states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Events leading to the Civil War Crossword- Rishitha Tati 2026-03-12

Events leading to the Civil War Crossword- Rishitha Tati crossword puzzle
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  1. 1854 law letting people in new states vote on slavery.
  2. Violent fighting in Kansas over slavery.
  3. When Southern states left the United States.
  4. Supreme Court case that said Black people couldn't be citizens.
  5. 1859 raid by an abolitionist on a Virginia arsenal.
  6. Region with lots of factories and cities
  7. tax law that tried to fix the earlier tariff but still upset the South
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  1. 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas about slavery.
  2. 1820 law letting Missouri join as a slave state and Maine as free.
  3. 1860 event Abraham Lincoln won, causing southern states to leave.
  4. Famous anti-slavery book by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  5. 1850 law admitting California as a free state with a tougher Fugitive Slave Law.
  6. Region with lots of farms and slavery.
  7. law that raised taxes on imports and angered the South

14 Clues: Region with lots of farms and slavery. • Violent fighting in Kansas over slavery. • Region with lots of factories and cities • When Southern states left the United States. • Famous anti-slavery book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. • 1859 raid by an abolitionist on a Virginia arsenal. • 1854 law letting people in new states vote on slavery. • ...

Government 2022-09-08

Government crossword puzzle
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  1. An alteration of/or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
  2. Great Compromise- Was brokered as an agreement between the large and small states.
  3. Sovereignty- The doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern.
  4. of Powers- The principle or system of vesting in separate branches; the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of government.
  5. A member or supporter of the federalist party.
  6. Virginia Plan- A plan, providing for a legislature or two houses with proportional representation of each house.
  7. Government- confined with limits; restricted or circumscribed.
  8. General agreement or concord; harmony.
  9. of Rights- A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States.
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  1. The federal principle of government.
  2. and Proper Clause- States the congress shall have power to make laws which shall be necessary.
  3. Clause- Supreme athority or power.
  4. An agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims.
  5. Mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of transaction or agreement.
  6. The state or fact of being persuaded or convinced.
  7. and Balances- Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void acts of another that fall with in its preview.
  8. of Confederation- The first constitution of the thirteen states.
  9. An opponent of federalism.
  10. New Jersey Plan- A plan, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.

19 Clues: An opponent of federalism. • Clause- Supreme athority or power. • The federal principle of government. • General agreement or concord; harmony. • A member or supporter of the federalist party. • The state or fact of being persuaded or convinced. • Government- confined with limits; restricted or circumscribed. • ...

Westward expansion 2025-04-09

Westward expansion crossword puzzle
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  1. Jackson/ seventh president of the United States.
  2. The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
  3. rights/ the right of states to exercise power independent of the federal government.
  4. more than half.
  5. Act/ declaring tariffs null and void.
  6. the right to vote.
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  1. by Andrew Jackson.
  2. Removal Act/ authorized the forced relocation of Native American tribes.
  3. Party/ one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States
  4. Expansion/ the movement of Americans westward across North America.
  5. as a result.
  6. System/ the practice of awarding government jobs to friends and supporters.
  7. Party/ the democratic party started by Henry Clay.
  8. notice or become aware of.

14 Clues: as a result. • more than half. • by Andrew Jackson. • the right to vote. • notice or become aware of. • Act/ declaring tariffs null and void. • Jackson/ seventh president of the United States. • The action of becoming larger or more extensive. • Party/ the democratic party started by Henry Clay. • Expansion/ the movement of Americans westward across North America. • ...

Chase's Week 33 Readings Crossword 2024-04-28

Chase's Week 33 Readings Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Article IX. The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of _____ on peace and war Pg. 247
  2. Article XIII. Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled on all questions which by this ____ are submitted to them Pg. 251
  3. In 1787 Royall Tyler excited audiences with _____, the first successful American Play Pg. 33
  4. No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled unless such state be actually ______ Pg. 246
  5. The author of "George Washington and the Founding of Democracy" Pg. 50
  6. Each state shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the states and while they act as members of the ____ of the States Pg. 245
  7. Washington left the office after two terms in this year Pg. 52
  8. In 1781 a slave named ______ sued Massachusetts sued for his freedom Pg. 32
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  1. Article I. The style of this confederacy shall be ________ Pg. 244
  2. The author of "Liberty: The American Revolution" Pg. 30
  3. "To be more exposed in the eyes of the world and more ____ than we already are, is hardly possible" -George Washington Pg. 31
  4. Article III. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of _____ with each other Pg. 244
  5. Article XI. _____ acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into and entitled to all the advantages of this union Pg. 250

13 Clues: The author of "Liberty: The American Revolution" Pg. 30 • Washington left the office after two terms in this year Pg. 52 • Article I. The style of this confederacy shall be ________ Pg. 244 • The author of "George Washington and the Founding of Democracy" Pg. 50 • In 1781 a slave named ______ sued Massachusetts sued for his freedom Pg. 32 • ...

civil war terms 2022-03-07

civil war terms crossword puzzle
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  1. an attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  2. large caliber fire arms like cannons
  3. when a person is murdered for political reasons
  4. .
  5. .
  6. a term to describe the people who supported the union
  7. .
  8. the northern states also called the union
  9. a solider that is wounded or killed during battle
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  1. a large farm in the southern united states before the civil war many worker on plantation were slaves
  2. a person who wants to eliminate or abolish slavery
  3. another name for the confederate states of america or the south
  4. when the southern states chose to leave the united states chose to leave the united states and to no longer be apart of the country
  5. a term meaning before war it was often used to describe the united states

14 Clues: . • . • . • large caliber fire arms like cannons • the northern states also called the union • when a person is murdered for political reasons • a solider that is wounded or killed during battle • a person who wants to eliminate or abolish slavery • a term to describe the people who supported the union • another name for the confederate states of america or the south • ...

WHAP vocab crossword puzzle 2023-04-23

WHAP vocab crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a plan that was created to increase China's economy and industry
  2. owned over 40% of Guatemala's land
  3. Russia(soviet) and US
  4. cures bacterial infections, followed the discovery of penicillin
  5. provide military and financial aid to Turkey and Greece
  6. a collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
  7. promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism
  8. eradicated diseases like polio and measies
  9. a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  10. settles disputes of international law that countries bring
  11. banned discrimination on voting in 1965
  12. a period of technology transfer initiatives that saw greatly increased crop yields and agricultural production
  13. theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries
  14. an organization of States that did not seek to formally align themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union, but sought to remain independent or neutral
  15. Brazil promotion of industry, suppression, and dictatorship
  16. armed conflict between two states or non-state actors, one or both of which act at the instigation or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities
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  1. production of wind, solar, tidal and geothermal power
  2. series of political reforms in the Soviet Union after the death of long-time leader Joseph Stalin in 1953
  3. caused by water containment by fecal matter
  4. require blacks to carry identity documents when entering areas for whites
  5. Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness in 1989
  6. between two nations that do not result in open warfare
  7. soviets invade socialist country when there is a need
  8. more soldiers died from this than battles in WWI
  9. ability to produce goods fast
  10. he played a key role in creation of Pakistan
  11. promise to stop direct interventions in latin america
  12. organization that promoted economic unity in Europe in 1957
  13. ideological barrier between soviet union and non-communist countries
  14. founded in 1906 as an alternative political group to the Indian National Congress

30 Clues: Russia(soviet) and US • ability to produce goods fast • owned over 40% of Guatemala's land • banned discrimination on voting in 1965 • eradicated diseases like polio and measies • caused by water containment by fecal matter • he played a key role in creation of Pakistan • more soldiers died from this than battles in WWI • ...

Lesson 1 Crossword 2017-02-15

Lesson 1 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. To process used products
  2. Provide lumber for paper products
  3. Many natural resources come from ______________.
  4. Natural resources include __________ from which this page was made
  5. Material that is found in nature
  6. The United States has about ___________ percent of the worlds people.
  7. Resource that can not be replaced
  8. Oil heats homes and generates _____________.
  9. Each year, ____________ remove 8000lb of gravel and stone from the earth
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  1. The United States has large supplies of ___________ and natural gas
  2. _______________ use in the US is higher per person than any other country
  3. Resource that can be replaced
  4. Careful use of resources
  5. Natural resources are distributed _________ around the world
  6. United states has just 3% of this
  7. Use of water to form electricity
  8. Use resources again

17 Clues: Use resources again • To process used products • Careful use of resources • Resource that can be replaced • Use of water to form electricity • Material that is found in nature • Provide lumber for paper products • United states has just 3% of this • Resource that can not be replaced • Oil heats homes and generates _____________. • ...

Mexican National Era 2024-10-15

Mexican National Era crossword puzzle
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  1. ended the Mexican war for Independence
  2. son of Moses Austin, he established a colony of settlers in Texas and was called the Father of Texas
  3. a horse trader killed by Spanish soldiers after entering Texas illegally
  4. a law that further opened Texas to settlement and immigration by giving land to new settlers
  5. a rebel from Mississippi who fought unsuccessfully for Texas
  6. agreement signed by Spain and the United States in 1819 which set the boundary between their territories
  7. priest from Dolores, Mexico who was a leader in the fight for Mexican independence
  8. colony
  9. the territory between the Sabine River and the Arroyo Hondo declared by the Spanish and the United States to be neutral
  10. white settlers from the United States
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  1. Guiterrez and Magee's expedition was known as
  2. this battle was by Gutierrez-Magee lost but encouraged others to revolt against the Spanish rule
  3. officials who represent countries in foreign affairs
  4. Texas settlers of Spanish descent
  5. a businessman who first got permission from Mexico to bring Anglo settlers to Texas
  6. a deal in which France sold Louisiana to the United States for $15 million
  7. military adventurers who tried to stir up rebellion in other countries
  8. widow of filibuster James Long who held her own land grant in
  9. the original 297 families and single men who received land grants in Stephen Austin’s first colony

19 Clues: colony • Texas settlers of Spanish descent • white settlers from the United States • ended the Mexican war for Independence • Guiterrez and Magee's expedition was known as • officials who represent countries in foreign affairs • a rebel from Mississippi who fought unsuccessfully for Texas • widow of filibuster James Long who held her own land grant in • ...

Social Studies: Land and Water 2023-10-03

Social Studies: Land and Water crossword puzzle
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  1. There are five _______ on Earth.
  2. These are areas if land surrounded on all sides by water.
  3. These are high areas that have steep sides and flat tops.
  4. These are the largest land areas on Earth and there are seven of these on Earth.
  5. The Great ______ in the United States are the largest freshwater bodies of water in the world.
  6. The _________ Ocean is located west of the United States.
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  1. The _______ Ocean is located east of Africa.
  2. This is the study of Earth and its people.
  3. The _____________ River is the second largest river in the United States.
  4. These are landforms made of ice and snow.
  5. These are connected to a mainland and usually surrounded by water on three sides.
  6. The _________ Ocean is located west of Europe.
  7. The ______ Ocean is located north of Asia.
  8. The _____________ Mountains stretch across the Southeast and Northeast of the United States.

14 Clues: There are five _______ on Earth. • These are landforms made of ice and snow. • This is the study of Earth and its people. • The ______ Ocean is located north of Asia. • The _______ Ocean is located east of Africa. • The _________ Ocean is located west of Europe. • These are areas if land surrounded on all sides by water. • ...

APHG Crossword Puzzle #2 2017-04-23

APHG Crossword Puzzle #2 crossword puzzle
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  1. rotation example: Harvesting carrots and replanting in a different field.
  2. diffusion The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another.
  3. example: In Georgia, there are 173 people per square mile.
  4. examples: United States, Canada, Great Britain. Opposite of LDC.
  5. Semi periphery, Core and ________.
  6. an enclosed territory with a foreign territory around it.
  7. example: outbreak of Ebola.
  8. the redrawing of legislative boundaries entirely for electoral purposes, thereby benefiting the party in power
  9. practiced in Hinduism and Shintoism.
  10. industry example: the toy industry and its lack of ties to its location
  11. can be connected to Relative Location
  12. a regional variety of a language
  13. Birth Rate An increase in modern medicine and a decrease in maternal mortality rate can increase the __________.
  14. a person who speaks more than two languages
  15. state most famous example: chile. Based on its shape.
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  1. nation example: The Kurds
  2. Drain example: A smart person emigrates from India in search of a job.
  3. the name given to a specific place on earth
  4. example: Cows move to high lands in the summer.
  5. states and nation-states MUST have this to be considered states.
  6. Malthus Geographer who stated "Population is growing faster than food production.
  7. force a force that brings the people of a state together
  8. The spreading of the Mcdonald's franchise is an example of ____________.
  9. cleansing relates to racism and genocide.
  10. the process of the decline of quality of living or effective power.

25 Clues: nation example: The Kurds • example: outbreak of Ebola. • a regional variety of a language • Semi periphery, Core and ________. • practiced in Hinduism and Shintoism. • can be connected to Relative Location • cleansing relates to racism and genocide. • the name given to a specific place on earth • a person who speaks more than two languages • ...

Chapter 12 U.S History 2023-12-07

Chapter 12 U.S History crossword puzzle
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  1. The first African American Senator
  2. northeners who moved to the south after the civil war
  3. was the 17th president of the United States. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  4. White southeners who joined the republican party
  5. a member of the Republican Party committed to emancipation of the slaves and later to the equal treatment and enfranchisement of the freed blacks.
  6. grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people
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  1. the process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing.
  2. required that 50% of all voters in the Confederate states, as opposed to Lincoln's proposed 10%, must pledge allegiance to the Union before reunification.
  3. land owners shared their land and half their crops with freedman and poor white men who worked for them
  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. the effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United States.
  6. provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.
  7. Severely limited the rights of black people,Many of whom had been enslaved

13 Clues: The first African American Senator • White southeners who joined the republican party • northeners who moved to the south after the civil war • Severely limited the rights of black people,Many of whom had been enslaved • the process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing. • ...

Cold War 2023-12-05

Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. In 1964, North Vietnam fired torpedoes at a US ship in the Gulf of Tonkin, which in turn caused the US to declare military action against North Vietnam in this war
  2. A direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict
  3. An alliance between the Soviet Union and its communist satellite nations
  4. The Democratic side of Berlin
  5. Failed invasion that the US had on Cuba prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis
  6. The war that led to all the tension
  7. A place of extreme tension Ex. Berlin
  8. A physical barrier between East and West Germany
  9. A time in history when there was extreme tension between the USSR and the US
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  1. The leader of the USSR during the Cold War
  2. When The United States and Soviet Union competed with one another for political influence and military power
  3. A system of carrying supplies into Berlin by plane day and night. British and American pilots flew in lots of food, fuel, and raw materials
  4. After WW2, who continued to occupy Western Europe?
  5. The country that was reunified after the collapse of the USSR
  6. When Both countries competed to be the first to put a man in space and to land on the moon
  7. The US and USSR during WW2
  8. 1919-1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist
  9. The Communist side of Berlin
  10. The imaginary dividing line that divided democratic countries in Western Europe and the Communist countries in Eastern Europe
  11. The war where the United States had to take a stand against Communist aggression in Korea.

20 Clues: The US and USSR during WW2 • The Communist side of Berlin • The Democratic side of Berlin • The war that led to all the tension • A place of extreme tension Ex. Berlin • The leader of the USSR during the Cold War • A physical barrier between East and West Germany • After WW2, who continued to occupy Western Europe? • ...

Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2022-09-30

Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. English philosopher from the Enlightenment period; developed the idea of natural rights
  2. the philosophical concept expressing the balance sought in the system of government
  3. a war between England and France between 1754 and 1763; also known as the
  4. American revolutionary leader; author of Common Sense
  5. sole control of the supply of a good or service
  6. the political theory that individuals have undeniable basic rights given to them by nature
  7. colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain, during the American Revolution. Also known as
  8. on April 19, 1775, between colonial minutemen and British soldiers.
  9. the colonies won their independence from British control
  10. Party
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  1. the war between Great Britain and its American colonies between 1775 and 1783, in
  2. American colonists who were ready to fight at a minute’s notice. These soldiers fought
  3. the social contract
  4. each country agreed to help the other defend itself against England
  5. Founding father from Virginia who was famous for saying “Give me liberty or give me
  6. signed by Great Britain and France in 1763, officially ending the French and Indian
  7. God
  8. opposed ratification of the United States Constitution
  9. the United States
  10. first military confrontation of the Revolutionary War; this battle occurred in
  11. author of the Declaration of Independence; third president of the United States of
  12. the British army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
  13. a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 enacted to punish colonists for the Boston
  14. Commander in chief of the British army during the American Revolutionary War.
  15. agreement signed on February 6, 1778 between France and the United States, in

25 Clues: God • Party • the United States • the social contract • sole control of the supply of a good or service • American revolutionary leader; author of Common Sense • opposed ratification of the United States Constitution • the British army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord • the colonies won their independence from British control • ...

Coming to Terms with Silence 2022-01-06

Coming to Terms with Silence crossword puzzle
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  1. Government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
  2. When citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good
  3. Wrote natural rights in the Declaration of Independence
  4. Division of power between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  5. Supporter of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and check and balances
  6. In constitution to satisfy both small and large states with equal number of representatives
  7. Government in which it's powers' are limited
  8. Government in which is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone
  9. King/Queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political
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  1. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  2. Compromise between slave states and free stats to count slaves in an equivalence to a normal citizen
  3. explains the purpose of the Constitution
  4. The people are the only source of power for any and all government actions
  5. First president of the United States
  6. Essential to writing and ratification of the Constitution
  7. A representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, represent concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence
  8. Gave rights to congress to pass all laws "necessary & proper" to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  9. Third president of the United States
  10. First plan of government adopted in the U.S.
  11. English philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection

20 Clues: First president of the United States • Third president of the United States • First ten amendments to the Constitution • explains the purpose of the Constitution • Government in which it's powers' are limited • First plan of government adopted in the U.S. • Wrote natural rights in the Declaration of Independence • ...

