states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Cold War Crossword 2024-05-06

Cold War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Dictator of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  2. Assassinated John F. Kennedy in Houston
  3. President that negoiated a peace deal between Israel and Egypt
  4. Trials that would convict German war criminals for their actions during WW2
  5. U.S. senator that accused scores of government officials of being communists
  6. Country that collapsed in 1991
  7. First major proxy war fought between the Soviet Union and the United States
  8. Was president when WW2 ended
  9. President that got impeached because of Watergate Scandal
  10. Financial plan that would aim at rebuilding Western Europe
  11. Was president when Mikhail Gorbachev took over the Soviet Union
  12. Soviet satelite that triggered the Space Race
  13. Proxy war fought between the Soviet Union and United States in Southeast Asia
  14. Japanese Emperor that was hanged after WW2
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  1. First president to acknowledge the arms race
  2. Structure that came to symbolize the Cold War
  3. Was assassinated and the youngest US president
  4. Gave veterans financial aid for a higher level of education
  5. President that banned the use of nuclear weapons in Earth's orbit
  6. President that pardoned Nixon after taking office
  7. Soviet Union put nuclear missiles within range of the United States
  8. Became president at the beginning of the end of the Cold War
  9. International organization designed to prevent another major conflict
  10. North Vietnamese attempt at winning the war that caused U.S. opinion of the war to decline
  11. Term for the exponential growth of United States population after WW2
  12. Established the voting age at 18 years old
  13. United States attempt at overthrowing Fidel Castro

27 Clues: Was president when WW2 ended • Country that collapsed in 1991 • Assassinated John F. Kennedy in Houston • Established the voting age at 18 years old • Japanese Emperor that was hanged after WW2 • First president to acknowledge the arms race • Structure that came to symbolize the Cold War • Soviet satelite that triggered the Space Race • ...

U.S. Grography 2021-09-30

U.S. Grography crossword puzzle
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  1. Island state
  2. California, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona border this country
  3. federal capital
  4. third most populous country in the world
  5. Ocean to the west of the United States
  6. largest river in the U.S.
  7. The capital city of Texas
  8. U.S. territory that belonged to Spain
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  1. territory in the Pacific
  2. territory in the Atlantic
  3. This river flows across the middle of the United States from Minnesota to Louisiana
  4. Mexico is __________ of the U.S.
  5. mountain range on the Eastern side of the U.S.
  6. Canada is _________ of the U.S.
  7. the number of states bordering the country North of the U.S.
  8. important landmark in New York
  9. Ocean to the east of the United States

17 Clues: Island state • federal capital • territory in the Pacific • territory in the Atlantic • largest river in the U.S. • The capital city of Texas • important landmark in New York • Canada is _________ of the U.S. • Mexico is __________ of the U.S. • U.S. territory that belonged to Spain • Ocean to the east of the United States • Ocean to the west of the United States • ...

Alijah Birmingham 2020-12-17

Alijah Birmingham crossword puzzle
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  1. A plan unsuccessfully proposed at the constitutional convention providing a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
  2. he was the aid to George Washington and was a founding father.
  3. guaranteed black men the right to vote.
  4. great Britain and the thirteen colonies go to war during the american revolutionary war the american colonist win.
  5. ended the war between the united states and mexico mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory including parts of Arizona, California, new mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada,and Utah.
  6. acts of trade and navigation, English laws that regulated English ships, shipping,trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies.
  7. Britain gets taxed for sugar.
  8. regulated land rights on tribal territories within the united states. The president of the united states could subdivide native american tribal.
  9. helped black and whites in the south after the civil war.
  10. provided federal subsides in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across across the u.s. They were called the union pacific and the central pacific.
  11. the king who taxed the colonists and was unfair to them.
  12. A peaceful protest by the sons of liberty they dumped the old tea that the king gave them.
  13. acres of land that produces one or two cash crops for sale.
  14. two railroad companies the union pacific and the central pacific, to construct the lines "men of talent, men of character, men who are willing to invest" nations first.
  15. British saw the american colonists as tenants who paid rent by providing materials for Britain to use.
  16. state and local laws that that enforced racial segregation in the southern united states.
  17. A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state through elected representatives.
  18. they helped free slaves.
  19. Americas force crushes British hessian forces, Washington raided across the Delaware river.
  20. a document created for the king to tell them they want to be independent from him.
  21. granted citizenship to people who had been enslaved.
  22. laid by fur traders and trappers and was only passable by foot or by horseback.
  23. a war between Britain and the united states they fought because of British violations of america shipping rights.
  24. he led the colonist to victory for independence and he was the first president of the united states.
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  1. made by president Lincoln to say that all slaves under the confederacy were from then on forever free.
  2. The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
  3. volunteers attack Cheyenne and Arapaho people thinking that they are worriers but are women and children.
  4. The Louisiana purchase made america bigger and was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi river.
  5. a conflict between mexico and america because of the annexation of the republic of Texas and where Texas ended at the Nueces river or the Rio grande.
  6. Britain against the french and their native american allies, part of their conflict known in Europe was the seven year war.
  7. Abolished slavery.
  8. the belief of expansion ocean to ocean.
  9. the place where Robert e lee surrendered and ended the american civil war.
  10. an abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer.
  11. it allowed slavery to be legal in all states and he could not sue because he was not a citizen.
  12. people to decide on policy initiatives directly. representative democracies.
  13. Custer and his men fight to the death against sitting bulls Lakota and Cheyenne.
  14. declared by the British crown at the end of the french and Indian war in north america.
  15. a plan proposed at the constitutional covention, providing for a legislation of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
  16. the route where america forced native americans to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi river.
  17. a founding father and the third president of the united states.
  18. A tax on the legal recognition of documents.
  19. the first ten amendments to the us constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech, assembly, and worship.
  20. assassinated the president of the united states Abraham Lincoln.
  21. to remove or break away as the southern states did from the union.

45 Clues: Abolished slavery. • they helped free slaves. • Britain gets taxed for sugar. • guaranteed black men the right to vote. • the belief of expansion ocean to ocean. • A tax on the legal recognition of documents. • granted citizenship to people who had been enslaved. • the king who taxed the colonists and was unfair to them. • ...

civics 2024-03-21

civics crossword puzzle
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  1. created by the government and gives them certain powers
  2. people who fill lawsuits
  3. money given to states to help them pay for some programs
  4. when a governor pardons a criminal
  5. early release from prison
  6. shared between the federal government and the states
  7. murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking can give you this
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  1. handle minor cases like traffic violations
  2. person who is getting sued
  3. judge that handles less serious crimes
  4. areas divided based on population
  5. one house legislature
  6. unequally represented in state legislature
  7. examples are minor theft or breaking and entering
  8. two house legislature
  9. powers given to the states
  10. 43 governors have the power to veto parts of a bill
  11. state population count every ten years
  12. cases a group take legal action against another group less than 1000$

19 Clues: one house legislature • two house legislature • people who fill lawsuits • early release from prison • person who is getting sued • powers given to the states • areas divided based on population • when a governor pardons a criminal • judge that handles less serious crimes • state population count every ten years • handle minor cases like traffic violations • ...

AP Unit One Constitution Review 2021-09-27

AP Unit One Constitution Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Those opposing the Constitution
  2. Discusses the amendment process
  3. Amendment dealing with the Electoral College
  4. Required form of state government
  5. Father of the Constitution
  6. Originally proposed as the 2nd Amendment
  7. Body that chooses the President
  8. Direct election of Senators
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  1. Addresses the ratification process
  2. Addresses the Judicial Branch
  3. Addresses the Executive Branch
  4. Highlights relations between the states
  5. Contained in 5th and 14th Amendments
  6. Contains the Supremacy Clause
  7. Fraction common to override and proposal
  8. Repealed Prohibition
  9. Sets date for Inauguration
  10. Reserves powers to the states
  11. Essays in favor of the Constitution
  12. Number of states needed to ratify to be in force
  13. Addresses the Legislative Branch
  14. First described in the 14th Amendment
  15. Limits President to two terms

23 Clues: Repealed Prohibition • Sets date for Inauguration • Father of the Constitution • Direct election of Senators • Addresses the Judicial Branch • Contains the Supremacy Clause • Reserves powers to the states • Limits President to two terms • Addresses the Executive Branch • Those opposing the Constitution • Discusses the amendment process • Body that chooses the President • ...

Unit 1 Review Game- Krohn 2020-01-27

Unit 1 Review Game- Krohn crossword puzzle
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  1. One of Thomas' five ways that states that there must be an end to all things and the end of the world would be God.
  2. How we communicate ourselves with God
  3. interacts with humanity as a human and gives us his new law
  4. Goes from persecuting to evangelizing
  5. I believe
  6. The word of God entrusted in the apostles to carry on
  7. In scripture, when we read it carefully we get his message.
  8. Knowledge though testimony, just trusting in what someone else has told you.
  9. Through the human person or though natural God reveals himself to us
  10. He wrote the 5 Ways that proved God is real.
  11. A part of the Bible that shows interaction between God and humanity
  12. The primary way we communicate with God.
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  1. Drops his net and follows Jesus
  2. A faith that is beyond reason.
  3. What God wants with us, the only way we can get to know him
  4. The people who continue his message
  5. One of Thomas' five ways, and it states that there must be a "most perfect" being and that would be God
  6. God communicating himself to us.
  7. The teaching of the bishops and Pope
  8. The Eucharist and reconciliation
  9. The final revelation
  10. One of the five ways, it states that things are moved by other things that are in motion
  11. One way Jesus is present, in the community of his people
  12. Another one of the five ways that states that effects come from a cause

24 Clues: I believe • The final revelation • A faith that is beyond reason. • Drops his net and follows Jesus • God communicating himself to us. • The Eucharist and reconciliation • The people who continue his message • The teaching of the bishops and Pope • How we communicate ourselves with God • Goes from persecuting to evangelizing • The primary way we communicate with God. • ...

Chapter 11 Vocabulary 2013-01-05

Chapter 11 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Organization involved in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers.
  2. The agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
  3. To bring into harmony, accord, or agreement.
  4. International governance of many nations.
  5. Radically new, or innovative, beyond established principles, procedures, etc.
  6. A type of organization that the government does not have charge of.
  7. The first organization to be based on the principles of supranationalism.
  8. Agreement for free trade.
  9. The co-operation among nations, for the promotion of their common good.
  10. An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty.
  11. A person, group, or nation's act to make peace.
  12. Organization composed primarily of sovereign states that are referred to as member states.
  13. A leadership or predominant influence of one nation to another.
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  1. International governance of two nations.
  2. An economic and political union of 27 states located primarily in Europe.
  3. An organized political community.
  4. Organic compound that contains only carbon, chlorine, hydrogen, and fluorine.
  5. An international organization that was originally created as part of the Bretton Woods system exchange agreement in 1944.
  6. An organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade.
  7. Favourable to progress or reform.
  8. The antonym for multilateralism.
  9. Agreements and/or policies that favour the regionalization and/or co-operation between nations within a continent.
  10. Humanitarian principles and/or practices.
  11. The maintenance of international peace and security.
  12. Isolating one's country from the affairs of another by declining to enter into alliances.

25 Clues: Agreement for free trade. • The antonym for multilateralism. • An organized political community. • Favourable to progress or reform. • International governance of two nations. • International governance of many nations. • Humanitarian principles and/or practices. • To bring into harmony, accord, or agreement. • A person, group, or nation's act to make peace. • ...

Meteorolgy 2022-03-17

Meteorolgy crossword puzzle
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  1. This is an air mass that brings very dry and hot weather to the united states
  2. cool and wet weather to the
  3. in this type of pressure system, you will experience warm and moist weather
  4. This is an air mass that generally brings cool, dry weather to the united states
  5. This is an air mass that brings
  6. lines that connect areas of similar air pressure on a weather map
  7. This type of front forms when a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses.
  8. A short term state of the atmosphere.
  9. in this type of pressure system, you will experience sunny and clear skies with cool temperatures
  10. This type of front forms when cold air moves under warm air
  11. states
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  1. A severe storm that develops over a tropical ocean.
  2. The temperature in which a gas condenses into a liquid.
  3. The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
  4. This type of front forms when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass and little to no movement occurs.
  5. A destructive, rotating column of air that touches the ground
  6. A boundary between air masses of different densities and usually different temperatures.
  7. A large body of air where the temperature and moisture are constant throughout
  8. This air mass develops over water and brings warm humid weather to the united states.
  9. This type of front forms when warm air moves over cold air

20 Clues: states • cool and wet weather to the • This is an air mass that brings • A short term state of the atmosphere. • A severe storm that develops over a tropical ocean. • The temperature in which a gas condenses into a liquid. • This type of front forms when warm air moves over cold air • This type of front forms when cold air moves under warm air • ...

Constitution & the creation of the Constitution 2022-02-16

Constitution & the creation of the Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. __________ of religion
  2. people can _________ peacefully (Amendment 1)
  3. most powerful court in the Judicial Department
  4. _________ III discusses the judicial branch
  5. crimes are tried in the __________ where they are committed (Amendment 6)
  6. department headed by the President
  7. a written plan of government
  8. addition or change in the Constitution
  9. "We the _________ of the United States..."
  10. the 13th Amendment forbid owning one
  11. Legislative or "____________" branch
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  1. Article VI says the U.S. will pay it`s ___
  2. must be 35 or older, a natural-born citizen, and a U.S. resident for 14 years
  3. ________ of Representatives
  4. must be at least 30 and 9 years a citizen
  5. people have the _________ to a speedy trial
  6. the 15th Amendment enabled blacks to _________
  7. the United States Constitution replaced the Articles of ______________
  8. "no ________ and unusual punishments" (Amendment 8)

19 Clues: __________ of religion • ________ of Representatives • a written plan of government • department headed by the President • the 13th Amendment forbid owning one • Legislative or "____________" branch • addition or change in the Constitution • must be at least 30 and 9 years a citizen • Article VI says the U.S. will pay it`s ___ • "We the _________ of the United States..." • ...

U.S. History 2023-05-24

U.S. History crossword puzzle
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  1. The isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
  2. Pride or devotion to ones country.
  3. The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
  4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  5. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
  6. Process of becoming part of another culture.
  7. To withdraw from membership in a group.
  8. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United States pursued an aggressive policy of expansionism, extending its political and economic influence around the globe.
  9. Was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines.
  10. A number of persons, states, etc., joined or associated together for some common purpose.
  11. To bring in from a foreign country.
  12. The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale.
  13. To reject
  14. A formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
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  1. An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
  2. A popular term used to refer to the economic policies of Ronald Reagan.
  3. A major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970's, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, involving Richard Nixon trying to cover-up.
  4. Is a relationship of parity between the two levels of government established.
  5. To do away with or put an end to.
  6. An alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose.
  7. A minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.
  8. Person who wanted to preserve the United States for white, American-born Protestants and who was opposed to immigration.
  9. To come to live in a new country.
  10. The right to vote.

24 Clues: To reject • The right to vote. • To do away with or put an end to. • To come to live in a new country. • Pride or devotion to ones country. • North Atlantic Treaty Organization. • To bring in from a foreign country. • To withdraw from membership in a group. • Process of becoming part of another culture. • The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale. • ...

July 2024: Restoration Ignites! 2024-01-18

July 2024: Restoration Ignites! crossword puzzle
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  1. what the bald eagle symbolizes in america
  2. the first president of the united states
  3. the national flower of the united states
  4. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
  5. which country gifted the united states the statue of liberty?
  6. the national emblem of the united states
  7. there are 50 of them on the american flag
  8. the liberty ______
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  1. who is the author of the declaration of independence?
  2. the number of stripes on the american flag
  3. the rapid oxidation of a material that releases heat, light, and flames
  4. full of light; shining intensely
  5. the ________ of liberty
  6. the national _______ is sung before events
  7. the second president of the united states

15 Clues: the liberty ______ • the ________ of liberty • full of light; shining intensely • the first president of the united states • the national flower of the united states • the national emblem of the united states • what the bald eagle symbolizes in america • there are 50 of them on the american flag • the second president of the united states • ...

Geography survey the USA 2025-11-01

Geography survey the USA crossword puzzle
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  1. The only U.S. state that is a tropical archipelago.
  2. The ocean that borders the eastern coast of the United States.
  3. A vast region of flat grassland in the central United States, known for agriculture.
  4. The largest U.S. state, located in the far northwest of North America.
  5. The southernmost U.S. state, famous for its coastline and warm climate.
  6. A large arid region between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada.
  7. The major mountain system running through western North America from New Mexico to Alaska.
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  1. The mountain range in eastern California containing the highest peak in contiguous U.S.
  2. The hottest and driest national park in the U.S., located in California.
  3. The largest ocean in the world, bordering the western United States.
  4. The major mountain system stretching along western North and South America.
  5. A high plateau region in central Alaska drained by the Yukon River.
  6. The country that forms the northern border of the contiguous United States.
  7. The country that forms the southern border of the United States.

