the Union army and navy...

Constitutional Convention 2026-01-29

Constitutional Convention crossword puzzle
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  1. The buying and selling of goods between states or countries, which the national government gained power to regulate.
  2. The part of government that makes laws; includes the House of Representatives and the Senate
  3. Leaders who helped create the U.S. Constitution.
  4. To officially approve the Constitution.
  5. The number of people living in a state.
  6. Upper house of Congress with equal representation for each state.
  7. A government where people elect representatives to make decisions.
  8. Goods brought into a country from another country.
  9. Lower house of Congress based on state population.
  10. A tax placed on imported goods coming into a country.
  11. People forced into slavery with no legal rights.
  12. Proposal that favored large states with representation based on population.
  13. States that generally opposed counting enslaved people for representation.
  14. Goods sent out of a country to another country.
  15. Proposal that favored small states with equal representation.
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  1. Agreement counting three out of five enslaved people for representation and taxes.
  2. A list of rights and freedoms for citizens that was not included in the original Constitution but added later.
  3. How states or people are represented in government.
  4. Agreement creating a two-house Congress.
  5. The city in Pennsylvania where the Constitutional Convention was held in 1787.
  6. A meeting in 1787 where delegates met in Philadelphia to fix the government.
  7. America’s first government, which was too weak to solve problems.
  8. An agreement where both sides give up something.
  9. A loose union of states with a weak central government, like under the Articles of Confederation.
  10. A legislature with two houses.
  11. Delegate who proposed the Virgina Plan and helped design the new government.
  12. Delegate who proposed the New Jersey Plan and helped design the new government.
  13. Elected president of the Constitutional Convention.
  14. A legislature with one house.
  15. To change or improve something.
  16. A representative chosen by a state to attend the Convention.
  17. Each state has the same number of votes.
  18. States that wanted enslaved people counted to gain more power.
  19. Money paid to the government to support it.

34 Clues: A legislature with one house.A legislature with two houses.To change or improve something.To officially approve the Constitution.The number of people living in a state.Agreement creating a two-house Congress.Each state has the same number of votes.Money paid to the government to support it.Goods sent out of a country to another country....

Human System 2014-09-21

Human System crossword puzzle
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  1. what percentage of the U.S. exports does japan receive
  2. often on farms
  3. which general direction is the population of the united States moving from
  4. name one Chinese cities have population of more than 5 million people
  5. relying on each other
  6. region that buys the smallest percentage of the United States export
  7. person who moves to a new city taking a job
  8. which country has the smallest percentage of people between 0 and 9
  9. region buys the most of united states
  10. permanent movement of people place to place
  11. region does the United States imports the largest amount of goods
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  1. the number of years an average person lives
  2. name one cities that have a major airports and major seaports
  3. used to explain the population history of a country or region
  4. buying and selling goods
  5. which European country has the highest percentage of urban population
  6. name one of the cities in the region have population of 500,000 to 1,000,000
  7. moving people and goods from another place to place to place
  8. which county has the highest percentage of people between the ages 0 and 9
  9. eraser that came from Malaysia

20 Clues: often on farmsrelying on each otherbuying and selling goodseraser that came from Malaysiaregion buys the most of united statesthe number of years an average person livesperson who moves to a new city taking a jobpermanent movement of people place to placewhat percentage of the U.S. exports does japan receive...

CH Unit 5 Extra Credit Crossword 2024-03-14

CH Unit 5 Extra Credit Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. When a solution has as much solute as possible.
  2. ________'s Law states that volume and moles of gas are proportional.
  3. A heterogenous mixture with large particles, that settles over time.
  4. An evenly mixed mixture.
  5. A homogenous mixture of two or more substances.
  6. Degrees ______ are the unit for temperature in the Ideal Gas Law.
  7. When, using temperature/pressure changes, a solution has more solute than it normally should have.
  8. _____'s Law states that volume and pressure are inversely proportional.
Down
  1. An unevenly mixed mixture.
  2. A solution with water as the solvent.
  3. _______'s Law states that temperature and volume are proportional.
  4. When using this unit to measure pressure, R is equal to 8.314 .
  5. The major component of a solution.
  6. A heterogenous mixture with medium particles, that doesn't settle, and often scatters light well.
  7. The minor component of a solution.
  8. The Ideal Gas Law (just the letters, without the "=" in the middle).
  9. The unit for volume in the Ideal Gas Law.
  10. When using this unit to measure pressure, R is equal to 0.08206 .
  11. When a solution does NOT have as much solute as possible.
  12. _______'s Law states that pressure and temperature are proportional.

20 Clues: An evenly mixed mixture.An unevenly mixed mixture.The major component of a solution.The minor component of a solution.A solution with water as the solvent.The unit for volume in the Ideal Gas Law.When a solution has as much solute as possible.A homogenous mixture of two or more substances.When a solution does NOT have as much solute as possible....

