states and capitals Crossword Puzzles
World Capitals 2024-07-21
10 Clues: - Capital of Italy • - Capital of Japan • - Capital of China • - Capital of Russia • - Capital of France • - Capital of the UK • - Capital of Canada • - Capital of the USA • - Capital of Germany • - Capital of Australia
World Capitals 2023-07-23
10 Clues: Tango's birthplace • Safari gateway city • Former divided city • Danube River capital • South Korean capital • City of classical music • Polish historical capital • Scandinavian royal capital • Colombian high-altitude city • Thai capital's bustling streets
World Capitals 2023-07-22
10 Clues: Capital of Kenya • Capital of Poland • Capital of Vietnam • Capital of Colombia • Capital of Thailand • Capital of Indonesia • Swiss federal capital • City of music and culture • Southernmost capital city • Famous for St. Patrick's Day
World Capitals 2024-12-18
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- Capital of England, home to Big Ben.
- Capital of France, home to the Eiffel Tower.
- Capital of Italy, known for the Colosseum.
- Capital of China, home to the Forbidden City.
- Capital of Canada.
- Capital of Germany, known for the Berlin Wall.
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- Capital of Japan, famous for its technology and cuisine.
- Capital of Kenya.
- Aires – Capital of Argentina.
- Capital of Egypt, near the Pyramids.
10 Clues: Capital of Kenya. • Capital of Canada. • Aires – Capital of Argentina. • Capital of England, home to Big Ben. • Capital of Egypt, near the Pyramids. • Capital of Italy, known for the Colosseum. • Capital of France, home to the Eiffel Tower. • Capital of China, home to the Forbidden City. • Capital of Germany, known for the Berlin Wall. • ...
Countries & Capitals 2025-01-31
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- The country with Canberra as its capital
- The country with Paris as its capital
- The country with Mexico City as its capital
- The country with Ottawa as its capital
- The country with Rome as its capital
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- The country with Brasília as its capital
- The country with New Delhi as its capital
- The country with Berlin as its capital
- The country with Cairo as its capital
- The country with Tokyo as its capital
10 Clues: The country with Rome as its capital • The country with Paris as its capital • The country with Cairo as its capital • The country with Tokyo as its capital • The country with Berlin as its capital • The country with Ottawa as its capital • The country with Brasília as its capital • The country with Canberra as its capital • The country with New Delhi as its capital • ...
State Capitals 2025-05-09
States 2024-09-25
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- State home to Mumbai, India's financial capital.
- India's smallest state by area, famous for its beaches.
- Known for backwaters and the city of Kochi.
- Famous for the Jagannath Temple and the Sun Temple at Konark.
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- State whose capital is Bengaluru, the tech hub of India.
- Known for the Pink City, Jaipur, and grand forts.
- Famous for tea gardens and Kaziranga National Park.
- State where the ancient Nalanda University is located.
8 Clues: Known for backwaters and the city of Kochi. • State home to Mumbai, India's financial capital. • Known for the Pink City, Jaipur, and grand forts. • Famous for tea gardens and Kaziranga National Park. • State where the ancient Nalanda University is located. • India's smallest state by area, famous for its beaches. • ...
MHS VWE 2025-05-05
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- large group of Americans described as unyoung, unblack, and unpoor.
- Leader of the communist groups in Vietnam called the Vietminh and the Vietcong.
- founded in 1960 at the University of Michigan, Originally formed to campaign against racism and poverty.
- Broke with Johnsons war policy, Group that involved liberal politicians, pacifists, student radicals and civil rights leaders.
- Supported Johnsons war policy, believed in the containment of communism and the domino theory.
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- Selected by Johnson to lead efforts in Vietnam, Top Military authority in the country
- Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
- a chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants.
- President of Ford MoCo, Secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson.
- Idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, it's closest neighbors would follow.
- 4 Youth get killed during demonstration.
- A coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals and 5 major cities.
- a thickened petroleum product, used extensively in WW2 against Japan.
- formed in 1954, compromised of the U.S. France, Great Britain, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Thailand and The Philippines, With a goal to contain the spread of communism.
- Secretary of Defense that concluded that the president should shift U.S. policy from one that pursued victory to one that pursued a negotiated peace.
15 Clues: Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. • 4 Youth get killed during demonstration. • a chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants. • large group of Americans described as unyoung, unblack, and unpoor. • A coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals and 5 major cities. • a thickened petroleum product, used extensively in WW2 against Japan. • ...
Check your Fashion 2021-01-12
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- The main focus on a garment is called
- One of the fashion capitals of the 20th century
- A category or clothing that often contains more modern style clothes compared to the higher end luxury market
- A compilation of images showcasing a designer's upcoming collection
- A fashion that retains general acceptance over a very extended period of time
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- Someone whose job is to wear and show new styles of clothes made by fashion designers
- A style that aims to avoid gender stereotypes
- Designer uses less expensive fabrics and cut details on some designs to create an affordable garment
- The part on each side of a coat or jacket immediately below the collar
9 Clues: The main focus on a garment is called • A style that aims to avoid gender stereotypes • One of the fashion capitals of the 20th century • A compilation of images showcasing a designer's upcoming collection • The part on each side of a coat or jacket immediately below the collar • A fashion that retains general acceptance over a very extended period of time • ...
Unit 6 Review 2022-03-31
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- _____ Crisis: South Carolina trys to declare federal tariffs null and void, then threatens to secede; Andrew Jackson doesn't let them get away with it
- ____ Destiny: the idea that it was America's divine purpose to spread west to the Pacific Ocean
- ____ Removal Act of 1830: resulted in the forced removal of Native Americans from their homelands to reservations west of the Mississippi River
- Frederick Douglass and Sojourner ____: former slaves who spoke out against slavery and published autobiographies
- Henry Clay's ____ System consisted of protective tariffs, a 2nd Bank of the United States, and funding for internal improvements
- Slave state added as a result of the Missouri Compromise
- last name of the president during the Mexican-American War
- The word describing the differences in various sections of the U.S.: agriculture and slavery in the South, factories and banks in the North, etc.
- Texas's annexation by the United States was delayed because Congress did not want to upset the balance between ____ and free states
- ___ Doctrine: named after our 5th president, this states that Europe needs to stay out of the affairs of the Americas
- South Carolina and other Southern states did not like these protective taxes because they felt they benefitted manufacturers in the North, not farmers in the South
- The Treaty of _____ Hidalgo: ended the Mexican-American War, added California, New Mexico, and more to the U.S.
- "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him ____ it." - Andrew Jackson after Worcester v. Georgia was decided in favor of the Cherokee
- McCullough v. Maryland: Congress has the _____ power to create a national bank
- name of both a trail and a territory added peacefully in negotiations with Great Britain
- "Remember the ____!" Battle cry at San Jacinto, the fight for Texan independence from Mexico
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- Eli Whitney's invention that made it easier to harvest a certain cash crop; made America, especially the South, rich; unintended consequence: drastic increase in slavery
- Andrew Jackson was part of which political party?
- Free state added as a result of the Missouri Compromise
- The ____ Road connected Maryland to Illinois
- The tribe that forcefully lost their lands in Georgia and walked the Trail of Tears
- Seneca ____ Convention: Women's rights convention in New York that among other things advocated for a woman's right to vote
- Gadsden Purchase: U.S. spent $10 million to buy land from Mexico for a southern transcontinental _____
- Henry David _____: this Transcendentalist's "Civil Disobedience" inspired Gandhi and MLK
- The Second Great ______: religious movement at the heart of many of the reform movements of the mid-1800s
- As a result of the Missouri Compromise, new states north of 36'30 would be ____ states
- Nat ______: led a slave rebellion where over 60 whites were killed; this led to harsher laws for slaves in the South
- ___-Onis Treaty: US gains Florida from Spain
- this was discovered in California and led to a rush of people trying to get rich quick
- The Erie ____ linked the economies of the the Midwest and the East because it made it easier to ship goods and resources to market
30 Clues: The ____ Road connected Maryland to Illinois • ___-Onis Treaty: US gains Florida from Spain • Andrew Jackson was part of which political party? • Free state added as a result of the Missouri Compromise • Slave state added as a result of the Missouri Compromise • last name of the president during the Mexican-American War • ...
AP US History Period 4 2024-04-28
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- A canal completed in 1825 that connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River
- The 11th President of the United States (1845-1849), known for his expansionist policies and for leading the country during the Mexican-American War
- The forced relocation of thousands of Native American tribes, particularly the Cherokee, from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in the 1830s
- A reformer and activist who advocated for the humane treatment of the mentally ill and lobbied for the establishment of state-funded mental hospitals and asylums in the mid-19th century.
- The transition from handcrafted to machine-manufactured goods and the shift from agrarian to industrial economies
- The peace treaty signed in 1814 that ended the War of 1812, restoring pre-war borders and status quo ante bellum.
- A historic east-west wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to the Oregon Territory
- The movement to end slavery, which gained momentum in the early 19th century and advocated for the immediate emancipation of enslaved people and the abolition of the institution of slavery.
- A series of legislative measures adopted by the United States Congress in the 1830s and 1840s to table, suppress, or prevent the discussion of antislavery petitions
- The belief prevalent in the 19th century that it was the divinely ordained mission of the United States to expand westward across the North American continent and spread democracy and civilization.
- An African American abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad
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- The doctrine or theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law it deems unconstitutional
- The economic transformation in the United States during the early 19th century, characterized by the expansion of markets, transportation networks, and industrialization, leading to increased commercialization and interconnectedness
- The movement advocating for women's right to vote, which gained momentum in the 19th century and culminated in the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920
- A machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that mechanized the process of separating cotton fibers from seeds
- A fraternal organization that emerged in the late 16th to early 17th century, emphasizing moral and ethical teachings, charitable work, and fellowship, with notable members including many Founding Fathers.
- A philosophical and literary movement of the early 19th century that emphasized the inherent goodness of people, the importance of intuition and individual conscience, and the spiritual connection between humanity and nature.
- An African American abolitionist and women's rights activist who escaped from slavery and became known for her powerful speeches and advocacy for abolition, women's suffrage, and social justice.
- A social reform movement in the 19th century aimed at reducing or eliminating the consumption of alcoholic beverages
- A policy articulated by President James Monroe in 1823, warning European powers against further colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere
20 Clues: An African American abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad • A canal completed in 1825 that connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River • A machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that mechanized the process of separating cotton fibers from seeds • ...
Early Astronomers 2024-01-22
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- The first to propose a heliocentric model.
- Model with the sun at the center.
- Formulated and tested the Law of Universal Gravitation.
- Concluded that the Earth is shaped like a sphere.
- Accurately provided measurements of stars and planets before the telescope.
- Distance of the Earth to the sun is 93 million miles.
- The apparent motion of a planet moving backwards.
- Law states that the path of a planet is an ellipse.
- The measure of oval a closed circle is.
- This law states that the closer a planet is to the sun, the shorter the orbital period.
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- The first to propose that Earth is a planet.
- States that every object in the universe attracts every other object.
- Discovered retrograde movement.
- Discovered the three laws of planetary motion.
- Model with the Earth at the center.
- This law states that equal areas are covered in equal time as a planet revolves around the sun.
16 Clues: Discovered retrograde movement. • Model with the sun at the center. • Model with the Earth at the center. • The measure of oval a closed circle is. • The first to propose a heliocentric model. • The first to propose that Earth is a planet. • Discovered the three laws of planetary motion. • Concluded that the Earth is shaped like a sphere. • ...
American History Honors Unit 2 Vocabulary 2022-02-17
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- Known for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- The South’s victory in this Civil War battle gave the South a surge of confidence and the North realized the Civil War would not be as easy to win as they previously thought.
- A political party that existed during the Civil War. This political party opposed the expansion of slavery in western territories. Their slogan was "free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men.”
- The idea that the United States was destined to expand their territory to the Pacific Ocean and possibly beyond.
- Supported the idea of popular sovereignty when it came to states and slavery
- American nurse who provided aid in the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross
- In the hopes of a new life, escaping debt, etc., farmers and businessmen would pack up their lives and travel down this trail to settle in the west.
- This abolitionist wrote The Liberator
- Northern citizens who opposed the Civil War and wished to reunite the Union by negotiation with the South.
- Societal standards placed on women in the 19th century. Stated that women should stay at home, cook, clean, and care for the children.
- Movement against alcohol, claimed alcohol was a threat to the success of the nation
- Protects arrested individuals from facing unlawful punishments before trial.
- Pre-Civil War
- The first women’s rights convention.
- This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
- Granted citizenship to African Americans who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
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- An abolitionist who believed God had called on him to end slavery. He became known as “God’s Angry Man.”
- Referred to as “The Father of Common School,” this reformer led the Common School Movement. This reformer made it possible for every child to receive a basic education that would be paid for by local taxes.
- Transformed American business and global trade, led to economic growth and personal wealth.
- This amendment abolished slavery
- Issued by President AbrahamLincoln Declared all slaves in the states that broke away from the Union (the Confederate states) were free. This did not free all slaves.
- 60 of the town’s prominent citizens were held hostage by Brown and his 21 men who hoped that their slaves would join the raid. However, they did not. Instead, local troops killed some of Brown’s men and captured Brown. Brown was turned over to the state to be tried for treason.
- Party When asked about their political views, they would claim they knew nothing.
- American abolitionist and women's rights activist who was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter. She became the first African American woman to win a case against a white man when she went to court to recover her son. She was known for giving speeches about slavery and rights. Her most famous speech was “Ain’t I A Woman?”
- He was a former slave who became a reformer and abolitionist. He published the anti-slavery newspaper, North Star.
- He became the President of the Confederate States. Before the Civil War, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.
- Founder of Mormonism.
- He was living in a free state when his owner died and tried to become free, but the court ruled that he was not a citizen and could not sue in the federal court
- This prison reform is responsible for establishing over 30 hospitals and abolishing the practice of keeping the mentally ill and disabled in prison.
- A union military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott. The strategy aimed to cut off imports or exports from southern states. The blockade would wrap around the southern states almost like a snake.
30 Clues: Pre-Civil War • Founder of Mormonism. • This amendment abolished slavery • Known for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin • The first women’s rights convention. • This abolitionist wrote The Liberator • This amendment gave African American men the right to vote. • Supported the idea of popular sovereignty when it came to states and slavery • ...
alyson sokira chapter 4 key words 2020-12-01
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- ensures that extradition can take place
- are not specifically listed in the Constitution, but they are logical extensions of expressed powers.