14 Clues: The only U.S. state that is a tropical archipelago. • The ocean that borders the eastern coast of the United States. • The country that forms the southern border of the United States. • A large arid region between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada. • A high plateau region in central Alaska drained by the Yukon River. • ...

venezuela 2022-03-22

venezuela crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the official language in Venezuela
  2. which country is the largest donor of humanitarian aid
  3. politician that protested against Maduro
  4. what country did Venezuela separate from
  5. what is the most poverty stricken country in latin america
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  1. term used for a country reliant on oil
  2. What color is the middle stripe in the flag
  3. what was the province that was added to the flag in 2006
  4. the decline in oil lead to what
  5. political leader that died in 2013
  6. the increase of price but the decrease in value
  7. whats the cities capitals
  8. political leader that was elected in 2013

13 Clues: whats the cities capitals • the decline in oil lead to what • political leader that died in 2013 • term used for a country reliant on oil • politician that protested against Maduro • what country did Venezuela separate from • political leader that was elected in 2013 • What is the official language in Venezuela • What color is the middle stripe in the flag • ...

Tour The World Official Crossword! 2022-04-26

Tour The World Official Crossword! crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital of South Sudan
  2. The only country the US has a travel ban on (no spaces)
  3. The country with 3 capitals (no spaces)
  4. The last country said in "Tour the World" by Renald Francouver
  5. The country that only issues business visas
  6. The place with 0 people per square mile
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  1. Capital of Equatorial Guinea
  2. The amount of countries that have "South"
  3. The only fully recognized country not in the United Nations
  4. The amount of countries that have "Guinea"
  5. The topic of Isahi's magazine (check editorial page)
  6. The first country said in "Tour the World" by Renald Francouver
  7. The squarest country, according to Map Men

13 Clues: Capital of South Sudan • Capital of Equatorial Guinea • The country with 3 capitals (no spaces) • The place with 0 people per square mile • The amount of countries that have "South" • The amount of countries that have "Guinea" • The squarest country, according to Map Men • The country that only issues business visas • The topic of Isahi's magazine (check editorial page) • ...

The Space Race 2025-05-28

The Space Race crossword puzzle
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  1. The winner of the first initial victories of the Space Race (First man in space, first woman in space, etc.)
  2. The type of race the Space Race was previously known as
  3. The overall conflict between the Soviet Union and United States
  4. The first satellite in space, launched by the Soviet Union (Hint: ___ 1)
  5. The location in space that both the United States and the Soviet Union wanted to reach
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  1. The amount of years the Space Race lasted
  2. The winner of the Space Race
  3. A cooperative space station made by both the United States and Russia
  4. The first name of the leader of the Soviet Union during the Space Race
  5. The number of men on the mission that landed the first men on the Moon
  6. The abbreviation for the Soviet Union
  7. The company that launched the mission that landed the first men on the moon
  8. The mission that landed the United States on the moon (Hint: ___11)
  9. The missiles created by the United States and the Soviet Union
  10. The last name of the first man on the moon in 1969

15 Clues: The winner of the Space Race • The abbreviation for the Soviet Union • The amount of years the Space Race lasted • The last name of the first man on the moon in 1969 • The type of race the Space Race was previously known as • The missiles created by the United States and the Soviet Union • The overall conflict between the Soviet Union and United States • ...

Alisha Varghese Texas History Crossword 2021-05-03

Alisha Varghese Texas History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Southern States that left the United States
  2. Someone who brought families over to Texas and sold them land.
  3. One of the four regions of Texas. Frisco is located here.
  4. An association that is a driving force in fighting race-based discrimination in the United States. Their mission is to achieve a fully integrated society with equal rights for all.
  5. Government ruled by one person with unlimited power.
  6. The capital of Texas.
  7. The right to vote.
  8. A Spanish mission that later became a military fort
  9. A branch of government that decides whether a law is constitutional or not.
  10. Built by Spain to control and colonize Texas. Also used to convert Native Americans to Catholicism.
  11. Number one cash crop in the South during the 1800s.
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  1. Economic struggle post WW1 that affected the world.
  2. First ten amendments of the Constitution.
  3. American belief of moving west and gaining land.
  4. A European explorer.
  5. Non-violent disobeying of laws.
  6. 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated slaves.
  7. Caring more about your section than the whole.
  8. A non-violent protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
  9. Moving from a small farm to a big city

20 Clues: The right to vote. • A European explorer. • The capital of Texas. • Non-violent disobeying of laws. • Moving from a small farm to a big city • First ten amendments of the Constitution. • Southern States that left the United States • Caring more about your section than the whole. • American belief of moving west and gaining land. • ...

World Geography 2024-05-16

World Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. Country south of the United States
  2. Largest river in the world
  3. The movement of people from one area to another
  4. Second largest river in the world
  5. Largest continent on earth
  6. Country north of the United States
  7. Type of government that is ruled by a king or queen
  8. What country has the tallest pyramids in the world
  9. Tallest mountain the world
  10. Ocean that is to the west of the United States
  11. Type of government where the person in charge is in complete control and can do whatever they want
  12. Country shaped like a boot kicking a soccer ball
  13. Continent that is 4 letters
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  1. Continent that we live on
  2. Continent that is home to Great Britain and France
  3. Tallest Mountain range in the world
  4. Contient that is directly south of us, home of countries such as Brazil and Argentina
  5. Ocean that is to the east of the United States
  6. The only continent with zero countries and no people living there
  7. The only continent that is it's own country
  8. Type of government where the people vote for who they want to lead them
  9. Largest country in the world by land mass
  10. largest hot desert in the world

23 Clues: Continent that we live on • Largest river in the world • Largest continent on earth • Tallest mountain the world • Continent that is 4 letters • largest hot desert in the world • Second largest river in the world • Country south of the United States • Country north of the United States • Tallest Mountain range in the world • Largest country in the world by land mass • ...

Madison and the early republic 2024-10-31

Madison and the early republic crossword puzzle
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  1. __________ votes out of 13 would be needed to pass laws
  2. taxation without ___________________
  3. Hamilton felt that the nation needed a strong but limited....
  4. place where British surrendered to the the colonies
  5. where the first shots of the civil war took place
  6. Under the A of C, the _______________ would tax and pay money for debts
  7. Commander and Chief of the Continental Army
  8. James Madison was from what state?
  9. Would give Federal Government right to veto any states laws
  10. am really mortified beyond expression" Washington
  11. The rise of prices and devaluing of money
  12. Where the Constitutional Convention took place
  13. British used this against the colonies to pay off debt
  14. The A of C included only this one branch of government
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  1. Gives States independence
  2. were captured over the winter of 1776
  3. First attempt at a federal government
  4. placed taxes on all kinds of documents, from newspapers to licenses
  5. money used to finance the American Revolution
  6. Groups of people who have differing views, goals and passions from the greater society
  7. State that did not attend the Constitutional Congress
  8. Under the A of C, the ______________ controlled foreign and interstate trade
  9. 4th president of the United States
  10. _________ hear around the world
  11. under the A of C, each state delegation got ________ vote
  12. Native populations greatly decreased between 1650-1750 due to __________

26 Clues: Gives States independence • _________ hear around the world • 4th president of the United States • James Madison was from what state? • taxation without ___________________ • were captured over the winter of 1776 • First attempt at a federal government • The rise of prices and devaluing of money • Commander and Chief of the Continental Army • ...

2016 presdential Canidates 2015-12-06

2016 presdential Canidates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Gilmore/American Politician
  2. Sanders/United States Senator from Vermont
  3. Huckabee/44th Governor of Arkansas
  4. Bush/43rd Governor of Florida
  5. O'Malley/61st Governor of Maryland
  6. Cruz/U.S. Senator from Texas.
  7. Paul/United States Senator
  8. Graham/United States Senator from South Carolina
  9. Fiorina/Politician
  10. Santorum/Former United States Senator
Down
  1. Kasich/Governor of Ohio
  2. Pataki/53rd Governor of New York
  3. Jindal/Governor of Louisiana
  4. Chafee/74th Governor of Rhode Island
  5. Rodham Clinton/Former United States Secretary of State
  6. Christie/Governor of New Jersey
  7. Carson/ retired American neurosurgeon
  8. Trump/CEO of the Trump Organization
  9. Rubio/United States Senator from the state of Florida

19 Clues: Fiorina/Politician • Kasich/Governor of Ohio • Paul/United States Senator • Gilmore/American Politician • Jindal/Governor of Louisiana • Bush/43rd Governor of Florida • Cruz/U.S. Senator from Texas. • Christie/Governor of New Jersey • Pataki/53rd Governor of New York • Huckabee/44th Governor of Arkansas • O'Malley/61st Governor of Maryland • Trump/CEO of the Trump Organization • ...

industrial revolution 2023-05-05

industrial revolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extreme loyalty to one section of region.
  2. refers to rules to forbid people from discussing a particular
  3. a political party that was active from 1848 to 1854.
  4. was the chief justice of the u.s supreme court.
  5. African American man whose status as free or enslaved was decided by supreme court.
  6. u.s states the did not allow slavery.
  7. 16th president of the united states.
Down
  1. used to describe the northern and western states that fought.
  2. a political theory that some states rights a advocates held in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s.
  3. a group of southern proslavery extremists who advocated secession from the union aw a way to protect.
  4. was a extreme abolitionist who believed strongly that he needed to help free slaves.
  5. located in the center of the united states and for many years was considered the frontier of the country.
  6. served congress for more then 30 years and ran for president twice.
  7. a command usually an officer order that grants rights.

14 Clues: 16th president of the united states. • u.s states the did not allow slavery. • extreme loyalty to one section of region. • was the chief justice of the u.s supreme court. • a political party that was active from 1848 to 1854. • a command usually an officer order that grants rights. • used to describe the northern and western states that fought. • ...

Words and People To Know: 2021-02-08

Words and People To Know: crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.
  2. The change that took place in the late 1700s and early 1800s from making goods in small workshops to making goods with machines and factories.
  3. An American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
  4. A war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America.
  5. Railroad A network of homes, barns, cellars, caves, and secret rooms where Runaway slaves could hide and rest while escaping north to freedom.
  6. A speech delivered at an inaugural ceremony.
  7. A package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. It also set Texas's western and northern borders and included provisions addressing fugitive slaves and the slave trade.
  8. Something or someone that is lower in position, rank, quality, or importance.
  9. A room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
  10. Cars a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
  11. To withdraw.
  12. To provide a reason or explanation for something.
  13. A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
  14. A method of filtering gold from sand.
  15. Any person, company, or institution that owns at least one share of a company's stock.
  16. A 2,170-mile east-west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.
  17. US manufacturer known for manufacturing steel plows.
  18. Several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain.
  19. An American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
  20. A person who looks for gold or other minerals.
  21. Groups of people sent to spread a religion.
  22. Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
  23. An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
  24. Founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust.
  25. An American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
  26. An actor who assassinated Preisdent Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
  27. A method of sifting for gold.
  28. Slaves who were set free.
  29. Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance.
  30. Followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy.
  31. Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
  32. Fur trappers in the wilderness beyond the Rocky Mountains.
  33. The political process by which a legally constituted tribunal, or legislative body, challenges or discredits the honesty or validity of a public official whose conduct may endanger the common good.
  34. An ideological and political revolution which occurred in colonial North America between 1765 and 1783. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War, gaining independence from the British Crown and establishing the United States of America, the first modern constitutional liberal democracy.
  35. An isolated or segregated group or area.
Down
  1. Plantation owners.
  2. The route through central North America which served as a vital commercial highway until 1880.
  3. The systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
  4. A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
  5. A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  6. The Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859.
  7. A person who runs away or tries to escape from the law.
  8. An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe.
  9. Set free from slavery or oppression.
  10. A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  11. The 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
  12. A pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War.
  13. Buildings used for grinding grain into flour or for manufacturing.
  14. A single seller that has significant market power.
  15. The production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process.
  16. of Bull Run The first major battle of the American Civil War.
  17. A wealthy powerful person in business or industry.
  18. Set free.
  19. Laws that regulated the lives of African American slaves.
  20. A legal entity that is separate and distinct from its owners.
  21. An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
  22. A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln.
  23. A league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  24. An underground electric railroad.
  25. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
  26. A faction of the Republican Party during the American Civil War. They were distinguished by their fierce advocacy for the abolition of slavery, enfranchisement of black citizens, and holding the Southern states financially and morally culpable for the war.
  27. A combination of corporations managed by a single group of people.
  28. The process of making an area more urban.
  29. A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.
  30. A symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.
  31. A series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
  32. United States federal legislation that admitted Missouri as a slave state.
  33. Inventor of the cotton gin.
  34. Another name for the locomotive.
  35. A tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.
  36. He led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.

71 Clues: Set free. • To withdraw. • Plantation owners. • Slaves who were set free. • Inventor of the cotton gin. • A method of sifting for gold. • Another name for the locomotive. • An underground electric railroad. • Set free from slavery or oppression. • A method of filtering gold from sand. • An isolated or segregated group or area. • The process of making an area more urban. • ...

Maine 2017-05-01

Maine crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Augusta is the most ______ capital city in the United States
  2. In Wilton there's a cannery that imports and cans only __________ greens
  3. Aroostook County at 6,453 square miles covers an area greater than the combined size of _________ and Rhode Island
  4. Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one
  5. Bath is known as the City of ____
  6. Mount ________ is the state's highest point at 5,268 feet above sea level
  7. 90% of the country's ________ supply is produced in Maine
  8. became the nation's first incorporated city in 1642
Down
  1. The ______ Mountain National Forest covers nearly 800,000 acres, the forest covers a landscape ranging from hardwood forests to the largest alpine area east of the Rocky Mountains
  2. was the first Veteran's Hospital in the United States. The facility was founded in 1866
  3. was first temporarily selected as the state capital. In 1832 the capital was moved to the centrally located site of Augusta
  4. Maine produces 99% of all the ______ in the country making it the single largest producer in the United States
  5. is the official state insect
  6. the official state bird
  7. National Park is the second most visited national park in the United States
  8. is the most eastern city in the United States. The city is considered the first place in the United States to receive the rays of the morning sun.
  9. Approximately ______ million pounds (nearly 90 percent) of the nation's lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine.

17 Clues: the official state bird • is the official state insect • Bath is known as the City of ____ • became the nation's first incorporated city in 1642 • 90% of the country's ________ supply is produced in Maine • Augusta is the most ______ capital city in the United States • Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one • ...

Unit 10 Boom and Bust 2015-04-01

Unit 10 Boom and Bust crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.
  2. Renaissance This was a movement that spanned the 1920s, during the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke.
  3. A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
  4. Crisis/Bank Run This occurs in a fractional reserve banking system when a large number of customers withdraw their deposits from a financial institution at the same time and either demand cash or transfer those funds into government bonds, precious metals or stones, or a safer institution ...
  5. Project Administration (WPA) Headed by Harry Hopkins, this organization provided jobs and income to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States.
  6. Works Administration(PWA) A part of the New Deal of 1933, this was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.
  7. Conservation Corps(CCC) A public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal.
  8. on Margin Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock.
  9. Great Migration This was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970.
Down
  1. Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) An independent agency of the United States (U.S.) federal government that preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits.
  2. Robinson and the Baseball Color Barrier Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
  3. The accumulation of unsalable inventories in the hands of businesses
  4. Deal A series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938.
  5. Roosevelt An American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States
  6. Tuesday October 29, 1929; on this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
  7. Suffrage This was the right of women to vote and to stand for electoral office. Limited voting rights were gained by women in Sweden, Finland and some western U.S. states in the late 19th century.
  8. Bowl An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust has eroded.

17 Clues: on Margin Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock. • The accumulation of unsalable inventories in the hands of businesses • A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. • Deal A series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938. • ...

Words and People To Know: 2021-02-08

Words and People To Know: crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust.
  2. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.
  3. An ideological and political revolution which occurred in colonial North America between 1765 and 1783. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War, gaining independence from the British Crown and establishing the United States of America, the first modern constitutional liberal democracy.
  4. An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe.
  5. The political process by which a legally constituted tribunal, or legislative body, challenges or discredits the honesty or validity of a public official whose conduct may endanger the common good.
  6. Followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy.
  7. An isolated or segregated group or area.
  8. A package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. It also set Texas's western and northern borders and included provisions addressing fugitive slaves and the slave trade.
  9. A series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
  10. A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
  11. A legal entity that is separate and distinct from its owners.
  12. An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
  13. A combination of corporations managed by a single group of people.
  14. US manufacturer known for manufacturing steel plows.
  15. Cars a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
  16. The systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
  17. A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.
  18. United States federal legislation that admitted Missouri as a slave state.
  19. A tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.
  20. Another name for the locomotive.
  21. Set free from slavery or oppression.
  22. Plantation owners.
  23. A method of sifting for gold.
  24. Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance.
  25. A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln.
  26. Set free.
  27. A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  28. To provide a reason or explanation for something.
  29. A single seller that has significant market power.
  30. A speech delivered at an inaugural ceremony.
  31. A war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America.
  32. Slaves who were set free.
  33. A pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War.
  34. Any person, company, or institution that owns at least one share of a company's stock.
Down
  1. Something or someone that is lower in position, rank, quality, or importance.
  2. A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
  3. Groups of people sent to spread a religion.
  4. An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
  5. An American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
  6. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
  7. An underground electric railroad.
  8. Inventor of the cotton gin.
  9. A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  10. Fur trappers in the wilderness beyond the Rocky Mountains.
  11. Laws that regulated the lives of African American slaves.
  12. The change that took place in the late 1700s and early 1800s from making goods in small workshops to making goods with machines and factories.
  13. A method of filtering gold from sand.
  14. A faction of the Republican Party during the American Civil War. They were distinguished by their fierce advocacy for the abolition of slavery, enfranchisement of black citizens, and holding the Southern states financially and morally culpable for the war.
  15. The process of making an area more urban.
  16. A room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
  17. The 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
  18. Several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain.
  19. He led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
  20. A person who runs away or tries to escape from the law.
  21. Buildings used for grinding grain into flour or for manufacturing.
  22. The production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process.
  23. The Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859.
  24. To withdraw.
  25. Railroad A network of homes, barns, cellars, caves, and secret rooms where Runaway slaves could hide and rest while escaping north to freedom.
  26. An actor who assassinated Preisdent Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
  27. of Bull Run The first major battle of the American Civil War.
  28. Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
  29. An American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
  30. A league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  31. The route through central North America which served as a vital commercial highway until 1880.
  32. A person who looks for gold or other minerals.
  33. An American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
  34. A 2,170-mile east-west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.
  35. A symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.
  36. Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
  37. A wealthy powerful person in business or industry.

