states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Unit 7 Vocabulary 2013-02-10

Unit 7 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. leave the United States.
  2. someone against slavery.
  3. freed all enslaved people living in the Confederate states.
  4. when Southern states bought African Americans' to work on their plantations.
  5. the right of each state to make its own decisions about most matters.
  6. citizens from helping fugitives escape.
  7. people on the Underground Railroad that the runaways.
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  1. the system of "secret" routes used by people in the North and South to help slaves escape to freedom.
  2. War a war between two parts of a country.
  3. stopping place on the Underground Railroad.
  4. the southern states became known as this after the left the United States in 1861.
  5. a subject that is being thought about or discussed.
  6. a slave trying to escape slavery.
  7. the northern states after the South seceded.

14 Clues: leave the United States. • someone against slavery. • a slave trying to escape slavery. • citizens from helping fugitives escape. • War a war between two parts of a country. • stopping place on the Underground Railroad. • the northern states after the South seceded. • a subject that is being thought about or discussed. • ...

Japan Prefecture Capitals 2021-10-18

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

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

American History 2015-02-11

American History crossword puzzle
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  1. A 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair
  2. A formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
  3. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  4. Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
  5. Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
  6. The effort of the United States particularly over President William Howard Taft, to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
  7. Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, and surety.
  8. The central banking system of the United States.
  9. The system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are analogous to that of the nation.
  10. The United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of gender.
  11. Refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting
  12. Is characterized by an absence of competition, which often results in high prices and inferior products.
  13. British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband, and briefly the largest passenger ship.
  14. An international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
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  1. A belief, creed or political ideology that involves an individual identifying with, or becoming attached to, one's nation.
  2. Addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904
  3. 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 the products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
  4. Refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of naval power.
  5. Secret telegram saying that in the event of war with the United States, Mexico should be asked to enter the war as a German ally.
  6. The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement.
  7. One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
  8. A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  9. A term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast.
  10. A plan made by Woodrow Wilson's in a speech Wilson gave to the American Congress in January 1918.
  11. A German Submarine.
  12. The first U.S. Navy ship to be named after the state of Maine and was commissioned in 1895.
  13. The right to vote in political elections.

27 Clues: A German Submarine. • The right to vote in political elections. • The central banking system of the United States. • One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. • Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, and surety. • Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. • ...

Plessy V Ferguson Vocabulary 2024-02-29

Plessy V Ferguson Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur
  2. related to the adjective candid, refers to straightforward honesty or frankness in speech or expression
  3. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction
  4. the party who brings a legal action or in whose name it is brought
  5. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  6. the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
  7. the ability to do something successfully or efficiently
  8. reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on
  9. imply or hint
  10. ruled that a citizen's "privileges and immunities," as protected by the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment against the states, were limited to those spelled out in the Constitution and did not include many rights given by the individual states
  11. an unskilled native laborer in India, China, and some other Asian countries
  12. shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense
  13. a catch-all category of property associated with movable goods
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  1. the quality of being in accordance with a political constitution
  2. an urgent need or demand
  3. a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work
  4. a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument
  5. mix; blend
  6. the ability to move from place to place, movement
  7. consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position
  8. accept something reluctantly but without protest
  9. formal. praise, or an official statement that praises someone:
  10. a cruel and oppressive ruler.
  11. (of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
  12. destroy completely; put an end to.
  13. the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others

26 Clues: mix; blend • imply or hint • an urgent need or demand • a cruel and oppressive ruler. • destroy completely; put an end to. • accept something reluctantly but without protest • the ability to move from place to place, movement • consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position • reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on • ...

Federalism Crossword 2014-09-03

Federalism Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Layered Cake
  2. Article VI of the Constitution is where you'll find the____
  3. Returning a citizen to home country for trial
  4. You have two cows, They prey in school every day
  5. States Rights
  6. Requiring IDs for voting is a ____
  7. Federalism is ____ in the Constitution
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  1. You have two cows, the government takes both and then drafts you
  2. This man challenged Separate buy equal
  3. Right to BEAR arms
  4. Most countries are....
  5. States can not make their own____
  6. This event showed the States rights were still an issue
  7. right not to perjure yourself
  8. Returning citizens for trial
  9. Congress is ______ to chop up states

16 Clues: Layered Cake • States Rights • Right to BEAR arms • Most countries are.... • Returning citizens for trial • right not to perjure yourself • States can not make their own____ • Requiring IDs for voting is a ____ • Congress is ______ to chop up states • This man challenged Separate buy equal • Federalism is ____ in the Constitution • Returning a citizen to home country for trial • ...

Luna's Crossword puzzle ^_^ 2023-10-18

Luna's Crossword puzzle ^_^ crossword puzzle
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  1. 8th president of the United States
  2. Nickname "Old Tippecanoe," 9th president of the United States
  3. 5 Native tribes that adopted American customs
  4. Also known as patronage system
  5. Nickname for 7th United States president
  6. Nickname of state run banks with more power
  7. Act to relocated eastern Natives to the west
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  1. Indigenous tribe with Iroquoian lineage
  2. Ethnic cleansing and displacement of 60,000 Natives
  3. Financial crisis in the United States
  4. Land reserved by the US for forced resettlement
  5. Secretary of war, 7th vice president
  6. Chief of justice for 3 decades
  7. Conservative political party
  8. The right to vote

15 Clues: The right to vote • Conservative political party • Chief of justice for 3 decades • Also known as patronage system • 8th president of the United States • Secretary of war, 7th vice president • Financial crisis in the United States • Indigenous tribe with Iroquoian lineage • Nickname for 7th United States president • Nickname of state run banks with more power • ...

United States Crossword 2015-04-22

United States Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. document home for freedom of speech and trial by jury.
  2. Document which formed the first government of the u.s. and states had more power than the national government.
  3. treaty that ended wwI.
  4. peace plan issued by Wilson and created the league of nations.
  5. declaration by Truman to assist any fighting communism after wwII.
  6. essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John jay.
  7. created a graduated income tax.
  8. right to vote at 18.
  9. ended poll taxes.
  10. gave African Americans the right to vote.
  11. gave women right to vote.
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  1. First 10 amendments to the constitution.
  2. written by Jefferson listing the grievances against G.B. and to declare independence from G.B.
  3. a document outlining the basic form and rules of the government.
  4. Limiting the power to tax and right to a fair trial found in the u.s. constitution.
  5. gave freedom to the slaves in all states.
  6. required states to give citizenship to all citizens born in the u.s.
  7. provided direct election of senators.

18 Clues: ended poll taxes. • right to vote at 18. • treaty that ended wwI. • gave women right to vote. • created a graduated income tax. • provided direct election of senators. • First 10 amendments to the constitution. • gave freedom to the slaves in all states. • gave African Americans the right to vote. • document home for freedom of speech and trial by jury. • ...

Oxygen & Carbon Dioxide 2023-04-27

Oxygen & Carbon Dioxide crossword puzzle
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  1. When we dont consume enough calcium our bodies will ______ it from our bones
  2. When Carbon Dioxide is turned to a ________it becomes carbonation
  3. Carbon Dioxide is denser then _________
  4. Sir Isaac Newton discovered __________
  5. We _______ Carbon Dioxide and plants take it in
  6. Newtons first law of motion states an object at ______will stay at _____
  7. Color of blood low in oxygen
  8. The vibrations that sound makes is called____________
  9. In the Scientific process, after research comes__________
  10. ______is the most abundant gas on earth
  11. Longest bone in your body
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  1. is important because it traps heat
  2. Smoking destroys the ______ in your lungs
  3. Alexander Graham Bell invented the first _________
  4. Newtons first law of motion states and object in ______ will stay in ______unless acted on by an outside force
  5. We _______oxygen and plants release it.
  6. Our air is filled with different invisible ________
  7. This uses light to creates a rainbow
  8. Adults have 206 of these in your body
  9. This has 3 States: Liquid, Solid and Gas
  10. The ________also takes in carbon Dioxide

21 Clues: Longest bone in your body • Color of blood low in oxygen • is important because it traps heat • This uses light to creates a rainbow • Adults have 206 of these in your body • Sir Isaac Newton discovered __________ • We _______oxygen and plants release it. • Carbon Dioxide is denser then _________ • ______is the most abundant gas on earth • ...

Spelling list 4 2025-09-17

Spelling list 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. a tool that shows direction (north, south, east, west)
  2. 4th president of the United States
  3. the world’s largest rainforest and river in South America
  4. a book for writing daily thoughts, events, or notes
  5. a person who designs buildings
  6. the second largest ocean on Earth
  7. long trip, usually by sea or space
  8. a group of people who make laws for a country
  9. a U.S. national park known for geysers and wildlife
  10. William Shakespeare, a famous English writer and playwright
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  1. the line where the land or sea seems to meet the sky
  2. a famous or important place or object
  3. the world’s largest hot desert, located in Africa
  4. a statue or building made to honor someone or something
  5. the elected leader of a state
  6. 16th president of the United States
  7. the world’s tallest mountain, located in Asia
  8. the 1st president of the United States
  9. a very large and important church
  10. the frozen continent at the South Pole

20 Clues: the elected leader of a state • a person who designs buildings • the second largest ocean on Earth • a very large and important church • 4th president of the United States • long trip, usually by sea or space • 16th president of the United States • a famous or important place or object • the 1st president of the United States • the frozen continent at the South Pole • ...

Unit 6 Vocab 2018-02-20

Unit 6 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Mexican territory surrendered to the United States at the end of the war with Mexico
  2. practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs
  3. Congressman who represented the wants of the southern states
  4. 8th President, during his presidency America went through an economic crisis called the Panic of 1837
  5. Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas; the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution in 1836
  6. 11th President, during his presidency America gained Texas, and Mexican Cession, and the Gadsden Purchase
  7. the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma
  8. people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849
  9. Treaty ending Mexican War and granting vast territories to the United States
  10. act passed by South Carolina that declared the 1832 tariff illegal
  11. canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River
  12. purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary
  13. Political party formed in 1834 to oppose policies of Andrew Jackson
  14. led the Mormon migration to Utah
  15. to add or take over
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  1. the right to vote
  2. to give up
  3. law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River
  4. A political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824.
  5. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  6. 1800s belief the America had the right to spread across the continent
  7. Texans defeated the Mexicans, gaining their independence
  8. founder of Texas
  9. road built by the federal government in the early 1800s that extended from Maryland to Illinois
  10. trappers who explored and hunted in Oregon Territory in the early 1800s
  11. Congressman who represented the wants of the western states
  12. 9th President, he served the shortest term as president, only 31 days
  13. was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, minister and ambassador to foreign nations, and treaty negotiator, United States Senator, U.S. Representative
  14. an important trade trail west from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico
  15. 10th President, he took over for Harrison when he died
  16. Trail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s
  17. leader of the Texas Revolution and the first president of the Republic of Texas

32 Clues: to give up • founder of Texas • the right to vote • to add or take over • led the Mormon migration to Utah • 10th President, he took over for Harrison when he died • Texans defeated the Mexicans, gaining their independence • people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849 • Congressman who represented the wants of the western states • ...

Gov Week 2 Activity 2019-08-29

Gov Week 2 Activity crossword puzzle
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  1. Form of government where power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law
  2. Opposed the new Constitution during the ratification period
  3. Formal process of changing the Constitution
  4. Presidential electors who are selected to represent the votes of their respective states
  5. Required colonists to house British soldiers in their homes
  6. Where the Declaration of Independence was approved and George Washington was made head of Continental Army; second time colonists met
  7. Powers given to Congress by the Constitution
  8. Document that establishes the basic rules for how a society shall be governed
  9. Twelve states met to revise the Articles of Confederation, but they ended up creating an entirely new Constitution
  10. Compromise over slavery the said for every five slaves, three counted towards the states population; this granted slave states more representation
  11. Government authority is divided among three branches: Judicial, Executive, Legislative
  12. Five colonists were killed by British soldiers after a group of colonists were taunting them
  13. Supported the new Constitution during the ratification period
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  1. First 10 Amendments to the Constitution; provide basic rights
  2. Initial governing authority of United States; precursor to Constitution
  3. System of government where sovereignty is divided between national and state governments
  4. Gives Congress power to pass laws that are necessary and proper to ruling the nation
  5. Rejected reconciliation with Britain and sent grievances to King George III; first time colonists met
  6. Document declaring American independence from Great Britain
  7. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and actions of president as unconstitutional
  8. Placed a tax on almost all paper products
  9. Colonists dumped taxed tea into the Boston Harbor
  10. Government where ultimate authority lies with regional governments
  11. Compromise on legislative representation where the lower chamber is based on population and the upper chamber provides equal representation
  12. Powers not explicitly given to Congress through writing, however Congress assumed them because of the necessary and proper clause
  13. Authority of president to block legislation passed by Congress
  14. Rule by the people
  15. Powers given to states under the Constitution
  16. Broad coalitions of interests organized to win elections in order to enact a commonly supported set of public policies
  17. Government where ultimate authority lies with national government

30 Clues: Rule by the people • Placed a tax on almost all paper products • Formal process of changing the Constitution • Powers given to Congress by the Constitution • Powers given to states under the Constitution • Colonists dumped taxed tea into the Boston Harbor • Opposed the new Constitution during the ratification period • ...

Vocabulary 2023-03-22

Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. can’t be taken away
  2. to take by force
  3. those who favored a weaker federal government that gave more power to the states and people
  4. a written order
  5. when each side tries to persuade people to their views and beliefs in a respectful and open manner
  6. a written permit from a judge giving permission to search
  7. a lawyer
  8. The government cannot take any private property without paying for it.
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  1. agreement that three out of every five, or three-fifths, of the enslaved people would be counted in the population
  2. punished
  3. mighty
  4. kidnapping and forced enrollment of American sailors in the Royal Navy
  5. people who wanted a strong central government with more power than the people or states
  6. major crime
  7. aid and comfort to enemies or waging war against the United States
  8. how aligned a law is to the Constitution
  9. Not Good
  10. friendship
  11. Policy the government’s guideline for business with other countries

19 Clues: mighty • punished • Not Good • a lawyer • friendship • major crime • a written order • to take by force • can’t be taken away • how aligned a law is to the Constitution • a written permit from a judge giving permission to search • aid and comfort to enemies or waging war against the United States • Policy the government’s guideline for business with other countries • ...

Coachella! 2025-03-13

Coachella! crossword puzzle
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  1. stage name is slang in the Bay Area, for spending a day doing nothing but smoking marijuana
  2. Stefani Germanotta
  3. desert located in Southwestern United States
  4. Beyonce performed here
  5. This band headlined in 1999
  6. desert in northern China and southern Mongolia
  7. This headliner was kicked out of Coachella in 2011 after cussing out a security guard and spraying him with a water gun.
  8. This headliner's special guest was Grupo Frontera
  9. arts and crafts tent that we love
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  1. a smaller outdoor stage
  2. desert spanning across North Africa
  3. first all girl group to headline
  4. stage name is after his favorite uncle and childhood idol, Kid Cudi
  5. a galaxy's core that contains a supermassive black hole that's feeding on gas and dust
  6. named in the early 1980's by Gary Tovar, after a strain of marijuana
  7. your current location
  8. desert that covers northwestern Mexican states, as well as southwest United States
  9. lower elevation of the Sonoran Desert
  10. born on July 4, 1995

19 Clues: Stefani Germanotta • born on July 4, 1995 • your current location • Beyonce performed here • a smaller outdoor stage • This band headlined in 1999 • first all girl group to headline • arts and crafts tent that we love • desert spanning across North Africa • lower elevation of the Sonoran Desert • desert located in Southwestern United States • ...

Asia - Countries and Capitals 2021-09-16

Asia - Countries and Capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. Islamabad
  2. New Dehli
  3. Ankara
  4. Saudi Arabia
  5. Ulaanbaatar
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  1. Afghanistan
  2. Iran
  3. Beijing
  4. Baghdad

9 Clues: Iran • Ankara • Beijing • Baghdad • Islamabad • New Dehli • Afghanistan • Ulaanbaatar • Saudi Arabia

Capitals of North American Countries 2019-10-14

Capitals of North American Countries crossword puzzle
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  1. Belize
  2. Dominica
  3. Jamaica
  4. Aruba
  5. Guadeloupe
  6. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  7. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  8. Turks and Caicos Islands
  9. Antigua and Barbuda
  10. Saint Martin
  11. Haiti
  12. Montserrat
  13. Martinique
  14. United States
  15. Saint Lucia
  16. Cuba
  17. El Salvador
  18. Valley Anguilla
  19. Panama
  20. Saint Barthelemy
  21. Bermuda
  22. Barbados
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  1. Nicaragua
  2. Mexico
  3. Cayman Islands
  4. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  5. Puerto Rico
  6. Honduras
  7. Dominican Republic
  8. Canada
  9. Greenland
  10. Grenada
  11. Trinidad and Tobago
  12. United States Virgin Islands
  13. Sint Maarten
  14. Costa Rica
  15. Bahamas
  16. Guatemala
  17. Curasao
  18. Town British Virgin Islands

40 Clues: Cuba • Aruba • Haiti • Mexico • Belize • Canada • Panama • Jamaica • Grenada • Bahamas • Curasao • Bermuda • Dominica • Honduras • Barbados • Nicaragua • Greenland • Guatemala • Guadeloupe • Montserrat • Martinique • Costa Rica • Puerto Rico • Saint Lucia • El Salvador • Saint Martin • Sint Maarten • United States • Cayman Islands • Valley Anguilla • Saint Barthelemy • Dominican Republic • Antigua and Barbuda • Trinidad and Tobago • ...

Unit 1 Ch1/2 Terms Game 2024-01-09

Unit 1 Ch1/2 Terms Game crossword puzzle
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  1. Strong central government and weak state government(Japan)
  2. People choose their leaders
  3. Higher power determined the leader
  4. Loose union of states
  5. Dictator tells us what to do
  6. Leadership took control
  7. Provide welfare to underprivileged
  8. People agree to give up rights
  9. Believed people needed to be controlled
  10. States and Federal govt share power
  11. First 10 Amendments
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  1. Original govt of US
  2. Build roads or provide shelters
  3. Father of Communism
  4. Govt collects the wealth and distributes it evenly
  5. Bourgeoisie and Proletariat
  6. Government emerged over time
  7. System of producers and consumers
  8. Have laws or provide police
  9. Father of Capitalism
  10. People and government should work together

21 Clues: Original govt of US • Father of Communism • First 10 Amendments • Father of Capitalism • Loose union of states • Leadership took control • People choose their leaders • Bourgeoisie and Proletariat • Have laws or provide police • Dictator tells us what to do • Government emerged over time • People agree to give up rights • Build roads or provide shelters • ...

Early Cold War 2021-03-17

Early Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe
  2. The invasion is considered part of the Cold War because the United States was trying to prevent communism from taking hold
  3. President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
  4. was the colloquial term for what was in actuality a broader entertainment industry
  5. he served under various generals and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941.
  6. the boundary that separated the
  7. is an independent agency and volunteer program run by the United States Government providing international social and economic development assistance.
  8. was a war between North Korea and South Korea.
  9. aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
  10. 33rd president of the United States, who led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe
  11. from 1949 to 1990, a republic consisting of the western two-thirds of what is now Germany.
  12. was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state.
  13. put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States
  14. the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
  15. is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism.
  16. A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin, had cut off its supply routes.
  17. it had to fend off enemies both directly on its borders and over the distant horizon.
  18. The amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
  19. was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955
  20. a state that cannot be ignored on the world stage and without whose cooperation no world problem can be solved
  21. was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States
  22. was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.
  23. was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
  24. was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China.
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  1. was an international conference at which proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", which was to become the United Nations, were formulated and negotiated.
  2. was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
  3. was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army.
  4. used as the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea.
  5. the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology
  6. Kennedy, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  7. was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961.
  8. was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea
  9. are those Eastern European nations that were allied with and under the control of the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  10. fair deal recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage
  11. countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
  12. was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008.
  13. was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, the period when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
  14. crisis, A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
  15. was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who ruled the Soviet Union from 1927 until 1953.
  16. also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries.
  17. was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy.
  18. occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.