- Congress combined many categorical grants into nine
- Central to the Contract with America was the idea of returning power to states
- power held by the national government and the state governments at the same time.
- include money and other resources that the national government provides to pay for state and local activities. This money is used to fund a range of services.
- powers that historically have been recognized as naturally belonging to all governments that conduct the business of a sovereign nation
- Johnson called his approach to solving national problems this
- federalism under the New Deal was known as
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- a system of spending, taxing, and providing aid in the federal system
- These grants can only be used for a specific purpose, or category, of state and local spending.
- the Constitution lists powers granted to the national government
- believed that states had the right to nullify national laws that they believed contradicted or clashed with state interests
- beginning in the 1980s, many political leaders worked to reverse this trend by returning authority to state governments. This era is known as
- not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, but they belong to the states because the Constitution neither delegates these powers to the national government nor prohibits them to the states.
- both state and national governments were equal authorities operating within their own spheres of influence
- the idea that states had the right to separate themselves from the Union
17 Clues: ensures that extradition can take place • federalism under the New Deal was known as • Congress combined many categorical grants into nine • Johnson called his approach to solving national problems this • the Constitution lists powers granted to the national government • a system of spending, taxing, and providing aid in the federal system • ...
Chapter 14-15 Crossword Puzzle 2014-05-11
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- Hydrogen bomb
- Doctrine: An international policy that promised aid to Greece and Turkey struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom.
- War: A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- National Organization for Women, founded in 1966
- Summer: A program that brought Northern college students into Mississippi to work with SNCC organizers
- race: The US and Soviet Union were competing in developing weapons with more destructive power.
- An approach, for example when the United States would go to the brink of war to combat communism.
- Residential areas surrounding a city.
- Congress of American Indians: NCAI, founded in 1944 to promote common welfare of Native Americans
- Rights Act: An Act that banned literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from registering to vote.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization – including the United States, Canada, and ten Western Europe countries.
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- parallel: Where in 1945 Soviet troops occupied Korea north of line of latitude and became the dividing line of Korea.
- A United States Policy that would work to contain communism.
- Congress of Racial Equality, founded in 1961, planned freedom Rides to desegregate interstate buses.
- Deal: A new project to create jobs, build public housing, and end racial discrimination.
- Plan: A plan offering 13 billion dollars in aid to western and southern European nations.
- A protest in which people sit at a place and refuse to move until their demands are met.
- boom: A sharp increase of US birthrates following World War II
- Equal Rights Amendment, Congress passed in 1972
- Society: A series of programs help to disenfranchised, the poor, the elderly, and women.
- War: A conflict in June 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea.
21 Clues: Hydrogen bomb • Residential areas surrounding a city. • Equal Rights Amendment, Congress passed in 1972 • National Organization for Women, founded in 1966 • A United States Policy that would work to contain communism. • boom: A sharp increase of US birthrates following World War II • War: A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. • ...
US HISTORY CROSS WORD PUZZLE 2024-11-21
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- First president of the United States, only put last name
- The first state to separate church and state and guaranteed to right to practice religion free from government intrusion
- Wrote the declaration of independence
- A change or addition to the terms of a contract or document.
- The federal government attempted a variety of treaties with Indian tribes to reduce conflict along the frontier
- 1874–1875 was developed by white Southern Democrats as part of the white insurgency during the Reconstruction
- Though the war had no clear winner, the treaty restored pre-war territorial boundaries, returned prisoners, and strengthened the United States as a nation.1812
- ____system,a group or network of institutions that provide financial services
- Turning point of the revolution
- "father of the constitution"
- Argued for a stronger national government
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- After the US Mexican war, conflict arose over land claims in California between former Mexican citizens and new settlers
- Whitch amendment allowed you to have freedom of religion,speech,press,assembly,petition
- This war between America and Britain established the US as a country with an identity when the new country defended its first "invasion".
- 1755-1804) was a Founding Father of the United States, soldier, lawyer, scholar, economist, congressman, and first U.S.Secretary of the Treasury.
- A plan in 1803 and establishment of judicial review
- A treaty that ended the War of the American Revolution.
- Political system where trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. Its core principles are accumulation, ownership, and profiting from capital.
- Issued in 1215, the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law
- Was an American Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States
20 Clues: "father of the constitution" • Turning point of the revolution • Wrote the declaration of independence • Argued for a stronger national government • A plan in 1803 and establishment of judicial review • A treaty that ended the War of the American Revolution. • First president of the United States, only put last name • ...
Cold War Crossword 2025-02-06
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- head of the House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the US Senate
- the practice of teaching children in schools throughout the United States to protect themselves from a potential nuclear attack
- leader of the soviet union
- nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union
- a policy which stated that the US would give aid to any country threatened by communism.
- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- imaginary boundary dividing europe into two sections
- the only major country that stood at the intersection of the two superpower camps
- earth's first artificial satellite
- a president that helped Stalin in the early cold war
- designed to protect people from radioactive dirt and debris that can fall out of the air following a nuclear detonation
- an internal border between North and South Korea based on a circle of latitude
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- North Korea's Soviet-supported invasion
- Tension between the USA and Russia
- the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe
- a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane
- airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany
- complete power and control over people
- a gov't that protects all the citizen human rights
- investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens
- Nation that believes in democracy and freedom
- ailed, isolated, rogue state
- stopping the spread of communism
- a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states
- a pro-communist nation in the cold war
25 Clues: leader of the soviet union • ailed, isolated, rogue state • stopping the spread of communism • Tension between the USA and Russia • earth's first artificial satellite • complete power and control over people • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization • a pro-communist nation in the cold war • North Korea's Soviet-supported invasion • ...
Preparing for the Final 2023-05-15
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- passionately committed to limited government
- is in charge of making sure that the laws of the United States are obeyed
- Westchester County Executive
- a process through which individuals indicate either approval/disapproval of a candidate for office
- a lifelong New Yorker dedicated to fighting for middle-class families in the United States Senate
- court that handles cases involving crimes committed by children, or cases involving the health or welfare of children.
- Vice President of the United States
- to carry firearms
- the process. of gathering information about the world and oneself
- guarantees Americans the fundamental right to keep and bear arms
- starts with the government charging the person it believes committed a crime.
- when the people choose leaders by voting
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- the intentional or unintentional act of providing information that will suggest your involvement in a crime
- a spending plan based on income and expenses
- process in which defendant and prosecutor negotiate mutually acceptable settlement of a case
- makes sure one branch isn't more powerful than the others
- when people who were born outside of the U.S. become citizens through a specific process
- by the people
- Majority Leader of the United States Senate
- Mayor of Peekskill
- makes all laws & controls taxing and spending policies
- provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise
- a set of laws, guidelines, and actions decided and taken by governments in order to work in favor of the public
- a legal dispute between two or more parties
- organizes how land may be used
- decides who will be elected president and vice president of the U.S. and learns who is involved and how the process works.
26 Clues: by the people • to carry firearms • Mayor of Peekskill • Westchester County Executive • organizes how land may be used • Vice President of the United States • when the people choose leaders by voting • Majority Leader of the United States Senate • a legal dispute between two or more parties • a spending plan based on income and expenses • ...
AKF & EC- IGO/NGO 2023-09-28
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- :global campaign network for environmental activists
- :swiss based international ngo focused on protecting wilderness
- :political and economic union of 10 states, including Laos, Vietnam, and
- :regulates and facilitates international imports and exports
- :non government organization that works on human rights
- Union continental union consisting of 55 states including Egypt
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- :specialized agency of the UN responsible for international public wellness
- :political and economic union of 27 countries located in the northeast of the world
- impartial, neutral, and independent organization focused on protecting lives
- :loans and grants to non-rich countries
- :conducts research and advocacy on general population liberties
- :major financial agency of the United Nations
- :group campaigned to send food supplies to starving people
- :agency of 38 states to stimulate world trade
14 Clues: :loans and grants to non-rich countries • :major financial agency of the United Nations • :agency of 38 states to stimulate world trade • :global campaign network for environmental activists • :non government organization that works on human rights • :group campaigned to send food supplies to starving people • ...
cities, states and the Church 2024-05-21
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- president of the city law court
- an association of people who all had the same occupation in a city. the guild imposed certain duties but it also helped out if there were problems
- league: a trading association of cities along the north sea and baltic sea that was its most powerful in about 1350
- church: the christian church that is led by the pope in rome
- economy: an economy in which people pay one another with money
- middle ages: period from 1000 to 1500 ad
- the church of a bishop
- man: in the medieval guild system: a craftsman employed by a master who was not yet allowed to set up his own business
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- area that is governed by a bishop
- a journey to a holy place to pray there
- an attempt by christian armies from western europe to get rid of muslims in the middle east
- a craftsman who had passed his test of mastery(completed his masterpiece) and was allowed to start his own workshop
- governor of a diocese; one pf the highest-ranked people in the catholic church. in the middle ages, a bishop could be also a vassal and govern an area on behalf of the ruling prince
- not keeping to the official teachings of the catholic church
- system: farming method which part was used for winter grain in the first year, summer grain in the second year and then left to rest for one year
15 Clues: the church of a bishop • president of the city law court • area that is governed by a bishop • a journey to a holy place to pray there • middle ages: period from 1000 to 1500 ad • not keeping to the official teachings of the catholic church • church: the christian church that is led by the pope in rome • economy: an economy in which people pay one another with money • ...
States of Matter and Mixtures 2024-10-23
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- To decrease the amount of space between atoms we increase this
- State of matter that has some kinetic energy
- Has a definite shape and volume
- Mixture where you can see the different parts with the naked eye
- Increasing the kinetic energy of atoms can be done by increasing this
- The ability of of a substance to completely dissolve in another
- Has a changeable shape and changeable volume
- Combination of different substances that are not chemically combined
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- Phase change where solids turn into liquids
- When a solid is turned directly into a gas
- When you decrease the kinetic energy in a liquid
- When two or more atoms are combined
- Type of matter that has a specific composition and properties
- Type of mixture that can also be called a solution
- Anything that has mass and takes up space
15 Clues: Has a definite shape and volume • When two or more atoms are combined • Anything that has mass and takes up space • When a solid is turned directly into a gas • Phase change where solids turn into liquids • State of matter that has some kinetic energy • Has a changeable shape and changeable volume • When you decrease the kinetic energy in a liquid • ...
Civil War Vocabulary 2024-02-09
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- An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
- When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
- A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
- A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
- The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
- A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
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- A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
- A term meaning "before war".
- A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
- A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
- When a person is murdered for political reasons.
- Slave states that did not leave the Union.
- A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
13 Clues: A term meaning "before war". • Slave states that did not leave the Union. • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War. • A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding. • ...
Articles & Constitution 2023-10-30
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- this branch of government determines if laws are constitutional
- this plan was to establish one house with representation based on equality
- the first constitution of the United States
- a political theory in which power is divided between states and federal government
- a person who believes the federal government should have more power than states
- this plan was to establish two houses with representation based on state population
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- this branch of government writes the laws
- a system where the three branches have the ability to prevent each other from becoming too powerful
- this plan combined the NJ and VA plans by establishing two houses, one based on population and one based on equality
- a person who believes the states should have more power than the federal government
- this convention did not work because only 5 of 13 states attended
- a change to the constitution
- this branch of government is led by the president
13 Clues: a change to the constitution • this branch of government writes the laws • the first constitution of the United States • this branch of government is led by the president • this branch of government determines if laws are constitutional • this convention did not work because only 5 of 13 states attended • ...
The Cold War Begins 2018-04-22
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- became a member of NATO in 1955
- provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion
- 46 year struggled between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with no military conflict
- free elections, economic and religious freedom, private property, individual differences
- the different areas of Germany controlled by the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
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- Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
- American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union
- promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements
- countries formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence
- program provides food to reduce famine, fuel to heat houses and factories, money to jumpstart the economy
- communist party makes all key economic, political, and military decisions; Soviet people cannot worship as they please; no private property
- goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders
- US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin
- the Soviet Union and its satellite states formed a rival military alliance; included all Communist states in Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia
- Name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas (Democratic and Dictatorship) from the end of WWII in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in 1991
15 Clues: Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill • became a member of NATO in 1955 • US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin • provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion • American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union • promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements • goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders • ...
Reconstruction Era 2021-06-15
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- was a derogatory term applied by Southerners to opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, who were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, and/or social gain.
- an American politician and attorney who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governor of Ohio.
- U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
- government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.
- 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.
- an unwritten deal, informally arranged among United States Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election.
- a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government," proposed for the Reconstruction of the South.
- agricultural system in which landowners contribute their land and a measure of operating capital and management while tenants contribute their labour with various amounts of capital and management, the returns being shared in a variety of ways.
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- an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South.
- a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877 or 1879 in France and in Britain
- granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”
- referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
- 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.
- a faction of American politicians from around 1854 until the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Had a goal of immediate, complete, permanent eradication of slavery, without compromise.
- codes were laws governing the conduct of African Americans.
15 Clues: codes were laws governing the conduct of African Americans. • government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. • an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South. • U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. • ...
The Civil War 2026-02-19
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- States Northern states where slavery was not allowed.
- The Union General who defeated the Southern army to win the war.
- The first major battle of the Civil War; it took place near Manassas, Virginia.
- The man who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia in 1831.
- The courthouse location where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
- The 16th President of the United States who wanted to keep the Union together.
- An economy based on farming, like the South.
- A brave woman who led many enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
- To have formally withdrawn or broken away from the Union.
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- An abolitionist who led a raid on the Harper’s Ferry arsenal to start a slave rebellion.
- The Virginian General who led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
- An economy based on factories and manufacturing, like the North.
- The capital city of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
- The nickname given to General Thomas Jackson at the Battle of Bull Run.
- People who worked and campaigned to end slavery.
- The Confederate ironclad ship (renamed the Virginia) that fought the Monitor.
- states Southern states where slavery was legal.
- The state that was created because people in the western counties did not want to leave the Union.
18 Clues: An economy based on farming, like the South. • states Southern states where slavery was legal. • People who worked and campaigned to end slavery. • States Northern states where slavery was not allowed. • The capital city of the Confederacy during the Civil War. • To have formally withdrawn or broken away from the Union. • ...
United States- Physical and Human Geography. 2020-05-07
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- network of highways which are important to the United States’ strategic defense policy.
- the indigenous peoples of the United States.
- the progressive concentration in the city of the population and its economic activities.
- America's central bank.
- institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African- Americans.
- international movement of people to a destination of which they are not natives.
- highways which provide access between an arterial and a major port.
- area with an arid climate, where rainfall is scarce.