71 Clues: Set free. • To withdraw. • Plantation owners. • Slaves who were set free. • Inventor of the cotton gin. • A method of sifting for gold. • Another name for the locomotive. • An underground electric railroad. • Set free from slavery or oppression. • A method of filtering gold from sand. • An isolated or segregated group or area. • The process of making an area more urban. • ...

Civil War final project 2026-06-17

Civil War final project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Helped wounded soldiers, found the American Red Cross.
  2. Escaped enslaved people who were not returned to Confederate owners.
  3. Wanted to preserve the Union, 16th US president.
  4. Formerly enslaved people after emancipation
  5. The 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States to form the Confederate States of America.
  6. Freeing someone from slavery.
  7. Loyalty to the region, rather than the nation as a whole.
  8. Principle commander of the Union Army in Virginia.
  9. Underground routes used to help slaves escape.
  10. Lee's most affective general, famous for battle of the bull run.
  11. Radical abolitionist
  12. Metal armored warship used during the Civil War
  13. Someone who was against slavery and fought to end it.
  14. Northern states that stayed loyal to the U.S, fought to preserve the nation.
  15. Weapons used in the war, like cannons.
  16. Legal protection suspended by Lincoln during the war
Down
  1. Escaped slave who became an abolitionist.
  2. Defeated Lees forces in Virginia, 18th US president.
  3. The opening of the war in South Carolina, where Confederate artillery bombarded the Union held fort, start of it.
  4. The largest battle on the North American continent and a big turning point in Pennsylvania.
  5. Withdrawing from a nation, took place in 1860-1861 when South seceded.
  6. Conductor for the Underground Railroad, served for the Union Army.
  7. Union strategy to blockade the South and control the Mississippi River.
  8. An order issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
  9. President of Confederate states of America.
  10. Naval forces isolating to keep the Union safe.
  11. Bullet that increased battlefield casualties.
  12. union general, "March of the sea".
  13. This victory split the Confederacy in two and gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
  14. Fought in Maryland, the bloodiest single day battle in American military history with 23,000 casualties.

30 Clues: Radical abolitionist • Freeing someone from slavery. • union general, "March of the sea". • Weapons used in the war, like cannons. • Escaped slave who became an abolitionist. • Formerly enslaved people after emancipation • President of Confederate states of America. • Bullet that increased battlefield casualties. • Underground routes used to help slaves escape. • ...

Vocabulary Task 2014-02-06

Vocabulary Task crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a small number placed to the upper right of the base. it shows the number of times the base is multiplied by itself.
  2. the word for = is _______.
  3. a number multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression
  4. to change from one form to another. Example to go from exponential form to standard form.
  5. a number or variable, or a product of numbers and variables. variable a symbol used to represent a quantity that can change.
  6. ________ states that changing the grouping of the factors in a multiplication states does not change the product.
  7. answer to a subtraction problem
  8. a number is in exponential form when it is written with a base and an exponent
  9. a value that does not change
  10. _______ states that changing the order of two or more terms in an addition problem does not change the sum.
  11. the answer to a multiplication problem
  12. to replace a variable with a number or another expression in an algebraic expression.
  13. a mathematical sentence that shows that two expressions are equal
Down
  1. ________ states that changing the grouping of the terms in an addition problem does not change the sum.
  2. an expression that contains only numbers and operations.
  3. states that changing the order of two or more factors of two or more factors in a multiplication sentence does not change the product.
  4. the answer to a division problem
  5. the word for *(ex. 1*8=8)
  6. when a number is raised to a power, the number that is used as the factor is the base.
  7. ___________ states that for any real numbers, a, b, and c, a*(b+c)=a*b+a*c
  8. the answer to an addition problem
  9. an expression that contains at least one variable
  10. the order in which operations should be done.
  11. having the same value
  12. two or more terms that have the same variable raised to the same power.

25 Clues: having the same value • the word for *(ex. 1*8=8) • the word for = is _______. • a value that does not change • answer to a subtraction problem • the answer to a division problem • the answer to an addition problem • the answer to a multiplication problem • the order in which operations should be done. • an expression that contains at least one variable • ...

Chapter 12 Review 2024-02-10

Chapter 12 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which people made huge profits during the Gold Rush?
  2. What allowed people from both Britain and the United states to settle in Oregon country?
  3. Which group took the law into their own hands in Gold Rush society?
  4. Ordered Texans’ execution
  5. Texans considered which battle the first fight of the Texas Revolution?
  6. What did the United States insist was the border between the United States and Mexico?
  7. Mexicans living in California
  8. Which was the last country to challenge the United States control of Oregon?
  9. Who was the African American who called the war with Mexico “disgraceful” and “cruel?”
  10. Raised among the Cherokee
  11. Green River explorer
Down
  1. Who led the Mormon migration to the Great Salt Lake area?
  2. This president agreed to annex Texas.
  3. Shinbone Peak
  4. Mexican ranch owners
  5. Huge Mexican properties
  6. Among the settlers of the Oregon country, after trappers, were the:
  7. Mountain man turned guide
  8. Mountain men maid their living as:
  9. Founded by the Mormons, which city was originally called Deseret?
  10. Oregon country was which direction from California?
  11. About the defenders of which place did Santa Anna say, “The Texans fought more like devils than like men?”
  12. Way to Oregon country
  13. In the early 1800s, the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Russia all laid claim to part of:
  14. What was the high point of the year for mountain men?
  15. What philosophy meant that the United States was set apart to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?
  16. What event ended in a few years but had long-lasting effects on California’s economy?
  17. Santa Anna was captured in the battle of:
  18. William Becknell’s route
  19. Who was the Tennessee backwoodsman who lost his life at the Alamo?
  20. After exhausting the beaver supply in Oregon country, many mountain men found work as:

31 Clues: Shinbone Peak • Mexican ranch owners • Green River explorer • Way to Oregon country • Huge Mexican properties • William Becknell’s route • Mountain man turned guide • Ordered Texans’ execution • Raised among the Cherokee • Mexicans living in California • Mountain men maid their living as: • This president agreed to annex Texas. • Santa Anna was captured in the battle of: • ...

Social Studies Final Crossword Puzzle 2022-12-12

Social Studies Final Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Period in time that affected specifically Mexican-Americans.
  2. Several states including Texas that are located among this area within the United States.
  3. A military force that was implemented to protect the settlers.
  4. A coach that was pulled by horses.
  5. Hispanic residents of Texas.
  6. The practice of a policy for separating a certain race, class, or group from the rest of society.
  7. Period in time where drought took place among the Great Plains.
  8. American War between the Norther states and Southern states.
Down
  1. To break away from
  2. Rights that are given to all Americans to ensure equality is practiced everywhere.
  3. Holiday that is remembered when slaves were freed.
  4. The process of moving to a new country for a better way of life.
  5. The Southern states called themselves this during the Civil War era.
  6. A piece of land set aside by our government to house certain groups of people.
  7. Executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln to end slavery.
  8. Coast that is closest to the Rio Grande Valley.
  9. Process by which certain groups would start learning the dominant culture and characteristics.

17 Clues: To break away from • Hispanic residents of Texas. • A coach that was pulled by horses. • Coast that is closest to the Rio Grande Valley. • Holiday that is remembered when slaves were freed. • Period in time that affected specifically Mexican-Americans. • American War between the Norther states and Southern states. • ...

The Civil War Crossword 2015-10-20

The Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. September 17, 1862, remains the bloodiest single day in American history. The Union victory left more than 22,000 men killed or wounded in one day of fighting.
  2. A republic formed in February of 1861 and composed of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States
  3. A general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the Northern army.
  4. Northern troops attacked General Robert E. Lee's forces, but the Confederates were firmly dug in on high ground and repelled the attack.
  5. Prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
  6. 16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery.
  7. The free African American published his "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World" which encouraged enslaved people to rebel.
  8. President of the Confederate States of America
  9. This Union victory was won at a terrible cost: each side lost more than 10,000 men killed, wounded, or missing. Americans were appalled at the number of casualties.
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  1. Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi River, and to take an army through heart of south
  2. This Confederate victory showed General Robert E. Lee's brilliance as a military commander. With Union forces threatening to outflank him, Lee divided his forces and ordered an attack that outflanked the Union instead
  3. One of the most prominent African American figures in the abolitionist movement; escaped from slavery; advocated freedom from slavery & full citizenship rights for all blacks
  4. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  5. An American political activist, abolitionist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement.
  6. a Massachusetts born abolitionist and women's rights advocate. She wrote novels about slavery, women's rights and Native American rights.
  7. Union general who planned to block southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River
  8. A large battle in the American Civil War, took place in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863. The battle is named after the town on the battlefield. Union General George G. Meade led an army of about 90,000 men to victory against General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army of about 75,000.
  9. formal separation from an alliance or federation

18 Clues: President of the Confederate States of America • formal separation from an alliance or federation • Union general who planned to block southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River • A general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the Northern army. • ...

The Roaring Twenties 2013-11-22

The Roaring Twenties crossword puzzle
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  1. The time in the 1920s in which jazz music and dancing became popular.
  2. Prevention by law of the sale and consumption of alcohol.
  3. The generation during and just after WWI that lost many men.
  4. An act that restricted immigration to the United States.
  5. The right to vote.
  6. People who advocate complete political or social reform.
  7. A society in which authority is not recognized.
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  1. A secret terrorist society organized to assert white supremacy
  2. A time in which Communist actions in the United States were feared.
  3. The trial of John Scopes, who was accused of violating the Butler Act by teaching evolution in school.
  4. An act that set an amount of immigrants who could enter the country annually.
  5. Attempts to arrest and deport radical leftists and anarchists from the United States.
  6. A period of time where African American arts and literature thrived.
  7. Movements to inform consumers through advertising.
  8. Refers to the cultural edge and economic prosperity of the 1920s in the United States.
  9. Two Italian immigrants who were accused of murder in 1920.

16 Clues: The right to vote. • A society in which authority is not recognized. • Movements to inform consumers through advertising. • An act that restricted immigration to the United States. • People who advocate complete political or social reform. • Prevention by law of the sale and consumption of alcohol. • Two Italian immigrants who were accused of murder in 1920. • ...

American History 2025-08-07

American History crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the highest court in the United States?
  2. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
  3. The _ was signed in 1776 and declared America’s independence from Britain.
  4. The president lives in the _ House.
  5. What year did the United States land astronauts on the moon?
  6. What year was the first 4th of July?
  7. The Bill of _ lists the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
  8. Who led the underground railroad?
  9. The _ of Liberty is a famous symbol of freedom in New York.
  10. Who freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?
  11. The first President of the United States was _.
  12. The journey westward by settlers in covered wagons was called the _ Trail.
  13. The _ was a forced relocation of Native American nations?
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  1. This class is called?
  2. Who gave a speech that started with "I have a dream,"?
  3. Who is known for saying “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
  4. How many people wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  5. How many original colonies were there?
  6. Our current president is?
  7. What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
  8. The _ was fought between the North and the South.
  9. Which document starts with “We the People”?
  10. She became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat.
  11. Which war was fought between the United States and Britain in the early 1800s?
  12. How many states are there now?

25 Clues: This class is called? • Our current president is? • How many states are there now? • Who led the underground railroad? • The president lives in the _ House. • What year was the first 4th of July? • How many original colonies were there? • Which document starts with “We the People”? • What is the highest court in the United States? • ...

k 2015-05-21

k crossword puzzle
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  1. war from 1950-1953
  2. war/threats between the soviets and U.S. would have ended the world
  3. united states tries to spread this
  4. soviets neighbor
  5. country
  6. blockade instead of war
  7. missile crises/a very tense confirmation between the soviets and the united states over the soviets deployment of a nuclear missile in Cuba
  8. tries to spread this
  9. soviets citizens freedom of speech and religion
  10. get along with Kennedy
  11. an Ussr were these
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  1. communist believe in
  2. wall/separated east and west Germany
  3. race/a time of getting weapons
  4. war/A war were total victory is not the goal
  5. policy to relax tension between the communist and the free world
  6. theory/the belief that in one land in a religion came under the influence of communist then more would follow
  7. city od Israel
  8. race/ the race between the soviets and the united states

19 Clues: country • city od Israel • soviets neighbor • war from 1950-1953 • an Ussr were these • communist believe in • tries to spread this • get along with Kennedy • blockade instead of war • race/a time of getting weapons • united states tries to spread this • wall/separated east and west Germany • war/A war were total victory is not the goal • soviets citizens freedom of speech and religion • ...

Islamic Art 2026-04-30

Islamic Art crossword puzzle
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  1. Prophet of God in Islam
  2. A honeycomb-like decoration applied in Islamic buildings to domes, niches, capitals, or vaults; surface resembles intricate stalactites
  3. decorative or beautiful handwriting
  4. decoration using polygonal shapes with no gaps
  5. Believe that the true leader after Muhammad was Abu Bakr (Muhammad’s father-in-law)
  6. Holiest Site in Islam that resides in Mecca
  7. flowing, intricate, symmetrical patterns that come from floral motifs
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  1. The artist of the Ardabil Carpet
  2. Believe that the true leader after Muhammad should have been Ali (Muhammad’s son-in-law)
  3. A pulpit from which sermons are given
  4. A tall, slender column used to call people to prayer (outside of a mosque)
  5. Dense forest of columns
  6. The Holy Book in Islam
  7. One God in Islam
  8. A central niche in a mosque, which indicates the direction to Mecca
  9. The Holy City in Islam
  10. Place of worship for Muslims
  11. A vaulted space in a Muslim building that is walled on 3 sides and open on the fourth side towards a courtyard
  12. Direction towards Holy city of Mecca that all Muslims face during prayer

19 Clues: One God in Islam • The Holy Book in Islam • The Holy City in Islam • Prophet of God in Islam • Dense forest of columns • Place of worship for Muslims • The artist of the Ardabil Carpet • decorative or beautiful handwriting • A pulpit from which sermons are given • Holiest Site in Islam that resides in Mecca • decoration using polygonal shapes with no gaps • ...

Seventh Grade History Review for Chapter 17 2025-01-20

Seventh Grade History Review for Chapter 17 crossword puzzle
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  1. the emptying of 340 chests of tea by American patriots disguised as Native Americans
  2. the great Christian statesman who led the movement in England to abolish slavery
  3. began after the USS Maine exploded in Cuba
  4. the king of England during the American War for Independence
  5. the preacher who started the Great Awakening
  6. began after eleven states attempted to secede from the Union
  7. helped colonial America prepare for independence
  8. one of the sites of the first battles of the War for Independence
  9. Which amendment outlawed slavery in the United States
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  1. the first basis for a national government of the United States
  2. a fight for the rights of the Unisted States as a free nation
  3. the treaty signed by Britain and America at the end of the American War for Independence
  4. the colony started by the Pilgrims
  5. What was the Scrooby congregation of Separatists called
  6. the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States
  7. wished to purify the Church of England
  8. document established a stable American government

17 Clues: the colony started by the Pilgrims • wished to purify the Church of England • began after the USS Maine exploded in Cuba • the preacher who started the Great Awakening • helped colonial America prepare for independence • document established a stable American government • Which amendment outlawed slavery in the United States • ...

Civil War 2021-02-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. At the heart of the divide between the North and the South was?
  2. What was the south’s main source of income
  3. The United States was able to communicate by using the?
  4. What were the northern states called?
  5. What fort did Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard fire on to start the Civil War
  6. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket, Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  7. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot
  8. Who was a former slave who sued for his freedom in the supreme court?
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  1. Who was elected President of the United states in 1860?
  2. a long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder
  3. Who served as president of the confederate States of America?
  4. What was the major cause of death during the Civil War?
  5. Where did the Civil War begin
  6. What were the southern states called
  7. First major land battle of cCivil wWar on July 1st 1861
  8. What was used on both sides of the war to destroy enemy soldiers vehicles?
  9. Who was the general for the confederacy

17 Clues: Where did the Civil War begin • What were the southern states called • What were the northern states called? • Soldiers that fight and travel by foot • Who was the general for the confederacy • What was the south’s main source of income • Who was elected President of the United states in 1860? • What was the major cause of death during the Civil War? • ...