Patterns of Interactions 2022-12-05

Patterns of Interactions crossword puzzle
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  1. Was destroyed by terrorist on 9/11/2001
  2. a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east
  3. one of the nation's most important industrial centers for coal, steel and railroads
  4. a violent terrorist and founder of al Qaeda who killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children before his death in 2011
  5. the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims
  6. an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
  7. the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense
  8. an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran
  9. nations in the process of becoming industrialized
  10. the largest and one of the oldest municipal police departments in the United States
  11. term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place
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  1. a space project involving 16 nations
  2. the copying of genes to reproduce an identical organism
  3. an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
  4. nations with advanced business infrastuctures
  5. the linkage of computer networks spanning the world
  6. a national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States
  7. a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia
  8. a multinational militant Sunni Islamic extremist network composed of Salafist jihadists
  9. a republic in SW Asia, between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf

20 Clues: a space project involving 16 nations • Was destroyed by terrorist on 9/11/2001 • nations with advanced business infrastuctures • nations in the process of becoming industrialized • the linkage of computer networks spanning the world • the copying of genes to reproduce an identical organism • a republic in SW Asia, between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf • ...

Jacob Semester 1 Crossword 2022-12-19

Jacob Semester 1 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. an interaction of buyers and sellers
  2. Second attempt at a government in the colonies
  3. The three G’s of why the colonies colonized the new world
  4. A fancy word meaning two; The United States legislature
  5. established trade with the native Americans
  6. A plan that gave all states equal representation
  7. A plan that gave states representation based on population
  8. First President of the United States
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  1. made permanent settlements in the new world
  2. a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
  3. final major battle in the revolutionary war
  4. A day in july celebrating independence
  5. An example for others to follow
  6. colonized the new world because they were focused on finding gold
  7. To change

15 Clues: To change • An example for others to follow • an interaction of buyers and sellers • First President of the United States • A day in july celebrating independence • made permanent settlements in the new world • final major battle in the revolutionary war • established trade with the native Americans • Second attempt at a government in the colonies • ...

APHG Crossword Puzzle #1 2017-04-23

APHG Crossword Puzzle #1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Example: In Georgia, there are 173 people per square mile.
  2. the name given to a specific place on earth
  3. states and nation-states MUST have this to be considered states.
  4. An enclosed territory with a foreign territory around it.
  5. Example: Cows move to high lands in the summer.
  6. a person who speaks more than two languages
  7. can be connected to Relative Location
  8. Semi periphery, Core and ________.
  9. a regional variety of a language
  10. The spreading of the Mcdonald's franchise is an example of ____________.
  11. state most famous example: chile. Based on its shape.
  12. rotation Example: Harvesting carrots and replanting in a different field.
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  1. industry example: the toy industry and its lack of ties to its location
  2. diffusion The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another.
  3. practiced in Hinduism and Shintoism.
  4. Malthus Geographer who stated "Population is growing faster than food production.
  5. Examples: United States, Canada, Great Britain. Opposite of LDC.
  6. the process of the decline of quality of living or effective power.
  7. The redrawing of legislative boundaries entirely for electoral purposes, thereby benefiting the party in power
  8. force a force that brings the people of a state together
  9. Birth Rate An increase in modern medicine and a decrease in maternal mortality rate can increase the __________.
  10. Example: outbreak of Ebola.
  11. Drain Example: A smart person emigrates from India in search of a job.
  12. nation example: The Kurds
  13. cleansing relates to racism and genocide.

25 Clues: nation example: The Kurds • Example: outbreak of Ebola. • a regional variety of a language • Semi periphery, Core and ________. • practiced in Hinduism and Shintoism. • can be connected to Relative Location • cleansing relates to racism and genocide. • the name given to a specific place on earth • a person who speaks more than two languages • ...

APHG Crossword Puzzle #1 2017-04-22

APHG Crossword Puzzle #1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Semi periphery, Core and ________.
  2. can be connected to Relative Location
  3. industry example: the toy industry and its lack of ties to its location
  4. states and nation-states MUST have this to be considered states.
  5. force a force that brings the people of a state together
  6. Examples: United States, Canada, Great Britain. Opposite of LDC.
  7. The spreading of the Mcdonald's franchise is an example of ____________.
  8. cleansing relates to racism and genocide.
  9. the process of the decline of quality of living or effective power
  10. a person who speaks more than two languages
  11. nation example: The Kurds
  12. the name given to a specific place on earth
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  1. Example: In Georgia, there are 173 people per square mile.
  2. diffusion The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another.
  3. Birth Rate An increase in modern medicine and a decrease in maternal mortality rate can increase the __________.
  4. rotation Example: Harvesting carrots and replanting in a different field.
  5. Example: outbreak of Ebola.
  6. The redrawing of legislative boundaries entirely for electoral purposes, thereby benefiting the party in power
  7. An enclosed territory with a foreign territory around it.
  8. Example: Cows move to high lands in the summer.
  9. Drain Example: A smart person emigrates from India in search of a job.
  10. state most famous example: chile. Based on its shape.
  11. practiced in Hinduism and Shintoism.
  12. Malthus Geographer who stated "Population is growing faster than food production.
  13. a regional variety of a language

25 Clues: nation example: The Kurds • Example: outbreak of Ebola. • a regional variety of a language • Semi periphery, Core and ________. • practiced in Hinduism and Shintoism. • can be connected to Relative Location • cleansing relates to racism and genocide. • a person who speaks more than two languages • the name given to a specific place on earth • ...

History of Kansas farming 2023-10-20

History of Kansas farming crossword puzzle
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  1. Being extremely hungry, millions of family's were this during the Great Depression.
  2. To poor to produce any vegetation.
  3. having little to no money and not being able to thrive in the world.
  4. movement of people from one place to another.
  5. The president during the great depression.
  6. In 1924 when the United states citizens were struggling with keeping jobs and earning money.
  7. Migrants from the midwest who migrated to California for the gold rush and a better life.
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  1. A period of time when no rainfalls.
  2. A state in the United states and a place where a lot of people that lived in the dustbowl migrated to hoping for a better future.
  3. A job that grows the food and sell it for a living.
  4. period of time when the Midwest had serve dust storms as a result of over farming.
  5. A way of making money.
  6. People in the great depression had to be this to survive.
  7. The study of the past.
  8. a collection of micro particles that can hurt our lungs if we breath to much of it.
  9. A strong wind that carries clouds of dust over a large area.
  10. A "town" built by unemployed and poor people in the 1930's during the great depression.
  11. the process of growing food and doing it as a job.
  12. A region in the middle of the United states.
  13. A state in the middle of the United States.

20 Clues: A way of making money. • The study of the past. • To poor to produce any vegetation. • A period of time when no rainfalls. • The president during the great depression. • A state in the middle of the United States. • A region in the middle of the United states. • movement of people from one place to another. • the process of growing food and doing it as a job. • ...

Crossing History 2023-03-17

Crossing History crossword puzzle
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  1. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  2. Resisting or protecting against attack from someone.
  3. Blue Flag Extremely popular Confederate song named after the first flag of the Confederacy, which had one white star on a blue background. The lyrics listed each state in the order in which they seceded from the Union
  4. Freedom from slavery
  5. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
  6. Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort.
  7. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state by 1861.
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  1. line A boundary surveyed in the 1760s that ran between Pennsylvania to the North and Delaware, Maryland and (West) Virginia to the South. It became a symbolic division between free states and slave states.
  2. Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  3. Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern.
  4. The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming
  5. Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel
  6. States The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South

13 Clues: Freedom from slavery • Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel • Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • Resisting or protecting against attack from someone. • The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming • ...

History crossword 2022-01-12

History crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. protests against the limitations on civil liberties contained in the Alien and Sedition Acts
  2. 1st chief justice of the U.S.
  3. Fought in the reolutionary war and served as the first secretary
  4. Settlement that concluded hostilities of the united states and an Indian confederation
  5. First test of federal authority in the united states
  6. Granted American ships the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River
  7. First president of the United States
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  1. 3rd president of the united states
  2. A series of laws passed by the federalist congress in 1798
  3. An agreement by the U.S. and Great Britain to avert war between them
  4. Final battle of the northwest indian war
  5. A formal declaration of legal and civil rights
  6. An incident between the french and U.S. diplomats that resulted in an undeclared war.
  7. Served as french minister in the U.S. from 1793 to 1794

14 Clues: 1st chief justice of the U.S. • 3rd president of the united states • First president of the United States • Final battle of the northwest indian war • A formal declaration of legal and civil rights • First test of federal authority in the united states • Served as french minister in the U.S. from 1793 to 1794 • A series of laws passed by the federalist congress in 1798 • ...

Review Project 2020-09-30

Review Project crossword puzzle
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  1. A 1,912 mile railroad line constructed between 1864 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern us rail with the pacific coast.
  2. The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the old world.
  3. Military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory.
  4. A faction of the Republican party during the American Civil War.
  5. An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
  6. It authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals.
  7. Communication that is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda.
  8. A cop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
  9. Warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
  10. A prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions.
  11. A steel-making process in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed.
  12. First 10 amendments to the Constitution.
  13. The act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place.
  14. The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body.
  15. An agreement among the thirteen original states that served as its first constitution.
  16. American colonists who stayed loyal to the British crown during the American Revolutionary War.
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  1. The flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918.
  2. Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
  3. and balances A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch.
  4. The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
  5. An employee within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a signed or forced contract to work without pay.
  6. The first successful permanent English settlement in what would become the United States.
  7. The 19th century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
  8. The purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803.
  9. A legal destination for an area of land managed by a federally recognized Indian tribe.
  10. Colonists of the thirteen colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution.
  11. A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States president Abraham Lincoln.
  12. A series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade.
  13. Belief in the benefits of profitable trading.
  14. The movement to end slavery.

30 Clues: The movement to end slavery. • First 10 amendments to the Constitution. • Belief in the benefits of profitable trading. • A faction of the Republican party during the American Civil War. • The act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place. • A cop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower. • ...

Iron Curtain 2022-03-14

Iron Curtain crossword puzzle
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  1. the official name for the country in North America that consists of 50 states
  2. Who called it the Iron Curtain?
  3. how many kilometers was the Iron Curtain?
  4. A collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
  5. Who made the Iron Curtain?
  6. a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
  7. Where was the Iron Curtain located?
  8. A term indicating the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991
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  1. A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs
  2. a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
  3. What is the Iron Curtain?
  4. How many years did the Iron Curtain last?
  5. An intergovernmental military alliance signed on April 4, 1949 and including the five Treaty of Brussels states (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and the United Kingdom) plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.
  6. A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
  7. a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.

15 Clues: What is the Iron Curtain? • Who made the Iron Curtain? • Who called it the Iron Curtain? • Where was the Iron Curtain located? • How many years did the Iron Curtain last? • how many kilometers was the Iron Curtain? • a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. • a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. • ...

Chapter 4 2016-09-29

Chapter 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. Right to vote
  2. An American forester and politician served as the first Chief of the United States Forest Service in 1905 and was the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania
  3. The 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921. He was an advocate for democracy and world peace
  4. A United States Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
  5. Network of churches and clubs that set up employment agencies and relief efforts to help African Americans get settled and find work in the cities
  6. An amendment passed by U.S. Congress in 1914 that provides further clarification and substance to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 on topics such as price discrimination, price fixing and unfair business practices
  7. America's most famous and influential naturalist and conservationist. He has been called "The Father of our National Parks," "Wilderness Prophet," and "Citizen of the Universe."
  8. Organized groups that make loans and provide legal assistance to other members of their community
  9. A term for President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program;conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection
  10. Its principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anti-competitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly
  11. Activists leader who formed the NWP
  12. A 1906 United States federal law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction
  13. An influential muckraker who was also a photographer for the New York Evening Sun "The Other Half Lives"
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  1. A law passed in 1906 to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture and sale of drugs and food involved in interstate trade
  2. Believed that women were hurt by the unfair prices of goods they had to buy to run their homes
  3. An American third party that was formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt
  4. Gtrroup organized in 1899 to investigate the conditions under which goods were made and sold and to promote safe working conditions and a minimum wage (Abbreviated)
  5. Movement that emerged in response to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization that promoted reforms to bring about social justice
  6. A United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West
  7. A collection of speeches Woodrow Wilson made during his presidential campaign of 1912
  8. Belief that assimilating immigrants into American Society would make them more loyal citizens\
  9. An Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes(us dollar)
  10. interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans (Abbreviated)
  11. The amendment within the Constitution that gives Congress the power to collect taxes on income without apportioning it among the states. It was passed in 1909 and ratified in 1913
  12. A political philosophy of Theodore Roosevelt whose precepts were strongly influenced by Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life (1910)
  13. Writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business

26 Clues: Right to vote • Activists leader who formed the NWP • Writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business • An American third party that was formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt • A collection of speeches Woodrow Wilson made during his presidential campaign of 1912 • ...

Government & Economics / USA & Canada Crossword 2022-10-27

Government & Economics / USA & Canada Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. By casting an informed ________, citizens limit the power of their government.
  2. In a _______ economy, the government determines what goods are produced.
  3. Civic Duties: Citizens should help to keep their communities safe and _____ the law at all times.
  4. At the _______ and advertising level of industry, products are fixed, improved, and advertised.
  5. During western expansion, the United States adopted the policy of _______ Destiny to justify their goals.
  6. Civic Duties: Citizens should _______ some of their time to help others in their communities.
  7. The United States system of government that has a Federal government as well as state governments
  8. In a ______ economy, both the citizens and the government determine what goods are produced.
  9. north In terms of relative location, the United States is _____ of the Canada.
  10. Culture is defined as a ______'s shared beliefs and behaviors.
  11. Selling Starbucks Coffee in China is an example of ________ diffusion.
  12. Cultural ________ occurs when a cultural characteristic of one area moves to another part of the world.
  13. At the ________ level of industry, raw materials such as cotton and minerals are taken from the ground.
  14. Canada's 11 Treaties and the United States' Manifest Destiny were part of the western _______ of both countries.
  15. Canada acquired its land by signing the _______ Treaties with the First Nation peoples.
  16. During western expansion, the United States adopted the policy of Manifest ______ to justify their goals.
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  1. Products are shipped and sold at the ________ and retail level of industry.
  2. In a ________ economy, only the citizens determine what goods are produced.
  3. Civic Duties: By serving on a _______, citizens determine the guilt or innocence of members of their community.
  4. Under a _______ a country is ruled by a king or a queen.
  5. A place's latitude & longitude is considered its _________ location.
  6. Culture is defined as a group's shared ______ and behaviors.
  7. Civic Duties: By paying ______, citizens help to pay for vital services that every community needs.
  8. The best World Cultures teacher is Coach _______.
  9. In terms of relative location, Canada is _____ of the United States.
  10. The best World Cultures teacher is Coach _______.
  11. A democracy is a _______ form of government because the citizens limit the government's power.
  12. Civic Duties: Serving in the ________ is a way that citizens protect the United States' freedoms and democracy.
  13. Culture is defined as a group's ______ beliefs and behaviors.
  14. The best World Cultures teacher is Coach _______.
  15. In a pure ________, citizens vote for every decision made by the government.
  16. Civic Duties: Citizens should participate in elections by casting an ________ vote.
  17. Canada acquired its land by signing the Eleven _______ with the First Nation peoples.
  18. In a market economy, an ________ is a person who starts his or her own business.
  19. Products are built and assembled at the _________ level of industry.
  20. Limited governments offer citizens more personal ________ than unlimited governments.
  21. Under an _________ government, citizens have few personal freedoms and no way to limit their government's power.

37 Clues: The best World Cultures teacher is Coach _______. • The best World Cultures teacher is Coach _______. • The best World Cultures teacher is Coach _______. • Under a _______ a country is ruled by a king or a queen. • Culture is defined as a group's shared ______ and behaviors. • Culture is defined as a group's ______ beliefs and behaviors. • ...

Constitution 2021-11-15

Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. Title of the chief executive of the US government
  2. Supporters of the new Constitution and its strong central government
  3. Name of the middle ground agreement in which there are two houses of Congress, one based on population size and one with an equal number of representatives for all states
  4. Term for a person sent to represent their state at the gathering to revise the Articles of Confederation
  5. Number of states needed to formally approve the Constitution
  6. Man who proposed finding a middle ground on the issue of how many representatives each state should get (last name)
  7. This practice was banned by Congress in the northern part of the territory gained from Britain
  8. Plan in which Congressional representation would be based on the population size of each state
  9. The name of the lawmaking body of the US Government
  10. Part of Congress in which the number of representatives for each state is based on population size (___________ of Representatives)
  11. The U.S. government's inability to impose __________ caused it to have major financial issues early in its existence
  12. Congress called a ________ to discuss revising the Articles of Confederation
  13. Branch of government which enforces laws
  14. President of the Constitutional Convention (last name)
  15. The city where the Founding Fathers met to revise the Articles of Confederation
  16. Name of the part of Congress in which each state gets two representatives
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  1. Plan in which Congressional representation would be equal for all states
  2. Branch of government which interprets the laws
  3. In order to satisfy southern states, Congress was forbidden from interfering with this for 20 years
  4. a written plan that provides the basic framework of government
  5. The framers decided to compromise by counting every 5 slaves living in a states a ____ people (spell out number)
  6. Term for people who did not support the Constitution because it created too strong of a central government
  7. A loose alliance of states with similar interests
  8. 1787 law which created guidelines for how new states would be admitted to the union
  9. System in which the president is chosen by a group of specially chosen voters from each state
  10. Last name of a Massachusetts farmer who led a rebellion against the local government
  11. The land between Canada, the Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the original 13 states (___________ territory)
  12. Time period of rational and informed thinking in Europe which influenced the Founding Fathers ideas on government
  13. Branch of government which makes laws
  14. To formally approve a plan or agreement

30 Clues: Branch of government which makes laws • To formally approve a plan or agreement • Branch of government which enforces laws • Branch of government which interprets the laws • Title of the chief executive of the US government • A loose alliance of states with similar interests • The name of the lawmaking body of the US Government • ...

