states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Civil War 2025-09-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. – Capital of the Confederacy
  2. – Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
  3. – President of the United States during the Civil War
  4. – President of the Confederate States
  5. – Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox
  6. – Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
  7. – Former enslaved woman who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad
  8. Run – First major battle of the Civil War, fought in Virginia
  9. – Turning point battle in Pennsylvania, 1863
  10. – Union general who later became president
  11. – System of forced labor that was a major cause of the war
  12. – The northern states during the Civil War
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  1. – Union naval strategy to cut off Southern trade
  2. – Soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing
  3. – The southern states that broke away from the Union
  4. – Capital of the Union
  5. – Movement to end slavery
  6. Sumter – Site where the Civil War began in 1861
  7. – Famous abolitionist and writer who escaped slavery
  8. – Proclamation by Lincoln freeing enslaved people in Confederate states

20 Clues: – Capital of the Union • – Movement to end slavery • – Capital of the Confederacy • – President of the Confederate States • – Union general who later became president • – The northern states during the Civil War • – Turning point battle in Pennsylvania, 1863 • Sumter – Site where the Civil War began in 1861 • – Union naval strategy to cut off Southern trade • ...

Nik Blue 7 2018-01-16

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

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

Saadia Freeman 6th Asia Religon 2017-11-13

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

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

Marie's Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-06

Marie's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. These members are the head of the executive departments
  2. The legislative branch and their roles and responsibilities to the U.S. government
  3. Slave trade was banned in the United States in 1808
  4. Ruled that the Constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves.
  5. All states use this system with the exception of Maine & Nebraska
  6. Having retroactive effect or force
  7. A plan for a strong national government with three branches
  8. The first written constitution of the United States
  9. Granted the right to vote at the age of 18
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  1. review by the U.S. Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act
  2. A deal between the large & small states to provide representation
  3. Powers not granted to the national government and not denied to the state
  4. Once a presidential candidate reaches this number they win the election
  5. A president can only serve two terms
  6. An action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill
  7. Senate can vote to set an end to a debate without also rejecting the bill
  8. Powers that are given to the national government in the Constitution
  9. First ten amendments to the constitution

18 Clues: Having retroactive effect or force • A president can only serve two terms • First ten amendments to the constitution • Granted the right to vote at the age of 18 • Slave trade was banned in the United States in 1808 • The first written constitution of the United States • These members are the head of the executive departments • ...

Semester Review Puzzle II- Electric Booggaloo 2014-12-14

Semester Review Puzzle II- Electric Booggaloo crossword puzzle
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  1. The President is elected through a system called the ____________ college.
  2. The two historical documents that created an English tradition that the colonists wanted to continue in America were the English Bill of Rights and the _________.
  3. Under the Articles, Congress could not_____ _____.
  4. __________ is the request that a decision be reviewed by a higher court.
  5. The ________ branch, also known as Congress, makes the laws in our government.
  6. The _________ branch interprets the laws.
  7. Under the Articles of Confederation, most power was given to the _____.
  8. The ____ Plan called for the central government to have 3 separate branches.
  9. The _________ amendment protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press.
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  1. the Northern states agreed to the Three-Fifths ___ because they didn't want the southern states to pull out of the union.
  2. _______ Sovereignty asserts that people are the source of a government's power.
  3. Many states insisted that a _______ be added to the Constitution.
  4. _____ Rights such as freedom of speech, religion and the right to a trial.
  5. The president is part of the _____ branch.
  6. The main job of the Supreme Court is to serve as the nation’s final court of __________.
  7. The division of powers between the federal government and the states is called ___.
  8. In a _________ government, the government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it.
  9. The ________ amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
  10. John Locke declared that every individual has ________.

19 Clues: The _________ branch interprets the laws. • The president is part of the _____ branch. • Under the Articles, Congress could not_____ _____. • John Locke declared that every individual has ________. • The ________ amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms. • Many states insisted that a _______ be added to the Constitution. • ...

Semester Review Puzzle II- Electric Booggaloo 2014-12-14

Semester Review Puzzle II- Electric Booggaloo crossword puzzle
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  1. The ____ Plan called for the central government to have 3 separate branches.
  2. In a _________ government, the government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it.
  3. The ________ branch, also known as Congress, makes the laws in our government.
  4. __________ is the request that a decision be reviewed by a higher court.
  5. The President is elected through a system called the ____________ college.
  6. Under the Articles, Congress could not_____ _____.
  7. The two historical documents that created an English tradition that the colonists wanted to continue in America were the English Bill of Rights and the _________.
  8. _______ Sovereignty asserts that people are the source of a government's power.
  9. Under the Articles of Confederation, most power was given to the _____.
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  1. _____ Rights such as freedom of speech, religion and the right to a trial.
  2. The division of powers between the federal government and the states is called ___.
  3. Many states insisted that a _______ be added to the Constitution.
  4. The _________ branch interprets the laws.
  5. The _________ amendment protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press.
  6. the Northern states agreed to the Three-Fifths ___ because they didn't want the southern states to pull out of the union.
  7. The president is part of the _____ branch.
  8. John Locke declared that every individual has ________.
  9. The ________ amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.

18 Clues: The _________ branch interprets the laws. • The president is part of the _____ branch. • Under the Articles, Congress could not_____ _____. • John Locke declared that every individual has ________. • The ________ amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms. • Many states insisted that a _______ be added to the Constitution. • ...

Articles of Confederation-Harlen 2026-03-06

Articles of Confederation-Harlen crossword puzzle
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  1. ____ of the thirteen states had to agree to pass any laws
  2. this person served as Washington's right hand man
  3. _______ wanted a strong central government that had more power over the people and the states
  4. person who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"
  5. this person was appointed secretary of war by Washington
  6. this persons ideas were the model for the House of Representatives and Senate
  7. this was outlawed in 1808
  8. the new government was fearful of this
  9. ______ was a plan that stated that each state no matter the size would have the same amount of representatives in Congress
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  1. on the one dollar bill and the quarter
  2. _______ wanted a weaker federal government that gave more power to the states and the people
  3. person was chosen to serve as a delegate of New Jersey
  4. _____ was a plan that gave Congress more power over the states
  5. this person was a delegate of Connecticut
  6. Roger Sherman proposed the idea that Congress be made up of two parts in the ____
  7. the United States doubled in size because of thsi
  8. wrote the Declaration of Independence
  9. this person refused to sign the document unless several amendments were added, these amendments later became known as the Bill of Rights

18 Clues: this was outlawed in 1808 • wrote the Declaration of Independence • on the one dollar bill and the quarter • the new government was fearful of this • this person was a delegate of Connecticut • this person served as Washington's right hand man • the United States doubled in size because of thsi • person was chosen to serve as a delegate of New Jersey • ...

States and there nicknames 2023-09-26

States and there nicknames crossword puzzle
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  1. the bay state
  2. the first state
  3. the great lake state
  4. the heart of it all
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  1. the golden state
  2. the volunteer state
  3. the sunshine state
  4. the lone star state
  5. the beehive state
  6. the peach state
  7. Americas fairyland
  8. the big apple

12 Clues: the bay state • the big apple • the peach state • the first state • the golden state • the beehive state • the sunshine state • Americas fairyland • the volunteer state • the lone star state • the heart of it all • the great lake state

war of 1812 2023-02-02

war of 1812 crossword puzzle
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  1. who made "jay's treaty"?
  2. warship which defeated the British Warship Guerrier in 1812
  3. a Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark
  4. America's first Vice-President
  5. United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
  6. who was the 3rd president of the U.S.
  7. George Washington's wife
  8. what lake was secured when oliver hazared perry lead a navel war
  9. the treaty that forced the Creek nation to give up millions of acres of their land
  10. Southerners and Westerners who were eager for war with Britain.
  11. 1st President of the United States
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  1. stated that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war
  2. "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.
  3. American jurist and politician who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
  4. 1817 agreement that limited American and British naval forces on the Great Lakes
  5. first Secretary of the Treasury.
  6. battle between Americans and Native Americans.
  7. A battle during the War of 1812 where the British army attempted to take New Orleans.
  8. who lead Democratic-Republican Party's
  9. Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo.

20 Clues: who made "jay's treaty"? • George Washington's wife • America's first Vice-President • first Secretary of the Treasury. • 1st President of the United States • who was the 3rd president of the U.S. • who lead Democratic-Republican Party's • battle between Americans and Native Americans. • Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo. • ...

war of 1812 2023-02-02

war of 1812 crossword puzzle
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  1. who made "jay's treaty"?
  2. warship which defeated the British Warship Guerrier in 1812
  3. a Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark
  4. America's first Vice-President
  5. United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
  6. who was the 3rd president of the U.S.
  7. George Washington's wife
  8. what lake was secured when oliver hazared perry lead a navel war
  9. the treaty that forced the Creek nation to give up millions of acres of their land
  10. Southerners and Westerners who were eager for war with Britain.
  11. 1st President of the United States
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  1. stated that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war
  2. "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.
  3. American jurist and politician who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
  4. 1817 agreement that limited American and British naval forces on the Great Lakes
  5. first Secretary of the Treasury.
  6. battle between Americans and Native Americans.
  7. A battle during the War of 1812 where the British army attempted to take New Orleans.
  8. who lead Democratic-Republican Party's
  9. Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo.

20 Clues: who made "jay's treaty"? • George Washington's wife • America's first Vice-President • first Secretary of the Treasury. • 1st President of the United States • who was the 3rd president of the U.S. • who lead Democratic-Republican Party's • battle between Americans and Native Americans. • Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo. • ...

American Revolution 2024-10-21

American Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. Protest on British tea. Colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped over 300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
  2. British dominance in North America after the Treaty of Paris (1763), where France ceded most of its North American territory to Britain. Britain became in debt and began taxing heavily on the colonists.
  3. American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809)
  4. First official battle in the American Revolution. The British won in Lexington and Colonists won in Concord
  5. Forbade British colonists from settling on lands, designating that territory as "Indian Reserve" and restricting land purchases from Native Americans to only be made through the British Crown
  6. served as the second President of the United States
  7. Also known as coercive acts were made to make and force colonists to follow the laws.
  8. British soldiers stayed in colonists homes and eat their food
  9. a founding document of the United States that established the country's independence from Great Britain
  10. helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention
  11. Unfair taxing of British tea benefiting the British and monopolizing British tea.
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  1. a secret group of American colonists who protested British taxation and rule of the 13 North American colonies
  2. British soldiers opened fire on a crowd of colonists in Boston, killing five people and wounding six others
  3. led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, helped create the U.S. Constitution, and served as the first president of the United States
  4. Taxing on imported goods(materials brought in)
  5. Required colonists to pay a tax on all legal and official papers and publications, including newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, dice, and playing cards.
  6. a war fought by the American colonists against the British government, where the colonists decided to fight for their freedom and create their own country, the United States of America, by breaking away from British rule
  7. Taxing of sugar and molasses, along with other items high in sugar such as wine and rum

18 Clues: Taxing on imported goods(materials brought in) • served as the second President of the United States • British soldiers stayed in colonists homes and eat their food • Unfair taxing of British tea benefiting the British and monopolizing British tea. • Also known as coercive acts were made to make and force colonists to follow the laws. • ...

CHAPTER 7 2023-11-09

CHAPTER 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. States that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war.
  2. The country's first national bank.
  3. Settled the border and trade disputes with Spain.
  4. Money owed by the United States.
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  1. Argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
  2. Groups that help elect people and shape policies.
  3. Gave United States claim to most Indian lands in the NW territory.
  4. Farmers lashed out against the tax on whiskey.
  5. Wanted a strong federal government and supported industry and trade.
  6. A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789.
  7. Settled disputes that had arisen between the United States and Great Britain in the early 1790s.
  8. Certificates of debt that carry a promise to buy back the bonds at a higher price.
  9. Private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies.

13 Clues: Money owed by the United States. • The country's first national bank. • Farmers lashed out against the tax on whiskey. • Groups that help elect people and shape policies. • Settled the border and trade disputes with Spain. • Private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies. • A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789. • ...

Semester Review Puzzle II- Electric Buggaloo 2014-12-14

Semester Review Puzzle II- Electric Buggaloo crossword puzzle
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  1. The main job of the Supreme Court is to serve as the nation’s final court of __________.
  2. _____ Rights such as freedom of speech, religion and the right to a trial.
  3. The ________ branch, also known as Congress, makes the laws in our government.
  4. Under the Articles, Congress could not_____ _____.
  5. The _________ branch interprets the laws.
  6. The division of powers between the federal government and the states is called ___.
  7. The ____ Plan called for the central government to have 3 separate branches.
  8. The President is elected through a system called the ____________ college.
  9. The _________ amendment protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press.
  10. __________ is the request that a decision be reviewed by a higher court.
  11. The ________ amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
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  1. _______ Sovereignty asserts that people are the source of a government's power.
  2. Many states insisted that a _______ be added to the Constitution.
  3. John Locke declared that every individual has ________.
  4. the Northern states agreed to the Three-Fifths ___ because they didn't want the southern states to pull out of the union.
  5. The president is part of the _____ branch.
  6. The two historical documents that created an English tradition that the colonists wanted to continue in America were the English Bill of Rights and the _________.
  7. In a _________ government, the government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it.
  8. Under the Articles of Confederation, most power was given to the _____.

19 Clues: The _________ branch interprets the laws. • The president is part of the _____ branch. • Under the Articles, Congress could not_____ _____. • John Locke declared that every individual has ________. • The ________ amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms. • Many states insisted that a _______ be added to the Constitution. • ...

Unit 5 Crossword Choice B 2021-11-18

Unit 5 Crossword Choice B crossword puzzle
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  1. 11th U.S. president who ran a campaign of expanding the USA from Sea to shining sea
  2. one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of enslaved people
  3. This Election demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War.
  4. period of repeated outbreaks of violent warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854
  5. five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states
  6. series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidae
  7. an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery.
  8. Named after the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War
  9. an organized incorporated territory of the United States, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon
  10. A United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
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  1. Texas votes in favor of becoming part of USA and joins the Union as a slave state.
  2. brought an official end to the Mexican-American War and brought peace between Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic
  3. the 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
  4. An act repealing the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
  5. the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power
  6. Former slave who moved into Illinoise and Wisconsin (two free states) files a lawsuit

16 Clues: Texas votes in favor of becoming part of USA and joins the Union as a slave state. • 11th U.S. president who ran a campaign of expanding the USA from Sea to shining sea • Former slave who moved into Illinoise and Wisconsin (two free states) files a lawsuit • This Election demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. • ...

THE LANGUAGE OF THE MAP 2018-05-06

THE LANGUAGE OF THE MAP crossword puzzle
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  1. a book of maps
  2. the art of making maps
  3. these maps show the political boundaries of each country or state along with their capitals and other important countries
  4. the relationship between the exact distance between two places on the map and the actual distance on the earths surface
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  1. they show the physical features
  2. the people who makes maps

6 Clues: a book of maps • the art of making maps • the people who makes maps • they show the physical features • the relationship between the exact distance between two places on the map and the actual distance on the earths surface • these maps show the political boundaries of each country or state along with their capitals and other important countries

5 Capitals of GA 2021-10-13

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

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

Unit 6 Review 2018-01-25

Unit 6 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. A series of ______ are used to help boats change elevation along a canal
  2. He essentially started the modern factory system in the U.S. by bringing all the steps of textile manufacturing to one location (last name)
  3. After the Industrial Revolution, many of the things that used to be made by hand were now being made with the help of ______
  4. This guy received a patent for his Cotton Gin in 1794 (last name)
  5. As the result of a compromise in 1820, this state joined the Union as a slave state
  6. In the ___________, the United States announced a warning to the countries of Europe to not attempt to re-establish colonies in North or South America (2)
  7. By 1820, the population of the United States was about ____-million people.
  8. As the result of a compromise in 1820, this state joined the Union as a free state
  9. The time when partisanism (briefly) ended and there was much less political arguing was known as the “_______” (4)
  10. The demand for cotton in the North and Europe unfortunately also resulted in a greater demand for in the South
  11. One problem with river travel was the travelling ______ was slow and difficult.
  12. North, west, or south - which part of the country did the Industrial Revolution primarily take hold?
  13. The idea of identifying yourself based on the region of the country you live is known as _______
  14. He brought the secrets of the Industrial Revolution from Britain and started America’s first textile mill in Rhode Island (last name)
  15. At the “______ of 1818”, the imaginary line at 49-degrees North was established as the border between the United States and British territory to the north.
  16. The main voice of the North was this politician (last name)
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  1. The main voice of the South was this politician (last name)
  2. Robert Fulton’s big contribution to American travel was the development of the _____
  3. The _______ passed through the state of New York and connected the Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean (2)
  4. The Industrial Revolution also led to the rapid growth of ______, especially in the North, where it was easy to find a job
  5. The ________ (temporarily) resolved the arguing over the number of slave states and free states in 1820 (2)
  6. A ______ is a man-made, artificial waterway.
  7. The cotton gin removes the ______ from the cotton.
  8. In the _________ Treaty, Spain ceded (gave up) Florida to the United States and defined the border between the United States and Spain out west (2)
  9. He became the 5th president of the United States and winning the elections of 1816 and 1820 (last name)
  10. The main voice of the West was this politician (last name)
  11. One problem with travelling by ______ was that most naturally flowed in north or south, instead of east and west like many Americans wanted to travel

27 Clues: A ______ is a man-made, artificial waterway. • The cotton gin removes the ______ from the cotton. • The main voice of the West was this politician (last name) • The main voice of the South was this politician (last name) • The main voice of the North was this politician (last name) • This guy received a patent for his Cotton Gin in 1794 (last name) • ...