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- land dominated by species of grass with a range of other plant types.
- consistently warm temperatures all year.
- war in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between north and south.
- group of British colonies on the east coast of North America, founded in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- where traders buy and sell assets.
- rights that guarantee equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law.
- application of water to crops.
- total federal income and spending.
- budget and financial resources dedicated to the growth and maintenance of the U.S. armed forces.
- water, snow, sleet, or hail, falling from clouds.
- important roadways to the nation’s economy, defense, and mobility.
19 Clues: America's central bank. • application of water to crops. • where traders buy and sell assets. • total federal income and spending. • consistently warm temperatures all year. • the indigenous peoples of the United States. • water, snow, sleet, or hail, falling from clouds. • area with an arid climate, where rainfall is scarce. • ...
Black History 2021-02-24
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- T. Washington Was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States.
- King Introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many later blues electric guitar players.
- Powell An American politician, diplomat and retired four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005.
- X Was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
- B. Wells Was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement.
- Garvey Was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, through which they declared themself Provisional President of Africa.
- Huges One of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry.
- Luther King Jr. Was an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
- Scott was an enslaved African-American in the United States who unsuccessfully sued.
- Baker American-born French entertainer
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- DuBois American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor.
- Obama an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
- Wheately Was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.
- O. Davis Was the first Black Brigadier general in the United States Air Force.
- Neale Hurston The most popular of their four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.
- Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for their pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
- Angelou received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
- Rice An American diplomat, political scientist, civil servant, and professor who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
- Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, they escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people.
- Washington Carver Was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
20 Clues: Baker American-born French entertainer • Angelou received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. • Wheately Was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. • O. Davis Was the first Black Brigadier general in the United States Air Force. • ...
A New Nation Crossword Puzzle 2026-02-27
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- The Constitutional ____ was attended by delegates from 12 states, excluding Rhode Island.
- The ____ college is part of the U.S. voting system
- This branch was created by Article III in the U.S. Constitution.
- The amount of ____ in the house from each state is dependent on state population.
- This branch includes the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- The new, revised United States ____
- The newest department in the executive branch, the Department of ____
- The largest branch in the U.S. government, that enforces laws.
- The state that created the North's plan for the government
- The system of checks and ____ helps branches of the government keep each other in check.
- The leader of the American Revolution and first United States president
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- The state that created the South's plan for the government
- The United States is a ____ with democratic ideals
- The length of a president's term.
- The first 10 amendments
- The old, unsuccessful Articles of _____
- A tactic of persuasion used by candidates in elections in which many positive and/or negative things about a person/group are listed.
- Someone who is in the Senate would be called a ____
- The U.S. government has three of these.
- A tactic of persuasion used by candidates in elections in which the candidate is made out to look like an ordinary citizen.
20 Clues: The first 10 amendments • The length of a president's term. • The new, revised United States ____ • The old, unsuccessful Articles of _____ • The U.S. government has three of these. • The United States is a ____ with democratic ideals • The ____ college is part of the U.S. voting system • Someone who is in the Senate would be called a ____ • ...
Daniella Keating constitution crossword 2026-03-23
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- Bills could only become official after nine states _______ for it
- _____ delegates from twelve states met to decide that they elected George Washington to preside
- Articles gave states to _____ power; Articles failed because they were too weak
- the constitution went into effect in 17___
- The supreme court’s decision ______ any other court
- William Patterson lead the ______
- The first ten amendments are called the _____ of rights
- The executive branch carries out _____ and approves and recommends new ones
- the constitution was written in 17___
- the legislative has ____ houses
- the branches work together in a complex system of ______ and balances
- in 1786 there was a ____ revolt in Massachusetts
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- our ____ constitution was called the Articles of Confederation
- _____ didn’t want to pay back their debts
- Congress can override the president's _______ if two-thirds of the representatives in both houses agree.
- group of farmers revolted against the government of _____
- bills could only become law after receiving ______ of those votes.
- The Supreme Court is the _____ court in the country
- The first constitution was called the ______ of confederation
- The second amendment states that we have the right to _____
- Each state only had _____ vote
- _____ is made up of 2 senates from each state and house of representatives
- An illegal law was declared _______
- There are two ____ representatives per state
- the national congress could do nothing about _____ rebellion
25 Clues: Each state only had _____ vote • the legislative has ____ houses • William Patterson lead the ______ • An illegal law was declared _______ • the constitution was written in 17___ • _____ didn’t want to pay back their debts • the constitution went into effect in 17___ • There are two ____ representatives per state • in 1786 there was a ____ revolt in Massachusetts • ...
Constitutional Convention 2025-01-30
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- Plan favoring large states
- Sections of the Constitution
- Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states
- Having a voice in government decisions
- The introduction to the Constitution
- A written plan for government
- Approval of a document or plan
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- A change to a document
- Power shared between states and the national government
- An agreement where both sides give up something
- Madison "Father of the Constitution"
- A two-house legislature
- Who are the representatives sent to meetings
- Compromise — Agreement creating two houses in Congress
- and Balances — System that keeps one branch from becoming too powerful
15 Clues: A change to a document • A two-house legislature • Plan favoring large states • Sections of the Constitution • A written plan for government • Approval of a document or plan • The introduction to the Constitution • Having a voice in government decisions • Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states • Who are the representatives sent to meetings • ...
Civil War 2023-01-11
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- Weapons for firing missiles.
- Military that specializes in fighting on foot.
- Sout had many of those where slaves were forced to work.
- The deadliest single-day battle.
- Southern states
- Was President during the Civil War
- Lincoln's famous speech.
- A person from the north that went to the south after Civil War to earn profit from the reconstruction.
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- Ship protected by iron and steel.
- Emergency paper currency.
- Person who wants to get rid of slavery.
- Northern states.
- Bag used by soldiers and hikers.
- Heavy coursework shoe.
- When Southern states left the Union.
15 Clues: Southern states • Northern states. • Heavy coursework shoe. • Lincoln's famous speech. • Emergency paper currency. • Weapons for firing missiles. • The deadliest single-day battle. • Bag used by soldiers and hikers. • Ship protected by iron and steel. • Was President during the Civil War • When Southern states left the Union. • Person who wants to get rid of slavery. • ...
Chapter 5: Regionalism and the EU 2025-05-14
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- Proposes laws and the EU budget, made up of 28 commissioners, one from each country (2 words).
- A continental body promoting political and economic integration across Africa, founded in 1999 (2 words).
- A group of nations united for common political or economic purposes.
- 751 MEPs pass, amend and reject legislation within the EU.
- Creation and implementation of institutions that express a particular identity and shape collective action within a geographical region.
- A state with a dominant position in international relations, pre- eminent among great powers, and characterised by its unparalleled ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale.
- A regional organisation of Southeast Asian nations focused on economic and political cooperation.
- The nature of the international system at any given time in terms of how power is distributed.
- Political or economic activity that is transferred across national boundaries.
- Coming together of global cultures and development of a single, homogenous culture without diversity or dissent.
- A grouping of five major emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) that cooperate on economic and political issues.
- A system where power is shared between a central authority and constituent regions or states.
- The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and North Yemen. Currently, the League has 22 members (2 words)
- A zone in Europe where internal border checks have largely been abolished.
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- International system in which there is one dominant pole.
- A North American free trade agreement among the US, Canada, and Mexico (now known as USMCA).
- A large amount of power given to an authority, which. in theory, is placed higher than the state.
- Interaction among states based on sovereign independence.
- An association of 28 states (including, at present, the UK), originally founded as the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957, which has evolved into a political and economic union (2 words).
- A currency union of 20 member states that have adopted the euro (€) as their primary currency and sole legal tender.
- A type of trade bloc allowing free movement of goods, services, capital, and people (2 words).
- The process of industrial, political, legal, economic, social and cultural integration of states in Europe.
- Absolute and unlimited power and authority.
- The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
24 Clues: Absolute and unlimited power and authority. • The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. • International system in which there is one dominant pole. • Interaction among states based on sovereign independence. • 751 MEPs pass, amend and reject legislation within the EU. • A group of nations united for common political or economic purposes. • ...
Western Hemisphere Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-23
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- the most western state of the United States
- the capital of Texas
- northern most country in North America
- in terms of land area this is the largest state in the U.S.
- this is the smallest state in the USA
- the number of states that border Nevada
- the state that borders Mexico the most
- number of Canadian Provinces/territories
- the capital of Saskatchewan
- the number of U.S. states/commonwealth's that are islands
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- the largest country in North America
- the capital of Florida
- the capital of Ohio
- the northern most state in the USA
- the number of countries in South America
- states on the east coast of the United States are much (blank) in size
- the number of states on the USA mainland
- this state borders Ohio to the west
- the number of continents completely in the western hemisphere
- country that is directly south of the United States
- the number of states that border Mexico
21 Clues: the capital of Ohio • the capital of Texas • the capital of Florida • the capital of Saskatchewan • the northern most state in the USA • this state borders Ohio to the west • the largest country in North America • this is the smallest state in the USA • northern most country in North America • the state that borders Mexico the most • the number of states that border Nevada • ...
Constitutional Convention 2025-01-30
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- Plan favoring large states
- Sections of the Constitution
- Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states
- Having a voice in government decisions
- The introduction to the Constitution
- A written plan for government
- Approval of a document or plan
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- A change to a document
- Power shared between states and the national government
- An agreement where both sides give up something
- Madison Madison — "Father of the Constitution"
- A two-house legislature
- Who are the representatives sent to meetings
- Compromise — Agreement creating two houses in Congress
- and Balances — System that keeps one branch from becoming too powerful
15 Clues: A change to a document • A two-house legislature • Plan favoring large states • Sections of the Constitution • A written plan for government • Approval of a document or plan • The introduction to the Constitution • Having a voice in government decisions • Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states • Who are the representatives sent to meetings • ...
Albert Birthday Quiz 2020-11-30
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- 1952 Olympics host city
- 2 time WCW Cruiserweight Champion
- Surname of the Mayor of Springfield
- County Cricket team
- NBA Team - Memphis
- What Shannon finds funny in Old School House (3,6)
- Scored 364 in 1938 for England against Australia (3,6)
- Longest River in Yorkshire
- Capital of Bangladesh
- Glastonbury 2000 Headliner
- 1986 Best Picture Winner at the Oscars
- Wrestler who Cammie dreams of wrestling Tito Santana
- Wrestler with most reigns as WWF Hardcore Championship (27)
- Capital of US State California
- IPL team - Capitals
- First team managed by Arsene Wenger
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- Football team who play at Priestfield Stadium
- Pub in Pimlico, London
- Dolph Zigglers name in the Spirit Squad
- Name of the band that won the 1998 Mercury Music Prize
- 3 time WWF tag team champions
- Paul Simon album
- Root Vegetable
- Album by Pixies
- Number of International Test's played by Alex Tudor
- Fred Ottman Ring Name
- England Cricket player with 3 caps Usman
- Hull City player with most caps Andy -
- Role model for Beavis and Butthead
- Band whose albums include Marauder and Antics
- Member of the Jersey Triad
- X-Men Character
- Neil Young Album
- 2018 Nicholas Cage film
34 Clues: Root Vegetable • Album by Pixies • X-Men Character • Paul Simon album • Neil Young Album • NBA Team - Memphis • County Cricket team • IPL team - Capitals • Fred Ottman Ring Name • Capital of Bangladesh • Pub in Pimlico, London • 1952 Olympics host city • 2018 Nicholas Cage film • Longest River in Yorkshire • Glastonbury 2000 Headliner • Member of the Jersey Triad • 3 time WWF tag team champions • ...
Principles of Architecture crossword 2016-03-30
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- Vaulted semicircular or polygonal end of a chancel or chapel
- A small parapet or attic wall bearing the weight of the roof of a cathedral or church
- A large and high circular hall or room in a building
- raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet
- A spiral, scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the lonic order
- An upright support for a superstructure, such as an arch or bridge
- A superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals
- Upwardly receding slope of a wall or column
- French term for a raised platform
- An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church providing an oblique view of the altar
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- The base or platform upon which column, pedestal, statue, monument or structure rests
- The fixed structure between the great hall
- window Small oval window
- A small tower that projects vertically from the wall
- The inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture
- Sharp edge where tow surfaces meet at an angle
- Window or element above a door but within its vertical frame
- The stone work elements that support the glass in a gothic window
- A low wall built up above the level roof
- The diagonal outside facing edge of a gable
20 Clues: window Small oval window • French term for a raised platform • A low wall built up above the level roof • The fixed structure between the great hall • Upwardly receding slope of a wall or column • The diagonal outside facing edge of a gable • Sharp edge where tow surfaces meet at an angle • A small tower that projects vertically from the wall • ...
CMA SECTION 1 MODULE A 2025-09-29
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- substantial affect
- liquid resource
- cf activities from NCA
- what comes in
- acc profits
- claims against resources, future sacrifices
- cash received from activities from continuing operations
- tangible assets
- debits and credits recorded for individual accts.
- benefits to be received
- estimate method for intangible assets
- estimate method used for extractive firms
- capture economic activity
- owner's claims, net assets
- economic resource presently owned by the company
- an intangible asset that wont record its own firm's on the balance sheet
- what goes out
- Rule-based standard
- cf activities from NCL
- cash yet to receive
- ability to pay future debts
- transactionize
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- balances in each FS account at a point in time
- cf activities from CA and CL
- earned rev, expense incurred
- six capitals
- Users that stand to lose money
- users that make decisions outside the firm
- short-term loan
- easily convertible to cash
- revenue that has been received prior to providing the good or service
- yet to paid
- represents users that are dependent on the firm
- users within the firm
- realized in cash within a yr
- estimate
- cash spent to earn the revenue
- never depreciated or amortised
- Principle based standards
- contra revenue
40 Clues: estimate • acc profits • yet to paid • six capitals • what comes in • what goes out • contra revenue • transactionize • liquid resource • short-term loan • tangible assets • substantial affect • Rule-based standard • cash yet to receive • users within the firm • cf activities from NCA • cf activities from NCL • benefits to be received • capture economic activity • Principle based standards • ...
U.S. Expansion Crossword 2018-02-16
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- In 1853, this purchase from Mexico brought the lower continental U.S. to its present boundaries.
- Period when union troops occupied the South and enforced constitutional protections.
- Industrialization occured very quickly due to this factor.
- Majority of the civil war occured in this area.
- Bought the Louisiana Territory from France.
- The year that the United States Annexed Texas.
- This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
- The law that enabled the federal government force Native Americans living in the east to the west.
- When Mexico had gained its independence from Spain in 1821, their territory included Western lands of which area?