Barbary States and Embargo Act 2023-01-31

Barbary States and Embargo Act crossword puzzle
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  1. states coastal region of North Africa
  2. Act law that restored trade with most of Europe (but not Britain and France)
  3. an attack on this US ship nearly caused Jefferson to abandon neutrality
  4. sum of money demanded for the return or a release of a prisoner
  5. a government order that prevents the departure of ships or other property to another country
  6. person being held against their will or prisoner
  7. to suddenly take hold by force
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  1. an illegal payment of money made to influence the behavior of public officials
  2. person who expresses a negative opinion about someone or something
  3. military branch made of ships and boats
  4. increase greatly or rapidly
  5. goods being shipped out of a country
  6. person involved in trade
  7. military tactic used to block the movement of people and goods in and out of a port or coast
  8. person who attacks and robs ships at sea
  9. the practice of forcing men to serve in the military against their will

16 Clues: person involved in trade • increase greatly or rapidly • to suddenly take hold by force • goods being shipped out of a country • states coastal region of North Africa • military branch made of ships and boats • person who attacks and robs ships at sea • person being held against their will or prisoner • sum of money demanded for the return or a release of a prisoner • ...

Optional & Other Health Insurance Provisions 2024-07-03

Optional & Other Health Insurance Provisions crossword puzzle
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  1. This provisions states all amounts payable shall be adjusted to the amount the premium paid would have purchased at the correct age. The insurer will adjust benefits to increase of insured is younger than stated in the application or reduce benefits if the insured is older than stated in the application.
  2. This provisions states if a premium is due at the time a claim is made under a policy, the amount of the premium will be deducted from the benefit payable under the claim.
  3. Also know as Right to Examine, stating the insured has the right to look over the policy and decide wether or not to keep it. The most common health insurance time frame for this is 10days. However, long-term care insurance & Medicare supplements have 30 days.
  4. This provisions states the insurer may cancel a policy at any time by giving the insured 5days written notice. Cancellation is effective when written notice is received by the insurer.Unearned premium will be returned to the insured on a pro rata basis.
  5. The more favorable this provision is to the insured, the higher the premium.
  6. This provisions states if an insured's total disability income benefits exceeds the greater of the insured's earnings at the time of disability or the insured's average monthly earnings for the past two years, the benefit payable is reduced and the premium paid for the excess coverage is refunded to the insured.
  7. This provisions states each insurance company pays a proportionate share when providing benefits for the same loss and excess premiums are refunded to the policyowner.
  8. This provisions states the insurer shall not be liable for any loss sustained by the insuredwhile under the influence of alchol or a narcotic unless it was taken under the advice of a physician.
  9. This provisions states the insurer can cancel it at any time.
  10. This provisions states the insurer cannot cancel coverage (except for non-payment of premium) or raise premiums.
  11. This provisions states if an insured has more than one policy of a similar type with an insurance company, the insurer can limit the amount of benefits that will be paid under all contracts. Excess premiums are refunded over a specified amount.
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  1. This provision automatically amends any policy provision to conform to the minimum requirements of the insured's state of residence.
  2. Under this provision, coverage is temporarily suspended if the insured is serving in the military. Coverage is reactivated when the insured leaves military service.
  3. The insurer's promise to pay under the conditions described in the policy. It also identifies the type of loss covered by the contract.
  4. This provisions states the policy cannot be canceled except for non-payment of premium, and premiums may increase on a renewal date if the insurer has raised premiums for all insureds in that coverage classification.
  5. This provisions states the insurer has the option to renew or not for any reason on a premium due or anniversary date.
  6. This provisions states the insurer will not be liable for any loss that was caused by the insured's commission of or attempt to commit a felony. Also the insurer is not liable for a loss caused by the insured engaging in an illegal occupation.
  7. An exchange of value & is a necessary element of a legal contract.
  8. This provisions states the insurer may terminate coverage but only for reasons not based on the insured's health such as reaching a certain age.
  9. The insurance company may make changes to the premiumrates or benefits, when the insured does this.

20 Clues: This provisions states the insurer can cancel it at any time. • An exchange of value & is a necessary element of a legal contract. • The more favorable this provision is to the insured, the higher the premium. • The insurance company may make changes to the premiumrates or benefits, when the insured does this. • ...

Review Crossword Project 2020-12-15

Review Crossword Project crossword puzzle
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  1. the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
  2. third President of the United States.
  3. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, ending the American Civil War.
  4. actor who shot George washington.
  5. both social structure and vote for change
  6. democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
  7. equal rights for everyone
  8. place where slaves worked
  9. a treaty signed with France in 1803 by which the U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
  10. Washington's raid across the Delaware River
  11. American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
  12. one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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  1. freedom to slaves in confederate states.
  2. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
  3. a route used during the U.S. westward migrations
  4. taxation without representation peaceful political protest
  5. signifies some of the principles and ideas of the founding fathers which the government of the United States follows today.
  6. state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
  7. any citizen the right to vote
  8. escaped MA slave/ activist
  9. controversial surprise attack upon a camp of Cheyenneand Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory
  10. abolish slavery
  11. slave who escaped to free state gets taken back as property.
  12. last major battle of the American Revolution
  13. first president of the United States.
  14. Native Americans were marched over 1,200 miles of rugged land.
  15. people who want to get rid of slavery
  16. all legal documents required tax stamp
  17. withdrawing yourself
  18. each state to have one vote in Congress.

30 Clues: abolish slavery • withdrawing yourself • equal rights for everyone • place where slaves worked • escaped MA slave/ activist • any citizen the right to vote • actor who shot George washington. • third President of the United States. • first president of the United States. • people who want to get rid of slavery • all legal documents required tax stamp • ...

The Nation Splits Apart 2013-10-09

The Nation Splits Apart crossword puzzle
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  1. war hero and California senator;
  2. southern democratic candidate for president in 1860 election
  3. supreme court ruling that protected the property rights of people who held slaves
  4. president who supported the Compromise in 1850
  5. name the southern states gave to the new nation they formed after leaving the union
  6. Tennessee senator nominated for president in 1860
  7. meeting of people from the northern states and some southern states that tried to find a way to avoid war
  8. opposition to immigration
  9. law giving popular sovereignty to kansas and nebraska
  10. law that made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves
  11. the idea of letting residents decide what laws to be governed by;
  12. president from 1852 to 1856;
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  1. people who were against the spread of slavery
  2. fighting marked by sabotage, ambushes and other surprise attacks
  3. antislavery leader of the Pottawatomie Massacre
  4. senator from Illinois; led the fight to pass the compromise of 1850
  5. plan to change the constitution to ban slavery north of the old Missouri compromise line separating free and slave states;
  6. political party founded in 1854
  7. killing of five pro-slavery Kansas settlers
  8. author of Uncle Tom's cabin
  9. president of the Confederate States of America
  10. nickname given to kansas because there was so much slavery related violence there
  11. set of five laws that dealt with slavery issues
  12. position put forth by Douglas during a debate with Lincoln;
  13. debates that took place in 1858
  14. Kansas pro-slavery constitution that was rejected by voters
  15. novel about slave life in the south
  16. temporary
  17. antislavery republican elected to the presidency in 1860
  18. president elected in 1856
  19. statement of the principles that a group stands for
  20. a person with extreme views

32 Clues: temporary • opposition to immigration • president elected in 1856 • author of Uncle Tom's cabin • a person with extreme views • president from 1852 to 1856; • political party founded in 1854 • debates that took place in 1858 • war hero and California senator; • novel about slave life in the south • killing of five pro-slavery Kansas settlers • ...

Unit 2 Project 2023-09-01

Unit 2 Project crossword puzzle
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  1. The first democratically elected legislative body in the U.S
  2. Government that only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution.
  3. Wanted additional protections for people and states.
  4. Established direct democracy, first form of self government in the U.S
  5. The nation’s first constitution; it failed due to giving the states too much power.
  6. Met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
  7. Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB.
  8. Limited the power of the king
  9. Ensures one branch does not become too powerful.
  10. Division of power among different levels of government
  11. The supreme law of the United States of America.
  12. The power of the judicial branch to declare laws unconstitutional.
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  1. Rule by the people, consent of the governed
  2. Where we got some of our BOR from, gave us the idea of representative government
  3. Avoid tyranny; the majority can't be allowed to dictate or violate the rights of the minorities.
  4. States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person
  5. Supported the constitution as is; no need for additional protections
  6. Each branch has their individual roles and responsibilities
  7. States no one is above the law
  8. The governing body that declared us independent of GB.
  9. A compromise that stated the HOR= based off population and Senate= equal in proportion.
  10. War between Britain and France over territory in the Ohio River Valley
  11. Showed the weakness of the Articles; armed rebellion regarding taxes.
  12. People directly vote for what they want

24 Clues: Limited the power of the king • States no one is above the law • People directly vote for what they want • Rule by the people, consent of the governed • Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB. • Ensures one branch does not become too powerful. • The supreme law of the United States of America. • States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person • ...

Government Girlypops 2023-05-17

Government Girlypops crossword puzzle
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  1. union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government.
  2. upper chamber of the United States Congress
  3. clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes"
  4. a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.
  5. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
  6. the act of officially suggesting someone or something for a job, position, or prize
  7. compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer
  8. device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in voting.
  9. political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent decision.
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  1. legal power to unilaterally stop an official action.
  2. opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution
  3. conceptual form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.
  4. body of non-elected governing officials or an administrative policy-making group.
  5. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
  6. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
  7. formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document.
  8. advisory body made up of the heads of the 15 executive departments.
  9. the concept was created by King John of England
  10. expression of the President's forgiveness and ordinarily is granted in recognition of the applicant's acceptance of responsibility for the crime
  11. person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.

20 Clues: upper chamber of the United States Congress • the concept was created by King John of England • legal power to unilaterally stop an official action. • opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution • the official power to make legal decisions and judgments. • a person who brings a case against another in a court of law. • ...

The new nation: USA 2024-04-27

The new nation: USA crossword puzzle
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  1. The document that declared the United States as an independent nation.
  2. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  3. The group of people who wrote the United States Constitution
  4. The President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  5. The period of rebuilding and reunification of the United States after the Civil War.
  6. The bloodiest conflict in American history fought between The Northern and the Southern States
  7. The first permanent English settlement in North America
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  1. The first president of the United States
  2. The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
  3. The system of government where power is divided between national and state governments

10 Clues: The first president of the United States • The first permanent English settlement in North America • The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States • The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • The group of people who wrote the United States Constitution • The document that declared the United States as an independent nation. • ...

Constitutional convention In New Jersey 2025-01-29

Constitutional convention In New Jersey crossword puzzle
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  1. revenue and regulate trade
  2. smaller states
  3. for bigger national government
  4. slaves involved in states votes
  5. articles of confederation
  6. states vs higher states
  7. vs north
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  1. New Jersey plan
  2. affected
  3. for smaller Nation government
  4. votes per states

11 Clues: affected • vs north • smaller states • New Jersey plan • votes per states • states vs higher states • articles of confederation • revenue and regulate trade • for smaller Nation government • for bigger national government • slaves involved in states votes

Korean/vietnam 2015-05-21

Korean/vietnam crossword puzzle
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  1. war/threats between the soviets and U.S. would have ended the world
  2. race/a time of getting weapons
  3. city od Israel
  4. soviets neighbor
  5. an Ussr were these
  6. tries to spread this
  7. policy to relax tension between the communist and the free world
  8. war/A war were total victory is not the goal
  9. wall/separated east and west Germany
  10. theory/the belief that in one land in a religion came under the influence of communist then more would follow
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  1. communist believe in
  2. united states tries to spread this
  3. get along with Kennedy
  4. missile crises/a very tense confirmation between the soviets and the united states over the soviets deployment of a nuclear missile in Cuba
  5. soviets citizens freedom of speech and religion
  6. war from 1950-1953
  7. blockade instead of war
  8. race/ the race between the soviets and the united states
  9. country

19 Clues: country • city od Israel • soviets neighbor • war from 1950-1953 • an Ussr were these • communist believe in • tries to spread this • get along with Kennedy • blockade instead of war • race/a time of getting weapons • united states tries to spread this • wall/separated east and west Germany • war/A war were total victory is not the goal • soviets citizens freedom of speech and religion • ...

Ice Hockey By: Blakely Beinstein 2026-03-13

Ice Hockey By: Blakely Beinstein crossword puzzle
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  1. When a player scores 3 goals in one game.
  2. a forward position responsible for playing the side of the ice
  3. This is what its called when a player breaks a rule
  4. a machine that goes over the ice to resurface it
  5. Who is holding the record for most all- time regular season goals
  6. the NHL champion trophy
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  1. what city team are the capitals
  2. a building that inside holds ice
  3. the most powerful shot in ice hockey
  4. what is used to hit the puck
  5. When two or more players pass to make a goal.
  6. the professional hockey league

12 Clues: the NHL champion trophy • what is used to hit the puck • the professional hockey league • what city team are the capitals • a building that inside holds ice • the most powerful shot in ice hockey • When a player scores 3 goals in one game. • When two or more players pass to make a goal. • a machine that goes over the ice to resurface it • ...

gramar crossword 2024-11-20

gramar crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. this goes at the end of interrogitive sentences(2 words)
  2. a sentence that exclaims(2 words)
  3. what to words combied are(2 words)
  4. these words make things more urgent(2 words)
  5. a sentence that needs another sentence to make sense(2 words)
  6. these go at the start of names
  7. this makes nouns more discriptive
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  1. what the crossword is about(2 words)
  2. this is what names or specific thing(2 words)
  3. something that asks a question that dosen't need to be ansered(2 words)
  4. this goes at the end of a sentence(2 words)
  5. this goes inbetween words

12 Clues: this goes inbetween words • these go at the start of names • a sentence that exclaims(2 words) • this makes nouns more discriptive • what to words combied are(2 words) • what the crossword is about(2 words) • this goes at the end of a sentence(2 words) • these words make things more urgent(2 words) • this is what names or specific thing(2 words) • ...

Chapter 7 - Lesson 1 - The First President 2026-01-20

Chapter 7 - Lesson 1 - The First President crossword puzzle
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  1. What system of courts was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789?
  2. What tradition did Washington establish by stepping down after two terms?
  3. Who served as the first Secretary of State?
  4. What department handles relations with foreign countries?
  5. What economic plan proposed paying off state debts and creating a national bank?
  6. What department was responsible for national defense in Washington’s presidency?
  7. What document created the executive branch led by the president?
  8. As a compromise with the Southern states, what city became the new capitol?
  9. What financial institution held government funds and issued a national currency?
  10. Authority not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but suggested in its language.
  11. Washington served only __________ as president.
  12. What amendment states that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or the people?
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  1. Who introduced the amendments that became the Bill of Rights?
  2. What department manages the nation’s money?
  3. What law established the federal court system?
  4. Who was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
  5. Who served as the first Secretary of the Treasury?
  6. What type of debt did the United States face after the Revolution?
  7. What amendments protect individual freedoms and limit government power?
  8. What is the highest court in the United States?
  9. What taxes on imported goods were intended to protect American industries?
  10. Who became the first president under the U.S. Constitution?
  11. What group of advisers did Washington rely on for expert advice?
  12. Under Hamilton's Plan the goal was to build national _____?

24 Clues: What department manages the nation’s money? • Who served as the first Secretary of State? • What law established the federal court system? • What is the highest court in the United States? • Washington served only __________ as president. • Who served as the first Secretary of the Treasury? • What department handles relations with foreign countries? • ...

VA/US SOL 5 Crossword 2024-02-06

VA/US SOL 5 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This branch of government interprets the laws and consists of the court system:
  2. This man was the leader of the Federalists:
  3. Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
  4. Which amendment prohibits quartering of soldiers in peace time?
  5. Which amendment gives the right to bear arms?
  6. Which level of law is the supreme law of the land?
  7. Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
  8. Who wrote the Bill of Rights in the Constitution?
  9. Which amendment guarantees a fair trial, a jury, and lawyer?
  10. McCulloch v Maryland delt with this issue:
  11. Which amendment states that rights not explicitly given to the federal government are given to the states and the poeple?
  12. This was the first governing document of the United States:
  13. The case of Marbury v Madison delt with this issue:
  14. Who was elected as president of the constitutional convention?
  15. Which amendment guarantees a jury trial?
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  1. Gibbons v Ogden delt with this issue:
  2. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who oversaw the these early court cases?
  3. Which amendment gives citizens the right to remain silent?
  4. This political party was led by Thomas Jefferson:
  5. Which amendment gives freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly?
  6. Which amendment states that rights are not limited to those listed in the Constitution?
  7. This group opposed a strong central government:
  8. This group supported a strong central government:
  9. Which part of congress is based on population?
  10. Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail?
  11. Which amendment protects from unreasonable search and seizure?
  12. This branch of government makes the laws:
  13. This branch of government enforces the laws and is made up of the police and president:
  14. Which part of congress gives states two representatives regardless of size?

29 Clues: Gibbons v Ogden delt with this issue: • Which amendment guarantees a jury trial? • This branch of government makes the laws: • McCulloch v Maryland delt with this issue: • This man was the leader of the Federalists: • Which amendment gives the right to bear arms? • Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights? • Which part of congress is based on population? • ...