US states 2022-03-29

US states crossword puzzle
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  1. light LIGHT LIGHT!!!
  2. it's the ya'll state touching Mexico
  3. not DC
  4. the smallest state
  5. Hollywood state
  6. "show me state"
  7. has a southern twin
  8. the cotton state
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  1. the shrimp state
  2. shares a city with Missouri
  3. a Polynesian state
  4. has a northern twin
  5. cheese country
  6. touching Canada

14 Clues: not DC • cheese country • Hollywood state • touching Canada • "show me state" • the shrimp state • the cotton state • a Polynesian state • the smallest state • has a northern twin • has a southern twin • light LIGHT LIGHT!!! • shares a city with Missouri • it's the ya'll state touching Mexico

U.S. states 2023-04-28

U.S. states crossword puzzle
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  1. capital is Richmond
  2. capital is Annapolis
  3. capital is Baton Rouge
  4. capital is Columbia
  5. capital is Nashville
  6. capital is Frankfort
  7. capital is Raleigh
  8. capital is Charleston
  9. capital is Montgomery
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  1. capital is Tallahassee
  2. capital is Jackson
  3. capital is Dover
  4. capital is Little Rock
  5. capital is Atlanta

14 Clues: capital is Dover • capital is Jackson • capital is Raleigh • capital is Atlanta • capital is Richmond • capital is Columbia • capital is Annapolis • capital is Nashville • capital is Frankfort • capital is Charleston • capital is Montgomery • capital is Tallahassee • capital is Baton Rouge • capital is Little Rock

Perfect 10 Vocab 2022-04-25

Perfect 10 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas-more than 800 miles (1,287 km)-to the Indian Territory. More than 4, 00 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116-day journey.
  2. this allowed a settler to acquire 160 acres by living on it for five years, improving it and paying about $30
  3. a period from 1848 to 1856 when thousands of people came to California in order to search for gold.
  4. extending across a continent
  5. large, broad-wheeled, canvas-covered wagon used by western settlers
  6. Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.
  7. Trail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s
  8. A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
  9. to add or attach
  10. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  11. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  12. President of the United States
  13. Extending the nation beyond its existing borders
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  1. an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States
  2. (1846-1848) The war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory.
  3. Land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains purchased from France for 15 million dollars. It doubled the size of the US at the time, getting more land than the US wanted.
  4. A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark
  5. Trail from independence Missouri to Santa Fe New Mexico in the mid-1800s

18 Clues: to add or attach • extending across a continent • President of the United States • Wrote the Declaration of Independence • Extending the nation beyond its existing borders • large, broad-wheeled, canvas-covered wagon used by western settlers • Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location. • ...

Civics Unit 1 to 3 Crossword - Kyle Tatur's Extra Credit 2021-10-16

Civics Unit 1 to 3 Crossword - Kyle Tatur's Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. A constitutional principle where multiple levels of government share equal power.
  2. These carry the force of law, and are orders that are created by the President.
  3. The Vice President becomes president whenever the President dies.
  4. This is a military alliance between the United States and it’s allies.
  5. This is when one branch of government limits the power of another branch. This prevents a branch from becoming too powerful.
  6. In this constitutional principle, people have the power.
  7. These are governmental powers that are directly listed in the U.S. Constitution.
  8. A line along the Appalachian Mountains that prevented the American Colonists from going out west.
  9. These people assemble votes.
  10. These are powers that the government have, but aren’t necessarily stated in the Constitution.
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  1. States that the President can have no more than two terms of presidency.
  2. These people write the President’s speeches.
  3. The introduction of the U.S. Constitution. This shows the layout of our government.
  4. A law that is shared equally between everyone.
  5. Leader of the House of Representatives.
  6. Established free trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
  7. Governmental powers are given to the states.
  8. This is when you verify or confirm something.
  9. Power is shared between the federal government and the state government.
  10. This allows a Senator to talk for how long they want, and whatever they want to talk about.

20 Clues: These people assemble votes. • Leader of the House of Representatives. • These people write the President’s speeches. • Governmental powers are given to the states. • This is when you verify or confirm something. • A law that is shared equally between everyone. • In this constitutional principle, people have the power. • ...

Civics Unit 1 to 3 Crossword - Kyle Tatur's Extra Credit 2021-10-16

Civics Unit 1 to 3 Crossword - Kyle Tatur's Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. These are powers that the government have, but aren’t necessarily stated in the Constitution.
  2. Leader of the House of Representatives.
  3. This allows a Senator to talk for how long they want, and whatever they want to talk about.
  4. Power is shared between the federal government and the state government.
  5. These people write the President’s speeches.
  6. This is when one branch of government limits the power of another branch.
  7. A constitutional principle where multiple levels of government share equal power.
  8. A law that is shared equally between everyone.
  9. In this constitutional principle, people have the power.
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  1. These are governmental powers that are directly listed in the U.S. Constitution.
  2. The Vice President becomes president whenever the President dies.
  3. States that the President can have no more than two terms of presidency.
  4. These carry the force of law, and are orders that are created by the President.
  5. This is when you verify or confirm something.
  6. Governmental powers are given to the states.
  7. The introduction of the U.S. Constitution. This shows the layout of our government.
  8. A line along the Appalachian Mountains that prevented the American Colonists from going out west.
  9. These people assemble votes.
  10. Established free trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
  11. This is a military alliance between the United States and it’s allies.

20 Clues: These people assemble votes. • Leader of the House of Representatives. • Governmental powers are given to the states. • These people write the President’s speeches. • This is when you verify or confirm something. • A law that is shared equally between everyone. • In this constitutional principle, people have the power. • ...

25-26 Civil War Test Review 2026-03-05

25-26 Civil War Test Review crossword puzzle
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  1. 1st Civil War battle
  2. Utah, New Mexico, Kansas, and Nebraska used _________________ to decide whether to be a slave state or free
  3. term given to states that remained in the Union during the Civil War, but also continued to allow enslaved labor
  4. a stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features
  5. bloodiest Civil War battle; Union victory gave Lincoln the opening to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
  6. ____________________ v. Sandford was the Supreme Court case that decided the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, and that enslaved persons were not entitled to the rights in court as they were property (not citizens)
  7. the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas; many of their enslaved persons were moved closer to the Gulf of Mexico once cotton became more profitable
  8. Sherman’s March through Georgia was considered a ____________________ approach; destroying both civilian and military targets on his path on his way en route to the Atlantic
  9. The ______________ Compromise temporarily solved the problem of balancing the number of free and enslaved states in 1820.
  10. the use of a country’s ships to stop another country from trading, usually during a war
  11. Civil War battle that was the turning point in the South/West; Union victory that split the Confederacy in half and gave them control of the Mississippi River
  12. formal separation of a state from the Union
  13. Confederate Army General who surrendered General Lee’s surrender
  14. the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina; these states' enslaved populations grew tremendously after the invention of the cotton gin
  15. both freedmen and escaped enslaved persons faced ________________ in the United States in the Antebellum Era
  16. term used to describe the era leading up to the American Civil War
  17. The __________________ of 1860, won by Lincoln, quickly contributed to South Carolina’s secession from the Union.
  18. abolitionist responsible for deaths in Kansas and raid at arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA
  19. loyalty to one’s own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
  20. free state added to the Union as a result of the Compromise of 1850
  21. issued by Lincoln, this document freed the enslaved people only in rebelling states
  22. enslaved labor was _______________ above 36°30′ as a part of the Missouri Compromise
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  1. Lincoln’s __________________ Address detailed the “real” cause of the Civil War (slavery) and the goal of bringing the Union back together again
  2. Lincoln’s _______________ Inaugural Address detailed his hope for preserving the union, the intolerance of secession, and not trying to interfere with enslaved labor in the South
  3. Many of the compromises in the Antebellum Era dealt with the expansion of __________________ into new western territories.
  4. location of Lee’s surrender to Grant
  5. term used to describe the North relying on the South for cotton, and the South relying on the North for manufactured goods
  6. President of the Confederate States of American; leader of the Confederacy
  7. Union Army General who accepted General Lee’s surrender
  8. area where slavery was expanding to in the Antebellum Era
  9. President of the United States; leader of the Union
  10. location of the majority of the factories in the Antebellum Era
  11. as a part of the Compromise of 1850, a tougher ____________ Slave Act was passed, making it a crime for people in the North to help enslaved persons escape to freedom
  12. location of majority of the plantations in the Antebellum Era
  13. free state added to the Union as a result of the Missouri Compromise
  14. Civil War battle that was the turning point in the North/East; Union victory prevented future Confederate advances north
  15. rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government - protected by the 10th Amendment (federalism)
  16. primary cash crop of the South during the Antebellum Era
  17. compromise that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to determine if they wanted to enter as a slave or free state using popular sovereignty; led to Bleeding Kansas
  18. The ______________________ of 1850 included many provisions, including popular sovereignty being used to decide in Utah and New Mexico, a tougher Fugitive Slave Act, abolishing the Washington DC slave trade, finalizing the border of Texas, and admitting California as a free state.

40 Clues: 1st Civil War battle • location of Lee’s surrender to Grant • formal separation of a state from the Union • President of the United States; leader of the Union • Union Army General who accepted General Lee’s surrender • primary cash crop of the South during the Antebellum Era • area where slavery was expanding to in the Antebellum Era • ...

International Relations 2023-12-04

International Relations crossword puzzle
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  1. America signed a ___ with China concerning their
  2. bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
  3. movement of a group of people or animals from one place to another
  4. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
  5. he mutual dependence of states upon each other
  6. A military alliance between America, Canada and 29 European states
  7. The unlawful use of violence or threat thereof, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims
  8. Involving three or more states.
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  1. The process by which national economies become more connected and more closely integrated with each other.
  2. Aid A voluntary transfer of resources–economic for anti-poverty programmes or infrastructure projects
  3. send (goods or services) to another country for sale
  4. someone who has been forced to flee conflict or persecution and has crossed an international border to seek safety
  5. is intended to promote free trade among countries of the Pacific Rim, including especially East Asia. See also the Indo-Pacific
  6. ___is when one country forcibly asserts control and sovereignty over another country’s territory
  7. Involving two states
  8. the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
  9. may include trade embargoes, travel bans and asset freezes

17 Clues: Involving two states • Involving three or more states. • Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa • he mutual dependence of states upon each other • America signed a ___ with China concerning their • send (goods or services) to another country for sale • may include trade embargoes, travel bans and asset freezes • ...

Born a Crime 2025-12-17

Born a Crime crossword puzzle
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  1. One of the three capitals of South Africa.
  2. One of the 9 provinces of South Africa.
  3. Language derived from the Dutch.
  4. Adjective referring to a mixed person.
  5. South Africa became one in 1961.
  6. Word that is part of the nickname of South Africa.
  7. Full name of the author of the book we studied.
  8. One of the three capitals of South Africa.
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  1. A terrible massacre took place there in 1960.
  2. One of the three capitals of South Africa.
  3. Word meaning “racial segregation”.
  4. Last name of the first black president of South Africa.
  5. The most commonly spoken language in South Africa.
  6. Name of the township where the author grew up.
  7. The title of the book ends with that word.
  8. One of the 9 provinces of South Africa.
  9. The largest city in South Africa.

17 Clues: Language derived from the Dutch. • South Africa became one in 1961. • The largest city in South Africa. • Word meaning “racial segregation”. • Adjective referring to a mixed person. • One of the 9 provinces of South Africa. • One of the 9 provinces of South Africa. • One of the three capitals of South Africa. • One of the three capitals of South Africa. • ...

Mexican-American War (1) 2016-04-21

Mexican-American War (1) crossword puzzle
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  1. the 12th President of the United States & a general during the Mexican American War.
  2. the American advantage
  3. the 11th President of the United States & known as the first “dark horse” candidate
  4. What river did Mexico claim to be the border?
  5. The region that approved of war.
  6. How much money was offered for Texas, California, and New Mexico (In Millions)
  7. Why did the annexation of Texas cause a lot of disagreements in Congress?
  8. His resolution was read before the House of Representatives but was never acted upon.
  9. Land sold to the United States by Mexico for 10 million dollars.
  10. the region with the larger, more prepared army.
  11. Texas and Mexico had disagreements between ________
  12. What were the name of people living in Texas who were not American citizens and called Texas their home?
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  1. What the abolitionists called the Mexican-American War
  2. The government wanted the piece of land in south Arizona and New Mexico so they could build the Southern _________________
  3. What Henry Clay compared annexation to in his Raleigh letter to the editors of National Intelligence.
  4. Congress admitted Texas as a __________
  5. Polk sent whom to fight and defend America's claim?
  6. What river did Texas claim as theirs during the border dispute?
  7. the belief that the United States was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
  8. President of the Republic of Texas

20 Clues: the American advantage • The region that approved of war. • President of the Republic of Texas • Congress admitted Texas as a __________ • What river did Mexico claim to be the border? • the region with the larger, more prepared army. • Polk sent whom to fight and defend America's claim? • Texas and Mexico had disagreements between ________ • ...

Happy Birthday Opa! 2018-10-04

Happy Birthday Opa! crossword puzzle
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  1. Stanley Cup Winner 1995, 2000, 2003
  2. Stanley Cup Winner 1944,1946, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1956, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1993
  3. Stanley Cup Winner 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967
  4. Stanley Cup Winner 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990
  5. Stanley Cup Winner 2004
  6. Stanley Cup Winner 2006
  7. Stanley Cup Winner 1999
  8. Stanley Cup Winner 1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1997, 1998, 2002
  9. Stanley Cup Winner 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, 2011
  10. Stanley Cup Winner 2007
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  1. Stanley Cup Winner 1996, 2001
  2. Stanley Cup Winner 2018
  3. Stanley Cup Winner 1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, 2017
  4. Stanley Cup Winner 1989
  5. Stanley Cup Winner 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
  6. Stanley Cup Winner 1934, 1938, 1961, 2010, 2013, 2015
  7. Stanley Cup Winner 2005
  8. Stanley Cup Winner 1935
  9. Stanley Cup Winner 1940, 1994
  10. Stanley Cup Winner 1974, 1975
  11. Stanley Cup Winner 2012, 2014

21 Clues: Stanley Cup Winner 2018 • Stanley Cup Winner 1989 • Stanley Cup Winner 2005 • Stanley Cup Winner 2004 • Stanley Cup Winner 1935 • Stanley Cup Winner 2006 • Stanley Cup Winner 1999 • Stanley Cup Winner 2007 • Stanley Cup Winner 1996, 2001 • Stanley Cup Winner 1940, 1994 • Stanley Cup Winner 1974, 1975 • Stanley Cup Winner 2012, 2014 • Stanley Cup Winner 1995, 2000, 2003 • ...

Lead up to the civil war terms 2025-10-21

Lead up to the civil war terms crossword puzzle
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  1. state balance: the pre-Civil War political goal of maintaining an equal number of slave and free states to ensure an equal distribution of power in the U.S. Senate
  2. slavery:one person has total ownership of another
  3. Dix: prominent American reformer and advocate for the mentally ill during the 19th century.
  4. Dougless: American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman
  5. toms cabin: a famous anti-slavery novel
  6. Act: a U.S. law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed residents to vote on whether to allow slavery, a principle known as popular sovereignty
  7. scott decisions: a 1857 Supreme Court ruling that declared African Americans were not citizens and had no rights, and that the government could not ban slavery in U.S. territories
  8. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
  9. Kansas: a period of violent conflict from 1854 to 1859 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the Kansas Territory
  10. cotton: the South's economic dominance of cotton production in the years before the U.S. Civil War
  11. Tubman: United States abolitionist
  12. the withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union between 1860 and 1861
  13. the act of making something ineffective or void.
  14. the movement to end slavery and promote the emancipation of enslaved people
  15. Clay: Henry Clay was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
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  1. auctions: usually took place on a raised platform with the auctioneer, audience, and the enslaved expected to enact their particular roles
  2. truth: she believed that she was called by God to travel around the nation--sojourn--and preach the truth of his word
  3. of 1850: five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion
  4. Lloyld Garrison: American journalist, abolitionist, and social reformer
  5. sovereignty: the principle that the authority of a government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the ultimate source of power
  6. slave act: a pair of federal laws passed in 1793 and 1850 that required the return of runaway enslaved people to their owners, even if they had escaped to free states
  7. American war: a conflict fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, primarily over the U.S. annexation of Texas and westward expansion
  8. railroad: a secret network of people and safe houses that helped enslaved people escape from bondage in the United States to free states and Canada
  9. gin: a machine that separates cotton fibers from their seeds
  10. Doctrine: a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.
  11. second great awakening: refers to several periods of religious revival in American history
  12. brown: abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
  13. temperance movement: The temperance movement was a social and political effort to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption
  14. Catchers: individuals or groups who hunted and apprehended enslaved people who had escaped from their enslavers, returning them to their owners
  15. compromise: Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time

30 Clues: Tubman: United States abolitionist • toms cabin: a famous anti-slavery novel • the act of making something ineffective or void. • slavery:one person has total ownership of another • gin: a machine that separates cotton fibers from their seeds • Lloyld Garrison: American journalist, abolitionist, and social reformer • ...