Forces and Motion Review 2026-01-21

Forces and Motion Review crossword puzzle
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  1. the amount of "stuff" in an object
  2. energy of motion
  3. the change in the motion of an object
  4. law of energy that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed
  5. a device that uses motion and magnetism to create electricity
  6. any push or pull
  7. equal to distance over time
  8. attractive or repulsive forces between magnets
  9. a device that uses electricity and magnetism to create motion
  10. Newton's law that states for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
  11. any device that helps make work easier
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  1. the "oomph" or speed of an object
  2. a force that is unequal and therefore causes changes in motion to an object
  3. a force that resists motion and needs to be in contact with the object
  4. the capacity to do work
  5. a force created by an electric current flowing through a wire
  6. energy of position or stored energy
  7. Newton's law that states something will keep moving until another force stops it
  8. a non-contact force that pulls us to the center of the Earth
  9. Newton's law that states that if more force is applied, the more it accelerates
  10. a machine that incorporates two or more simple machines

21 Clues: energy of motionany push or pullthe capacity to do workequal to distance over timethe "oomph" or speed of an objectthe amount of "stuff" in an objectenergy of position or stored energythe change in the motion of an objectany device that helps make work easierattractive or repulsive forces between magnets...

Chapter six Geography 2022-10-24

Chapter six Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. What were the states called that divided the North from the South? P 136
  2. State Connecticut is known as the _ state p 121
  3. Barrens The large wooded wilderness in New Jersey is called _ p 135
  4. Plateau New York’s glacier-formed Finger Lakes are located where? P 132
  5. what is a major product of the Aroostook Valley? P 125
  6. Atlantic the area which is most diverse in climate and culture p 125-126
  7. The greatest early American Preacher p 121
  8. What is the capital of the United States, in terms of how it is categorized? P 138
  9. Vermont and which state were not one of the original colonies? P 124
  10. New England is where the Berkshire Hills are located p 120
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  1. Canal the waterway that made NYC the rade capital of the world p 130
  2. Maryland and _ are two boarder states in the Middle Atlantic region p 121
  3. What is the largest city in New England? P 119
  4. New England has larger states and the alpine zone p 122
  5. production Eli Whitney’s concept first used in his musket factory. P121
  6. The Piedmont is a _ p 126
  7. Institution Name the largest museum in America p 139
  8. The peninsula which contains parts of three states p 136
  9. Upper New England contains Maine, New Hampshire, and _ p 122

19 Clues: The Piedmont is a _ p 126The greatest early American Preacher p 121What is the largest city in New England? P 119State Connecticut is known as the _ state p 121Institution Name the largest museum in America p 139what is a major product of the Aroostook Valley? P 125New England has larger states and the alpine zone p 122...

Texas Republic and Statehood 2017-04-27

Texas Republic and Statehood crossword puzzle
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  1. Parts of the United States set aside for Native Americans.
  2. a group of men on horseback that organized to enforce Texas' Native American policies.
  3. the second President of the Republic of Texas.
  4. independence
  5. When Mexico gave up territory after the US/Mexican War.
  6. the first President of the Republic of Texas.
  7. official document that set the Texas/Mexico border at the Rio Grande.
  8. to add or attach to something.
  9. After annexation delegates met to create the state constitution of 1845.
  10. the type of government where people vote for their leaders.
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  1. caused by the annexation of Texas - Mexico and the United States fight over the territory and border of Texas/Mexico.
  2. The major city in a state, where government business happens.
  3. the fight to end slavery.
  4. The name for the newly independent country after the Texas Revolution.
  5. When economic indicators (jobs, money, trade) in a country are unchanging.
  6. plan for Texas government created 3 branches of government gave voting rights to white men over 21 only and allowed slavery.
  7. The westward growth of the United States as it annexed new territories.
  8. The United States buys a big piece of land from France and doubles the size of the United States.
  9. the belief that America had a God-Given right to expand westward and claim territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

19 Clues: independencethe fight to end slavery.to add or attach to something.the first President of the Republic of Texas.the second President of the Republic of Texas.When Mexico gave up territory after the US/Mexican War.Parts of the United States set aside for Native Americans.the type of government where people vote for their leaders....

Early Civil War 2026-05-11

Early Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. First state to leave the Union
  2. to formally join a military force
  3. Term for the Northern states during the Civil War
  4. This side of the war had many more troops and supplies
  5. A warship equipped with iron platting used in the war
  6. Capital of the Southern states during the war
  7. To leave
  8. The biggest city in the South during the Civil War
  9. The Civil War lasted _________ years
  10. This idea was a big issue/argument point during the war
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  1. The __________________ Proclamation was a decree by Lincoln freeing slaves in the Confederacy
  2. Fort name where the first battle of the Civil War happened
  3. The war was fought mainly on land in the ______
  4. Term for the Southern states during the Civil War
  5. These states were undecided at the start of the war on which side to join
  6. Main river in the South that the Northern states wanted to control
  7. Main general and leading figure for the South
  8. Abraham _______ was the President during the Civil War
  9. First MAJOR battle of the Civil War in northern Virginia

19 Clues: To leaveFirst state to leave the Unionto formally join a military forceThe Civil War lasted _________ yearsCapital of the Southern states during the warMain general and leading figure for the SouthThe war was fought mainly on land in the ______Term for the Southern states during the Civil WarTerm for the Northern states during the Civil War...