42 Clues: the boundary that separated the • was a war between North Korea and South Korea. • put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States • was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961. • was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955 • was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. • ...

Ivan Van - Period 2-5 Review Crossword Puzzle 3 2021-05-08

Ivan Van - Period 2-5 Review Crossword Puzzle 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. This party was largely focused on the single issue of opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States. It later merged into the Republican Party.
  2. This clause only allowed a man to vote if his grandfather or father had voted prior to January 1, 1867; at that time, most African Americans had been slaves, therefore causing most African Americans to be ineligible to vote while excluding whites from poll taxes and literacy tests.
  3. A phrase commonly used to restrict the increasing hire of Irish Immigrants. People were complaining that they were taking the "white mans" jobs.
  4. This treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico had to ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States; expanding the US by 1/3 and opening debates over slavery.
  5. An unwritten deal, informally arranged among U.S. Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and ending the Reconstruction Era
  6. This bill required that 50 percent of a confederate state's white males to take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union. In addition, states were required to give blacks the right to vote. However, this was pocket vetoed by Lincoln and never went into effect.
  7. A legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land. Usually the tenant were overcharged and left in debt, basically making them slaves against but in a legal sense.
  8. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowed for popular sovereignty. producing a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
  9. Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
  10. The result of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, 16,000 Native Americans were marched over 1,200 miles of rugged land. Over 4,000 of these Indians died of disease, famine, and warfare.
  11. A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote, usually used in order to prevent blacks from voting (due to most of them being poor).
  12. A war between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America. The principal cause of the war was the status of slavery in the United States, especially in the territories.
  13. A Supreme Court Decision which states that slaves are not citizens and could not sue and that slaves were property and therefore could not be taken away without due process (congress could not abolish slavery), and finally stated that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, this opened the north to slavery.
  14. amendment that abolished slavery
  15. A package of separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. Included: California is a free state, slave trade is abolished in DC, popular sovereignty determines whether Kansas and Nebraska are free or slave states, and North has to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.
  16. A test administered as a precondition for voting, often used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote as most blacks were illiterate.
  17. Also known as Custer’s Last Stand, was a war culminated in June 1876, when Colonel George A. Custer and all his men invaded and were killed by Sioux Indians at this battle in southern Montana, after gold was found on the reservation.
  18. A group that was organized after the Civil war to initiate white supremacy. The Southern establishment of white men took charge by passing discriminatory laws known as the black codes. These codes gave whites almost unlimited power over freed blacks. The KKK masked themselves and burned black churches, schools, and terrorized black people.
  19. Amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection of the law (due process) for African Americans, overturned the Dred Scott Decision. No Ex-Confederates could hold US office.
  20. An important agency of early Reconstruction established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.
  21. Provided suffrage for African American males.
  22. The political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures. Usually come in the form of hate towards immigrants.
  23. The period after the American Civil War, during which the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans.
  24. A movement largely based in the United States which sought to gain equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women such as suffrage.
  25. The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
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  1. An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. Was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
  2. Issued on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. This proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  3. An act that was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
  4. A series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad" in the United States through authorizing the issuance of government bonds and the grants of land to railroad companies.
  5. An invention by Samuel Morse that used a system of dots and dashes to send messages across long distances electronically through a wire. It connected the differnet hemispheres of the world, allowing for more communication between people.
  6. One of two major political parties in the United States. Founded as a coalition opposing the extension of slavery into Western territories, this party fought to protect the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
  7. Laws created by white southerners to enforce racial segregation across the South. Restricted actions of freed blacks in the South.
  8. a conflict between the United States and Mexico, stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim). This war ended through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
  9. An abolitionist society whos goals were to convince both white Southerners and Northerners of slavery's inhumanity. The organization sent lecturers across the North to convince people of slavery's brutality. The speakers hoped to convince people that slavery was immoral and ungodly and thus should be outlawed.
  10. Enacted during the Civil War, this act provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to “improve” the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land.
  11. One of the most infamous political machines in American history, this Democratic Party machine played a major role in controlling New York City and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.
  12. The election in which Union's victory and election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was guaranteed, due to high voter counts in the North and split democratic candidates. This started the civil war as the South threatened to secede if Abraham Lincoln was elected, which inevitably happened.
  13. Militant American abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in hopes that it would spark a slave rebellion, ultimately failed and were caught and hanged soon after.
  14. A federal Law in which Prohibited the President from removing a member of his cabinet without seeking approval of Senate. President Johnson was impeached for violating this act.
  15. The group European immigrants who came mainly from Northern and Central Europe (Germany and England), they were mostly protestant and they came in groups of families they were highly skilled, older in age, and had moderate amount of money in addition, they were quick to assimilate with the American citizens.
  16. A violent beating from Representative Preston Brooks on Senator Charles Sumner after Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely criticized slaveholders, including a relative of Brooks, Andrew Butler. Contributed significantly to the country's polarization over the issue of slavery and has been considered symbolic of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse" and the use of violence that eventually led to the Civil War.
  17. On November 29, 1864, roughly 700 federal troops attacked a village of 500 Cheyenne and Arapaho. An unprovoked attack on men, women, and children, the massacre marked a turning point in the relationship between American Indian tribes and the Federal Government.
  18. A group of younger mostly male dominant immigrants, coming from Eastern and Southern Europe from countries like Italy, Poland, Greece, Russia in search of Economic opportunities, but most of them never intended to become American citizen, they were either catholic, orthodox, or Jewish they came impoverished, unskilled, and illiterate also most of these immigrants came separately as a form of smaller groups or individuals like a father and son or single men who were looking for jobs.
  19. An unrecognized breakaway state in existence, that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War. An explicitly white-supremacist, pro-slavery, and antidemocratic nation-state, dedicated to the principle that all men are not created equal.
  20. A nativist group that was created to combat foreign influences and to uphold and promote traditional American ways. They wanted to ban Catholics from holding offices and called for tougher immigration and naturalization laws.
  21. A mini civil war between pro- and anti-slavery forces that occurred in Kansas from 1856 to 1865. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, thousands of Northerners and Southerners came to the newly created Kansas Territory, resulting in extreme tensions and violent civil confrontations.
  22. The remaining Americans (Northerners) that stayed within the United States after the secession of the Southern States. They opposed slavery, but originally was fighting the Civil War simply to keep the nation intact.

47 Clues: amendment that abolished slavery • Provided suffrage for African American males. • Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War. • Laws created by white southerners to enforce racial segregation across the South. Restricted actions of freed blacks in the South. • ...

Review Part I: Political Developments in the New Nation 2013-11-14

Review Part I: Political Developments in the New Nation crossword puzzle
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  1. Led by Thomas Jefferson, this political party believed that government should be small and insisted on a strict construction of the Constitution.
  2. The ____________is a body of delegates from each state that represents the people’s vote in choosing the president.
  3. The rivalry between these two political parties dominated the elections of 1796 and 1800.
  4. This was the first challenge to the U.S. government’s ability to enforce the law when a rebellion took place following an excise tax being placed on luxury goods.
  5. A group of people with similar political ideas who get together to gain power.
  6. The _____________________ can best be defined as the amount of money owed by the United States.
  7. He believed that the United States’ government should be used to help create a strong economy based on manufacturing, business, and trade.
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  1. The _________________________ , which stated the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional, supported the idea that state governments could challenge the federal government.
  2. Hamilton believed the reason the United States needed to found a ___________________was to stabilize the national economy.
  3. Adopted after the election of 1800, this amendment to the Constitution created a separate ballot for president and vice president.
  4. Americans wanted him to be president because he was seen as an honest leader.
  5. He believed that informed citizens were generally good and capable of making good decisions for their country.
  6. Led by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, this political party believed in a strong central government and a loose construction of the Constitution.
  7. He personally led the army against the participants in the Whiskey Rebellion because he felt people needed to understand the constitutional right of Congress to create and enforce tax laws.
  8. The rights kept by the states under the Constitution; supporters of this believed states did not have to recognize federal laws that were unconstitutional.
  9. Republicans Jefferson and Madison wrote resolutions that said states had a duty to ____________, or refuse to recognize the Alien and Sedition Acts.

16 Clues: Americans wanted him to be president because he was seen as an honest leader. • A group of people with similar political ideas who get together to gain power. • The rivalry between these two political parties dominated the elections of 1796 and 1800. • The _____________________ can best be defined as the amount of money owed by the United States. • ...

states and capitals only a few tho :) 2023-03-16

states and capitals only a few tho :) crossword puzzle
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  1. Alabama
  2. colorado
  3. alaska
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  1. california
  2. rock Arkansas
  3. arizona

6 Clues: alaska • arizona • Alabama • colorado • california • rock Arkansas

Constitutional Convention Crossword 2025-01-16

Constitutional Convention Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The first form of government in the United States (first constitution)
  2. the meetings of the delegates from the thirteen colonies that united in support of the american revolution
  3. an article signed on September 17, 1787
  4. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
  5. the state where the constitutional convention was held
  6. the "father of the constitution"
  7. the method used to elect a president in the United States
  8. people get most of the power
  9. opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful
  10. the most important anti federalist, inspiring many to also believe in it
  11. made slaves equalto 3/5 of one person
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  1. a plan that called for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
  2. the place where the constitution was made
  3. a plan designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation
  4. the person who was chosen as president of the constitutional convention
  5. central government gets most of the power
  6. the first political party in the United States
  7. the state that did not attend the constitutionalconvention
  8. a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses
  9. these states would dominate both houses of congress under the Virginia plan

20 Clues: people get most of the power • the "father of the constitution" • made slaves equalto 3/5 of one person • an article signed on September 17, 1787 • the place where the constitution was made • central government gets most of the power • the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution • the first political party in the United States • ...

Progressive Era 2022-10-21

Progressive Era crossword puzzle
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  1. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
  2. A period political reform across the United States of America
  3. Developed to help workers get better conditions, shorter hours and higher wages
  4. The 26th president of the United States; created the 'Big Stick Diplomacy'
  5. The last queen of Hawaii
  6. One of the main leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; Leader of the militant National Woman’s Party
  7. In the late 1800s the US acquired Puerto Rico, Philippines, Samoa, Guam, Wake Island, and________
  8. The 28th president of the United States; created the 'Missionary Diplomacy'
  9. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  10. A novel that portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the US
  11. Substantially lowered tariff rates
  12. The gun used to push the Spanish forces off of the hills outside of Santiago
  13. A civil rights activist who led the Niagara Movement and later helped form the NAACP
  14. Established the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States
  15. Journalists who exposed the horrible conditions of society in their writings
  16. A movement dedicated to promoting moderation and complete abstinence in the use of alcohol
  17. The 27th president of the United States; created the 'Dollar Diplomacy'
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  1. A movie made in 2004 about women suffrage
  2. An American writer, muckraker and political activist; Wrote The Jungle
  3. The leader of the National American Woman’s Association
  4. A lock-type canal made to allow boats to travel between Atlantic and Pacific easier
  5. The country the first battle of the Spanish American War was fought
  6. Refused the US the right to build the Panama Canal
  7. The country that wanted to be free from Spain
  8. An international conflict from 1914–1918; also know as the Great War
  9. U.S. marines played a key role in defending the legations during the siege
  10. The right to vote in political elections
  11. Tax charged by a government directly on income
  12. To make changes in something, typically social, political, or economic in order to improve it
  13. A United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor due to a mysterious explosion

30 Clues: The last queen of Hawaii • Substantially lowered tariff rates • The right to vote in political elections • A movie made in 2004 about women suffrage • The country that wanted to be free from Spain • Tax charged by a government directly on income • Refused the US the right to build the Panama Canal • The leader of the National American Woman’s Association • ...

Ancient Greek Geography 2024-09-03

Ancient Greek Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. An extensive group of islands.
  2. A major city-state with a powerful Navy. Also the centre for the arts, learning, philosophy and democracy..
  3. The term for a populated area with its own laws, ideas and government.
  4. Ancient Greeks relied heavily on _______ goods with other city-states across mainland Greece and the islands.
  5. The largest of the Greek Islands
  6. Dry summers led to drought resistant crops such as barley, grapes and ______ making up the majority of Ancient Greece's produce.
  7. A piece of land surrounded by water on most sides but still attached to the mainland.
  8. A free male born in a city state eligible to vote.
  9. Fierce _______ existed amongst many city-states.
  10. A city-state that had a strong focus on militarism and produced elite warriors.
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  1. Ancient Greeks considered this, home to the gods.
  2. The Greek term for city-state.
  3. A form of a common language which has differences, making it specific to a region or group.
  4. The temple of Athena in Athens on the top of the Acropolis
  5. Greeces ___________ landscape provided a natural barrier that isolated many city-states.
  6. The main sea surrounding Ancient Greece.
  7. A piece of land totally surrounded by water and separate from the mainland.
  8. The home of the most famous oracle of Ancient Greece.
  9. With limited farming opportunities, many city-states instead relied heavily on this?

19 Clues: An extensive group of islands. • The Greek term for city-state. • The largest of the Greek Islands • The main sea surrounding Ancient Greece. • Fierce _______ existed amongst many city-states. • Ancient Greeks considered this, home to the gods. • A free male born in a city state eligible to vote. • The home of the most famous oracle of Ancient Greece. • ...

Unit 4 Vocab 2021-09-22

Unit 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. This Act provided for unemployment insurance, old age insurance, and means tested welfare programs
  2. the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses.
  3. a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States
  4. given President Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the nation's official position of neutrality
  5. suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.
  6. a governor and later United States Senator from Louisiana. To stimulate the economy, the Share Our Wealth program called for massive federal spending, a wealth tax, and wealth redistribution
  7. went to those in immediate and desperate need; however, work relief.
  8. describe changes to the size of the Supreme Court
  9. President Franklin Roosevelt declared a "banking holiday," ordering all banks in the United States closed until government audits declared them solvent. During the Great Depression, banks throughout the United States faced a financial crisis
  10. The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service
  11. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which created the SEC, the legislation was designed to help investors feel more comfortable about putting their money back into the stock market
  12. policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  13. Americans bought the bonds to help the Government pay for the war
  14. the buyer pays as little as 10% of the purchase price of the stock and borrows the rest from a broker
  15. One of the 3 R´s in the new deal
  16. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor.
  17. making it illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms, or other war materials to belligerent nations
  18. Speech given by U.S. President Franklin D. ... Roosevelt realized the impact that those witting in favor of isolationism had on the nation
  19. a series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, between 1933 and 1944. ... On radio, he was able to quell rumors, counter conservative-dominated newspapers, and explain his policies directly to the American people
  20. American physician who was best known for his revolving old age pension proposal during the Great Depression
  21. Cash and Carry was a policy by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced at a joint session of the United States Congress on September 21, 1939, subsequent to the outbreak of war in Europe
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  1. to buy stock with the assumption that it can always be sold at a profit
  2. a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
  3. Japan wanted to expand in order to gain more natural resources and to create its own economic empire in the Pacific
  4. an independent agency of the federal government of the United States with responsibilities for enforcing U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices
  5. a form of far right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy, which came to prominence in early 20th century Europe
  6. code name for the American led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II
  7. government assistance in maintaining the levels of market prices regardless of supply or demand
  8. Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who governed the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953
  9. effort to help the one third of the population that was hardest hit by the depression. Relief was also aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans
  10. It was established after the collapse of many American banks during the initial years of the Great Depression
  11. people started to be able to buy things with payments over time and not have to pay a flat out fee
  12. of Democracy the collective efforts of American industry in supporting the Allies, which efforts tended to be concentrated in the established industrial centers of the U.S., such as Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, and other places.
  13. a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
  14. Roosevelt only increased the deficit by $3 billion a year to fight the Great Depression
  15. the name given to Britain's policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked
  16. was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government
  17. part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes
  18. provided for unemployment insurance, old age insurance, and means tested welfare programs
  19. was established to work with the ... Censors on the job over a year became susceptible to depression
  20. A non-aggression pact or neutrality pact is a treaty between two or more states/countries that includes a promise by the signatories not to engage in military action against each other.
  21. an American labor unionist, civil rights activist, and socialist politician
  22. recovery began in early 1933, but the U.S. did not return to 1929 GNP for over a decade and still had an unemployment rate of about 15% in 1940, albeit down from the high of 25% in 1933.
  23. an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States
  24. an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party
  25. an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States
  26. He asked individuals to tighten their belts and work harder, and he asked the business community to voluntarily help sustain the economy by retaining workers and continuing production.
  27. October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed and the start of the great depression
  28. a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
  29. Tennessee Valley Authority, was established in 1933 as one of President Roosevelt's Depression era New Deal programs
  30. a Canadian American Roman Catholic priest who was based in the United States near Detroit. He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little FlowerHuey Long, a governor and later United States Senator from Louisiana. To stimulate the economy, the Share Our Wealth program called for massive federal spending, a wealth tax, and wealth redistribution

51 Clues: One of the 3 R´s in the new deal • describe changes to the size of the Supreme Court • Americans bought the bonds to help the Government pay for the war • went to those in immediate and desperate need; however, work relief. • to buy stock with the assumption that it can always be sold at a profit • ...

Chapters 2 & 3 2019-08-26

Chapters 2 & 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be constitutional
  2. Give each branch some authority over the powers of the other branches
  3. Formal process of changing the Constitution
  4. Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress
  5. System of government where sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state government
  6. A listing of rights retained by the people that Congress not have the authority to take away
  7. Established a tax on virtually all forms of paper used by colonists
  8. Those who supported the Constitution named themselves this
  9. Declared American independence from Great Britain
  10. Powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
  11. Right of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe to be illegal
  12. Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in Section 8
  13. The fundamental law undergirding the structure of government
  14. Rule by the people
  15. Powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system
  16. Broad coalitions of interests organized to win elections in order to enact a commonly supported set of public policies
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  1. Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution became known as this
  2. To formally withdraw from a nation-state
  3. Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representation to the states.
  4. Initial government authority of the United States
  5. Form of government where power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law
  6. Divides the powers that remained with the national government among the three branches
  7. Meeting in 1787 where twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up talking about a new constitution
  8. System of government where ultimate authority rests with the regional government
  9. System of government where ultimate power rests with the national government
  10. Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
  11. Proposed convention of states to consider granting the national government the power to tax and to regulate
  12. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
  13. The presidential electors
  14. Revolutionary war hero

30 Clues: Rule by the people • Revolutionary war hero • The presidential electors • To formally withdraw from a nation-state • Formal process of changing the Constitution • Initial government authority of the United States • Declared American independence from Great Britain • Powers retained by the states under the Constitution • ...