- Elected president in 1961.
- Another word that means to withdraw.
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- As white settlers moved west during the 19th century, the government continued to remove these people from their land.
- When the confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter , a federal fort in Charleston, South Carolina. This started what war?
- The idea that the United States had the right and duty to rule the North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
- Between May of 1846 and February of 1848, war raged between these two countries.
- Abraham Lincoln made this document that declared all slaves in the Confederate states were free.
- The separation of blacks and whites in the South.
- The people who searched West to see what was on the land and how it was.
- This was the South’s main cash crop that they grew.
- This system linked farm areas to city areas and boosted trade and industry.
20 Clues: Elected president in 1961. • Another word that means to withdraw. • Bought the Louisiana Territory from France. • The year that the United States Annexed Texas. • Majority of the civil war occured in this area. • The separation of blacks and whites in the South. • This was the South’s main cash crop that they grew. • ...
Units 1-3 Vocab!! 2025-12-08
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- The president’s top advisors who head major executive departments
- A Senate tactic where a senator talks for a long time to block a vote
- Drawing voting district lines to help one political part
- Says any powers not given to the federal government go to the states or the people
- The president’s right to keep certain communications private
- President's advisory department heads
- Says that powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states
- Federal money given to states for a specific, restricted purpose
- The president’s yearly speech explaining priorities and policy goals
- The branch of government that interprets laws and the Constitution
- A system where power is divided between the national government and the states
- Giving government jobs to political supporters instead of qualified workers
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- Government jobs earned through qualifications instead of political connections
- When the president ignores a bill for 10 days while Congress is not in session, killing the bill
- A deal the president makes with another country that doesn’t need Senate approval
- Courts that review decisions made by lower courts
- Powers shared by both the federal and state governments (like taxing)
- Official instructions from the president that act like law
- Government agencies and departments that carry out laws and policies
- Leader of the House of Representatives; controls debate and the legislative agenda
- Federal money given to states with broad guidelines on how it can be used
- A statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority in a Supreme Court case
- Redrawing district boundaries based on population changes
- The federal trial courts where cases start
24 Clues: President's advisory department heads • The federal trial courts where cases start • Courts that review decisions made by lower courts • Drawing voting district lines to help one political part • Redrawing district boundaries based on population changes • Official instructions from the president that act like law • ...
Unit 3 Vocab 2023-02-06
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- a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning
- the first ten amendments to the U.S. constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
- the first constitution of the 13 independent American colonies
- made a major contribution of the ratification of the constitution by writing The Federalist Papers
- talk about the duties of the 3 main parts of government
- series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts
- a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
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- United States statesman and leader of the federalists
- a series of 85 essays urging the citizens of New York to ratify the new United States Constitution
- a formal meeting held in 1787 for the purpose of creating a constitution for the United States
- it clearly communicates the intentions of the framers and the purpose of the document
- a person who opposed the adoption of the u.s. constitution
- an addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution
- the federal principle or system of government
- United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States supreme court
15 Clues: the federal principle or system of government • United States statesman and leader of the federalists • talk about the duties of the 3 main parts of government • a person who opposed the adoption of the u.s. constitution • the first constitution of the 13 independent American colonies • ...
Daily Union Crossword Puzzle 2024-04-02
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- Union general known for his cautious approach during battles
- Union general who later became president and accepted Lee's surrender
- Lincoln's vice president who became president after Lincoln's assassination
- Assassin of President Lincoln
- Site of the first major battle of the Civil War in Virginia
- Only President of the
- Union general known for his aggressive tactics in the Shenandoah Valley
- Mandatory military service or the draft
- Name of the southern states that seceded from the Union during the Civil War
- Union general who led the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg
- Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
- Congressional faction advocating for civil rights and Reconstruction after the Civil War
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- Confederate general known for his steadfastness in battle
- Confederate general who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
- Civil unrest in New York City against conscription during the Civil War
- Lincoln's executive order freeing slaves in Confederate-held territories
- States that were technically slave states but did not secede from the Union during the Civil War
- Turning point battle of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania
- Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River
- Union campaign of total warfare through Georgia led by General Sherman
- 16th President of the United States during the Civil War
- Famous African American Civil War unit led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
- Armored warships used during the Civil War
- Location of the opening shots of the Civil War in South Carolina
- Celebration of the emancipation of slaves in Texas on June 19th
- States of America
- Address Lincoln's famous speech given at the dedication of the Gettysburg battlefield
- Location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant, effectively ending the Civil War
- Paper currency issued by the United States during the Civil War
- Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy by blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River
30 Clues: States of America • Only President of the • Assassin of President Lincoln • Mandatory military service or the draft • Armored warships used during the Civil War • Bloodiest single-day battle in American history • 16th President of the United States during the Civil War • Confederate general known for his steadfastness in battle • ...
states 2023-12-18
Documents 2016-04-22
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- of Confederation the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- of Independence the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
- amendment bolished slavery in the United States.
- amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote.
- Constitution A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
- amendment Provided direct election of senators.
- amendment ended poll taxes.
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- Carta a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- Doctrine First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.
- of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
- of Rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- Bill of Rights a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession.
- amendment defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
- amendment gives Congress the power to collect taxes on income without apportioning it among the states.
- amendment gave women the right to vote.
- amendment the right of 18 years old to vote.
18 Clues: amendment ended poll taxes. • amendment gave women the right to vote. • amendment the right of 18 years old to vote. • amendment Provided direct election of senators. • amendment bolished slavery in the United States. • of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. • amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote. • ...
Geometry 2022-07-19
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- triangle a triangle that has one of its interior angles equal to 90 degrees or any one angle is a right angle.
- a polygon with 3 sides.
- angles nonadjacent angles formed by intersecting lines.
- a theorem that states that if two angles and the non-included side of one triangle are congruent to the corresponding two angles and side of a second triangle.
- exactly equal in size and shape.
- in the same location in two or more objects.
- a postulate that states that if two angles and the included side of one triangle are congruent to the corresponding two angles and included side of a second triangle.
- two rays that share a common endpoint, referred to as a vertex from an angle; the rays form the sides of the angle.
- in a right triangle the sides opposite the acute angles.
- a postulate that states that if three sides of one triangle are congruent to three sides of a second triangle.
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- a theorem that states that if the hypotenuse and leg of one right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and leg of a second triangle.
- a pair of non-overlapping angles that have a common vertex and a common ray
- a side between two angles or the angle between two sides.
- line segment that joins two vertices in a shape.
- statement two triangles are said to be congruent if one can be placed over the other so that they coincide.
- in a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle.
- a side or angle that isn't between two things.
- a postulate that states that if two sides and the included angle of one triangle are congruent to the corresponding two sides and included angle of a second triangle.
18 Clues: a polygon with 3 sides. • exactly equal in size and shape. • in the same location in two or more objects. • a side or angle that isn't between two things. • line segment that joins two vertices in a shape. • angles nonadjacent angles formed by intersecting lines. • in a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle. • ...
civil war crossword 2021-10-27
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- racism
- deadliest war in U.S history
- Southern states
- 1st battle of civil war
- to get rid of
- military leader in civil war
- Northern states
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- leader of confederate states
- how Harriet Tubman freed 100s of slaves
- 16th president of the U.S
- Fort was attacked on April 1861
- leading cause of civilwar
- slave who could read and right
- election of 1860
14 Clues: racism • to get rid of • Southern states • Northern states • election of 1860 • 1st battle of civil war • 16th president of the U.S • leading cause of civilwar • leader of confederate states • deadliest war in U.S history • military leader in civil war • slave who could read and right • Fort was attacked on April 1861 • how Harriet Tubman freed 100s of slaves
MS Math 1 September Vocabulary Review 2023-09-27
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- Property of addition that states the sum of an addend and 0 is the addend.
- Property of addition and multiplication that states the way in which numbers are grouped does not change the solution.
- The solution to a division problem.
- The number being divided into another in a division problem.
- The solution to an addition problem.
- The solution to a subtraction problem.
- Property of multiplication that states the product of a factor and 0 equals 0.
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- Property of multiplication that states the product of a factor and 1 is the factor.
- The property of multiplication that states a factor multiplied by the sum of two numbers is equal to multiplying the factor by each addend individually.
- Property of addition and multiplication that states the order in which numbers are arranged does not change the solution.
- The solution to a multiplication problem.
- Any of the numbers being added in an addition problem.
- The number being divided by another in a division problem.
- Any of the numbers being multiplied in a multiplication problem.
14 Clues: The solution to a division problem. • The solution to an addition problem. • The solution to a subtraction problem. • The solution to a multiplication problem. • Any of the numbers being added in an addition problem. • The number being divided by another in a division problem. • The number being divided into another in a division problem. • ...
American Revolution 2013-12-08
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- military
- Giving consent to a bill to make it valid
- supported the king
- Conventional ________ in 1787
- rights:the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
- and Indian War: a war between the french and Indians
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- patriots ______ tea of the British ships
- tax
- having two branches
- of independence: declared independence
- didn't support the king
- to not use a certain product
- Transfer a case to a higher court
13 Clues: tax • military • supported the king • having two branches • didn't support the king • to not use a certain product • Conventional ________ in 1787 • Transfer a case to a higher court • of independence: declared independence • patriots ______ tea of the British ships • Giving consent to a bill to make it valid • and Indian War: a war between the french and Indians • ...
Bud, Not Buddy Crossword 2013-01-18
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- Another name for a night stick which is used by law enforcement officals to protect themselves
- Men hired by George Pullman to work on the railroads as porters on sleeping cars
- American bank robber during the 1930s; he operated primarily in the Midwest and the West South Central states (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma)
- Groups legally recognized as representatives of workers in many industries in the United States
- A popular American blues musician
- Another name for a harmonica
- An idiom commonly used during this time period meaning “the real thing”
- A popular African American female performer during the Great Depression; she often played at the famous Cotton Club and Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City
- A series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936
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- Notorious gangster in Chicago who was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion and was imprisoned at Azkaban
- Another name for Tuesday, October 29, 1929, when the stock market crashed
- A porter who helps passengers with their bags at a railroad station
- An early term for cinema, motion pictures, or movies
- Shacks and homeless encampments during the Great Depression
- Severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II
- An infamous bank robber and kidnapper during the 1930s who was part of the Midwest Crime Wave
- A bank robber and murderer from the 1930s nicknamed for his youthful appearance
- A notorious and vicious bank robber during the 1930s
- Train station terminal in New York City
- A railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry general freight
- The 32nd President of the United States; he helped the country recover from the Great Depression by implementing the New Deal.
- The 31st President of the United States; BLAMED BY MANY AS THE REASON FOR THE GREAT DEPRESSION
- A mythical person used in an expression indicating a very short period of time
- Worst drought in recorded US history
- The first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which was organized in 1935
- Widely acclaimed African American actor and singer who was popular during the Great Depression
26 Clues: Another name for a harmonica • A popular American blues musician • Worst drought in recorded US history • Train station terminal in New York City • An early term for cinema, motion pictures, or movies • A notorious and vicious bank robber during the 1930s • Shacks and homeless encampments during the Great Depression • ...
the jefferson era 2022-04-08
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- Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns
- Decatur was an American naval officer and commodore
- Gallatin Former United States Secretary of the Treasury
- review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
- Lewis Former Governor of Missouri Territory
- an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
- Louverture-was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution
- a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war
- the act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service.
- Marshall was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States
- Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father
- was much larger and heavier than a prairie schooner
- identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
- embargo on grain sales"
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- Explorer
- -a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
- the capability of a state to remain neutral toward other states at war with one another.
- withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
- tariff or tax imposed on goods when transported across international borders.
- Burr was an American politician and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States
- feeling or expressing distress or irritation.
- an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
- a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.
- warship with a mixed armament, generally heavier than a destroyer (in the US Navy) and of a kind originally introduced for convoy escort work.
- Territory land acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase north of the 33rd parallel
25 Clues: Explorer • embargo on grain sales" • Lewis Former Governor of Missouri Territory • feeling or expressing distress or irritation. • Decatur was an American naval officer and commodore • was much larger and heavier than a prairie schooner • Gallatin Former United States Secretary of the Treasury • the act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service. • ...
A New Nation 2023-12-14
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- a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the us constitution
- the enslaving and owning of human beings and their offspring as property, able to be bought, sold, and forced to work without wages
- 435
- the part of the government that interprets the laws
- the constitutional system that shares power between national and state government
- a law passed by congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
- the law making part of the government
- a country governed by elected representatives
- trade and other business dealing between two or more states
- an agreement made at the constitutional convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as 3/5 of a person when determining a state's population for representation in the house
- a written plan that provided the basic framework of a government
- a person who flees or tries to escape
- the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.
- the first written plan of government for the united states
- the part of government that carries out the laws
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- the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches
- a group of people within a larger group who have different ideas from the main group
- 2 per state
- believes in strong local/state government
- the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
- a type of religious song
- the "age of reason" in the 17th-18th century Europe
- to formally approve a plan or an agreement. the process of approval is called ratification
- a region of the united states bounded by the Ohio and mississippi rivers and the great lakes
- a series of essays written by james madison, alexander Hamilton, and john jay in support of the ratification of the constitution by the states
- the group established by the constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors
- a large estate where cash crops were grown
- believes in a strong federal government
28 Clues: 435 • 2 per state • a type of religious song • the law making part of the government • a person who flees or tries to escape • believes in a strong federal government • believes in strong local/state government • a large estate where cash crops were grown • a country governed by elected representatives • the part of government that carries out the laws • ...
2025 American Politics 2025-11-24
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- The mode of persuasion that uses the speaker's own credibility.
- The surname of the first Vice President of colour.
- The current and 47th president of the United States.
- The mode of persuasion that appeals to logic.
- The left-wing and liberal party in the US.
- The surname of the 1st American president.
- The surname of the first Afro-American president.
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- The number of states in USA.
- The founding document of American democracy.
- The right-wing and conservative party in the US.
- The mode of persuasion that appeals to emotions.
- The name of both the House of Representatives and the US Senate.
- The current Vice President
- The former and Democrat president of the United States.
- The chamber where each state has two senators.
- The movement that supports Donald Trump within the Republican Party.
16 Clues: The current Vice President • The number of states in USA. • The left-wing and liberal party in the US. • The surname of the 1st American president. • The founding document of American democracy. • The mode of persuasion that appeals to logic. • The chamber where each state has two senators. • The right-wing and conservative party in the US. • ...
Government - Coming to ‘Terms’ by Shane Kirby 2021-03-06
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- king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
- explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
- power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
- supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
- he government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
- chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
- first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
- 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
- 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
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- 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; he did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
- considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
- government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
- “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
- 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
- the citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good
- french writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
16 Clues: government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens • considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers • supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances • ...
Federalism/Levels of Government 2026-01-21
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- A formal change made to the Constitution.
- The national level of government in the United States.
- The elected leader of a city or town.
- Powers that are kept by the states according to the Tenth Amendment.
- The principle that federal law is the highest law of the land.
- The written document that establishes the structure and powers of the U.S. government.
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- Powers shared by both federal and state governments.
- Powers specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution.
- A political unit with its own government under a federal system.
- The level of government responsible for cities, towns, and counties.
- The chief executive of a state.
- The amendment that protects states’ rights.
- A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and the states.
- The division of government powers among different branches or levels.
14 Clues: The chief executive of a state. • The elected leader of a city or town. • A formal change made to the Constitution. • The amendment that protects states’ rights. • Powers shared by both federal and state governments. • The national level of government in the United States. • The principle that federal law is the highest law of the land. • ...
Cross word 2017-10-11
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- An armed fight in Massachusetts (during 1786-1787).
- A group of people that is appointed by the president to advise him.
- This was the first American political party (it existed from the 1790-1816).
- An act of congress which stated The permission of settlement into the great lakes area.
- It was a tax protest war in 1791 during the term of George Washington
- an organised group of people with similar political opinions that wishes to make more people vote for one candidate.
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- He was the fourth president on the United States (his term lasted from 1809-1817)
- An old action or event that is referenced in the present
- A founding father of the United States and promoted the constitution
- He was an american politician and the fourth chief of justices in the United States
- Where a country and the states whiten it votes for a elective body of government
- A sign of treaty or agreement which is officially valid(Extra Hint: The states did this to the US constitution)
- The political system which is used in the United States
13 Clues: An armed fight in Massachusetts (during 1786-1787). • The political system which is used in the United States • An old action or event that is referenced in the present • A group of people that is appointed by the president to advise him. • A founding father of the United States and promoted the constitution • ...
Apush Crossword 2022-01-10
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- The control over the consumption of alcohol
- 3rd president of the United States
- The people that pushed for the Antislavery movement.
- Allowed for travel up and down rivers. Invented in 1807 by Robert Fulton
- in the america will be taken as a threat to peace and safety.
- Strict rule passed by pro-southerners to restrict discussion of slavery in the house of representatives.
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- The power that allows states to remove a federal law they find unconstitional
- The period of time when the Federalist party disappeare from 1817- 1823.
- Statement toward european countries that any european colonies
- 2000+ mile long trail that led american settlers to new settlements in oregon, california, and utah.
- Purchased by Jefferson, doubled the size of the US.
- Fourth Chief of justice in the U.S Supreme Court in 1801.
- Forcing someone to serced in armed forces
- 7th president of the United States
- The war fought between the United States and England. Americans were angred by British policy of impressment.
15 Clues: 3rd president of the United States • 7th president of the United States • Forcing someone to serced in armed forces • The control over the consumption of alcohol • Purchased by Jefferson, doubled the size of the US. • The people that pushed for the Antislavery movement. • Fourth Chief of justice in the U.S Supreme Court in 1801. • ...
Rylee's Chapter 8 Crossowrd Puzzle 2025-04-03
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- a secret network of safe places for slaves to hide
- for the people that decided whether they wanted slavery
- to not take sides
- when someone has the legality to make decisions for you
- regional differences on whether a federal or state authority should prevail
- states that did not permit slavery
- a solution to save the union and solve issues
- a member of a small military group
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- 7 states formed a government
- states that permitted slavery
- a subdivision in the army
- a position used to help defend against enemies
- people against slavery
- taxes
- states that would break away from the union
15 Clues: taxes • to not take sides • people against slavery • a subdivision in the army • 7 states formed a government • states that permitted slavery • states that did not permit slavery • a member of a small military group • states that would break away from the union • a solution to save the union and solve issues • a position used to help defend against enemies • ...
Exercise Principles and Elements 2024-04-23
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- _________ principle states that To improve physical fitness components, the physiological systems of the body must be taxed using loads greater than those to which the individual is accustomed.
- Intensity is measured in the client's _______ or perceived rate of exertion.
- Refers to the total number of weekly exercise session.
- Principle of ________ states that Throughout the training program, you must progressively increase the training volume, or overload, to stimulate further improvements.
- Duration and intensity of exercise are ______ related
- American College of Sports Medicine and Centers for Disease Control recommend that an individual should accumulate at least 150 min/wk of ________ intensity aerobic exercise.
- During the _______ stage of the stress-recovery theory, it is Characterized by optimal performance attained as a result of the adaptations made in the resistance phase.
- American College of Sports Medicine and Centers for Disease Control recommend that an individual should accumulate at least 75 min/wk of ________ intensity aerobic exercise.
- _________ principle states that the body’s physiological and metabolic responses and adaptations to exercise training are specific to the type of exercises and muscle group involved.
- Principle of Reversibility states that When individuals discontinue their exercise programs, exercise capacity ______ quickly.
- Exercise ______ dictates the specific physiological and metabolic changes in the body during exercise training.
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- The first stage of progression that last 1 to 6 weeks that serves as Serves as a primer to familiarize the client with exercise training.
- During the resistance/_______ stage of the stress-recovery theory, The body adapts to the initial stressor and experiences improvements in performance and fitness levels.
- The activity a person participates in to exercise.
- The length in which a person exercises on a weekly or daily basis.
- The principle of ________ is the foundation of physical training stress-recovery theory, which states that the repeated application of appropriate stressors to the body activates a variety of structural and functional changes in response to physical activity.
- Research shows that exercising ______ days/week on alternate days is sufficient to improve components of physical fitness
- The second stage of progression that lasts from 4-8 months where The rate of progression is more rapid than in the initial conditioning stage.
- Principle of ________ states that The positive physiological effects and health benefits of regular physical activity and exercise are reversable.
- During the alarm/reaction phase of the stress-recovery theory, our bodies initiate various physiological processes to ______ tissues, leading to stronger muscles and increased endurance.
- For continued improvements, the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems must be _______ overloaded through periodic increases in the frequency, intensity, and duration of exercise.
- The final stage of progression that helps clients preserve the level of fitness they achieved at the end of the improvement stage.
22 Clues: The activity a person participates in to exercise. • Duration and intensity of exercise are ______ related • Refers to the total number of weekly exercise session. • The length in which a person exercises on a weekly or daily basis. • Intensity is measured in the client's _______ or perceived rate of exertion. • ...
U.S. Expansion Crossword 2018-02-16
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- The separation of blacks and whites in the South.
- The year that the United States Annexed Texas.
- As white settlers moved west during the 19th century, the government continued to remove these people from their land.
- Another word that means to withdraw.
- This was the South’s main cash crop that they grew.
- In 1853, this purchase from Mexico brought the lower continental U.S. to its present boundaries.
- Between May of 1846 and February of 1848, war raged between these two countries.
- Abraham Lincoln made this document that declared all slaves in the Confederate states were free.
- The people who searched West to see what was on the land and how it was.
- The idea that the United States had the right and duty to rule the North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
- When the confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter , a federal fort in Charleston, South Carolina. This started what war?
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- Industrialization occurred very quickly due to this factor.
- Period when union troops occupied the South and enforced constitutional protections.
- When Mexico had gained its independence from Spain in 1821, their territory included Western lands of which area?
- Bought the Louisiana Territory from France.
- This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
- Majority of the civil war occurred in this area.
- Elected president in 1961.
- The law that enabled the federal government force Native Americans living in the east to the west.
- This system linked farm areas to city areas and boosted trade and industry.
20 Clues: Elected president in 1961. • Another word that means to withdraw. • Bought the Louisiana Territory from France. • The year that the United States Annexed Texas. • Majority of the civil war occurred in this area. • The separation of blacks and whites in the South. • This was the South’s main cash crop that they grew. • ...
Unit 5 Vocab 2022-03-22
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- An act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.
- Was a violent tax protest in the United States.
- Was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the U.S.
- Made his reputation during the Revolutionary War and became one of America's most influential founding fathers.
- 4th president of the U.S.
- A period of major social upheaval in 1787 and ended in 1799.
- The principal author of the Declaration of independence.
- Were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799.
- A system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
- U.S. victory against great Britain in a war of 1812 and the final major battle of that conflict.
- 6th president of the U.S.
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- A form of government operating on the principle adopted from a republic and democracy.
- An exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
- John Adams signed it, which were later passed by the federalists dominated 5th United states congress.
- Was land between the United States and France.
- A Harvard-educated lawyer.
- A statement of U.S. foreign policy expressing opposition to the extension of Europian control or influence in the western hemisphere.
- Established for the first time that federal courts had the power to overturn an act of Congress on the ground that it violated the U.S. constitution.
- 7th president of the U.S.
- An ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state.
20 Clues: 4th president of the U.S. • 7th president of the U.S. • 6th president of the U.S. • A Harvard-educated lawyer. • Was land between the United States and France. • Was a violent tax protest in the United States. • Were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799. • The principal author of the Declaration of independence. • ...
Documents 2016-04-22
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- amendment the right of 18 years old to vote.
- amendment gives Congress the power to collect taxes on income without apportioning it among the states.
- papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- of Rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- Bill of Rights a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession.
- of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
- amendment gave women the right to vote.
- Doctrine First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.
- amendment Provided direct election of senators.
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- points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- amendment ended poll taxes.
- of Independence the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
- amendment defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
- of Confederation the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- Carta a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- amendment bolished slavery in the United States.
- amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote.
- Constitution A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
18 Clues: amendment ended poll taxes. • amendment gave women the right to vote. • amendment the right of 18 years old to vote. • amendment Provided direct election of senators. • amendment bolished slavery in the United States. • of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. • amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote. • ...
Documents 2016-04-22
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- of Confederation the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- of Independence the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
- Doctrine First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.
- of Rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- Constitution A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
- amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote.
- amendment bolished slavery in the United States.
- amendment the right of 18 years old to vote.
- amendment Provided direct election of senators.
- amendment ended poll taxes.
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- points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- Bill of Rights a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession.
- of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
- Carta a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- amendment gives Congress the power to collect taxes on income without apportioning it among the states.
- amendment defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
- amendment gave women the right to vote.
18 Clues: amendment ended poll taxes. • amendment gave women the right to vote. • amendment the right of 18 years old to vote. • amendment Provided direct election of senators. • amendment bolished slavery in the United States. • of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. • amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote. • ...
Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24
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- 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
- Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
- ____ stages that has an impeachment
- Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
- ____ votes against Johnson.
- A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
- Senate aproved add and remove
- A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
- It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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- Laws that required segregation.
- Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
- The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
- "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
- In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
- Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
- The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
- An important Congressmen during Civil War.
- The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.
19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...
Unit 5 Vocabulary 2023-01-02
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- law that states the pressure of a gas is directly proportional to the Kelvin temperature if the volume is constant
- law that states the relationship between pressure, temperature, and volume of an enclosed gas
- unit of pressure (atm)
- Law that states the volume of a fixed mass of gas is directly proportional to its Kelvin temperature if the pressure is kept constant
- the pressure exerted by atoms and molecules in the atmosphere surrounding earth, resulting in collisions of these particles with objects
- R in the ideal gas equation
- the tendency of molecules to move toward areas of lower concentration unitl the concentration is uniform throughout
- the energy an object has because of its motion
- results from the force exerted by a gas per unit surface area of an object, due to collisions of gas particles with objects
- law that states the rate of effusion is inversely proportional to the square root of its molar mass
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- the contribution each gas in a mixture of gases makes to the total pressure
- a measure of how much the volume of matter decreases with pressure
- Law that states for a given mass at a constant temperature, the volume of the gas varies inversly with pressure
- law that states at a constant volume and temperature, the total pressure exerted by a mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the component gasses
- the relationship described in PV=nRT
- an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
- the process that occurs that when a gas escapes through a tiny hole in its container
- the SI unit of pressure (Pa)
18 Clues: unit of pressure (atm) • R in the ideal gas equation • the SI unit of pressure (Pa) • the relationship described in PV=nRT • the energy an object has because of its motion • an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure • a measure of how much the volume of matter decreases with pressure • the contribution each gas in a mixture of gases makes to the total pressure • ...
China 2022-01-19
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- A political system in which the lords give land in exchange for military protection
- Was a viscous state and established first unified chinese state
- Is called respect shown by children for their parents and elders
- What wall sits at the end of the Gobi desert?
- This philosophy believes to go with a flow
- These stand for an idea
- Who wore finley embroidered silk shoes?
- Gave China a form of government that lasted 2,000 years
- This helped unified the country
- Controlled the family’s property and made decisions
- First historic family to rule the middle kingdom
- Extended from the mediterranean in the west to east for trade
- Believed natural order was important
- He believed in social order, harmony, and good government
- These people invaded and attacked
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- where civilization began in China in river valley
- What was set to unite the Huang-ti empire?
- China’s golden age
- Spreads into china to india
- Were expelled from china
- when priests write and crack the shells to tell the future
- Was thought to be the center of the universe
- Was used to symbolize power
- Had to obey men
- This contributed to the belief that china was the center on the earth
- One of the capitals of shang dynasty
- What is the control of different activities under a single authority called?
- Government official exam open to all men
28 Clues: Had to obey men • China’s golden age • These stand for an idea • Were expelled from china • Spreads into china to india • Was used to symbolize power • This helped unified the country • These people invaded and attacked • One of the capitals of shang dynasty • Believed natural order was important • Who wore finley embroidered silk shoes? • Government official exam open to all men • ...
World History Crossword Puzzle 2016-03-15
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- President Roosevelt signed the _____ bill on March 11, 1941.
- A code-named operation that meant the Allied forces invade northern France meaning beach landings in Normandy
- He served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932
- A act that provides for general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits,etc.
- The term used by commentators at the time and historians ever since to characterize the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Basic rights of private sector employees
- A laboratory in the United States where they work on the designs of nuclear weapons
- On December 7, 1941, Japan launches a surprise attack on American soil
- Federal owned corporation in the United States created in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity, fertilizer ,etc
- Having people and resources ready to move or act
- Built by unemployed people during the Depression of the early 1930s
- Adeolf Hitler's killed about six million Jews
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- A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a stock market, resulting in losses of wealth
- A crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War I
- he United States dropped two _______ over the Japanese cities
- Also known as the Dirty Thirties
- The longest-serving First Lady of the United States
- Also known as Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937
- A leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement
- Was the final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II
- A project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II
- The deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world
- The process of the govern. body controlling the issuance of goods and services to the public
- Japanese Americans in the United States was the forced relocation and incarceration during World War II
24 Clues: Also known as the Dirty Thirties • Basic rights of private sector employees • Adeolf Hitler's killed about six million Jews • Having people and resources ready to move or act • The longest-serving First Lady of the United States • Also known as Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 • A leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement • ...
National Symbols/Holidays and Pennsylvania's Symbols 2023-03-31
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- Red White and Blue are the national colors of what country?
- On Pennsylvania’s flag, the olive branch depicted on the flag is a symbol of _____.
- What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
- The Ruffed Grouse is the state ____ of Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania is the birthplace of this popular toy.
- What shape are the flowers that grow on Pennsylvania’s state flower, the mountain laurel?
- What does the Statue of Liberty represent?
- What holiday is celebrated on October 31st and is an opportunity for everyone to dress up and get candy?
- This type of animal is the state animal of Pennsylvania, and it is a popular game animal in PA.
- What animal do you think of when you think of Thanksgiving?
- How many horses are on Pennsylvania’s flag?
- This national holiday is celebrated on the first Monday of September.
- The Eastern Hemlock is the _____ ____ of Pennsylvania.
- Finish Pennsylvania’s state motto: Virtue, _____, and Independence
- What national holiday is in honor of the man who discovered America?
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- The state amphibian of Pennsylvania is what kind of amphibian?
- This type of bird is the national bird of the United States.
- Year’sDay This national holiday celebrates the beginning of the year.
- What is the national animal of the United States?
- How many stripes are on the flag of the United States?
- What day of the year is Independence Day?
- This flower is the national flower of the United States.
- This fossil is the state fossil of Pennsylvania.
- This dog breed is the official state dog of Pennsylvania.
- The state insect of Pennsylvania is a ______.
- Which national holiday is on December 25th?
- How many stars are on the flag of the United States?
- The state fish of Pennsylvania is a _____ ______.
- This national holiday is celebrated on November 11th and honors people who have served in the military.
- Which national holiday is celebrated on the last Monday of May?
30 Clues: What is the capital of Pennsylvania? • What day of the year is Independence Day? • What does the Statue of Liberty represent? • Which national holiday is on December 25th? • How many horses are on Pennsylvania’s flag? • The state insect of Pennsylvania is a ______. • This fossil is the state fossil of Pennsylvania. • What is the national animal of the United States? • ...
crossword 2021-11-03
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- - a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way.
- - 18th U.S. president.
- - 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)
- - (1865-1877) The law that put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft a new constitution upholding the Fourteenth Amendment.
- - a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
- - A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Ameiicans from obtaining their civil rights.
- - an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
- - President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction.
- - a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
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- - a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
- - United states representative.
- - Members of Congress who felt that southerners needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union.
- - An agency established by Congress in 1865 to help poor people throughout the South.
- - Congressional Reconstruction
- - The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official.
- - (1865 - 1877) The period following the Civil War during which the U.S government worked to reunite the nation and to rebuild the southern states.
- - The forced separation of people of different races in public places.
- - laws passed in the southern states during Reconstructing that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans.
- - A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
- - their ability to read and write.
20 Clues: - 18th U.S. president. • - Congressional Reconstruction • - United states representative. • - their ability to read and write. • - President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction. • - The forced separation of people of different races in public places. • - a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources. • ...
Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24
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- 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
- Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
- ____ stages that has an impeachment
- Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
- ____ votes against Johnson.
- A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
- Senate aproved add and remove
- A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
- It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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- Laws that required segregation.
- Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
- The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
- "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
- In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
- Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
- The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
- An important Congressmen during Civil War.
- The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.
19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...
Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24
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- 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
- Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
- ____ stages that has an impeachment
- Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
- ____ votes against Johnson.
- A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
- Senate aproved add and remove
- A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
- It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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- Laws that required segregation.
- Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
- The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
- "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
- In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
- Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
- The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
- An important Congressmen during Civil War.
- The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.
19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...
Federalism 2021-11-02
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- sovereignty-supreme power or authority.
- states rights- rights and power held by each individual state
- clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws
- government- government in presidential systems
- concurrent powers shared powers between the state and federal governments.
- “necessary and proper” clause (elastic clause)-provided an avenue for expansion into the realm of “implied powers”
- mandate- when a state or local government has to perform certain actions or offer certain programs but doesn't get any federal funds to make it happen.
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- powers-powers granted to the states
- powers-political Powers granted to the states
- block grants- federal funds earmarked for specific state or local programs
- clause-gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
- enumerated (expressed) powers-the remainder of powers going to the states.
- federalism-system of government where power is divided between the central government and a federal government.
- cooperative federalism-characterized by partnerships between the national government and governments at the state and local
- dual federalism-clear division of federal power
15 Clues: powers-powers granted to the states • sovereignty-supreme power or authority. • powers-political Powers granted to the states • government- government in presidential systems • dual federalism-clear division of federal power • states rights- rights and power held by each individual state • clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws • ...
Federalism 2021-11-02
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- sovereignty-supreme power or authority.
- states rights- rights and power held by each individual state
- clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws
- government- government in presidential systems
- concurrent powers shared powers between the state and federal governments.
- “necessary and proper” clause (elastic clause)-provided an avenue for expansion into the realm of “implied powers”
- mandate- when a state or local government has to perform certain actions or offer certain programs but doesn't get any federal funds to make it happen.
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- powers-powers granted to the states
- powers-political Powers granted to the states
- block grants- federal funds earmarked for specific state or local programs
- clause-gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
- enumerated (expressed) powers-the remainder of powers going to the states.
- federalism-system of government where power is divided between the central government and a federal government.
- cooperative federalism-characterized by partnerships between the national government and governments at the state and local
- dual federalism-clear division of federal power
15 Clues: powers-powers granted to the states • sovereignty-supreme power or authority. • powers-political Powers granted to the states • government- government in presidential systems • dual federalism-clear division of federal power • states rights- rights and power held by each individual state • clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws • ...
Definitions Galore 2015-11-17
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- the square footage inside your object
- the answer to a addition promblem
- to get more
- the numerals used to write a number
- states that when you multiply any number by zero, the product is zero
- when you round to get close answer to your problem not the exact answer
- states that multiplying a sum or a difference by a number is the same as multiplying each number in the sum or the difference by the number and adding or subtracting the products
- it states that the order of factorscan be changed, but the product stays the same
- the answer to a division promblem
- is a process that determines wich multiple of ten, hundred, thousands, and so on, a number is closet to
- to get less
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- states that you can change the grouping of the factors and the product stays the same
- the answer to a division problem
- a group of three digits, separated by commas, starting from the right.
- the length around the object
- products found by breaking one factor in a multiplication promblem into ones, tens, hundreds, and so on. Then multiplying each of these by the factor
- contains numbers and at least one operation
- a number written as the sum of the values of its digits
- a picture that shows a model of the problem you are solving
19 Clues: to get more • to get less • the length around the object • the answer to a division problem • the answer to a addition promblem • the answer to a division promblem • the numerals used to write a number • the square footage inside your object • contains numbers and at least one operation • a number written as the sum of the values of its digits • ...
Legislative Branch Crossword 2025-02-18
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- the lower chamber of the United States Congress.
- having the power to make laws.
- The Congress shall have Power... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
- a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
- Notwithstanding any other provision of general law or special act, the governing body of a county, city, or town shall not reapportion the representation in the governing body.
- a national legislative body, especially that of the US.
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- a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office.
- a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country.
- the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state.
- the Constitution of the United States establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it.
- forbids any changes to the salary of Congress members from taking effect until the next election concludes.
- the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
- having two branches or chambers.
- he presiding officer of the United States
- manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency."a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want"
15 Clues: having the power to make laws. • having two branches or chambers. • he presiding officer of the United States • the lower chamber of the United States Congress. • the upper chamber of the United States Congress. • a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote. • a national legislative body, especially that of the US. • ...
Unit VI: Reconstruction 2021-12-13
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- the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
- granted African American men the right to vote.
- Thaddeus Stevens, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives during Abraham Lincoln's presidency, fought to abolish slavery and helped draft the 14th Amendment during Reconstruction.
- controversial federal law meant to restrict the ability of the U.S. president to remove certain officials that Congress had already approved.
- faction of the Republican Party during the Civil War. distinguished by their fierce advocacy for the abolition of slavery, enfranchisement of black citizens, and holding the Southern states financially and morally culpable for the war.
- a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used,especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
- period that followed the Civil War and was an effort to reunify the divided nation and integrate African Americans into society.
- agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management.
- a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression,
- Louisiana passed a law that restricted slaughterhouse operations in New Orleans to a single corporation. They argued the monopoly created involuntary servitude in violation of the Thirteenth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment.
- abolished slavery “within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
- to charge someone with doing something wrong, specifically a high government official, such as the U.S. president, a senator, or a federal judge.
- state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation
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- the 19th President of the United States. began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War.
- organization that fed millions of people, built hospitals and provided medical aid, negotiated labor contracts for ex-slaves and settled labor disputes, helped former slaves legalize marriages and locate lost relatives, and assisted black veterans.
- a traveler who arrives in a new region with only a satchel of possessions, and who attempts to profit from his new surroundings, often against the will or consent of the original inhabitants.
- bill that formally abolished slavery and prohibited Confederate officials and veterans from voting. Also required that 50 percent of a state's white males take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union.
- a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
- an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era.
- granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,”.
- term for a white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction or who joined with black freedmen.
- served as Governor of New York State and was extremely successful lawyer
- the seventh President of the United States, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man.
- were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
- group created by confederare soldiers following the Civil War to suppress and victimize newly freed slaves.
25 Clues: granted African American men the right to vote. • state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation • the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. • served as Governor of New York State and was extremely successful lawyer • a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression, • ...
Fundamentals to AI 2025-07-21
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- Other agents are also present
- Core component responsible for storing, retrieving, and updating information
- Type of virtual environment
- distinct, finite number, clearly defined, states of environment
- Constructs an internal model of the world
- outcome of actions is uncertain
- Some information on environment is available
- Environment does not change when the agent is acting
- Agent operating by itself
- Formulate a sequence of actions to achieve its goals
- Anything that perceives its environment and then acts to achieve a goal
- Tyoe of physical environment
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- makes decisions by evaluating the "utility" of different actions and states
- Full information on environment is available
- Type of simulation environment
- Current decisions affect future decisions
- interact with environment
- Responsible for carrying out decisions made by the agent
- perceive the environment
- other processes are operating on the environment
- Next state of environment is determined by current state and actions of agent
- operates by setting a specific objective and then using planning and reasoning
- states are continuously changing
- Builds and updates a profile of users
- Father of AI
- An agent that makes decisions based solely on its current perception of the environment
26 Clues: Father of AI • perceive the environment • interact with environment • Agent operating by itself • Type of virtual environment • Tyoe of physical environment • Other agents are also present • Type of simulation environment • outcome of actions is uncertain • states are continuously changing • Builds and updates a profile of users • Current decisions affect future decisions • ...
Unit 2: Key Vocab Crossword 2023-01-31
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- American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801
- a ceremonial induction into office
- the supreme law of the United States of America
- to cancel
- a joining of several groups for a common purpose
- a majority
- a written grant of authority from the king
- impose a tax
- established the critical idea that the monarchy’s power was not absolute
- political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary
- oppose ratification
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- favored ratification
- a government that exists only with the consent of the governed, limited government, civil rights and liberties, separation of powers, and checks and balances
- prohibited a standing army in peace-time, except with the consent of Parliament and required that all parliamentary election be free
- established “a firm league of friendship” among the States
- many outstanding delegates
- a refusal to buy or sell certain goods
- idea that the government should serve the will of the people
- formal approval
- the creation of an annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies
- representative
- founding father and appears on $100 bill
22 Clues: to cancel • a majority • impose a tax • representative • formal approval • oppose ratification • favored ratification • many outstanding delegates • a ceremonial induction into office • a refusal to buy or sell certain goods • founding father and appears on $100 bill • a written grant of authority from the king • the supreme law of the United States of America • ...
American History Ch. 5 Wordsearch 2022-11-22
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- Rebellion, The uprising of farmers that protested high taxes and heavy debt
- Ordinance of 1787, The ordinance established the Northwest Territory
- citizens’ rights.
- commerce, trade between two or more states
- Carta, a document signed by King John in 1215
- official approval
- Ordinance of 1785, A system for surveying and dividing western lands
- Sovereignty, the idea that political authority belongs to the people
- of Rights, 10 of the proposed amendments intended to
- the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country.
- Papers, the essays supporting the Constitution written anonymously
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- supporters of the Constitution
- and Balances, keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
- official changes.
- A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
- Statute for Religious Freedom, The document that declared that no person could be forced
- people who opposed the Constitution
- attend a particular church
- occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- taxes on imports or exports
- A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
21 Clues: official changes. • citizens’ rights. • official approval • attend a particular church • taxes on imports or exports • supporters of the Constitution • people who opposed the Constitution • commerce, trade between two or more states • Carta, a document signed by King John in 1215 • of Rights, 10 of the proposed amendments intended to • ...
Federalism 2021-11-02
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- sovereignty-supreme power or authority.
- states rights- rights and power held by each individual state
- clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws
- government- government in presidential systems
- concurrent powers shared powers between the state and federal governments.
- “necessary and proper” clause (elastic clause)-provided an avenue for expansion into the realm of “implied powers”
- mandate- when a state or local government has to perform certain actions or offer certain programs but doesn't get any federal funds to make it happen.
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- powers-powers granted to the states
- powers-political Powers granted to the states
- block grants- federal funds earmarked for specific state or local programs
- clause-gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
- enumerated (expressed) powers-the remainder of powers going to the states.
- federalism-system of government where power is divided between the central government and a federal government.
- cooperative federalism-characterized by partnerships between the national government and governments at the state and local
- dual federalism-clear division of federal power
15 Clues: powers-powers granted to the states • sovereignty-supreme power or authority. • powers-political Powers granted to the states • government- government in presidential systems • dual federalism-clear division of federal power • states rights- rights and power held by each individual state • clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws • ...
Elijah Bishop forces and motion 6th period 2015-02-20
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- is a speed in a specific direction
- is a measure of mass in motion
- is a measure of how fast something moves or the distance it moves
- an object moving in a circle
- states that the total momentum of a system of objects does not change
- a place or an object is the location of that place or object
- is the resistance of an object to a change in the speed or the direction of its motion
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- is a situation in which two objects in close contact exchange energy and momentum
- states that the acceleration of an object increases with increased force and decreases with increased mass
- push or pull
- is a measure of how quickly the velocity is changing
- is the change of position over time
- states that every time one object exerts a force on another object
- a location to which you compare other locations
- states the objects at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
- when all forces are combined
- is a quantity that has both size and direction
17 Clues: push or pull • an object moving in a circle • when all forces are combined • is a measure of mass in motion • is a speed in a specific direction • is the change of position over time • is a quantity that has both size and direction • a location to which you compare other locations • is a measure of how quickly the velocity is changing • ...
The End of Spanish Rule in Mexico 2023-11-10
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- The War Spain helped the United States win against the British
- Iturbide and Guerrero signed the Treaty of __________ in 1821 ending the Mexican War of Independence
- The country that sold the Louisiana Teritory to the United States
- _________ Purchase that doubled the size of the United States
- A person who believes power should be in a central government
- A person who believes power should be shared between the state and the central government
- The most successful empresario in Texas
- Creator of the "Cry of Dolores"
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- An adventurer who acts as a rebel in a foreign country
- A district within a state
- The name of the dynasty that placed reforms in New Spain against white creoles
- The Spanish's word for plantation
- Jean Lafitte was a ____________ in Galveston, TX
- The unchallenged rule of a King
- Military strongmen in private armies who wanted to dominate Mexican politics
- The geographical feature that was the disputed border between Spain and the United States
- The top of the casta system in New Spain after the Bourbon reforms
17 Clues: A district within a state • The unchallenged rule of a King • Creator of the "Cry of Dolores" • The Spanish's word for plantation • The most successful empresario in Texas • Jean Lafitte was a ____________ in Galveston, TX • An adventurer who acts as a rebel in a foreign country • _________ Purchase that doubled the size of the United States • ...
Geologic Time Crossword 2024-10-16
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- The amouunt of time it takes for half of a radioactive element to decay into a stable isotope
- Type of dating that does NOT provide an exact date
- Type of isotope that is radioactive and therefore unstable
- Type of isotope that is stable and comes from the decay of radioactive isotopes
- Theory which states the present is key to the past
- Refered to as an unconformity by scientists we typically see this represented by a squiggly line
- The Earth is 4.6 _________ years old
- Magma that pushes through rock layers
- Law that states sedimentary rock layers are laid down horizontally
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- Type of dating that provides an EXACT date
- Break in a rock with movement
- Greatest unit of geologic time
- Theory which states the Earth was formed by catestrophic events.
- Law that states the location of older rocks on the bottom and younger rocks on top
- Type of rock almost all fossils are found in
- The remains or impressions of prehistoric organisms preserved in rock
- Smallest unit of geologic time
17 Clues: Break in a rock with movement • Greatest unit of geologic time • Smallest unit of geologic time • The Earth is 4.6 _________ years old • Magma that pushes through rock layers • Type of dating that provides an EXACT date • Type of rock almost all fossils are found in • Type of dating that does NOT provide an exact date • Theory which states the present is key to the past • ...
Unit 10: Reconstruction Introduction Crossword 2025-02-23
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- John Wilkes _____ was the Southern actor who killed President Lincoln
- Newly freed slaves were known by this term
- One of the main reasons the Civil War was fought
- Confederate states had to write new state _____________s
- The Side that lost the Civil War
- Southern governments were once again lead by wealthy former ________, the same people as before
- This amendment abolished slavery once and for all in America
- the home state of President Andrew Johnson
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- The period of time after the Civil War when Southern states were brought back into the Union
- Southern states passed "black _____" to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
- President Andrew Johnson was the first president to be ________ed by Congress
- Last name of the man who became president after the death of Lincoln
- Last name of the president during the Civil War
- Confederate states had to repeal this act
- The Freedmen's ______ was designed to provide food and medical care to freed people
- The effectiveness of the Freedmen's Bureau was limited by ______ refusing to take land from plantation owners
- The side that won the Civil War
17 Clues: The side that won the Civil War • The Side that lost the Civil War • Confederate states had to repeal this act • Newly freed slaves were known by this term • the home state of President Andrew Johnson • Last name of the president during the Civil War • One of the main reasons the Civil War was fought • Confederate states had to write new state _____________s • ...
Unit 4 Review 2024-10-08
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- ___ states that the government must act fairly and in accordance with established rules and laws in all that it does and the government must treat ALL citizens fairly and apply equal protection under the law.
- It is important to know with ____ that an application cannot have anything printed on the back of it. (except instructions)
- The ______ amendment gave black males the right to vote. However, many states in the south tried to prevent black voters from exercising their right by requiring them to pay poll taxes or pass a literacy test.
- The Amendments with the greatest impact on due process is the ___ amendment which applies to the federal government and the 14th amendment which applies to the state government.
- Under the ___ of 1964, your religion, race, and physical disablitiy are protected from discrimination.
- Public school segregation of races violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in what court case?
- Which amendment allows citizens to remain silent and not tell on themselves, ensuring that due process must take place, and preventing another trial for the same crime if one has already been found innocent (not guilty).
- Many of our liberties were added by the __________, ratified in 1791.
- The process of ___ is the constitutional doctrine that applies some, but not all, protections of the Bill of Rights to the states and to all levels of government; found in the 14th amendment.
- The United States Constitution implies a right to privacy and thus made abortion legal in which court case?
- The rights of individuals to receive equal treatment and be free from discrimination refers to ___.
- basic freedoms to think and to act that are protected against government abuse
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- Which amendment allows you the right to vote when you turn 18?
- A key function of the Bill of Rights is to specify what the government must do to ensure ___ under the law for all Americans.
- The right of not being required to testify against oneself if protection from ___.
- The ____ Amendment protected the right of women to vote in all national and state elections.
- Which Amendment provided a way to apply the Bill of Rights to the states, and enabled the Supreme Court to rule that much of the Bill of Rights applies to state and local governments?
- Putting someone on trial for a crime of which they have already been found innocent (not guilty) is called ___.
- Citizens eighteen years or older received a constitutional right to vote in part because they could be ___ into the military at that age.
- The 24th Amendment banned southern states from using the ___, ensuring that all men and women have the right to vote.
- Which amendment guarantees certain protections relevant to criminal and civil legal proceedings?
- How is it decided if a high profile criminal case has enough evidence to make it to trial?
- The first ___ Amendments grant the people specific rights and liberties.
- Personal freedoms that are protected by the amendment and cannot be taken away by the government without due process refers to ___.
24 Clues: Which amendment allows you the right to vote when you turn 18? • Many of our liberties were added by the __________, ratified in 1791. • The first ___ Amendments grant the people specific rights and liberties. • basic freedoms to think and to act that are protected against government abuse • ...
Causes of the Civil War 2023-11-01
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- The act of the states trying to prevent something happening within their territory
- a bill to organize the Territory of Nebraska
- when the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories
- an act to authorize the people of Missouri getting territory
- Ideas about the injustices of slavery
- It dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion
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- Southern states began to secede, forming the Confederate States of America
- captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850
- a political philosophy that emphasizes the rights of individual states
10 Clues: Ideas about the injustices of slavery • a bill to organize the Territory of Nebraska • an act to authorize the people of Missouri getting territory • It dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion • captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal • established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850 • ...
Semester 1 - Review Crossword Puzzle 2026-01-09
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- Slave Act – A law requiring escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers.
- Railroad – A secret network that helped escaped enslaved people reach freedom.
- – The region that was becoming more industrial and generally opposed the expansion of slavery.
- of Slavery – The debate over whether slavery should be allowed in new territories.
- Expansion – The movement of Americans and U.S. territory toward the western lands.
- Destiny – The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
- – The state admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850.
- Breakdown – The collapse of national unity as regional loyalties increased.
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- Sovereignty – The idea that people in a territory should vote on whether to allow slavery.
- Ocean – The ocean marking the eastern boundary of Manifest Destiny.
- Border – The disputed boundary that helped lead to the Mexican-American War.
- War – A war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 over land and borders.
- of 1850 – A series of laws passed to reduce tension between free and slave states.
- of Guadalupe Hidalgo – The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War and gave land to the United States.
- – The region that relied heavily on agriculture and enslaved labor.
- – The region focused on land and settlement and pulled into the slavery debate.
- Ocean – The ocean marking the western boundary of Manifest Destiny.
- – Loyalty to one’s region rather than the nation as a whole.
18 Clues: – Loyalty to one’s region rather than the nation as a whole. • – The state admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850. • Ocean – The ocean marking the eastern boundary of Manifest Destiny. • – The region that relied heavily on agriculture and enslaved labor. • Ocean – The ocean marking the western boundary of Manifest Destiny. • ...
Forming a government 2021-01-13
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- / A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment.
- Mason / An antifederalist who’s main problem with the Constitution was that it did not have a section that guaranteed individual rights.
- Ordinance of 1785 / It set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands. These lands were split into townships, which were 36 square miles divided into 36 lots of 60 acres each.
- Branch / The judicial branch is made up of all the n national courts. This branch is responsible for interpreting laws, punishing criminals, and settling disputes between states.
- Branch / Congress is responsible for proposing and passing laws. It is made up of two houses, as created in the Great Compromise. The Senate and the House of Representatives have different rules governing how many members represents each state, which helps balance the power between large and small states.
- Jersey Plan / New Jersey delegate presented this plan, which called for a unicameral legislature. The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, and thus an equal voice, in the federal government. The plan gave the federal government the power to tax citizens in all states, and allowed the government to regulate commerce.
- Commerce / Trade between two or more states.
- Convention / It was held in May 1787 in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation. However, delegates ended up leaving with an entirely new U.S. Constitution.
- Carta / A document signed by Kind John in 1215, that made the king subject to law.
- Ordinance of 1787 / An ordinance passed by Congress in order to form a political system for the region. The ordinance established the Northwest Territory. It also created a system for bringing new states into the Union.
- Papers / A series of essays that was one of the most important defenses of the Constitution. These essays were written anonymously under the name Publius. They were actually written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
- / A set of basic principals and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.
- Compromise / Under this agreement only three-fifths of a state’s slave population would count when determining representatives.
- Rebellion / The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt.
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- Sovereignty / This is the idea that political authority is in the hands of the people. In the U.S. this power is expressed through people’s votes.
- Branch / This branch includes the president and the departments that help run the government. The executive branch makes sure that laws are carried out.
- / People who opposed the United States Constitution.
- / A system created by delegates that divides the powers of government between a central government and the states that make up a nation.
- of Confederation / A document that created the first central government for the United States, which was replaced by the Constitution in 1789. The Articles of Confederation is also known as a set of basic laws.
- / Taxes on imports or exports.
- / This occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
- Statue for Religious Freedom / A document that declared no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money. This document also included Thomas Jefferson’s ideas about religious freedom.
- Madison / He was America's fourth President and made a large contribution to the ratification of the Constitution. He also wrote the Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay.
- / The right to vote
- Plan / A plan presented by Edmund Randolph. He proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power to the central government. The legislature would be bicameral and chosen on the basis of state populations. Larger states would thus have more representatives than would smaller states.
- Territory / A territory that included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
- Shays / A war veteran who led hundreds of men in the forced shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Massachusetts. The state government ordered the farmers to stop the revolt under the threat of capture and death. However, these threats only made Shay and his followers more determined.
- Compromise / The agreement to create a two-house legislature.
- and Balances / A system that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
29 Clues: / The right to vote • / Taxes on imports or exports. • Commerce / Trade between two or more states. • / People who opposed the United States Constitution. • Compromise / The agreement to create a two-house legislature. • / A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment. • ...
Civil War 2024-06-25
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- United States ____ Troops were Union Army regiments during the American Civil War that primarily comprised African Americans.
- It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the US.
- Battle of ____ was the Civil War's turning point.
- ____ states were slave states in the Upper South that primarily supported the Union.
- Robert Edward ____ was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
- ____ Plan was a strategy outlined by the Union Army for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War.
- Mary Edwards ____ is the only woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor.
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- Of the 34 U.S. states in 1861, nineteen were ____ states and fifteen were slave states.
- ____ diplomacy was the attempt by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to coerce Great Britain and France to support their side.
- President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes ____, a Confederate sympathizer.
- ____ S. Grant was an American military officer who later became US President.
- ____ Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
- American ____ War lasted from 1861 to 1865.
13 Clues: American ____ War lasted from 1861 to 1865. • Battle of ____ was the Civil War's turning point. • Mary Edwards ____ is the only woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor. • President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes ____, a Confederate sympathizer. • Robert Edward ____ was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. • ...
Unit 1: Foundations of US Government 2025-09-10
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- Process of returning a person accused of a crime to the state where the crime was committed
- Formal agreements with other nations, negotiated by the president and ratified by the Senate
- System created to balance state and popular input when choosing the president
- Establishes that the Constitution and federal laws are the highest law of the land
- Enlightenment belief that people may overthrow a government that violates their rights
- Requirement that all government officials swear to support the Constitution
- Jefferson's version of the natural rights
- Principle that government powers are restricted by law and Constitution
- Lower federal courts created by Congress under Article III
- Role giving the president authority over the nation’s armed forces
- Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by jury
- Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- Formal approval process by which the Constitution was accepted
- Agreement creating a bicameral legislature with equal and proportional representation
- Idea that government’s legitimacy comes from the people’s approval
- President’s power to reject bills passed by Congress
- British tax on printed materials that angered colonists because they had no representation in Parliament
- Powers suggested by the Constitution that allow Congress to carry out expressed powers
- Powers of Congress specifically listed in Article, Section 8 of the Constitution
- United States first constitution that created a weak central government to avoid tyranny but left Congress powerless
- Nickname for the Necessary and Proper Clause because it stretches congressional power
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- Court’s authority to review cases decided by lower courts
- Lowered the voting age to 18
- Fraction of Congress needed to propose a constitutional amendment
- Procedure for changing the Constitution through proposals and ratification
- Idea that political authority comes from the people, reflected in “We the People”
- Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
- System where branches of government can limit each other’s power
- Agreement counting enslaved people partly for taxation and representation
- Principle that citizens elect representatives to govern on their behalf
- Farmer uprising in Massachusetts that showed the AOC could not handle economic crisis or rebellion
- Clause preventing states from discriminating against citizens of other states
- Abolished slavery in the United States
- Federal judges serve for life “during good behavior” to protect independence
- Protects freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
- Constitutional process where the House charges and the Senate tries the president for misconduct
- Guarantees the right to keep and bear arms
- Requirement that states honor the public acts, records, and judicial rulings of other states
- Granted citizenship to all born in the U.S. and guaranteed equal protection of the laws
- Division of power between national and state governments
- Enlightenment thinker whose idea of natural rights influenced Jefferson in the Declaration
- Protects due process rights, including protection against self-incrimination and double jeopardy
- Part of Article I, Section 8 giving Congress flexibility to make laws needed to carry out its duties
- Granted women the right to vote
- Court’s power to strike down laws or actions that violate the Constitution
- Colonial assemblies (First and Second) that organized resistance against British policies and actions
- Court’s authority to hear a case first, such as state vs. state disputes
- Fraction of states required to ratify an amendment
- Annual message to Congress outlining the president’s agenda and national priorities
- Highest court in the United States, created by Article III
50 Clues: Lowered the voting age to 18 • Granted women the right to vote • Abolished slavery in the United States • Jefferson's version of the natural rights • Guarantees the right to keep and bear arms • Fraction of states required to ratify an amendment • Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures • President’s power to reject bills passed by Congress • ...
Causes civil war Dana and Emma 2013-11-08
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- was the 16th president and ended slavery he was elected in 1860
- Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom
- written by Harriet Beecher Stowe talking about the cruelties of slavery
- a territorial vote
- a nickname for Henry clay( a leader of a section of the country)
- ran for president and Illinois senator against Abe Lincoln he was for slavery
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- people went there to try to make them vote on their beliefs on slavery
- to get rid of or to not have
- Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were debating to see if slavery would extend in the other states
- states that want slavery in all of the states
- servants that worked but were free after 7years
- a paper that urged people to work for abolition
- a law that said slaveowners could get back slaves that escaped
- a document that Henry clay hoped would save the union
- they didn't want to extend slavery to other states and joined the government in 1854
15 Clues: a territorial vote • to get rid of or to not have • states that want slavery in all of the states • servants that worked but were free after 7years • a paper that urged people to work for abolition • Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom • a document that Henry clay hoped would save the union • a law that said slaveowners could get back slaves that escaped • ...
Civil war Crossword puzzle 2021-11-12
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- election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union
- as a free state
- Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States
- a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The Union wanted to try and choke off resupply to the South, and to prevent the shipment of arms,
- and material to the Southern States
- machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton
- - important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
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- - compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act - act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States
- document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863
- compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and
- Something regard the amount of power a state government has in relation to the amount of power held by the federal government in making decisions
- Georgia wanted something to expand and was distrustful of the abolitionist movement taking place in the North
12 Clues: as a free state • and material to the Southern States • compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and • Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States • machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton • ...
U.S and Canada crossword 2022-10-29
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- a network of safe houses in the United States that helped thousands of slaves escape to freedom
- ridge or high point that determines the direction of flowing water
- changing the position,direction or place of something.
- moving from one country to another and becoming a legal citizen
- competition usually associated with violence
- a boundary in the eastern United States where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
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- the source of a river
- changing something partially
- a mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the United States
- a large population concentration made from several cities combined
- a concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and midwestern United States
- a very large water tornado, another word for cyclone and typhoon
- fuel made from prehistoric animal remains
- a farming method in dry areas where the farmer relies on natural precipitation
- small river that connects to a bigger river
15 Clues: the source of a river • changing something partially • fuel made from prehistoric animal remains • small river that connects to a bigger river • competition usually associated with violence • changing the position,direction or place of something. • moving from one country to another and becoming a legal citizen • ...
Grade 4 Unit 4 2023-02-09
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- The last seven commandments teach us how to love our _______________.
- God gave humans ___________________so that we could use our minds and reason in making decisions.
- God chose _____________________ to lead His people out of slavery in Egypt.
- The first three commandments teach us how to love _______.
- Commandment three tells us to "Keep holy the Lord's ___________"
- The ability to choose one’s actions and direct them toward God
- Commandment seven states: "Do not ____________."
- Commandment nine and ten teach us to not covet. Which means we should not be ________________.
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- Commandment four tells us to be obedient to our ______________.
- Commandment five states: "Do not ______________."
- Commandment two reminds us to keep God's _____________holy.
- Commmandment eight states: "Do not ____________."
- After freeing His people from slavery in Egypt, God gave His people the _______________________________ as rules for loving God and our neighbor.
- Commandment one reminds us to always put God __________.
- Commandment six states: "Do not commit ____________." This means to respect married life.
15 Clues: Commandment seven states: "Do not ____________." • Commandment five states: "Do not ______________." • Commmandment eight states: "Do not ____________." • Commandment one reminds us to always put God __________. • The first three commandments teach us how to love _______. • Commandment two reminds us to keep God's _____________holy. • ...
Chapter 19 (.1 - .3) 2025-04-24
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- The nickname Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was called.
- The 38 German states were called this. Austria and Prussia were the two greatest powers.
- The laws in the 1700s that allowed landowners to fence off common lands, forcing peasants to move to towns.
- A northern Italian state people started looking too for leadership in achieving unity in Italy.
- The system where raw cotton was given to peasant families who would then spin the and weave the fabric in their homes.
- The Czar of Russia who tried to reform the country, but ultimately failed.
- A political philosophy saying that people should be as free as possible from government restraint. They also believed in protection of civil liberties.
- Means ‘withdraw.’ South Carolina, and six other Southern States, voted to do this because of abolitionism.
- A rich cotton-manufacturing town that investors were encouraged to link by rail with Liverpool.
- The capital of Hungary. Francis Joseph was the ruler of Hungary and Austria, but they both had their own capitals (Budapest and Vienna), constitution, legislature, and government bureaucracy.
- The person who built the first paddle-wheel steamboat, which was called the Clermont.
- A new leader of Italian unification. He raised an army of a thousand volunteers. They were called Red Shirts because of their uniform’s colors.
- A province France was forced to give up after it lost to Prussia.
- The principle stating that the great powers had the right to send armies to other countries having revolutions in order to restore the rightful monarch to the throne.
- Pride in one’s nation/ethnicity.
- A new process for producing better-quality iron. It was invented by Henry Cort, and involved using coke to burn away the impurities in crude iron.
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- A province France was forced to give up after it lost to Prussia.
- An economic system based on industrial production. It rose in the Industrial Revolution, and created a new middle class group- the industrial middle class.
- Means that all adult males have the right to vote.
- An economic system where society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls some means of production, like factories and utilities, allowing for the wealth to be distributed more equitably to everyone.
- A political philosophy based on tradition and a belief in the value of social stability. Most of them favored obedience to political authority. Thomas Hobbes philosophy; people are bad, and need a strong government.
- A British cotton manufacturer and utopian socialist who believed humans should show their natural goodness if they live in a cooperative society/environment.
- A person who starts their own business. Britain had plenty of entrepreneurs in the 1700s.
- A popular vote. Louis-Napoleon called for this to ask if the people wanted a restoration of the empire. 97% voted yes.
- The prime minister of Austria, and the leader of the Congress of Vienna.
- A Queen of England who had the longest reign (1837 - 1901). Her sense of duty and morality reflected the ideal of her age, which was later named ‘The Victorian Age.’
- A Scottish engineer who improved the steam engine by enabling it to drive machinery.
- Reliance on military strength. Prussia was known for this.
- A new prime minister appointed by King William I so he could enlarge the Prussian army.
- A thriving port that investors were encouraged to link by rail with Manchester. The two towns were 32 miles (551.5 k.m.) away.
- An emperor. William I was proclaimed the Second German (This word) even before his country won the war.
- A ready supply of money. Britain invested their capital in new industrial machines and factories.
- The place where the European leaders met to redraw the lines of Europe and arrange a final peace settlement.
- An edict written by Czar Alexander. It freed the serfs, and allowed peasants to own property and marry whoever.
- A movement to abolish slavery in America.
35 Clues: Pride in one’s nation/ethnicity. • A movement to abolish slavery in America. • Means that all adult males have the right to vote. • The nickname Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was called. • Reliance on military strength. Prussia was known for this. • A province France was forced to give up after it lost to Prussia. • ...
The Great Depression 2021-01-29
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- An american physician.
- An american author.
- Investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss.
- A shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.
- A government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957.
- A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
- The act of borrowing money to buy securities.
- Amendment Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol.
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- An American documentary photographer and photojournalist.
- Tariff A law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
- A collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price, with the intent of then returning the property to its previous owner.
- A 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve “ Dispute or Conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be”.
- A bank or other financial institution.
- An American Politician.
- 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.
- A group of 43,000 demonstrators made up of 17,000 U.S World War I veterans.
16 Clues: An american author. • An american physician. • An American Politician. • A bank or other financial institution. • The act of borrowing money to buy securities. • An American documentary photographer and photojournalist. • A group of 43,000 demonstrators made up of 17,000 U.S World War I veterans. • ...
Road to the civil war 2025-10-21
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- William Lloyd Garrison was an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
- A person who tracked down and returned escaped slaves to their owner
- Famous abolitionist that was born in slavery
- Anti-slavery Book
- fighting between pro-slavery and anti slavery.
- Movement that ended slavery
- A series of 5 laws passed in September 185-
- The "free slaves balance" was a struggle for political parity in the U.S. Senate between free states and slave states
- Slang used during the civil war
- power that comes from the people
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- Conflict between America and Mexico
- says that states have the right to get rid of a law.
- Says that even if an african american is free they still are not a us citizen
- Famous abolitionist
- slaves are treated like personal property
- Admitted Missouri as a slave state
- law that created the territories Kansas and nebraska
- the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
- Law that required escaped slaves to be captured
19 Clues: Anti-slavery Book • Famous abolitionist • Movement that ended slavery • Slang used during the civil war • power that comes from the people • Admitted Missouri as a slave state • Conflict between America and Mexico • slaves are treated like personal property • A series of 5 laws passed in September 185- • Famous abolitionist that was born in slavery • ...
WWI 2023-02-15
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- British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I.
- the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
- His death sparked the war.
- The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech.
- identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
- When a stronger country takes control/over a weaker country
- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
- Worldwide group who's goal was to maintain world peace.
- WW1 propaganda can be defined as information designed to get people's thinking aligned with government interests concerning the war.
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- the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
- Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
- Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States
- allow each person to have only a fixed amount of
- Principles Used For Peace Negotiations
- The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. With Germany's aid, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
- German Submarines
- The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
- Trench warfare is the type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
- a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning,
- Formally Ended The War
- The current president of the U.S. during WWI
- A liberty bond was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time.
- a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
23 Clues: German Submarines • Formally Ended The War • His death sparked the war. • Principles Used For Peace Negotiations • The current president of the U.S. during WWI • allow each person to have only a fixed amount of • Worldwide group who's goal was to maintain world peace. • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire • ...
american west crossword 2022-11-01
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- a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems
- several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain
- a trail used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads
- originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army
- A historical event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first-come-first-served basis.
- the process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses
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- American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders
- created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle
- regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States
- an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks
- a series of forced displacements of approximately 60,000 American Indians of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850
- the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially
- a convoy or train of covered horse-drawn wagons, as used by pioneers or settlers in North America.
- a private security guard and detective agency established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency
- the given name of many cemeteries, chiefly in the Western United States. During the 19th and early 20th century it was a common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters'
15 Clues: regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States • a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems • American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders • originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army • ...
ACCOUNTS HOLIDAY HOMEWORK 2023-06-28
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- Which goodwill is recorded in the book of accounts as per accounting standard 26?
- Debit balance of Current Account is shown in ______ side of Balance Sheet.
- the partners are collectively called ____.
- in absence of partnership deed the profit sharing ratio is _____.
- partnership deed is also known as ___.
- the persons who have entered into partnership, are individually called ____.
- What should be the minimum number of persons to form a Partnership?
- When there is a change in the current partners’ association that results in ending the existing agreement and initiate a formation of a new agreement is known as ______ of partnership.
- If date of drawings of the partner’s is not given in the question, interest is charged for how much time?
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- in case of fixed capitals, all the usual adjustments such as interest on Capital, partner’s salary/commission, drawings (out of profits), interest on drawings and share in profits or losses etc. are recorded in ______ account.
- ______ is a written agreement among the partners which contains the terms of agreement.
- Liability of partner is _____.
- Goodwill is defined as _____ asset.
- Goodwill is classified into ______ and purchased.
- Number of partners in a partnership firm may be ___.
- commission to a partner is ____ of profit,
- as a _____, a partner is bound by the act of other partners.
- Interest on partner's loan will also be provided in the absence of Partnership Deed @ ____% per annum.
- as an ____, a partner represents other partners and thereby, binds them through his acts.
- capital account will always show _____ balance.
20 Clues: Liability of partner is _____. • Goodwill is defined as _____ asset. • partnership deed is also known as ___. • the partners are collectively called ____. • commission to a partner is ____ of profit, • capital account will always show _____ balance. • Goodwill is classified into ______ and purchased. • Number of partners in a partnership firm may be ___. • ...
Islamic Art and Architecture Vocabulary 2025-10-10
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- - a wedge-shaped stone that forms the curved part of an arch
- – the Islamic sacred text dictated to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel
- – polygonal base of a dome that makes a transition from the round dome to a flat wall
- – the birthplace of Muhammad and the city all Muslims turn to in prayer
- – an Islamic official who calls people to prayer traditionally from a minaret
- – a pulpit from which sermons are given
- – the direction toward Mecca which Muslim’s face in prayer
- – rows of niche-like faceted shapes – ISLAMIC CUSPED NICHES often applied to Islamic buildings to domes, niches, capitals, or vaults
- - decoration using polygonal shapes with no gaps
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- – a Muslim house of worship
- – a small cylinder-shaped container with a detachable lid used to contain cosmetics or jewelry
- – an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that is required as one of the five pillars of Islam
- – a tall, slender column used to call people to prayer
- – the Prophet whose revelations and teachings form the foundation of Islam
- – a central niche in a mosque, which indicates the direction to Mecca
- – decorative or beautiful handwriting
- a rectangular vaulted space in a Muslim building that is walled on three sides and open on the fourth
- – a highly ornamental Islamic script
- – a flowing, intricate, and symmetrical pattern deriving from floral motifs
19 Clues: – a Muslim house of worship • – a highly ornamental Islamic script • – decorative or beautiful handwriting • – a pulpit from which sermons are given • - decoration using polygonal shapes with no gaps • – a tall, slender column used to call people to prayer • – the direction toward Mecca which Muslim’s face in prayer • ...