Unit 4 crossword Mason & Sophie 2023-10-20

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

20 Clues: 13th AmendmentPolitical PartySecond PresidentAn offical ban on tradeset of fundmental rightsidentifying in ones countryFederalist taxing common productsMovement of settlers and immigrantsFirst President of the United statesconflict with native american tribesJefferson negotiated land from francefourth president of the united states...

Capitals of Indian States 2020-05-29

Capitals of Indian States crossword puzzle
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  1. Karnataka
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Goa
Down
  1. Bihar
  2. AndhraPradesh

5 Clues: GoaBiharKarnatakaMaharashtraAndhraPradesh

Capitals of various states 2021-04-24

Capitals of various states crossword puzzle
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  1. CAPITAL OF ODISHA
  2. CAPITAL OF UTTAR PRADESH
  3. CAPITAL OF TELANGANA
Down
  1. CAPITAL OF JHARKHAND
  2. CAPITAL OF MADHYA PRADESH

5 Clues: CAPITAL OF ODISHACAPITAL OF JHARKHANDCAPITAL OF TELANGANACAPITAL OF UTTAR PRADESHCAPITAL OF MADHYA PRADESH

United States State capitals 2015-06-23

United States State capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Virginia
  2. Dakota
  3. Dakota
  4. York
Down
  1. Caroling
  2. Mexico
  3. island

7 Clues: YorkDakotaDakotaMexicoislandVirginiaCaroling

Standards Review 2026-04-17

Standards Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Leader of the Anti-Federalists
  2. Led a raid and briefly took over Harper's Ferry
  3. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  4. Political party formed in 1854
  5. Battle of in Tennessee in 1862, Union victory
  6. First Capitol of the United States
  7. The Great Compromiser
  8. The right to vote
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  1. Era in the South after the Civil War
  2. Northern states that did not secede
  3. Leader of the Federalists
  4. Debated Lincoln in 1858 over states' rights and slavery
  5. Southern States that seceded in 1861
  6. Confederate general known as "Stonewall"
  7. Compromise in 1820 divided the nation further

15 Clues: The right to voteThe Great CompromiserLeader of the FederalistsAuthor of Uncle Tom's CabinLeader of the Anti-FederalistsPolitical party formed in 1854First Capitol of the United StatesNorthern states that did not secedeEra in the South after the Civil WarSouthern States that seceded in 1861Confederate general known as "Stonewall"...

Unit 1 The Constitution 2022-04-19

Unit 1 The Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. necessary and proper clause, grants implicit powers to Congress
  2. courts can deem legislature unconstitutional
  3. sovereign states gathered for national interests
  4. makes all states adhere to the Constitution
  5. states were expected to return fugitives to the state they fled from
  6. Congress 2/3 majority can override a presidential veto
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  1. requires states to be open about their laws and encourages them to respect another's laws
  2. a presidential power to refuse signing of a bill
  3. rights to life, liberty, and property cannot be taken away under any law
  4. gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with other nations and the states
  5. powers given to Congress in Article 1
  6. the people acting as the ultimate ruling authority while government officials carry out laws
  7. elected representatives act as trustees for people who elected them
  8. allowed government agencies to share info about suspects and widened authority on phone tapping
  9. a delegate from each state gathered to discuss the Great Compromise

15 Clues: powers given to Congress in Article 1makes all states adhere to the Constitutioncourts can deem legislature unconstitutionala presidential power to refuse signing of a billsovereign states gathered for national interestsCongress 2/3 majority can override a presidential vetonecessary and proper clause, grants implicit powers to Congress...

civil liberties key terms 2021-04-16

civil liberties key terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. v. Wade
  2. Post Facto Laws
  3. v. Wainwright
  4. Restraint
  5. v. Yoder
  6. Process Clause
  7. v. Chicago
  8. v. United States
  9. Due Process
  10. of Attainder
  11. Rule
  12. of Habeas Corpus
  13. Rights
  14. Clause
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  1. Rights
  2. of Expression
  3. Jury
  4. v. Vitale
  5. and Present Danger Test
  6. Incorporation
  7. and Pornography
  8. Liberties
  9. Jeopardy
  10. of Rights
  11. Cause
  12. York Times Co. v United States
  13. Exercise Clause
  14. Speech