Midterm Exam Review 2021-10-06

Midterm Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This Black Nationalist named himself the "provisional President of Africa" in 1922
  2. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  3. Where was the first tactic of the sit-in protest first used?
  4. Word used to describe the formal release (or liberation) of slaves from slavery by a master.
  5. This event took place from 1861 to 1865
  6. This amendment to the Constitution emancipated all slaves in the U.S. states and territories
  7. There are this many models of interdisciplinary approaches utilized by Africanists in the study of Africa.
  8. He was one of the founders of the Black Panther Party
  9. This Black person ran for president of the United States in 1984 and 1988
  10. Tuskegee Institute, a historically black educational institution, was organized by this individual, who also called for blacks to "...cast down their buckets" to whites
  11. This term is broadly defined to mean that people of African descent share a community of interests
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  1. He was the founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity
  2. The era from 1863 to 1877
  3. She was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women's suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th century
  4. This amendment to the Constitution states "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. He established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
  6. Religious abolitionist group
  7. This Black Nationalist is "universally considered the intellectual godfather of Pan-Africanism" and is heralded as "one of the most important theoreticians of separatists ideology"
  8. This term describes the process of developing spaces, which included veteran slaves teaching new places working routine
  9. Vast region known for its black soil, cotton, and black-majority counties.
  10. This Black person ran for president of the United States in 1972
  11. This term is used to describe The Supreme Court decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson that declared blacks and whites "separate but equal" in 1896.
  12. This famous Black Civil Rights leader was assassinated in 1968

23 Clues: The era from 1863 to 1877 • Religious abolitionist group • This event took place from 1861 to 1865 • He was one of the founders of the Black Panther Party • Where was the first tactic of the sit-in protest first used? • He was the founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity • This famous Black Civil Rights leader was assassinated in 1968 • ...

Clone of 2-3 Articles of Confederation 2023-10-17

Clone of 2-3 Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. Congress could do little if a state refused to pay, because it had no ____
  2. 1786, Daniel Shays closed the ____ in Massachusetts, so farmer kept their property
  3. Articles of Confederation awarded each state one ____ , regardless of population
  4. Articles of Confederation did NOT use a ____ legislature, or two-chambers
  5. Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause
  6. Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____
  7. If farmers didn’t pay tax, they lost property or they went to debtor’s _____
  8. Articles of Confederation issued paper money that was worthless and created ____
  9. This man led the rebellion that changed in the Articles of Confederation
  10. 1787, Northwest Ordinance established a population level for ____
  11. Some states charged merchants in rival states a ____ , which is reserved for countries
  12. States created different ____ , which made trade among them difficult
  13. Articles of Confederation used a weak national government & a strong ____ government
  14. After the Revolutionary War, American ____ who were still unpaid
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  1. This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation
  2. American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____
  3. Articles of Confederation used a ____ legislature, or single-chamber
  4. Congress passed very few laws, because each law required ____ of thirteen states
  5. ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation
  6. Each state decided whether to ____ its citizens & give the money to the national treasury
  7. _____ Ordinance of 1785 allowed the government to divide territory into townships
  8. Shays Rebellion began when Massachusetts increased taxes & disregarded a bad ____
  9. 1787, Articles of Confederation banned ____ in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
  10. Articles of Confederation allowed for no national ____ system
  11. After the Revolutionary War, America owed $40 million to ____ & Spain
  12. Signing of the Treaty of ____ ended war with Britain and enlarging the nation
  13. Some states created conflict by creating independent ____ agreements with other countries
  14. Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not

28 Clues: Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____ • This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation • Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not • ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation • Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause • American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____ • ...

2-3 Articles of Confederation 2023-10-17

2-3 Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. Congress could do little if a state refused to pay, because it had no ____
  2. 1786, Daniel Shays closed the ____ in Massachusetts, so farmer kept their property
  3. Articles of Confederation awarded each state one ____ , regardless of population
  4. Articles of Confederation did NOT use a ____ legislature, or two-chambers
  5. Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause
  6. Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____
  7. If farmers didn’t pay tax, they lost property or they went to debtor’s _____
  8. Articles of Confederation issued paper money that was worthless and created ____
  9. This man led the rebellion that changed in the Articles of Confederation
  10. 1787, Northwest Ordinance established a population level for ____
  11. Some states charged merchants in rival states a ____ , which is reserved for countries
  12. States created different ____ , which made trade among them difficult
  13. Articles of Confederation used a weak national government & a strong ____ government
  14. After the Revolutionary War, American ____ who were still unpaid
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  1. This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation
  2. American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____
  3. Articles of Confederation used a ____ legislature, or single-chamber
  4. Congress passed very few laws, because each law required ____ of thirteen states
  5. ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation
  6. Each state decided whether to ____ its citizens & give the money to the national treasury
  7. _____ Ordinance of 1785 allowed the government to divide territory into townships
  8. Shays Rebellion began when Massachusetts increased taxes & disregarded a bad ____
  9. 1787, Articles of Confederation banned ____ in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
  10. Articles of Confederation allowed for no national ____ system
  11. After the Revolutionary War, America owed $40 million to ____ & Spain
  12. Signing of the Treaty of ____ ended war with Britain and enlarging the nation
  13. Some states created conflict by creating independent ____ agreements with other countries
  14. Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not

28 Clues: Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____ • This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation • Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not • ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation • Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause • American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____ • ...

The end of The Revolutionary War 2022-07-01

The end of The Revolutionary War crossword puzzle
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  1. The battle in which the British surrendered
  2. Where the Battle of Bunker Hill took place
  3. Battle that took place on December 25, 1776
  4. Continental Army Commander General
  5. Captured by the British in the battle of Brandywine Creek
  6. The treaty that aligned France with the Americans during the Revolutionary War
  7. Battle that occurred days after the Battle of Trenton
  8. Ally of the United States that helped near the end of the war
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  1. United States' Army
  2. British General
  3. The treaty signed in September of 1783 granting the United States independence
  4. The ocean separating New England and Great Britain
  5. The United States' main interest at the end of the war
  6. Continental Army General Horatio Gates gathered colonists and surrounded Burgoyne at this battle
  7. The battle that began the war
  8. Great Britain's Army

16 Clues: British General • United States' Army • Great Britain's Army • The battle that began the war • Continental Army Commander General • Where the Battle of Bunker Hill took place • The battle in which the British surrendered • Battle that took place on December 25, 1776 • The ocean separating New England and Great Britain • Battle that occurred days after the Battle of Trenton • ...

The Civil War Kaitlin Tenorio 2017-02-13

The Civil War Kaitlin Tenorio crossword puzzle
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  1. to care for those who were wounded, sick, or homeless in wartime
  2. the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War
  3. an unrecognized country of 11 slave states from 1861 to 1865
  4. Enlistment for state service
  5. American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States
  6. The 18th president of the United states
  7. A presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln
  8. The action of leading a group
  9. A battle during July 1–3, 1863 around the town of Gettysburg,by Union and Confederate forces
  10. A writ requiring a person under arrest
  11. battle in the south
  12. withdraw from membership
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  1. a group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled by machine
  2. General of the confederate army of Northern Virginia
  3. A state in the south of the United states
  4. a strategy to supress the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War
  5. an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
  6. President of the Confederate States
  7. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime
  8. a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj
  9. one of the last battles of the American Civil War
  10. seafort in Carolina notable for two battles in the American Civil war

22 Clues: battle in the south • withdraw from membership • Enlistment for state service • The action of leading a group • President of the Confederate States • A writ requiring a person under arrest • The 18th president of the United states • A state in the south of the United states • A presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln • one of the last battles of the American Civil War • ...

Chapter 2 Crossword 2021-10-24

Chapter 2 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Branch that interprets laws
  2. Division of political power between state and national governments
  3. Branch that makes the laws
  4. Article dealing with the Supremacy Clause
  5. Assures the accused right to a speedy and public trial
  6. Amendment preventing cruel and unusual punishment
  7. Branch that carries out laws
  8. States that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land
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  1. Government is limited to the power given to them by the constitution
  2. Amendment that gave Congress the power to levy income tax
  3. How the Judicial branch checks other branches
  4. States why the Constitution was written
  5. The people hold all the power
  6. Article dealing with the amendment process
  7. Established seperate ballots for the president and vice president
  8. Article about the relationships between states and government

16 Clues: Branch that makes the laws • Branch that interprets laws • Branch that carries out laws • The people hold all the power • States why the Constitution was written • Article dealing with the Supremacy Clause • Article dealing with the amendment process • How the Judicial branch checks other branches • Amendment preventing cruel and unusual punishment • ...

February Crossword 2019-02-14

February Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The 26th president of the United States
  2. The 1st president of the United States
  3. A piece of paper (a gift) that talks about or illustrates someone's love
  4. A deep admiration for someone
  5. The day the United States represents their thanks for the presidents
  6. A flavor that is in many sweets and is a sweet it self
  7. The 2nd president of the United States
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  1. A beautiful white bird that is often represented as a symbol of love
  2. A holiday to show your love
  3. Sharp red flower
  4. Small snacks packed with sugar
  5. The shape that represents love
  6. A small piece of chocolate in the shape similar to a bell. Also seen as a way of affection
  7. The first color of the rainbow
  8. The 16th president of the United States
  9. The god that makes people fall in love

16 Clues: Sharp red flower • A holiday to show your love • A deep admiration for someone • Small snacks packed with sugar • The shape that represents love • The first color of the rainbow • The 1st president of the United States • The god that makes people fall in love • The 2nd president of the United States • The 26th president of the United States • ...

government crossword 2021-01-06

government crossword 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. 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
  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. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
  5. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
  6. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  7. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
  8. 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
  9. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  10. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
  11. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the
  12. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
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  1. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
  2. 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
  3. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
  4. 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
  5. English political philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed that in order to live together, individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection
  6. 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
  7. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
  8. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  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
  10. rights and liberties of the people

22 Clues: rights and liberties of the people • government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens • 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 • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-12-01

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. general, commander of the Union armies during the late years (1864–65) of the American Civil War, and 18th president of the United States (1869–77).
  2. 15th president of the United States
  3. American Civil War general and a major architect of modern warfare. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas
  4. commander of the Confederate forces in the Western theatre during the early stages of the American Civil War (1861–65).
  5. Union general during the American Civil War (1861–65), and author who played a pivotal role in the creation of Memorial Day
  6. 20th president of the United States
  7. American military officer and an early explorer and mapmaker of the American West, who was one of the principal figures in opening up that region to settlement
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  1. 16th president of the United States
  2. President of the Confederate States of America
  3. Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War
  4. U.S. cavalry officer who distinguished himself in the American Civil War (1861–65) but later led his men to death in one of the most controversial battles in U.S. history
  5. Confederate general in the American Civil War, one of its most skillful tacticians, who gained his sobriquet “Stonewall” by his stand at the First Battle of Bull Run
  6. Army officer (1829–61), Confederate general (1861–65), college president (1865–70), and central figure in contending memory traditions of the American Civil War.
  7. 17th president of the United States
  8. general who skillfully reorganized Union forces in the first year of the American Civil War (1861–65)

15 Clues: 16th president of the United States • 15th president of the United States • 17th president of the United States • 20th president of the United States • President of the Confederate States of America • Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War • general who skillfully reorganized Union forces in the first year of the American Civil War (1861–65) • ...

Chapter 5 Review 2021-12-03

Chapter 5 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Are appointed by the president and serve for life
  2. Loyalty
  3. form of government in which the people rule
  4. The United States lacked ___ under the Articles
  5. National govt and state govts share power
  6. According to popular sovereignty __ hold the power
  7. Were afraid of the new constitution
  8. Didn't attend the Constitutional Convention
  9. No matter the population, each state has ___ senators
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  1. The Constitutional Convention was held in _
  2. Called for equal representation in Congress
  3. HAD to be added to the new constitution
  4. Bicameral legislature of the United States
  5. A loosely joined group of states
  6. Farmer from Massachusetts who led a rebellion
  7. The only branch of government in the Articles
  8. To change
  9. How many votes each state got under the Articles
  10. The head of the executive branch
  11. To approve

20 Clues: Loyalty • To change • To approve • A loosely joined group of states • The head of the executive branch • Were afraid of the new constitution • HAD to be added to the new constitution • National govt and state govts share power • Bicameral legislature of the United States • The Constitutional Convention was held in _ • Called for equal representation in Congress • ...

Facts and Terms 2026-01-08

Facts and Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. Government censorship before publication
  2. Advertising speech with limited protection
  3. Protections against government interference in personal freedoms
  4. Government must follow fair procedures
  5. Protection against being forced to testify against oneself
  6. Agreement to plead guilty for a lesser sentence
  7. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  8. Punishment considered barbaric or excessive
  9. 1925 case that began selective incorporation
  10. Requires states to treat people equally
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  1. Prevents government from creating an official religion
  2. Protects the right to practice any religion
  3. Extends due process and equal protection to the states
  4. Nonverbal expression protected by the First Amendment
  5. Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
  6. Applies the Bill of Rights to the states
  7. Implied right protecting personal autonomy
  8. Written defamation
  9. Illegally obtained evidence cannot be used
  10. Offensive material lacking serious value

20 Clues: Written defamation • Government must follow fair procedures • Requires states to treat people equally • Government censorship before publication • Applies the Bill of Rights to the states • First ten amendments to the Constitution • Offensive material lacking serious value • Advertising speech with limited protection • Implied right protecting personal autonomy • ...

Lawrence Chapter 4 2021-12-03

Lawrence Chapter 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. the development over time of
  2. that called for a system of equal
  3. in the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907
  4. In 1890, he published his lectures in a
  5. World
  6. not
  7. Hungarian-American newspaper publisher
  8. important figure in Latin American
  9. or in fact
  10. diplomacy form of American foreign
  11. the principle or advocacy of political
  12. T. R., was an American politician,
  13. to make a public announcement
  14. of North and South America.
  15. period of office of a Protector,
  16. sensationalism over facts.
  17. was the last sovereign of the Kalākaua
  18. who commanded ships in several wars
  19. in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell.
  20. on
  21. Hearst American businessman, newspaper
  22. was a racial belief system developed by
  23. nation's largest newspaper
  24. 1810.
  25. advocacy of extending power and
  26. a style of newspaper reporting that
  27. breaking a rule or law
  28. 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his
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  1. for making and doing things
  2. movement that seeks to create,
  3. United States naval officer and
  4. often referred to as Teddy or his
  5. of the United States Congress
  6. which had ruled a unified Hawaiian
  7. was a commodore of the United States
  8. and the politician is known for
  9. and cultural cooperation among all the
  10. St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New
  11. the British and Russians in Persia
  12. foreign policy,
  13. is an amendment made in 1901 to a
  14. a stock or supply of money, materials,
  15. nationalism in the form of aggressive
  16. the use or threat of military force
  17. being something in essence or effect,
  18. and American intellectuals,
  19. to
  20. 1660 –
  21. organize relationships,
  22. policy late 19th century and the early
  23. policy.
  24. Lodge He served in the United States
  25. The Influence of Sea Power Upon
  26. other assets that can be drawn on by a

54 Clues: on • to • not • World • 1810. • 1660 – • policy. • or in fact • foreign policy, • breaking a rule or law • organize relationships, • sensationalism over facts. • nation's largest newspaper • for making and doing things • of North and South America. • and American intellectuals, • the development over time of • of the United States Congress • to make a public announcement • movement that seeks to create, • ...

Social Studies: Chapter 5 Vocabulary 2014-10-06

Social Studies: Chapter 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution.
  2. Rebellion: An uprising of farmers in western Massachusetts that shut down the courts so that farmers would not lose their farms for tax debts.
  3. and Balances: A system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
  4. A set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government.
  5. Madison: American statesman, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, the fourth president of the United States, the author of some of the Federalist Papers, and is called the father of the Constitution.
  6. Compromise: An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature.
  7. Increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
  8. Territory: Lands including present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; organized by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
  9. Branch: The division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nation’s laws.
  10. Sovereignty: The idea that political authority belongs to the people.
  11. Ordinance of 1787: Legislation passed by Congress to establish a political structure for the Northwest Territory and create a system for the admission of new states.
  12. Jersey Plan: A proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population; rejected at the Constitutional Convention.
  13. People who opposed ratification of the Constitution.
  14. Carta: A charter of liberties agreed to by King John of England, it made the king obey the same laws as citizens.
  15. People who supported ratification of the Constitution.
  16. of Confederation: The document that created the first central government for the United States; was replaced by the Constitution in 1789.
  17. Comprise: An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved people would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress.
  18. Ordinance of 1785: Legislation passed by Congress authorizing surveys and the division of public lands in the western region of the country.
  19. Branch: The division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws.
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  1. Papers: A series of essays that defended and explained the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the proposed national government.
  2. Convention: A meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution.
  3. Branch: The division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states.
  4. Commerce: Trade between two or more states.
  5. A steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment.
  6. Plan:The plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population.
  7. Voting rights.
  8. of Rights: The first 10 amendments to the Constitution; ratified in 1791.
  9. Shays: Revolutionary War officer who led Shays’s Rebellion.
  10. An official approval.
  11. A tax on imports or exports.
  12. U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states.
  13. To plead in favor of.
  14. Mason: American Patriot who became an Antifederalist and refused to sign the Constitution.

33 Clues: Voting rights. • An official approval. • To plead in favor of. • A tax on imports or exports. • Commerce: Trade between two or more states. • People who opposed ratification of the Constitution. • People who supported ratification of the Constitution. • Shays: Revolutionary War officer who led Shays’s Rebellion. • ...

Unraveling the Causes of the American Civil War: Crossword Puzzles 2024-08-09

Unraveling the Causes of the American Civil War: Crossword Puzzles crossword puzzle
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  1. What was the name of the agreement that tried to resolve the issue of slavery in the new territories?
  2. What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?
  3. What was the central issue of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
  4. Which act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the legality of slavery?
  5. What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?
  6. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
  7. Which state’s admission to the Union as a free state was a key issue in the Missouri Compromise?
  8. What was the title of the influential anti-slavery book by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
  9. Who wrote “The Impending Crisis of the South”?
  10. What was the primary economic system in the Southern states before the Civil War?
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  1. What did the term “states’ rights” refer to in the pre-Civil War era?
  2. Who was the President of the United States when the Southern states began to secede?
  3. What was the main political party opposing the expansion of slavery in the 1850s?
  4. Which Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans could not be citizens?
  5. What was the main focus of the abolitionist movement?
  6. What was the primary source of tension between the North and South regarding state powers?
  7. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow settlers to decide?
  8. What was the main reason for the Southern states' secession from the Union?
  9. Who was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
  10. What issue did the Compromise of 1850 address?
  11. What was the name of the Southern states’ political alliance before the Civil War?
  12. What economic factor contributed to the South’s desire to maintain slavery?
  13. What was the primary goal of the movement to end slavery?
  14. What did the term “Bleeding Kansas” refer to?

24 Clues: What did the term “Bleeding Kansas” refer to? • What issue did the Compromise of 1850 address? • Who wrote “The Impending Crisis of the South”? • What was the result of the Dred Scott decision? • What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act? • Which state was the first to secede from the Union? • What was the main focus of the abolitionist movement? • ...

The Story of Jules and Noah 2025-06-10

The Story of Jules and Noah crossword puzzle
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  1. Shorthand name of the route along which Jules organized an Oregon Trail themed party/game.
  2. What museum did they go and “work from home” at first?
  3. What city were they living in when they first met?
  4. What city was their first international trip to?
  5. What month did they meet?
  6. Where did they meet?
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  1. At what restaurant did Noah have water poured on him at?
  2. What activity did they get up at 4 AM to do before the México City wedding?
  3. What was Gabriel's nickname for Noah?
  4. What venue did they see Remi Wolf perform at?
  5. What team did they first see play the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena?
  6. Who was the artist Jules so badly wanted to hear that led to them meeting?
  7. What is their most visited DC restaurant?