Nationalism/Unification 2018-02-26

Nationalism/Unification crossword puzzle
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  1. Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification
  2. was a Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships
  3. was an Italian politician, journalist, activist for the unification of Italy
  4. he period when Japan was ruled by the emperor Meiji Tenno,
  5. agreement between the United States and the Empire of Japan negotiated between United States Secretary of State Elihu Root and Japanese Ambassador
  6. troops advanced into France and decisively defeated the French at Sedan
  7. apan's first treaty with a Western nation
  8. war between Prussia on the one side and Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and certain minor German states on the other
  9. shirts name given to the volunteers who followed Giuseppe Garibaldi in southern Italy during his Mille expedition to southern Italy
  10. the strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance
  11. is politics or diplomacy based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors
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  1. A war fought in 1904–1905 between Russia and Japan over rival territorial claims
  2. n grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918
  3. first king of united Italy
  4. a former state in N Europe
  5. Treaty of Amity and Commerce 1858
  6. between China and Japan over the control of Korea
  7. conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire
  8. is the name given to a speech made by Otto von Bismarck
  9. a senior state or legal official
  10. Italian general, politician and nationalist
  11. the German emperor

22 Clues: the German emperor • first king of united Italy • a former state in N Europe • a senior state or legal official • Treaty of Amity and Commerce 1858 • apan's first treaty with a Western nation • Italian general, politician and nationalist • between China and Japan over the control of Korea • is the name given to a speech made by Otto von Bismarck • ...

ged. 104 2019-11-19

ged. 104 crossword puzzle
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  1. media are the means of conveying something, such a _____________________ of communication
  2. these media include books, magazines, and newspapers
  3. it is now considered one of the culinary capitals of the world; the birthplace of "New Nordic" cuisine
  4. it is used to describe the growing interdependence of the world's economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information
  5. he believed that any true form of internationalism should deliberatively reject nationalism which rooted people in domestic concerns instead of global ones
  6. it is the worst and longest economic crisis ever experienced by the Western World during the 1920’s and extended up to the 1930’s
  7. it houses the most number of corporate headquarters such as, Sony and Casio
  8. it is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio; a female gijinka of Japanese Bobtail with a red bow and, notably, no mouth
  9. it is the main deliberative policy-making and representative organ of United Nations
  10. it is the trading system used ships that linked Manila, Philippines with Acapulco, Mexico across the Pacific Ocean
  11. it is considered as the world’s busiest container port
  12. he called for democracy and self-determination and became the most notable advocate of the League of the Nations
  13. it is the home of the most powerful internet companies
  14. he enshrined the principles of cooperation and respect among nation-states
  15. they view globalization as a Trojan horse hiding supporters of Western values
  16. they are partner with governments to initiate social change
  17. globalization relies on to it as the main channel for the spread of global culture and ideas
  18. its main goal was to create a common system that would allow for more efficient trade and prevent isolationism of mercantilist era
  19. it is the most known defense group formed during the Cold War
  20. it has sovereignty over its territory
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  1. this refers to shifting of landscape of people across culture and boundaries
  2. it is a Filipino multinational chain of fast food restaurants and said to be the number one choice for fast food in Brunei
  3. Singapore is slowly becoming a cultural hub in ___________________ Asia
  4. Spaniards colonized this country for three reasons: God, Gold, and Glory
  5. your tattooed teacher in Ged.104 who loves to scold her students during reporting (haha)
  6. it is the desire for greater cooperation and unity among states and peoples
  7. Muslims migrants are forced out from this country and clustered themselves around ethnic enclaves
  8. these are the foundations of modern republics
  9. a Russian dictator who hired armies of social media trolls to manipulate public opinion through intimidation and spreading of fake news
  10. it refers to the flow of culture through the electronic capabilities
  11. this rule is said to be superior over its secular counterparts (constitutional, despotic, dictatorial, democratic, and communistic regimes)
  12. it houses the largest stock market in the world
  13. Melbourne is referred as the world's _______________ city
  14. they referred the phenomenon as the integration of the national markets to a wider global market signified by the increased free trade
  15. it is an international organization is responsible for funding post war reconstruction project
  16. Mcluhan declared that the ___________________ is the message
  17. it is an interstate system ended the thirty years war between the major continental powers of Europe
  18. this is a code that forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified
  19. regionalism can be examined in relations to __________________________, ethics, religion, ecological sustainability, and health
  20. it is the power vested to P5 that gives each one the right to cancel, postpone, and reject the decisions, enactments, and the bill

40 Clues: it has sovereignty over its territory • these are the foundations of modern republics • it houses the largest stock market in the world • these media include books, magazines, and newspapers • it is considered as the world’s busiest container port • it is the home of the most powerful internet companies • Melbourne is referred as the world's _______________ city • ...

The Bureaucracy and Domestic Policy 2023-04-13

The Bureaucracy and Domestic Policy crossword puzzle
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  1. An organization that works to ensure the health and safety of Americans in the workforce. It sets out guidelines for workplace safety measures. These include ensuring that working environments aren’t hazardous, that workers in certain fields have the protective gear they need, and that jobsite equipment meets agency safety codes.
  2. Develops and enforces regulations to protect the natural environment. This includes working to ensure that all Americans have clean air and water. It also tries to reduce environmental risks by making sure that contaminated lands are cleaned up.
  3. In charge of preventing unfair trade practices within the United States. It regulates advertising, marketing, and consumer credit practices to protect the American people from being scammed.
  4. To have a lot of power and influence in the world of politics.
  5. Occupies a seat in the president’s cabinet as head of the nation’s chief intelligence-gathering body.
  6. In this case, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that school segregation is unconstitutional.
  7. The physical foundation created for the benefit of a country’s citizens, such as roads, buildings, and waterworks
  8. The most important member of the president’s cabinet, since he or she is next in line to the presidency if something happens to the president.
  9. A form of government in which power is distributed between the central government and the states
  10. Commissions These commissions set standards for businesses and industries to protect the health, safety, and general interests of the public. They also oversee and enforce these standards.
  11. Chief lawyer of the federal government and head of the US Department of Justice, and the chief legal advisor to the president.
  12. Interact with the public to provide goods and services. They charge fees for these goods and services.
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  1. Involves laws and regulations within the borders of the United States.
  2. An official command given by the US president
  3. The most powerful department because the role of each department head is to advise the president directly.
  4. As both advisor to the president and manager and supervisor of the president’s administration.
  5. A group of advisers to the president.
  6. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
  7. Oversees programs to protect public health by monitoring the safety and effectiveness of drugs for people and animals; it also regulates biological products, such as blood donations, and medical devices, such as respirators and personal protective equipment.
  8. Made up of unelected people who work to help the executive branch and Congress perform their tasks.
  9. An organization of like-minded people who work toward the resolution of or bring attention to a specific issue.

21 Clues: A group of advisers to the president. • An official command given by the US president • To have a lot of power and influence in the world of politics. • Involves laws and regulations within the borders of the United States. • As both advisor to the president and manager and supervisor of the president’s administration. • ...

Civil War 2022-05-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. requiring that all army commands go through the General in Chief.
  2. U.S. Supreme Court case in which it was held that the United States is “an indestructible union” from which no state can secede.
  3. Former United States Representative
  4. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator for Ohio
  5. Former Governor of Massachusetts
  6. Former member of the United States Senate
  7. intended to restrict the power of the president to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate.
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  1. a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government,"
  2. restored the nation to the gold standard through the redemption of previously-unbacked United States Notes
  3. To the Supporters of the Government" on August 4, 1864, accusing Lincoln of using reconstruction to secure electors in the South who would "be at the dictation of his personal ambition,"
  4. United States Secretary of War
  5. Former Governor of California
  6. 18th U.S. President
  7. Swiss-American officer of the Confederate States Army

14 Clues: 18th U.S. President • Former Governor of California • United States Secretary of War • Former Governor of Massachusetts • Former United States Representative • Former member of the United States Senate • Swiss-American officer of the Confederate States Army • requiring that all army commands go through the General in Chief. • ...

chapter 28 2021-03-05

chapter 28 crossword puzzle
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  1. Juárez / leader of La Reforma
  2. / append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.
  3. War / War fought between the US and Spain
  4. Doctrine / US statement of opposition to European influence in the Americas
  5. of influence / Area in which a foreign nation controls trade and investment
  6. Madero / Enemy of Díaz who believed in democracy
  7. of Kanagawa / Treaty between the United States and Japan opening trade between the two nations
  8. Rebellion / Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty
  9. Reforma / Movement in Mexico aimed at achieving land reform, better education, and other goals
  10. War / trading of opium resulted in a war between Britain and China
  11. Zapata / Leader of a powerful revolutionary army
  12. Martí / Cuban Writer who fought for Cuban Independence
  13. War / War between Russia and Japan fought in 1904
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  1. / controlled the new nations as military dictators
  2. Canal / canal that helps ships get between North and South America faster
  3. rights / foreigners were not subjects to Chinese laws
  4. Villa / -Popular leader of the Mexican revolution
  5. Door Policy / Policy proposed by the United States giving all nations equal opportunities to trade in China
  6. Rebellion / Policy proposed by the United States giving all nations equal opportunities to trade in China
  7. López de Santa Anna / Fought for Mexican independence from Spain
  8. Díaz / Dictator who came to power after Juárez
  9. era / Mutsuhito took control of the government for 45 years
  10. Corollary / gave the United States the right to be “an international police power” in the Western Hemisphere.

23 Clues: Juárez / leader of La Reforma • War / War fought between the US and Spain • Rebellion / Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty • Díaz / Dictator who came to power after Juárez • Zapata / Leader of a powerful revolutionary army • Villa / -Popular leader of the Mexican revolution • Madero / Enemy of Díaz who believed in democracy • ...

Causes of the Revolution 2022-03-07

Causes of the Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. Wilmont Proviso suggested all lands from Mexican Cession had no slaves
  2. He sued his master for his freedom. The supreme court ruled slaves were no legal citizens
  3. African Americans worked on plantations in the South
  4. 11 southern states leave the union
  5. The 16th President of the United States
  6. What the north called themselves during the Civi War
  7. Northern abolitionist launched a slave revolt in 1859
  8. required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves
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  1. The war that started in 1861
  2. What the South called themselves once they secede from the main country
  3. Some states, like South Carolina, thought they could leave the union of they didn't like the laws being passed by the federal government
  4. The new states would vote if their states could be admitted as a free or slave state.
  5. Admitted Missouri as slave state and Maine as a non slave state, keeping the number of slave and free states equal
  6. Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president campaigning on a platform opposing the spread of slavery

14 Clues: The war that started in 1861 • 11 southern states leave the union • The 16th President of the United States • required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves • African Americans worked on plantations in the South • What the north called themselves during the Civi War • Northern abolitionist launched a slave revolt in 1859 • ...

Chapter 5 Review 2016-10-30

Chapter 5 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. A person who supported the Constitution
  2. Chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention
  3. Farmer who led a rebellion against the government
  4. Number of people five African American slaves equaled
  5. Branch created by Article III of the Constitution
  6. Plan favored by larger states that based government representation on a state's population
  7. Divided into two houses
  8. America's First Government
  9. Ninth state to approve the Constitution
  10. Change to the Constitution
  11. Branch created by Article II of the Constitution
  12. Number of Articles in the Constitution
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  1. Branch created by Article I of the Constitution
  2. Connecticut leader who proposed the Great Compromise
  3. System of government in which power is divided between the federal and stave governments
  4. Number of states needed to agree on a change to the government
  5. To approve
  6. A detailed written plan of government
  7. Introduction to the Constitution
  8. Plan favored by smaller states that granted equal representation to all states

20 Clues: To approve • Divided into two houses • America's First Government • Change to the Constitution • Introduction to the Constitution • A detailed written plan of government • Number of Articles in the Constitution • A person who supported the Constitution • Ninth state to approve the Constitution • Chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention • ...

Chapter 5 Review 2016-10-30

Chapter 5 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Ninth state to approve the Constitution
  2. A detailed written plan of government
  3. System of government in which power is divided between the federal and state governments
  4. Plan favored by larger states that based government representation on a state's population
  5. Number of Articles in the Constitution
  6. Branch created by Article II of the Constitution
  7. Plan favored by smaller states that granted equal representation to all states
  8. Chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention
  9. Branch created by Article I of the Constitution
  10. Change to the Constitution
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  1. Branch created by Article III of the Constitution
  2. America's First Government
  3. To approve
  4. Divided into two houses
  5. Farmer who led a rebellion against the government
  6. Introduction to the Constitution
  7. Number of people five African American slaves equaled
  8. Number of states needed to agree on a change to the government
  9. A person who supported the Constitution
  10. Connecticut leader who proposed the Great Compromise

20 Clues: To approve • Divided into two houses • America's First Government • Change to the Constitution • Introduction to the Constitution • A detailed written plan of government • Number of Articles in the Constitution • Ninth state to approve the Constitution • A person who supported the Constitution • Chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention • ...

Conner texas history 2022-04-21

Conner texas history crossword puzzle
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  1. was The first major war between many countries at once
  2. The flattest region in texas
  3. was The first president of texas
  4. the movement westward across the country
  5. one of the most deadly
  6. to stop separating groups of people by race, religion, or ethnicity.
  7. the event of the native Americans getting moved from their original homes
  8. each branch of government has control over the other two branches
  9. the rebellion was created in texas
  10. texas joins the united states
  11. remember the
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  1. the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests.
  2. migrating within one country or state
  3. villages that were paced near missions
  4. the dictator and military leader of Mexico
  5. southern States that left the United States in 1861
  6. constitution limits the government on what they can do.
  7. a financial gain
  8. the region closest the texas coast
  9. the Northern States during the Civil War

20 Clues: remember the • a financial gain • one of the most deadly • The flattest region in texas • texas joins the united states • was The first president of texas • the region closest the texas coast • the rebellion was created in texas • migrating within one country or state • villages that were paced near missions • the movement westward across the country • ...

Studies Weekly Week 27 Crossword 2026-03-29

Studies Weekly Week 27 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Loose union of states with a weak central government
  2. Group that wanted a strong national government
  3. Plan that gave equal power to each state
  4. Part of Congress where each state has two members
  5. First ten amendments protecting freedoms
  6. Lawmaking group under the Articles of Confederation
  7. Plan that gave more power to large states
  8. Easy: Famous inventor and Founding Father
  9. Group of citizen soldiers
  10. Agreement that helped states settle disagreements
  11. Continental __________ (meeting in 1787 where delegates created a new government)
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  1. Number of people used to determine representation
  2. Word describing why the Articles did not work well
  3. Government ruled by a king or queen
  4. Easy: First Secretary of the Treasury
  5. Main writer of the Declaration of Independence
  6. Easy: First president of the United States
  7. Money the government collects from people
  8. Known as the Father of the Constitution
  9. Anti-Federalist who pushed for a Bill of Rights

20 Clues: Group of citizen soldiers • Government ruled by a king or queen • Easy: First Secretary of the Treasury • Known as the Father of the Constitution • Plan that gave equal power to each state • First ten amendments protecting freedoms • Money the government collects from people • Plan that gave more power to large states • Easy: Famous inventor and Founding Father • ...

5th Hour Guess Who! 2022-06-15

5th Hour Guess Who! crossword puzzle
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  1. has lived in Japan and has never broken a bone
  2. has a large family and can do a Mickey Mouse impression
  3. scared of tarantulas and likes listening to music
  4. plays volleyball and loves watching fireworks
  5. has an older brother & has a birthday in February
  6. likes birdwatching and visits Mexico every year
  7. can juggle and plays an instrument
  8. has never moved houses and likes football
  9. is the youngest in her family and has a pet bunny
  10. can sing well and is an artist
  11. can play guitar and likes playing video games
  12. plays tennis and likes to scooter
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  1. used to do soccer and gymnastics
  2. hates fancy clothes and plays soccer
  3. has been on an All-star baseball team, has been to many states
  4. is the middle child and has a birthday in December
  5. has been to Argentina and rides horses
  6. has a pet snake and plays football
  7. likes to play board games with her siblings
  8. can wiggle his ears and has been to Canada
  9. plays hockey and has been to 6 states
  10. has two goldendoodles and has lived in 5 states
  11. likes the beach and fave color is orange
  12. likes to fish and play soccer

24 Clues: likes to fish and play soccer • can sing well and is an artist • used to do soccer and gymnastics • plays tennis and likes to scooter • has a pet snake and plays football • can juggle and plays an instrument • hates fancy clothes and plays soccer • plays hockey and has been to 6 states • has been to Argentina and rides horses • likes the beach and fave color is orange • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-14

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The turning point of the American Civil War where the Union took a victory.
  2. 16th President of the United States from 1861-1865
  3. the government of the 11 Southern states seceded from the Union.
  4. The executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln that stated all slaves shall be free.
  5. A naval battle during the American Civil War also known as the Battle of Hampton Roads
  6. the 18th president of the US who served from 1869-1877
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  1. The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
  2. the bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War
  3. the overall commander of the Confederate States Army
  4. July 21, 1861; first major land battle of the American Civil War
  5. One of the most famous US military leaders in US history who has a tree named after him.
  6. a military strategy to create a naval blockade around the Confederate States.
  7. The failed plan to cut off cotton supply to Britain and France during the American Civil War
  8. The location where the American Civil War ended.
  9. War a fight between states supporting the federal union and southern states.