Civil War Remembrance 2023-04-26

Civil War Remembrance crossword puzzle
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  1. A formal charge brought against an elected official
  2. The first African American to serve a full term as a US Senator
  3. The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  4. 16th President of the United States - 1860
  5. What did the 13th Amendment do?
  6. The first African American to serve in the US Senate
  7. The seceded states formed the _________
  8. Former slave
  9. Important Civil War battle that took place in Mississippi was over what town?
  10. The right to vote
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  1. Who was appointed governor of MS by President during Reconstruction?
  2. Freedom
  3. What bloody battle took place just north of Corinth, MS?
  4. A set of laws that governed and regulated the lives of freedmen in Mississippi after the Civil War
  5. Whites who wanted to return control to the Democrats
  6. A northerner who remained in the South or moved to the South after the Civil War
  7. To take away the right to vote from a specific person or group
  8. A tactic where armed forces try to capture a fort or fortified town by surrounding it and preventing supplies from reaching it
  9. The main disagreement between the Confederacy and the Union
  10. The North states formed the _____

20 Clues: Freedom • Former slave • The right to vote • What did the 13th Amendment do? • The North states formed the _____ • The seceded states formed the _________ • 16th President of the United States - 1860 • A formal charge brought against an elected official • Whites who wanted to return control to the Democrats • The first African American to serve in the US Senate • ...

Unit 2 Vocabulary 2022-05-02

Unit 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. constitution provides for its own
  2. powers powers that the Constitution does not grant
  3. needed to happen in 13 states
  4. Compromise satisfied smaller states
  5. reject acts passed by Congress
  6. powers not expressly stated in the Constitution
  7. gov need for an orderly regulation
  8. rebellion Happened in Western Massachusetts
  9. gov serve the will of the people
  10. power of court to determine constitutionality
  11. sovereignty limited gov, civil rights and liberties
  12. of Rights the first 10 amendments
  13. of Confederation approved on Nov. 15, 1777
  14. & Slave trade compromise agreed to include commerce power
  15. favored ratification
  16. Compromise southern states able to count slaves
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  1. Adams a rising lawyer in Boston
  2. powers can only be exercised by the Nat. Gov
  3. Washington voted against British policies
  4. annual Congress
  5. of powers basic powers distributed among 3
  6. Gov government is restricted
  7. Locke enlightenment thinker
  8. and balances each branch is subject to these
  9. Jefferson joined Virginia delegation in June 1775
  10. declare illegal, null, and void
  11. division of power among a central government
  12. Plan state guaranteed Republican form of gov
  13. powers powers delegated to the National gov
  14. two houses
  15. powers both the Nat. Gov and states possess
  16. the frame of the government
  17. Jersey Plan retained the unicameral Congress
  18. Federalist opposed ratification

34 Clues: two houses • annual Congress • favored ratification • Locke enlightenment thinker • the frame of the government • Gov government is restricted • needed to happen in 13 states • reject acts passed by Congress • Adams a rising lawyer in Boston • declare illegal, null, and void • Federalist opposed ratification • gov serve the will of the people • constitution provides for its own • ...

Civil War Crossword 2026-04-09

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital city of the northern states - in Maryland
  2. The side of the south - slave states in rebellion
  3. The Fort attacked by the south that started the war
  4. first name Jefferson - President of the South
  5. Capital city of the southern rebellion states - in Virginia
  6. The site of a significant battle in Maryland - a Union victory by technicality
  7. Emancipation ___________ - a significant executive order regarding slavery
  8. Northern Democrats who wanted to end the war as soon as possible - a type of snake
  9. What the North and South were fighting over
  10. A northern general known for his hesitation and large ego - fired by Lincoln at Antietam
  11. The action of a state leaving to start its own country
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  1. The primary southern general - the big bad guy of the war
  2. A lottery where men get forced to fight in the military
  3. Non-venomous snake the northern war plan was named after
  4. The side of the north - generally free states
  5. A northern general who liked fire and helped in the invasion of Vicksburg
  6. The site of a significant battle in Pennsylvania
  7. Flour and water makes this - goes great with coffee
  8. Nickname of a southern General Jackson - "he's standing there like a _____________"
  9. President of the North

20 Clues: President of the North • What the North and South were fighting over • The side of the north - generally free states • first name Jefferson - President of the South • The site of a significant battle in Pennsylvania • Capital city of the northern states - in Maryland • The side of the south - slave states in rebellion • ...

Creating the Constitution 2014-02-05

Creating the Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. This compromise reduced African slaves to something less than a person
  2. Constitutional goal: To Secure the _______ of Liberty to Ourselves and Our Posterity
  3. The Constitution neither gives these to Congress, nor denies them to the states
  4. The opponents of the Constitution
  5. This system gives each branch of government ways to limit the powers of the other two
  6. A group that supported the Constitution and a strong national government
  7. Approval of a compact (Article 7 deals with this)
  8. A plan proposed by James Madison that favored large states
  9. Proposed by William Paterson, favored small states
  10. Constitutional Goal: To Ensure Domestic _______
  11. Constitutional goal: To _______ Justice
  12. Changes to the Constitution
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  1. Plan proposed by Roger Sherman that forced each side to give up some of what they wanted in the Constitution
  2. The absence of this in the original Constitution troubled the Anti-Federalists
  3. Article 4 deals with these
  4. _______ Hamilton, one of the authors of the Federalist Papers
  5. Patrick _____, most outspoken member of the Anti-Federalists
  6. Powers that are shared by the federal and state governments
  7. Article 1 forms this branch of government
  8. Two-house legislature
  9. To accuse

21 Clues: To accuse • Two-house legislature • Article 4 deals with these • Changes to the Constitution • The opponents of the Constitution • Constitutional goal: To _______ Justice • Article 1 forms this branch of government • Constitutional Goal: To Ensure Domestic _______ • Approval of a compact (Article 7 deals with this) • Proposed by William Paterson, favored small states • ...

Countries 2021-04-26

Countries crossword puzzle
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  1. This Country is known for its dangerous wildlife and interesting accent
  2. This country is right between the ocean and Spain
  3. Country where a majority of the Eastern colonists came from
  4. The major country that opposed Britain in the Seven Years war.
  5. First country to fall to Germany in WW2
  6. Country to the south of North Korea that has a thriving democracy
  7. This country was formerly the biggest part of the Soviet Union
  8. This country is partly responsible for both World Wars
  9. Country that has the second-largest economy in the world
  10. country with the largest population in the world
  11. Neutral country that Germany invaded in both World Wars
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  1. Country to the North of the United States
  2. Country with the largest economy in the world
  3. Country to the South of the United States
  4. Was the center of a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union. The US eventually pulled out of this country.
  5. Island country that was defeated in WW2 by the United States
  6. closest country to Antarctica in the world
  7. Country run by the brutal dictator Kim Jung Un
  8. Mexico was a colony under this country
  9. Biggest country in South America

20 Clues: Biggest country in South America • Mexico was a colony under this country • First country to fall to Germany in WW2 • Country to the North of the United States • Country to the South of the United States • closest country to Antarctica in the world • Country with the largest economy in the world • Country run by the brutal dictator Kim Jung Un • ...

Module 9 Vocab 2023-03-01

Module 9 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Money and debt
  2. the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world
  3. getting a loan from your brokerage and using the money from the loan to invest in more securities
  4. Decline in prices in good
  5. 31st president of the United States
  6. a line of needy persons. assembled to receive food given as charity
  7. cash payments or “the dole”
  8. a place where people who cannot afford, or do not have the means to feed themselves
  9. the United States stock market crashed
  10. enacted to protect U.S. farmers from foreign competition
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  1. an agency authorized by the U.S. government to loan money to assist the nation's ailing banks after the stock market crash
  2. the highest concrete arch dam in the United States
  3. American statesman who was elected Governor of New York
  4. measures the daily price movements of 30 large American companies
  5. agricultural price support
  6. intended to lower the cost of home ownership by creating a network of government-sponsored banks
  7. the drought-affected south central United States
  8. to review something idly or casually and often inconclusively
  9. A group of almost
  10. Homeless Americans began to build their own camps on the edges of citiesSoup kitchen

20 Clues: Money and debt • A group of almost • Decline in prices in good • agricultural price support • cash payments or “the dole” • 31st president of the United States • the United States stock market crashed • the drought-affected south central United States • the highest concrete arch dam in the United States • American statesman who was elected Governor of New York • ...

wwii 2022-05-18

wwii crossword puzzle
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  1. japan's surprise bombing on this united states military port
  2. served as british prime minister during world war ||
  3. german submarines during world war ||
  4. german encoding device
  5. german tactic of "lightning war"
  6. incredible soviet victory in this city
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  1. nuclear weapon used against two japanese cities
  2. germany's renewed air force after world war
  3. major german offensive on the western front
  4. germany invaded the rhineland and broke the treaty of _
  5. major british evacuation
  6. alliance of germany, japan, and italy
  7. major pacific battle between japan and the united states over this island
  8. alliance pf great britain, united states, and soviet union
  9. greatest naval invasion in history

15 Clues: german encoding device • major british evacuation • german tactic of "lightning war" • greatest naval invasion in history • german submarines during world war || • alliance of germany, japan, and italy • incredible soviet victory in this city • germany's renewed air force after world war • major german offensive on the western front • ...

US History Ch5 Vocabulary 2017-01-09

US History Ch5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. people who supported ratification of the Constitution
  2. official change, correction,or addition to a law or constitution
  3. the plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population
  4. an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature
  5. the division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws
  6. led hundreds of men to shut down the Supreme Court in an event that became known as Shays’s Rebellion
  7. the division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states
  8. an anti-federalist who opposed the constitution and believed the Constitution needed a section guaranteeing individual rights
  9. a meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution
  10. to plead in favor of
  11. an agreement worked out at the constitutional convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress
  12. the idea that political authority belongs to the people
  13. trade between two or more states
  14. a series of essays that defended and explained the constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the proposed national government
  15. an uprising of Massachusetts’ farmers, led by Daniels Shays, to protest high taxes, heavy debt, and farm foreclosures
  16. an official approval
  17. a charter of liberties agreed to by King John of England, it made the king obey the same laws as citizens
  18. a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government
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  1. a tax on imports or exports
  2. the division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nation’s laws
  3. The fourth president, delegate of the Constitutional Convention, and author of the Bill of Rights.
  4. the document that created the first central government of the United States; was replaced by the Constitution in 1789
  5. a proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population; rejected at the Constitutional Convention
  6. a document that gave people in Virginia freed of worship and prohibited tax money from being used to fund churches
  7. legislation passed by Congress authorizing surveys and the division of public lands in the western region of the country
  8. legislation passed by Congress to establish a political structure for the Northwest Territory and create a system for the admission of new states
  9. a steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment
  10. U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states
  11. a system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  12. people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
  13. lands including present-day Illinois, INdiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; organized by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
  14. voting rights
  15. the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791
  16. increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money

34 Clues: voting rights • to plead in favor of • an official approval • a tax on imports or exports • trade between two or more states • people who opposed ratification of the Constitution • people who supported ratification of the Constitution • the idea that political authority belongs to the people • official change, correction,or addition to a law or constitution • ...

unit 7 2022-10-06

unit 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law
  2. one of two agencies that supply deposit insurance to depositors in American depository institutions
  3. domestic intelligence and security service of the United States
  4. the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food.
  5. American scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather
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  1. provides the military forces needed to deter war, and to protect the security of the United States
  2. the revenue service for the United States federal government
  3. an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
  4. agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security
  5. the combination of communications and collaboration technologies.

10 Clues: agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security • the revenue service for the United States federal government • an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states • domestic intelligence and security service of the United States • the combination of communications and collaboration technologies. • ...

Japan Prefecture Capitals 2021-10-18

Japan Prefecture Capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. Gunma
  2. Ibaraki
  3. Miyagi
  4. Mie
  5. Aichi
  6. Okinawa
  7. Kanagawa
  8. Tochigi
  9. Shiga
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  1. Shimane
  2. Tokyo
  3. Iwate
  4. Hokkaido
  5. Ishikawa
  6. Kagawa
  7. Yamanashi

16 Clues: Mie • Tokyo • Gunma • Iwate • Aichi • Shiga • Miyagi • Kagawa • Shimane • Ibaraki • Okinawa • Tochigi • Hokkaido • Ishikawa • Kanagawa • Yamanashi

Capitals of Countries 2025-01-13

Capitals of Countries crossword puzzle
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  1. France
  2. China
  3. Russia
  4. Mongolia
  5. South Korea
  6. Ireland
  7. Japan
  8. Egypt
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  1. Chile
  2. Germany
  3. Mexico
  4. United Kingdom
  5. Spain
  6. United States
  7. Portugal
  8. Iran

16 Clues: Iran • Chile • China • Spain • Japan • Egypt • France • Mexico • Russia • Germany • Ireland • Mongolia • Portugal • South Korea • United States • United Kingdom

Citizenship Crossword Quiz!! 2023-01-10

Citizenship Crossword Quiz!! crossword puzzle
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  1. We hold these truths to be self ______, that all men are created equal,
  2. The department of _________ works to protect the country against terrorism and make sure the borders are safe.
  3. _______ are groups of people who share similar beliefs on how the government should be run and how issues facing the country should be solved.
  4. The main job of the governor is to make sure ________ are being carried out.
  5. Executive agencies ______ the law when someone isn’t following it.
  6. ________ spending is spending that the Congress decides on each year.
  7. The United States government is ruled by___; which is called a Democracy.
  8. The local government is ___ mentioned in the U.S Constitution.
  9. The oath of ______ is one of the final steps of citizenship.
  10. The ___________ allows women to vote.
  11. The Citizens of the U.S give consent to the government this is called ____________.
  12. The main job of the legislative branch is to create _____ for the states.
  13. The department of _________ supports farmers, makes sure our food is safe, and gives recommendations about good nutrition.
  14. The process in which allows immigrants to become citizens of the United States _______.
  15. Expressed, Inherent, Implied, and Reserved are all types of these ____.
  16. States constitutions are very similar to the U.S Constitution because they have a similar _______.
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  1. The official plan the government uses for its budget is called the ______.
  2. The President’s _____ is a group of individuals who advise him with decisions.
  3. Another name for the president is called the_____.
  4. The United States has a ______ Democracy; meaning citizens elect these people to make decisions for them.
  5. The U.S celebrates 4th of July because that date is when the __________ was signed.
  6. In the party system the far right beliefs are called ______ beliefs.
  7. The highest court in the Judicial branch is the _______.
  8. These powers are given to the states _______.
  9. The Government has ___ roles.

25 Clues: The Government has ___ roles. • The ___________ allows women to vote. • These powers are given to the states _______. • Another name for the president is called the_____. • The highest court in the Judicial branch is the _______. • The oath of ______ is one of the final steps of citizenship. • The local government is ___ mentioned in the U.S Constitution. • ...

Revolutionary War Trivia 2015-01-22

Revolutionary War Trivia crossword puzzle
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  1. He shouted “The British are coming! The British are coming!”
  2. He signed the Declaration of Independence with a bold signature
  3. Loyal to Britain
  4. Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense”
  5. Founding father and George Washington's Secretary of Treasury
  6. founding father and 1st chief justice of supreme court
  7. The Boston _____ resulted with five Americans dead and a strong need for independence from Britain
  8. 3rd president of United States
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  1. Loyal to the colonies
  2. He said “Give me death, or give me liberty.”
  3. German soldiers hired to fight for the British
  4. 1st president of the United States
  5. Founding father and 2nd president of the United States
  6. The number of original colonies
  7. He wrote the Constitution
  8. famous inventor and publisher for the Pennsylvania Gazette

16 Clues: Loyal to Britain • Loyal to the colonies • He wrote the Constitution • 3rd president of United States • The number of original colonies • Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” • 1st president of the United States • He said “Give me death, or give me liberty.” • German soldiers hired to fight for the British • Founding father and 2nd president of the United States • ...

The Civil War Vocabulary 2014-03-14

The Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a branch of the military mounted on horseback
  2. it said that people of each territory should decide for themselves if slaves should be allowed
  3. something that makes a defensive position stronger, they can be man-made or natural
  4. a group of soldiers usually led my a brigadier general
  5. the effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  6. withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  7. the cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
  8. troops who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency
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  1. a branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
  2. a state of bondage in which African Americans were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf
  3. a place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
  4. the new nation that the southern states made, it fought against the Union
  5. a boundary that became a symbolic division between the free and the slave states
  6. troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding a number of fresh soldiers
  7. the states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri who didn't join the Confederacy, but supported the south
  8. to lie in wait for an attack
  9. someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  10. blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier
  11. hard crackers often issued to the soldiers of both sides during the Civil War
  12. a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  13. the term used to describe new soldiers
  14. the largest organized group of soldiers

22 Clues: to lie in wait for an attack • the term used to describe new soldiers • the largest organized group of soldiers • a branch of the military mounted on horseback • someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • a group of soldiers usually led my a brigadier general • a branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare • ...

Cuban Missile Crisis 2016-01-14

Cuban Missile Crisis crossword puzzle
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  1. A ________ is an effort to cut off supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force
  2. the staged invasion from the CIA was called ___ __ ___
  3. ____ is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system
  4. Stevenson _____ _________ attempted to force an answer from Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin as to the existence of the weapons
  5. is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida
  6. place of the President of the United States located in Washington, D.C.
  7. This organizations is abbreviated to UN
  8. _______ is a unit written into various nuclear weapon control treaties, and gives a sense of destructiveness
  9. This continent is made up of Germany, USSR, France exc.
  10. A Surface-to-Air Missile was abbreviated to ___
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  1. Rusk ____ ____ was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969
  2. _____ revolution was a plan to get rid of the dictator in Cuba
  3. is a state in the southeast United States, bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico
  4. This was a neclear weapon created by USA and was placed on submarines are called ______
  5. ______ was the place where USA placed missiles pointing towards USSR
  6. to separate and restrict the movement of persons'state of enforced isolation is called __________
  7. The Capital city of Cuba is called ______
  8. a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and Russia
  9. ______ was a body of United States government officials that convened to advise President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. The Capital City of USSR is ______
  11. __-__ was used for electronic sensor research, satellite calibration, and communications purposes.