13 Clues: Where did they meet? • What month did they meet? • What was Gabriel's nickname for Noah? • What is their most visited DC restaurant? • What venue did they see Remi Wolf perform at? • What city was their first international trip to? • What city were they living in when they first met? • What museum did they go and “work from home” at first? • ...

federalism 2013-12-03

federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. national legistation that address discriminatory state laws.
  2. this clause grants congress powers to regulate the economy granted in article 1.
  3. federal mandate laws that require the state to do certain things but do not provide state governments with funding to implemement these policies.
  4. type of grant that provides federal aid to state or local governments that is provided for a specific purpose.
  5. this type of federalism is nicknamed after what goes around your house.
  6. division of power across local state and national government.
  7. type of federalism in which states compete to attract businesses and jobs through the policies they adopt.
  8. and immunities a clause part of article four of the constitution requiring that states must treat nonstate residents within their borders as they would treat their own resisdents.
  9. this president was quoted in saying "all of us need to be reminded that the federal government did not create the states. the states created the government."
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  1. a slave who lived for many years with his owner in the free Wisconsin territory.
  2. form of federalism in which national and state government work together.
  3. founding father who favored state power
  4. a form of government in which states hold power over a limited national government.
  5. a system of national centralized government which holds ultimate authority.
  6. this amendment ensures that all powers not delegated to the national government are reserved to the states or to the people.

15 Clues: founding father who favored state power • national legistation that address discriminatory state laws. • division of power across local state and national government. • this type of federalism is nicknamed after what goes around your house. • form of federalism in which national and state government work together. • ...

Unit 5 Keywords 2022-11-29

Unit 5 Keywords crossword puzzle
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  1. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
  2. U.S.-Japanese understanding in which Japan agreed not to issue passports to emigrants to the United States.
  3. This legislation passed in 1862 during the Civil War, allowed any adult citizen or intended citizen who had never engaged in armed conflict with the American government to claim 160 acres of surveyed public land.
  4. Was a commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars. He played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854
  5. Is a massive engineering marvel that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean in Central America.
  6. First and only reigning Hawaiian queen and the last Hawaiian sovereign to govern the islands, which were annexed by the United States in 1898.
  7. The United States diplomatic policy established in the late 19th and early 20th century that called for a system of equal trade and investment and to guarantee the territorial integrity of Qing China.
  8. An interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights.
  9. The policy of carefully mediated negotiation supported by the unspoken threat of a powerful military.
  10. Was a form of American foreign policy to minimize the use or threat of military force and instead further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through the use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
  11. Was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army.
  12. Was a business tycoon and industrialist from the United States who founded the Ford Motor Company and is credited with inventing the assembly line method of mass production.
  13. A United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April.
  14. Acquisition by the United States from Russia of 1,518,800 square km of land at the northwestern tip of the North American continent, comprising the current U.S. state of Alaska.
  15. American term for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales.
  16. Was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901
  17. Was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
  18. Was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. She was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and advocated for world peace.
  19. Federal law that was the first and only major federal legislation to explicitly suspend immigration for a specific nationality.
  20. Nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat.
  21. An American industrialist of Scottish descent who oversaw the massive growth of the country's steel industry in the late 19th century. Additionally, he was among the most significant philanthropists of his time.
  22. Was the terminus of the transcontinental railroad (the junction point for Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads).
  23. Is a type of economic system wherein private groups of people's transactions are free from any type of economic interventionism (like subsidies originating from special interest groups).
  24. Was a significant ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that established the "separate but equal" principle, which holds that racial segregation laws are legal as long as they provide equal quality of facilities.
  25. American scientist and inventor of Scottish descent best credited with inventing the telephone (1876) and optimizing the phonograph (1886).
  26. Was a left-wing agrarian populist political party in the United States in the late 19th century.
  27. Theories and social norms that claim to apply the biological concepts of natural selection and the survival of the fittest to sociology, economics, and politics were largely developed in the 1870s by academics in Western Europe and North America.
  28. Farmhouse or country house with its various outbuildings.
  29. Was a national federation of labor unions in the United States.
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  1. Federal income tax signed into law, direct election of senators by the populace, banned use and sale of alcoholic beverages, women's suffrage.
  2. Nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations.
  3. Was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903.
  4. U.S. law providing for the distribution of Indian reservation land among individual Native Americans, with the aim of creating responsible farmers in the white man’s image.
  5. A supplier of a good or service for which there is no good alternative having exclusive control over a market. In this case, the supplier is free to set the price of the good without worrying about competition from outside sources or from competing goods.
  6. Were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War.
  7. Reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in the United States who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions, often through sensationalist publications.
  8. Was an American businessman and inventor. He created numerous innovations in the production of electric power, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
  9. From the 1790s to the 1960s, it served as the Democratic Party's primary local political machine, heavily influencing politics in New York City and New York State as well as assisting immigrants—most notably the Irish—in ascending to political power.
  10. A fatal fire that broke out on March 25, 1911, in a sweatshop in New York City that ignited a national movement for safer working conditions in the country.
  11. Throughout the Gilded Age, he was the dominant figure in corporate finance on Wall Street. He was an American financier and investment banker. He was the driving force behind the wave of industry consolidation in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the head of the banking company that eventually became known as J.P. Morgan and Co.
  12. U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912.
  13. An island in Upper New York Bay, formerly the United States’ principal immigration reception centre.
  14. The state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas, often through employing hard power, but also soft power
  15. Designated Puerto Rico as an “unorganized territory” of the United States and gave it limited self-government.
  16. An American cartoonist, best known for his attack on the political machine of William M. Tweed in New York City in the 1870s.
  17. An American socialist who served as a presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America five times. He was also a political activist, trade unionist, and one of the founding Industrial Workers of the World members.
  18. American industrialist and philanthropist, founder of the Standard Oil Company, the first significant business trust in the United States and a leader in the oil sector.
  19. A federal statute that prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace.
  20. Was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States.
  21. The first method discovered for mass-producing steel.
  22. Treaty concluding the Spanish-American War.
  23. A United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.
  24. One of the most well-known American authors of the final 30 years of the 19th century, possibly the most socially significant writer of his generation, whose works encouraged readers to work hard and persevere in the face of adversity.
  25. Nez Percé chief who, faced with settlement by whites of tribal lands in Oregon, led his followers in a dramatic effort to escape to Canada.
  26. It occurred between 1871 and 1876. It was an American scandal that was exposed in May 1875 and involved the theft of tax money through a plot hatched by politicians, government officials, whiskey distillers, and distributors. Whiskey producers bought off Treasury employees to boost profits and avoid paying taxes.
  27. A well-known American novelist who argued for various causes, including socialism, health, temperance, free speech, and worker rights. His landmark naturalistic proletarian work, The Jungle (1906), described by fellow socialist Jack London as "the Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery," is a landmark among muckraking novels.
  28. The political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures.

57 Clues: Treaty concluding the Spanish-American War. • The first method discovered for mass-producing steel. • Farmhouse or country house with its various outbuildings. • Was a national federation of labor unions in the United States. • Was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. • ...

2-3 Articles of Confederation 2022-11-24

2-3 Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. Congress could do little if a state refused to pay, because it had no ____
  2. 1786, Daniel Shays closed the ____ in Massachusetts, so farmer kept their property
  3. Articles of Confederation awarded each state one ____ , regardless of population
  4. Articles of Confederation did NOT use a ____ legislature, or two-chambers
  5. Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause
  6. Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____
  7. If farmers didn’t pay tax, they lost property or they went to debtor’s _____
  8. Articles of Confederation issued paper money that was worthless and created ____
  9. This man led the rebellion that changed in the Articles of Confederation
  10. 1787, Northwest Ordinance established a population level for ____
  11. Some states charged merchants in rival states a ____ , which is reserved for countries
  12. States created different ____ , which made trade among them difficult
  13. Articles of Confederation used a weak national government & a strong ____ government
  14. After the Revolutionary War, American ____ who were still unpaid
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  1. This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation
  2. American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____
  3. Articles of Confederation used a ____ legislature, or single-chamber
  4. Congress passed very few laws, because each law required ____ of thirteen states
  5. ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation
  6. Each state decided whether to ____ its citizens & give the money to the national treasury
  7. _____ Ordinance of 1785 allowed the government to divide territory into townships
  8. Shays Rebellion began when Massachusetts increased taxes & disregarded a bad ____
  9. 1787, Articles of Confederation banned ____ in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
  10. Articles of Confederation allowed for no national ____ system
  11. After the Revolutionary War, America owed $40 million to ____ & Spain
  12. Signing of the Treaty of ____ ended war with Britain and enlarging the nation
  13. Some states created conflict by creating independent ____ agreements with other countries
  14. Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not

28 Clues: Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____ • This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation • Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not • ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation • Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause • American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____ • ...

A New National Identity 2016-01-28

A New National Identity crossword puzzle
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  1. A sense of pride and devotion to a nation.
  2. A series of measures intended to make the United States economically self-sufficient.
  3. A treaty that gave the United States fishing rights off the Newfoundland and Labrador Coasts.
  4. A waterway that ran from Albany to Buffalo, New York connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River.
  5. Lost the popular vote in the Election of 1824 to Andrew Jackson, but was chosen by the House of Representatives to become the 6th President under the Constitution.
  6. An agreement that settled the conflict over Missouri's application of statehood because it would have upset the balance between free and slave states.
  7. A U.S. Representative from Kentucky who supported an emphasis on national unity and developed a plan known as the American System.
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  1. Disagreement between leaders of different regions.
  2. Something that leads people to an action.
  3. A U.S. time of peace, pride, and progress.
  4. A compromise that limited United States and British Naval power on the Great Lakes after the War of 1812.
  5. A agreement that settled all border disputes between the United States and Spain. Spain gave East Florida to the U.S. in return for the U.S. giving up its claims to what is now Texas.
  6. A Democratic-Republican, the 5th United States President under the Constitution who was elected in 1816. Famous for the Monroe Doctrine.
  7. The first road built by the Federal government.
  8. A statement of American policy warning European nations not to interfere with the Americas.

15 Clues: Something that leads people to an action. • A sense of pride and devotion to a nation. • A U.S. time of peace, pride, and progress. • The first road built by the Federal government. • Disagreement between leaders of different regions. • A series of measures intended to make the United States economically self-sufficient. • ...

Unit 3 - Vocab 2023-03-16

Unit 3 - Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. One of the key founders of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.
  2. An American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
  3. A broad expanse of flatland in North America.
  4. supported legislation for an eight-hour work day, the abolition of child labor and government regulation of business monopolies.
  5. the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.
  6. founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.
  7. Worldwide recognition in the first third of the twentieth century as a pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist, and as an internationalist.
  8. a business strategy in which one company grows its operations at the same level in an industry.
  9. fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions
  10. An American lawyer, orator, and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and the 1908 elections.
  11. A large-scale black migration from the South to Kansas came to be known as the "Great Exodus," and those participating in it were called "exodusters." The large-scale black migration from the South to Kansas came to be known as the "Great Exodus," and those participating in it were called "exodusters."
  12. created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry.
  13. A British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.
  14. Very large farms established in the western United States during the late nineteenth century. They conducted large-scale operations, mostly cultivating and harvesting wheat.
  15. are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally-owned land, often obtained from indigenous tribes through treaty, cession, or seizure.
  16. an informal arrangement between the United States and Japan to ease growing tensions between the two countries, particularly pertaining to immigration.
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  1. an American agrarian movement during the 1870s and '80s that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy
  2. a "comprehensive charter of economic liberty aimed at preserving free and unfettered competition as the rule of trade."
  3. known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.
  4. Provided that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through competitive exams.
  5. from 1910 to 1940, it processed about half a million immigrants from 80 countries, people coming to and leaving from the U.S., before it closed when a fire broke out.
  6. a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives—money, political jobs—and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity.
  7. a form of late 19th-century and early 20th-century U.S. popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions.
  8. was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
  9. was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
  10. A Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
  11. an appointed member of a number of boards and commissions, his control over political patronage in New York City through Tammany, and his ability to ensure the loyalty of voters through jobs he could create and dispense on city-related projects.
  12. Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals.
  13. an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town, Pullman, for the workers who manufactured it.
  14. was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the power of state governments to regulate private industries that affect "the common good."

30 Clues: A broad expanse of flatland in North America. • fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions • One of the key founders of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. • created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry. • ...

Vocab #3 Unit 2 Part 2 2025-09-23

Vocab #3 Unit 2 Part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment: Prohibits cruel and unusual punishments.
  2. Amendment: Limits the President to two terms in office.
  3. Amendment: Guarantees voting rights regardless of race.
  4. Amendment: Grants women the right to vote.
  5. Amendment: any powers not explicitly granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the people
  6. Important Concepts
  7. Supported the Constitution and a strong central government.
  8. Process: Fair legal treatment according to established rules and laws.
  9. Amendment: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
  10. Amendment: Rights of the accused, including due process and protection from self-incrimination.
  11. Amendment: Preserves the right to a jury trial in federal civil cases where the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars
  12. Official approval of the Constitution or amendments by states.
  13. Groups
  14. Amendment: Right to keep and bear arms.
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  1. Opposed the Constitution, fearing too much central power without guaranteed rights.
  2. Amendment: Guarantees fundamental rights to criminal defendants, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, the right to be informed of the charges against them, the right to confront and call witnesses, and the right to legal counsel.
  3. Amendment (R.A.P.P.S.): Protects freedoms of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech.
  4. An official change or addition to the Constitution.
  5. Amendment: a safeguard that ensures people have rights beyond those explicitly listed in the Constitution
  6. Rights: Rights protecting individuals’ freedom and equality under the law.
  7. Clause: The Constitution is the highest law in the United States.
  8. Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause): Allows Congress to make laws needed to carry out its powers.
  9. Amendment: Defines citizenship and guarantees equal protection under the law.
  10. College: System for electing the President.
  11. Amendment: Lowers the voting age to 18.
  12. Amendment: Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
  13. Immunity: Legal protection for states from certain lawsuits.

27 Clues: Groups • Important Concepts • Amendment: Lowers the voting age to 18. • Amendment: Right to keep and bear arms. • Amendment: Grants women the right to vote. • College: System for electing the President. • Amendment: Prohibits cruel and unusual punishments. • An official change or addition to the Constitution. • Amendment: Limits the President to two terms in office. • ...

American Cit Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-21

American Cit Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. System that ensures no single branch of government gains too much power.
  2. The supreme law of the United States.
  3. The branch of government that enforces laws.
  4. Branch of government responsible for making laws.
  5. The introductory part of the Constitution.
  6. The principle that government derives its power from the consent of the governed.
  7. A change or addition to the Constitution.
  8. The first President of the United States.
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  1. War fought between the North and South in the United States.
  2. Document declaring American independence from Britain.
  3. The right to vote.
  4. A system where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
  5. The movement to end slavery in the United States.
  6. The right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint.
  7. First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
  8. The highest court in the United States.

16 Clues: The right to vote. • The supreme law of the United States. • The highest court in the United States. • A change or addition to the Constitution. • The first President of the United States. • The introductory part of the Constitution. • The branch of government that enforces laws. • First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. • ...

Unit 7 | Civil War | Vocab | Vol. II | Crossword Puzzle 2022-02-09

Unit 7 | Civil War | Vocab | Vol. II | Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction
  2. 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
  3. ended slavery, except as a punishment for a crime.
  4. to cancel a law or ordinance
  5. was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law
  6. is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or another legal document.
  7. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
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  1. a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
  2. an official release from punishment for a crime
  3. June 19, the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas
  4. granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people
  5. Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free.
  6. the effort, after the Civil War, to reorganzie the seceded states and bring them back into the Union
  7. a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government
  8. a formally enslaved person

15 Clues: a formally enslaved person • to cancel a law or ordinance • The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments • a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction • an official release from punishment for a crime • ended slavery, except as a punishment for a crime. • a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government • ...

U.S History Final review, Part 2 2021-12-14

U.S History Final review, Part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted
  2. "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
  3. First Chief Justice of the United States
  4. Protects the freedom of speech, religion and the press
  5. possess a firearm
  6. chartered a government for the Northwest Territory
  7. The supreme law of the United States of America;
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  1. armed uprising in Western Massachusetts
  2. An agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution
  3. An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787
  4. A proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention

11 Clues: possess a firearm • "Give me liberty, or give me death!" • armed uprising in Western Massachusetts • First Chief Justice of the United States • The supreme law of the United States of America; • chartered a government for the Northwest Territory • Protects the freedom of speech, religion and the press • A proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention • ...

The Constitution 2025-11-06

The Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A system where people have the power to choose their leaders.
  2. Fair treatment for all people.
  3. Shared power between the national and state governments.
  4. The ability or right to control or influence others.
  5. of Law The idea that no one is above the law
  6. The people and institutions that make and carry out laws.
  7. A basic freedom, like speech or religion.
  8. The leader of the executive branch in the United States.
  9. A person who belongs to a country and has rights and duties.
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  1. The beginning of the Constitution that states its goals.
  2. What governments make to keep order and protect people.
  3. Court The court that has the highest authority in the U.S.
  4. The condition of being free.
  5. A change or addition to the Constitution.
  6. A group that makes laws for the nation.
  7. The written plan for the government of the United States.
  8. The right to make a choice in an election.
  9. The fair and equal use of laws.
  10. and Balances A system where each branch of government can limit the others

19 Clues: The condition of being free. • Fair treatment for all people. • The fair and equal use of laws. • A group that makes laws for the nation. • A change or addition to the Constitution. • A basic freedom, like speech or religion. • The right to make a choice in an election. • The ability or right to control or influence others. • ...

Changing States 2013-08-27

Changing States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this is needed to freeze objects
  2. waters _______ point is 100 degrees
  3. you need a certain _______ for something to change states
  4. what is the liquid state of ice?
  5. this is needed to melt objects
  6. the three states of matter are solid, ______ and gas
  7. opposite to freezing
  8. the opposite to melting
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  1. ______ is the temperature water freezes at
  2. when a gas turns into a liquid
  3. when a liquid turns into a gas
  4. when water evaporates it turns into a gas called ______
  5. the solid state of water is ______
  6. when a liquid evaporates it turns into a ______

14 Clues: opposite to freezing • the opposite to melting • when a gas turns into a liquid • when a liquid turns into a gas • this is needed to melt objects • this is needed to freeze objects • what is the liquid state of ice? • the solid state of water is ______ • waters _______ point is 100 degrees • ______ is the temperature water freezes at • ...

American States 2021-02-23

American States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Yellowhammer State
  2. Centennial State
  3. The American Rome
  4. The Last Frontier
  5. The Constitution State
  6. The Aloha State
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  1. Nice Beaches
  2. Toothpick State
  3. The Empire State of the South
  4. The Grand Canyon State
  5. Las Islas De Los Ladrones
  6. Sunny state
  7. The First State
  8. Samoa The heart of Polynesia

14 Clues: Sunny state • Nice Beaches • Toothpick State • The First State • The Aloha State • Centennial State • The American Rome • The Last Frontier • The Yellowhammer State • The Grand Canyon State • The Constitution State • Las Islas De Los Ladrones • Samoa The heart of Polynesia • The Empire State of the South

US States 2023-11-15

US States crossword puzzle
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  1. A state with a lot of "flowers"
  2. You can visit the Empire State, the Statue of Liberty here
  3. A new piece of clothing
  4. A very touristic archipelago
  5. The second biggest state. Men usually wear cowboy hats
  6. The biggest state
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  1. Hollywood and San Francisco are here
  2. It is famous for its fried chicken
  3. The forest of Mr. Penn in Latin
  4. You can study in Harvard university or watch the Boston Celtics here
  5. The most famous city is Chicago but the capital is Springfield
  6. A state that starts with "O" and ends with "O"
  7. There are a lot of casinos and the famous "Area 51"
  8. The smallest state

14 Clues: The biggest state • The smallest state • A new piece of clothing • A very touristic archipelago • The forest of Mr. Penn in Latin • A state with a lot of "flowers" • It is famous for its fried chicken • Hollywood and San Francisco are here • A state that starts with "O" and ends with "O" • There are a lot of casinos and the famous "Area 51" • ...