Vocab #2 2026-02-17

Vocab #2 crossword puzzle
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  1. A formerly enslaved person who became a powerful speaker and writer against slavery.
  2. A former enslaved woman who led many enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
  3. A slave uprising in Virginia led by Nat Turner in 1831.
  4. The site of John Brown’s 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in an attempt to start a slave revolt.
  5. The belief that women’s proper role was in the home, focusing on family and moral guidance.
  6. The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward across North America.
  7. The act of Southern states withdrawing from the Union before the Civil War.
  8. An order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.
  9. An deal that settled the intensely disputed presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden.
  10. Required that escaped enslaved people be returned to their enslavers even if they were found in free states.
  11. The movement to end slavery in the United States.
  12. An enslaved man whose Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens and could not sue in federal court.
  13. A mass migration of people to California after gold was discovered there in 1848.
  14. A reform effort aimed at reducing or banning the consumption of alcohol.
  15. To add territory to a country or state.
  16. A war between the United States and Mexico that resulted in the U.S. gaining large territories in the West.
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  1. A white supremacist organization formed after the Civil War that used violence and intimidation against African Americans and their supporters.
  2. A leading abolitionist who demanded the immediate end of slavery.
  3. The legal right that protects individuals from being held in jail without being brought before a court.
  4. A farming system in which tenants worked land owned by someone else in exchange for a share of the crops.
  5. A trade route connecting Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  6. Laws passed in the South after the Civil War to restrict the rights and freedoms of formerly enslaved people.
  7. A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, often to take part in politics or business.
  8. The 16th president of the United States, who led the country during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
  9. The idea that settlers in a territory should decide whether to allow slavery.
  10. An education reformer who promoted free public schooling and is known as the “Father of the Common School Movement.”
  11. The group of Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.
  12. A major route used by pioneers traveling west to settle in Oregon and other western territories.
  13. A social reformer who worked to improve conditions for the mentally ill and helped establish state mental hospitals.
  14. The founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism).

30 Clues: To add territory to a country or state. • The movement to end slavery in the United States. • A slave uprising in Virginia led by Nat Turner in 1831. • A trade route connecting Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. • A leading abolitionist who demanded the immediate end of slavery. • A reform effort aimed at reducing or banning the consumption of alcohol. • ...

Path to Civil War 2023-05-04

Path to Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. States that permitted slavery
  2. Group of slaves that went out West to escape slavery
  3. States that outlawed slavery
  4. The Treaty of ________ Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War
  5. Father of Texas
  6. General who led the Texans. Not Mr. Walker's home town.
  7. Woman who made many trips to free slaves from the South
  8. Massive migration to California for a precious metal
  9. This compromise allowed Maine to enter the United States
  10. Famous battle that resulted in a battle cry.
  11. Group that went to California to find gold.
Down
  1. The belief that the United States had the right to claim land from east to west.
  2. Mexican general that fought the Texans
  3. Texas was this after it gained Independence. (It's Name)
  4. Famous trail that led settlers out west.
  5. "Railroad" that helped many slaves escape slavery
  6. Woman that represents the United States
  7. The Kansas-________ Act allowed some territories to vote on slavery
  8. Slave laws that made the Northern states return escaped slaves
  9. Group that moved cattle out west.
  10. Popular ________ lets the people vote and decide on issues
  11. Religious group that went to Utah to flee persecution.

22 Clues: Father of Texas • States that outlawed slavery • States that permitted slavery • Group that moved cattle out west. • Mexican general that fought the Texans • Woman that represents the United States • Famous trail that led settlers out west. • Group that went to California to find gold. • Famous battle that resulted in a battle cry. • ...

Social studies project 2025-01-02

Social studies project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – The Northern states that remained loyal to the U.S. government and fought against the Confederacy.
  2. – The site of a pivotal 1863 battle and the location of Lincoln’s famous address.
  3. – The assassin who killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
  4. – The collection of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States.
  5. – The place where the Confederate Army formally surrendered to the Union, ending the Civil War.
  6. – The 13th Constitutional Amendment, which ended slavery in the United States.
Down
  1. – The Union Army’s general who eventually became the 18th President of the United States.
  2. – The location where the Civil War began, with the first shots fired.
  3. – Lincoln’s executive order that declared slaves in Confederate-held territory free.
  4. – The site of the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, fought in 1862.
  5. – A Civil War nurse who went on to found the American Red Cross.
  6. – An abolitionist and leader of the Underground Railroad, also a Union spy.
  7. – The 16th President of the United States who led the Union during the Civil War.
  8. – The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  9. – The commanding general of the Confederate Army.

15 Clues: – The commanding general of the Confederate Army. • – The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. • – The assassin who killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. • – A Civil War nurse who went on to found the American Red Cross. • – The location where the Civil War began, with the first shots fired. • ...

American Revolution and US states 2023-11-17

American Revolution and US states crossword puzzle
Across
  1. both Washington and King of England had this name
  2. a street in Manhattan that ingores the grid system, goes diagonally and has some of the best shows
  3. Maine, New Hampshire,Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts
  4. The country that helped the colonists rebel.
  5. John that had a huuuge signature
  6. Thomas Jefferson bought this territory from France
  7. Colonists were outraged by taxation without ____________.
  8. wrote American Constitution
  9. battles of Lexington & ... (the capital of New Hampshire)
Down
  1. the nickname of Middle Colonies
  2. Its capital is Boston
  3. finance guy who developed the financial system of the US
  4. US government (also 2 Continental ... were held by Sons of Liberty)
  5. a building in midtown New York that is tall, triangular and flat; you can remove wrinkles from your clothes with it
  6. Elizabeth I & Elizabeth II are these, but it's also a NY borough
  7. Soho is South of it, and Noho is in the North
  8. James that discovered Australia and

17 Clues: Its capital is Boston • wrote American Constitution • the nickname of Middle Colonies • John that had a huuuge signature • James that discovered Australia and • The country that helped the colonists rebel. • Soho is South of it, and Noho is in the North • both Washington and King of England had this name • Thomas Jefferson bought this territory from France • ...

states and changes of matter 2026-02-17

states and changes of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed through gaining or losing electrons to have 8 electrons
  2. central
  3. variants of a particular chemical element that have the same number of protons
  4. chemical structure with an uneven distribution of electron density
  5. group of chemical elements
  6. chemical elements located on the upper right side of the periodic table
  7. the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom
  8. symbolic representation of a substance's composition
  9. negatively charged particles located in the outermost electron shell
Down
  1. a link formed when two nonmetal atoms share pairs of valence electrons
  2. visual representation of an atom's valence electrons
  3. smallest unit of an element
  4. only one type of atom
  5. the smallest particle
  6. positively charged metal ions and a shared sea of valence electrons
  7. a class of chemical elements
  8. when one atom transfers valence electrons to another

17 Clues: central • only one type of atom • the smallest particle • group of chemical elements • smallest unit of an element • a class of chemical elements • visual representation of an atom's valence electrons • when one atom transfers valence electrons to another • symbolic representation of a substance's composition • the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom • ...

Building a New Nation 2020-04-02

Building a New Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this was the man who wrote the Star Spangled Banner
  2. the third president of the United States
  3. this song was inspired by the Battle of Fort McHenry
  4. the First Lady known for saving a portrait of George Washington
  5. an Indian women who helped guide Louis and Clark through the Louisiana Territory
  6. patriot feeling
  7. the first highway that stretches from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois
  8. the ninth president of the United States
  9. a large amount of land the United States bought from France
Down
  1. the treaty that ended the War of 1812
  2. the capital of the United States
  3. the seventh president of the United States
  4. the fourth president of the United States
  5. a piece of land that Spain gave the United States
  6. a major port city that is located in Louisiana

15 Clues: patriot feeling • the capital of the United States • the treaty that ended the War of 1812 • the third president of the United States • the ninth president of the United States • the fourth president of the United States • the seventh president of the United States • a major port city that is located in Louisiana • a piece of land that Spain gave the United States • ...

Civics Midterm Review 2023-12-18

Civics Midterm Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Of Representives
  2. The powers granted to the federal government of the United States by the United States Constitution.
  3. The powers that are neither prohibited to be exercised by an organ of government
  4. A political process when one or more lawmakers continue to discuss new laws in an effort to postpone or obstruct decision-making.
  5. Social contract, people would give up unlimited freedom for the security provided by a government, but also that people of the state hold ultimate right to power
  6. A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries.
  7. An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  8. The study of government
  9. Natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution
Down
  1. Although not directly stated in the Constitution, are implied to be available based on previously stated powers.
  2. Separation of powers and checks and balances
  3. Two chambers
  4. Concurrent powers are powers of a federal state that are shared by both the federal government and each constituent political unit, such as a state or province.
  5. The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.
  6. The elected head of a republic.
  7. A population census or official count that records different information about each person.
  8. Altering (an electoral constituencies) borders to favor one group or another.
  9. Someone who believes in the type of political system in which states or territories share control with a central government.
  10. A proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
  11. Powers expressed in the constition
  12. Federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the "supreme Law of the Land", and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws.

21 Clues: Two chambers • Of Representives • The study of government • The elected head of a republic. • Powers expressed in the constition • Separation of powers and checks and balances • Altering (an electoral constituencies) borders to favor one group or another. • Natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution • ...

Government Crossword 2021-11-09

Government Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a provision of the U.S. Constitution that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the United States are the "supreme Law of the Land"
  2. group of persons chosen in each State and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President
  3. congressional act admitting a new State to the Union
  4. those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National Government by the Constitution
  5. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the states
  6. those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution; also called the "enumerated powers"
  7. A change in, or addition to a constitution or law
  8. 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 the expressed powers
  9. formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among States, or between a State and a foreign state
  10. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State
Down
  1. a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which (unlike a treaty) does not require Senate consent
  2. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  3. those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise
  4. those powers which can be exercised by the National Government alone
  5. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  6. powers the constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
  7. a congressional act directing the people of a United States territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step toward admission to the Union
  8. formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty

18 Clues: The first ten amendments to the Constitution • A change in, or addition to a constitution or law • congressional act admitting a new State to the Union • a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states • those powers which can be exercised by the National Government alone • those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise • ...

here kitty kitty... 2024-10-19

here kitty kitty... crossword puzzle
Across
  1. they're a bad ___
  2. a starch and sugar based gel confection
  3. smallest cat breed
  4. fish most populous in alaska- quite delicious
  5. turkish ___ cat breed with no eye markings
  6. country only bordered by france
  7. instead of four loaves and two fishes...
  8. third daily word game
  9. a young fox
  10. affectionate silver naturally spotted cat
  11. potato or tomato
  12. lion pa+tiger ma
  13. an arrangement of rectangles used for tiling
  14. southernmost national park of alaska
  15. Belgium cap
  16. breed of cat with huge ears
  17. lion mam+tiger pap
Down
  1. k?
  2. variety of thornless blackberries
  3. third longest river
  4. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21
  5. a sour upright plucked instrument
  6. a summer squash
  7. new cat breed I didn't know about ___ brown
  8. island in between New Zealand and New caledonia
  9. city in France and vermont
  10. cutest of the Sciuridae family
  11. third largest planet of Jupiter; a cow
  12. goddess of the moon
  13. bland baby food
  14. another word for kitty feet
  15. things that can be perceived or measured- Merriam Webster daily word
  16. k
  17. a deep fried battered fruit
  18. pipsqueak
  19. cry that breaks hearts
  20. shorthair that prefers tea
  21. a type of candle or column

38 Clues: k • k? • pipsqueak • a young fox • Belgium cap • a summer squash • bland baby food • potato or tomato • lion pa+tiger ma • they're a bad ___ • smallest cat breed • lion mam+tiger pap • third longest river • goddess of the moon • third daily word game • cry that breaks hearts • 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 • city in France and vermont • shorthair that prefers tea • a type of candle or column • ...

Know Your Capitals! 2022-01-17

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

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

Spanish speaking capitals 2024-01-29

Spanish speaking capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ecuatoria – Malabo
  2. Dominicana – Santo Domingo
  3. – Sucre
  4. – Madrid
  5. – Havana
  6. – Montevideo
  7. – Tegucigalpa
  8. – Buenos Aires
  9. – Caracas
Down
  1. – Managua
  2. – Santiago
  3. – Mexico Ci
  4. Rica – San José
  5. – Quito
  6. (Panamá) – Panama City
  7. Salvador – San Salvador
  8. – Asunción
  9. – Ciudad de Guatemala

18 Clues: – Quito • – Sucre • – Madrid • – Havana • – Managua • – Caracas • – Santiago • – Asunción • – Mexico Ci • – Montevideo • – Tegucigalpa • – Buenos Aires • Rica – San José • ecuatoria – Malabo • (Panamá) – Panama City • – Ciudad de Guatemala • Salvador – San Salvador • Dominicana – Santo Domingo

Countries & Capitals Europe 2024-03-25

Countries & Capitals Europe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Switzerland
  2. Luxembourg
  3. UK
  4. Spain
  5. Italy
  6. Germany
  7. Greece
  8. Sweden
Down
  1. Denmark
  2. Austria
  3. Ireland
  4. Iceland
  5. Netherlands
  6. France
  7. Portugal
  8. Finland
  9. Norway
  10. Belgium

18 Clues: UK • Spain • Italy • France • Norway • Greece • Sweden • Denmark • Austria • Ireland • Iceland • Finland • Belgium • Germany • Portugal • Luxembourg • Switzerland • Netherlands

War of 1812 2026-01-15

War of 1812 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. defended the colony during the first months of the war and captured Detroit, Michigan.
  2. court-martialed for cowardice and neglect of duty in surrendering the fort, and sentenced to die.
  3. one of America's original six frigates
  4. major conflict of the war in 1812
  5. believed that the United States was destined by God to expand across North America
  6. officially ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain, restoring pre-war boundaries and relations, though fighting
  7. author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry"
  8. well known for his victory over the British Royal Navy in the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813.
  9. seventh president of the United States
Down
  1. wanted to avoid war with Britain at almost any cost.
  2. the British practice of forcibly conscripting sailors from American merchant ships into the Royal Navy
  3. Shawnee warrior and chief
  4. undermined American morale throughout the United States
  5. Canadian national heroine
  6. the U.S. President who led the nation into the War of 1812 against Great Britain
  7. appointed Major General and commander of the Army of the Northwest
  8. The French invasion of Russia
  9. a pivotal conflict in the Indiana Territory
  10. a small colonial town and the capital of Upper Canada

19 Clues: Shawnee warrior and chief • Canadian national heroine • The French invasion of Russia • major conflict of the war in 1812 • one of America's original six frigates • seventh president of the United States • a pivotal conflict in the Indiana Territory • author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry" • wanted to avoid war with Britain at almost any cost. • ...

Gov't crossword Tuesday and Wednesday 2021-11-11

Gov't crossword Tuesday and Wednesday crossword puzzle
Across
  1. those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise.
  2. powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community.
  3. the first ten amendments to the Constitution
  4. those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution. Also known as the "enumerated powers"
  5. those powers which can be exercised by the National Government alone.
  6. a congressional act directing the people of a United States territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step towards admission into the Union.
  7. those powers that the Constitution donse not grant to the National Government and does not deny the States.
  8. those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National Government by the Constitution.
  9. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
Down
  1. a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which (unlike a treaty) does not require Senate consent
  2. formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among States, or between a State and a foreign state.
  3. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  4. congressional act admitting a new State to the Union.
  5. a provision of the U.S Constitution that states the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the United States are the "supreme Law of the Land".
  6. group of persons chosen in each State and the District of Colombia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and the Vice President.
  7. 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 the expressed powers.
  8. formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
  9. a change in, or addition to a constitution or law

18 Clues: the first ten amendments to the Constitution • a change in, or addition to a constitution or law • congressional act admitting a new State to the Union. • a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states • those powers which can be exercised by the National Government alone. • ...