21 Clues: The Capital City of USSR is ______ • This organizations is abbreviated to UN • The Capital city of Cuba is called ______ • A Surface-to-Air Missile was abbreviated to ___ • ____ is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system • the staged invasion from the CIA was called ___ __ ___ • This continent is made up of Germany, USSR, France exc. • ...

Social Studies Week 1 Vocabulary Test 2016-03-25

Social Studies Week 1 Vocabulary Test crossword puzzle
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  1. The first national government framework; considered ineffective and was replaced by the U.S.Constitution
  2. American army defeated American Indians leading to the Treaty of Greenville
  3. Able to act or speak freely; freedom
  4. Receiving fair treatment under the law
  5. Original groups who lived in Ohio before written records. Include: Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, Fort Ancient
  6. issues Disagreements between regions of the United States, especially over whether or not to allow slavery in new territories
  7. Movement that worked to end slavery in the United States
  8. Conflict between the United States and Great Britain and its American Indian allies
  9. Person who comes to a country to live there
  10. Protection of rights included in the Northwest Ordinance including freedom of religion, right to trial by jury, education, ban on slavery
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  1. Law that made it illegal to help slaves escape to freedom
  2. Original groups who lived in Ohio after written records
  3. American colonies announced their decision to free themselves from Great Britain
  4. Person who moves from one place to another within a country
  5. Amount of money that a government requires people to pay on goods purchased
  6. Act by the British government that did not allow the colonists to settle west of the Appalachians
  7. Most American Indians gave up their land claims in much of Ohio after their defeat in the Battle of Fallen Timbers
  8. System of secret routes used by free people to help slaves escape to freedom
  9. Oliver Hazard Perry and American sailors defeated the British navy; ended Indian resistance to American settlement of Ohio
  10. Established a process for the creation of new states and identified democratic ideals to be included in the states of the Northwest Territory

20 Clues: Able to act or speak freely; freedom • Receiving fair treatment under the law • Person who comes to a country to live there • Original groups who lived in Ohio after written records • Movement that worked to end slavery in the United States • Law that made it illegal to help slaves escape to freedom • Person who moves from one place to another within a country • ...

Voc 2023-08-28

Voc crossword puzzle
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  1. Limited the power of the king
  2. Avoid tyranny; the majority can't be allowed to dictate or violate the rights of the minorities.
  3. Government that only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution.
  4. Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB.
  5. The governing body that declared us independent of GB
  6. Wanted additional protections for people and states.
  7. States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person
  8. Each branch has their individual roles and responsibilities
  9. Established direct democracy, first form of self government in the U.S
  10. Supported the constitution as is; no need for additional protections
  11. The supreme law of the United States of America
  12. Ensures one branch does not become too powerful.
  13. Met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
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  1. Where we got some of our BOR from, gave us the idea of representative government
  2. Showed the weakness of the Articles; armed rebellion regarding taxes.
  3. Division of power among different levels of government
  4. States no one is above the law
  5. People directly vote for what they want
  6. Rule by the people, consent of the governed
  7. A compromise that stated the HOR= based off population and Senate= equal in proportion
  8. War between Britain and France over territory in the Ohio River Valley
  9. The nation’s first constitution; it failed due to giving the states too much power.
  10. The power of the judicial branch to declare laws unconstitutional.
  11. The first democratically elected legislative body in the U.S

24 Clues: Limited the power of the king • States no one is above the law • People directly vote for what they want • Rule by the people, consent of the governed • Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB. • The supreme law of the United States of America • Ensures one branch does not become too powerful. • States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person • ...

Unit 2 Vocab 2024-02-21

Unit 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. American prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  2. An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War
  3. The idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America
  4. A wagon road stretching 2170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley
  5. The voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States
  6. A formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker
  7. A commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico
  8. "Before the war"
  9. To acquire new land and make it part of another country
  10. An escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad
  11. Was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party for president in the 1860 presidential election
  12. American religious leader, second president of the Mormon church, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West
  13. A pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory of the United States
  14. Played an instrumental role in the founding or expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill.
  15. A rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831
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  1. Rapid influx of fortune seekers to the site of newly discovered gold deposits
  2. An invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848
  3. Government based on consent of the people
  4. Five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion
  5. System of cultural beliefs or ideals in the 19th century that governed gender roles in upper- and middle-class society
  6. A printer, newspaper publisher, radical abolitionist, suffragist, civil rights activist
  7. War fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas's independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas
  8. The first women's rights convention in the United States
  9. Was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico
  10. American writer and philanthropist, the author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which contributed so much to popular feeling against slavery that it is cited among the causes of the American Civil War
  11. Movement dedicated to promoting moderation and, more often, complete abstinence in the use of intoxicating liquor
  12. The route taken by Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake in what would become the state of Utah
  13. The movement that sought to end slavery in the country
  14. A period in the 1820s-1830s in which the economy and society shifted from moral economies to a capitalist system
  15. A school reformer during the Reform Era. Also became the first secretary of education in Massachusetts

30 Clues: "Before the war" • Government based on consent of the people • The movement that sought to end slavery in the country • To acquire new land and make it part of another country • The first women's rights convention in the United States • An invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848 • ...

A More Perfect Union: Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quiz! 2024-10-24

A More Perfect Union: Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quiz! crossword puzzle
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  1. Article III deals with the _____ _____ or count system
  2. The Constitution contains a system of _______ ______ ______ which means each branch of government has ways to check and or limit the power of other branches
  3. having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body
  4. supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community
  5. a member or supporter of the Federalist Party
  6. a Connecticut politician and Superior Court judge
  7. a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature
  8. the freeing of individual enslaved people
  9. someone who opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1787 and the establishment of a strong central government
  10. a city in east Massachusetts on the Massachusetts bay near Boston
  11. gained America's independence, created a government for the new country, and helped free enslaved people
  12. _______ is a key feature in the United States to which federal and state governments share power
  13. Many American settlers moved to the Northwest Territory by sailing on _________ along the Ohio River. A _______ was capable of carrying large amounts of cargo from place to place
  14. a special group of people named by each state legislator to select the president and vice president
  15. a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
  16. In 1785 the Confederation Congress passed a law that set up a process to survey and sell the lands north of the Ohio River
  17. Article II of the Constitution sets up the ______ ______ to carry out the nation’s laws and policies
  18. the first constitution of the 13 American states, adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1789 by the Constitution of the United States
  19. Article I of the constitution declares congress to be the lawmaking branch of the government
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  1. a union of sovereign states in which the stress is laid on the autonomy of each constituent body
  2. the ability or one group to control the actions of another group by withholding funding, or putting stipulations on the use of funds
  3. The Northwest Ordinance was passed in 1787 which created a single _______ _______ from lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
  4. a law that reduced the minimum amount of land that could be purchased from 640 acres to 320 acres and introduced a credit feature for buyers
  5. a tax imposed by the government on goods imported into a country
  6. a change, correction, or improvement added to a document
  7. liberties that are not dependent on government, while legal rights, also known as positive rights, are defined by government action or inaction
  8. a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state
  9. an improved state or way of functioning that results from the correction of abuses and bad habits or practices
  10. In September 1786, Hamilton had called for an authorized meeting in Philadelphia to discuss trade issues
  11. In September 25 1789, the United States _____ ___ _____ comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  12. a tax, or duty, levied on imported goods
  13. created a government with 3 branches and became the 4th president of the United States
  14. proposed the Virginia plan
  15. a Connecticut politician and Superior Court judge

34 Clues: proposed the Virginia plan • a tax, or duty, levied on imported goods • the freeing of individual enslaved people • a member or supporter of the Federalist Party • a Connecticut politician and Superior Court judge • a Connecticut politician and Superior Court judge • Article III deals with the _____ _____ or count system • ...

Crossword Crisps 2025-11-18

Crossword Crisps crossword puzzle
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  1. An agreement between two sides where both sides give a little to gain a little.
  2. A meeting to discuss government changes.
  3. Plan that says that 60% of the slave population would count towards population and taxes.
  4. Creator of the New Jersey Plan.
  5. Creator of the Great Compromise.
  6. Plan that created 3 branches of government with a bicameral legislature.
  7. The people for the constitution.
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  1. The process and pattern to add states to the US.
  2. States that wanted slaves to count towards representation but not taxation.
  3. The only state that did not show up to the convention.
  4. Plan that was favored by the small states. Representation based on equality.
  5. States that wanted slaves to count towards taxation but not representation.
  6. Leader of the Constitutional Convention.
  7. The people against the Constitution.
  8. Plan favored by the large states. Population-based representation

15 Clues: Creator of the New Jersey Plan. • Creator of the Great Compromise. • The people for the constitution. • The people against the Constitution. • A meeting to discuss government changes. • Leader of the Constitutional Convention. • The process and pattern to add states to the US. • The only state that did not show up to the convention. • ...

CIVIL WAR!!!!!! ella rigot 2023-01-25

CIVIL WAR!!!!!! ella rigot crossword puzzle
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  1. Slave Law A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  2. a village in Virginia that was the site of the Confederate surrender to Union forces under the command of General Ulysses
  3. Scott decision A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  4. weakness for the south
  5. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  6. pro for the North
  7. weaknesses for the North
  8. location pro for the south
  9. another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union
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  1. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  2. pro for the south
  3. The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  4. A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy
  5. pro for the North
  6. pro for the North
  7. a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
  8. pro for the North

17 Clues: pro for the south • pro for the North • pro for the North • pro for the North • pro for the North • weakness for the south • weaknesses for the North • location pro for the south • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country • The northern states of the United States, also called the Union. • ...

"Hamilton" Vocabulary 2023-03-16

"Hamilton" Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the act of taking over the debts of another entity
  2. the act of withdrawing from a political union or federation
  3. relating to the political and economic theories of Thomas Jefferson, particularly his belief in states' rights and agrarianism
  4. freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others
  5. the legislative branch of the United States government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives
  6. a financial institution that manages a country's currency, monetary policy, and interest rates
  7. the branch of government responsible for enforcing the law, headed by the President
  8. the system of courts that interpret and apply the law
  9. a system designed to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful by providing each branch with the means to check the power of the others
  10. a supporter of a strong central government and a national bank, particularly during the early years of the United States
  11. the branch of government responsible for making laws, consisting of Congress
  12. a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units
  13. relating to the political and economic theories of Alexander Hamilton, particularly his belief in a strong central government and a national bank
  14. a group of electors who are appointed to elect the President and Vice President of the United States
  15. a form of government in which a single person, the monarch, has supreme authority over the state
  16. an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league
  17. The practice of conducting negotiations between nations
  18. the right
  19. the total amount of money owed by the federal government
  20. the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which protect the basic rights and freedoms of American citizens
  21. A territory controlled by a distant country
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  1. the movement to end slavery in the United States
  2. the lower house of Congress, consisting of representatives elected by the people of each state
  3. the gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787
  4. a tax on imported goods
  5. the act of invalidating a federal law within a state
  6. a group of advisors to the President or other leader, typically consisting of heads of executive departments
  7. Groups of people who share similar beliefs and goals about how the government should be run
  8. the upper house of Congress, consisting of two senators from each state
  9. the branch of government responsible for interpreting the law, consisting of the federal court system
  10. a person who opposed a strong central government and a national bank, particularly during the early years of the United States
  11. To approve or confirm a law or agreement
  12. a document that outlines the basic principles, laws, and structures of a government or organization
  13. the act of freeing slaves from slavery
  14. a sudden and dramatic change in political power or government structure
  15. an act of open resistance or defiance to an established authority
  16. a tax protest in the United States in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington
  17. A settlement in which both sides give up something in order to reach an agreement
  18. a form of government in which the power is held by the people or their elected representatives
  19. a form of government in which the people have the power to elect their leaders and participate in decision-making

40 Clues: the right • a tax on imported goods • the act of freeing slaves from slavery • To approve or confirm a law or agreement • A territory controlled by a distant country • the movement to end slavery in the United States • the act of taking over the debts of another entity • the act of invalidating a federal law within a state • ...

Civil War 2021-09-03

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the southern states
  2. southern states which slavery was legal
  3. where battle is fought
  4. war between citizens
  5. control by majority of members
  6. an offensive against an enemy
  7. operation aimed at achieving a goal
  8. person who wanted to eliminate slavery
  9. troops trained to fight on horseback
  10. region north of mason-dixon line
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  1. freedom of choice
  2. states of being allied
  3. submit to there authority
  4. statement that is emphatic
  5. government with central and regional authorities
  6. person who is in an army
  7. successful ending in a contest
  8. being/joined into a single entity
  9. authorities direction to do something
  10. entry into an area

20 Clues: freedom of choice • entry into an area • the southern states • war between citizens • states of being allied • where battle is fought • person who is in an army • submit to there authority • statement that is emphatic • an offensive against an enemy • control by majority of members • successful ending in a contest • region north of mason-dixon line • being/joined into a single entity • ...

Principles of Training- By Laney :) 2024-08-14

Principles of Training- By Laney :) crossword puzzle
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  1. States the magnitude of exertion should be appropriate for the selected physical activity
  2. Impacts an athletes ability to complete certain training activities
  3. The key factors in the design of an appropriate training program
  4. States that training should be planned to ensure gradual increases in training load to ensure that physiological adaptation is appropriate for selected sport
  5. States the length of training time should be appropriate for the selected sport
  6. Will impact an individuals ability to complete certain training activities
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  1. Will impact an athletes ability to complete certain training activities
  2. States a range of different training activities, movement options and training contexts should be included in a training program
  3. States the personal needs, goals, fitness levels, motivation and skills of individual athletes should be considered when creating a training program
  4. An increase in work volume and/or intensity of work, placing the athletes body under stress
  5. States the type of exercise used in training should be relevant to energy systems and fitness requirements for physical activity
  6. States the number of times training occurs in a given period should be appropriate for selected sport
  7. Should be considered when creating a training program as this may affect when an athlete can train and types of training they can partake in

13 Clues: The key factors in the design of an appropriate training program • Impacts an athletes ability to complete certain training activities • Will impact an athletes ability to complete certain training activities • Will impact an individuals ability to complete certain training activities • ...

Reconstruction Vocab 2024-05-13

Reconstruction Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. This was the action of putting someone apart from others
  2. Rules that were specifically for one group of people
  3. A tax that was given to people when they voted
  4. This plan was the Reconstruction Act of 1867, it divided the old confederate states into five military districts. This plan also wrote the 14th and 15th amendment
  5. This plan states that 10 percent of confederates states have to swear to oath to the union and work to create new state constitutions
  6. A period of time where the US tried to include African americans in social, political and labor systems
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  1. A test that was given to people to see how good they are at reading and writing
  2. This amendment states that no state should take away the freedoms or privilege's of a person
  3. This amendment allowed African American men to vote
  4. Army forces that were assigned to protect a certain area
  5. This amendment states that slavery should be banned in the united states unless it is a punishment
  6. These were laws that restricted African Americans rights
  7. This plan states that if 10 percent of voters from a state took a pledge to promise to the US, abide by emancipation and agree to the 13th amendment, then they could pick new state constitutions

13 Clues: A tax that was given to people when they voted • This amendment allowed African American men to vote • Rules that were specifically for one group of people • Army forces that were assigned to protect a certain area • This was the action of putting someone apart from others • These were laws that restricted African Americans rights • ...

Unit 3 social studies 2024-03-27

Unit 3 social studies crossword puzzle
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  1. The first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  2. The system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches.
  3. A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed.
  4. A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  5. To formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  6. Payment given to someone to offset, or make up for, a loss or injury.
  7. The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  8. To treat a person or group unfairly.
  9. A formal listing of the basic rights of people in the United States.
  10. Supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress.
  11. A person who is required to defend himself or herself in a legal action. An example is an accused person who is put on trial for a crime.
  12. To agree or pledge to support someone or something.
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  1. A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan.
  2. A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government.
  3. A strong disagreement.
  4. A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.
  5. The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  6. The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  7. A difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true.
  8. A country governed by elected representatives.

20 Clues: A strong disagreement. • To treat a person or group unfairly. • A country governed by elected representatives. • Supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress. • A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan. • To agree or pledge to support someone or something. • A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government. • ...

Unit 3 social studies 2024-03-27

Unit 3 social studies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  2. The system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches.
  3. A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed.
  4. A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  5. To formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  6. Payment given to someone to offset, or make up for, a loss or injury.
  7. The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  8. To treat a person or group unfairly.
  9. A formal listing of the basic rights of people in the United States.
  10. Supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress.
  11. A person who is required to defend himself or herself in a legal action. An example is an accused person who is put on trial for a crime.
  12. To agree or pledge to support someone or something.
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  1. A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan.
  2. A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government.
  3. A strong disagreement.
  4. A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.
  5. The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  6. The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  7. A difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true.
  8. A country governed by elected representatives.