United States 2023-12-19

United States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bright stuff hung around houses
  2. A green man who doesn't like Santa
  3. You put it at the top of a Christmas Tree
  4. Santa helpers
  5. chocolate A hot drink with Marshmallows
  6. Bells A popular Christmas Music
  7. They leave it out for Santa to eat
  8. Santa puts these under the tree
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  1. A Man with white bushy beard
  2. This is decorated with ornaments
  3. You build it out of snow and make three snows
  4. They help Santa with the Sleigh
  5. Whose Birthday do we celebrate on December 25th
  6. Canes A mint type of Candy

14 Clues: Santa helpers • A Man with white bushy beard • Canes A mint type of Candy • Bright stuff hung around houses • They help Santa with the Sleigh • Santa puts these under the tree • This is decorated with ornaments • A green man who doesn't like Santa • They leave it out for Santa to eat • Bells A popular Christmas Music • You put it at the top of a Christmas Tree • ...

Ivan Van - Period 2-5 Review Crossword Puzzle 2 2021-05-08

Ivan Van - Period 2-5 Review Crossword Puzzle 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. The 7th President of the United States, best known for being the "people's president" as he did not come from a wealthy background and took down the 2nd BUS and vetoed the recharter of the 3rd BUS. he founded the Democratic Party, supported individual liberty and instituted policies that resulted in the forced migration of Native Americans.
  2. The 16th president of the United States as well as the first Republican president in office, famous for leading the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, cultural, constitutional, and political crisis. He is known for his Gettysburg Address and is credited for abolishing slavery.
  3. A section of the US Bill of Rights in which describes the rights and liberties of an individual of the United States, and guaranteeing the people and state those rights. Amendments can be added with 2/3rds majority vote from the States and in Congress.
  4. Invented by Eli Whitney, this invention massively reduced the processing of cotton, causing the cotton industry in the south to explode and resulting in the increased demand for slaves.
  5. Signed by British and American representatives, ending the War of 1812. This treaty, calls that all conquered territory was to be returned, and commissions were planned to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada.
  6. Republican Motherhood was the idea that women had an important role in society of raising children and teach them to become productive American citizens and embrace the Enlightenment ideas. Women shaped future generations and created the very people that would help to tear down societal barriers throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  7. this party member were made up of people in the South who believed in Jacksonian democracy. In the 19th century, they defended slavery in the United States, and promoted its expansion into the West against northern Free Soil opposition.
  8. An American journalistic crusader who published a newspaper, The Liberator, and helped lead the successful abolitionist campaign against slavery in the United States.
  9. this invention had the ability to travel against the current and their relative speed was able to reduced the time and expense of shipping.
  10. 2nd President of the United States and a founding father, he was well known for his extreme political independence, brilliant mind and passionate patriotism. He was a leader in the Continental Congress and an important diplomatic figure, before becoming America's first vice president.
  11. a conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent.
  12. Opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.
  13. An American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. Known for his compromise proposals such as the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Compromise Tariff of 1833.
  14. Also called the Tariff of 1828, this tarrif was a very high protective tariff that benefitted the north. It was called this by its Southern detractors because of the effects it had on the Southern economy, and would cause a crisis within the nation.
  15. This was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.
  16. A national economic plan put forth by Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky and the Whig party throughout the first half of the 19th century. The plan consisted of three major components: Pass high tariffs on imports to protect American businesses, to increase revenues by establishing the 2nd BUS, and develop internal capital improvements.
  17. A historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people.
  18. In response to the Nullification Crisis, this compromise was proposed by Henry Clay which guaranteed that all tariff rates above 20% would be reduced by one tenth every two years, with the final reductions back to 20% coming in 1842.
  19. the mood of victory that swept the nation at the end of the War of 1812. Exaltation replaced the bitter political divisions between Federalists and Republicans, between northern and southern states, and between east-coast cities and settlers on the western frontier.
  20. developed by John Deere, this invention contributed greatly to the agricultural world. It allowed farmers to cultivate crops more efficiently, producing more goods.
  21. The first women's rights convention in the United States. The meeting launched the women's suffrage movement, which more than seven decades later ensured women the right to vote.
  22. A series of laws that were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. These laws also raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years and authorized the President to deport aliens and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime.
  23. The best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. The doctrine warns European nations that they should step away from the Western Hemisphere and any acts upon will be counted as an offense to the US, and would act accordingly.
  24. Interprets and reviews the laws of the nation. has the role to decide whether or not a law is unconstitutional and can strike down laws that can be harmful towards the American citizen. Checks and balances executive and legislative branches.
  25. An American abolitionist and women's rights activist. She was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. She also exposed the demeaning nature of slavery.
  26. A letter written by Thomas Jefferson, describing the Missouri Compromise as a temporary relief, and as a "fire bell in the night" and the "knell of the Union."
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  1. an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War. His work served as an inspiration to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and beyond.
  2. The formal document and statement written by the founding fathers declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. Addressing the grievances and explain the colonists' right to revolution.
  3. A confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government over the attempt to declare the federal tariff of 1828 and 1832 null and void within the state, and threatened to secede from the nation if the federal government attempts to collect the tariff.
  4. The 4th President of the United States, he made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. He also work closely together with Thomas Jefferson.
  5. A federal building with the role to regulate the public credit issued by private banking institutions through the fiscal duties it performed for the U.S. Treasury, and to establish a sound and stable national currency. The federal deposits endowed it with its regulatory capacity.
  6. An American newspaper editor and martyred abolitionist who died in defense of his right to print antislavery material in the period leading up to the American Civil War. He was shot and killed by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois.
  7. This Political Party believed in a strong federal government, similar to the Party that preceded it. The federal government must provide its citizenry with a transportation infrastructure to assist economic development. Many party members also called for government support of business through tariffs.
  8. The branch of government with the role of exercising authority in the US nation, while holding responsibility for the governance of a state. The executive executes and enforces law. Checks and balances judicial and legislative branches.
  9. Invented by Eli Whitney, this invention helped lead to mass production of goods and efficiency rates, which impacted the North greatly.
  10. written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison while President John Adams was in office, stated that the states had to power to nullify an action by the government if they believed that they had stepped over the boundaries. They took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
  11. A compromise was reached by stating that Congress could not prohibit the slave trade until 1808, but imported slaves could be taxed.
  12. The first and most important Supreme Court cases on federal power. In this case, the Supreme Court held that Congress has implied powers derived from those listed in Article I, Section 8. The “Necessary and Proper” Clause gave Congress the power to establish a national bank.
  13. the first and only party system in which the two major parties remained on about equal footing in every region. Whigs v. Democratic-Republicans.
  14. A compromise in which temporarily calmed tension between the North and the South by enacting a border between slave states and free states, splitting them at the 36°30′ parallel in which slaves states belonged to the South while Free states belonged to the North, besides the state of Missouri.
  15. A group made up of individuals who organize to win elections, operate government, and influence public policy. Warned against by G. Washington.
  16. A tax imposed by one country on goods and services imported from another country.
  17. an American author and abolitionist best known for her work, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" depicting the harsh reality of slavery in an artistic way in which inspired many to join anti-slavery movements.
  18. the Seneca Falls Convention's manifesto that described women's grievances and demands. Almost word for word compared to a similarly named document but with slight changes to include women.
  19. An 1800 uprising planned by Virginia slaves to gain their freedom. This abortive revolt greatly increased the whites' fear of the slave population throughout the South, resulting in slaves not being able to congregate on Sundays without supervision.
  20. a compromise reached among state delegates during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention due to disputes over how enslaved people would be counted when determining a state's total population.
  21. this invention revolutionized agriculture, making it possible to harvest large areas of grain much faster than could have been done by men wielding scythes. Because farmers could harvest more, they could plant more.
  22. This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional. The unanimous opinion was written by Chief Justice John Marshall.
  23. The 7th Vice-President and was a prominent U.S. statesman and spokesman for the slave-plantation system of the antebellum South. He wrote the South Carolina Exposition which encourages the south to nullify the tariff of 1828 and almost spiraled the US into civil war.
  24. An American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery and escaped, she subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
  25. Established in the Constitution and AOC, it is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress. Given powers by the Constitution: it makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies. Checks and balances executive and judicial branches.
  26. An American organization that was formed in 1817 to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States.
  27. A clause that gives congress the power to pass any law they believe is necessary for the nation. This does have restrictions.
  28. A legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal laws which that state has deemed unconstitutional with respect to the United States Constitution
  29. an agreement between the Americans and the British that England will leave forts still in the US and pay for damages for ships that had been seized. Allowing America to stay neutral with Britain but caused conflict with France.
  30. This person was a radical abolitionist whose fervent hatred of slavery led him to seize the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry in October 1859.
  31. the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
  32. An important diplomatic success for the United States. It resolved territorial disputes between the two countries and granted American ships the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River as well as duty-free transport through the port of New Orleans, then under Spanish control.
  33. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to an individual. Implemented in order to satisfy the arguments made by Anti-federalists.
  34. These two women were the first nationally-known white American female advocates of abolition of slavery and women's rights. They were speakers, writers, and educators. They became early activists in the women's rights movement.
  35. an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, largely responsible for establishing the Supreme Court's role in federal government.
  36. A diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats which resulted in public tension between France and ultimately resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War.

62 Clues: A tax imposed by one country on goods and services imported from another country. • A historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. • A clause that gives congress the power to pass any law they believe is necessary for the nation. This does have restrictions. • ...

Unit 7 Crossword Review 2023-11-28

Unit 7 Crossword Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The full faith and _____ clause ensures that each state will accept the decisions of civil courts in other states.
  2. The _____ of public instruction carries out the policies of the state board of education.
  3. In the state court system, _____ courts hear all civil and criminal cases--from small-claims court cases to superior court cases.
  4. The secretary of _____ keeps state records and carries out election laws.
  5. A process by which voters may remove an elected official from office.
  6. Consisting of one house, as in a lawmaking body.
  7. A process by which citizens of a state may propose a law by collecting signatures on a petition.
  8. The _____ general is in charge of the state's legal business, or matters concerning the law.
  9. True or False? A state must accept the marriage licenses, birth certificates, wills, contracts, and property deeds issued by other states.
  10. System of government in which the powers of government are divided between the national government government and the state governments.
  11. Each of the fifty states has its own _____, or written plan for government.
  12. The chief executive of a state government.
  13. What is the only state to have a unicameral legislature?
  14. An _____ veto allows the governor to veto only one part of an appropriations bill.
  15. Powers set aside by the U.S. Constitution for the states or for the people.
  16. The state _____ ensures that no public funds from the state treasury are used without authorization.
  17. State courts address violations of state constitutions and state _____.
  18. In most states the lieutenant governor presides over the _____.
  19. In Reynolds v. Sims (1964), the Supreme Court ruled that state election districts must be _____ in population
  20. In the state court system, _____ courts review cases from trial courts whose rulings have been challenged, or appealed.
  21. True or False? In most states, citizens elect supreme court judges.
  22. A method of referring a bill to the voters for approval before the bill can become law.
  23. The _____ code is a set of criminal laws.
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  1. Most of the work of the state legislatures is done in _____ that specialize in certain areas.
  2. Powers shared by the federal government and the states.
  3. True or False? A person who commits a crime can escape justice by fleeing to another state.
  4. A legal process for returning criminals to the place from which they fled.
  5. The _____ governor succeeds the governor if the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office.
  6. People represented by members of a lawmaking body.
  7. Members of the lower house in all states choose their own presiding officer, usually called the _____.
  8. Local governments receive their power from the _____.
  9. Consisting of two houses, as in a lawmaking body.
  10. The state _____ is in charge of handling all state funds.
  11. Powers given to the federal government by the Constitution are called _____ powers.
  12. The lawmaking process in state legislatures is similar to the procedure followed in Congress.
  13. State _____ courts are the highest court in the state judicial system; they hear cases on appeal from the lower courts.
  14. Which amendment is the source of the reserved powers of the states.

37 Clues: The _____ code is a set of criminal laws. • The chief executive of a state government. • Consisting of one house, as in a lawmaking body. • Consisting of two houses, as in a lawmaking body. • People represented by members of a lawmaking body. • Local governments receive their power from the _____. • Powers shared by the federal government and the states. • ...

Early Cold War 2021-03-17

Early Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment, The amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
  2. blacklist, was the colloquial term for what was in actuality a broader entertainment industry
  3. Deal, fair deal recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage
  4. Germany, from 1949 to 1990, a republic consisting of the western two-thirds of what is now Germany.
  5. missile crisis, A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
  6. Oaks Conference, was an international conference at which proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", which was to become the United Nations, were formulated and negotiated.
  7. for Progress, aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
  8. Race, occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.
  9. Plan, was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe
  10. also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries.
  11. Eisenhower, he served under various generals and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941.
  12. it had to fend off enemies both directly on its borders and over the distant horizon.
  13. Airlift, A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin, had cut off its supply routes.
  14. Kennedy, was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy.
  15. Germany, was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, the period when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
  16. Parallel, used as the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea.
  17. Alejandro Castro, was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008.
  18. doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
  19. Zedong, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China.
  20. a state that cannot be ignored on the world stage and without whose cooperation no world problem can be solved
  21. was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea
  22. Wall, was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961.
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  1. proliferation, the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology
  2. War,the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
  3. was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
  4. was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state.
  5. Blockade, was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
  6. Corps, is an independent agency and volunteer program run by the United States Government providing international social and economic development assistance.
  7. F. Kennedy, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  8. Nations, are those Eastern European nations that were allied with and under the control of the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  9. put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States
  10. conference, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States
  11. is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism.
  12. Pact, was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955
  13. of Pigs, The invasion is considered part of the Cold War because the United States was trying to prevent communism from taking hold
  14. Stalin, was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who ruled the Soviet Union from 1927 until 1953.
  15. Macarthur, was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army.
  16. Khrushchev, was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.
  17. Truman, 33rd president of the United States, who led his country through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe
  18. Curtain, the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
  19. War, was a war between North Korea and South Korea.

41 Clues: War, was a war between North Korea and South Korea. • put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States • Wall, was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961. • Pact, was a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty signed on May 14, 1955 • Blockade, was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. • ...

U.S. Geography 2024-06-19

U.S. Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. One of the original 13 colonies/states and home to the Statue of Liberty
  2. It's what the stars represent on the U.S. flag
  3. Opened the original immigration to the Americas
  4. The biggest mountain range in the U.S.
  5. One of the original 13 colonies/states that also borders Canada
  6. The longest river in the U.S.
  7. State with the longest border with Canada
  8. Ocean along the east coast of the U.S.
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  1. Capital of the U.S.
  2. State that borders with Mexico
  3. The first of the original 13 colonies/states
  4. How the original 13 colonies/states are represented on the U.S. flag
  5. Capital of California
  6. One of the 5 American territories
  7. Ocean along the west coast of the U.S.

15 Clues: Capital of the U.S. • Capital of California • The longest river in the U.S. • State that borders with Mexico • One of the 5 American territories • The biggest mountain range in the U.S. • Ocean along the west coast of the U.S. • Ocean along the east coast of the U.S. • State with the longest border with Canada • The first of the original 13 colonies/states • ...

Unit 5 Review 2023-03-17

Unit 5 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -273 degrees celcius
  2. force applied to a surface
  3. law that states relationship between temperature and volume
  4. as pressure increases, volume ____________
  5. definite volume, no definite shape. moves slowly through the container
  6. law that states relationship between pressure and volume
  7. as pressure increases, temperature ___________
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  1. pressure at sea level at standard temperature
  2. law that states relationship between temperature and pressure
  3. definite volume and definite shape. moves but not visibly
  4. gas moves from high concentration to low concentration
  5. 6.02x10^23
  6. amount of space something takes up
  7. particals moves quickly. Takes shape of container. Expands indefinitely.

14 Clues: 6.02x10^23 • -273 degrees celcius • force applied to a surface • amount of space something takes up • as pressure increases, volume ____________ • pressure at sea level at standard temperature • as pressure increases, temperature ___________ • gas moves from high concentration to low concentration • law that states relationship between pressure and volume • ...

Cold war Crossword 2023-04-25

Cold war Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. When countries did not want to get involved in the cold war so they stayed neutral
  2. The race that took place during the cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States
  3. The economic system where everything is government owned and there is no class systems
  4. A treaty that reduced the production of nuclear weapons
  5. A period where there was a relaxation of problems between nations
  6. The economic system where businesses are privately owned
  7. A treaty between 31 countries in North America and Europe
  8. A line of direct communication between leaders of two different countries
  9. The government system that the Soviet Union had during the cold war
  10. A treaty organization created by Great Britain
  11. A government that is controlled by religious leaders
  12. A Portuguese colony in Southwest Africa
  13. The soviet Unions response to NATO
  14. The process of giving people in the Soviet Union more freedom
  15. A large agricultural community that is owned by communist governments
  16. A period of mass protest in Czechoslovakia
  17. The government system that the United States has
  18. A treaty between the United States and various countries in Asia and Europe
  19. The United States giving 12 billion dollars to European countries so they could rebuild
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  1. The United States failing to invade Cuba
  2. intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace
  3. The idea of trying to prevent the spread of communism
  4. The Soviet Union blocked the roadways and the canals from western Europe
  5. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
  6. A metaphor used to describe the split between Eastern and Western Europe
  7. A weapon of mass destruction
  8. A concrete wall built by the Soviet Union to stop Germans from escaping to Western Europe
  9. A large city of former colonial ruler
  10. A communist guerrilla organization in Cambodia
  11. A war that is instigated by a country that is not directly involved in it

30 Clues: A weapon of mass destruction • The soviet Unions response to NATO • A large city of former colonial ruler • The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic • A Portuguese colony in Southwest Africa • The United States failing to invade Cuba • A period of mass protest in Czechoslovakia • A treaty organization created by Great Britain • A communist guerrilla organization in Cambodia • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2023-05-12

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. abolished slavery
  2. the division of power between state and federal governments\
  3. Slave states that stayed with the union during the civil war
  4. California wanted to join as a free state which caused conflict between the North and South; Called for abolition of slave trade and amended fugitive slave act
  5. a war between Americans over states’ rights. Lasted 4 years.
  6. To break away; act of formally withdrawing from a federation
  7. The period of U.S. history immediately following the Civil War
  8. Numerous laws enacted in the former confederate states after the civil war which limited the rights and liberties of African Americans
  9. A war between citizens of the same country.
  10. The owner of a plot of land lets someone work the land in exchange for ½ or more of the crop. It was used to keep newly freed slaves in a cycle of poverty.
  11. Secret Society that used violence against freedmen and their white supporters. They practiced violence to intimidate newly freed African-Americans.
  12. name of the unrecognized country created by the seceded states
  13. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S
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  1. Abolitionist, led attacks in kansas during bleeding kansas, planned to arm slaves in a revolt
  2. set free all slaves in the Confederacy only
  3. Enslaved african american man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom, case went to the supreme court
  4. An anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Helped spread the abolitionist movement throughout the north
  5. To be set free
  6. Cause that started the civil war
  7. 16th president during the civil war
  8. prohibited the denial of the vote b/c of race, color, or previous servitude
  9. Required all escaped slaves to be returned to masters and citizens of free states must cooperate
  10. Law that allowed territories of kansas and nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery by voting

23 Clues: To be set free • abolished slavery • Cause that started the civil war • 16th president during the civil war • set free all slaves in the Confederacy only • A war between citizens of the same country. • the division of power between state and federal governments\ • Slave states that stayed with the union during the civil war • ...