15 Clues: The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. • The location where the American Civil War ended. • 16th President of the United States from 1861-1865 • the overall commander of the Confederate States Army • the bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War • the 18th president of the US who served from 1869-1877 • ...

Project 2020-09-30

Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building
  2. acts were a series of laws passed by british
  3. fought between the united states and its allies
  4. were those colonists of the thirteen colonies
  5. was a late 18th century movement
  6. colonies of british america
  7. the principle of US policy
  8. the unites states constitution
  9. amendment a U.S constitution ratified in 1868
  10. territory of louisiana by the united states
  11. was an armed upspring in western massachusetts
  12. is a historic site in east virgina
  13. U.S history that followed the american civil war
  14. war a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons
  15. a war that happened between 1846 and 1848
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  1. mainly irish immigrants and civil war
  2. American imperialist cultural belief in the 19th century
  3. was the widespread transfer of plants,animals, and culture
  4. Unites states constitution abolished slavery and involuntary
  5. act act of 1887 authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands
  6. the first ten amendments to the US constitution
  7. industrial school in carlisle pennsylvania
  8. information especially of a based or misleading nature
  9. signed into law on may 28,1830
  10. were american colonists who stayed loyal to british
  11. issued by king george on october 7,1763
  12. a territory group whose primary targets are african american
  13. own region or section of the country
  14. were state and local laws
  15. one of the most important and innovative concepts in the U.S

30 Clues: were state and local laws • the principle of US policy • colonies of british america • signed into law on may 28,1830 • the unites states constitution • was a late 18th century movement • is a historic site in east virgina • own region or section of the country • mainly irish immigrants and civil war • issued by king george on october 7,1763 • ...

APHG Crossword Puzzle #1 2017-04-22

APHG Crossword Puzzle #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the name given to a specific place on earth
  2. nation example: The Kurds
  3. diffusion The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another.
  4. Examples: United States, Canada, Great Britain. Opposite of LDC.
  5. a regional variety of a language
  6. Example: Cows move to high lands in the summer.
  7. Semi periphery, Core and ________.
  8. rotation Example: Harvesting carrots and replanting in a different field.
  9. The spreading of the Mcdonald's franchise is an example of ____________.
  10. force a force that brings the people of a state together
  11. cleansing relates to racism and genocide.
  12. An enclosed territory with a foreign territory around it.
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  1. Malthus Geographer who stated "Population is growing faster than food production.
  2. state most famous example: chile. Based on its shape.
  3. industry example: the toy industry and its lack of ties to its location
  4. can be connected to Relative Location
  5. states and nation-states MUST have this to be considered states.
  6. a person who speaks more than two languages
  7. Example: In Georgia, there are 173 people per square mile.
  8. Birth Rate An increase in modern medicine and a decrease in maternal mortality rate can increase the __________.
  9. the process of the decline of quality of living or effective power
  10. The redrawing of legislative boundaries entirely for electoral purposes, thereby benefiting the party in power
  11. practiced in Hinduism and Shintoism.
  12. Drain Example: A smart person emigrates from India in search of a job.
  13. Example: outbreak of Ebola.

25 Clues: nation example: The Kurds • Example: outbreak of Ebola. • a regional variety of a language • Semi periphery, Core and ________. • practiced in Hinduism and Shintoism. • can be connected to Relative Location • cleansing relates to racism and genocide. • the name given to a specific place on earth • a person who speaks more than two languages • ...

Civil War 2013-06-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A stretcher which was carried by two people and used to transport wounded soldiers.
  2. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron.
  3. Party: A political party created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories. Eventually Republicans came to oppose the entire existence of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. Very few Southerners were Republicans.
  4. (pronounced KEH-peeh) Cap worn by Civil War soldiers; more prevalent among Union soldiers. See image»
  5. Also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America, or (by Northerners) the Rebel states, the South incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation. Southern states were: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
  6. A crushing defeat where, often, the losers run from the field.
  7. Promoting the interests of a section or region (such as the North or the South) instead of the entire country.
  8. The basic unit of the Civil War soldiers, usually made up of 1,000 to 1,500 men. Regiments were usually designated by state and number (as in 20th Maine). 1 company = 50 to 100 men, 10 companies = 1 regiment, about 4 regiments = 1 brigade, 2 to 5 brigades = 1 division, 2 or more divisions = 1 corps, 1 or more corps = 1 army. See image »
  9. Pork: Salt pork is a pork product similar to bacon that is made by curing pork bellies in salt. This curing process aloud the pork to last a very long time without the need for refrigeration. As a result, salt pork became a common food issued to soldiers by both the North and the South.
  10. Used in letters and reports, "instant" referred to a particular day in the same month. For example, Robert E. Lee's Report Concerning the Attack at Harpers Ferry, written on October 19, 1859, states that Lee arrived on the "night of the 17th instant". The "17th instant" would be October 17th.
  11. Rights: This doctrine held the powers of the individual states as greater than the powers of the Federal government. States rights meant that the Federal government held its power only through the consent of the states and that any powers not specifically given to the Federal government remained in control of the states. See the Declaration of the Causes of the Seceding States »
  12. A type of counter-attack used to disrupt the enemy's attack or siege of a fortification, causing the enemy to divert some of its resources away from the initial attack or siege.
  13. A flag or banner carried into battle on a pole.
  14. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
  15. A slang term for lice, or occasionally an offensive "Yankee" slang term for Confederate soldiers.
  16. To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds. Most defeated generals were able to negotiate surrender terms. These might include items like parole instead of prison for the soldiers or letting officers keep their sidearms.
  17. (pronounced si-sesh-uhn ) Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States. Southern states, feeling persecuted by the North, seceded by voting to separate from the Union. Southerners felt this was perfectly legal but Unionists saw it as rebellion. See the Secession Acts of the 13 Confederate States »
  18. A two-wheeled cart that carried one ammunition chest for an artillery piece. The artillery piece could be attached to the limber, which would allow both to be pulled by a team of horses. Also verb: The practice of attaching a piece of artillery to the limber that holds its ammunition. See image »
  19. A large earthen mound used to shield the inside of a fortified position from artillery fire and infantry assault. Occasionally ramparts might be constructed of other materials, such as sandbags. See image »
  20. Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate.
  21. Troops: Phrase used to describe soldiers who were either new to the military or had never fought in a battle before.
  22. Roller: A very large, bullet resistant gabion which was used to protect soldiers from enemy fire as they constructed trenches.
  23. A mound of earth used to protect gun positions from explosion or to defilade the inside of a field work or fortification. See image »
  24. A sudden, open, unconcealed attack upon a fortified position with the intent of capturing it before its defenders could mount an effective defense.
  25. Bacterial disease causing fever, diarrhea, headache, enlargement of the spleen, and extreme physical exhaustion and collapse.
  26. War: A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War. Instead of focusing only on military targets, armies conducting total war destroyed homes and crops to demoralize and undermine the civilian base of the enemy’s war effort. (Sherman in Georgia or Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, for example.)
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  1. A hollow projectile, shot from a cannon; a shell was filled with powder and lit by a fuse when it was fired. Shells exploded when their fuse burned down to the level of the powder. Depending on the length of the fuse, artillerymen could decide when they wanted the shell to burst.
  2. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
  3. A minor fight.
  4. In Detail: To destroy the enemy piece by piece — by attacking smaller segments one at a time — instead of attacking the entire force all at once.
  5. (pronounced juhg-er-nawt) An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
  6. A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon. See image »
  7. To formally approve or sanction.
  8. Today called mines, Civil War torpedoes were mostly used by the Confederates. Sometimes they were buried in the ground in the enemy's path to explode when stepped on. Mostly they were used as water defenses. They floated below the surface of the water and exploded when the hull of a ship brushed against them.
  9. (pronounced SKUR-vee) A disease caused by lack of ascorbic acid (found in fresh fruits and vegetables). Its symptoms include spongy gums, loose teeth, and bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes.
  10. The common weapon of the Civil War infantryman, it was a firearm fired from the shoulder. It differed from a regular musket by the grooves (called rifling) cut into the inside of the barrel. When the exploding powder thrusts the bullet forward, the grooves in the barrel make it spin, just like a football spirals through the air. Rifle-muskets were more accurate and had a longer range than smoothbore weapons.
  11. Machine": A term of contempt for torpedoes (either the land or the water variety). This term was also used to describe the Confederate vessel H.L. Hunley - the first successful submarine.
  12. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state by 1861. Nevada Territory, Utah Territory, and Colorado Territory had basically the same boundaries they have today as states; Washington Territory encompassed today's states of Washington and Idaho; Dakota Territory is now the states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the northern part of Wyoming; Nebraska Territory today is the southern part of Wyoming and the state of Nebraska; New Mexico Territory included the states of Arizona and New Mexico; and the remaining unorganized land, also called the Indian Territory, filled the approximate boundaries of Oklahoma.
  13. Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments. See image»
  14. Lines: A military strategy which holds that the fastest, most efficient maneuvers, transportation and communication are conducted within an enclosed geographic area as opposed to outside the geographic area.
  15. Small canvas bag, about one foot square, used to carry a soldier's food. Typically, these bags were painted with black tar to make them waterproof. See image»
  16. A ship protected by iron armor.
  17. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North after February 1862 with the passage of the Legal Tender Act. The bills were called "greenbacks" because of their color.
  18. Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War. Union states were: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. West Virginia became a Northern state in 1863 and California and Oregon were also officially Northern but they had little direct involvement in the War.
  19. Cutter: This term applies to fast ships that were used to patrol the seas and Great Lakes to prevent smuggling and impose importation and custom fees. Revenue cutters would go on to become the United States Coast Guard.
  20. Boats: Small submersible vessels with long wooden spars mounted on the bow for ramming enemy ships. Torpedoes were lashed to the tip of the spar to explode on impact.
  21. Long, cylindrical metal rod used to push the cartridge down the barrel of a musket in preparation for firing.
  22. A handheld firearm with a chamber to hold multiple bullets (usually 6). The chamber turns so that each bullet can be fired in succession without reloading.
  23. The term used to describe new soldiers.
  24. A gun barrel is rifled when it has grooves (called rifling) cut into the inside of the barrel for longer range and more accurate firing.
  25. Territory: The area that is now Oklahoma (except for the panhandle.)

51 Clues: A minor fight. • A ship protected by iron armor. • To formally approve or sanction. • The term used to describe new soldiers. • A flag or banner carried into battle on a pole. • A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon. See image » • A crushing defeat where, often, the losers run from the field. • Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate. • ...

Southern Africa 2023-01-27

Southern Africa crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Only 11% of the roads are paved in this country.
  2. This country has the most official languages.
  3. This country was uninhabited until French explorers arrived.
  4. This country has three capitals.
  5. This country has ylang ylang flowers.
Down
  1. This country has all five vowels in its name.
  2. This country adopted a new flag in 2010.
  3. This country's famous sporting event is winter horse racing.
  4. The currency/money for this country is called pula.
  5. Another name for this country is Eswatini.
  6. This country is located within the country of South Africa.
  7. This country is home to desert elephants.

12 Clues: This country has three capitals. • This country has ylang ylang flowers. • This country adopted a new flag in 2010. • This country is home to desert elephants. • Another name for this country is Eswatini. • This country has all five vowels in its name. • This country has the most official languages. • Only 11% of the roads are paved in this country. • ...

CHIJMES crossword puzzle 2022-04-27

CHIJMES crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. father who was in charge of designing the chapel
  2. something that the sisters prayed hard for
  3. the sculptures that the immigrants designed
  4. are now held at the chapel
  5. our founder
  6. the person who led the sisters to Singapore
  7. something the sisters used to teach the orphans
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  1. father who purchased the house at the corner from H.C Caldwell
  2. where the sisters used to live
  3. which year of the animal was considered to bring bad luck if a chinese girl was born in that year?
  4. singapore is racially?
  5. babies left at the door were?

12 Clues: our founder • singapore is racially? • are now held at the chapel • babies left at the door were? • where the sisters used to live • something that the sisters prayed hard for • the sculptures that the immigrants designed • the person who led the sisters to Singapore • something the sisters used to teach the orphans • father who was in charge of designing the chapel • ...

Unit 7 2021-01-22

Unit 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Jungle - novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair
  2. Crow Laws - state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  3. - a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision
  4. - a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  5. Vs. Ferguson - the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"
  6. - reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era in the United States (1890s–1920s) who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt.
  7. canal - a canal extending SE from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama
  8. - the ability to assess and initiate things independently
  9. american war - an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898.
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  1. a political philosophy in support of social reform
  2. of Paris 1898 - a peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War.
  3. - a request from a manufacturer to return a product after the discovery of safety issues or product defects that might endanger the consumer
  4. Corollary -an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903.
  5. - a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  6. House - a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
  7. - a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
  8. Tarbell - best known for her classic The History of the Standard Oil Company

17 Clues: a political philosophy in support of social reform • - the ability to assess and initiate things independently • Jungle - novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair • Tarbell - best known for her classic The History of the Standard Oil Company • american war - an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. • ...

History Test Review 2 2025-10-16

History Test Review 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The home designed by Thomas Jefferson was...
  2. George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the ... army
  3. author of the Declaration of Independence
  4. A written document that told the world why America wanted to be free from England.
  5. Plan of government for United States today
  6. The French and Indian War was fought between the French and the...
  7. The meeting to write a new plan of government and choose the first president was called the ... Convention
  8. American patriot who said, "Give me liberty or give me death."
  9. A person who draws plans to build a building
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  1. George Washington's work as a ... prepared him to be a soldier in the French and Indian War.
  2. First ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States
  3. America's first written plan of government
  4. The name of the home in Virginia that belonged to George Washington
  5. Patrick Henry was the governor of...
  6. Patrick Henry was a lawyer who spoke out against the unfair rule of ...
  7. America's first president
  8. One who ... land draws maps is a surveyor.
  9. Patrick Henry demanded that the ... be added to the Constitution to guarantee the freedoms Americans had fought for.
  10. Thomas Jefferson was the ... president of the United States
  11. First African-American double spy
  12. A person who collects information secretly from an enemy country
  13. The Declaration of Independence states that men have a right to "..., Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
  14. A trip taken by a group of people to explore a new place

23 Clues: America's first president • First African-American double spy • Patrick Henry was the governor of... • author of the Declaration of Independence • America's first written plan of government • One who ... land draws maps is a surveyor. • Plan of government for United States today • The home designed by Thomas Jefferson was... • A person who draws plans to build a building • ...

Unit 8 Civil War 2025-04-24

Unit 8 Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a war fought exclusively between armies in which only enemy soldiers and military infrastructure are targeted
  2. to keep something in its original state
  3. the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg occurred just a day after the Gettysburg surrender and crushed the Confederate hopes of receiving foreign recognition
  4. the United States
  5. led Virginias Confederate army upon its secession from the Union, became the commander of the entire Confederate Army
  6. lasting forever
  7. military historians consider the battle of Antietam a stalemate. even so, the union kept confederates confined and enable President Lincoln to release the emancipation proclamation on September 22, 1862
  8. the Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war would not won as easily as the had hoped
  9. worked his way up in the Union ranks during the Civil War. President Lincoln elevated Grant to the rank of lieutenant general, and named him general-in-chief of the Armies of the United States.. He would later serve as President
  10. a speech given by a president when they take office
  11. the Union would use naval forces to strangle the South by blockading imports of military supplies and exporting cotton
  12. Missouri, Kentucky, West Virgina, Maryland and Delaware
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  1. this union victory ended any hopes of the Confederates had of blocking the union advance into northern Mississippi
  2. the state of lasting forever
  3. a collection of southern states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War
  4. issued on January 1st, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln that declared "that all persons held as enslaved people' within the rebellious states were free
  5. Confederate, earned the nickname “Stonewall” because he refused to back down. He was shot by one of his soldiers accidentally and died several days later.
  6. President of the Union during the Civil War
  7. the battle was a defeat for the confederacy and halted the Confederate invasion of the North. This was the deadliest battle of the war, with over 50,000 casualties
  8. President of the Confederate States of America
  9. a strategy that included the systematic destruction of any property or supplies, including those belonging to civilians, that are essential to the enemy's ability to wage war

21 Clues: lasting forever • the United States • the state of lasting forever • to keep something in its original state • President of the Union during the Civil War • President of the Confederate States of America • a speech given by a president when they take office • Missouri, Kentucky, West Virgina, Maryland and Delaware • ...

Unit 8 Vocabulary Test 2025-05-21

Unit 8 Vocabulary Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. issued on January 1st, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln that declared "that all persons held as enslaved people" within the rebellious states were free
  2. the United States
  3. to keep something in its original state
  4. a collection of southern states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War
  5. the Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war would not be won as easily as they had hoped
  6. a war fought exclusively between armies in which only enemy soldiers and military infrastructure are targeted
  7. the state of lasting forever
  8. President of the Union during the Civil War
  9. President fo the Confederate States of America
  10. a strategy that included the systematic destruction of any property or supplies, including those belonging to civilians, that are essential to the enemy's ability to wage war
  11. a speech given by a president when they take office
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  1. a stalemate; the Union kept Confederates confined and enabled President Lincoln to release the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862
  2. the Union would use naval forces to strangle the South by blocking imports of military supplies and exporting cotton
  3. Confederate, earned the nickname "Stonewall" because he refused to back down. He was shot by one of his soldiers accidentally and died several days later
  4. lasting forever
  5. the Confederate surrender here occured just a day after the Gettysburg surrender and crushed Confederate hopes of receiving foreign recognition
  6. a Union naval officer that led various naval blockades to victory. His biggest accomplishment was planning and executing a joint army-navy operation to take control of Mobile Bay, Alabama, in August of 1864
  7. led Virginia's Confederate army upon its secession from the Union, became the commander of the entire Confederate Army
  8. worked his way up the Union ranks during the Civil War. President Lincoln elevated him to the rank of lieutenant general, and named him general-in-chief of the Armies of the United States. He would later serve as president
  9. this Union victory ended any hopes the Confederates had of blocking the Union advance into northern Mississippi
  10. the battle was a defeat for the Confederacy and halted the Confederate invasion of the North. This was the deadliest battle of the war, with over 50,000 casualties

21 Clues: lasting forever • the United States • the state of lasting forever • to keep something in its original state • President of the Union during the Civil War • President fo the Confederate States of America • a speech given by a president when they take office • a collection of southern states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War • ...

civil war and reconstruction 2017-05-22

civil war and reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the united states during the civil war
  2. amendment that gave freed slaves citizenship
  3. president of the confederate states of america
  4. to leave or withdraw
  5. number one reason of the civil war
  6. bloodiest battle in the civil war
  7. novel written by harriet beecher stowe that sparked the war
  8. month and day the civil war ended
  9. Commander of the confederate army
  10. document ending slavery in union controlled states
  11. president of the US during the civl war
  12. union general who lead Sherman's march
  13. assassinated abraham lincoln
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  1. first battle of the civil war
  2. secret route slaves used to escape to the north
  3. number two reason for the civil war
  4. the southern states that seceded from the US
  5. final battle in the civil war
  6. speech by abraham lincoln that inspired the north to keep fighting
  7. amendment that ended slavery
  8. Where the civil war ended
  9. capital of the confederacy
  10. amendment that gave black suffrage
  11. commander of the union army and 18th president of the US
  12. Thomas Jackson’s nickname

25 Clues: to leave or withdraw • Where the civil war ended • Thomas Jackson’s nickname • capital of the confederacy • amendment that ended slavery • assassinated abraham lincoln • first battle of the civil war • final battle in the civil war • bloodiest battle in the civil war • month and day the civil war ended • Commander of the confederate army • number one reason of the civil war • ...

Chapter 8 Section 1 2016-04-02

Chapter 8 Section 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of Justice/ what John Jay was of the Supreme Court
  2. Jay/ Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  3. branch/branch headed by the president
  4. the U.S lives by (amendments)
  5. Debt/ the amount the nation's government owed
  6. Government/ a group of nations or states
  7. Jefferson/ secretary of state
  8. final agreement
  9. constitution/ Constitution that sets up a system of federalism within a country
  10. Knox/ secretary of war
  11. commander of something
  12. Washington/ our FIRST president
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  1. courts/Original intermediate level courts of the united states federal court system
  2. Madison/ (recorded everything that was said)
  3. people who risk money in order to make a larger profit
  4. War/the war involving the Americans and British for independence
  5. Act/ was formed because 2 groups could not agree on how to set up the court system in the United States
  6. not constitutional
  7. traditions
  8. Court/ States judicial power is held in the district court for civil and criminal cases
  9. notes
  10. Court/ the U.S's judicial power
  11. Hamilton/ secretary of treasury
  12. a tax on imports

24 Clues: notes • traditions • final agreement • a tax on imports • not constitutional • Knox/ secretary of war • commander of something • the U.S lives by (amendments) • Jefferson/ secretary of state • Court/ the U.S's judicial power • Hamilton/ secretary of treasury • Washington/ our FIRST president • branch/branch headed by the president • Jay/ Chief Justice of the Supreme Court • ...

AJ LaRue= 2nd hour 2023-03-06

AJ LaRue= 2nd hour crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The states that were pro slavery
  2. a crop that is grown for profit
  3. What war started 5 weeks after Abraham Lincoln was elected
  4. to be free from someones control
  5. To cancel a law
  6. A person who dies for a cause
  7. Someone who wanted to end slavery in the country
  8. The first territorial governor in Kansas
  9. The states that were anti slavery
  10. destroyed ballot box and was pro slavery
  11. Violent resistance to government
  12. Letting the people get to vote for a cause
  13. The president that the South hated so much they wanted to leave the country
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  1. The act that stated when you find a slave return them to there owner.
  2. An act passed in 1820 that would balance the number of slave and free states
  3. 14th president of the United States
  4. An abolitionist that would raid pro slavery people
  5. first governor of Kansas
  6. The act of betraying ones country
  7. Someone who worked to let slavery expand in the country
  8. What thing was tearing the nation apart in the 1850's

21 Clues: To cancel a law • first governor of Kansas • A person who dies for a cause • a crop that is grown for profit • The states that were pro slavery • to be free from someones control • Violent resistance to government • The act of betraying ones country • The states that were anti slavery • 14th president of the United States • The first territorial governor in Kansas • ...

Civil War 2022-11-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  2. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  3. a war measure isolating an area of importance to the enemy
  4. of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
  5. a member of the Union Army or Confederate army during the American Civil War
  6. bringing death
  7. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
  8. the state of being allied
  9. troops trained to fight on horseback
  10. a fortified military post where troops are stationed
  11. freedom of choice
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  1. Civil War War between south and north
  2. an offensive against an enemy
  3. Run away from
  4. civilians trained as soldiers, not part of the regular army
  5. a statement that is emphatic and explicit
  6. withdraw from an organization or polity
  7. region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
  8. the United States
  9. having an arsenal or guns
  10. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  11. oppose, as in hostility or a competition

22 Clues: Run away from • bringing death • the United States • freedom of choice • having an arsenal or guns • the state of being allied • an offensive against an enemy • troops trained to fight on horseback • Civil War War between south and north • withdraw from an organization or polity • oppose, as in hostility or a competition • a statement that is emphatic and explicit • ...

Civics Unit 1 to 3 Crossword - Kyle Tatur 2021-10-16

Civics Unit 1 to 3 Crossword - Kyle Tatur crossword puzzle
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  1. A constitutional principle where multiple levels of government share equal power.
  2. The introduction of the U.S. Constitution. This shows the layout of our government.
  3. These are powers that the government have, but aren’t necessarily stated in the Constitution.
  4. A line along the Appalachian Mountains that prevented the American Colonists from going out west.
  5. This is a military alliance between the United States and it’s allies.
  6. States that the President can have no more than two terms of presidency.
  7. This is when you verify or confirm something.
  8. The Vice President becomes president whenever the President dies.
  9. A law that is shared equally between everyone.
  10. Governmental powers are given to the states.
  11. These carry the force of law, and are orders that are created by the President.
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  1. These are governmental powers that are directly listed in the U.S. Constitution.
  2. This is when one branch of government limits the power of another branch. This prevents a branch from becoming too powerful.
  3. Power is shared between the federal government and the state government.
  4. In this constitutional principle, people have the power.
  5. These people write the President’s speeches.
  6. These people assemble votes.
  7. Leader of the House of Representatives.
  8. This allows a Senator to talk for how long they want, and whatever they want to talk about.
  9. Established free trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

20 Clues: These people assemble votes. • Leader of the House of Representatives. • These people write the President’s speeches. • Governmental powers are given to the states. • This is when you verify or confirm something. • A law that is shared equally between everyone. • In this constitutional principle, people have the power. • ...

The Civil War Part 1 Vocabulary 2023-04-19

The Civil War Part 1 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A person who worked to end slavery during the 1700s and 1800sUnionUnion
  2. A place where weapons and military equipment are stored
  3. To actively use or do something
  4. Unable to be taken away or denied
  5. Allowed or legal under the terms of the U.S. Constitution
  6. The highest court in the land
  7. The action of rescuing someone or setting them free
  8. When each side in a dispute gives up some of their demands to reach an agreement
  9. The states that made up the United States of America; during the Civil War, the states that supported the US government
  10. Obvious
  11. The qualities that make up the personality and behavior of a person or a country
  12. Allowed or legal under the terms of the U.S. ConstitutionNatural rights
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  1. A building or group of buildings where goods are produced
  2. The condition of being a state in the United States
  3. Rights that all people were born with and that cannot be taken away by the governmentSelf-evident
  4. The act of taking a stand against something by the way of words or actions
  5. To formally withdraw membership
  6. The part of the government responsible for making laws
  7. A secret organization that helped slaves escape to freedom
  8. A system in which people are legally owned by another and forced to work without pay

20 Clues: Obvious • The highest court in the land • To actively use or do something • To formally withdraw membership • Unable to be taken away or denied • The condition of being a state in the United States • The action of rescuing someone or setting them free • The part of the government responsible for making laws • A place where weapons and military equipment are stored • ...

Crossword Crazy 2015-11-30

Crossword Crazy crossword puzzle
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  1. a picture that shows a model of the problem you are solving
  2. products found by breaking the factor apart into two numbers and them adding them together to get your factor
  3. states that you can change the grouping of the factors and the product stays the same
  4. to get less
  5. it contains numbers and at least one operation
  6. the square footage inside a object
  7. a answer to a multiplication problem
  8. the answer to a subtraction problem
  9. when you round to get a close answer to any problem
  10. the numbers used to write a number
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  1. it states that the order of factors can be changed, but the product stays the same
  2. is a process that determines which multiple of 10, 100, 1000, and so on, a number is closest to
  3. a group of three digits separated by commas, starting form the right
  4. the answer to a division problem
  5. states that multiplying a sum or a difference by a number is the the same as multiplying each number in the sum or the difference by the number and adding or subtracting the products
  6. to get more
  7. states that when you multiply anything by zero your answer will be zero
  8. a number written as the sum of the values of its digits
  9. the length around the object
  10. the answer to a addition problem

20 Clues: to get more • to get less • the length around the object • the answer to a division problem • the answer to a addition problem • the square footage inside a object • the numbers used to write a number • the answer to a subtraction problem • a answer to a multiplication problem • it contains numbers and at least one operation • when you round to get a close answer to any problem • ...

Reconstruction Era 2023-10-15

Reconstruction Era crossword puzzle
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  1. Laws passed by southern states that limited what Blacks can do.
  2. Former slaves or poor freedmen working on plantations and giving half of their crops to the owner of the land.
  3. To bring charges against an elected offical like the President.
  4. Law that ended slavery.
  5. Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, who were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, and/or social gain.
  6. Group that built schools and helped former slaves.
  7. A test given to blacks by Southern states to try and stop them from voting.
  8. To get rid of or end.
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  1. A group that was formed to oppress blacks.
  2. To come to an agreement where both sides get some of what they want.
  3. Gave former slaves citizenship.
  4. To block or stop something.
  5. The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
  6. Political group who wanted equal rights for blacks.
  7. A fee that blacks had to pay to vote.
  8. Legal segregation
  9. States cant stop eligible voters from voting.

17 Clues: Legal segregation • To get rid of or end. • Law that ended slavery. • To block or stop something. • Gave former slaves citizenship. • A fee that blacks had to pay to vote. • A group that was formed to oppress blacks. • States cant stop eligible voters from voting. • Group that built schools and helped former slaves. • Political group who wanted equal rights for blacks. • ...

Week 13: A Divided Nation 2024-03-06

Week 13: A Divided Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott decision
  2. ____________ states: slave states that bordered the North
  3. Democratic candidate and winner of the 1856 presidential election
  4. Doctrine that restated Douglas’ belief in popular sovereignty
  5. pro-slavery candidate nominated by southern Democrats for the 1860 presidential election
  6. Lincoln-________ Debates between senatorial candidates
  7. candidate nominated for the 1860 election by the Constitutional Union Party
  8. Kentucky senator who proposed a compromise to try to stop southern secession and a civil war
  9. slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1846
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  1. political party founded to fight slavery and its spread to the West
  2. Abolitionist who led raid on Harpers Ferry
  3. __________ States: country formed by seceding southern states
  4. Republican candidate for the 1856 presidential election; against spread of slavery
  5. early leader of the Republican Party
  6. Confederacy’s first president

15 Clues: Confederacy’s first president • early leader of the Republican Party • Abolitionist who led raid on Harpers Ferry • slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1846 • Lincoln-________ Debates between senatorial candidates • ____________ states: slave states that bordered the North • __________ States: country formed by seceding southern states • ...

CIVIL WAR 2024-11-03

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
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  1. - The act of making legally null and void.
  2. The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.
  3. - A war between citizens of the same country.
  4. Stephens - Important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor.
  5. Scott- Case - Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
  6. of 1860 - Election where Abraham __ defeated three opponents to win the presidency.
  7. Platform - Position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850.
  8. -Involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.
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  1. Act (1850) - Act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
  2. Rights The belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.
  3. States__ - States where slavery was legal.
  4. of 1850 - A compromise between the North and South allowing California to enter the union in exchange for the Fugitive Slave Act.
  5. State - States where slavery was not legal.

13 Clues: States__ - States where slavery was legal. • - The act of making legally null and void. • State - States where slavery was not legal. • - A war between citizens of the same country. • The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent. • Stephens - Important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor. • ...

Government Vocab 2021-01-07

Government Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
  2. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  3. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
  4. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
  5. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  6. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
  7. rights and liberties of the people
  8. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
  9. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
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  1. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  2. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
  3. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  4. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  5. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
  6. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  7. and checks and balances
  8. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  9. of a few.
  10. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  11. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the
  12. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  13. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited
  14. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the

23 Clues: of a few. • and checks and balances • rights and liberties of the people • belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited • ...

government coming to terms 2021-01-10

government coming to terms crossword puzzle
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  1. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people constitution were written
  2. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into
  3. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
  4. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  5. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to
  6. God)
  7. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  8. by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
  9. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  10. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  11. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as
  12. and checks and balances
  13. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited
  14. from the people of the United States
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  1. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  2. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set
  3. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress
  4. an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
  5. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
  6. out the other powers listed in Article I
  7. rights and liberties of the people
  8. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the interests of a few.
  9. Declaration of Independence
  10. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  11. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority
  12. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  13. ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the
  14. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed

28 Clues: God) • and checks and balances • Declaration of Independence • rights and liberties of the people • from the people of the United States • out the other powers listed in Article I • belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power • ...

Cold War Review 2023-05-22

Cold War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Political cartoons always contain _________, meaning that they represent real-life events.
  2. JFK and Khrushchev avoided WWIII by de-escalating tensions during this scary event.
  3. Americans who believed we should stay out of Vietnam's Civil War were nicknamed this bird.
  4. A country that has the power to influence and control large portions of the world.
  5. Congressional panel whose investigations violated people's rights.
  6. The world came close to WWIII in this conflict because the two superpowers were both involved.
  7. The peak of America's paranoia about Communists in the United States.
  8. Americans were terrified in the 50s and 60s that this would happen between the US & USSR.
  9. $13 billion given by the United States to try and restore capitalism and democracy in Europe after WWII.
  10. The United States sent troops to both Korea and Vietnam for the purpose of ________.
  11. The policy of providing aid to help foreign countries resist Communism.
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  1. Americans who believed the mission in Vietnam was important for containment were nicknamed this bird.
  2. The struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  3. The line of separation between US influence and Soviet influence in Europe.
  4. The first country in the world to become Communist.
  5. The Cold War military alliance in Eastern Europe.
  6. The system of economics in America and other democracies.
  7. The Cold War military alliance in Western Europe.

18 Clues: The Cold War military alliance in Eastern Europe. • The Cold War military alliance in Western Europe. • The first country in the world to become Communist. • The system of economics in America and other democracies. • Congressional panel whose investigations violated people's rights. • The peak of America's paranoia about Communists in the United States. • ...

Depression and World Conflict 2023-02-03

Depression and World Conflict crossword puzzle
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  1. The first great war
  2. a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed vital to the defense of the United States
  3. a telegram that announced an allience between America and Mexico's military
  4. the act of producing more product that needed or intended
  5. regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.
  6. A cargp ship sunk by germans
  7. an infestation of incects during the great depression era
  8. federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve
  9. 32nd President of the United States
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  1. A species of beetle that feeds on cotton and floweres
  2. an attack by the Japanese military against a harbor in Hawaii
  3. 67th governor of Georgia
  4. a collapse of stock prices that began on October 24, 1929.
  5. The second great war
  6. an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years
  7. a time of dryness, ussually lasting months,
  8. founder and leader of the conservative coalition that dominated Congress from 1937 to 1963

17 Clues: The first great war • The second great war • 67th governor of Georgia • A cargp ship sunk by germans • 32nd President of the United States • a time of dryness, ussually lasting months, • A species of beetle that feeds on cotton and floweres • the act of producing more product that needed or intended • an infestation of incects during the great depression era • ...

Causes of the Revolution 2022-03-07

Causes of the Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. Wilmont Proviso suggested all lands from Mexican Cession had no slaves
  2. He sued his master for his freedom. The supreme court ruled slaves were no legal citizens
  3. African Americans worked on plantations in the South
  4. 11 southern states leave the union
  5. The 16th President of the United States
  6. What the north called themselves during the Civi War
  7. Northern abolitionist launched a slave revolt in 1859
  8. required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves
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  1. The war that started in 1861
  2. What the South called themselves once they secede from the main country
  3. Some states, like South Carolina, thought they could leave the union of they didn't like the laws being passed by the federal government
  4. The new states would vote if their states could be admitted as a free or slave state.
  5. Admitted Missouri as slave state and Maine as a non slave state, keeping the number of slave and free states equal
  6. Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president campaigning on a platform opposing the spread of slavery

14 Clues: The war that started in 1861 • 11 southern states leave the union • The 16th President of the United States • required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves • African Americans worked on plantations in the South • What the north called themselves during the Civi War • Northern abolitionist launched a slave revolt in 1859 • ...

vocab words 1-30 to 2-3 2023-01-30

vocab words 1-30 to 2-3 crossword puzzle
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  1. a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression
  2. a conservative political party that existed in the United States
  3. a spoils system is a practice in which a political party
  4. convention is to select the party's nominee for popular election as President
  5. one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States
  6. authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders
  7. land area set aside by the United States
  8. s a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior
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  1. a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision
  2. political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833
  3. sought to protect northern and western agricultural products from competition with foreign imports
  4. political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
  5. A movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s
  6. deadly route used by Native Americans when forced off their ancestral lands

14 Clues: a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision • land area set aside by the United States • political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833 • a spoils system is a practice in which a political party • a conservative political party that existed in the United States • A movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s • ...

Test 2022-11-06

Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One problem was that states charged THESE on goods from other states
  2. Fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution
  3. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  4. The Articles did not let Congress create THIS
  5. The Articles of Confederation was America's first plan for ____.
  6. The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
  7. The branch that interprets laws
  8. The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are _____ to state laws (Hint: not inferior but...)
  9. Under the Articles, America did not have one of THESE (Hint: Joe Biden)
  10. The Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one of these (Hint: not THREE but...)
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  1. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  2. Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
  3. These were the "individuals" in the "confederation" created by the Articles
  4. States send THESE to Congress
  5. The branch that carries out laws
  6. The branch that makes laws
  7. A group of individuals united together for a purpose
  8. In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on THIS
  9. The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
  10. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
  11. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not do THIS to its laws, so states could just ignore laws

21 Clues: The branch that makes laws • States send THESE to Congress • The branch that interprets laws • The branch that carries out laws • The Articles did not let Congress create THIS • A group of individuals united together for a purpose • One of two things people were afraid states might lose • One of two things people were afraid states might lose • ...

Civil War 2025-01-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. This place was attacked by the Confederacy and this battle marked the start of the Civil War.
  2. The president of the United States elected in 1860.
  3. These states opposed slavery.
  4. The first state to secede from the union.
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  1. The president of the Confederacy.
  2. Created by Eli Whitney. Increased slave labor.
  3. The southern states biggest export in the 1800's.
  4. To seperate. 11 states did this from the Union.
  5. City area
  6. The southern states seceded because they wanted to keep this
  7. These states supported slavery.
  8. Country area

12 Clues: City area • Country area • These states opposed slavery. • These states supported slavery. • The president of the Confederacy. • The first state to secede from the union. • Created by Eli Whitney. Increased slave labor. • To seperate. 11 states did this from the Union. • The southern states biggest export in the 1800's. • The president of the United States elected in 1860. • ...

Civil War Battles, Stats, and Vocabulary 2025-04-25

Civil War Battles, Stats, and Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Emancipation __________ ;A decree signed by Abraham Lincoln that made slavery illegal
  2. The states that were divided between the Confereracy and the Union
  3. The collective 11 states that seceded during the Civil War
  4. President of the Confederacy
  5. A fixed amount of food during a time of shortage
  6. Union Soldier
  7. A military person wounded, dead, or captured
  8. The United States of America
  9. First ever Battle between two ironclads
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  1. Capital of the Confederate States of America
  2. Conflict between two groups of people in the same country
  3. A Confederate state with the abbreviation TN
  4. Confederate soldier, so called because of opposition of established government
  5. A Union state with the abbreviation CA
  6. A Confederate-won battle; the first time African Americans were allowed to sign up for battle
  7. Capital of the United States of America
  8. President of the Union during the Civil War

17 Clues: Union Soldier • President of the Confederacy • The United States of America • A Union state with the abbreviation CA • Capital of the United States of America • First ever Battle between two ironclads • President of the Union during the Civil War • Capital of the Confederate States of America • A Confederate state with the abbreviation TN • ...

Unit 4 Menu 2021-03-04

Unit 4 Menu crossword puzzle
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  1. Rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law.
  2. One of two congressional houses.
  3. Two branches or chambers
  4. Release from punishment
  5. Formal meeting where people discuss issues or questions
  6. Branch of the United States government that has the power to legislate
  7. officer of the United States House of Representatives
  8. Specific form of organization
  9. Division of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  10. Court, Final court of appeals
  11. Decisions that relates to things that directly affect the people in its own country
  12. Tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation
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  1. One of the two houses of the Congress
  2. U.S. state legislature
  3. Head of a state government
  4. Policy,Objectives that guide the activities and relationships of different states.
  5. Proceeding to address a serious misconduct
  6. Killing of legislation by a chief executive through a failure to act
  7. are allowed to prevent other branches from becoming too powerful
  8. Authority to hear and determine laws

20 Clues: U.S. state legislature • Release from punishment • Two branches or chambers • Head of a state government • Specific form of organization • Court, Final court of appeals • One of two congressional houses. • Authority to hear and determine laws • One of the two houses of the Congress • Proceeding to address a serious misconduct • Tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation • ...

Coming to Terms with Silence 2022-01-06

Coming to Terms with Silence crossword puzzle
Across
  1. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints
  2. government is defined by law and serves the people
  3. belief that monarchs were chosen by god
  4. king/queen controls all aspect of life
  5. supporters of the new constitution
  6. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
  7. 1st president of the United states
  8. article I, section 8, clause 18
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  1. first plan of government adopted in the US after the revolution
  2. group who feared the new government
  3. first ten amendments
  4. compromise reached in writing the constitution
  5. considered intelligent and decisive
  6. explains the purpose of the constitution
  7. father of the constitution
  8. believed in natural rights
  9. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom
  10. french writer
  11. compromise between slave states and free states
  12. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held
  13. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions

21 Clues: french writer • first ten amendments • father of the constitution • believed in natural rights • article I, section 8, clause 18 • supporters of the new constitution • 1st president of the United states • group who feared the new government • considered intelligent and decisive • king/queen controls all aspect of life • belief that monarchs were chosen by god • ...

chapter 16 and 17 2025-03-06

chapter 16 and 17 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a formal meeting where people discuss political issues
  2. a region in the eastern states of the United States of America
  3. money that is paid by a government to help a business
  4. a general and overall agreement to a decision
  5. to follow and be obedient to rules and laws
  6. an unreasonable decision or choice
  7. a right to sell a company's products
  8. the amount of money one gets overtime- usually by a job
  9. a person who makes laws
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  1. one of the earliest mass-produced suburbs
  2. a normal or traditional way to do something
  3. anagram for Volunteers in Service to America
  4. where states creates political districts based on the population of that state
  5. an organization set up to complete a specific task or area of tasks
  6. something that has separate and independent existence
  7. to keep something within limits
  8. government service that gives eldery people over 65 medical treatment insurance
  9. a time after war where birth rates skyrocketed
  10. to take away from
  11. to leave something forever

20 Clues: to take away from • a person who makes laws • to leave something forever • to keep something within limits • an unreasonable decision or choice • a right to sell a company's products • one of the earliest mass-produced suburbs • a normal or traditional way to do something • to follow and be obedient to rules and laws • anagram for Volunteers in Service to America • ...

Crossword for history class 2021-03-30

Crossword for history class crossword puzzle
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  1. civil war steam ships
  2. place where the constitution was signed
  3. group of cities or states that work together
  4. elected the 18th President 1869–1877
  5. goverment of 11 states during the civil war
  6. a plan to go around, looked like snake
  7. US army officer, central figure
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  1. was bombed and union was forced to surrender
  2. confederat presedent (1861-1865)
  3. known for large plantations
  4. states that were between the north and south
  5. american soldier business man author
  6. war fought between north and south
  7. american nurse who founded american red cross

14 Clues: civil war steam ships • known for large plantations • US army officer, central figure • confederat presedent (1861-1865) • war fought between north and south • american soldier business man author • elected the 18th President 1869–1877 • a plan to go around, looked like snake • place where the constitution was signed • goverment of 11 states during the civil war • ...

The AJ Puzzle 2023-02-14

The AJ Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / An American politician and lawyer who served as fourth chief justice
  2. / Political parties giving public office to supporters
  3. / The right to vote in political elections
  4. / A Native American polymath of the Cherokee nation
  5. / Lands that signify their control by Native nations
  6. / Andrew Jackson's beloved wife
  7. / A party Andrew Jackson created
  8. / Andrew Jackson's nickname
  9. / Three events in American political history
  10. / people that are sent/authorized to represent others
  11. / A derogatory term for state banks
  12. / A political party in contrast with the Democratic party
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  1. / the action of a formal withdraw
  2. / The rights and powers held by individual U.S states
  3. / States can invalidate laws and judicial decisions
  4. / To protect northern/western products from competition with foreign imports
  5. / A journey of the Cherokee to Indian Territory
  6. / The second federally authorized national bank
  7. / American financier who served as third and last president of the Second Bank of the US
  8. / Conservative political party alongside the Democrats
  9. / A financial crisis in the United States

21 Clues: / Andrew Jackson's nickname • / Andrew Jackson's beloved wife • / A party Andrew Jackson created • / the action of a formal withdraw • / A derogatory term for state banks • / A financial crisis in the United States • / The right to vote in political elections • / Three events in American political history • / A journey of the Cherokee to Indian Territory • ...

Theme 2 - Power vocab 2020-11-17

Theme 2 - Power vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. states that bounce back and forth between parties
  2. an elector that goes against their sates popular vote.
  3. Limits the power of each branch of goverment
  4. Last minute appointments John Adams makes before he is out of office.
  5. ran every 10 years to decide the number of electoral votes in each state
  6. Washingtons Treasurer and a Federalist
  7. Political system where
  8. lawmaking body made up of one house
  9. article 1 section 8, congress can make laws if they are necessary and proper
  10. Small states plan
  11. Large states plan
  12. Number needed to win electoral college
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  1. father of the constitution
  2. power of the supreme court to decide if laws are unconstitutional or not
  3. State that votes for the same party
  4. protest when Hamilton puts a tax on whiskey, farmers were not happy
  5. Law making body made up of two houses
  6. Allowed to arrest and deport illegal citizens
  7. Delegated, reserved, concurrent
  8. moves the capital for Madison so the gov. can take on the state debt.

20 Clues: Small states plan • Large states plan • Political system where • father of the constitution • Delegated, reserved, concurrent • State that votes for the same party • lawmaking body made up of one house • Law making body made up of two houses • Washingtons Treasurer and a Federalist • Number needed to win electoral college • Limits the power of each branch of goverment • ...

Crossword for history class 2021-03-30

Crossword for history class crossword puzzle
Across
  1. civil war steam ships
  2. place where the constitution was signed
  3. group of cities or states that work together
  4. elected the 18th President 1869–1877
  5. goverment of 11 states during the civil war
  6. a plan to go around, looked like snake
  7. US army officer, central figure
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  1. was bombed and union was forced to surrender
  2. confederat presedent (1861-1865)
  3. known for large plantations
  4. states that were between the north and south
  5. american soldier business man author
  6. war fought between north and south
  7. american nurse who founded american red cross

14 Clues: civil war steam ships • known for large plantations • US army officer, central figure • confederat presedent (1861-1865) • war fought between north and south • american soldier business man author • elected the 18th President 1869–1877 • a plan to go around, looked like snake • place where the constitution was signed • goverment of 11 states during the civil war • ...

Government- Coming To 'Terms' 2021-01-07

Government- Coming To 'Terms' crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the
  2. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
  3. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
  4. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  5. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as
  6. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
  7. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
  8. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  9. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  10. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
  11. and checks and balances
  12. from the people of the United States
  13. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
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  1. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political - often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  2. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited
  3. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
  4. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
  5. of a few
  6. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
  7. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  8. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
  9. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  10. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence

23 Clues: of a few • and checks and balances • from the people of the United States • belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as • ...

POLS 1101: Week 2 Activity 2019-08-29

POLS 1101: Week 2 Activity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
  2. Supporters of the ratification of the new constitution; believed nation should be run by a strong, national government
  3. political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution.
  4. president; carries out laws
  5. A section of the United States Constitution that enables Congress to make the laws required for the exercise of its other powers established by the Constitution.
  6. The formula for counting five slaves as three people for the purpose of representation that reconciled Northern and Southern factions at the constitutional congress
  7. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, gave too much power to individual states.
  8. The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by the founding fathers declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
  9. First 10 amendments to the constitution; individual liberties, protection from government infringement; ratified 1791
  10. 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights
  11. congressional powers specifically named in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8)
  12. supreme court; evaluates laws
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  1. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.
  2. The Supreme Court declared unanimously that a certain law passed by Congress should not be enforced, because the law was opposed to the Constitution.
  3. counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
  4. an organized group of people who have the same ideology, or who otherwise have the same political positions, and who field candidates for elections, in an attempt to get them elected and thereby implement the party's agenda.
  5. A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. It was drafted by the Constitutional Convention and later supplemented by the Bill of Rights and other amendments.
  6. the assembly of fifty-five delegates in the summer of 1787 to recast the Articles of Confederation; the result was the U.S. Constitution
  7. congress; makes laws
  8. doctrine of constitutional law under which the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) are kept separate.
  9. The first vice president (1789-1797) and second president (1797-1801) of the United States. He was a major figure during the American Revolution, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, and the shaping of the Constitution.
  10. A plan that called for each state to have one vote in Congress instead of the number of votes being based on the population
  11. Proposed that states have equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives
  12. a section that appeared in many constitutions, as well as in some charters and statutes, which provides that the governing body empowered by the document may enact laws to promote the general welfare of the people, sometimes worded as the public welfare.
  13. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  14. Opposed the ratification of a new constitution; believed that the nation is best managed by individual states
  15. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
  16. A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch; drafted by James Madison in 1787
  17. (in the US) a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
  18. a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.

30 Clues: congress; makes laws • president; carries out laws • supreme court; evaluates laws • a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc. • congressional powers specifically named in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8) • review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act. • ...

Government Crossword 2014-09-29

Government Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a clause in a document or agreement
  2. creation of federal marriage laws are ______ to the Government
  3. Division of power between federal government and the states
  4. this branch of power decides the law
  5. people are the only source of governmental power
  6. grants made for specific purposes
  7. loyalty to a particular political party
  8. government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
  9. The first 10 amendments
  10. Agreements between the states and foreign powers are Interstate ______
  11. Privileges and _______ Clause means that no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its residents and those persons who happen to live in another state
  12. V this gives us two ways to propose and two ways to ratify
  13. this branch of power enforces the law
  14. can only do things the people give it power to do
  15. Everything they like is unconstitutional
  16. The last "War" America fought
  17. power to decide the constitutionality of a governmental action
  18. reject
  19. this branch of power makes the law
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  1. to become law
  2. Exclusive powers includes most of the ________ powers
  3. this Amendment gives you protection from cruel punishments
  4. a ban or denial
  5. Powers held to the states
  6. Legal agreements in one state are binding in another
  7. sending criminals to another state to stand trial there
  8. Privileges and Immunities Clause is reinforced in this Amendment
  9. Powers given to the national government by the Constitution
  10. grants of federal money or other resources to the states and their local units
  11. to declare illegal
  12. process for changing Constitution without changing the Government
  13. powers held by both the states and the Government
  14. this amendment abolish slavery
  15. Tradition
  16. Powers written by the Constitution
  17. Changing the constitution happens in ___ ways
  18. an advisory body to the president
  19. Powers that can only be exercised by the Government
  20. if Congress likes this it passes the _______ Act

39 Clues: reject • Tradition • to become law • a ban or denial • to declare illegal • The first 10 amendments • Powers held to the states • The last "War" America fought • this amendment abolish slavery • grants made for specific purposes • an advisory body to the president • Powers written by the Constitution • this branch of power makes the law • a clause in a document or agreement • ...