28 Clues: JuryRuleCauseRightsRightsClauseSpeechv. Wadev. YoderJeopardyRestraintv. VitaleLibertiesof Rightsv. ChicagoDue Processof Attainderof Expressionv. WainwrightIncorporationProcess ClausePost Facto Lawsand PornographyExercise Clausev. United Statesof Habeas Corpusand Present Danger TestYork Times Co. v United States

AP Gov Crossword 2024-04-11

AP Gov Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Unalienable
  2. Judicial Powers
  3. fed51
  4. Strong State Govs
  5. Checks and Balances
  6. Amendments
  7. Anti-Federalist Paper
  8. Strong Central Gov
  9. Federal government over states
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  1. Equal Protection
  2. Social Contract Theory
  3. John Locke
  4. Executive Powers
  5. Fed 10
  6. Necessary and Proper
  7. Established judicial review
  8. Legislative Powers
  9. Power not given to the federal gov is given to the states
  10. 3 Branches of gov
  11. State Relations

20 Clues: fed51Fed 10John LockeAmendmentsUnalienableJudicial PowersState RelationsEqual ProtectionExecutive PowersStrong State Govs3 Branches of govLegislative PowersStrong Central GovChecks and BalancesNecessary and ProperAnti-Federalist PaperSocial Contract TheoryEstablished judicial reviewFederal government over states...

The Iron Curtain 2024-05-15

The Iron Curtain crossword puzzle
Across
  1. individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery.
  2. an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II
  3. a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
  4. a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany
  5. a symbolic divide between democratic and Communist states
  6. a bond or connection between families, states, parties, or individuals.
  7. they built the Iron Curtain
  8. a group of 32 countries from Europe and North America that exists to protect the people and territory of its members.
  9. the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.
Down
  1. proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.Jun 29, 2022
  2. British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice
  3. competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.
  4. World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
  5. banned nuclear-weapons tests in the atmosphere, in outer space,
  6. a person who does not belong to or follow the Communist Party or Communism.

15 Clues: they built the Iron Curtaina symbolic divide between democratic and Communist statesindividual people do not own land, factories, or machinery.banned nuclear-weapons tests in the atmosphere, in outer space,a bond or connection between families, states, parties, or individuals.competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field....

Unit 6 2013-03-27

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

18 Clues: F Kennedy: 35th President of the United Statessociety:speech and program by Lyndon B. Johnsonbaines johnson: 36th President of the United Statescorps:volunteer program run by the United States governmentresponse:was realistic in that nuclear weapons couldn't be usedStates health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources...

Chapter 4 Nathaniel Beyer 2020-12-01

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

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

CHEESY VANDENBURGER SPECIAL 2025-07-19

CHEESY VANDENBURGER SPECIAL crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What pirates plunder—or what squats sculpt?
  2. It's neither moist nor load-bearing, but it holds up your posters
  3. Where geysers erupt, bison roam, and tourists test volcanic fate
  4. Falls for everyone—romantics, daredevils, and hydroelectric dreams
  5. It may loom large on the horizon, yet move only in metaphors
  6. Weekly ritual where shells are stuffed and schedules revolve around salsa
  7. Canada’s alpine jewel with lakes bluer than belief
  8. Granite giant where El Capitan dares climbers to look up
  9. Animated hippo heartthrob with a flair for the dramatic
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  1. It flows like a continent’s artery—also delivers in two days
  2. Old Man of American rivers, long and spelled with rhythm
  3. Twin to the Euphrates, ancient and still flowing strong
  4. It’s a massive gap—geographically and emotionally speaking
  5. Shakespeare’s countess, Newton-John’s first name, chart-topping Rodrigo, or feisty wrangler
  6. Unplanned spasm that derails speech—or a Viking with a dragon problem?
  7. Looped logic? It ropes in cattle and commands
  8. River of grass that hides gators and glides slowly to the sea
  9. It waltzes through Europe, touching more capitals than most tourists
  10. She has a birthday today
  11. Common archangel alias or first name of many kings, singers, and screen heroes
  12. Classic comeback with infinite applications—and limited maturity
  13. Heavenly name for a sandstone sanctuary in Utah

22 Clues: She has a birthday todayWhat pirates plunder—or what squats sculpt?Looped logic? It ropes in cattle and commandsHeavenly name for a sandstone sanctuary in UtahCanada’s alpine jewel with lakes bluer than beliefTwin to the Euphrates, ancient and still flowing strongAnimated hippo heartthrob with a flair for the dramatic...

Michael's Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-20

Michael's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to describe or modify
  2. an extra bit of information
  3. a doing word
Down
  1. at the start of a sentence
  2. a figure of a speech
  3. person place or thing

6 Clues: a doing worda figure of a speechto describe or modifyperson place or thingat the start of a sentencean extra bit of information

Civil war crossword puzzle 2023-02-23

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

20 Clues: setting freebefore the warconfederate generalthe Union presidentthe nickname for the USthe states that secededa job a lot of women tookthe first state to secedethe first battle of the warturning point in the civil warthe number of confederate statesgoods that are illegal in a countrythe first ironclad battle in the war...