3.5-3.6 Ap Gov Review 2023-05-22

3.5-3.6 Ap Gov Review crossword puzzle
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  1. John Locke natural rights: ____, liberty, and property
  2. Which amendment is usually associated with gun control?
  3. Amendment that protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure.
  4. New York Times Co v United States was a court case that balanced civil liberty and security when it comes to freedom of ____.
  5. Second amendment guarantees the right to ____ ______
  6. Wisconsin v Yoder chose citizen’s civil liberties over security to protect the parent’s
  7. Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty is _______
  8. Civil liberties have to be balanced with _____ of the government
  9. _______ Act changed surveillance laws after 9/11 to make it easier for the government to monitor the average citizen’s phone and email communications
  10. What event caused attendees at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention to want Congress to maintain a military?
  11. _______ allows states to choose whether to have the death penalty or not
  12. ______ rights are rights that citizens are born with and cannot be taken away.
  13. Court case related to second amendment that determined if individual states could take away a citizen’s right to own a gun.
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  1. Test used by the government to decide if they can regulate a citizen’s freedom of speech, as a result of Schenck v US.
  2. 9/11 caused security to be a higher or lower priority to the United States?
  3. Personal freedoms protected by the government.
  4. In the court case of Schenck versus US, was liberty or security chosen?
  5. Eighth amendment protects citizens from unreasonable fines, bails, and ___________ punishments
  6. Which amendment is the death penalty associated with?
  7. _______ v US was a court case that balanced civil liberty and security when it comes to freedom of speech.
  8. Legal protections listed in the bill of right
  9. Who wrote the second treatise of government?
  10. Was security or liberty chosen in New York Time Co v United States?
  11. Individual freedoms have to be balanced with public _____
  12. Second amendment would be considered a ____ ______

25 Clues: Who wrote the second treatise of government? • Legal protections listed in the bill of right • Personal freedoms protected by the government. • Second amendment would be considered a ____ ______ • Second amendment guarantees the right to ____ ______ • Which amendment is the death penalty associated with? • John Locke natural rights: ____, liberty, and property • ...

Unit 8: Civil War 2025-04-24

Unit 8: Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to keep something in its original state
  2. this union victory ended any hopes the confederate had of blocking the union advance into northern Mississippi
  3. 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
  4. a speech given by a president when they take office
  5. the state of lasting forever
  6. a war fought exclusively between armies in which only enemy shoulders and military infrastructure are targeted
  7. president of the union during the civil war
  8. president of the Confederate states of American
  9. the union would use naval forces to strangle the south by blockading imports of military supplies and exporting cotton
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  1. the confederate surrender at Vicksburg occured just a day after the Gettysburg surrender and crushed confederate hopes of receiving foreign recognition
  2. lasting forever
  3. a collection of southern states that seceded from the United States during civil war
  4. led Virginia's confederate army upon its secession from the union,became the commander of the entire confederate army
  5. 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
  6. military historians consider the battle of Antietam a stalemate, even so the union kept confederates confined and enabled president Lincoln to release the emancipation proclamation on September 22,1862
  7. 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 hoped
  8. confederate, earned the nickname stonewall because he refused to back down.he was shot by one of his shoulders accidentally and died several days later
  9. issued on January 1st 1863 by president Lincoln that declared that all persons held as enslaved people within the rebellious states were free
  10. a union naval officer that led various naval blockades to victory.
  11. the United states

20 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 American • a speech given by a president when they take office • a union naval officer that led various naval blockades to victory. • ...

US HISTORY PUZZLE 2024-05-29

US HISTORY PUZZLE crossword puzzle
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  1. Opposed a strong national government and wanted more power for the states
  2. Purchase of French land doubling the size of the US in 1803 during Jefferson's term
  3. Helped write the Constitution and believed in checks and balances of power
  4. The first constitution of the United States that gave more powers to states than the national government
  5. The Constitution separated power among the branches to limit any one from becoming too strong
  6. George Washington decided America would stay out of conflicts between European nations
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  1. Led the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase
  2. Farmers revolted because they couldn't pay taxes, showing weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
  3. Group of advisers who helped the President run the government
  4. Laws restricting immigrants and free speech that eroded civil liberties
  5. Supported a stronger national government over the states
  6. A government where the people hold power and elect representatives
  7. A group that formally elects the President and Vice President
  8. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who helped the judicial branch grow in power
  9. A law that helped settlers buy land fairly and earn money for the government
  10. First Secretary of the Treasury who wanted a strong industrial America
  11. The first ten amendments protecting civil liberties added to appease Antifederalists

17 Clues: Supported a stronger national government over the states • Group of advisers who helped the President run the government • A group that formally elects the President and Vice President • A government where the people hold power and elect representatives • Led the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase • ...

Unit 3 2024-12-17

Unit 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. conflict between the United States and Tripoli (now in Libya), incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli
  2. thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson to national fame
  3. It laid the foundations for the emergence of Canada as an independent nation and induced the British to seek peaceful relations with the United States for the remainder of the 19th century and beyond. It also helped forge the United States into a nation.
  4. Americans looked to strengthen their nation through government spending on infrastructure, or what were then called internal improvements. In his seventh annual address to congress, Madison called for public investment to create national roads, canals, and even a national seminary.
  5. The convention declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. It was asserted that attempts to use force to collect the taxes would lead to the state's secession
  6. an act establishing an ''independent Treasury System", where the Treasury Department, not commercial banks, was to manage the Government's funds
  7. In the first election following the end of the War of 1812, Democratic-Republican candidate James Monroe defeated Federalist Rufus King in an almost unanimous decision
  8. signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy
  9. Meeting in Hartford, Connecticut, in December 1814, party delegates secretly debated—and rejected—secession; instead, they drafted constitutional amendments strengthening state controls over commerce and militias
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  1. Controversy arose within Congress over the issue of slavery. Congress adopted this legislation and admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so that the balance between slave and free states in the nation would remain equal
  2. John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 by garnering more electoral votes through the House of Representatives, even though Jackson originally received more popular and electoral votes, ended the era of good feelings
  3. The biggest American casualty of the war was the Federalist Party, the first political party that had arisen in the United States. A party of bankers and businessmen, the Federalists' steady opposition to the war doomed them in the eyes of the American public
  4. slashed army and navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated taxes on whiskey, houses, and slaves, and fired all federal tax collectors
  5. the United States prohibited trade with both Britain and France; then in May, 1810, Congress authorized trade with both, directing the President, if either would accept America's view of neutral rights, to forbid trade with the other nation.
  6. Jackson decisively won the election, carrying 55.5% of the popular vote and 178 electoral votes, to Adams' 83. The election marked the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and the transition from the First Party System to the Second Party System, allowed for all white men to vote
  7. Americans attributed the cause of the panic principally to domestic political conflicts. Democrats typically blamed the bankers, and Whigs blamed Jackson for refusing to renew the Bank of the United States charter and for the withdrawal of government funds from the bank
  8. With the end of the war the party all but ceased to exist, and many of its former members rallied to new party banners, namely Republican and Whig, where they formed the political base for centralization, protectionism, and, eventually, abolitionism, in the latter half of the 19th century
  9. Though the war had no clear winner, the treaty restored pre-war territorial boundaries, returned prisoners, and strengthened the United States as a nation

18 Clues: thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson to national fame • slashed army and navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated taxes on whiskey, houses, and slaves, and fired all federal tax collectors • ...

The Progressive Era 2023-07-21

The Progressive Era crossword puzzle
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  1. a period from about 1890 to 1920 in which reformers sought to correct many social, economic, and political inequalities and injustices in the United States.
  2. or money paid to the government based on how much a person earns. Earlier in the year, the states had ratified, or approved
  3. or people seeking the franchise for women
  4. or women’s right to vote, and the regulation of tenements
  5. a program in which the government provides money to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed, Americans continued their fight for improved working conditions and higher pay.
  6. The right to vote
  7. or countries that are partly controlled by a stronger country
  8. The progressive movement coincided with and was strongly influenced by a religious movement known as
  9. someone who would fight to curb the power of big business by vigorously enforcing antitrust legislation
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  1. in which two or more companies combine as one
  2. a form of city government in which voters elect a small number of officials called commissioners, each of whom heads a city department
  3. a policy similar to imperialism
  4. Spain granted independence to Cuba, gave Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the United States to buy the Philippines for $20 million
  5. or group of criminals, trying to sell valuable coal lands for profit
  6. avoiding entanglements in foreign countries
  7. or the management and protection of natural resources
  8. using exaggeration, melodrama, and outright lies to attract readers, became known as
  9. a war fought by unconventional means, such as sabotage, ambushes, and unexpected raids
  10. the league pressured local and state governments to create laws restricting or prohibiting the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol.
  11. a policy of exerting economic, political, or military control over weaker nations

20 Clues: The right to vote • a policy similar to imperialism • or people seeking the franchise for women • avoiding entanglements in foreign countries • in which two or more companies combine as one • or the management and protection of natural resources • or women’s right to vote, and the regulation of tenements • or countries that are partly controlled by a stronger country • ...

Confederate States and Abbreviations 2023-02-23

Confederate States and Abbreviations crossword puzzle
Across
  1. AR
  2. FL
  3. TX
  4. LA
  5. MS
  6. AL
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  1. VA
  2. NC
  3. SC
  4. GA
  5. TN

11 Clues: VA • AR • NC • SC • FL • GA • TN • TX • LA • MS • AL

Ivet 2025-09-16

Ivet crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a product is easy to find
  2. goods Tools needed for making things
  3. A business that makes a product
  4. The study of how we use money
  5. Limited amount of money that someone earns for their
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  1. Doing one thing very well in a business
  2. What a person gives up by choosing one way of using resources instead of another (this or that)
  3. The work that someones
  4. When a product is hard to find
  5. A person who bus a product

10 Clues: The work that someones • A person who bus a product • The study of how we use money • When a product is easy to find • When a product is hard to find • A business that makes a product • Doing one thing very well in a business • goods Tools needed for making things • Limited amount of money that someone earns for their • ...

US History Exam Review 2023-05-17

US History Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The period post-civil war where the focus was on rebuilding the nation
  2. Union soldiers were called this
  3. Southern General Thomas Jackson became known as this after the First Bull Run battle
  4. How the enslaved avoided work
  5. This battle ended the confederacy's hope of gaining British and French allies
  6. These southern congressmen were led by Henry Clay and they were one of the causes of the war of 1812
  7. These laws required people in the confederacy to serve in the army for at least 3 years
  8. This type of resistance is not secretly done such as running away
  9. Lincoln's famous speech honoring soldiers that died in battle and giving his vision for the country
  10. This land purchase under President Jefferson doubled the size of the United States
  11. This controversial book about slavery motivated abolitionists
  12. Ended slavery in the United States even though it did not happen immediately
  13. States choose for themselves
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  1. This is where the women's rights convention was held.
  2. This act made the Missouri compromise invalid
  3. This compromise helped keep the balance between free and slave states.
  4. Confederate soldiers were called this
  5. These states remained in the the Union and still supported slavery
  6. The official ending of slavery in Galveston Texas more than 2 years after the Emancipation Proclomation
  7. The Unions plan to end the war
  8. This president was known as the people's president.
  9. This was a result of the Indian Removal Act and many Natives died during it.
  10. This small Virginia town his where the Civil War officially ended
  11. This type of resistance is secretly done such as pretending to be sick
  12. This Union General marched his troops south across Georgia burning cities and crops
  13. This Massachusetts army was a brave African American group that served during the Civil War

26 Clues: States choose for themselves • How the enslaved avoided work • The Unions plan to end the war • Union soldiers were called this • Confederate soldiers were called this • This act made the Missouri compromise invalid • This president was known as the people's president. • This is where the women's rights convention was held. • ...

The Iron Curtain. 2024-05-08

The Iron Curtain. crossword puzzle
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  1. An American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats."
  2. An American diplomat and historian, best known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War
  3. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952
  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. A U.S. government agency, established in 1949, responsible for regulating the development and use of nuclear energy
  6. Churchill used the speech to emphasize the necessity for the United States and Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet communism
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  1. A line that marks the limits of an area
  2. A U.S. foreign policy strategy aimed at preventing the spread of communism by isolating and restricting Soviet influence
  3. Was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989
  4. Was a period of political and social change in the Russian Empire, starting in 1917
  5. Was a dividing line in Europe during the Cold War
  6. A far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
  7. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955
  8. Most of the European states west of the Iron Curtain that allied together with Canada, the United states, and the United Nations
  9. Combine or unite for mutual benefit
  10. Geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

16 Clues: Combine or unite for mutual benefit • A line that marks the limits of an area • Was a dividing line in Europe during the Cold War • Geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union • A far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party • Was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989 • ...

United States Unit 2020-11-17

United States Unit crossword puzzle
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  1. Colonies who's economy was based on shipping
  2. picked members of the Iroquois Council of Representatives
  3. Company where groups pool together funds to help fund a project
  4. flat open area within the states of Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Kansas
  5. known as corn, beans, and squash
  6. constructed teepees out of buffalo skin
  7. the climate that experiences tropical weather with hurricanes
  8. the divide that determines the direction of water flow
  9. most people in the United States have this ancestry
  10. positive motivators for people moving to a new country
  11. laws passed to punish the colonists of Boston
  12. law passed that says all papers need to have an official stamp
  13. signed a contract to work for 4-7 years
  14. founded by a Quaker escaping persecution
  15. the climate that combines desert arid and humid subtropical
  16. half of the foreign born population comes from this region of the world
  17. law passed that states colonists must house soldiers and provide for them
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  1. originally founded by the Dutch then invaded
  2. 2% of the US population is considered this
  3. Founded by Pilgrims escaping persecution in 1620
  4. built mounds for ceremonial burial
  5. that begins in Minnesota and ends in Louisiana
  6. wooden home constructed that holds over a dozen families
  7. Founded in 1607 in order to find gold
  8. the oldest mountain range in the United States
  9. 13% of the US population is considered this
  10. fought in the 1750's between France and Britain
  11. formed from underwater volcanoes erupt magma
  12. first violent event of the Revolution in 1770
  13. created when heavy glaciers weighed down the land and then melted
  14. founded in order to give prisoners a new life
  15. law passed that said England will always have power over to colonies
  16. the climate that experiences tornadoes and the 4 seasons
  17. desert like climate with heat and little rain
  18. Theory that believes humans originated and moved out of Africa
  19. existed in the states of Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado
  20. music formed by blending African and European rhythms

37 Clues: known as corn, beans, and squash • built mounds for ceremonial burial • Founded in 1607 in order to find gold • constructed teepees out of buffalo skin • signed a contract to work for 4-7 years • founded by a Quaker escaping persecution • 2% of the US population is considered this • 13% of the US population is considered this • Colonies who's economy was based on shipping • ...

War of 1812 2021-03-12

War of 1812 crossword puzzle
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  1. -was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
  2. - is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy from the Chesapeake Bay on September 13–14, 1814.
  3. - for someone who favors war or continuing to escalate an existing conflict as opposed to other solutions.
  4. - a member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America, especially those indigenous to what is now the continental US.
  5. - is a Louisiana city on the Mississippi River, near the Gulf of Mexico.
  6. - refusal to take part in a war between other powers
  7. - known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.
  8. - was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
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  1. - is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry".
  2. - was a general trade embargo on all foreign nations that was enacted by the United States Congress.
  3. - is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800.
  4. - is the taking of men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice.
  5. - is a 981-mile long river in the United States. It is located in the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania south of Lake Erie to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois.
  6. - is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy.
  7. - is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

15 Clues: - refusal to take part in a war between other powers • - is a Louisiana city on the Mississippi River, near the Gulf of Mexico. • - is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. • - is the taking of men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice. • ...

Kansas Explorers+ Crossword Scramble 2024-03-05

Kansas Explorers+ Crossword Scramble crossword puzzle
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  1. The first European to explore Kansas was Spain's _______ (last name).
  2. The _______ Colonies, which would become the first 13 states of the United States, were located along the eastern coast of present-day United States.
  3. Christopher Columbus landed in Hispaniola (present-day _______ and Dominican Republic) in 1942.
  4. Present-day Kansas was coined the "_______" by Stephen H. Long--coupled with similar opinions from the likes Zebulon Pike, this had a significant impact on the perception of Kansas for years to come.
  5. Christopher Columbus's expedition was funded by the King and Queen of _______.
  6. Claude Charles Du Tisne's main reason for exploration was to build an alliance with the _______ tribe.
  7. Zebulon Pike was the first American to travel over _______.
  8. Francisco Vazquez de Coronado mainly explored the _______ part of Kansas, along the Arkansas City River.
  9. Claude Charles Du Tisne was an explorer from _______.
  10. The Spanish introduced _____ to the Americas in 1500.
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  1. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traveled by _______.
  2. Zebulon Pike's reason for exploration was to establish native relations and find the headwaters of the Red and _______ Rivers.
  3. In 1803, France sold the _______ to the United States for $15 million.
  4. The largest European empire in the Americas in the 1500s was _______.
  5. Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont was sent by France to establish a relationship with the _______ and Plains Apache.
  6. The European empire that ran along the northeast rivers, great lakes, and down the Mississippi River was _______.
  7. The European colonists that had the BEST relationship with the natives was the ______, mostly due to the lucrative trade benefits.
  8. _______ [and] _______ (last names)were tasked to explore the Louisiana Territory and establish relations with the natives.
  9. When Coronado and his men got to Kansas, they encountered the ______ natives, who lives in grass lodges, raised crops and hunted buffalo.
  10. Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was searching for the famed "_______," known as Quivira, when he led an expedition through Kansas.
  11. _______ (last name) was send by President Madison to explorer the border between the United States and Spanish territories of the southwest.

21 Clues: Claude Charles Du Tisne was an explorer from _______. • The Spanish introduced _____ to the Americas in 1500. • Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traveled by _______. • Zebulon Pike was the first American to travel over _______. • The first European to explore Kansas was Spain's _______ (last name). • ...

AP Gov 2024-02-06

AP Gov crossword puzzle
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  1. the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
  2. Sources of money for the government
  3. the lower chamber of the United States Congress
  4. political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision.
  5. vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
  6. A policy document allocating burdens (taxes) and benefits (expenditures)
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  1. identify issues that require review; gather and evaluate information; and make legislative recommendations to the full House or Senate.
  2. What the government spends money on
  3. Through this role, they are responsible for carrying out negotiations with foreign leaders and their governments.
  4. An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law
  5. the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
  6. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
  7. An excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues (in a given year)
  8. conspicuous position that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to.
  9. a declaration by the president or a governor which has the force of law

15 Clues: What the government spends money on • Sources of money for the government • the lower chamber of the United States Congress • the upper chamber of the United States Congress. • the legislature of the federal government of the United States. • a declaration by the president or a governor which has the force of law • ...