Constitutional Underpinnings and Federalism 2017-04-10

Constitutional Underpinnings and Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. State whose plan called representation based on population.
  2. A formal change to the Constitution, which can be done 4 ways
  3. Type of legislature with a Senate based on equal representation and a House based on population.
  4. Restraints placed on the other two branches of governments so that no one branch becomes too powerful
  5. Tool to direct states and local governments to comply with federal law under threat of penalties or as a condition of receipt of a grant
  6. Grants that give states more discretion and cover a policy area
  7. A writ requiring inmate to be brought before a judge
  8. Grants of a specific purpose
  9. Transferring of power to lower levels of government
  10. A weak national government with most powers vested in the states.
  11. Source of Congress' power to pass all laws necessary and proper to carrying out enumerated powers.
  12. A group of citizens united around a common interest according to Madison
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  1. Process to review constitutionality of laws
  2. Original constitution of America which gave national government limited powers.
  3. Type of commercial activity regulated by the states
  4. Provision stating Constitution, laws of Congress and treaties are the highest law of the land
  5. Landmark case that strengthened national government's power and broadened the definition of commerce
  6. Individuals who supported the U.S. Constitution
  7. Counted as three-fifths for the purposes of taxation
  8. States must return a person charged with a crime in another state to that state for punishment
  9. Landmark case dealing with guns that limited the definition commerce to economic activity.
  10. Addition to the Constitution to convince Anti-Federalist to ratify
  11. Type of powers that are shared by the state and national government
  12. To bring charges against
  13. Type of federalism involving spending, taxing and providing grants in the federal system
  14. Amendment stating national government cannot usurp state powers

26 Clues: To bring charges against • Grants of a specific purpose • Process to review constitutionality of laws • Individuals who supported the U.S. Constitution • Type of commercial activity regulated by the states • Transferring of power to lower levels of government • Counted as three-fifths for the purposes of taxation • A writ requiring inmate to be brought before a judge • ...

civil war 2019-04-30

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Northern soldier, W.T Sherman, spread his army around the south and destroyed land and supplies.
  2. / a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance
  3. / Belief on whether state's rights are more important than federal rights. The south was for this while the north was not.
  4. / a soft white fibrous substance that surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant and is used as textile fiber and thread for sewing
  5. / a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada
  6. / the action of annexing something, especially territory
  7. / where the slaves worked, big farm
  8. / The bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
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  1. or political restrictions; liberation
  2. / Compromise set to make the north and south happy by making CA a free state, but other states would now be open to slavery. a very strict fugitive slave act was set. GA Platform was created because of this compromise
  3. / an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  4. / the fact or process of being set free from legal,
  5. / a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery
  6. / Northern economic system during the Civil War
  7. / a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War
  8. / was a confederation of secessionist American states existing from 1861 to 1865
  9. / northern states
  10. / survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy
  11. / Largest southern jail that help Union soldiers.
  12. of 1828 / The North put tariffs on imported goods, forcing the south to buy goods from the north. SC was the first state to nullify this.
  13. / Largest cause of the Civil War. Union believed the south should not enslave people, while the south thought otherwise.

21 Clues: / northern states • / where the slaves worked, big farm • or political restrictions; liberation • / The bloodiest battle of the Civil War. • / Northern economic system during the Civil War • / Largest southern jail that help Union soldiers. • / the fact or process of being set free from legal, • / the action of annexing something, especially territory • ...

Unit 2 Vocab. 2024-09-03

Unit 2 Vocab. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Powers Powers that belong only to the states
  2. Domain The power of government to take property for public use
  3. Cause A reasonable basis to believe a person's premises is linked to a crime
  4. Powers Powers the government needs in order to carry out its expressed constitutional powers
  5. Powers Powers that both the national government and the states have
  6. A list of items that give Congress authority found in Article 1 of the Constitution
  7. Introductory statement of the Constitution, states the basis concepts of government
  8. Powers Powers the constitution grants or delegated to the national government
  9. and Balances Each branch of government has some control over the other two so no single branch becomes too powerful
  10. Supremacy If an amendment to a state's constitution conflicts with the U.S. constitution it is not valid and must be removed
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  1. A change to the Constitution
  2. Doctrine Process by which the Bill of Rights was extended to the states and local governments
  3. Powers Powers directly stated in the Constitution
  4. Review Power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional
  5. To return a fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state
  6. Clause Gives Congress the right to make laws necessary to carry out the powers stated in Article 1
  7. System of government in which two or more governments have poser over the same people and the same territory, example: state and federal governments
  8. Clause In Article 6 of the constitution, states that the Constitution, Laws passed by congress, and treaties of the U.S. shall be the supreme Law of the Land
  9. Limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
  10. Rejection of a bill by the president
  11. of Rights The first ten amendments to the Constitution

21 Clues: A change to the Constitution • Rejection of a bill by the president • Powers Powers that belong only to the states • Powers Powers directly stated in the Constitution • of Rights The first ten amendments to the Constitution • Limits or territory within which authority may be exercised • Domain The power of government to take property for public use • ...

Final Crosswords 2023-05-24

Final Crosswords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a court of law responsible for the trial or legal supervision of children under a specified age
  2. freedom of speech
  3. an arrangement between a prosecutor and a defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the expectation of leniency.
  4. African American Woman nominated for Mayor of Peekskill.
  5. give or register a vote.
  6. process by which the United States elects the President
  7. support for lower taxes, small government conservatism, free market capitalism, free trade, deregulation of corporations, and restrictions on labor unions.
  8. principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
  9. United States Senator
  10. divides land into districts where similar rules are in effect
  11. 2nd Amendment
  12. involves a legal dispute between two or more parties
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  1. believe we can and should make life better for families across our nation. fairness, justice, and equality for all by standing up for all middle-class Americans and those struggling to get there.
  2. Westchester County Executive
  3. made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress.
  4. he process to become a U.S. citizen if you were born outside of the United States
  5. the intentional or unintentional act of providing information that will suggest your involvement in a crime, or expose you to criminal prosecution
  6. Bear Arms
  7. Consist President and Vice president
  8. a lawsuit brought by the state against a person who has broken a criminal law
  9. income
  10. the principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based.
  11. the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
  12. United States Senator
  13. Majority Leader of the United States Senate
  14. Vice President of the United States
  15. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

27 Clues: income • Bear Arms • 2nd Amendment • freedom of speech • United States Senator • United States Senator • give or register a vote. • Westchester County Executive • Vice President of the United States • Consist President and Vice president • Majority Leader of the United States Senate • involves a legal dispute between two or more parties • ...

Civil War Era 2023-05-16

Civil War Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, was a Southern planter, Democratic politician and hero of the Mexican-American War who represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
  2. a Confederate general who led the South’s attempt at secession
  3. 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia,to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause
  4. Lincoln would be speaking not only as the new president but also as the leader of a nation in crisis.
  5. the first battle of the civil war
  6. a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
  7. a Union general,an American soldier,served as a general in the Union Army
  8. a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
  9. one of two major political parties in the United States
  10. an American abolitionist and social activist.
  11. day lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
  12. a decade-long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man
  13. one of the South’s most successful generals
  14. Union captured Mississippi River dividing the Confederacy in half
  15. 16th president of the United States
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  1. the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil
  2. Confederacy surrenders to Union,ending civil war
  3. the first major opposed river crossing,one of the largest and deadliest battle
  4. an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States
  5. the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
  6. more factories = more weapons
  7. Lincoln freed slaves in Confederacy
  8. author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd U.S. president
  9. the 18th president of the United States
  10. the deadliest one-day battle in all of American military history.

25 Clues: more factories = more weapons • the first battle of the civil war • Lincoln freed slaves in Confederacy • 16th president of the United States • the 18th president of the United States • day lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth • one of the South’s most successful generals • an American abolitionist and social activist. • Confederacy surrenders to Union,ending civil war • ...

Civil War Era 2023-05-16

Civil War Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, was a Southern planter, Democratic politician and hero of the Mexican-American War who represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
  2. a Confederate general who led the South’s attempt at secession
  3. 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia,to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause
  4. Lincoln would be speaking not only as the new president but also as the leader of a nation in crisis.
  5. the first battle of the civil war
  6. a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
  7. a Union general,an American soldier,served as a general in the Union Army
  8. a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
  9. one of two major political parties in the United States
  10. an American abolitionist and social activist.
  11. day lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
  12. a decade-long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man
  13. one of the South’s most successful generals
  14. Union captured Mississippi River dividing the Confederacy in half
  15. 16th president of the United States
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  1. the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil
  2. Confederacy surrenders to Union,ending civil war
  3. the first major opposed river crossing,one of the largest and deadliest battle
  4. an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States
  5. the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
  6. more factories = more weapons
  7. Lincoln freed slaves in Confederacy
  8. author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd U.S. president
  9. the 18th president of the United States
  10. the deadliest one-day battle in all of American military history.

25 Clues: more factories = more weapons • the first battle of the civil war • Lincoln freed slaves in Confederacy • 16th president of the United States • the 18th president of the United States • day lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth • one of the South’s most successful generals • an American abolitionist and social activist. • Confederacy surrenders to Union,ending civil war • ...

Reconstruction Unit Crossword Puzzle 2024-01-25

Reconstruction Unit Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a government organization or agency
  2. a test given that must be passed in order to vote in an election
  3. members of the Republican Party who wanted racial equality in the United States during Reconstruction
  4. the right to vote
  5. to officially charge (accuse) a government leader with a crime or misbehavior
  6. any person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from Reconstruction
  7. a tax that must be paid in order to vote in an election
  8. an official pardon (forgiveness) for people who have been convicted of crimes
  9. a voting law in some states that made men eligible to vote if they or their ancestors (fathers and grandfathers) had been able to vote before 1867
  10. a type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner and pay the owner a portion of their crop harvest as rent
  11. the action of separating people or things
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  1. the development of industries in a country or region
  2. people who have been freed from slavery
  3. an organization that resisted Reconstruction in the South and committed violence against African Americans
  4. an 1867 federal law that announced southern states would be under U.S. military rule and would have to write new state constitutions, ratify the 14th amendment, and allow African American men to vote
  5. a federal agency created to assist freedmen in obtaining medical care, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education after the Civil War
  6. any white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  7. laws designed to segregate white and black Americans in public places (schools, restaurants, theaters, trains, playgrounds, etc.)
  8. laws that limited the rights of African Americans and enforced racial segregation
  9. a banking crisis that caused an economic depression from 1873 to 1879
  10. the period of time from 1865–77 when the U.S. government worked to rebuild the southern states

21 Clues: the right to vote • a government organization or agency • people who have been freed from slavery • the action of separating people or things • the development of industries in a country or region • a tax that must be paid in order to vote in an election • a test given that must be passed in order to vote in an election • ...

A New Government 2025-11-12

A New Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A movement that emphasized reason, logic, and individual rights; influenced the Founding Fathers.
  2. The 1787 meeting in Philadelphia where delegates created a new U.S. Constitution.
  3. The agreement that counted enslaved people as partially for representation and taxation.
  4. The first government of the United States that gave most power to the states.
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  1. The 1787 law that set rules for governing new territories and creating new states.
  2. The agreement that created a two-house Congress to satisfy both large and small states.
  3. Essays written to persuade Americans to support the U.S. Constitution.
  4. A written plan of government that outlines laws and principles.
  5. To officially approve or confirm a law, treaty, or agreement.
  6. The system used to formally elect the President and Vice President.
  7. Land that included future states like Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
  8. A government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them.

12 Clues: To officially approve or confirm a law, treaty, or agreement. • A written plan of government that outlines laws and principles. • The system used to formally elect the President and Vice President. • Essays written to persuade Americans to support the U.S. Constitution. • The first government of the United States that gave most power to the states. • ...

Southern State Capitals 2017-08-16

Southern State Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. North Carolina
  2. Mississippi
  3. Florida
  4. City Oklahoma
  5. Alabama
  6. Texas
  7. Rouge Louisiana
Down
  1. Delaware
  2. Maryland
  3. Tennessee
  4. Kentucky
  5. West Virginia
  6. Rock Arkansas
  7. Georgia
  8. South Carolina
  9. Virginia

16 Clues: Texas • Florida • Georgia • Alabama • Delaware • Maryland • Kentucky • Virginia • Tennessee • Mississippi • West Virginia • Rock Arkansas • City Oklahoma • North Carolina • South Carolina • Rouge Louisiana

Capitals of Europe 2022-03-31

Capitals of Europe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of Switzerland
  2. Capital of Luxembourg
  3. Capital of the Netherlands
  4. Capital of England
  5. Capital of Sweden
  6. Capital of Finland
  7. Capital of Spain
  8. Capital of Germany
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  1. Capital of Austria
  2. Capital of Norway
  3. Capital of Belgium
  4. Capital of Greece
  5. Capital of Portugal
  6. Capital of Iceland
  7. Capital of Ireland
  8. Capital of France

16 Clues: Capital of Spain • Capital of Norway • Capital of Greece • Capital of Sweden • Capital of France • Capital of Austria • Capital of Belgium • Capital of Iceland • Capital of England • Capital of Ireland • Capital of Finland • Capital of Germany • Capital of Portugal • Capital of Luxembourg • Capital of Switzerland • Capital of the Netherlands

World Capitals Adventure 2025-10-02

World Capitals Adventure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of France; known as the City of Light and the Eiffel Tower
  2. Capital of Germany; known for the Brandenburg Gate and rich history
  3. Capital of Kenya; near famous national parks and safari animals
  4. Capital of Argentina; famous for tango and colorful neighborhoods
  5. Capital of Italy; home to the Colosseum and ancient ruins
  6. Capital of Japan; famous for cherry blossoms and Shibuya Crossing
  7. Capital of India; government center with historic monuments
  8. Capital of Vietnam; city with French colonial architecture and lakes
  9. Capital of Egypt; located near the Nile River and the Pyramids
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  1. Capital of Brazil; famous for its modernist city design
  2. Capital of Australia; built between Sydney and Melbourne
  3. Capital of China; near the Great Wall
  4. Capital of South Korea; city of technology and historic palaces
  5. Capital of Mexico; one of the largest cities in the world
  6. Capital of the United Kingdom; home to Big Ben and the Thames
  7. Capital of Canada; located in Ontario and home to Parliament Hill

16 Clues: Capital of China; near the Great Wall • Capital of Brazil; famous for its modernist city design • Capital of Australia; built between Sydney and Melbourne • Capital of Mexico; one of the largest cities in the world • Capital of Italy; home to the Colosseum and ancient ruins • Capital of India; government center with historic monuments • ...

Chapter 14 Vocab quiz 2024-04-22

Chapter 14 Vocab quiz crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An armed supporter of slavery who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas during the mid 1850’s
  2. This event happened 8/1858-10/1858 in Illinois to discuss slavery, popular sovereignty, and whether a territory could exclude slavery before becoming a state.
  3. The concern about reformism which led southerners to ensure a strong run away slave law.
  4. The system of cooperation to aid and house the enslaved people who had escaped their owners in the upper south may have received aid in a network of safe houses.
  5. 1854 an act was passed that repealed the Missouri compromise.
  6. This event marked the beginning of the civil war. It was located on an island guarding Charleston Harbor.
  7. The “African Americans and whites” had put together an interconnected system called the underground railroad.
  8. Harret Beecher Stowe moved to Cincinnati and saw enslaved people being taken to markets, her and her husband and children helped write a book exploiting the cruel system to slavery.
  9. Rights The ideology that the states should have all the power that the constitution does not impose on the federal government or forbid on the states, the theory that the individual states are independent and have the right to control their most important affairs.
  10. The decree Passed on September 18, 1850 by Congress which required that slaves be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state, this decree also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning escaped slaves.
  11. Conflict and division between regions of the United States, specifically regarding issues like slavery, economics, and political power. This was a significant factor that led up to the civil war.
  12. The idea which is central to the American system of government, this means that the people are the source to the government's power.
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  1. To provide the explanation of something and to find reasonings to support your claim.
  2. The settlement of 1820 which preserved the balance between slave and free states.
  3. An agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention over the inclusion of slaves in a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation, they determined that three out of every five slaves would be counted when determining the total state population .
  4. Southern leaders debated a withdrawal from the union while congress members tried to prevent it.
  5. 10/16/1859 abolitionists John Brown led a raid on Harper’s ferry Virginia his target was a federal storage site for weapons.
  6. Was a short lived political party that had taken place in the U.S. in 1848-1854 that turned into a Republican Party that opposed the expansion of slavery in western territories in the U.S.
  7. 5/1856 slave supporters attacked Laurence town which was an anti slavery stronghold, John Brown led an attack that killed 5 supporters of slavery, this was a civil war between citizens this event was called _______.
  8. Southerners protested wanting the new territory to remain open to slavery so John C. Calhoun offered that neither congress nor any other territorial government could ban slavery or ______.
  9. The original boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United States surveyed during 1763-1767
  10. James Silk Buckingham wrote a book in the 1840’s, this book had described and criticized the American south.
  11. During the civil war era states opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories, the northern part of the U.S. were slave free but the expansion of slavery into new territory's cause lots of tension leading up to the civil war.
  12. Anti slavery groups had wanted to ban slavery in Washington D.C. southerners talked about ______ the union.
  13. Internal conflict caused by disagreements between the citizens and the government of the same country.
  14. Federal troops declared a death sentence on Brown, his hanging shook antislavery northerners rejecting his violence while others saw it as a _______.

26 Clues: 1854 an act was passed that repealed the Missouri compromise. • The settlement of 1820 which preserved the balance between slave and free states. • To provide the explanation of something and to find reasonings to support your claim. • The concern about reformism which led southerners to ensure a strong run away slave law. • ...

History Crossword 2022-01-19

History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 26th president
  2. exposed unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company
  3. a direct vote by the electorate on a particular proposal or issue
  4. book depicted the poverty of factory workers and the unsanitary and corrupt practices of the meat-packing industry.
  5. “separate but equal” doctrine
  6. waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama.
  7. a United States foreign policy established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904
  8. a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a public vote
  9. armed conflict between Spain and the United States.
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  1. a group of writers who tried to expose the problems that existed in American society
  2. opposes involvement in the political affairs, and especially the wars, of other countries.
  3. rule by an emperor
  4. one of the first settlement houses in the United States providing for slum children, fighting for child labor laws, and helping immigrants become U.S. citizens.
  5. peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War
  6. interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, etc
  7. a political philosophy in support of social reform
  8. a power reserved to the voters that allows the voters, by petition, to demand the removal of an elected official.
  9. state and local laws that enforced racial segregation

18 Clues: the 26th president • rule by an emperor • “separate but equal” doctrine • a political philosophy in support of social reform • armed conflict between Spain and the United States. • exposed unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company • state and local laws that enforced racial segregation • a direct vote by the electorate on a particular proposal or issue • ...