ACCOUNTS HOLIDAY HOMEWORK, BY 2022-07-01

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

15 Clues: Goodwil is an _____ assetRevaluation accounts is a __ accountManager's commission is a _____ against profitProfit and loss account is prepared to find out____Capital invested in the firm's business is termed as _____In the absence of agreement of profits and losses are sharedAverage of the profit of the past agreed years is known as ____...

Civil War 2016-03-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the condition of a slave; bondage
  2. the state of being allied
  3. States States between the North and the South -
  4. unloyal to government
  5. be composed of
  6. Holding allowing slavery
  7. region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
  8. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
Down
  1. Kentucky, and Maryland
  2. War a war between regions within the same country.
  3. Lincoln 16th president
  4. Proclamation Document freeing slaves
  5. Soldier a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
  6. to withdraw formally from an alliance
  7. to get rid of
  8. Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln
  9. sumter Fort in South Carolina where the war began

17 Clues: to get rid ofbe composed ofunloyal to governmentKentucky, and MarylandLincoln 16th presidentHolding allowing slaverythe state of being alliedthe condition of a slave; bondageWilkes Booth killed Abraham LincolnProclamation Document freeing slavesto withdraw formally from an allianceStates States between the North and the South -...

Chapter 1 - Challenges to German Unification 2026-01-22

Chapter 1 - Challenges to German Unification crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Religious reformer whose challenge to the Catholic Church unintentionally increased divisions among Germans presenting a challenge to unification
  2. Diplomatic principle aimed at preventing any single European nation from becoming too powerful
  3. Fragmented political entity of over 300 German states dissolved after Napoleon’s conquests
  4. Austrian Foreign Minister who sought to preserve the Old Order and prevent German unification at the Congress of Vienna
  5. Belief that people sharing a common language, culture, and history should form an independent nation
  6. Loose alliance of 39 German states formed in 1815 to maintain stability rather than promote unity of the German people
  7. Powerful Largely Protestant German state that rivaled Austria and later became the leader of German unification
  8. System in which power is spread among many independent states rather than controlled by a central authority; design feature of the German Confederation
  9. Treaty that ended the Thirty Years’ War and reinforced the independence and fragmentation of German states making up the Holy Roman Empire
  10. Major European power that opposed German unification to prevent a strong rival on its eastern border
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  1. Assembly of representatives from German states that governed the German Confederation (known also as the Bundestag)
  2. Destructive conflict that devastated German territories and weakened hopes for political unity
  3. Economic alliance led by Prussia that removed internal tariffs and strengthened economic unity among German states
  4. Religious movement that split Christianity in Europe and deepened political and cultural divisions in German lands
  5. Dominant conservative power in the German Confederation that chaired the Federal Diet and opposed nationalist and liberal reforms
  6. Political ideology emphasizing individual rights, constitutions, and limits on government power, and empowerment of citizens through democracy
  7. Conservative political system favoring monarchy, aristocracy, and tradition over democratic change
  8. Meeting of European powers after Napoleon’s defeat that created the German Confederation to replace the Holy Roman Empire

18 Clues: Fragmented political entity of over 300 German states dissolved after Napoleon’s conquestsDestructive conflict that devastated German territories and weakened hopes for political unityDiplomatic principle aimed at preventing any single European nation from becoming too powerful...

Civil War 2026-02-03

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fight between opposing forces(2 Down) Official document that freed enslaved people
  2. System of forced labor central to the war
  3. The Southern states as a group
  4. To officially end something
  5. Supplies needed to fight a war
  6. Winning the war
  7. Period of rebuilding the nation after the war
  8. Southern states’ act of leaving the Union
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  1. 16th president of the United States
  2. Southern soldiers during the war
  3. Nickname for Northern soldiers
  4. Organized fighting group
  5. Policy that freed enslaved people in Confederate states
  6. Northern advantage due to factories and production
  7. The conflict fought between North and South

15 Clues: Winning the warOrganized fighting groupTo officially end somethingNickname for Northern soldiersThe Southern states as a groupSupplies needed to fight a warSouthern soldiers during the war16th president of the United StatesSystem of forced labor central to the warSouthern states’ act of leaving the UnionThe conflict fought between North and South...

Speration of National and State powers 2014-05-12

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2023-11-29

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  2. elected in 1860
  3. A nickname used to describe people that supported the Union
  4. A nickname for Southerners who were against the war
  5. Both South and North had these military leader titles
  6. A person who worked to abolish slavery
  7. An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
  8. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
  9. A nickname for the South
  10. The Southern states that seceded in 1861
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  1. A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding
  2. A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  3. An American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  4. An American abolitionist trying to help slaves achieve freedom
  5. The ownership of a person as property
  6. A farm located in Southern states that held slaves
  7. Crackers made from flour, water, and salt
  8. to leave a federation
  9. The action of assassinating someone
  10. A war between the Northern and Southern states of the USA
  11. The Northern states during the war

21 Clues: elected in 1860to leave a federationA nickname for the SouthThe Northern states during the warThe action of assassinating someoneThe ownership of a person as propertyA person who worked to abolish slaveryThe Southern states that seceded in 1861Crackers made from flour, water, and saltA farm located in Southern states that held slaves...