20 Clues: A strong disagreement. • To treat a person or group unfairly. • A country governed by elected representatives. • Supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress. • A basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan. • To agree or pledge to support someone or something. • A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government. • ...

Manifest Destiny 2024-11-11

Manifest Destiny crossword puzzle
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  1. The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, ceding vast territories to the United States.
  2. A historic route used by pioneers traveling to Oregon, starting from Missouri and covering about 2,000 miles.
  3. The nickname for a high tariff passed in 1828 that angered the South because it raised the prices of imported goods. It was called the Tariff of ________.
  4. The practice of a political leader rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs.
  5. The final battle of the Texas Revolution where Texas forces, led by Sam Houston, defeated the Mexican army and captured General Santa Anna.
  6. The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean, spreading democracy and freedom.
  7. A group of unofficial advisers to President Andrew Jackson, separate from his formal cabinet.
  8. A financial crisis in the United States that led to a severe economic depression during Martin Van Buren's presidency.
  9. Gold seekers who traveled to California during the Gold Rush of 1849.
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  1. An agent who was given land grants by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas.
  2. The mass migration to California following the discovery of gold in 1848, leading to rapid population growth.
  3. Crisis: A conflict between Southern states, especially South Carolina, and the federal government over states' rights to nullify federal laws.
  4. A pivotal event in the Texas Revolution where a small group of Texans held off a much larger Mexican army before being defeated.
  5. The 1835-1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule, resulting in Texas gaining independence.
  6. A revolt by American settlers in California against Mexican rule in 1846, leading to California's brief independence.
  7. A law passed in 1830 that authorized the forced relocation of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River.
  8. An annual meeting of fur trappers and traders in the wilderness to exchange goods.
  9. The process of incorporating a territory into a country, as seen with Texas joining the United States in 1845.
  10. Fur traders and explorers who roamed the Rocky Mountains, often helping to map the West.
  11. The forced march of Cherokee Native Americans from their homeland to Indian Territory, resulting in the deaths of thousands.

20 Clues: Gold seekers who traveled to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. • An annual meeting of fur trappers and traders in the wilderness to exchange goods. • The practice of a political leader rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs. • An agent who was given land grants by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas. • ...

constitution 2022-05-26

constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. "We the _________ of the United States..."
  2. must be at least 30 and 9 years a citizen
  3. must be 35 or older, a natural-born citizen, and a U.S. resident for 14 years
  4. people have the _________ to a speedy trial
  5. includes the Senate and House of Representatives
  6. most powerful court in the Judicial Department
  7. department headed by the President
  8. introduction to the Constitution
  9. a written plan of government
  10. what a person born or naturalized in the United States is
  11. the 13th amendment forbids this
  12. addition or change in the Constitution
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  1. Branch of government that enforces the laws.
  2. branch of government that makes the laws.
  3. of confederation The US Constitution replaced this.
  4. minimum voting age (Amendment 26)
  5. ________ of Representatives
  6. Amendment 19 gave them the right to vote
  7. __________ of religion
  8. Bill of ________
  9. _________ III discusses the judicial branch
  10. the one thing citizens should do.
  11. the United States Constitution replaced the Articles of ______________
  12. Congress has the power to do this

24 Clues: Bill of ________ • __________ of religion • ________ of Representatives • a written plan of government • the 13th amendment forbids this • introduction to the Constitution • minimum voting age (Amendment 26) • the one thing citizens should do. • Congress has the power to do this • department headed by the President • addition or change in the Constitution • ...

Unit 5 notes 2023-12-04

Unit 5 notes crossword puzzle
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  1. constitution of USA
  2. Judges if the laws are fair
  3. Every slave counted for 3 votes
  4. Small states wanted the votes to be equal
  5. States that are larger and it has more votes
  6. States wanted votes to be proportional to how many people were in the state
  7. Signed and agreed on
  8. Equal representation
  9. Passed the laws
  10. Legislative branch has 2 houses
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  1. Wanted a weak control government
  2. Changes to the constitution
  3. People came up with a new constitution
  4. Make sure none are too strong
  5. Enforces the laws
  6. Both groups pass laws
  7. First 10 amendments
  8. A rule book for what a government can do
  9. Strong central government
  10. No branches would be to powerful
  11. Loose friendship
  12. Power to govern themself
  13. Ruler with total power

23 Clues: Passed the laws • Loose friendship • Enforces the laws • constitution of USA • First 10 amendments • Signed and agreed on • Equal representation • Both groups pass laws • Ruler with total power • Strong central government • Power to govern themself • Changes to the constitution • Judges if the laws are fair • Make sure none are too strong • Every slave counted for 3 votes • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-05-20

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A medical method that was used on soldiers to prevent deadly infections from spreading
  2. A nurse nicknamed "The angel on the battlefield" because she brought supplies to soldiers in battle
  3. A non-perishable cracker made of only flour and water
  4. Pro-slavery states with less advanced economy and poor military
  5. Troops trained to fight on horseback
  6. A lead hollow bullet with grooves that made it quicker and deadlier than a typical lead ball used in battle
  7. Granted slaves freedom in Confederate states if they returned to the union
  8. A medicine that was used to treat gangrene
  9. A label used by soldiers so their bodies can be identified if they're killed
  10. Anti-slavery states with advanced economy and military
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  1. A form of quick transportation mainly in the North
  2. A soldier that is wounded or killed in battle
  3. A form of quick communication using electrical pulses
  4. The act of preserving bodies of soldiers after death
  5. The state of being forced servitude to another person
  6. To leave or withdraw; Eleven southern states__from the union
  7. A person who wanted to stop slavery
  8. A Confederate general for the United States army during the civil war
  9. A multibarrel, rotating, and Crank operated machine gun that was similar to modern day machine guns

19 Clues: A person who wanted to stop slavery • Troops trained to fight on horseback • A medicine that was used to treat gangrene • A soldier that is wounded or killed in battle • A form of quick transportation mainly in the North • The act of preserving bodies of soldiers after death • A non-perishable cracker made of only flour and water • ...

The Civil War Crossword 2023-03-01

The Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Before the War
  2. The last name of the 16th president of the United States
  3. The first state to secede from the Union
  4. The war
  5. An judgment made about someone before facts are known
  6. President was Jefferson Davis
  7. A name for people from the North
  8. Blocking off a place preventing things or people from leaving or entering
  9. The first battle of the American Civil War
  10. The snake plan
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  1. Made up of 23 Free States
  2. To be set free and be your own person without the control of another
  3. These states were slave states that did not leave the Union but supported the confederates
  4. Led 100,000 men into Atlanta
  5. A formerly enslaved person
  6. A battle fought between July 1-3, 1863
  7. Argued breaking away from the union was the only way with or without other states
  8. Last name of the man who led the Confederate Army Of Virginia throughout the civil war
  9. A name for southern whites who supported the Republican Party
  10. Escaped to the North in a confederate ship

20 Clues: The war • Before the War • The snake plan • Made up of 23 Free States • A formerly enslaved person • Led 100,000 men into Atlanta • President was Jefferson Davis • A name for people from the North • A battle fought between July 1-3, 1863 • The first state to secede from the Union • The first battle of the American Civil War • Escaped to the North in a confederate ship • ...

chapter 4 lesson 1 2022-09-08

chapter 4 lesson 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. the ability to do something or act in a particular way, especially as a faculty or quality.
  2. two or more governments exercise power over the same people and the same territory.
  3. deny the truth of a statement by asserting the opposite.
  4. Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders.
  5. powers also called enumerated powers, are those powers directly expressed or stated in the Constitution by the Founders.
  6. the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
  7. the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
  8. the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.
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  1. powers The Constitution says that the states will have any powers not delegated to the national government, as long as they are not also prohibited to the states.
  2. powers powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government.
  3. powers political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution.
  4. powers The federal government and the states also have certain powers that they share
  5. the activities of governments concerning the political relations between countries.
  6. clause Article VI makes the acts and treaties of the United States supreme and is called the
  7. by giving the national government certain specified powers, reserving all other powers to the states or to the people.
  8. the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.

16 Clues: Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders. • deny the truth of a statement by asserting the opposite. • the management of any office, business, or organization; direction. • the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time. • powers powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government. • ...

Nathan Colosimo - Constitution Crossword 2022-01-18

Nathan Colosimo - Constitution Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The president can call special sessions of ____
  2. Supreme Court Judges hold the office for ____
  3. The branch which can override the president’s veto
  4. Powers not listed in the constitution are reserved for the states or people
  5. The constitution states the required voting age is ____
  6. A president is limited to ___ terms
  7. The amendment must be ratified by at least ____ of state legislatures
  8. Different states may run schools how they choose
  9. This body can refuse to ratify treaties
  10. The body which may rule laws or executive acts unconstitutional
  11. The person who can appoint Supreme Court Judges
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  1. This part of the government has the power to impeach the president
  2. Right to a trial by jury
  3. Branch which interprets laws and can declare them unconstitutional
  4. Only the federal government has the power to declare war
  5. Last name of the current speaker of the house
  6. The president must be a resident in the US for at least _____ years
  7. The federal law which outlaws slavery
  8. the system of government by which there are different levels of power in the government (such as federal, states, local, etc)
  9. Current NJ senator, also former mayor of Newark.
  10. Amendments may be proposed by a ____ vote of congress
  11. Both the states and federal government have the power to tax and collect taxes
  12. A senator must be a resident of the ____ from which they were elected
  13. The right to bear arms
  14. Last name of current representative from NJ 5th District

25 Clues: The right to bear arms • Right to a trial by jury • A president is limited to ___ terms • The federal law which outlaws slavery • This body can refuse to ratify treaties • Last name of the current speaker of the house • Supreme Court Judges hold the office for ____ • The president can call special sessions of ____ • The person who can appoint Supreme Court Judges • ...

Emersen Nugent constiution crossword 2026-03-19

Emersen Nugent constiution crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the Constitution is_____
  2. to wage war on England,the newly in dependent states needed to_____with each other
  3. there are________branches of government
  4. the articles gave states to much______
  5. certain states didn’t want to______the Constitution without specific protections for the right so if individuals.
  6. the framers divided the federal government's powers between the legislative,executive,and branches.
  7. our_____constitution was called the articles of confederation
  8. Any law that conflicts with it is illegal, and declared______
  9. The Confederation Congress didn't have_____power
  10. There are a total of 435 number of seats in the house of
  11. The Framers of the Constitution didn't want anyone branch to have too much_______
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  1. the United States became__________in 1776
  2. the preamble,or introduction, which sets out the goal so if the______
  3. Bill will become law after receiving_______of those votes.
  4. The Second Amendment says that Americans have the right to______
  5. In 1787, state representatives met to discuss changing the Articles of________
  6. with 50 states,that makes 100 Voter select______senators from each state, regardless of population size.
  7. we have additions to the original document called______
  8. That was America's first______written in 1776.
  9. Fifty five delegates from_____states met over the course of that summer to decide
  10. this principle of__________government prevents our leaders from grabbing to much power.
  11. Once the war had been_______in 1783,things began falling apart.
  12. We call these first_____amendments to the Constitution the Bill of Rights.
  13. A constitution in a set of basic_____for government.
  14. the_____ lets us speak freely
  15. The Fifth and Sixth Amendments deal with the right so if anyone accused of a_______

26 Clues: the Constitution is_____ • the_____ lets us speak freely • the articles gave states to much______ • there are________branches of government • the United States became__________in 1776 • That was America's first______written in 1776. • The Confederation Congress didn't have_____power • A constitution in a set of basic_____for government. • ...

APUSH Unit 5 2025-01-29

APUSH Unit 5 crossword puzzle
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  1. United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia
  2. a racial term for a black and native american child
  3. a free black who moved from the South to the North and urged African Americans to fight for their freedom.
  4. the formal act of freeing from slavery
  5. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict.
  6. An anti-slavery newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison. It drew attention to abolition, both positive and negative, causing a war of words between supporters of slavery and those opposed.
  7. American social theorist who justified slavery by saying that black people were just children and needed to be in slavery
  8. Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad
  9. a young woman of the American Old South's upper class, known for being quiet and polite
  10. man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer
  11. United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
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  1. a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North
  2. 1842, Supreme Court case that decided federal law superseded state law, it was over a fugitive slave law.
  3. opposed the expansion of slavery in new states (particularly out west) ; subcatagory of the Republican party who were also abolitionists ; popular during the late antebellum period ; Abe Lincoln was the most influential person of this political party
  4. A Society that thought slavery was bad. They would buy land in Africa and get free blacks to move there. One of these such colonies was made into what now is Liberia. Most sponsors just wanted to get blacks out of their country.
  5. Another term for slavery; The owning of human beings existed in a country that practiced liberty.
  6. Term used to refer to the approximately 3 decades before 1860 when "king" cotton and the slave labor dominated the economy of the southern states
  7. United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822)
  8. cotton and cotton-growing considered, in the pre-Civil War South, as a vital commodity, the major factor not only in the economy but also in politics.
  9. United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)

20 Clues: the formal act of freeing from slavery • a racial term for a black and native american child • man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer • Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad • United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879) • ...

Progressive Puzzle 2014-02-16

Progressive Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. submission of law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct vote of the electorate.
  2. allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states.
  3. French passenger steamer that was torpedoed by the Germans in March 1916.
  4. one of the deadliest industrial disasters in New York City history, killed 126 people.
  5. states that US senators shall be elected by popular vote
  6. Woodrow Wilson's political philosophy of reforming tariffs, bankers, and trusts.
  7. consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
  8. Theodore Roosevelt's political philosophy to increase the federal government's power to remedy economic and social abuse.
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  1. writers who specialized in exposing corruption of businesses, government, etc.
  2. doctrine developed by US Supreme Court in the case of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey vs. United States.
  3. a German submarine
  4. decreed that all meat shipped over state lines would be subject to federal inspection.
  5. British passenger liner that killed 1,198 people, including 128 Americans.
  6. designed to prevent adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals.
  7. the Republicans who supported President Taft during the campaign of the 1912 elections.
  8. President Taft's efforts to further its aims in Latin America and Asia through use of economic power.
  9. British liner that killed two American lives in August 1915.
  10. consisted of France, Britain, and Russia, and later Japan and Italy.
  11. procedure where voters can present proposed legislation directly to the electorate.
  12. states the prohibition of selling and manufacturing liquor.
  13. procedure for removing an official from office through popular election.

21 Clues: a German submarine • states that US senators shall be elected by popular vote • states the prohibition of selling and manufacturing liquor. • British liner that killed two American lives in August 1915. • consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. • consisted of France, Britain, and Russia, and later Japan and Italy. • ...

the civil was crossword By jessica 2021-11-23

the civil was crossword By jessica crossword puzzle
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  1. platform, The Georgia Platform succeeded in helping the Union from collapse by Compromise of 1850.
  2. , landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
  3. rights, States' rights became not just a political argument, but a person on, too.
  4. codes, black laws were for the African Americans
  5. a state did not have to follow federal law and could, in effect nullify the law
  6. of 1850, it split the states equally and the south now had the fugitive slave act which now they could bring slaves back to the south
  7. Lincon, 16th president of the union during the civil war
  8. Mcneal Turner, was a minister, politician, and the 12th elected
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  1. reconstruction, the federal government e attempted to enforce equal suffrage on the ex-Confederate states.
  2. 50 military prisons of the Civil War, Camp Sumter
  3. reconstruction transformed the south with slavery-free for them
  4. Scott, A slave in the south which he was brought back from the more and then fought for his freedom but lost
  5. T Sherman, Commanding General of the United States Army
  6. Republicans, The Radical Republicans were a group of politicians who formed a faction within the Republican party
  7. The south left the united states of America to create the confederacy and South Carolina was the first to leave

15 Clues: 50 military prisons of the Civil War, Camp Sumter • codes, black laws were for the African Americans • T Sherman, Commanding General of the United States Army • Lincon, 16th president of the union during the civil war • reconstruction transformed the south with slavery-free for them • Mcneal Turner, was a minister, politician, and the 12th elected • ...

Erich Malek 2020-09-27

Erich Malek crossword puzzle
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  1. of Rights, The first Ten Amendments were known as the _____________ _____________ _____________.
  2. The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy _____________.
  3. Since the Bill of Rights were written, _____________ more amendments have been added.
  4. Amendment, Guarantees the rights to a Grand Jury, and states that you can not be tried for the same crime again.
  5. The Fourteenth Amendment granted _____________ to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”
  6. Amendment, The Government can not search your belongings without a warrant.
  7. Amendment, We have the freedom of speech, freedom to choose our own religion, peaceful protest, and the right to petition the Government.
  8. Amendment, States that you have rights that are not in the Constitution, but they exist.
  9. Amendment, We have the right to bear arms (to own a gun).
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  1. The Seventh Amendment guarantees the right for a trial by _____________.
  2. The Eighth Amendment guarantees the right that excessive _____________ shall not be required.
  3. The 27 amendments to the _____________ range from personal rights to procedural laws.
  4. Madison, Wrote the Bill of Rights.
  5. The Eighteenth Amendment established the _____________ of alcohol in the United States.
  6. Amendment, Provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president.
  7. Rights, The Bill of Rights were written for our _____________ _____________.
  8. Amendment, The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the State respectively, or to the people.
  9. Amendment, No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. (people should not have to give up their home to soldiers. It is their property.)

18 Clues: Madison, Wrote the Bill of Rights. • Amendment, We have the right to bear arms (to own a gun). • The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy _____________. • The Seventh Amendment guarantees the right for a trial by _____________. • Amendment, The Government can not search your belongings without a warrant. • ...

Chapter 12 Crossword 2024-02-15

Chapter 12 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States
  2. An American Founding Father, military officer, politician and statesman who served as the first president of the United States
  3. United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere.
  4. An American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States
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  1. A means of preventing a country or region from sending out food, supplies, weapons, communications, and sometimes even people, to military needs.
  2. A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  3. A war fought by the United States and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its indigenous allies in British North America.
  4. Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands
  5. How a country uses different strategies to guide its relationships with other countries and international organizations.
  6. An American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States
  7. The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.
  8. An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

12 Clues: An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. • The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc. • United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. • ...

Famous Places 2021-07-08

Famous Places crossword puzzle
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  1. It is the birthplace of a beloved Hindu god
  2. According to a famous saying, this city was not built in a day
  3. An island in Indonesia
  4. A city by the banks of River Ganges
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  1. This capital city has the same name as the country
  2. One of the fashion capitals of the world
  3. The holiest Islamic city
  4. A city with one of the world's wonders
  5. A pilgrimage city for Hindus

9 Clues: An island in Indonesia • The holiest Islamic city • A pilgrimage city for Hindus • A city by the banks of River Ganges • A city with one of the world's wonders • One of the fashion capitals of the world • It is the birthplace of a beloved Hindu god • This capital city has the same name as the country • According to a famous saying, this city was not built in a day

Greece ARCH 2021-12-06

Greece ARCH crossword puzzle
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  1. an order of ancient Greek Architecture that features grooved columns with no grooved bases and an upper story with square sculpture called metopes
  2. a projecting ledge over a wall
  3. A "high city". temple complex
  4. a colonnade surrounding a building or closing a courtyard
  5. the main room of a temple where the god is housed
  6. body of a column
  7. a public plaza where religious/social things took place
  8. the triangle top of a temple that contains sculptures
  9. an order of Greek architecture that features columns with scrolled capitals and an upper story with sculptures and friezes
  10. an ancient Greek covered walkway having columns on one side and a wall on the other
  11. a small relief sculpture on the facade of a Greek temple
  12. a horizontal band of sculpture
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  1. a building column that is shaped like a female
  2. an order of ancient Greek architecture similar to ionic
  3. four columns in the front/back of a temple
  4. a entryway to a temple
  5. an ancient Greek circular building
  6. a graceful arrangement of the body
  7. way a ceremonial road for a procession built to honor Athena during a festival
  8. a projecting grooved element alternating with a metope on a Greek temple
  9. and archaic Greek sculpture of standing youth
  10. the upper story of a Greek temple

22 Clues: body of a column • a entryway to a temple • A "high city". temple complex • a projecting ledge over a wall • a horizontal band of sculpture • the upper story of a Greek temple • an ancient Greek circular building • a graceful arrangement of the body • four columns in the front/back of a temple • and archaic Greek sculpture of standing youth • ...

The 27 Amendments 2022-09-29

The 27 Amendments crossword puzzle
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  1. Congressional pay raise parameters set
  2. States can't be sued by people in other states or countries
  3. Elect President and Vice President
  4. Freedom of speech, assembly, press, and religion
  5. Defines US Citizenship and Citizens' Rights
  6. 18 year olds can now vote
  7. No cruel or unusual punishments; no excessive bail or fines
  8. No Taxes for Voting
  9. All Races Can Vote
  10. Income taxes can be collected
  11. Repeals 18th Amendment
  12. Rights not mentioned in constitution
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  1. Presidential, Vice Presidential, and Congress terms set
  2. Right to a jury in a civil case
  3. Women Can Vote
  4. Senators are elected by the people
  5. Rights in criminal cases
  6. Quartering of soilders without approval of owner
  7. Outlaws Slavery in US
  8. Outlaws manufacture and sale of alcohol
  9. Rights given to states not granted to government
  10. Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure
  11. Limited Presidential Terms
  12. Right to Bear Arms
  13. Vice President becomes President if President cannot serve
  14. People living in Washington, DC can vote
  15. Rigtht to an attorney, public trial, fair and speedy trial

27 Clues: Women Can Vote • Right to Bear Arms • All Races Can Vote • No Taxes for Voting • Outlaws Slavery in US • Repeals 18th Amendment • Rights in criminal cases • 18 year olds can now vote • Limited Presidential Terms • Income taxes can be collected • Right to a jury in a civil case • Senators are elected by the people • Elect President and Vice President • ...

Ancient Greece 2022-11-01

Ancient Greece crossword puzzle
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  1. Spartan life was centered on the ___________
  2. the most deadly fighting force in ancient Greece
  3. the enemy of both Sparta and Athens
  4. Alexander was unable to conquer this because his troops refused to continue
  5. citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields
  6. these "h" rebels could be credited with Sparta's desire to form a military state
  7. "We are what we repeatedly do; excellence is a habit."
  8. a government ruled by a few powerful people
  9. home of Philip and Alexander
  10. Athens focused on science, rhetoric, and the ________
  11. Greece's geography led to these independent states
  12. alarm clocks, democracy, astronomy, mathematics, and drama are all Greek ________
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  1. unlike today, these rulers typically appealed to common citizens for support and were fair and just
  2. the most famous Greek 'republican'
  3. Greece was the first to use this form of government
  4. Alexander's greatest achievement
  5. leader of the Delian League
  6. earliest Greeks
  7. he used league money to beautify Athens
  8. age of no written records existed during this period of Greek history
  9. winner of the Peloponnesian War

21 Clues: earliest Greeks • leader of the Delian League • home of Philip and Alexander • winner of the Peloponnesian War • Alexander's greatest achievement • the most famous Greek 'republican' • the enemy of both Sparta and Athens • he used league money to beautify Athens • a government ruled by a few powerful people • Spartan life was centered on the ___________ • ...

Us States 2015-05-18

Us States crossword puzzle
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  1. location of museum us space and rocket center
  2. Gateway Arch
  3. where the blues came from
  4. Hoover dam arch-gravity
  5. state of peach
  6. Carolina Smoky Mountains National Park
  7. San Antonio riverwalk
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  1. Grand Canyon location
  2. golden bridge
  3. Garden of the Gods
  4. Motor Speedway
  5. Willis tower
  6. Sunshine State
  7. YORK statue of liberty
  8. Mexico White Sands National Monument

15 Clues: Gateway Arch • Willis tower • golden bridge • Motor Speedway • Sunshine State • state of peach • Garden of the Gods • Grand Canyon location • San Antonio riverwalk • YORK statue of liberty • Hoover dam arch-gravity • where the blues came from • Mexico White Sands National Monument • Carolina Smoky Mountains National Park • location of museum us space and rocket center

Alana Riddell: Our Puzzling Government #2 | Federalism 2022-11-18

Alana Riddell: Our Puzzling Government #2 | Federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. an organization of government administrators
  2. Clause which states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land
  3. refers to documents such as mortgages, birth certificates, leases, and deeds
  4. Powers directly stated in the Constitution by the founders
  5. organization made up of all of the USA's govenors
  6. act An act that allows a territory wishing to become a state to prepare a constitution
  7. Powers given to the states if not given specifically to the government
  8. court case that declared Congress overstepped boundaries by banning guns in or near schools
  9. a type of compact made between two different states
  10. Clause which allows the powers of Congress to stretch if need be
  11. laws relating to disputes between people, groups or the state itself (not criminal)
  12. court case which ruled that between a state and national government, the national one is superior
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  1. a type of tax that is put on the money that you make
  2. powers held by both the national and state governments
  3. powers which are refused to all forms of government
  4. Powers the Constitution grants to the national government
  5. a position taken on how federalism should run which leans toward national action
  6. to return criminals from other states to their state of origin after committing a crime
  7. state and local governments making their own policies
  8. a government system which divides power between the state and national governments
  9. Powers are not directly stated but can be inferred from other expressed powers
  10. a law that requires checking government agencies from time to time to see if they are still needed
  11. law which prohibits public officials from holding closed/secret meetings
  12. One of the last two states admitted to the USA

24 Clues: an organization of government administrators • One of the last two states admitted to the USA • organization made up of all of the USA's govenors • powers which are refused to all forms of government • a type of compact made between two different states • a type of tax that is put on the money that you make • state and local governments making their own policies • ...

The Civil War Vocabulary 2014-03-14

The Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  2. the term used to describe new soldiers
  3. something that makes a defensive position stronger, they can be man-made or natural
  4. a group of soldiers usually led my a brigadier general
  5. the new nation that the southern states made, it fought against the Union
  6. blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier
  7. a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  8. the states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri who didn't join the Confederacy, but supported the south
  9. troops who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency
  10. a boundary that became a symbolic division between the free and the slave states
  11. a branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
  12. hard crackers often issued to the soldiers of both sides during the Civil War
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  1. a place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
  2. someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  3. it said that people of each territory should decide for themselves if slaves should be allowed
  4. troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding a number of fresh soldiers
  5. withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  6. a branch of the military mounted on horseback
  7. the largest organized group of soldiers
  8. a state of bondage in which African Americans were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf
  9. the cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
  10. to lie in wait for an attack

22 Clues: to lie in wait for an attack • the term used to describe new soldiers • the largest organized group of soldiers • a branch of the military mounted on horseback • someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • a group of soldiers usually led my a brigadier general • a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action • ...

Cuban Missile Crisis 2016-01-14

Cuban Missile Crisis crossword puzzle
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  1. ____ is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system
  2. A ________ is an effort to cut off supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force
  3. is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida
  4. the staged invasion from the CIA was called ___ __ ___
  5. to separate and restrict the movement of persons'state of enforced isolation is called __________
  6. Stevenson _____ _________ attempted to force an answer from Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin as to the existence of the weapons
  7. ______ was a body of United States government officials that convened to advise President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. This was a neclear weapon created by USA and was placed on submarines are called ______
  9. This organizations is abbreviated to UN
  10. The Capital City of USSR is ______
  11. ______ was the place where USA placed missiles pointing towards USSR
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  1. The Capital city of Cuba is called ______
  2. _____ revolution was a plan to get rid of the dictator in Cuba
  3. _______ is a unit written into various nuclear weapon control treaties, and gives a sense of destructiveness
  4. is a state in the southeast United States, bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico
  5. __-__ was used for electronic sensor research, satellite calibration, and communications purposes.
  6. This continent is made up of Germany, USSR, France exc.
  7. a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and Russia
  8. A Surface-to-Air Missile was abbreviated to ___
  9. place of the President of the United States located in Washington, D.C.
  10. Rusk ____ ____ was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969

21 Clues: The Capital City of USSR is ______ • This organizations is abbreviated to UN • The Capital city of Cuba is called ______ • A Surface-to-Air Missile was abbreviated to ___ • ____ is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system • the staged invasion from the CIA was called ___ __ ___ • This continent is made up of Germany, USSR, France exc. • ...

Voc 2023-08-28

Voc crossword puzzle
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  1. Limited the power of the king
  2. Avoid tyranny; the majority can't be allowed to dictate or violate the rights of the minorities.
  3. Government that only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution.
  4. Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB.
  5. The governing body that declared us independent of GB
  6. Wanted additional protections for people and states.
  7. States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person
  8. Each branch has their individual roles and responsibilities
  9. Established direct democracy, first form of self government in the U.S
  10. Supported the constitution as is; no need for additional protections
  11. The supreme law of the United States of America
  12. Ensures one branch does not become too powerful.
  13. Met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
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  1. Where we got some of our BOR from, gave us the idea of representative government
  2. Showed the weakness of the Articles; armed rebellion regarding taxes.
  3. Division of power among different levels of government
  4. States no one is above the law
  5. People directly vote for what they want
  6. Rule by the people, consent of the governed
  7. A compromise that stated the HOR= based off population and Senate= equal in proportion
  8. War between Britain and France over territory in the Ohio River Valley
  9. The nation’s first constitution; it failed due to giving the states too much power.
  10. The power of the judicial branch to declare laws unconstitutional.
  11. The first democratically elected legislative body in the U.S

24 Clues: Limited the power of the king • States no one is above the law • People directly vote for what they want • Rule by the people, consent of the governed • Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB. • The supreme law of the United States of America • Ensures one branch does not become too powerful. • States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person • ...

Chapter 25: The United States: From Neutrality to War 2023-11-03

Chapter 25: The United States: From Neutrality to War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who declared war on December 8th
  2. Who was Germany's parter that declared war on the United States
  3. Mention one of the two opposing ideologies that created a confrontation between empires
  4. What did the United States stand on the verge of war with?
  5. What did President Roosevelt declare about Arsenal in December 1940?
  6. What is the name of the boat that the Japanese airmen bomb and sank?
  7. In what month did the congress pass the Lend-Lease act in 1941
  8. Which country's admiral said, "Awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve."
  9. Who spoke of attempting a "quarantine" of nations engaged in acts of aggression in October 1937?
  10. Which government requested Japan to move into French Indochina?
  11. Which nationalist government led the United States in the Panay incident?
  12. What did the nationalist Chinese government announce in 1911 trade treaty?
Down
  1. Where did Japanese Embassy code the communiques that war was coming?
  2. What country did Italy invade in 1935?
  3. But the ______ in Italy, the Nazis in Germany, and the militarists in Japan interpreted these communqiues as confessions of weakness and cowardice.
  4. What policy in Japan did the United States refuse to comply with?
  5. What country declared war on the United States?
  6. What race did the Germans intend to establish for a new world order
  7. What passed the Neutrality Act of 1937?
  8. Where did Japanese airmen bombed and sank the American gunboat?
  9. What crisis happened in September 1938 that cabled Hitler?
  10. What did President Franklin Roosevelt send the shipment of an embargo to
  11. Whats rising after the passage of the Lend-Lease act

23 Clues: Who declared war on December 8th • What country did Italy invade in 1935? • What passed the Neutrality Act of 1937? • What country declared war on the United States? • Whats rising after the passage of the Lend-Lease act • What did the United States stand on the verge of war with? • What crisis happened in September 1938 that cabled Hitler? • ...

CIVIC LITERACY 2023-08-30

CIVIC LITERACY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People directly vote for what they want
  2. War between Britain and France over territory in the Ohio River Valley
  3. A compromise that stated the HOR= based off population and Senate= equal in proportion.
  4. Established direct democracy, first form of self government in the U.S
  5. Met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
  6. Ensures one branch does not become too powerful.
  7. Wanted additional protections for people and states.
  8. Where we got some of our BOR from, gave us the idea of representative government
  9. Rule by the people, consent of the governed
  10. Division of power among different levels of government
  11. Supported the constitution as is; no need for additional protections
Down
  1. The supreme law of the United States of America.
  2. States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person
  3. States no one is above the law
  4. Each branch has their individual roles and responsibilities
  5. The first democratically elected legislative body in the U.S
  6. Government that only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution.
  7. Limited the power of the king
  8. The governing body that declared us independent of GB.
  9. Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB.
  10. The nation’s first constitution; it failed due to giving the states too much power.
  11. Avoid tyranny; the majority can't be allowed to dictate or violate the rights of the minorities
  12. Showed the weakness of the Articles; armed rebellion regarding taxes.
  13. The power of the judicial branch to declare laws unconstitutional.

24 Clues: Limited the power of the king • States no one is above the law • People directly vote for what they want • Rule by the people, consent of the governed • Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB. • The supreme law of the United States of America. • Ensures one branch does not become too powerful. • States slaves were to be counted as ⅗ of a person • ...

CW and Recon Vocab 2025-05-05

CW and Recon Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Battle where Union leaders cut off supplies to this Mississippi city
  2. Agency that provided relief to freed people and certain poor people in the South.
  3. This man sued a railroad company after being arrested for sitting in the “whites only” rail car.
  4. Slave states that did not join the Confederacy
  5. Location of Confederate surrender
  6. This Union victory was the last Confederate attack on northern soil.
  7. Lincoln orders the freeing of all those enslaved in the Confederacy
  8. The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War
  9. Laws that greatly limited the freedoms of African-Americans after slavery was outlawed.
  10. Destroying civilian and economic resources
  11. Landowners provide land, tools, and supplies, while sharecroppers harvested the land for little reward.
  12. Location of the first Civil War battle
  13. Process of readmitting the former Confederate states into the Union
Down
  1. Union commander who was eager to attack
  2. Amendment that gave African-American men the right to vote.
  3. first president to be impeached.
  4. The freeing of slaves
  5. Forced separation of whites and African-Americans in public places
  6. Terrorist group who targeted African-Americans, white Republican voters, and public officials.
  7. Lincoln’s Speech renewing his commitment to win the war.
  8. Civil War volunteer who founded the American Red Cross
  9. to bring charges against a president.
  10. This Amendment made slavery illegal in the United States
  11. Confederate General appointed in 1862
  12. Abe Lincoln’s plan to readmit the southern states
  13. This Amendment defined all people born or naturalized within the United States, except Native Americans, as citizens.
  14. Laws that enforced Segregation
  15. Location of the first Confederate attack

28 Clues: The freeing of slaves • Laws that enforced Segregation • first president to be impeached. • Location of Confederate surrender • to bring charges against a president. • Confederate General appointed in 1862 • Location of the first Civil War battle • Union commander who was eager to attack • Location of the first Confederate attack • Destroying civilian and economic resources • ...