Civil War 2017-03-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Born 1808. Instructed the confederate generals on decisions during the Civil War.
  2. New soldiers that have never fought in a battle or war before.
  3. Used during the Civil War to transport soldiers to different areas for battle. Used mostly by the North.
  4. Someone who believes slavery is wrong and wants to get rid of it.
  5. A battle that occurred July 1, 1863—lasting for 3 days-- that was marked as one of the bloodiest battles
  6. Joined the Union Army and became general during the Civil War. Elected president of the United States in 1869.
  7. (July 11, 1861) First battle over land in the Civil War.
  8. Vice president to Abraham Lincoln, Became president (1865-1869) after Lincolns assassination and tried to reconstruct America.
  9. States that all slaves be freed from the Confederate states. Issued by Abraham Lincoln.
  10. A term used to refer to the stomach.
  11. A term used to describe a person that is bad or good for nothing.
  12. States that had outlawed slavery.
  13. 16th president of the United States. Wished to end slavery. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation, setting many slaves free.
Down
  1. Governor of Ohio 1868-1972. 19th president of the United States .
  2. War that lasted from April 12, 1861-May 9, 1865 between the North and South in America.
  3. States that had allowed slavery.
  4. (June 10, 1861) First battle of the American Civil War.
  5. A system invented in 1837 by Samuel Morse then sends messages along a wire. Used by the Northerners and Abraham Lincoln to communicate during the Civil War.
  6. Speech given on November 19, 1863 by president Abraham Lincoln that commemorated the soldiers that died in the battles.
  7. A term used when you have been through a lot or have "seen it all".
  8. A uncivilized killing of a large number of innocent, helpless people. One term used to describe the civil war.
  9. Surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 19, 1865.
  10. An acronym used when a soldier would leave his post or place in the army without leave.

23 Clues: States that had allowed slavery. • States that had outlawed slavery. • A term used to refer to the stomach. • (June 10, 1861) First battle of the American Civil War. • (July 11, 1861) First battle over land in the Civil War. • New soldiers that have never fought in a battle or war before. • Governor of Ohio 1868-1972. 19th president of the United States . • ...

The expanding Nation 2014-05-11

The expanding Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American sailors into the Royal Navy was the most important for many Americans. The British practice of manning naval ships with "pressed" men, who were forcibly placed into service
  2. American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States
  3. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
  4. the act of Congress (1809) prohibiting all shipping and trade between the United States and British- or French-controlled ports.
  5. any of the congressmen from the South and West, led by Henry Clay and John Calhoun, who wanted war against Britain in the period leading up to the War of 1812
Down
  1. fourth Chief Justice of the United States. His court opinions helped lay the basis for United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States
  2. was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.
  3. set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West.
  4. the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
  5. signed on December 24, 1814- was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  6. Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during the War of 1812.
  7. Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States

12 Clues: set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West. • American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States • an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. • ...

The expanding Nation 2014-05-11

The expanding Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during the War of 1812.
  2. American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States
  3. the act of Congress (1809) prohibiting all shipping and trade between the United States and British- or French-controlled ports.
  4. fourth Chief Justice of the United States. His court opinions helped lay the basis for United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States
  5. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
Down
  1. was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.
  2. any of the congressmen from the South and West, led by Henry Clay and John Calhoun, who wanted war against Britain in the period leading up to the War of 1812
  3. the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
  4. set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West.
  5. American sailors into the Royal Navy was the most important for many Americans. The British practice of manning naval ships with "pressed" men, who were forcibly placed into service
  6. Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States
  7. signed on December 24, 1814- was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

12 Clues: set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West. • American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States • an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. • ...

1920's Crossword puzzels 2023-11-03

1920's Crossword puzzels crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The right or privilege to vote
  2. A production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in predefined sequence
  3. Local laws introduced in the southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
  4. It limited the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States
  5. A women who challenged traditional gender norms
  6. The right of citizens of the United States or abridged by the United States or by any state to vote should not be denied on account of gender.
Down
  1. One of the largest movements of people in United States history
  2. The end of federal laws to bars
  3. It was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fahsion ect
  4. Violent fraternal society founded in 1915
  5. Abstinence from alcoholic drinks
  6. Saloon that sells with out a license
  7. A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups
  8. Identical components that can be substituted one for another
  9. Legal prevention of the manufacure, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States

15 Clues: The right or privilege to vote • The end of federal laws to bars • Abstinence from alcoholic drinks • Saloon that sells with out a license • Violent fraternal society founded in 1915 • A women who challenged traditional gender norms • Identical components that can be substituted one for another • One of the largest movements of people in United States history • ...

STATES OF MATTER 2024-09-03

STATES OF MATTER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when matter changes states from a liquid to gas form
  2. object still has the same composition, and it just represented in a different form
  3. hen matter changes states from a solid to a liquid
  4. the ability of a fluid,liquid,or gas to exact on upward force on an object immersed in it
  5. the change of a substance from one physical state to another
  6. An increase or decrease in the size of a substance when the temperature is changed
  7. when matter changes states from a liquid to a solid form
  8. a change in chemical properties or composition of a substance resulting in the information of at least one new substances
Down
  1. the resistance of a fluid to flowing
  2. when matter changes states from a gas to liquid form
  3. the exact temperature that liquid matter changes states to gas form
  4. when energy is taken in, and gains heat
  5. when matter changes states from a liquid to gas form
  6. matter that has enough energy to overcome not just the attractive forces between its particles, but also the attractive forces within its atoms
  7. when energy is released,and loses heat
  8. the force exerted per unit area
  9. when matter changes states from solid to gas form
  10. point the exact temperature that liquid matter changes states into a solid matter

18 Clues: the force exerted per unit area • the resistance of a fluid to flowing • when energy is released,and loses heat • when energy is taken in, and gains heat • when matter changes states from solid to gas form • hen matter changes states from a solid to a liquid • when matter changes states from a gas to liquid form • when matter changes states from a liquid to gas form • ...

Capitals and Countries 2025-05-19

Capitals and Countries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tokyo
  2. Rome
  3. Cairo
  4. Brasília
Down
  1. Kingdom London
  2. Paris
  3. Buenos Aires

7 Clues: Rome • Paris • Tokyo • Cairo • Brasília • Buenos Aires • Kingdom London

USA Independence Day 2024-06-03

USA Independence Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Colorful displays of light and sound that are a hallmark of Independence Day celebrations.
  2. The supreme law of the United States, which outlines the structure of the federal government and guarantees fundamental rights to its citizens.
  3. Another term for a barbecue or outdoor gathering centered around grilling food.
  4. Processions featuring floats, bands, and other participants, often held in towns and cities across the country on Independence Day.
  5. Referring to the document adopted on July 4, 1776, announcing the separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain.
  6. "The Star-Spangled Banner," the official anthem of the United States, often sung at Independence Day events.
  7. Represents the fundamental principle of freedom upon which the United States was founded.
Down
  1. Strong feelings of love and devotion to one's country.
  2. Referring to the 200th anniversary of an event, such as the American Bicentennial celebrated in 1976.
  3. Refers to the freedom and sovereignty gained by the United States from British rule.
  4. A popular activity on Independence Day, involving outdoor grilling of food, often with family and friends.
  5. Symbolizing what Independence Day commemorates.
  6. Refers to the American flag, representing the states and the original Thirteen Colonies.
  7. A personification of the United States government, often depicted as a tall, elderly man with a white beard, dressed in red, white, and blue.

14 Clues: Symbolizing what Independence Day commemorates. • Strong feelings of love and devotion to one's country. • Another term for a barbecue or outdoor gathering centered around grilling food. • Refers to the freedom and sovereignty gained by the United States from British rule. • ...

USA Independence Day 2024-06-03

USA Independence Day crossword puzzle
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  1. Colorful displays of light and sound that are a hallmark of Independence Day celebrations.
  2. The supreme law of the United States, which outlines the structure of the federal government and guarantees fundamental rights to its citizens.
  3. Another term for a barbecue or outdoor gathering centered around grilling food.
  4. Processions featuring floats, bands, and other participants, often held in towns and cities across the country on Independence Day.
  5. Referring to the document adopted on July 4, 1776, announcing the separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain.
  6. "The Star-Spangled Banner," the official anthem of the United States, often sung at Independence Day events.
  7. Represents the fundamental principle of freedom upon which the United States was founded.
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  1. Strong feelings of love and devotion to one's country.
  2. Referring to the 200th anniversary of an event.
  3. Refers to the freedom and sovereignty gained by the United States from British rule.
  4. A popular activity on Independence Day, involving outdoor grilling of food, often with family and friends.
  5. Symbolizing what Independence Day commemorates.
  6. Refers to the American flag, representing the states and the original Thirteen Colonies.
  7. A personification of the United States government, often depicted as a tall, elderly man with a white beard, dressed in red, white, and blue.

14 Clues: Referring to the 200th anniversary of an event. • Symbolizing what Independence Day commemorates. • Strong feelings of love and devotion to one's country. • Another term for a barbecue or outdoor gathering centered around grilling food. • Refers to the freedom and sovereignty gained by the United States from British rule. • ...

friday activity chapter 2/3 2019-08-28

friday activity chapter 2/3 crossword puzzle
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  1. the right of the states to rule that acts of congress laws are invalid/illegal
  2. the process of selecting to judges where the nomination is by appointment and the subsequent retention is by a retention election
  3. a view that states should have independent authority to go against the federal government of the constitution
  4. presidential electors selected to represent their selected states during the election.
  5. authority of courts to rule laws unconstitutional
  6. political party established by Thomas Jefferson and his followers. opposed the constitution, supported bill of rights.
  7. act of formally withdrawing from the nation
  8. give congress the power to pass certain laws outside of their normal powers in the constitution
  9. Compromise on legislative representation where the lower chamber is based on population and the states are represented equally by the upper chamber
  10. required states to return runaway slaves
  11. powers held by both the state and national government in the federal system
  12. powers the states possess under the constitution
  13. FDR's plan to add new supreme court justices so they would uphold his ideas
  14. system of government where national and state powers are slipt equally
  15. doctrine holding state governments separate from federal government
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  1. first 10 amendments in the constitution, establish freedoms
  2. the authority of the president to place certain legislations that are passed by congress
  3. system of government where authority lies with national government
  4. formal way to change the constitution
  5. powers granted to the congress by the constitution
  6. makes federal law more important than state laws
  7. political powers are exercised directly by the citizens
  8. compromise that granted states more representation in the house of representatives depending on how many slaves you have. counting them as 3/5 a person
  9. authority is spread amongst branches equally giving them each different responsibilities
  10. systemsystem of government that authority rests with regional government
  11. powers that aren't explicitly given to congress but given with necessary clause.
  12. meeting in 1787 where the 12 states discussed the articles of confederation but decided to create the constitution
  13. authorities other branches to have certain control over the others used to make sure one branch doesn't have to much power.
  14. A document (or set of documents) that will establish the basic rules for how a society should be governed.
  15. political party that was established by Alexander Hamilton and his followers. supported the constitution

30 Clues: formal way to change the constitution • required states to return runaway slaves • act of formally withdrawing from the nation • makes federal law more important than state laws • powers the states possess under the constitution • authority of courts to rule laws unconstitutional • powers granted to the congress by the constitution • ...

Ch 5 sec 1 vocab 2024-01-17

Ch 5 sec 1 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.).
  2. The Preamble to the United States Constitution, beginning with the words We the People, is a brief introductory statement of the US Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles.
  3. the distributions of seats in the house of representatives among the states.
  4. The process of charging officials in the executive and judicial branches with wrong doing and bringing them to trial.
  5. The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress
  6. System in wich each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other branches.
  7. worked out at the constitutional convention establishing that a states population would determine representation in the lower legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper.
  8. the people of a particular geographic area who are represented by a lawmaking body.
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  1. A congressional act or bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose.
  2. A group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern.Advice and Consent: Enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts
  3. The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
  4. Describes the design of the legislative branch of the US Government -- the Congress.
  5. Enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts
  6. consisting of two houses.
  7. The power of congress to check up on the executive branch and to make sure it is following the laws congress has passed.

15 Clues: consisting of two houses. • Use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.). • Enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts • A congressional act or bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose. • The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. • ...

Countries and capitals 2021-09-28

Countries and capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. Scotland
  2. Turkey
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  1. England
  2. Wales
  3. Nothern İreland
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. France

7 Clues: Wales • France • Turkey • England • Scotland • Azerbaijan • Nothern İreland

American History 2025-09-16

American History crossword puzzle
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  1. To formally withdraw; what Southern states did beginning in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
  2. The era of tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
  3. The belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.
  4. A legislature with two houses, such as the U.S. Congress with the Senate and House of Representatives.
  5. Taxes placed on imported goods, often used to protect domestic industries.
  6. A system of racial segregation in South Africa; often compared to segregation in the U.S. during the Civil Rights Movement.
  7. The period in the early 1950s characterized by accusations of communism and blacklists led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.
  8. The act of freeing enslaved people; most famously associated with Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation.
  9. The period after the Civil War when Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.
  10. The nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol from 1920–1933.
  11. The process by which a government official is formally charged with misconduct, such as Andrew Johnson or Bill Clinton.
  12. The growth of factories, machines, and mass production in the 19th century.
  13. The series of programs and reforms Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced to fight the Great Depression.
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  1. The system of government where power is divided between the national and state governments.
  2. The principle that each branch of government has powers that limit the powers of the others.
  3. Someone who opposed ratification of the Constitution and wanted stronger state governments.
  4. A supporter of the Constitution and a strong central government, such as Alexander Hamilton.
  5. The political scandal in the 1970s that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
  6. A person who worked to end slavery in the United States before the Civil War.
  7. The forced relocation and confinement of Japanese Americans during World War II.
  8. The 1823 foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
  9. A massive land purchase in 1803 from France that doubled the size of the United States.
  10. The document written in 1787 in Philadelphia that created the framework for the U.S. government, including separation of powers and checks and balances.
  11. The right to vote, extended over time to African Americans, women, and 18-year-olds.

24 Clues: Taxes placed on imported goods, often used to protect domestic industries. • The growth of factories, machines, and mass production in the 19th century. • A person who worked to end slavery in the United States before the Civil War. • The forced relocation and confinement of Japanese Americans during World War II. • ...

War of 1812 2026-01-15

War of 1812 crossword puzzle
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  1. A French military general and statesman
  2. A Canadian heroine of the War of 1812
  3. A British Army officer and colonial administrator
  4. A law that banned American ships from trading with foreign ports
  5. The ninth president of the United States
  6. Was a famous American heavy frigate
  7. A renowned Shawnee warrior chief and influential leader
  8. Now known as Toronto
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  1. The Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811
  2. A historically significant battlefield in Niagra Falls
  3. American lawyer, politician, and military office
  4. Seventh president of the United States
  5. A heroic American naval officer, famous as the "Hero of Lake Erie"
  6. The first major engagement of the War of 1812,
  7. Peace treaty that formally ended the War of 1812 between the US and Great Britain
  8. The forced recruitment of men into a military
  9. 19th century belief that the United States was to expand it's territory across North America.
  10. An American lawyer, author, and poet
  11. An American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father
  12. A group of young, nationalistic Congressmen

20 Clues: Now known as Toronto • The Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 • Was a famous American heavy frigate • An American lawyer, author, and poet • A Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 • Seventh president of the United States • A French military general and statesman • The ninth president of the United States • A group of young, nationalistic Congressmen • ...

US History: CH. 3 - The Growth of a Young Nation - Sections 1 & 2 2022-01-18

US History: CH. 3 - The Growth of a Young Nation - Sections 1 & 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Jackson /American lawyer, soldier, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States
  2. Tyler / the 10th president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845
  3. Purchase / the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from Napoleonic France in 1803
  4. / the practice of seizing Americans at sea and “impressing,” or drafting, them into the British navy.
  5. of Tears / the forced relocation during the 1830s of Eastern Woodlands Indians of the Southeast region of the United States
  6. republicanism / the people should control the government and that a simple government best suited the needs of the people.
  7. Doctrine / became a foundation for future American policy and represented an important step onto the world stage by the assertive young nation.
  8. Review / the ability of the Supreme Court to declare a law, in this case an act of Congress, unconstitutional
  9. Monroe / American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the 5th president of the United States from 1817 to 1825
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  1. Clay / American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
  2. democracy / a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21
  3. System / economic plan that played an important role in American policy during the first half of the 19th century
  4. / sometimes shortened to “Republicans
  5. Compromise / a series of agreements in 1820–1821
  6. Marshall / American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835
  7. v. Madison / was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States
  8. C Calhoun / American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions
  9. Quincy Adams /American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist, who served as the 6th president of the United States

18 Clues: / sometimes shortened to “Republicans • Compromise / a series of agreements in 1820–1821 • Tyler / the 10th president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845 • / the practice of seizing Americans at sea and “impressing,” or drafting, them into the British navy. • ...