Chap 3: Foundations of Federalism 2026-02-12

Chap 3: Foundations of Federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. Powers not given are kept
  2. First weak national charter
  3. Law declaring guilt without trial
  4. Protects against unlawful detention
  5. Regulates trade between states
  6. Specifically listed national powers
  7. Another name for flexible power clause
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  1. Guarantees equal protection rights
  2. Fair legal procedures required
  3. Current supreme governing document
  4. Loose alliance of states
  5. States honor other states records
  6. Congress can pass needed laws
  7. National law overrides state law
  8. Shared by both levels
  9. Two level government system
  10. Powers kept by states
  11. Retroactive criminal law banned
  12. Central government holds most power

19 Clues: Shared by both levels • Powers kept by states • Loose alliance of states • Powers not given are kept • First weak national charter • Two level government system • Congress can pass needed laws • Fair legal procedures required • Regulates trade between states • Retroactive criminal law banned • National law overrides state law • Law declaring guilt without trial • ...

Constitution Crossword! 2021-12-10

Constitution Crossword! crossword puzzle
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  1. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as
  2. This article explains how to get the Constitution ratified by getting 9 out of 13 states to agree to use the Constitution
  3. The leader and head of the Executive Branch. Their main job is it is to carry out and enforce laws
  4. The starting sentence of the Constitution is known as:
  5. This article explains how the states should act with each other and respect each other's laws. It also says that all states must be republics.
  6. This article is The longest and explains how the legislative branch should run in 2 different branches. The job of the legislative branch is to make laws.
  7. a change or addition to the Constitution is called a:
  8. This branch of Congress has a proportional amount of members per state.
  9. The amount of states needed to ratify:
  10. The two branches of the Legislative Branch together are known as:
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  1. This article explains how to propose an amendment to the Constitution and get it passed.
  2. The document that explains how our government runs:
  3. The highest court of the land.
  4. The amount of states needed to block the Constitution
  5. This article explains how federalism works and how if a state law contradicts a federal law the federal law is on top.
  6. This article sets up the Judicial branch and tells us how the Supreme Court and court system of the land are set up. It explains that the job of the Supreme Court is to interpret laws.
  7. This article establishes the executive branch whose main job is to execute and enforce laws. The job of the president and it's powers are also established as the head of the executive branch.

17 Clues: The highest court of the land. • The amount of states needed to ratify: • The document that explains how our government runs: • The amount of states needed to block the Constitution • a change or addition to the Constitution is called a: • The starting sentence of the Constitution is known as: • The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as • ...

Edexcel Global Politics 2025-02-13

Edexcel Global Politics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organisation created in 1945, following the Second World War, to promote international co-operation and to prevent another such conflict.
  2. Absolute and unlimited power and authority
  3. USA, UK,France, China, Russia
  4. the use of military and economic means to influence the behaviour or interests of other political bodies.
  5. The United Nations' most powerful body, with primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
  6. A state that is ruled by a single person with unlimited power.
  7. State in which citizens have rights and freedoms and are able to vote for their leaders.
  8. The level of power based in a specific area surrounding the nation state.
  9. A state that is unable to operate as a viable political unit.
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  1. Treaty that first established the concept of nation-states as legal entities
  2. The ability to attract and co-opt and to shape the preferences of others through appeal and attraction.
  3. Autonomous political community held together by citizenship and nationality.
  4. A state that has a foreign policy that poses a threat to other states
  5. The concept that all states and people have to obey the same laws.
  6. The view that self interest and hard power motivate states. A view linked to CONSERVATISM as an ideology.
  7. A combination of SOFT power with the threat of HARD power.

16 Clues: USA, UK,France, China, Russia • Absolute and unlimited power and authority • A combination of SOFT power with the threat of HARD power. • A state that is unable to operate as a viable political unit. • A state that is ruled by a single person with unlimited power. • The concept that all states and people have to obey the same laws. • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2020-02-03

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. another name for the United States of America; the Northern states
  2. January 1, 1863; a naval and land battle during the Civil War in Texas; The Confederates expelled occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston
  3. the practice of owning a slave or the condition of a slave being in bondage
  4. gave citizenship to African Americans born in the US
  5. believe that state’s interests are more important than the interests of the national government
  6. May 12, 1865; the final battle of the Civil War
  7. focus/loyal on the interests of one’s region
  8. a tax on imported goods
  9. 1860-1865; a war between the north and south over state’s rights and slavery
  10. when a part of a country leaves or breaks off from the rest of the country
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  1. Declared that MALE’S right to vote could not be taken away based on race/color
  2. someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end, slavery.
  3. freed slaves everywhere in the United States making slavery illegal
  4. a collection of 11 states, in the south, that seceded from the United States after the election of President Abraham Lincoln
  5. 1865-1877; period in US history when the United States began to rebuild the South after the Civil War
  6. September 8, 1863; Confederate troops prevented the Union troops from invading/occupying part of Texas

16 Clues: a tax on imported goods • focus/loyal on the interests of one’s region • May 12, 1865; the final battle of the Civil War • gave citizenship to African Americans born in the US • someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end, slavery. • another name for the United States of America; the Northern states • ...

Valerie's Crossword 2021-08-27

Valerie's Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Used to describe the worth of something
  2. A place where sick and injured people get help
  3. a set of circumstances
  4. The day after Monday
  5. Head of states in the United States
  6. Another word for beautiful
  7. When you make a commitment to do something
  8. Another word for terrible
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  1. To move something illegally
  2. What you watch on a big screen
  3. Feature in a pool or pond
  4. Estelle is my sister but to my parents she is their?
  5. If you really need to do something it is ?
  6. Someone who helps everybody in the work place
  7. A danger or obstacle
  8. The first type of something
  9. When you need something
  10. Sydney and Melbourne are the ? of their states
  11. The opposite of innocent

19 Clues: The day after Monday • A danger or obstacle • a set of circumstances • When you need something • The opposite of innocent • Feature in a pool or pond • Another word for terrible • Another word for beautiful • To move something illegally • The first type of something • What you watch on a big screen • Head of states in the United States • Used to describe the worth of something • ...

HISTORY KEY TERMS LIST 04 2019-01-06

HISTORY KEY TERMS LIST 04 crossword puzzle
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  1. The Constitutional principle that the different levels of government {national, state, and local} have different powers
  2. Information or ideas designed to change people's opinion
  3. To formally approve
  4. The constitutional compromise in which their would be two house of Congress. The Senate would have two representatives from each state and a House of Representatives in which representation was determined by population
  5. The clause in the Constitution that prevents punishment for doing an action that was legal at the time but later illegal
  6. The Constitutional principle that the powers of government should be divided into three branches
  7. The Constitutional principle that it is the government's job to rights of the citizens and that those rights can never be taken away
  8. The written framework of the government of the United States and the contract between the people and the government
  9. Document that served as the first government of the United States
  10. The Constitutional principle that people exercise their power through electing representatives
  11. The Constitutional principle that different branches of government can limit the power of the other branches
  12. Those who were against the ratification of the new Constitution
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  1. A person accused of a crime in one state and flees that state should be returned to that state for trial
  2. Those who supported the ratification of the new Constitution
  3. The Constitutional Principle that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime
  4. The clause in the Constitution that states a person cannot be punished for the crimes of his family
  5. A 1787 law that guaranteed Republican Government and forbade slavery in the Northwest Territory
  6. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  7. The constitutional compromise in which three-fifths of slaves are counted as population for the purpose of representation and taxes
  8. The clause in the Constitution that states have to honor contracts, and court rulings from other states
  9. The Constitutional principle that the power of government belongs to the people
  10. A 1786-87 tax rebellion in Massachusetts that showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
  11. The legal principle that a person detained by the government must be physically brought before a judge and told why he is being detained
  12. A 1785 law that set the rules of the surveying and selling land in the Northwest Territory
  13. To make war against the United States or give aid and comfort to the enemy

25 Clues: To formally approve • The first ten amendments to the Constitution • Information or ideas designed to change people's opinion • Those who supported the ratification of the new Constitution • Those who were against the ratification of the new Constitution • Document that served as the first government of the United States • ...

UNIT 9 VOCAB 2025-03-31

UNIT 9 VOCAB crossword puzzle
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  1. (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  2. of Office Act (n.) a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  3. process (n.) the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  4. (n.) a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  5. of 1877 (n.) agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  6. Codes (n.) laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  7. tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  8. amendment Amendment (n.) defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  9. (n.) the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  10. (n.) rising to an important position
  11. (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  12. Crow Laws (n.) laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
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  1. (n.) a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  2. Republicans (n.) a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  3. protection (n.) a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  4. rights rights (n.) the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
  5. (n.) a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  6. amendment Amendment (n.) Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
  7. Percent Plan (n.) a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  8. (n.) the right to vote
  9. (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  10. supremacy (n.) a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  11. amendment Amendment (n.) abolished slavery

23 Clues: (n.) the right to vote • (n.) rising to an important position • tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • amendment Amendment (n.) abolished slavery • (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights • ...

Civil War Era Crossword 2022-03-07

Civil War Era Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The compromise between North and South making California a free state and reinforcing a very strict Fugitive Slave Act
  2. This Amendment gave African Americans the right to vote.
  3. Battle in South Carolina that started the war
  4. Battle in which the Union won control of the Mississippi River and cut off Texas and other southern states from the rest of the Confederacy.
  5. Deadliest battle of the war, where Lincoln afterwards gave a famous speech
  6. A racist group started by ex confederate soldiers that used violence against African Americans to keep white supremacy.
  7. Name for the group of slave states Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware that did NOT secede from the Union to join the Confederacy.
  8. Belief that states had the right to ignore certain laws from the federal government if they chose
  9. The primary cause of the Civil War
  10. Northern economic system during the Civil War
  11. An invention that separated the seeds from the cotton fibers, leading to an increase in slave labor on cotton plantations.
  12. The Union plan to surround the Confederate states and strangle them economically
  13. The period after the Civil War in which the South was rebuilt and reorganized before being readmitted to the Union.
  14. Bureau An agency set of to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It provided food, clothing and work for them.
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  1. Amendment that guaranteed the rights of anyone, including African Americans, who were born in America.
  2. A network of abolitionists who secretly helped slaves reach freedom in the Northern free-states or Canada.
  3. People who wanted to abolish or do away with slavery.
  4. Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites.
  5. best known African American abolitionist who toured the country talking about the horrors of slavery and started his own abolitionist newspaper called the North Star.
  6. Southern economic system during The Civil War
  7. An escaped slave who became a "conductor" in the Underground Railroad and helped to free thousands of slaves.
  8. A compromise proposed by Senator Henry Clay where Missouri would be admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  9. This Amendment abolished slavery, except as punishment for crimes.
  10. When citizens feel more loyalty toward their state or region than toward their country or other citizens.
  11. An order by President Lincoln declaring that only slaves in the Confederacy (not in any other states) would be free and could join the Union army.
  12. General of the Confederacy

26 Clues: General of the Confederacy • The primary cause of the Civil War • Battle in South Carolina that started the war • Southern economic system during The Civil War • Northern economic system during the Civil War • People who wanted to abolish or do away with slavery. • This Amendment gave African Americans the right to vote. • ...

Q2 Review 2025-01-07

Q2 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. (Branch) Pass legislation (laws), Declare war, Regulate trade, Regulate money, Impeach federal officials,
  2. power to tax, build roads, and create lower courts
  3. Powers shared by the national and state governments.
  4. Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law
  5. Law A legal system based on a written code of laws
  6. Powers given to the national government alone
  7. a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
  8. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  9. Powers given to the state government alone
  10. economic system where government should NOT interfere in the marketplace; Hands off economics
  11. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
  12. system in which the national government returns power back to the states. Also called devolution
  13. Regulate trade within the state, establish local government systems, conduct elections, establish public school systems
  14. Economic theory that focuses on the idea that government intervention can stabilize the economy.
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  1. Established judicial review
  2. Powers Reserved to the States
  3. system in which both federal government and state governments work together to solve problems. Typically through the federal government providing money to the states. Also called Marble Cake Federalism.
  4. Congress has the power to make any laws related to carrying out the enumerated powers listed in the Constitution. Also known as the elastic clause
  5. coin money, regulate commerce with foreign nations, establish post offices, punish counter fitters, declare war
  6. Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws
  7. Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce.
  8. Law a system of law based on precedent and customs
  9. Constitution is the supreme law of the land
  10. the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states. (Not a type of federalism)
  11. A system of government in which both the states and the national government have separate, clear defined responsibilities. Also known as layered cake federalism.
  12. (Branch) executive order, commander and chief, appoints judges and cabinet members, issues pardons
  13. Mandates that individuals must be treated equally under the law.
  14. of Education 1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
  15. made the Louisiana purchase without the consent of the legislative branch
  16. How is the president elected?
  17. income, sales, and property tax

31 Clues: Established judicial review • Powers Reserved to the States • How is the president elected? • income, sales, and property tax • Powers given to the state government alone • Constitution is the supreme law of the land • Powers given to the national government alone • power to tax, build roads, and create lower courts • Law a system of law based on precedent and customs • ...

Forming a government 2021-01-13

Forming a government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plan for goverment proposed at the Constitutional Convention.
  2. the first 10 amendments to the constitution.
  3. the documents that created the first central government for the United States.
  4. official change, correction, or addition to a law or Constitution.
  5. a period of low economic activity and rising unemployment.
  6. the division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states.
  7. voting rights
  8. a system established by the constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
  9. trade between two or more states.
  10. led a rebellion about 1,000 Massachusetts farmers.
  11. "Father of the constitution"
  12. the division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws.
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  1. an agreement worked out at the Constitutional convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature.
  2. people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution.
  3. the idea that political authority belongs to the people.
  4. taxes on imported goods.
  5. A set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government.
  6. a proposal to create a unicamerl legislature with equal representation rather than representation by population.
  7. an official approval.
  8. a charter of liberties agreed to by King John of England, it made the king obey the same laws as citizens.
  9. U.S system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states.
  10. a meting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution.
  11. people who supported the ratification of the Constitution.
  12. a general and progressive increase in prices.
  13. the division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments.

25 Clues: voting rights • an official approval. • taxes on imported goods. • "Father of the constitution" • trade between two or more states. • the first 10 amendments to the constitution. • a general and progressive increase in prices. • led a rebellion about 1,000 Massachusetts farmers. • people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution. • ...

Chapter 3 vocab 2022-01-07

Chapter 3 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A written plan of government
  2. delegates agreed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons.
  3. Supporters of the Constitution were led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. They firmly believed the national government should be strong. They didn't want the Bill of Rights because they felt citizens' rights were already well protected by the Constitution.
  4. A change to the Constitution
  5. the branch of government that makes the laws
  6. a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
  7. powers held jointly by the national and state governments.
  8. an introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government in the Constitution.
  9. powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
  10. Under this system, each branch of government is able to check, or limit, the power of the others
  11. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
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  1. A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
  2. Approved
  3. Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
  4. a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to elect the president and vice president
  5. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
  6. the branch of government that interprets laws
  7. Compromise, The compromise made by the ConstitutionalConvention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
  8. the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
  9. powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution
  10. the branch of government that carries out laws
  11. a group of individual state governments that band together for a common purpose
  12. principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern

23 Clues: Approved • A written plan of government • A change to the Constitution • the branch of government that makes the laws • the branch of government that interprets laws • the branch of government that carries out laws • A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses • powers held jointly by the national and state governments. • ...

Chapter 3 vocab 2022-01-07

Chapter 3 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
  2. Approved
  3. a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
  4. a group of individual state governments that band together for a common purpose
  5. Supporters of the Constitution were led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. They firmly believed the national government should be strong. They didn't want the Bill of Rights because they felt citizens' rights were already well protected by the Constitution.
  6. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
  7. powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
  8. principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
  9. the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
  10. the branch of government that interprets laws
  11. A written plan of government
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  1. The compromise made by the constitutional convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
  2. powers held jointly by the national and state governments.
  3. delegates agreed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons.
  4. Under this system, each branch of government is able to check, or limit, the power of the others
  5. A change to the Constitution
  6. the branch of government that carries out laws
  7. Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
  8. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
  9. an introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government in the Constitution.
  10. a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to elect the president and vice president
  11. the branch of government that makes the laws
  12. powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution

23 Clues: Approved • A change to the Constitution • A written plan of government • the branch of government that makes the laws • the branch of government that interprets laws • the branch of government that carries out laws • A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses • powers held jointly by the national and state governments. • ...

Unit 5 and 6- Westward Expansion and Technology 2024-12-09

Unit 5 and 6- Westward Expansion and Technology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. New jobs is an example of a ____ factor. (Week 19)
  2. James Marshall discovered gold in ______. (Week 18)
  3. As a result of the Louisiana Purchase, the United States had control of the Mississippi ____ (Week 15)
  4. Manifest Destiny was the name of the vision many American Leaders had to _____ the boundaries of the United States across North America. (Week 15)
  5. In 1803, Thomas Jefferson purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the ________ River known as the Louisiana Purchase(Week 15).
  6. Railroads were popular because they could transport people and goods _____. (Week 19)
  7. The invention of the cotton gin by Eli _____ led to textile mills and more jobs, white increasing the number of people who were enslaved (Week 19).
  8. The ____ Nation was an American Indian society located in the southeast United States that included Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. (Week 16)
  9. The American System ________ system included canals, railroads, and larger roads. (Week 19)
  10. The American ______ of the southeast were told they had to move beyond the Mississippi River. (Week 16)
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  1. The US purchased land from ____ for the Louisiana Purchase. (Week 18)
  2. _____ and Clark helped travelers going west by creating a map of the west. (Week 18).
  3. Many people from Ireland had to leave their homes and come to the United States because of the potato _____. (Week 19)
  4. The technological advancement that _____ the Pony Express was the telegraph. (Week 18)
  5. The American Indian Tribal land was ______ to less than half of the United States. (Week 16)
  6. The Pony ____ made it much easier and faster to get mail across the country. (Week 18)
  7. The hardest part of harvesting ____ was getting the seeds of the bolls. (Week 19)
  8. The telegraph lines were built following the ______.

18 Clues: New jobs is an example of a ____ factor. (Week 19) • James Marshall discovered gold in ______. (Week 18) • The telegraph lines were built following the ______. • The US purchased land from ____ for the Louisiana Purchase. (Week 18) • The hardest part of harvesting ____ was getting the seeds of the bolls. (Week 19) • ...

hisrtoy of art 2017-11-25

hisrtoy of art crossword puzzle
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  1. / one of eight major artistic movements during medieval period.
  2. / Popular materials used to create Mesopotamian arts.
  3. / primarily purpose Mesopotamian art was created.
  4. / An art form that was common in the Roman catacombs.
  5. / an ancient Greek sculptor in bronze of the 5th century BCE.
  6. / Sumerian sculptures appear to be made primarily out of cones and _________.
  7. / early Christian Byzantine also known as?
  8. / Santorini the most beautiful black igneous rock also known as?
  9. / a tall rectangular monument with a pyramid like point of Egyptians sculpture.
  10. / one of the world's earliest Egyptian scripts.
  11. / responsible for spreading literacy among Nobles throughout his-reign.
  12. / The central place of worship in Mesopotamia.
  13. / wall paintings been uncovered by Archaeologists that have been well preserved by the volcanic ash.
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  1. / Egyptian columns topped with floral decorations.
  2. / major art forms during early Palaeolithic period.
  3. / Minoan Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini.
  4. / the city of Akrotiri on the volcanic island of Theorem.
  5. / the most famous Greek sculptures during the last period of ancient Greek art.
  6. / the first Christian Emperor.
  7. / Common characteristics of Mesopotamian art are repetition of simple patterns, characters, natural and _________ symbolism.
  8. / Roman artists had a much more _________ outlook and tempered idealistic.
  9. / the largest figures in any painting symbolizing their dominance and power of Egyptian art.
  10. / one of the most impressive domes in Rome.