Civil Rights 2023-11-27

Civil Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. became a heavy weight boxing champion
  2. A law that reinforced slavery
  3. he was the executive director of the nacp
  4. granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country.
  5. terriozed African Americans
  6. One of the first African Americans to play baseball
  7. what did people fight for?
  8. abolished slavery in the United States.
  9. Very famous speech that MLK did
  10. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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  1. when a bunch of people come together and peacefully protest
  2. origin in Africa
  3. Inspired Millions to appreciate there African backgrounds
  4. led movement to end and stop slavery
  5. struggled for racial equality when she refused to give up her seat
  6. someone applying there opinion freely without any harm
  7. Not buying a product at a store because you don't support what the store supports
  8. one human is being owned by another
  9. given deferent things such as water fountains and rail cars
  10. setting something or someone apart from others

20 Clues: origin in Africawhat did people fight for?terriozed African AmericansA law that reinforced slaveryVery famous speech that MLK didone human is being owned by anotherled movement to end and stop slaverybecame a heavy weight boxing championabolished slavery in the United States.he was the executive director of the nacp...

Forms of Government 2024-03-22

Forms of Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rajya sabha passes a ___ to legislate on the State list
  2. Public opinion on a government proposal
  3. Recruited by the Union Public Service Commission; Trained by the Home Ministry; Allocated to states and UTs
  4. Judiciary's check on Legislature wrt Constitution
  5. Internal rebellion or external aggression
  6. Article 370 - gave ____ to Jammu and Kashmir
  7. indestructible union of _____ states in USA
  8. Unlike other organs of government, Judiciary in India is not federal. It is an integrated and ____ system
  9. Add, modify or delete provisions from the fundamental rights (how?)
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  1. 1990 - 2014: This phase of Indian politics saw the rise of ___ government.
  2. Marriage, adoption, preventive detention, education
  3. Transfer of legislative powers from Centre to subnational governments
  4. States and Union being interdependent on each other - ____ federalism
  5. Special majority requirement indicates a ___ constitution
  6. last state to be added to the Indian union
  7. Role of the SC in a federal government
  8. According to Art. 74, ____ shall act in accordance to the aid and advise of the Council of ministers headed by the Prime Minister.
  9. Demands for more autonomy in Sri Lanka led to ____
  10. two chambers in Legislature
  11. union of states

20 Clues: union of statestwo chambers in LegislatureRole of the SC in a federal governmentPublic opinion on a government proposalInternal rebellion or external aggressionlast state to be added to the Indian unionindestructible union of _____ states in USAArticle 370 - gave ____ to Jammu and KashmirJudiciary's check on Legislature wrt Constitution...

US History - Unit II 2025-10-20

US History - Unit II crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "We the people, in order to form a more perfect _________"
  2. This constitution proved too weak
  3. This 1763 line used the Appalachian Mountains as a barrier between colonists and indigenous people
  4. George Washington used the military to quell this boozy uprising
  5. First 10 amendments
  6. Constitutional compromise between large and small states
  7. Supporter of the National Bank
  8. Passed by Adams in 1798 in response to the Quasi-War
  9. A Revolutionary War era tax on stamps
  10. The ability for one branch of government to limit power of another
  11. Constitutional compromise over representation and slavery
Down
  1. President who authorized the purchase of Louisiana Territory
  2. A conflict between colonists and British troops memorialized by Paul Revere
  3. Large states demand proportional representation
  4. America's war for independence
  5. A failed negotiation with France leading to the Quasi-War
  6. A revolutionary War era tax on tea
  7. The first president of the United States
  8. America's official break from Britain
  9. Federal, state, and local governments working together
  10. Economic system where a colony provides resources for a Mother Country
  11. Small states demand equal representation
  12. France's most prosperous colony in the Caribbean

23 Clues: First 10 amendmentsAmerica's war for independenceSupporter of the National BankThis constitution proved too weakA revolutionary War era tax on teaAmerica's official break from BritainA Revolutionary War era tax on stampsThe first president of the United StatesSmall states demand equal representationLarge states demand proportional representation...

S23 USH Semester Final Review 2023-05-12

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

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

history 2021-02-27

history crossword puzzle
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  1. Obama, an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
  2. Baker, an American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France.
  3. T. Washington, an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States.
  4. Parks, an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  5. Hughes, an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
  6. Neale Hurston, an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker.
  7. Angelou, an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
  8. Wheatley, the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight.
  9. B. Wells, an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement.
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  1. Powell, an American politician, diplomat and retired four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005.
  2. Garvey, a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator.
  3. Scott, an enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, and their two daughters
  4. an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor.
  5. Rice, an American diplomat, political scientist, civil servant, and professor who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
  6. an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer.
  7. Washington Carver, an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
  8. O. Davis, a United States Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen. He was the first black Brigadier general in the United States Air Force.
  9. Luther King Jr., an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
  10. X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
  11. Tubman, an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions.

20 Clues: an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer.Angelou, an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.Neale Hurston, an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker.Garvey, a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator....

The Cold War 2023-10-11

The Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice in 20th century
  2. spreading ideologies
  3. sword and shield of the Communist Party
  4. spys
  5. control by one power over a dependent area or people
  6. economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests
  7. Truman show
  8. fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers
  9. intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security
  10. eastern hemisphere country in the cold war
  11. conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
  12. United States provide economic assistance to restore the economy postwar Europe
  13. fought between North Korea and South Korea
  14. Communist country, Mao Ze Dong
  15. National Security Council policy paper
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  1. cutting off all land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany
  2. defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
  3. Far-left wing and lack of free will
  4. came to power in 1975 through the Cambodian Civil War
  5. political metaphor for the divided Europe into two areas
  6. Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States
  7. Second Arab–Israeli war
  8. intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states – 29 European and two North American

23 Clues: spysTruman showspreading ideologiesSecond Arab–Israeli warCommunist country, Mao Ze DongFar-left wing and lack of free willNational Security Council policy papersword and shield of the Communist Partyconflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodiaeastern hemisphere country in the cold warfought between North Korea and South Korea...

federalism 2022-11-21

federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. Article VI, Section 2
  2. Expressed powers
  3. Powers expressed in the Constitution
  4. 1836–1864
  5. Return to a state
  6. Landmark case
  7. Periodic checks
  8. Basis for the implied powers
  9. Allows the powers of Congress to stretch
  10. Enables people to prepare a constitution
  11. Power assume responsibility for state
  12. Disputes between individuals
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  1. Favors state and local action
  2. Powers national and states have
  3. Organization of government administrators
  4. Powers strictly to the states
  5. Individual earnings
  6. Powers that the national government may
  7. Powers defined in the Constitution
  8. National govt provides money to states
  9. Powers the Constitution grants
  10. Written agreements between two +
  11. Prohibiting officials hold closed meetings
  12. Favors national action in dealing

24 Clues: 1836–1864Landmark casePeriodic checksExpressed powersReturn to a stateIndividual earningsArticle VI, Section 2Basis for the implied powersDisputes between individualsFavors state and local actionPowers strictly to the statesPowers the Constitution grantsPowers national and states haveWritten agreements between two +Favors national action in dealing...

American Gov. chapters 2-3 2019-08-28

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

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

IMPERIALISM CROSSWORD 2015-06-03

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

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

CROSSWORD No 36 2020-10-02

CROSSWORD No 36 crossword puzzle
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  1. Honest defensive building is to be found in one of the USA's state capitals 9
  2. Strike terrestrially as it's clustered around London's St James 8
  3. Hunting horn call with duel challenge describes financial loan 8
  4. USA founder of famous store finds knitting essential meritorious 9
  5. Hellenic description for charged atom/molecule with male forename 6
  6. Horse rider is first excluded and cunningly deceived 9
  7. Pale, heavy and licentious 6
  8. Abbreviated bond cries out as troops move into a more open space 7
  9. Very active sound of insects 5
  10. Calm offspring has adustable jaws 8
  11. Maritime, short verbal agreement before an old, rocky face is found in County Durham 8
  12. Short, helpful trip is an addition after making a mistake 6
  13. Does bovid shin shorten rope? Certainly knot 11
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  1. Wing element is confined, but still protects 7
  2. Male Deer has musical instrument and is used to revive 9
  3. Impersonal pronoun precedes one and unites, making a public statement 12
  4. It is short, as is Susan, but is thin, soft and disposable 6
  5. Postulate, little Ronald, about an atomic particle, but don't be negative 8
  6. Immoral person gives temporarily to ferocious fish, albeit at a exorbitant rate of interest 4,5
  7. Early flower annoys in Eastern Europe 8

20 Clues: Pale, heavy and licentious 6Very active sound of insects 5Calm offspring has adustable jaws 8Early flower annoys in Eastern Europe 8Wing element is confined, but still protects 7Does bovid shin shorten rope? Certainly knot 11Horse rider is first excluded and cunningly deceived 9Male Deer has musical instrument and is used to revive 9...

Geography 2022-05-09

Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. Branch of geography dealing with urban processes.
  2. Bragg's favorite color.
  3. Cambodian Dictator, Pol ___.
  4. Nationality of the Golden Horde.
  5. Country where Hinduism is prominent.
  6. Capital of Australia.
  7. Archipelago off the east coast of China and the Koreas.
  8. Largest religion.
  9. Japanese City.
  10. Geographic point indicating east-west position.
  11. Country in Africa with Portuguese as the national language.
  12. Region of the world that includes Hawaii and Australia.
  13. Contains England.
  14. Japanese volcano.
  15. Name for the ancestors of the Golden Horde.
  16. Oldest and largest of the Christian denominations.
  17. Largest continent.
  18. Country south of Russia.
  19. Aspect of geography dealing with art, food, religions, and more.
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  1. Geographic point indicating north-south position.
  2. Oldest religion.
  3. Where the Holy Lands are.
  4. Country with the most official languages.
  5. Spans two or more continents.
  6. Founded Buddhism.
  7. Oldest monotheistic religion.
  8. Name of Bragg's wife.
  9. Fiji's capital.
  10. What project one covered.
  11. Mother of Gardens.
  12. What Hector Berlioz wrote.
  13. Person's name that happens to be a country.
  14. Has three capitals.
  15. Great Indian and Mojave are examples.
  16. Chain of islands.
  17. Part of Egypt in Asia.
  18. 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....

Ancient Civilization 2022-12-08

Ancient Civilization crossword puzzle
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  1. who is known for the discovery of their tomb
  2. how the New Kingdom drove Hyksos out
  3. how Egyptians became prosperous during the Middle Kingdom
  4. who might have predated the unification of the Two Lands
  5. god of war chaos and storms
  6. the area where Pharaohs of the New Kingdom is buried
  7. how many dynasties were there in total(write out number)
  8. what are the capitals of provinces linked with
  9. when Egypt expanded its borders
  10. one of Egypt's most celebrated warriors and greatest pharaoh
  11. where Egypt expanded during the Middle Kingdom
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  1. language of picture symbols developed by Egyptians
  2. annual flood of the Nile River is called
  3. worshipping many gods
  4. dry and vegetation free area with seasonal lakes
  5. this was viewed as a living god
  6. where pharaohs were specifically buried during the Middle and New Kingdom
  7. construction as tombs for three pharaohs in the 4th dynasty
  8. a sacred site that were used for both storage and burials
  9. who caused the invasion that led to his rule
  10. competed for power in the Old Kingdom
  11. who ordered construction of water wheels to manage flood
  12. weapons that was used against Egyptians during the Middle Kingdom

23 Clues: worshipping many godsgod of war chaos and stormsthis was viewed as a living godwhen Egypt expanded its bordershow the New Kingdom drove Hyksos outcompeted for power in the Old Kingdomannual flood of the Nile River is calledwho is known for the discovery of their tombwho caused the invasion that led to his rule...

Civil War Crossword 2024-05-14

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

20 Clues: Turning point of the WarBattle that started the war.Withdraw from an organization or communionPresident of the Confederate States of AmericaThe President of the United States of America.This battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation.Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the warSouthern states that seceded from the United States...

war of 1812 2023-02-03

war of 1812 crossword puzzle
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  1. people believed US was destined to control North America
  2. / walked for many miles helping the british to warn about the americans attacks
  3. Leopard kidnapped 4 sailors on the ship
  4. Madison / fourth president of the united states that declare war on Britain
  5. / a battle at Tenskwatawa's village between Tecumseh and Harrison
  6. Hull / surrendered detroit in the upper canada
  7. Scott Key / american lawyer that wrote the star spangled banner and wrote a poem to celebrate the American victory
  8. Heights / a battle that in the upper canada close to the niagara river where the british won
  9. Ghent / tried to make a agreement between the british and the united states
  10. Brock / was called “the hero of Upper Canada”
  11. / in upper canada now known as toronto, ontario
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  1. fought between americans and british also known as battle of niagara
  2. native american and was a chief and warrior
  3. president of the united states and general who defeated the british at new orleans
  4. / force someone to serve in the navy or army
  5. Henry Harrison / ninth president of the united states for only 32 days and was a military officer
  6. Hawks / a group of politicians wanting expansion
  7. / french military commander and emperor
  8. an order to not allow ships from entering and leaving a countries ports
  9. Perry / was a American naval commander and helped win the battle of Lake Erie

20 Clues: Leopard kidnapped 4 sailors on the ship/ french military commander and emperornative american and was a chief and warrior/ force someone to serve in the navy or armyHull / surrendered detroit in the upper canadaBrock / was called “the hero of Upper Canada”/ in upper canada now known as toronto, ontario...

Government Coming to 'Terms' 2021-01-23

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

American Revolution & A New Nation 2023-12-30

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

18 Clues: taxfirst ten amendmentsUnited States first presidentthose who supported the Britishan early event or action, examplewinter camp for Washington's ArmyUnited States' current governmentWashington's secretary of TreasuryChristmas night attack by Washingtonthose who supported the Constitutionsecond President of the United States...