Geometry 6-1 and 6-2 Review 2013-12-15

Geometry 6-1 and 6-2 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Theorem 6-2-2 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are congruent
  2. A polygon with 8 sides
  3. Polygon that is equilateral and equiangular
  4. A polygon with 4 sides
  5. A theorem that states that the sum of the exterior angles is 360 degrees.
  6. A polygon with indentations, diagonal is outside the polygon
  7. A polygon with 6 sides
Down
  1. A polygon with 9 sides
  2. A theorem that states that the sum of the interior angles is (n-2)180 degrees, when n= the number of sides
  3. Theorem 6-2-4 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ bisect each other
  4. Theorem 6-2-3 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are supplementary
  5. A polygon with 12 sides
  6. Closed figure made with line segments
  7. A polygon with 3 sides
  8. A polygon with 10 sides
  9. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides.
  10. A polygon with 5 sides
  11. Theorem 6-2-1 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are congruent
  12. A polygon with 7 sides
  13. A polygon with all diagonals inside the polygon, no indentations

20 Clues: A polygon with 9 sides • A polygon with 8 sides • A polygon with 3 sides • A polygon with 4 sides • A polygon with 5 sides • A polygon with 7 sides • A polygon with 6 sides • A polygon with 12 sides • A polygon with 10 sides • Closed figure made with line segments • Polygon that is equilateral and equiangular • A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. • ...

Geometry 6-1 and 6-2 Review 2013-12-15

Geometry 6-1 and 6-2 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A polygon with 6 sides
  2. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides.
  3. A polygon with 8 sides
  4. A polygon with 12 sides
  5. A polygon with 3 sides
  6. Closed figure made with line segments
  7. Theorem 6-2-3 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are supplementary
  8. Theorem 6-2-2 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are congruent
  9. A theorem that states that the sum of the interior angles is (n-2)180 degrees, when n= the number of sides
  10. Theorem 6-2-1 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are congruent
  11. A polygon with 9 sides
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  1. A polygon with all diagonals inside the polygon, no indentations
  2. A theorem that states that the sum of the exterior angles is 360 degrees.
  3. A polygon with indentations, diagonal is outside the polygon
  4. A polygon with 5 sides
  5. Polygon that is equilateral and equiangular
  6. A polygon with 4 sides
  7. A polygon with 10 sides
  8. Theorem 6-2-4 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ bisect each other
  9. A polygon with 7 sides

20 Clues: A polygon with 6 sides • A polygon with 5 sides • A polygon with 4 sides • A polygon with 8 sides • A polygon with 3 sides • A polygon with 7 sides • A polygon with 9 sides • A polygon with 10 sides • A polygon with 12 sides • Closed figure made with line segments • Polygon that is equilateral and equiangular • A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. • ...

Civil War 2018-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ship made of iron
  2. To leave or withdraw
  3. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
  4. Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  5. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
  6. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia which left a path of almost total destruction
  7. Union general
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  1. the United States
  2. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
  3. President of the Confederacy
  4. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  5. General of the Confederacy
  6. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery
  7. The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863
  8. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  9. Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861
  10. Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides
  11. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
  12. Slave states that remained in the Union
  13. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else

20 Clues: Union general • the United States • ship made of iron • To leave or withdraw • General of the Confederacy • President of the Confederacy • Slave states that remained in the Union • Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides • Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded • President of the United States of America during the Civil War • ...

ABC's Civil War 2025-05-07

ABC's Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. was a journey during the Civil War where Union General Sherman marched from Atlanta to Savannah
  2. supply the soldiers during the Civil War
  3. slaveholding states that remained in the Union rather than joining the Confederacy
  4. when a state leaves a country
  5. was a series of battles in 1864
  6. after the Civil War to rebuild the South and bring back the states into the Union
  7. cannons used by the Union Army during the Civil War
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  1. a slave but ran away to be free
  2. a war that happened in December 1862 in Virginia
  3. a failed attack by Confederate General George Pickett
  4. enslaved a man who went to court to try to win his freedom
  5. 16th President of the United States
  6. a law passed in 1854
  7. a law made by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863
  8. was a law added to the U.S. Constitution in 1865. It ended slavery
  9. also known as the Union
  10. the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War
  11. Confederate States of America was formed by 11 Southern states
  12. soldiers who fought on foot during the Civil War
  13. fought in July 1863 in Pennsylvania

20 Clues: a law passed in 1854 • also known as the Union • when a state leaves a country • a slave but ran away to be free • was a series of battles in 1864 • 16th President of the United States • fought in July 1863 in Pennsylvania • supply the soldiers during the Civil War • a law made by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 • a war that happened in December 1862 in Virginia • ...

Geometry 6-1 and 6-2 Review 2013-12-15

Geometry 6-1 and 6-2 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides.
  2. A polygon with 10 sides
  3. A polygon with indentations, diagonal is outside the polygon
  4. Polygon that is equilateral and equiangular
  5. Theorem 6-2-4 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ bisect each other
  6. A theorem that states that the sum of the interior angles is (n-2)180 degrees, when n= the number of sides
  7. A polygon with 3 sides
  8. A polygon with 12 sides
Down
  1. A theorem that states that the sum of the exterior angles is 360 degrees.
  2. A polygon with 7 sides
  3. Theorem 6-2-2 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are congruent
  4. Theorem 6-2-3 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are supplementary
  5. A polygon with 4 sides
  6. A polygon with 5 sides
  7. A polygon with 8 sides
  8. A polygon with all diagonals inside the polygon, no indentations
  9. Closed figure made with line segments
  10. A polygon with 6 sides
  11. Theorem 6-2-1 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are congruent
  12. A polygon with 9 sides

20 Clues: A polygon with 7 sides • A polygon with 4 sides • A polygon with 5 sides • A polygon with 8 sides • A polygon with 6 sides • A polygon with 3 sides • A polygon with 9 sides • A polygon with 10 sides • A polygon with 12 sides • Closed figure made with line segments • Polygon that is equilateral and equiangular • A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. • ...

Geometry 6-1 and 6-2 Review 2013-12-15

Geometry 6-1 and 6-2 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A theorem that states that the sum of the interior angles is (n-2)180 degrees, when n= the number of sides
  2. Theorem 6-2-3 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are supplementary
  3. A polygon with 10 sides
  4. A polygon with 9 sides
  5. Theorem 6-2-2 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are congruent
  6. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides.
  7. A polygon with 7 sides
  8. A polygon with 4 sides
  9. Theorem 6-2-1 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ are congruent
  10. Polygon that is equilateral and equiangular
Down
  1. Closed figure made with line segments
  2. A polygon with 3 sides
  3. A polygon with 8 sides
  4. A theorem that states that the sum of the exterior angles is 360 degrees.
  5. A polygon with 12 sides
  6. A polygon with 6 sides
  7. Theorem 6-2-4 states that if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its _____ bisect each other
  8. A polygon with 5 sides
  9. A polygon with all diagonals inside the polygon, no indentations
  10. A polygon with indentations, diagonal is outside the polygon

20 Clues: A polygon with 3 sides • A polygon with 8 sides • A polygon with 6 sides • A polygon with 5 sides • A polygon with 9 sides • A polygon with 7 sides • A polygon with 4 sides • A polygon with 12 sides • A polygon with 10 sides • Closed figure made with line segments • Polygon that is equilateral and equiangular • A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. • ...

8/30 Discussion 2019-08-30

8/30 Discussion crossword puzzle
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  1. the part in the constitution which lays out the power for Congress to exclusivity in regulating state commerce
  2. an early American political party which opposed having a strong central government
  3. the form of government which splits power between a central and local governments
  4. the President, the branch of government which enforces the laws
  5. The belief that state governments should have more power than the federal government
  6. an early political part which favored stronger central powers
  7. the congress, the branch of government which creates the laws
  8. The failed attempt at government which gave states much more power than the government
  9. the middle ground plan for Congress with two houses, one with equal representation, and one with population based representation
  10. the ability of each branch to establish power over the others
  11. form of government based on indirect democracy
  12. served on George Washington's staff during the Revolution, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and an author of the Federalist Papers
  13. Philadelphia delegate to the Second Continental Congress, helped draft the Declaration of Independence
  14. blueprint for congress that favored large states by having population based representation
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  1. the middle ground of presidential electors as the people elect them and then they cast their ballots for president
  2. drafted the Declaration of Independence 3rd president of the United States
  3. Ney York delegate to the First Continental Congress, an author of The Federalist papers
  4. the power of the judicial branch established in Marbury vs. Madison
  5. Vice President under George Washington, and 2nd president of the United States
  6. an addition to the constitution
  7. Document written by Thomas Jefferson to be sent to the King of England
  8. the Rights of states to ignore acts of congress they believe illegal
  9. the division of responsibilities and abilities to the three branches of government
  10. the Supreme Court, the branch of government which decides if a law is constitutional
  11. counter to The Virginia Plan, this plan favored small states with equal representation for all states.
  12. a state formally withdrawing from the union
  13. the limited powers given to the Congress by the constitution
  14. First President of the United States
  15. the first ten amendments to the constitution which protect the individual liberties of American citizens
  16. Virginian delegate to the Second Continental Congress, an author of the Federalist Papers, main author of the Bill of Rights

30 Clues: an addition to the constitution • First President of the United States • a state formally withdrawing from the union • form of government based on indirect democracy • the limited powers given to the Congress by the constitution • an early political part which favored stronger central powers • the congress, the branch of government which creates the laws • ...

History Final 2020-06-12

History Final crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  2. a body of water that is the Salish Sea's outlet to the Pacific Ocean
  3. first Washington governor
  4. clark's partner
  5. Polk called for expansion of the entire Oregon territory
  6. type of otters
  7. 16 year old Lemhi Shoshone woman who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  8. a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy
  9. a meeting in the Pacific Northwest between the United States and sovereign tribal nations
  10. best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere
  11. a treaty between the United States and Britain that set the boundary between British North America and the US across the West
  12. English naval captain
  13. Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest
  14. a tunnel that was very important in the history of the Northern Pacific Railway
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  1. governor of Washington from 1853 to 1857
  2. the idea that America is destined by god
  3. a Chinook word meaning by and by
  4. a Suquamish and Duwamish chief that one of Washington's biggest cities was named after
  5. lewis's partner
  6. the oldest incorporated joint-stock merchandising company in the English-speaking world
  7. a United States statute that permitted the entrance of Washington into the United States
  8. a Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest
  9. dispute over the seizure of vessels at Nootka Sound
  10. a British fur trading post built in 1824
  11. usa and uk war, 1959

25 Clues: type of otters • clark's partner • lewis's partner • usa and uk war, 1959 • English naval captain • first Washington governor • a Chinook word meaning by and by • governor of Washington from 1853 to 1857 • the idea that America is destined by god • a British fur trading post built in 1824 • the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition • ...

W4 Intro to Reconstruction 2024-02-23

W4 Intro to Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. The abolition of slavery was a central goal of the Reconstruction era, aimed at dismantling the economic and social foundations of the ________.
  2. Johnson’s actions emboldened Southern states to enact ________ ________ to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
  3. Republicans in Congress also wanted to secure ________ ________ for newly emancipated African Americans, including the right to vote, own property, and access education.
  4. It was also necessary to rebuild the Southern ________, which had been devastated by the Civil War.
  5. Johnson granted ________ to many former Confederates.
  6. It wasn't until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s that further legislative action was taken to address racial ________ in the United States.
  7. The Fourteenth Amendment provided a constitutional basis for ________ intervention to protect those rights.
  8. Rebuilding the economy and addressing issues such as land ________ for freed African Americans was a major challenge.
  9. Lincoln’s was a relatively ________ plan intended to quickly reintegrate the southern states into the Union without imposing harsh punishments.
  10. Reconstruction involved ________ development and federal assistance to former Confederate states.
  11. It wasn’t until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s that further legislative action was taken to address ________ ________ in the United States.
  12. The impact of the Reconstruction and Civil Rights acts was limited by Southern ________ and the eventual withdrawal of federal troops in 1877.
  13. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was intended to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights, regardless of ________.
  14. The period of time when the federal government dealt with the effects of the Civil War, 1865 to 1877, is known as __________.
  15. Between May and December of 1865, Congress was not in session, giving President ________ control over Reconstruction.
  16. Severe acts of terrorism were committed against African Americans in the South by such organizations as the _________.
  17. Bring the Southern states back into the Union and restore their ________ in Congress.
  18. The ________ Amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. – a significant legal and social transformation.
  19. A frequent source of contention between the states and the federal government was the extent of federal ________ in enforcing Reconstruction policies.
  20. The Fourteenth Amendment ensured that no state could deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny any person equal ________ under the law.
  21. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly ________, shall exist within the United States.
  22. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 prohibited ________ in public accommodations and facilities, such as hotels, theaters, and transportation.
  23. The period of time when the federal government dealt with the effects of the Civil War from 1865-1877
  24. The process for readmitting Confederate states to the Union was defined by the ________ ________ of 1867.
  25. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall ________ the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
  26. Southern resistance hindered the ________ of reforms and threatened the safety and rights of African Americans.
  27. Secure the right to vote, own property, and access education for the newly _________ African Americans.
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  1. The Reconstruction Amendments provided a constitutional basis for federal ________ to protect those rights.
  2. Johnson’s approach ________ significantly from Lincoln’s in his resistance to civil rights for freed slaves.
  3. Deeply entrenched racial prejudices and social _______ posed significant obstacles to achieving meaningful social change.
  4. The new state governments established in the South were also required to include ________ ________ participation.
  5. The Fourteenth Amendment granted ________ to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including former enslaved persons.
  6. Under President Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan, a southern state could be readmitted once 10 percent of its voters took an oath of _________ to the Union and accepted the end of slavery.
  7. Johnson vetoed the _______ Bureau Bill and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 which were aimed at securing rights and protections for African Americans.
  8. The abolition of slavery was a significant legal and social ________.
  9. President Johnson took a more lenient approach towards the Southern states than many in ________ desired.
  10. The Fourteenth Amendment ensured that state could deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without _______ process of law.
  11. The Civil Rights Act of 1867 was the first United States federal law to define ________ and affirm that all citizens were equally protected by the law.
  12. The three Reconstruction amendments altered American life by legally ending slavery, providing citizenship and equal rights to African Americans, and attempting to secure their ________ participation.
  13. The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, ethnicity, or previous condition of ________.
  14. The ________ Amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
  15. President Lincoln’s approach to Reconstruction was characterized by a desire for leniency and ________.
  16. The Fifteenth Amendment aimed to ________ African American men, granting them the right to vote and participate in the political process.
  17. One major political challenge facing the federal government during Reconstruction was ________ the Southern states back into the Union.
  18. Despite this amendment, African Americans still faced significant barriers to voting, including ________ practices such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and intimidation tactics.
  19. Under the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 seceded states were required to ratify the ________ Amendment as a condition of their readmission.
  20. Disagreements, political tensions, and conflicts emerged over the ________ of the newly freed African Americans.
  21. The withdrawal of federal troops and the end of Reconstruction led to the rise of ________ ________ laws and widespread discrimination against African Americans.
  22. The primary __________ was to bring the Southern states back into the Union and restore their representation in Congress.
  23. The beneficial impact of Reconstruction for African Americans became limited by the eventual ________ of federal troops in 1877.
  24. Johnson’s plan, similar to Lincoln’s plan, is often referred to as ________ Reconstruction.
  25. Despite the granting of citizenship and equal protection under the law, African Americans faced widespread _______.

52 Clues: Johnson granted ________ to many former Confederates. • The abolition of slavery was a significant legal and social ________. • Bring the Southern states back into the Union and restore their ________ in Congress. • Johnson’s plan, similar to Lincoln’s plan, is often referred to as ________ Reconstruction. • ...

articles of confederation terms to own. 2025-01-15

articles of confederation terms to own. crossword puzzle
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  1. teaming of states
  2. house and Senate combined
  3. related to national
  4. interprets laws
  5. confirm by vote
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  1. power being divided between states and govt
  2. two nations working together
  3. legislative branch has the most power
  4. citizens have power
  5. passes laws
  6. MAKES laws
  7. govt and states share power

12 Clues: MAKES laws • passes laws • interprets laws • confirm by vote • teaming of states • citizens have power • related to national • house and Senate combined • govt and states share power • two nations working together • legislative branch has the most power • power being divided between states and govt

AP Government Unit 2 Constitution Vocabulary 2022-12-13

AP Government Unit 2 Constitution Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Each state must recognize the validity of the laws, public records, and court decisions of all other states
  2. Court order which requires a person who is charged (must have substantial evidence) with a crime in order to be held in jail
  3. holds guidelines for the Judicial branch
  4. Designed to shield the United States against “corrupting foreign influence” by not allowing the federal government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices, or titles from foreign states without consent of the United States Congress
  5. The process of proposing, approving, and applying an Amendment
  6. Gives the president the power to pardon and reprieve federal crimes. There are 4 parts: pardons, amnesty, reprieve, and commutation
  7. the Senate ___ (⅔ majority)
  8. bills concern the public
  9. Bills bills affect individuals or certain organizations
  10. a way to override a filibuster with a ⅗ majority vote
  11. The source of Congress’ impliedpowers Gives Congress to increase powers to things that are not listed specifically in the constitution
  12. holds guidelines for Congress
  13. begins in the SCOTUS
  14. Congress can regulate trade with foreign nations and among several states
  15. Passed by both Houses of Congress and has force of law
  16. If Congress goes out of session before a bill is read, it can be dismissed
  17. Reduces punishment
  18. Eliminates criminal punishment
  19. originate in lower courts
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  1. The House ___ (or charges with a simple majority)
  2. holds guidelines for the President
  3. an international agreement made by the executive branch in order to bypass Congress.
  4. Makes something that was done legally in past times illegal and punished in the present. This is NOT allowed in the United States
  5. States cannot discriminate between its citizens and other citizens
  6. Expresses the opinion of both Houses of Congress but does not have the force of law
  7. SCOTUS members serve life terms unless impeached or deemed unable
  8. are international agreements that have ⅔ majority consent of the Senate
  9. The Constitution and the laws of the United States is the supreme law of the land. No one is above the law
  10. Expresses the opinion of a House of Congress but does not have the force of law
  11. All revenue bills must start in the house
  12. An outline of how the executive branch will enforce a law by Congress. More recently, presidents use it to pass laws that go over Congress
  13. Except in cases of treason, a felony, or breach of peace, members of congress can not be arrested while congress is in session. Members are also not liable for anything they say on the Congress floor
  14. Punishing a suspect without a conviction. This is NOT allowed in the United States
  15. Eliminates criminal punishment and expunges the offense from an individual's record
  16. Redistribution of the seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years based on change in population
  17. Postpones carrying out a sentence
  18. The process of returning criminals
  19. when a senator says they do not give consent to debate a bill in order to postpone the debate of a bill
  20. President’s ability to object to a bill

39 Clues: Reduces punishment • begins in the SCOTUS • bills concern the public • originate in lower courts • the Senate ___ (⅔ majority) • holds guidelines for Congress • Eliminates criminal punishment • Postpones carrying out a sentence • holds guidelines for the President • The process of returning criminals • President’s ability to object to a bill • ...

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 2023-01-10

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 crossword puzzle
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  1. Congress would fund _____ establishments.
  2. A series of natural rights _____ would be included.
  3. The _____ process was lengthy.
  4. James _____ visited the region in the mid 1780s.
  5. Some favored the ____ admission of new states rather than a rapid addition.
  6. The voice of a single individual would have prevented this _____.
  7. There would be an absolute _____ on slavery.
  8. The region was _____ populated.
  9. Jefferson designed his proposal primarily as an _____ to prevent the westward expansion of slavery.
  10. The debates over the ordinance brought _____ to the forefront of national political discussion.
  11. The _____ borders of the existing states would be affected by the boundaries of the territory.
  12. A new constitutional framework was debated at the _____ Convention.
  13. Tensions remained regarding land claims west of the _____ River.
  14. In 1787, a series of long-lasting _____ disputes between states culminated in a new set of guidelines.
  15. Virginia's territory claims spanned northward to what is now _____.
  16. From the 1770s to the 1780s the newly formed American states were hardly _____.
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  1. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary _____.
  2. The new states would adopt a _____ form of government.
  3. The friends to the rights of human ____ will in the end prevail.
  4. Both Massachusetts and _____ asserted claims to some of Virginia's ceded territory.
  5. Once a state achieved a _____ of 60,000 inhabitants it would enter into the Confederation on equal footing.
  6. In 1777, 12 states had ratified, but _____ remained the lone holdout.
  7. The formation of new states would ____ the power of the existing states.
  8. The Articles of Confederation remained legally _____ for four years.
  9. A clause was inserted to guarantee the return of _____ slaves.
  10. The future states may never contain a _____ number of inhabitants.
  11. The new states would pay back a portion of _____ debt in proportion to their populations.
  12. Jefferson's plan consisted of four important _____.
  13. Thomas Jefferson served in Congress as a ____ of Virginia.
  14. The Northwest Ordinance was one of the most important acts of the _____ Congress.
  15. _____ governments would be appointed prior to statehood.
  16. _____ often made embellished westward claims on behalf of their own states.
  17. The Articles were _____ in February 1781.

33 Clues: The _____ process was lengthy. • The region was _____ populated. • Congress would fund _____ establishments. • The Articles were _____ in February 1781. • There would be an absolute _____ on slavery. • James _____ visited the region in the mid 1780s. • A series of natural rights _____ would be included. • Jefferson's plan consisted of four important _____. • ...

AP Gov Crossword 2024-05-09

AP Gov Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. is the legal principle of determining points in litigation according to precedent.
  2. the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution
  3. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
  4. two houses (house of representatives and senate)
  5. manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
  6. the supreme law of the United States
  7. clause that gives Congress broad power to regulate interstate commerce and restricts states from impairing interstate commer
  8. plan that proposed a unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national leg
  9. provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becomin
  10. favoring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.
  11. riot that exposed the weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation
  12. Presides over the Senate
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  1. declaration by the president or a governor which has the force of law, usually based on existing statutory powers.
  2. powers that are shared by both the federal government and state governments
  3. the process by which congressional districts are redrawn and seats are redistributed among states in the house.
  4. establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state cons
  5. (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
  6. plan that outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
  7. relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and fr
  8. voter who votes for candidates on issues rather than on the basis of a political ideology or partisanship
  9. a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
  10. clause that prohibits the government from "establishing" a religion
  11. demands on states to carry out certain policies as a condition of receiving grant money.
  12. political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution
  13. This is the power of Congress to scrutinise and check the activities of the executive branch of government and hold it to acc
  14. the powers granted to the Federal government, and specifically Congress

26 Clues: Presides over the Senate • the supreme law of the United States • two houses (house of representatives and senate) • clause that prohibits the government from "establishing" a religion • the powers granted to the Federal government, and specifically Congress • powers that are shared by both the federal government and state governments • ...

unit 2 project vocab crossword 2023-01-25

unit 2 project vocab crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. an agreement among the 13 states of the United States of America
  2. a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede
  3. the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
  4. a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for thirteen of Britain's colonies in North America, and the newly declared United States just before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.
  5. comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  6. he concept of a government limited in power.
  7. were a long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies.
  8. the political philosophy that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders.
  9. the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia.
  10. took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
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  1. an original Act of the English Parliament and has been in the custody of Parliament since its creation.
  2. a combined or compound mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system, dividing the powers between the two.
  3. a process under which executive, legislative and administrative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.
  4. a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
  5. the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.
  6. an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
  7. the supreme law of the United States of America.
  8. n armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
  9. is the pronouncement and founding document adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Pennsylvania State House
  10. a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.

20 Clues: an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. • he concept of a government limited in power. • the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. • the supreme law of the United States of America. • took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. • an agreement among the 13 states of the United States of America • ...

Growth of a Young Nation 2025-11-25

Growth of a Young Nation crossword puzzle
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  1. A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional
  2. A member of a religious group that emphasizes reason and faith in an individual
  3. 7th president
  4. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states. Maintained balance between free and slave states
  5. A pre-Civil War set of measures designed to unify the nation and strengthen its economy by means of protective tariffs, a national bank, and such internal improvements as the development of a transportation system
  6. Leader of a slave rebellion in 1831 in Virginia.
  7. 19th-century mills for the manufacture of cloth, located in Lowell, Massachusetts, that mainly employed young women
  8. The marches in which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from Georgia to the Indian Territory in 1838-1840, with thousands of the Cherokee dying on the way
  9. 6th President of the United States
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  1. A philosophical and literary movement of the 1800s that emphasized living a simple life and celebrated the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination
  2. A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
  3. South Carolina Senator — advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification
  4. A work stoppage intended to force an employer to respond to demands
  5. Movement to end slavery
  6. Coming to and settling in a country in one's not native to
  7. The first national women's rights convention at which the Declaration of Sentiments was written(Where was it? do not need to add convention)
  8. Economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves
  9. Inventor of the telegraph(last name only)

18 Clues: 7th president • Movement to end slavery • 6th President of the United States • Inventor of the telegraph(last name only) • Leader of a slave rebellion in 1831 in Virginia. • Coming to and settling in a country in one's not native to • A work stoppage intended to force an employer to respond to demands • ...

POLS 1101 Chp 2 & 3 2019-08-29

POLS 1101 Chp 2 & 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the Constitution.
  2. sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
  3. ultimate authority rests with the state (or regional) governments.
  4. – allows Congress to provide for the common defense and common good of the country.
  5. ultimate authority rests with the national government.
  6. initial governing authority of the United States
  7. Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8.
  8. not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.
  9. held by both the national and state governments in a federal system.
  10. gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, with Indian tribes, and the states.
  11. required states to return runaway slaves; negated by the Thirteenth Amendment
  12. authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches, thereby holding some scrutiny of and control over the other branches.
  13. an agreement between the small and large states which defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have.
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  1. powers retained by the states under the Constitution.
  2. – rule by the people
  3. pres. Roosevelt's proposal in 1937 to "reform" the Supreme Court by appointing an additional justice for each justice older than 70.
  4. where state governments and the federal government basically have separate functions.
  5. – Federal law is superior to state laws.
  6. 1819 Supreme Court decision that gave Congress the right to create a bank.
  7. – court’s authority to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
  8. people who supported the Constitution during the ratification period
  9. – a set of Electors, elected by the people, who elect a candidate to (
  10. opposed to a strong central government
  11. authority is divided among branches, each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility.
  12. explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution.
  13. Initial governing authority of the United States
  14. Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is by appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election.
  15. Form of democracy; political power is exercised directly by citizens.
  16. derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law.
  17. the supreme law of the US.

30 Clues: – rule by the people • the supreme law of the US. • opposed to a strong central government • – Federal law is superior to state laws. • Initial governing authority of the United States • initial governing authority of the United States • explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution. • powers retained by the states under the Constitution. • ...

States 2022-07-01

States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What has the gambling capital of the world
  2. The Last state
  3. It has Disney World
  4. The state that is 2nd place in size and population
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  1. Where is Hollywood
  2. The first state
  3. It has 4 eyes
  4. York I Love _______
  5. The biggest state

9 Clues: It has 4 eyes • The Last state • The first state • The biggest state • Where is Hollywood • York I Love _______ • It has Disney World • What has the gambling capital of the world • The state that is 2nd place in size and population

Saadia Freeman 6th Asia Religon 2017-11-13

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

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

Reconstruction Crossword Puzzle 2024-02-09

Reconstruction Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. People who controlled Congress and wanted more changes in the former confederate states.
  2. A general pardon of a large group of people.
  3. A terrorist group found in former confederate states that fought against change.
  4. Georgia was required to required to repeal their _______________________.
  5. This abolished slavery in the United States
  6. The president is in charge of the __________________ branch at the national level.
  7. This provides equal citizenship to all born in the United States.
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  1. President at the end of the Civil War.
  2. A person who only rented land from a land owner in exchange for a share of the crops.
  3. A person who owned very little and needed to borrow tools, land, and shelter to work in exchange for a share of the crops.
  4. Government agency that worked to provide education, shelter, and other basic needs to newly freed slaves.
  5. Congress is the _____________________ branch at the national level.
  6. This states that the right to vote cannot be denied based on race.
  7. Term referring to the time after the Civil War where changes were forced on former Confederate states.
  8. Democratic President who declared that Reconstruction was over after very few changes.

15 Clues: President at the end of the Civil War. • This abolished slavery in the United States • A general pardon of a large group of people. • This provides equal citizenship to all born in the United States. • This states that the right to vote cannot be denied based on race. • Congress is the _____________________ branch at the national level. • ...

APUSH Spring Midterm 2024-04-08

APUSH Spring Midterm crossword puzzle
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  1. An agreement signed in 1814 which ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain, restoring conquered territory to its original owners and establishing peace between the two nations.
  2. Diplomatic incident between the United States and France, where French agents demanded a bribe from American diplomats, leading to a breakdown in diplomatic relations and an undeclared naval war.
  3. A political practice in which government jobs and appointments are awarded based on loyalty and support to the winning political party, rather than merit or qualifications.
  4. Legislation passed during John Adams's presidency that criminalized criticism of the government, particularly aimed at suppressing dissent against the Federalist administration.
  5. A controversial law enacted by the U.S. government, which made it illegal to impede government policies or falsely defame government officials. The act imposed heavy fines and imprisonment as penalties for those found guilty of sedition, leading to criticism for its perceived violation of free speech rights.
  6. An executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson in 1836, mandating that all public lands must be purchased with metallic money (gold or silver), aimed at curbing land speculation and stabilizing the economy.
  7. A historical event referring to the alleged backroom deal in the 1824 presidential election, where it was claimed that Henry Clay supported John Quincy Adams in exchange for a cabinet position, revealing the flaws in the electoral process and leading to changes in political practices.
  8. A legislative measure passed by Congress in 1833, authorizing the President to use military force, if necessary, to collect federal tariff duties in states that refused to comply with federal laws.
  9. Name of the convention that convened in South Carolina in response to the Tariff of 1828, where delegates threatened to nullify the tariff within the state and even discussed the possibility of secession from the Union if the federal government attempted to enforce the tariffs by force.
  10. Name for compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention regarding the counting of slaves for population representation, whereby slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for determining congressional representation and taxation.
  11. A controversial tariff passed by Congress in 1828, known as the "Tariff of Abominations," imposing high import duties, particularly resented by Southern states for its perceived discrimination against them and exacerbating sectional tensions.
  12. A significant Supreme Court case in 1819 that confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States and established the principle of federal supremacy, prohibiting states from taxing or interfering with federal institutions.
  13. The British practice of forcibly conscripting American sailors into the Royal Navy, leading to outrage and diplomatic disputes between the United States and Britain during the early 19th century.
  14. A legislative agreement passed by Congress in 1820, prohibiting slavery in the remaining territories of the Louisiana Purchase north of the parallel 36°30', except for this state.
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  1. A protest by farmers and distillers in Pennsylvania against the excise tax on whiskey, demonstrating resistance to federal taxation and authority.
  2. A military engagement in 1815 where General Andrew Jackson successfully defended the city this city against British forces, marking a decisive American victory in the War of 1812.
  3. A comprehensive economic plan proposed by Henry Clay, comprising a strong banking system, a protective tariff to promote domestic industry, and investment in infrastructure such as roads and canals to facilitate commerce and national development.
  4. A political faction led by Alexander Hamilton that advocated for a strong central government, supported private enterprise, and favored close ties with Britain. Hamilton Federalists primarily consisted of wealthy merchants, landowners, and financiers, predominantly located along the Atlantic seaboard.
  5. A foreign policy statement articulated by President James Monroe in 1823, warning European powers against further colonization or intervention in the Americas, asserting American dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
  6. Legislation passed by the United States government that increased the residency requirements for aliens seeking citizenship from 5 years to 14 years. These laws aimed to restrict the naturalization process and limit the political influence of immigrants.
  7. A landmark Supreme Court case in 1803 that established the principle of judicial review, allowing the judiciary to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional and assert its authority over the other branches of government.
  8. A revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers and ex-soldiers protesting economic injustices and the inability of the weak central government under the Articles of Confederation to address their grievances.
  9. An agreement signed in 1819 between the United States and Spain, in which Spain ceded this state in exchange for rights to Texas.
  10. A Supreme Court case in 1824 that affirmed the federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, superseding state laws in matters of trade between states.
  11. South Carolina_____________, a political document authored by John C. Calhoun in 1828, protesting against the Tariff of 1828 as unjust and unconstitutional, laying the groundwork for the doctrine of nullification and advocating states' rights.
  12. An agreement reached between the United States and Britain in 1817, limiting naval armament on the Great Lakes and leading to the establishment of the world's longest unfortified border between the U.S. and Canada.

26 Clues: An agreement signed in 1819 between the United States and Spain, in which Spain ceded this state in exchange for rights to Texas. • A protest by farmers and distillers in Pennsylvania against the excise tax on whiskey, demonstrating resistance to federal taxation and authority. • ...

Constitutional Convention 2022-08-08

Constitutional Convention crossword puzzle
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  1. Supported the new constitution and a strong central government
  2. Lower house of Congress based on Virginia Plan
  3. President of the Constitutional Convention
  4. Upper house of Congress based on New Jersey Plan
  5. Beloved celebrity delegate from Pennsylvania
  6. Father of the Constitution; organized the constitutional convention
  7. Written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison
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  1. Distrusted the new constitution; wanted strong states
  2. The Three-Fifths Compromise decided how ______ should be counted towards the population.
  3. Plan in which states in Congress would share equal power despite population
  4. Solution to the states' power controversy in which a two-house legislature would preside
  5. Proposed the Connecticut Compromise and Three-Fifths Compromise
  6. Replaced the weak Articles of Confederation
  7. Refused to sign constitution, because it lacked a Bill of Rights
  8. Plan in which states in Congress had various levels of power based on population
  9. List of individual liberties added to the constitution
  10. Means two houses of Congress

17 Clues: Means two houses of Congress • Written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison • President of the Constitutional Convention • Replaced the weak Articles of Confederation • Beloved celebrity delegate from Pennsylvania • Lower house of Congress based on Virginia Plan • Upper house of Congress based on New Jersey Plan • Distrusted the new constitution; wanted strong states • ...

Citizen 2020-10-05

Citizen crossword puzzle
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  1. to show loyalty to the United States flag and the
  2. swearing loyalty to the United
  3. law.
  4. it stands for.
  5. death!
  6. To qualify applicants must be at least 18 years old and have been
  7. being a member of a country and having full rights and responsibilities under that
  8. is the act of betraying your
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  1. pass laws, which are usually called
  2. residents of the United States for 5 years.
  3. that tells how the city will run.
  4. is a group of people who share an environment.
  5. are duties to other people, the government, or society.
  6. and our Constitution.
  7. is a member of a community who has rights and responsibilities.
  8. and the U.S. Constitution makes this crime punishable
  9. is a privilege or a claim to something.

17 Clues: law. • death! • it stands for. • and our Constitution. • is the act of betraying your • swearing loyalty to the United • that tells how the city will run. • pass laws, which are usually called • is a privilege or a claim to something. • residents of the United States for 5 years. • is a group of people who share an environment. • to show loyalty to the United States flag and the • ...

friday activity-chapter 2/3 2019-08-27

friday activity-chapter 2/3 crossword puzzle
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  1. the process of selecting to judges where the nomination is by appointment and the subsequent retention is by a retention election
  2. first 10 amendments in the constitution, establish freedoms
  3. political party established by Thomas Jefferson and his followers. opposed the constitution, supported bill of rights.
  4. powers held by both the state and national government in the federal system
  5. required states to return runaway slaves
  6. act of formally withdrawing from the nation
  7. formal way to change the constitution
  8. doctrine holding state governments separate from federal government
  9. the authority of the president to place certain legislations that are passed by congress
  10. meeting in 1787 where the 12 states discussed the articles of confederation but decided to create the constitution
  11. a view that states should have independent authority to go against the federal government of the constitution
  12. systemsystem of government that authority rests with regional government
  13. authority of courts to rule laws unconstitutional
  14. powers that aren't explicitly given to congress but given with necessary clause.
  15. makes federal law more important than state laws
  16. system of goverment where authority lies with national government
  17. presidential electors selected to represent their selected states during the election.
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  1. authorities other branches to have certain control over the others used to make sure one branch doesn't have to much power.
  2. A document (or set of documents) that will establish the basic rules for how a society should be governed.
  3. give congress the power to pass certain laws outside of their normal powers in the constitution
  4. powers granted to the congress by the constitution
  5. FDR's plan to add new supreme court justices so they would uphold his ideas
  6. the right of the states to rule that acts of congress laws are invalid/illegal
  7. authority is spread amongst branches equally giving them each different responsibilities
  8. Compromise on legislative representation where the lower chamber is based on population and the states are represented equally by the upper chamber
  9. political party that was established by Alexander Hamilton and his followers. supported the constitution
  10. political powers is exercised directly by the citizens
  11. system of government where national and state powers are slipt equally
  12. compromise that granted states more representation in the house of representatives depending on how many slaves you have. counting them as 3/5 a person
  13. powers the states possess under the constitution

30 Clues: formal way to change the constitution • required states to return runaway slaves • act of formally withdrawing from the nation • powers the states possess under the constitution • makes federal law more important than state laws • authority of courts to rule laws unconstitutional • powers granted to the congress by the constitution • ...

W2 Intro to Reconstruction 2024-02-23

W2 Intro to Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. The Fourteenth Amendment provided a constitutional basis for ________ intervention to protect those rights.
  2. The Civil Rights Act of 1867 was the first United States federal law to define ________ and affirm that all citizens were equally protected by the law.
  3. Under President Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan, a southern state could be readmitted once 10 percent of its voters took an oath of _________ to the Union and accepted the end of slavery.
  4. Lincoln’s was a relatively ________ plan intended to quickly reintegrate the southern states into the Union without imposing harsh punishments.
  5. The ________ Amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
  6. The withdrawal of federal troops and the end of Reconstruction led to the rise of ________ ________ laws and widespread discrimination against African Americans.
  7. The three Reconstruction amendments altered American life by legally ending slavery, providing citizenship and equal rights to African Americans, and attempting to secure their ________ participation.
  8. Johnson’s actions emboldened Southern states to enact ________ ________ to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
  9. The Fourteenth Amendment granted ________ to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including former enslaved persons.
  10. Rebuilding the economy and addressing issues such as land ________ for freed African Americans was a major challenge.
  11. The Fourteenth Amendment ensured that no state could deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny any person equal ________ under the law.
  12. Johnson vetoed the _______ Bureau Bill and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 which were aimed at securing rights and protections for African Americans.
  13. The abolition of slavery was a central goal of the Reconstruction era, aimed at dismantling the economic and social foundations of the ________.
  14. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly ________, shall exist within the United States.
  15. The period of time when the federal government dealt with the effects of the Civil War, 1865 to 1877, is known as __________.
  16. Deeply entrenched racial prejudices and social _______ posed significant obstacles to achieving meaningful social change.
  17. It wasn't until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s that further legislative action was taken to address racial ________ in the United States.
  18. Severe acts of terrorism were committed against African Americans in the South by such organizations as the _________.
  19. Johnson granted ________ to many former Confederates.
  20. The period of time when the federal government dealt with the effects of the Civil War from 1865-1877
  21. Southern resistance hindered the ________ of reforms and threatened the safety and rights of African Americans.
  22. The beneficial impact of Reconstruction for African Americans became limited by the eventual ________ of federal troops in 1877.
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  1. Despite the granting of citizenship and equal protection under the law, African Americans faced widespread _______.
  2. Johnson’s approach ________ significantly from Lincoln’s in his resistance to civil rights for freed slaves.
  3. The impact of the Reconstruction and Civil Rights acts was limited by Southern ________ and the eventual withdrawal of federal troops in 1877.
  4. Secure the right to vote, own property, and access education for the newly _________ African Americans.
  5. The Fifteenth Amendment aimed to ________ African American men, granting them the right to vote and participate in the political process.
  6. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 prohibited ________ in public accommodations and facilities, such as hotels, theaters, and transportation.
  7. It wasn’t until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s that further legislative action was taken to address ________ ________ in the United States.
  8. It was also necessary to rebuild the Southern ________, which had been devastated by the Civil War.
  9. The abolition of slavery was a significant legal and social ________.
  10. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was intended to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights, regardless of ________.
  11. Disagreements, political tensions, and conflicts emerged over the ________ of the newly freed African Americans.
  12. Reconstruction involved ________ development and federal assistance to former Confederate states.
  13. Despite this amendment, African Americans still faced significant barriers to voting, including ________ practices such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and intimidation tactics.
  14. The process for readmitting Confederate states to the Union was defined by the ________ ________ of 1867.
  15. The primary __________ was to bring the Southern states back into the Union and restore their representation in Congress.
  16. The Reconstruction Amendments provided a constitutional basis for federal ________ to protect those rights.
  17. Republicans in Congress also wanted to secure ________ ________ for newly emancipated African Americans, including the right to vote, own property, and access education.
  18. The Fourteenth Amendment ensured that state could not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without _______ process of law.
  19. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall ________ the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
  20. The new state governments established in the South were also required to include ________ ________ participation.
  21. Johnson’s plan, similar to Lincoln’s plan, is often referred to as ________ Reconstruction.
  22. The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, ethnicity, or previous condition of ________.
  23. President Lincoln’s approach to Reconstruction was characterized by a desire for leniency and ________.
  24. Bring the Southern states back into the Union and restore their ________ in Congress.
  25. Under the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 seceded states were required to ratify the ________ Amendment as a condition of their readmission.
  26. A frequent source of contention between the states and the federal government was the extent of federal ________ in enforcing Reconstruction policies.
  27. President Johnson took a more lenient approach towards the Southern states than many in ________ desired.
  28. One major political challenge facing the federal government during Reconstruction was ________ the Southern states back into the Union.
  29. The ________ Amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. – a significant legal and social transformation.
  30. Between May and December of 1865, Congress was not in session, giving President ________ control over Reconstruction.

52 Clues: Johnson granted ________ to many former Confederates. • The abolition of slavery was a significant legal and social ________. • Bring the Southern states back into the Union and restore their ________ in Congress. • Johnson’s plan, similar to Lincoln’s plan, is often referred to as ________ Reconstruction. • ...

Civil war crossword 2017-04-24

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. soldiers who ride horses
  2. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers
  3. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  4. Union general who believed in total war
  5. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  6. confederate general
  7. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
  8. Law the provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
  9. killed most of solders during the holocaust
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  1. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
  2. withdrawal from enemy forces and territory
  3. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  4. freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  5. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
  6. Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel
  7. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  8. To leave or withdraw
  9. laws passed to restrict African Americans
  10. A ship protected by iron armor
  11. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North

20 Clues: confederate general • To leave or withdraw • soldiers who ride horses • A ship protected by iron armor • Union general who believed in total war • laws passed to restrict African Americans • withdrawal from enemy forces and territory • killed most of solders during the holocaust • Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel • ...

Civil war crossword 2017-04-24

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Union general who believed in total war
  2. Law the provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
  3. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
  4. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
  5. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  6. confederate general
  7. Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel
  8. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  9. withdrawal from enemy forces and territory
  10. killed most of solders during the holocaust
  11. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  12. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North
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  1. freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  2. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
  3. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers
  4. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  5. To leave or withdraw
  6. soldiers who ride horses
  7. A ship protected by iron armor
  8. laws passed to restrict African Americans

20 Clues: confederate general • To leave or withdraw • soldiers who ride horses • A ship protected by iron armor • Union general who believed in total war • laws passed to restrict African Americans • withdrawal from enemy forces and territory • killed most of solders during the holocaust • Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel • ...

Gralin's crossword puzzle 2017-02-08

Gralin's crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. tax on goods coming from other country's
  2. a ceremony were the precedent takes the oath of office
  3. this person was George Washington vice president
  4. this person wrote the u.s. constitution, and was against factions
  5. its an agreement by states to overthrow federal law
  6. this person was sent to London to sole problems with Britain
  7. an example to be followed by other in the near future
  8. this person was the leader of the Federalist party
  9. some one from another country that comes into yours
  10. states wanted to ________ the alien sedition acts
  11. and activity to overthrow your government
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  1. the taking of ships and sailors
  2. people who invest in a risky adventure for a large profit
  3. he was sent to remove the native Americans from the Northwest territory
  4. contrary to what the constitution states
  5. not favoring ether side of an dispute
  6. this person was the first president of the united states
  7. a certificate issued by the government for a certain amount of money
  8. this person was the Secretary of state for George Washington
  9. this is an organized political group

20 Clues: the taking of ships and sailors • this is an organized political group • not favoring ether side of an dispute • tax on goods coming from other country's • contrary to what the constitution states • and activity to overthrow your government • this person was George Washington vice president • states wanted to ________ the alien sedition acts • ...

Chapter 4 Govt 2022-11-18

Chapter 4 Govt crossword puzzle
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  1. sent troops to Detroit to help control racial unrest and rioting
  2. sent troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957
  3. he people, not the states, created the national government and that its power should be expanded to carry out the people's will.
  4. a contractual arrangement made between two or more states in which the assigned parties agree on a specific policy issue
  5. last two states to be admitted
  6. political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution
  7. tax levied by a government directly on income
  8. those powers of the President of the United States and Congress that are not explicitly specified in the Constitution.
  9. a statute empowering a person or body to take certain action
  10. used troops at the University of Mississippi in 1962 and the University of Alabama in 1963.
  11. rejected statehood by a vote in 1993.
  12. was admitted in 1907
  13. specifically granted to the federal government in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  14. the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.
  15. a law requiring certain proceedings of government agencies to be open or available to the public.
  16. won independence from Mexico and sought annexation to the United States for several years before being admitted.
  17. It establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
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  1. hand over to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.
  2. a statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.
  3. favors state and local action in dealing with social and economic problems.
  4. powers of a federal state that are shared by both the federal government and each constituent political unit
  5. a law that automatically terminates an agency, a law, or a government program
  6. those powers granted to the national government under the United States Constitution
  7. political power reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority.
  8. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials
  9. once it was admitted as a state, it promptly amended its constitution to restore provisions about the recall of judges that Taft had requested be deleted

26 Clues: was admitted in 1907 • last two states to be admitted • rejected statehood by a vote in 1993. • sent troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 • tax levied by a government directly on income • a statute empowering a person or body to take certain action • sent troops to Detroit to help control racial unrest and rioting • ...

Escape room - DHSS 2024-08-26

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

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

Confederation and Constitution 2024-10-30

Confederation and Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. location of the Constitutional Convention
  2. first 10 amendments
  3. branch that makes the laws
  4. this Constitutional clause regulates trade between states
  5. The Constitution does this to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful
  6. a person who works for a political group to try and shape American laws for their favor
  7. money issues led to this rebellion showing the failures of the Articles of Confederation
  8. first attempt at American government
  9. argued for larger states having more legislative power
  10. the Three Fifths Compromise settled this debate in the Constitution
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  1. list of basic American rights
  2. political groups that shape American politics
  3. system in which delegates vote for presidential candidates
  4. the act of separating federal and state governments
  5. The Federalist Papers argued the necessity of strengthening this inorder to have a successful government
  6. branch that interprets and judges the laws
  7. argued for states to be equal in the Legislative branch
  8. branch that carries out the laws
  9. Formed 2 houses of congress
  10. number of original states
  11. father of the constitution
  12. fear of this led to a weak Articles of Confederation and the Separation of Powers in the Constitution

22 Clues: first 10 amendments • number of original states • branch that makes the laws • father of the constitution • Formed 2 houses of congress • list of basic American rights • branch that carries out the laws • first attempt at American government • location of the Constitutional Convention • branch that interprets and judges the laws • political groups that shape American politics • ...

U.S. Constitution Review 2026-02-13

U.S. Constitution Review crossword puzzle
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  1. small group of representatives in Congress who work together to investigate specific issues and recommend legislation (new laws)
  2. the written document that established the federal government of the United States, its rules, and guidelines for government representatives
  3. to approve or pass
  4. opponents of the United States Constitution who did not want a strong national government
  5. supporters of the United States Constitution who wanted a strong national government
  6. more than half
  7. representative at a meeting, conference, or convention
  8. general agreement
  9. two houses of government (ex: Senate and House of Representatives)
  10. leader of the executive branch
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  1. the part of the government that enforces the laws
  2. the President’s power to reject a law proposed by Congress
  3. illegal according to the process of judicial review
  4. what the U.S. calls its legislative branch
  5. changes made to the Constitution
  6. the part of the government that interprets the laws and settles disagreements between the states
  7. the part of the government that makes the laws
  8. an idea for a law/a proposed law
  9. name for a judge on the Supreme Court
  10. Congress’s power to pass a law that a President vetoed with a 2/3's majority vote

20 Clues: more than half • general agreement • to approve or pass • leader of the executive branch • changes made to the Constitution • an idea for a law/a proposed law • name for a judge on the Supreme Court • what the U.S. calls its legislative branch • the part of the government that makes the laws • the part of the government that enforces the laws • ...

Unit 5 & 6 Vocabulary 2014-02-28

Unit 5 & 6 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Crisis United States government wanting to enforce tariffs and South Carolina’s authority to nullify such laws
  2. McClellan was an American medical doctor and a grandson of George McClellan, also a doctor
  3. Movement movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal
  4. Proclamation an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, to all segments of the Executive branch of the United State
  5. a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery
  6. Douglas united States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North
  7. Sovereignty a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the peopl
  8. "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee
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  1. the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil
  2. Proviso bold attempt by opponents of slavery to prevent its introduction in the territories purchased from Mexico following the Mexican War
  3. T. Sherman an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy
  4. restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being
  5. Plan an outline strategy for subduing the seceding states in the American Civil War
  6. Douglas United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln
  7. Slave Law The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory
  8. Tubman United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North
  9. S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States following his successful role as a general in the second half of the Civil War
  10. Browns Raid an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
  11. Scott vs. Sanford a black slave whose suit for freedom (1857) was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court on the grounds that a slave was not a citizen and therefore could not sue in a federal court
  12. occurring or existing before a particular war, esp. the American Civil War
  13. Sisters were 19th-century Southern American Quakers, educators and writers who were early advocates of abolitionism and women's rights
  14. E. Lee American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War

22 Clues: Movement movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal • a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery • occurring or existing before a particular war, esp. the American Civil War • the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil • ...

Age of Jackson Vocabulary 2024-12-03

Age of Jackson Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A northern American politician. He developed the American System as well as negotiated numerous compromises.
  2. the right to vote
  3. become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand.
  4. (1830) a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
  5. dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
  6. Location where the Cherokee Nation were relocated from Georgia during the Traill of Tears as a result of Andrew Jackson ignoring the supreme court ruling in Worchester v. Georgia
  7. to cancel
  8. Refers to the presidential election of 1824 in which Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, convinced the House of Representatives to elect Adams rather than Jackson.
  9. senate approves presidents appointments by majority vote, Appointment of a cabinet officer or someone of high importance is rarely turned down
  10. Famous American politician and orator. he advocated renewal and opposed the financial policy of Jackson. Many of the principles of finance he spoke about were later incorporated in the Federal Reserve System. Would later push for a strong union.
  11. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
  12. The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
  13. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  14. Supreme Court Decision - Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty - Jackson ignored it
  15. result of an expanded electorate; also a result of a growing interest in politics and a strengthening of party organization and party loyalty
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  1. the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population
  2. No one won a majority of electoral votes, so the House of Representatives had to decide among Adams, Jackson, and Clay. Clay dropped out and urged his supporters in the House to throw their votes behind Adams. Jackson and his followers were furious and accused Adams and Clay of a "corrupt bargain."
  3. Contrary to what is permitted by the constitution
  4. 1838-1840, The marches in which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from Georgia to the Indian Territory with thousands of Cherokee's dying on the way
  5. Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law
  6. Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams in this election, becoming our 7th President
  7. Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work.
  8. South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification
  9. A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
  10. A sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by the Ordinance of Nullification, an attempt by the state of South Carolina to nullify a federal law - the tariff of 1828 - passed by the United States Congress.
  11. One of the most colorful periods in the history of American politics, this era was a time during which sectional differences (states' rights, protective tariffs, and national bank) disrupted America's spirit of unity.
  12. To reverse or cancel something previously decided or ordered

27 Clues: to cancel • the right to vote • Contrary to what is permitted by the constitution • To reverse or cancel something previously decided or ordered • become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand. • Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams in this election, becoming our 7th President • ...

Famous African Americans 2023-06-19

Famous African Americans crossword puzzle
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  1. Douglass (Abolitionist and writer)
  2. Hughes (Poet and writer)
  3. Harris (Vice President of the United States)
  4. Angelou (Author and poet)
  5. Morrison (Author and Nobel laureate)
  6. Tubman (Abolitionist and activist)
  7. Williams (Tennis player)
  8. Truth (Abolitionist and women's rights activist)
  9. Kaepernick (Former NFL player and activist)
  10. X (Civil rights activist)
  11. Parks (Civil rights activist)
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  1. Rice (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
  2. Mandela (South African anti-apartheid revolutionary)
  3. Obama (44th President of the United States)
  4. Jordan (Basketball player)
  5. Parks (Civil rights activist)
  6. Luther King Jr. (Civil rights leader)
  7. (Singer and actress)
  8. Winfrey (Media mogul and philanthropist)
  9. Ali (Boxing legend and activist)

20 Clues: (Singer and actress) • Hughes (Poet and writer) • Williams (Tennis player) • Angelou (Author and poet) • X (Civil rights activist) • Jordan (Basketball player) • Parks (Civil rights activist) • Parks (Civil rights activist) • Ali (Boxing legend and activist) • Douglass (Abolitionist and writer) • Tubman (Abolitionist and activist) • Morrison (Author and Nobel laureate) • ...

Delight's Civil War 2019-05-22

Delight's Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Color of the north
  2. The man from Mississippi who became the president of the south during the civil war
  3. Bloodiest single day battle in American History
  4. First state to leave the union, also state where Fort Sumter was located
  5. Leader of Union army, Huge cigar smoker
  6. Last name of the man who killed Lincoln
  7. His real name was Thomas Jackson
  8. Merrimac and Monitor
  9. Color of the south
  10. Located on the River and State of Mississippi, this was the Confederate city that grant captured
  11. Sixteenth president during the civil war
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  1. The official word to leave the union of states
  2. Located in Virginia, this was the capital of the confederate states
  3. Theater that Lincoln was shot and killed in Washington DC
  4. The document that Lincoln issued freeing the slaves in 1863
  5. Commanded the confederates during the civil war
  6. Three day battle in Pennsylvania during hot July 1863, stopped the south from invading the north
  7. He was beaten with a cane in the US Senate
  8. First battle of the civil war
  9. The name for the southern states during the civil war
  10. Captured and hung following raid on Harpers Ferry
  11. another name for the northern states

22 Clues: Color of the north • Color of the south • Merrimac and Monitor • First battle of the civil war • His real name was Thomas Jackson • another name for the northern states • Leader of Union army, Huge cigar smoker • Last name of the man who killed Lincoln • Sixteenth president during the civil war • He was beaten with a cane in the US Senate • ...

Social Studies Final 2024-05-13

Social Studies Final crossword puzzle
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  1. Mountains that are the largest mountain range in the Western United States
  2. The state where the Mississippi River starts
  3. This act was an order to let British soldiers live in colonist homes
  4. The reason the British closed the Boston Harber
  5. Last name of Carrie Chapman - a woman who fought for suffrage
  6. Last name of General that was commander of the Confederate Army
  7. This was formed by the Southern states that wanted to protect States’ rights, keep slavery, and were angry with Lincoln being elected president
  8. The growth of cities during the twentieth century due to industrialization
  9. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 of these to the Constitution
  10. northerners and southerners disagreed about this should be allowed in new territories in the years before the Civil War
  11. The Movement where people like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. fought against racial segregation
  12. The War that was was the struggle between democratic nations, led by the United States, and communist nations, led by the Soviet Union, that lasted from 1945 to 1991
  13. Last name of the leader of the Union
  14. The Gulf where the Mississippi River ends after running 2,340 miles
  15. The 13th amendment banned this in the US and its territories
  16. Proclamation that freed all slaves who lived in slave states and territories
  17. One effect of the attacks of September 11, 2001 was the war on this
  18. The idea that the US would acquire many pieces of land between1803 and 1853
  19. Last name of Susan B. - a woman who fought for suffrage
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  1. This Compromise of 1820 was one thing that led to the Bleeding Kansas conflict
  2. The system where workers and landowners split the profits from the fields
  3. The name of the city and courthouse in Virginia where the Confederate Army surrendered to the Union
  4. The South developed this
  5. The process of balancing the government after Lincoln’s assassination providing help to former slaves, bringing the Confederate states back into the Union
  6. This Kansas- Act of 1854 was the other thing that led to the Bleeding Kansas conflict
  7. A time in U.S. history where Unemployed people stood in food lines for soup, coffee and other foods
  8. This were created so that the new central government of the US would not be too strong and powerful
  9. States of America - The South was called this during the Civil War
  10. the largest river in the United States
  11. The arms race during the Cold War lead people to this
  12. These people helped Harriet Tubman and wanted slavery to end
  13. The North developing these
  14. The North and South are two different types of these regions
  15. Last name of Elizabeth Cady - a woman who fought for suffrage
  16. The Movement to fight for the Right to Vote for Women
  17. The North was called this during the Civil War
  18. The Bleeding Kansas conflict show that compromises were not enough to hold this together
  19. Fought against the south

38 Clues: The South developed this • Fought against the south • The North developing these • Last name of the leader of the Union • the largest river in the United States • The state where the Mississippi River starts • The North was called this during the Civil War • The reason the British closed the Boston Harber • The arms race during the Cold War lead people to this • ...

Cold War Vocabulary 25 (no spaces) 2025-05-30

Cold War Vocabulary 25 (no spaces) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
  2. - idea that both sides would face certain destruction in a nuclear war
  3. - The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea. The USSR and China aided North Korea.
  4. - The collapse of colonial empires. Between 1947 and 1962, practically all former colonies in Asia and Africa gained independence.
  5. - 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
  6. - A prolonged war between the communist armies of North Vietnam (supported by the USSR and the China) and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam (supported by the United States)
  7. - A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
  8. - Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
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  1. - US policy to stop expansion of Soviet Union and Communism
  2. - A nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations
  3. - a "curtain" split between the democratic nations and communist nations
  4. - Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the United States that support each other if attacked.
  5. - A political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II.
  6. - an organization of the world's countries that promotes peace and security around the globe
  7. - A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)

15 Clues: - A nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations • - US policy to stop expansion of Soviet Union and Communism • - idea that both sides would face certain destruction in a nuclear war • - a "curtain" split between the democratic nations and communist nations • - A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union. • ...

TEST 4 - REVIEW [PERIOD 4] 2021-01-05

TEST 4 - REVIEW [PERIOD 4] crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___________________ is best defined as sharing of Power between the national government and the states
  2. One immediate result of Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan was the creation of a national __________________
  3. One reason President George Washington called for a policy of ______________ in the 1790s was to avoid United States participation in European wars
  4. The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) increased the power
  5. The main reason the ___________________ wanted to replace the Articles of Confederation was that the national government was too weak to solve the nation’s problems
  6. In his Farewell Address, President George Washington warned U.S. “to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world” because alliances could draw the United States into __________________
  7. Lewis and Clark expedition used __________________ systems to help them on their journey
  8. Purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France was in conflict with Jefferson’s belief in a _________________ interpretation of the Constitution
  9. The __________________ expedition (1803–1806) was important because it increased understanding of the area included in the Louisiana Purchase
  10. On the issue of creating a national bank, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton differed on whether to apply a strict or loose interpretation of the __________________
  11. President Thomas Jefferson decided to purchase the _______________ Territory in 1803 because it gave U.S. full control of the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River
  12. Holding a cabinet meeting at the White House is an example of the use of the __________________ constitution
  13. During the presidency of George Washington, disagreements between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson over the interpretation of the Constitution contributed to the formation of __________________
  14. the federal courts by establishing the principle of __________________
Down
  1. ___________________ opposed ratification of the United States Constitution until they were assured that a bill of rights would be added to the original document
  2. Secretary of the Treasury __________________ supported the creation of the Bank of the United States because it would help ensure the economic stability of the new nation
  3. President Washington creating the first __________________ illustrates the use of the unwritten constitution
  4. President George Washington’s leadership during the __________________ Rebellion (1794) was important because it showed the ability of the new government to enforce federal law
  5. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798) held that states could __________________ the Alien and Sedition Acts because these laws violated the Constitution
  6. At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the ___________________ and the Three-fifths Compromise both involved the issue of how individual states would be represented in the national government
  7. The system of __________________ was developed to prevent the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands
  8. The Supreme Court decision in __________________ (1803) strengthened the constitutional principle of separation of powers by establishing the Court’s right to review the constitutionality of federal laws
  9. A major reason for the issuance of the ____________________ Doctrine (1823) was to limit European influence in the Western Hemisphere
  10. The War of 1812 has been called the “Second War for American Independence” primarily because the __________________ had never fully respected the United States as a free nation
  11. Because the __________________ Ocean provided a buffer from European interference United States was able to maintain a foreign policy of neutrality throughout most of the 19th century
  12. A principle of government that is stated in the Preamble to the United States Constitution is that the power of government comes from the ___________________

26 Clues: the federal courts by establishing the principle of __________________ • The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) increased the power • Lewis and Clark expedition used __________________ systems to help them on their journey • ___________________ is best defined as sharing of Power between the national government and the states • ...

TEST 4 - REVIEW [PERIOD 9] 2021-01-05

TEST 4 - REVIEW [PERIOD 9] crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___________________ is best defined as sharing of Power between the national government and the states
  2. One immediate result of Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan was the creation of a national __________________
  3. One reason President George Washington called for a policy of ______________ in the 1790s was to avoid United States participation in European wars
  4. The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) increased the power
  5. The main reason the ___________________ wanted to replace the Articles of Confederation was that the national government was too weak to solve the nation’s problems
  6. In his Farewell Address, President George Washington warned U.S. “to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world” because alliances could draw the United States into __________________
  7. Lewis and Clark expedition used __________________ systems to help them on their journey
  8. Purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France was in conflict with Jefferson’s belief in a _________________ interpretation of the Constitution
  9. The __________________ expedition (1803–1806) was important because it increased understanding of the area included in the Louisiana Purchase
  10. On the issue of creating a national bank, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton differed on whether to apply a strict or loose interpretation of the __________________
  11. President Thomas Jefferson decided to purchase the _______________ Territory in 1803 because it gave U.S. full control of the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River
  12. Holding a cabinet meeting at the White House is an example of the use of the __________________ constitution
  13. During the presidency of George Washington, disagreements between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson over the interpretation of the Constitution contributed to the formation of __________________
  14. the federal courts by establishing the principle of __________________
Down
  1. ___________________ opposed ratification of the United States Constitution until they were assured that a bill of rights would be added to the original document
  2. Secretary of the Treasury __________________ supported the creation of the Bank of the United States because it would help ensure the economic stability of the new nation
  3. President Washington creating the first __________________ illustrates the use of the unwritten constitution
  4. President George Washington’s leadership during the __________________ Rebellion (1794) was important because it showed the ability of the new government to enforce federal law
  5. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798) held that states could __________________ the Alien and Sedition Acts because these laws violated the Constitution
  6. At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the ___________________ and the Three-fifths Compromise both involved the issue of how individual states would be represented in the national government
  7. The system of __________________ was developed to prevent the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands
  8. The Supreme Court decision in __________________ (1803) strengthened the constitutional principle of separation of powers by establishing the Court’s right to review the constitutionality of federal laws
  9. A major reason for the issuance of the ____________________ Doctrine (1823) was to limit European influence in the Western Hemisphere
  10. The War of 1812 has been called the “Second War for American Independence” primarily because the __________________ had never fully respected the United States as a free nation
  11. Because the __________________ Ocean provided a buffer from European interference United States was able to maintain a foreign policy of neutrality throughout most of the 19th century
  12. A principle of government that is stated in the Preamble to the United States Constitution is that the power of government comes from the ___________________

26 Clues: the federal courts by establishing the principle of __________________ • The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) increased the power • Lewis and Clark expedition used __________________ systems to help them on their journey • ___________________ is best defined as sharing of Power between the national government and the states • ...

Iron curtain 2025-05-08

Iron curtain crossword puzzle
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  1. War A geopolitical and ideological conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States, along with their respective allies, from the late 1940s to the early 1990s.
  2. A military alliance formed in 1949 by Western countries (including the US, UK, and France) to counter the Soviet threat.
  3. A period of intense anti-communist sentiment and government persecution in the United States during the 1950s, named after Senator Joseph McCarthy.
  4. Curtain A symbolic and physical division between Eastern Europe (Soviet-controlled) and Western Europe (democratic nations) during the Cold War.
  5. Pact A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies in response to NATO.
  6. Sphere of Influence – The regions under the political and military control of the Soviet Union, especially in Eastern Europe.
  7. States Countries that were nominally independent but heavily influenced or controlled by the Soviet Union, such as Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
  8. Wall A physical barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1961 to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin and, by extension, to the West.
  9. A period of easing tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1970s, marked by arms control agreements and increased diplomatic dialogue.
  10. Curtain Speech A famous speech delivered by Winston Churchill in 1946, where he coined the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of Europe.
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  1. Airlift A 1948-1949 operation by Western Allies to supply West Berlin with food and fuel after the Soviet Union blockaded the city.
  2. The United States' foreign policy strategy during the Cold War, aiming to prevent the spread of communism, particularly from the Soviet Union.
  3. Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s until 1964, known for his de-Stalinization efforts and more confrontational stance with the West.
  4. Bloc The group of democratic and capitalist countries aligned with the United States, including Western Europe, the United States, and Canada.
  5. Bloc Refers to the group of socialist states under the influence or control of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, including countries like East Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia.

15 Clues: Pact A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies in response to NATO. • A military alliance formed in 1949 by Western countries (including the US, UK, and France) to counter the Soviet threat. • ...

Foundations of American Government 2025-10-09

Foundations of American Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proposal favoring equal representation for all states.
  2. Idea that governments exist by the consent of the governed.
  3. Essays written to persuade states to ratify the Constitution
  4. Supported the Constitution and a strong central government
  5. 1776 document declaring American independence from Britain
  6. First plan of government for the U.S., weak central authority.
  7. First ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing personal freedoms
  8. A lawmaking body with only one house
  9. Combined Virginia and New Jersey plans; created two-house Congress
  10. Division of government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  11. Makes the Constitution the highest law of the land
  12. Counted enslaved people as partial population for representation and taxes
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  1. A lawmaking body made up of two chambers or houses
  2. System ensuring no branch of government becomes too powerful
  3. Alliance of independent states with a weak central government
  4. Powers specifically given to the federal government by the Constitution
  5. Power of the president to reject a bill passed by Congress
  6. Basic rights all humans are born with: life, liberty, property
  7. Powers kept by the states under the Constitution
  8. Opposed the Constitution and wanted a Bill of Rights added.
  9. Government structure dividing power between national and state levels
  10. Proposal favoring representation based on state population

22 Clues: A lawmaking body with only one house • Powers kept by the states under the Constitution • A lawmaking body made up of two chambers or houses • Makes the Constitution the highest law of the land • Proposal favoring equal representation for all states. • Supported the Constitution and a strong central government • ...

Antibiotics 2024-03-31

Antibiotics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. route of administration for penicillin g
  2. this agent can be ototoxic and nephrotoxic
  3. inhibits folic acid metabolism in bacteria
  4. a macrolide used for H. pylori
  5. bird and bat droppings, mainly lives in soil in the central and eastern states, particularly areas around the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys
  6. antipseudomonal penicillin
  7. tx for impetigo
  8. example of an aminoglycoside
  9. watch out for this body part with administration of a fluoroquinolone
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  1. tx for RMSF
  2. found in the southwest united states
  3. example of a gram negative diplococci
  4. risk of QT prolongation
  5. vancomycin infused too quickly can cause
  6. found in the south eastern region of the united states
  7. Prevalent in northeast and midwest
  8. penicillin very specific to MSSA

17 Clues: tx for RMSF • tx for impetigo • risk of QT prolongation • antipseudomonal penicillin • example of an aminoglycoside • a macrolide used for H. pylori • penicillin very specific to MSSA • Prevalent in northeast and midwest • found in the southwest united states • example of a gram negative diplococci • route of administration for penicillin g • ...

civil war crossword 2021-11-20

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
  2. American author and abolitionist.
  3. package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states
  4. Law was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers.
  5. enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
  6. 11th president of the usa
  7. widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
  8. territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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  1. was a United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state
  2. American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
  3. In the Treaty, Mexico agreed to surrender all claims to Texas and accept the Rio Grande as the boundary of that state.
  4. loyalty to ones own region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole.
  5. mini civil war between pro- and anti-slavery forces that occurred in Kansas from 1856 to 1865.
  6. 16th president of the united states

14 Clues: 11th president of the usa • American author and abolitionist. • 16th president of the united states • territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. • enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom • loyalty to ones own region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole. • ...

The Constitution;Donna 2019-04-25

The Constitution;Donna crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the branch that interprets the laws and Constitution
  2. The idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people
  3. A loose alliance of states
  4. Delegate who developed the Great Compromise
  5. Power given to separate branches
  6. Official approval of the Constitution
  7. the branch that enforce the laws
  8. A law that sets up a plan for surveying land west of the Appalachian Mountains
  9. Agreement that allowed states by the Constitutional Convention
  10. The division between federal and state governments
  11. Law that organized the Northwest Territories
  12. Anti-tax protest by farmers
  13. set of amendments
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  1. people opposed to ratification
  2. Supporters
  3. Agreement that allowed states to count three-fifths of their slave population
  4. A group selected to elect the president
  5. the branch that makes laws
  6. One of the leaders of the Constitutional Conversation
  7. essay written by federalists
  8. the set of laws that established the first government of the United States
  9. A government in which the people elect representatives to govern

22 Clues: Supporters • set of amendments • A loose alliance of states • the branch that makes laws • Anti-tax protest by farmers • essay written by federalists • people opposed to ratification • Power given to separate branches • the branch that enforce the laws • Official approval of the Constitution • A group selected to elect the president • Delegate who developed the Great Compromise • ...

Honors Gov. Anthony Valentine 2023-05-17

Honors Gov. Anthony Valentine crossword puzzle
Across
  1. disliked a strong federal government
  2. service a civic duty to be drafted
  3. Old Party The old name for Republicans
  4. This agreement helped southern states have greater representations in the house
  5. The first ten amendments of the Constitution
  6. Jeopardy Cannot be tried for the same crime twice
  7. You cannot do this under the 5th amendment
  8. obligations under citizenship of the United States
  9. the constitution rules over all
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  1. represents the states by population in congress
  2. The smallest geographical unit for voting
  3. a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by state and federal level
  4. An oath to be loyal and do right by the US govenrment
  5. Created the bicameral legislature in the US
  6. represents the states more equally with two from each state in congress
  7. Where the party announces their lead candidates for the general election
  8. Any means of casting a vote
  9. Powers not specified in the constitution
  10. Allows for commerse to regulate interstate trade
  11. A group of dictators

20 Clues: A group of dictators • Any means of casting a vote • the constitution rules over all • service a civic duty to be drafted • disliked a strong federal government • Old Party The old name for Republicans • Powers not specified in the constitution • The smallest geographical unit for voting • You cannot do this under the 5th amendment • ...

Vocab 2025-02-28

Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plan that called for a strong national government with three branches and two houses
  2. a plan that called for a strong national government with three branches and one house
  3. a 1787 law that setup a government for the northwest territory
  4. a plan at the constitutional convention that settled the differences between large and small states
  5. to put private individuals or companies in charge of something
  6. the first ten amendments of the United States constitution
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  1. a document that sets out the laws,principles,organization,and processes of a government
  2. an agreement that three-fifths of the enslaved people would count in a states population
  3. a period when business activity slow,prices and wages fall,and unemployment rises
  4. a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes
  5. to give up
  6. of confederation the first American constitution,passed in 1777,which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states
  7. a meeting of representatives from all states except Rhode island to revise the articles of confederation
  8. a solution to which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement
  9. money

15 Clues: money • to give up • the first ten amendments of the United States constitution • a 1787 law that setup a government for the northwest territory • to put private individuals or companies in charge of something • a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes • a solution to which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement • ...

Republic Day 2023-01-18

Republic Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Republic Day parade starts from
  2. Concept of republic borrowed from constitution of which country
  3. India's highest military decoration
  4. First President of India
  5. National Song of India
  6. Takes Salute at the Grand Parade on Republic Day
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  1. Concept of parliamentary government borrowed from constitution of which country
  2. Country with the longest constitution
  3. 26th Jan is National Day of which country
  4. Father Of Indian Constitution
  5. Republic Day parade Ends at
  6. Concept of 5 year plan borrowed from constitution of which country
  7. Who unfurls the National Flag in Republic Day ceremony in the state capitals

13 Clues: National Song of India • First President of India • Republic Day parade Ends at • Father Of Indian Constitution • Republic Day parade starts from • India's highest military decoration • Country with the longest constitution • 26th Jan is National Day of which country • Takes Salute at the Grand Parade on Republic Day • ...

civil war vocabulary 2021-12-08

civil war vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Blockade one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to
  2. of 1850 legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the
  3. Platform established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
  4. the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other
  5. of 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
  6. the action of southern states to leave the Union
  7. March to the Sea a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
  8. a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law that the state has considered unconstitutional
  9. in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
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  1. most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
  2. the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the
  3. as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
  4. Atlanta Campaign battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely
  5. Rights the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
  6. states returned to the Union
  7. Scott case Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
  8. battle that was the largest Union
  9. Proclamation proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
  10. Bureau federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in

19 Clues: states returned to the Union • battle that was the largest Union • the action of southern states to leave the Union • as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed • the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the • March to the Sea a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • ...

Gasses and Phase Changes 2023-05-10

Gasses and Phase Changes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gas law that states V1/n1=V2/n2
  2. way to find a missing variable through mole ratio, converted units, or the assumptions of a gas at STP
  3. on the heating curve, the change from point D to E
  4. law that states that the sum of individual pressures of each gas in a mixture equals the total pressure
  5. solid to gas transformation
  6. gas law that states V1/T1=V2/T2
  7. law that states that PV=nRT
  8. theory that has two points: matter is made up of particles and particles are always moving
  9. solid to liquid transformation
  10. gas law that states P1V1=P2V2
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  1. substance spreading out across a concentration gradient until evenly distributed
  2. law that relates the speed of a gas to its molar mass with the equation rateA/rateB=√MB/√MA
  3. liquid to solid transformation
  4. on heating curve, the change from point E to D
  5. gas law that states P1/T1=P2/T2
  6. the assumptions of particles are hard round spheres; particles aren't attracted to one another; individual particles don't take up space; particle collisions are perfectly elastic are of what?
  7. passage of a gas through a tiny opening in a barrier
  8. gas to solid transformation
  9. gas law that states (P1V1)/T1=(P2V2)/T2

19 Clues: solid to gas transformation • gas to solid transformation • law that states that PV=nRT • gas law that states P1V1=P2V2 • liquid to solid transformation • solid to liquid transformation • gas law that states V1/n1=V2/n2 • gas law that states P1/T1=P2/T2 • gas law that states V1/T1=V2/T2 • gas law that states (P1V1)/T1=(P2V2)/T2 • on heating curve, the change from point E to D • ...

The American Revolution (Ronald Oldenburg) 2024-02-13

The American Revolution (Ronald Oldenburg) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. British general in charge of the British army.
  2. In the treaty of Paris the western boundaries ended at the ______ river
  3. This guy rode his horse at night and told everybody that the British were coming.
  4. The place were the British surrendered and lost the war.
  5. A petition sent to king George as a last chance to prevent the war
  6. What could the states not inforce but can only ask for?
  7. The war that this crossword is about
  8. Who saw the United States as a future world power?
  9. General in charge of the United states army
  10. The treaty that ended the war.
  11. alexander Hamilton saw the united states as ____ _____ _____
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  1. people who were against leaving Britain and starting a war.
  2. Militias that would be ready to fight in a minutes notice.
  3. Each ____ shall have one vote when voting
  4. People who were willing to go to war for their rights.
  5. this country helped us win the war.
  6. The "Turning Point" in the war
  7. This guy wrote common sense and the American crisis.
  8. One of the best generals who became a traitor for not getting proper credit
  9. Who wrote the dictionary?

20 Clues: Who wrote the dictionary? • The "Turning Point" in the war • The treaty that ended the war. • this country helped us win the war. • The war that this crossword is about • Each ____ shall have one vote when voting • General in charge of the United states army • British general in charge of the British army. • Who saw the United States as a future world power? • ...

Chapter 6, Sections 3 and 4 2024-04-26

Chapter 6, Sections 3 and 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Also known as Swamp Fox
  2. Country that was affected by the American Revolution
  3. Daniel Morgan won a clear victory at the Battle of _________
  4. Battle of ____________ ended the Revolutionary War
  5. To sign up for duty
  6. The United States extended west towards the _________ River
  7. Cornwallis wanted to ________ his troops in Yorktown
  8. The United States extended north towards __________
  9. General _______ split his army in two.
  10. An American traitor
  11. person who betrays his or her country or cause and helps the other side
  12. armed civilian ships that had their government's permission to attack energy ships and keep their goods
  13. Commander of the American navy
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  1. Paper money
  2. fighters who work in small bands to make hit-and-run attacks
  3. British general who surrendered during the Battle of Yorktown
  4. Fought beyond the Appalachian Mountains
  5. The United States extended east towards the _____________ Ocean
  6. Treaty of ____________
  7. The United States extended south towards ___________
  8. Took over farms and businesses during the war
  9. Britain offered enslaved African Americans _______ in return for fighting in the war
  10. American ships were ________ than British ships
  11. Louisiana governor
  12. People not in the military
  13. Who helped the Americans in trapping Cornwallis?

26 Clues: Paper money • Louisiana governor • To sign up for duty • An American traitor • Treaty of ____________ • Also known as Swamp Fox • People not in the military • Commander of the American navy • General _______ split his army in two. • Fought beyond the Appalachian Mountains • Took over farms and businesses during the war • American ships were ________ than British ships • ...

The Jackson Era 2023-03-28

The Jackson Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What removed the Indians from their land
  2. the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums
  3. political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
  4. the vice president of Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
  5. hero of the War of 1812
  6. Party members choose candidates.
  7. a conservative political party that existed in the United States during the middle 19th century
  8. 7th president of the united states
  9. second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States
  10. this movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation.
  11. Term for state banks selected by the U.S. department of treasury.
Down
  1. 800 mile forced march
  2. An official public meeting of a party to choose candidates for office.
  3. This system gives government jobs to people.
  4. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.
  5. Political party which favored state's rights and weaker central gov.- followers of Jackson
  6. A person who represents others.
  7. the principles of the United States Law.
  8. This group met in the kitchen of the white house
  9. name they called Andrew Jackson

20 Clues: 800 mile forced march • hero of the War of 1812 • A person who represents others. • name they called Andrew Jackson • Party members choose candidates. • 7th president of the united states • What removed the Indians from their land • the principles of the United States Law. • This system gives government jobs to people. • This group met in the kitchen of the white house • ...

Brendan 2023-03-05

Brendan crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How the best italian skier starts her social posts
  2. Giovanni in certe settimane
  3. Dating pre-requisite
  4. Gli sci
  5. Chilometri attorno al lago
  6. L'autore della citazione sulla tua tesi
  7. Pompieri
  8. The most wanted document
  9. Miocuggino gioca a calcio meglio di…
  10. Il papà del lab su skype
  11. La mascotte UF
  12. Il tuo orologio da polso (da scrivere in francese)
Down
  1. The only whatsapp group that cannot be searched for
  2. Compleanno
  3. Sounds like a beer name, she likes touching deadlines
  4. La bici prediletta
  5. The most visited website in the last 6 monthes
  6. Your first supervisor
  7. Ha scalato l'Everest 2 volte in un giorno
  8. Tappa del Tour de France
  9. Best dance
  10. Your test according to Michelle
  11. C'è quello dei pompieri e quello sulle vette
  12. Il miglior colore (in francese)

24 Clues: Gli sci • Pompieri • Compleanno • Best dance • La mascotte UF • La bici prediletta • Dating pre-requisite • Your first supervisor • Tappa del Tour de France • The most wanted document • Il papà del lab su skype • Chilometri attorno al lago • Giovanni in certe settimane • Your test according to Michelle • Il miglior colore (in francese) • Miocuggino gioca a calcio meglio di… • ...

NHL Teams 2021-05-04

NHL Teams crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crosby owns you
  2. Storm Surge
  3. Kesler held pad
  4. Alec Martinez
  5. Finals run was lucky
  6. Caufield
  7. Best Core
  8. Won a cup after being good for 6 years straight
  9. Started Riots
  10. Hot Garbage
  11. John Tavares
  12. Jackets Your best player.. is Seth Jones
  13. Same as Nashville
Down
  1. One good year
  2. *No one cheering*
  3. Knights Always been good
  4. Never been good
  5. The best team in the NHL
  6. Binnington was a one year wonder
  7. Bouman is terrible
  8. Best potential
  9. The team who stole all of Vancouver's players
  10. 2019 Finals
  11. ROTY is 24
  12. Gonna be terrible in 3 years
  13. Leafs First Round
  14. Patrick Kane is your father
  15. Moves around too much
  16. Who?
  17. Wings Not the 2000's anymore
  18. Drafted Terrible
  19. Erik Karlsson

32 Clues: Who? • Caufield • Best Core • ROTY is 24 • Storm Surge • 2019 Finals • Hot Garbage • John Tavares • One good year • Alec Martinez • Started Riots • Erik Karlsson • Best potential • Never been good • Crosby owns you • Kesler held pad • Drafted Terrible • *No one cheering* • Leafs First Round • Same as Nashville • Bouman is terrible • Finals run was lucky • Moves around too much • Knights Always been good • ...

States And Geography Info 2021-09-14

States And Geography Info crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where Zack goes to in Michigan
  2. Settled by the Spanish
  3. Springfield
  4. The other citrus fruit from Florida
  5. This crop is used to make bread
  6. Florida had a lot of this citrus fruit
  7. Area between mountains
Down
  1. Indianapolis
  2. West coast state
  3. Indiana, Illinois and Iowa have a lot of this crop
  4. This fruit is grown in California
  5. Great Lake

12 Clues: Great Lake • Springfield • Indianapolis • West coast state • Settled by the Spanish • Area between mountains • Where Zack goes to in Michigan • This crop is used to make bread • This fruit is grown in California • The other citrus fruit from Florida • Florida had a lot of this citrus fruit • Indiana, Illinois and Iowa have a lot of this crop