23 Clues: / the first Christian Emperor. • / early Christian Byzantine also known as? • / one of the most impressive domes in Rome. • / The central place of worship in Mesopotamia. • / one of the world's earliest Egyptian scripts. • / primarily purpose Mesopotamian art was created. • / Egyptian columns topped with floral decorations. • ...

The Early Republic 2021-04-27

The Early Republic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gave the Supreme Court the right to declare a law unconstitutional
  2. economic system which states people can own businesses and private property with little interference from the government
  3. George Washington's foreign policy; "do not get involved in the affairs of other nations."
  4. suffrage expansion which permitted the "common man" to vote enabled this person to be elected president
  5. court case that determined the Supreme Court could declare the constitutionality of a law
  6. a group of people who tries to achieve common goals through gaining political power
  7. the first president of the United States
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  1. the person that had a plan to enhance the nation's economy by collecting taxes and establishing a national bank
  2. "steer clear of "permanent alliances" comes from what speech?
  3. desired a strong economy with the establishment of a national bank
  4. occurring outside of the United States
  5. provided a system of adding states to the Union in the Northwest territory
  6. time period of increased nationalism after the War of 1812
  7. desired strong state governments; a Bill of Rights, and a weak federal government
  8. occurring within the United States
  9. occurred due to the impressment of U.S. sailors

16 Clues: occurring within the United States • occurring outside of the United States • the first president of the United States • occurred due to the impressment of U.S. sailors • time period of increased nationalism after the War of 1812 • "steer clear of "permanent alliances" comes from what speech? • desired a strong economy with the establishment of a national bank • ...

American History Ch. 5 Wordsearch 2022-11-22

American History Ch. 5 Wordsearch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A system for surveying and dividing western lands
  2. attend a particular church
  3. occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
  4. citizens’ rights.
  5. A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
  6. the essays supporting the Constitution written anonymously
  7. the idea that political authority belongs to the people
  8. a document signed by King John in 1215
  9. The document that declared that no person could be forced
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  1. keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
  2. trade between two or more states
  3. people who opposed the Constitution
  4. official changes.
  5. The ordinance established the Northwest Territory
  6. A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
  7. The uprising of farmers that protested high taxes and heavy debt
  8. official approval
  9. 10 of the proposed amendments intended to
  10. supporters of the Constitution
  11. taxes on imports or exports
  12. the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country.

21 Clues: official changes. • citizens’ rights. • official approval • attend a particular church • taxes on imports or exports • supporters of the Constitution • trade between two or more states • people who opposed the Constitution • a document signed by King John in 1215 • 10 of the proposed amendments intended to • A system for surveying and dividing western lands • ...

The Civil War 2026-03-06

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A member of the Confederate States of America, which seceded from the Union during the Civil War.
  2. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history,
  3. An agreement passed in 1820 that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance.
  4. Tom's Cabin A novel by Harriett Beecher Stowe
  5. The production of goods and services in factories,
  6. The system in which people were owned as property and forced to work without pay, a central issue leading to the Civil War.
  7. A tax imposed on imported goods, often a point of contention between the North and South during the Civil War era.
  8. A significant battle fought in July 1863, considered a turning point in the Civil War, resulting in a Union victory.
  9. The northern states that remained loyal to the United States government during the Civil War.
  10. The location where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant effectively ending the Civil War.
  11. of 1860 The presidential election in which Abraham Lincoln was elected, leading to the secession of several southern states.
  12. General of the Union Army
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  1. An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring the freedom of all slaves in Confederate-held territory.
  2. The idea that states have certain rights and political powers independent of the federal government, often used to justify slavery.
  3. E. Lee Commander of the Confederate Army
  4. The site in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861.
  5. President of the Confederacy
  6. Loyalty to a specific region or section of the country, which contributed to tensions between the North and South.
  7. A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in November 1863, emphasizing the principles of liberty and equality.
  8. President during Civil War

20 Clues: General of the Union Army • President during Civil War • President of the Confederacy • Tom's Cabin A novel by Harriett Beecher Stowe • The production of goods and services in factories, • E. Lee Commander of the Confederate Army • The bloodiest single-day battle in American history, • ...

CH 10 SHAY PATEL ARHAM 2022-04-11

CH 10 SHAY PATEL ARHAM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where did the Shawnee tribe live before the 1800s?
  2. One of the most famous explorers in American history
  3. One of the most famous explorers in American history
  4. Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
  5. When was the Battle of North Point?
  6. One of Tecumseh's allies.
  7. Was the Prophet seen as a good military strategist after the Battle of Tippecanoe?
  8. Did believers in Manifest Destiny think Native Americans got in the way?
  9. How many were killed on American lines during the Battle of New Orleans?
  10. The United States needed a _______ route for transportation and for shipping goods (one of the reasons US bought Louisiana)
  11. When was the siege of Baltimore lifted?
  12. Accidents, weather, disease are all what (dangers)
  13. Jefferson Feared that France’s ownership of the ________ Territory would interfere with trade.
  14. What was the most famous route pioneers followed?
  15. end of the Lewis and Clark expedition
  16. How did encounters with Native American tribes go with Lewis and Clark?
  17. Who burned down Washington D.C during the war of 1812?
  18. What would happen to you if you were a Native American tribe leader and didn't want to move from the land even though the soldiers said so?
  19. How many British soldiers died during the Battle of New Orleans?
  20. To whom did Spain give Louisiana to?
  21. What are they: United States Doubled in size for a bargain, United States realized the dream on Manifest Destiny, The New Territory Would Motivate Americans to go west for Land, Opportunity and Freedom.
  22. What was the most common way to travel on the Oregon Trail?
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  1. he United States wanted the port city of ______ _______ at the mouth of the Mississippi River?
  2. When did the United States buy Louisiana from France?
  3. Result of Prophetstown after the Battle of Tippecanoe.
  4. How many Americans were there existing by the 1850s?
  5. They traveled ______ miles, from the mouth of the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and back!
  6. How much money did the United States pay for Louisiana?
  7. When did Jackson die?
  8. What did William Clark mostly create during the exploration?
  9. Whom did the California Gold Rush of 1849 attract?
  10. Who was Tecumseh?
  11. What were the roles of Sacagawea and Charbonneau?
  12. How did the United States get the land which Lewis and Clark explored?
  13. Prophet's attitude regarding American settlers.
  14. When did the Battle of New Orleans take place?
  15. True or false, Tecumseh's reasoning regarding the treaties William Henry signed being meaningless is that the land belonged to all tribes not just one.
  16. How did presidents before Jackson differ when it comes to decision making?
  17. What is a word that describes Andrew Jackson's personality?
  18. Beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition
  19. How did Andrew Jackson’s critics feel about him?
  20. What was Jackson's nickname during the War of 1812?

42 Clues: Who was Tecumseh? • When did Jackson die? • One of Tecumseh's allies. • Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner? • When was the Battle of North Point? • To whom did Spain give Louisiana to? • end of the Lewis and Clark expedition • When was the siege of Baltimore lifted? • Beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition • When did the Battle of New Orleans take place? • ...

Civil war battles 2026-01-21

Civil war battles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
  2. another name for the confederate states of america made up of the 11 states that seeded the union
  3. marked the end of the civil war
  4. start of the civil war
  5. A tax imposed on good from another country
  6. the period after the war in which southern states were rebuilt and brought back to the union
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  1. the rights guaranteed by the constitution to all people
  2. Bloodiest battle of the civil war
  3. a country of land
  4. The crime of encouraging rebellion against the goverment
  5. Laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of african americans.
  6. the last battle of the civil war
  7. laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the civil war
  8. an agency established by congress at the end of the civil war to help and protect newly freed black americans
  9. A region of land

15 Clues: A region of land • a country of land • start of the civil war • marked the end of the civil war • the last battle of the civil war • Bloodiest battle of the civil war • A tax imposed on good from another country • the rights guaranteed by the constitution to all people • The crime of encouraging rebellion against the goverment • ...

Nations, States & Nation States 2022-10-25

Nations, States & Nation States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A state in which a nation's (group of similar people) homeland corresponds exactly to a state's territory.
  2. Identity with a group of people who share citizenship and personal allegiance to a particular country.
  3. Elimination or forced removal of a specific ethnic group of people.
  4. The group of people who control and make decisions for a country, state, etc.
  5. Ability of a state (country) to govern its territory free from control of other countries.
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  1. Japan is an example of this.
  2. Independent, defined borders, internationally recognized, full sovereignty (control over land and people), includes different nations (groups).
  3. the USA is an example of this.
  4. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to an aspect of a person's identity (country, language, religion, ethnic group).
  5. Common group of people who may share a common ancestry, religion, language, behavior, and history.
  6. A group of people who have a common language, culture, and set of values.
  7. A practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world.
  8. An area of land that is part of a country but is not officially a province or state of that country.
  9. Puerto Rico is an example of this.

14 Clues: Japan is an example of this. • the USA is an example of this. • Puerto Rico is an example of this. • Elimination or forced removal of a specific ethnic group of people. • A group of people who have a common language, culture, and set of values. • The group of people who control and make decisions for a country, state, etc. • ...

History crossword 2024-02-28

History crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what the states and nation owe to others
  2. second president
  3. President
  4. Secretary of State
  5. secretary of treasury
  6. states with the most debt
  7. Country at war against Britain
  8. country along with France capturing American ships
  9. Share of national bank
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  1. opposed broad interpretation of the constitution
  2. states who oppose the national gov. taking state debts
  3. taxes Hamilton put on states to pay back debt
  4. Vice President
  5. Hamilton believes debt is ________
  6. Hamilton proposed the idea of a national ____

15 Clues: President • Vice President • second president • Secretary of State • secretary of treasury • Share of national bank • states with the most debt • Country at war against Britain • Hamilton believes debt is ________ • what the states and nation owe to others • taxes Hamilton put on states to pay back debt • Hamilton proposed the idea of a national ____ • ...

Constitution Era 2023-02-22

Constitution Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Form of money for each country
  2. Changes to a Constitution
  3. National laws are the ______ law of the land.
  4. Congress couldn't pay off it's this without taxing.
  5. Place where the Constitutional Convention was held
  6. Branch that creates the laws
  7. Delegate from New York that wanted a strong national government
  8. Plan that larger states supported
  9. This solved the debate between large and small states
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  1. Branch that enforces the laws
  2. These articles were passed as the first form of government for the United States
  3. President of the Convention
  4. Branch that interprets the laws
  5. Father of the Constitution
  6. Leader of the rebellion against Massachusetts
  7. Plan that smaller states supported
  8. The 3/5ths Compromise dealt with this issue

17 Clues: Changes to a Constitution • Father of the Constitution • President of the Convention • Branch that creates the laws • Branch that enforces the laws • Form of money for each country • Branch that interprets the laws • Plan that larger states supported • Plan that smaller states supported • The 3/5ths Compromise dealt with this issue • ...

Spring Semester Review 2021-04-30

Spring Semester Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War.
  2. Common Man President
  3. France wanted a bribe or they would continue to attack US ships during Napoleon’s Reign.
  4. Precedent created by Marbury vs. Madison Supreme Court case.
  5. Federalist convention that demanded that the War of 1812 end or the New England states would secede.
  6. The war that ended with the United States gaining the Mexican Cession Territory.
  7. turning point battle of the Civil War—South no longer had enough men to invade the North.
  8. President of the Confederate States of America
  9. Law that violated Freedom of Speech and Press passed in Adams presidency
  10. Northern General that waged total warfare on the South during the Civil War.
  11. Outlawed by the 13th Amendment
  12. 10 year time period after the Civil War.
  13. 1861-1865
  14. Secret network for slaves to use when escaping to freedom.
  15. treaty that ended the War of 1812.
  16. invention that made cotton the #1 crop in the South and spread slavery west.
  17. Forced march of Cherokee Tribe to reservations in Oklahoma
  18. 2nd president of the United States.
Down
  1. Presidential decree that told Europe that the Western Hemisphere was off limits (no new colonies)
  2. the president who accomplished manifest destiny.
  3. Law passed in South Carolina that allowed them to cancel any federal laws they felt were unconstitutional.
  4. Presidential decree that outlawed slavery in the rebelling states and changed the focus of the Civil War.
  5. created when Jim Crow Laws were passed
  6. 1st president of the United States.
  7. Thousands of pioneers traveled to California in 1849
  8. President during the War of 1812
  9. Commander of the Northern forces during the Civil War (won the war)
  10. president of the Union during the Civil War.
  11. Era when things went from being made be hand to being made faster and cheaper by machine.
  12. Political Party created by Jefferson that believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
  13. tax on imports
  14. After North won this battle they controlled the entire Mississippi River.
  15. The belief that the United States should span from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
  16. Compromise that divided the Louisiana Territory at the 36’30 latitude line—everything North was free except Missouri and everything South would be slave.
  17. President when the Adams-Onis Treaty of signed and Missouri Compromise was created.
  18. territory purchased by Jefferson
  19. 1st Secretary of Treasury; created free market system in US

37 Clues: 1861-1865 • tax on imports • Common Man President • Outlawed by the 13th Amendment • President during the War of 1812 • territory purchased by Jefferson • treaty that ended the War of 1812. • 1st president of the United States. • 2nd president of the United States. • created when Jim Crow Laws were passed • 10 year time period after the Civil War. • ...

AP Psych 3 (theories, laws, & effects) 2024-05-06

AP Psych 3 (theories, laws, & effects) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that claims that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame
  2. theory that proposes that forgetting occurs because memory traces fade over time, through the amount of time is not as crucial
  3. is the finding that repeated observation of a stimulus promotes greater liking of the stimulus
  4. theory of motivation that suggests a desirable level of activity needed to successfully complete a task
  5. theory of motivation that stems from a need to return to homeostasis - a state of physiological equilibrium or stability
  6. theory that the spinal cord blocks or allows pain signals to pass the brain
  7. the rule that we should pay back in kind what we receive from others
  8. theory of emotion that states the conscious experience of emotion results from one's perception of autonomic arousal
  9. ____ the tendency for distributed study/practice to yield better long-term retention
  10. _____ effect is when subjects feel change despite receiving empty, fake, or ineffectual treatments
  11. ____ effect is overestimating others' noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders
  12. occurs when members of a cohesive group emphasize concurrence at the expense of critical thinking in arriving at a decision
  13. the theory that people forget information because of a competition from other material
  14. ____ effect explains why IQ tests are periodically re-normed so the mean score remains 100
Down
  1. effect when people are less likely ot provide needed help when they are in groups than when they are alone
  2. when there is a disagreement between what we do and what we believe, we change our attitudes to reduce feelings of discomfort
  3. states that the human eye holds specialized receptors associated with the absorbing the colors red, blue, and green
  4. illusion of movement created when two or more lights next to each other blink one and off
  5. social influence technique that suggests people who agree to a small request are more likely to agree to a larger one
  6. theory of hearing that states hair cells are triggered independently
  7. the theory of emotion that states the physical and psychological states happen simultaneously
  8. theory of hearling that states perception of pitch corresponds to the rate at which the whole basilar membrane vibrates
  9. theory that states that color perception depends on receptors that make opposite responses to three pairs of colors
  10. the improved performance of tasks when in the presence of others
  11. theory that neurons either send signals or they don't; there is no in between

25 Clues: the improved performance of tasks when in the presence of others • theory of hearing that states hair cells are triggered independently • the rule that we should pay back in kind what we receive from others • theory that the spinal cord blocks or allows pain signals to pass the brain • ...

Government 2024-03-14

Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The department responsible for conducting foreign relations and diplomacy (8 letters)
  2. - The first Vice President to succeed to the presidency upon the death of a President (7 letters)
  3. - The current Vice President of the United States (7 letters)
  4. - The first Vice President of the United States (6 letters)
  5. - The President's power to reject a bill passed by Congress (9 letters)
  6. - The President's primary role as the head of the nation's armed forces (16 letters)
  7. - The President's power to reject a bill passed by Congress (4 letters)
  8. - The group of advisors appointed by the President to lead various government departments (7 letters)
  9. - The foundational legal document of the United States that outlines the powers of the President (11 letters)
  10. - Referring to the President's role as a symbol of the United States (10 letters)
  11. - The number of members in the President's Cabinet (6 letters)
  12. - Directives issued by the President that have the force of law (2 words, 15 letters)
  13. - The department responsible for overseeing the nation's monetary policy and financial institutions (4 letters)
  14. - The body that formally elects the President and Vice President of the United States (2 words, 15 letters)
  15. - The President's official residence in Washington, D.C. (9 letters)
  16. - The highest court in the United States, whose members are appointed by the President (2 words, 12 letters)
Down
  1. - The formal address given by the President to Congress each year (3 words, 14 letters)
  2. - A subdivision of the executive branch responsible for a specific area of governance (10 letters)
  3. - The type of government system the United States operates under (7 letters)
  4. - The first Vice President of the United States (6 letters)
  5. - The amendment that outlines the process for Presidential succession in case of vacancy (3 words, 5 letters)
  6. - The President's power to appoint judges, ambassadors, and other officials (11 letters)
  7. - The branch of government responsible for enforcing laws (9 letters)
  8. - The annual address given by the President to Congress (4 words, 15 letters)
  9. - The formal ceremony where the President takes the oath of office (12 letters)
  10. - The department responsible for managing U.S. foreign policy (5 letters)
  11. - The President's role as the symbolic representative of the entire country (10 letters)
  12. - The branch of government responsible for making laws (11 letters)
  13. - The process by which the President can be removed from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors" (10 letters)
  14. - The President's authority to grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses (12 letters)
  15. - The number of executive departments in the U.S. Cabinet (7 letters)
  16. - The number of terms a President can serve according to the 22nd Amendment (2 words, 6 letters)

32 Clues: - The first Vice President of the United States (6 letters) • - The first Vice President of the United States (6 letters) • - The current Vice President of the United States (7 letters) • - The number of members in the President's Cabinet (6 letters) • - The branch of government responsible for making laws (11 letters) • ...

AP Gov't Unit 1 chapter 4-6 2023-05-18

AP Gov't Unit 1 chapter 4-6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the nation's laws. It shares power with the executive branch, led by the president, and the judicial branch, whose highest body is the Supreme Court of the United States.
  2. Who is the father of the constitution?
  3. Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution to protect us from tyranny (think: our freedom of speech)
  4. Part of the First Amendment stating that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."
  5. A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward.
  6. Composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
  7. The need for checks and balances in government
  8. The people direct their own affairs, free from external authority. The colonies had to create their own governments because of the distance of the English government.
  9. Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
  10. Stating that amendments to the Constitution may be ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress
  11. the legal rights that protect individuals from discrimination (think: employment discrimination).
Down
  1. A compromise where every 5 enslaved people counted as 3 in the states population.
  2. An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
  3. An act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
  4. In charge of deciding the meaning of laws, how to apply them to real situations, and whether a law breaks the rules of the Constitution.
  5. Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct.
  6. Institutional units exercising functions of government at a level below that of the federal government.
  7. The first version of the constitution, it was a weaker version which let the states have more power then the central gov't which later would backfire.
  8. In charge of making sure that the laws of the United States are obeyed.
  9. The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise) was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  10. A first amendment provision that prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion
  11. A level of government that has extensive political and territorial authority over an entire nation or territory.
  12. Having the power to make laws.
  13. The formal body which elects the President and Vice President of the United States.
  14. The supreme law of the United States of America.
  15. Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades. The uprising was due to a lack of central government.

26 Clues: Having the power to make laws. • Who is the father of the constitution? • The need for checks and balances in government • The supreme law of the United States of America. • In charge of making sure that the laws of the United States are obeyed. • Composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial • ...