states and capitals Crossword Puzzles
Asian Capitals Quiz 2024-10-13
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- The capital of Australia, although geographically located in Oceania
- The heart of Turkey, bridging Europe and Asia.
- The capital of Afghanistan, a city with a long and turbulent history.
- The capital of India, a blend of old and new.
- The heart of Japan, a bustling metropolis that never sleeps.
- The capital of Saudi Arabia, a modern city with a traditional heart.
- The capital of Vietnam, a city with a French colonial past.
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- The capital of Pakistan, a planned city with modern architecture.
- The capital of Indonesia, a sprawling city with a rich cultural heritage.
- A holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
- The capital of Russia, a vast city with a rich history.
- The City of Angels, a vibrant metropolis in Thailand.
- The ancient capital of China, home to the Forbidden City.
- The South Korean capital, a modern city known for its K-pop and technology.
- The capital of Iran, a city with a rich Persian culture.
15 Clues: The capital of India, a blend of old and new. • A holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. • The heart of Turkey, bridging Europe and Asia. • The City of Angels, a vibrant metropolis in Thailand. • The capital of Russia, a vast city with a rich history. • The capital of Iran, a city with a rich Persian culture. • ...
Capitals of Countries 2025-08-21
27. Cities & Capitals 2025-07-07
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- A very, very tall building.
- A large place with rows of seats where sports games or concerts are held.
- A high-level school where students go to learn after high school.
- All the vehicles moving on roads at a particular time.
- A building where the local government of a town is located.
- A place where many different kinds of animals are kept for people to see.
- A hard surface built for vehicles to travel on.
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- An underground train system that goes through a large town.
- An area of green land in a town where people can relax and play.
- The path at the side of a road for people to walk on.
- A public road in a town or village.
- An open public space in a town or city, often with shops around it.
- A place where old, interesting, or important things are shown.
- A small area within a larger town, where people live close to each other.
- A sculpture of a person or animal, usually made of stone or metal.
15 Clues: A very, very tall building. • A public road in a town or village. • A hard surface built for vehicles to travel on. • The path at the side of a road for people to walk on. • All the vehicles moving on roads at a particular time. • An underground train system that goes through a large town. • A building where the local government of a town is located. • ...
SCOTUS Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-01
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- the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States
- the 6th Amendment requires states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who can't afford their own
- the quality of being just, impartial, or fair
- establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions
- prohibits government from "establishing" a religion
- American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States
- criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogations
- Something that is somewhere that represents something
- rights of student journalists are not violated when school officials prevent the publication of certain articles in the school newspaper
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- a agreement by all people in a given situation
- Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the Federal Government
- the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution
- a legal document submitted by a person who is not involved directly in the particular action
- Supreme Court that recognized the First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools
- the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.
- A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races
- burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- prevents prosecutors from using evidence in court that was obtained illegally
18 Clues: the quality of being just, impartial, or fair • a agreement by all people in a given situation • prohibits government from "establishing" a religion • Something that is somewhere that represents something • the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States • criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogations • ...
6th Math Vocabulary 2021-12-03
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- To round the parts of a problem to get an approximate answer
- The property that states any number plus 0 is itself
- The property that states that any number times 0 is 0
- smallest shared multiple between two or more numbers
- largest shared factor between two or more numbers
- A number with only 2 factors, 1 and itself
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- The property that states that the grouping doesn't matter
- Two fractions that name the same number
- The property that states that the order doesn't matter
- When you divide two whole numbers and the remainder is 0
- A number with more than 2 factors
- When 1 is the only common factor of the numerator and denominator
- Any number divisible by 2
- A type of fraction where the numerator is greater than the denominator
- The formal name for the "flip" of a fraction
15 Clues: Any number divisible by 2 • A number with more than 2 factors • Two fractions that name the same number • A number with only 2 factors, 1 and itself • The formal name for the "flip" of a fraction • largest shared factor between two or more numbers • The property that states any number plus 0 is itself • smallest shared multiple between two or more numbers • ...
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 • ...
Chapter 2 Definitions - American Gov 2025-09-29
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- a highly decentralized form of government; sovereign states form a union for purposes such as mutual defense
- a form of government where power is divided between state gov. and a national gov.
- a legislature with only one house, like the Confederation Congress or the legislature proposed by the New Jersey Plan.
- a system that allows one branch of government to limit exercising the power by another branch; requires different parts of gov. to work together
- the powers given explicitly to the federal government by the Constitution
- powers not prohibited by the constitution or delegated to the national gov; powers reserved to the states and denied to the federal gov
- a compromise between the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan that created a two House Congress; representation is based on population in the House of Representatives and equal representation of states in the Senate.
- the right to life liberty and property; believed to be given by God; no government may take away
- a document written in 1776 in which the American colonists proclaimed their independence from Great Britain and listed their grievances against the British king - King George III
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- a compromise btw northern + southern states that called for counting of all states free population and 60 percent of its slave population for both fed taxation and representation in Congress
- a form of government in which political power lies in the hands of the people, not a monarch, and is exercised by elected officials
- the first basis for the nation's government, adopted in 1781; created an alliance of sovereign states held together by a weak central government
- an agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights
- a plan that called for a one house national legislature; each state receives one vote
- the sharing of powers among three separate branches of gov
- statement in Article 6 of the Constitution; that fed law is superior to laws passed by state legislature.
- a legislature with two houses such as the US Congress
17 Clues: a legislature with two houses such as the US Congress • the sharing of powers among three separate branches of gov • the powers given explicitly to the federal government by the Constitution • a form of government where power is divided between state gov. and a national gov. • ...
States of USA 2023-09-19
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- south central region of the U.S
- a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
- midwestern state bordering indiana
- is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
- a state in the Western United States with over 38.9 million residents.
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- southern U.S state with a river to its west
- a state in the Southwestern United States.
- a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
- midwestern region of the U.S
- the Western region of the United States.
10 Clues: midwestern region of the U.S • south central region of the U.S • midwestern state bordering indiana • the Western region of the United States. • a state in the Southwestern United States. • southern U.S state with a river to its west • is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. • ...
Government Crossword 2024-11-15
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- all three levels of government have the power to collect these
- only the national government has the power to declare this
- there are three of these: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
- the introduction to the Constitution
- this type of government is in charge of the country
- where the Judicial Branch works
- to deny a bill or law; a power of the President
- the first postmaster of the United States
- where the president lives
- The first three words of the Preamble
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- the agreement reached by the states at the Constitutional Convention
- the leader of a state
- this type of government is in charge of states
- this type of government is in charge of cities
- the first president of the United States
- the leader of a city or town
- the number of judges in the supreme court
- to charge someone in power with misconduct
- where congress works
19 Clues: where congress works • the leader of a state • where the president lives • the leader of a city or town • where the Judicial Branch works • the introduction to the Constitution • The first three words of the Preamble • the first president of the United States • the number of judges in the supreme court • the first postmaster of the United States • ...
The Antebellum South 2023-01-13
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- had nine new slave states enter between 1789 adn 1860.
- an owner of slaves.
- what the slave states were known as.
- of free blacks were light skinned women.
- known for use of slavery.
- the state of being a slave.
- a boat powered by steam.
- Planters projected the amount of cotton they could harvest based on the number of slaves under their control.
- a person who is owned and has no rights,
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- led the 2nd rebellion.
- what most slaves were used for.
- extension of the states territory by encroaching on that of the other nations.
- people against slavery.
- banned the further importation of slaves beginning in 1808.
- formally put an end to the system, practice, or institution.
- wrote Uncle Toms Cabin.
- people for slavery.
- any southern states in the US in which slavery was legal before the civil war.
- a person who is killed for religious beliefs
19 Clues: an owner of slaves. • people for slavery. • led the 2nd rebellion. • people against slavery. • wrote Uncle Toms Cabin. • a boat powered by steam. • known for use of slavery. • the state of being a slave. • what most slaves were used for. • what the slave states were known as. • of free blacks were light skinned women. • a person who is owned and has no rights, • ...
Paris 2025-05-16
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- Paris’s subway system, marked by Art Nouveau entrances and fast connections across the city.
- Paris is one of the world’s capitals for this stylish industry, home to haute couture and luxury brands.
- The river that winds through Paris and under its many historic bridges.
- The worlds most visited art museum near the Tuileries Garden and the Seine and home to the Mona Lisa and countless works of art.
- A long, crusty French bread often carried home under the arm in Paris.
- A hilltop neighborhood known for its artists, the Sacré-Cœur, and sweeping views of Paris.
- A restored Gothic masterpiece on the Île de la Cité, this cathedral reopened in 2024 and remains a symbol of Paris.
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- A historic Parisian district with cobblestone streets, boutiques, cafés, and Jewish heritage.
- Former French Royal Residence just outside Paris, famous for its Hall of Mirrors and gardens.
- A buttery, flaky pastry that's a classic part of a French breakfast.
- A Parisian landmark visible from almost anywhere in the city, beautifully illuminated at night
- The French word for “love,” often associated with the romantic spirit of Paris.
12 Clues: A buttery, flaky pastry that's a classic part of a French breakfast. • A long, crusty French bread often carried home under the arm in Paris. • The river that winds through Paris and under its many historic bridges. • The French word for “love,” often associated with the romantic spirit of Paris. • ...
The Great Depression 2021-01-30
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- an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States
- guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.
- A collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price, then returning the property to its previous owner.
- Ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America.
- a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.
- an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner
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- a government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks and other businesses.
- the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.
- a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States
- a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve conflicts
- an American documentary photographer and photojournalist
- an American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression
- World War I veterans, together with their families and affiliated groups who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service certificates.
- A period of severe dust storms that damaged american and canadian prairies in the 1930’s.
- far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power
- borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock.
16 Clues: guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs. • an American documentary photographer and photojournalist • borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock. • the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence. • an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner • ...
Notable Battles and Figures of the Civil War 2022-03-10
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- The Battle of _________ _________ led to the capture of several islands off the coast of South Carolina.
- Robert ________ was an escaped slave who took a ship of slaves across the Harbor of Charleston. He later became a Representative for South Carolina.
- the first land battle of the Civil War and was an attempt by the Union to take out the Confederate Army near Manassas Creek in Virginia
- Ulysses S. ________ was the general and commander of the Union forces.
- The name of the Confederate ironclad ship
- The 54th ____________ Infantry was the first all-black Union army.
- Draft dodgers and soldiers who fled from the Confederate Army hid in the Greenville area called the "Dark ______"
- Blockade _______ were small ships that were easily maneuverable and used to get supplies past the Union blockade
- William T. __________ led the deadly "March to the Sea" to Savannah, Georgia
- States that were part of the Union, but were slave states
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- The name of the Union ironclad ship
- General of the Union Army who was chosen to lead the Union troops to victory by Lincoln, but he stalled to train his men for many months instead of going to battle.
- The Battle of _______ was Lee's second attempt to attack a northern city and Union victory, which led to an address by Abraham Lincoln at this site.
- The first battle that the Confederates sought to win in the Union territory
- Andrew ________ was the President of the Confederate States of America.
- The general and the commander of the overall Confederate armies
- The Battle of ________ Courthouse ended the war with General Lee's surrender to the Union forces.
- The Battle of __________ was for the remaining battlement along the Mississippi River and gave control of the Mississippi to the Union forces.
- _____________ Proclamation freed the slaves in all Confederate controlled states, but allowed states that were part of the Union to keep their slaves.
- This fort, when it was lost to the Union army led to the surrender of Charleston after 567 of firing on the city
- _________ Jackson was a famous general who led a Confederate victory at the Battle of Manassas
- the first battle of the Civil War that was fought in the waters off Charleston
- _______ Lincoln was the President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
23 Clues: The name of the Union ironclad ship • The name of the Confederate ironclad ship • States that were part of the Union, but were slave states • The general and the commander of the overall Confederate armies • The 54th ____________ Infantry was the first all-black Union army. • Ulysses S. ________ was the general and commander of the Union forces. • ...
MARLEYS CROSSWORD 2026-03-17
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- Traditional Japanese soup often made with miso
- Japanese art of paper folding
- Seaweed commonly used in Japanese cooking
- Policy that isolated Japan from most foreign influence
- Traditional code of honor followed by samurai
- Tea ceremony emphasizing harmony and respect
- System of rule where land is exchanged for loyalty and service
- System of exchange without money
- Samurai trained in stealth and espionage (often confused with ninja)
- Rice wine used in ceremonies and cooking
- Strict code of laws enforced by the shogunate
- Female warrior of the samurai class
- Merchant class in feudal Japan
- Council of elders advising the shogun (Tokugawa period)
- Staple grain of Japan, often used as currency in feudal times
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- Emperor’s court system centered in early capitals like Nara and Kyoto
- Military ruler who held real power in feudal Japan
- Main good exchanged by early Japanese merchants, often rice
- Fermented soybean paste used in soups
- Silk route trading partner of ancient Japan
- Japanese port city active in early foreign trade
- High-ranking samurai lord serving a shogun
- Elite Japanese warrior bound by bushido code
- Traditional Japanese poetry form with 17 syllables
- Raw fish dish served over rice (early form)
- Classical Japanese drama with masks and slow movement
- Indigenous spiritual belief system of Japan
- Hereditary ruler of Japan, considered divine in ancient times
- Valuable imported fabric from mainland Asia
- Masterless samurai who wandered feudal Japan
30 Clues: Japanese art of paper folding • Merchant class in feudal Japan • System of exchange without money • Female warrior of the samurai class • Fermented soybean paste used in soups • Rice wine used in ceremonies and cooking • Seaweed commonly used in Japanese cooking • High-ranking samurai lord serving a shogun • Silk route trading partner of ancient Japan • ...
Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction 2021-03-02
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- The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act.
- The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
- One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the __________ movement.
- Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North had greater __________ capabilities.
- After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by creating tenant farms and __________.
- Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford?
- Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
- When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union.
- After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were sharecroppers and __________ farmers.
- After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
- One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?
- … In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” … President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to urge Congress to convince __________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
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- The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
- … The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
- election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ___________ of several Southern states from the Union?
- President Abraham Lincoln believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the ___________.
- The __________ formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of keeping African-Americans from exercising rights.
- Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the issue of __________.
- Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to deny __________ rights to African Americans.
- As a result of the Missouri Compromise (1820) the ___________ of power between free and slave states was maintained.
- Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all contributed to the rise of __________ in the United States.
- The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the removal of federal __________ from Southern states.
- At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.
- During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.
24 Clues: The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act. • Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford? • When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union. • ...
Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-23
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- - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
- - is full of these diverse buildings and art statues
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- - German or Russian is commonly spoken.
- - is one of the least religious capitals in the world.
- - makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings.
5 Clues: - German or Russian is commonly spoken. • - makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings. • - is full of these diverse buildings and art statues • - is one of the least religious capitals in the world. • - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-23
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- - is one of the least religious capitals in the world.
- - makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings.
- - German or Russian is commonly spoken.
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- - is full of these diverse buildings and art statues
- - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
5 Clues: - German or Russian is commonly spoken. • - makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings. • - is full of these diverse buildings and art statues • - is one of the least religious capitals in the world. • - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
U.S. States 2026-05-14
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- Least populous U.S. state
- One of two states that border eight other states; this one borders North Carolina and Georgia
- Only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes
- The “Granite State”
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- State with the highest point in the contiguous United States
- Most densely populated state
- Only state that borders exactly one other state
- The “Bluegrass State”
- One of two states that border eight other states; this one borders Kansas and Illinois.
- State containing the geographic center of the contiguous United States
10 Clues: The “Granite State” • The “Bluegrass State” • Least populous U.S. state • Most densely populated state • Only state that borders exactly one other state • Only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes • State with the highest point in the contiguous United States • State containing the geographic center of the contiguous United States • ...
Manifest Destiny 2025-03-11
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- Agreements made during the Constitutional Convention to appease different factions and ensure the Constitution's ratification.
- The 1803 acquisition of the Louisiana territory from France, which doubled the size of the United States.
- Territory that was the final destination of the Oregon Trail.
- Territory that was settled by Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers.
- The meeting in 1787 where the United States Constitution was drafted.
- The political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison that opposed the Federalists.
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- The rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos in putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico.
- The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- The early 19th-century expedition commissioned by President Jefferson to explore the newly acquired western territory.
- The belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
- The 1830 law that authorized the forced removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands.
- The political party that supported a strong central government and the ratification of the Constitution.
- Territory that had a population boom thanks to the Gold Rush in 1854.
- The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
- The war between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, leading to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
15 Clues: The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. • Territory that was the final destination of the Oregon Trail. • Territory that was settled by Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers. • Territory that had a population boom thanks to the Gold Rush in 1854. • The meeting in 1787 where the United States Constitution was drafted. • ...
South America Countries and Capitals 2021-05-11
South America Countries and Capitals 2021-05-11
12 Clues: capital is lima • capital is Quito • capital is La Paz • capital is Bogota • capital is Caracas • capital is Brasilia • capital is Santiago • capital is Asuncion • capital is Georgetown • capital is Montevideo • capital is Paramaribo • capital is Buenos Aires
South America Countries and Capitals 2021-05-11
12 Clues: country is Peru • country is Chile • country is Brazil • country is Guyana • country is Bolivia • country is Ecuador • country is Uruguay • country is Colombia • country is Suriname • country is Paraguay • country is Venezuela • country is Argentina
South America Countries and Capitals 2023-02-28
12 Clues: Capital is Lima • Capital is Quito • Capital is Bogota • Capital is La Paz • Capital is Caracas • Capital is Asuncion • Capital is Santiago • Capital is Brasilla • Capital is Montevideo • Capital is Paramaribo • Capital is Georgetown • Capital is Buenos Aires
Unit 1 Foundations of Government 2020-07-26
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- In a democratic system of government, the people rule.
- Served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States.
- Citizens give authority to the government in exchange for the protection of their rights.
- Stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions.
- Government is not all-powerful and may only do those things the people have given it the power to do.
- Guaranteed the rights of the Englishmen to the colonists.
- In a representative system of government, the people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people’s behalf.
- Established for the first time the principle that everyone including the king was subject to the law, and gave Englishmen basic rights and freedoms.
- first ten (1-10) amendments to the U.S. Constitution. They were influenced by the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
- A change to the U.S. Constitution.
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- An attempt to initiate some type of action.
- Established the structure of the United States government.
- Introduction to the U.S. Constitution which states its goals or purposes.
- Document adopted in 1776 that declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain.
- Document that established the first form of national government for the United States and created a weak central government.
- Everyone, including government officials, must follow the law.
- Rights that cannot be taken away (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness).
- To approve.
18 Clues: To approve. • A change to the U.S. Constitution. • An attempt to initiate some type of action. • Stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions. • In a democratic system of government, the people rule. • Guaranteed the rights of the Englishmen to the colonists. • Established the structure of the United States government. • ...
George Washington's Presidency 2014-03-13
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- Tax on a good brought into the country.
- The farmers of western Pennsylvania were angry about a government tax on __________.
- The Secretary of the __________ enforces tax laws.
- A settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement.
- 1st President of the United States. (last name)
- Blue Jacket was defeated at this battle by Major General Anthony Wayne. (no space)
- Act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
- Debt owed to private citizens and American businesses.
- This Act, passed in 1789, created the Federal Court System.
- Native American tribes joined together and formed the Western __________.
- Pinckney's Treaty was made between the US and __________.
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- The US signed Jay's treaty with what country?
- The Secretary of state advises the President on _________ affairs.
- Pinckney's treaty allowed the US to trade through this port. (No space)
- The __________ General serves as the chief lawyer of the United States.
- The biggest economic problem faced by the United States is the __________ debt.
- Cabinet members give the President __________.
- Thomas Jefferson believed the National Bank was __________.
- The Secretary of War advises the President on __________ affairs.
- Hamilton wanted to pay off all of the __________ debts along with the National debt.
- Pinckney's Treaty gave the US free navigation of this major river.
- Another word for money.
- Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a national _________.
- Southern states would support Hamilton's plan if Northern States supported a plan to locate the nations __________ in the south.
- Head of the Supreme Court is called the _________ Justice.
25 Clues: Another word for money. • Tax on a good brought into the country. • The US signed Jay's treaty with what country? • Cabinet members give the President __________. • 1st President of the United States. (last name) • The Secretary of the __________ enforces tax laws. • Debt owed to private citizens and American businesses. • ...
Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction 2021-03-02
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- The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act.
- The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
- One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the __________ movement.
- Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North had greater __________ capabilities.
- After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by creating tenant farms and __________.
- Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford?
- Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
- When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union.
- After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were sharecroppers and __________ farmers.
- After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
- One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?
- … In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” … President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to urge Congress to convince __________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
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- The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
- … The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
- election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ___________ of several Southern states from the Union?
- President Abraham Lincoln believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the ___________.
- The __________ formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of keeping African-Americans from exercising rights.
- Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the issue of __________.
- Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to deny __________ rights to African Americans.
- As a result of the Missouri Compromise (1820) the ___________ of power between free and slave states was maintained.
- Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all contributed to the rise of __________ in the United States.
- The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the removal of federal __________ from Southern states.
- At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.
- During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.
24 Clues: The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act. • Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford? • When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union. • ...
CH 15 RECONSTRUCTION (REBUILDING AFTER CIVIL WAR) 2025-05-15
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- Laws passed in the Southern states after the Civil War that limited the rights of African Americans
- To formally accuse a public official of wrongdoing, which could lead to their removal from office
- A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party. They were often seen as traitors by other white Southerners
- The process of bringing different groups of people together, especially different races, so they have equal opportunities and are not separated
- The period after the Civil War (1865-1877) when the United States worked to rebuild the South and bring the Confederate states back into the Union
- Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War
- A system where a farmer rents land and pays the landowner with a share of the crops they grow. This often kept formerly enslaved people in poverty
- The right to vote
- Unfair treatment of a person or group based on things like race, religion, or gender
- The United States of America as one country. During the Civil War, it referred to the states that remained loyal to the federal government
- When the army controls an area, often used in the South during Reconstruction to enforce new laws
- A test of reading and writing skills that was sometimes required before people could vote. These tests were often unfairly used to prevent African Americans from voting
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- The act of bringing people or groups back together after a conflict
- A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution
- A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, sometimes to help with Reconstruction but often seen as trying to profit from the situation
- A federal agency created to help formerly enslaved people with things like food, housing, education, and medical care after the Civil War
- A secret organization that used violence and intimidation to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights
- The act of separating people based on race or other differences
- The status of being a legal member of a country, with rights and responsibilities
- A group of Republicans in Congress who believed the South should be punished for the Civil War and that African Americans should have full equality
- The group of 11 Southern states that seceded (left) the United States and formed their own government during the Civil War
- An official pardon (forgiveness) for people who have committed a crime, often used for large groups of people
- The act of ending slavery
- The basic rights that all citizens have under the law, such as freedom of speech and the right to vote
- To officially approve or accept a document, like an amendment to the Constitution
- A fee that people had to pay in order to vote. This was used to prevent poor African Americans from voting
26 Clues: The right to vote • The act of ending slavery • A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution • Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War • The act of separating people based on race or other differences • The act of bringing people or groups back together after a conflict • ...
Unit 9 Vocab 2024-04-30
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- the belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government
- be on each or on one side of
- a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group
- a system of required service in the armed forces
- the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, taken as the northern limit of the slave-owning states before the abolition of slavery.
- Between roughly 1855 and 1859, Kansans engaged in a violent guerrilla war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces
- a person who is killed because of their beliefs.
- military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War. The plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces.
- the art and science of achieving a political objective through the military instrument of national power
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- a group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War
- States of America the nation formed by the southern states when they seceded from the Union; also known as the Confederacy
- enroll or be enrolled in the armed services.
- a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal, and required their return to slaveholders
- to formally withdraw from the Union
- an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1, 1863
- sovereignty the idea that political authority belongs to the people
- pull away/withdraw -the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
- a devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole
- a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery
- a war between citizens of the same country.
20 Clues: be on each or on one side of • to formally withdraw from the Union • a war between citizens of the same country. • enroll or be enrolled in the armed services. • a system of required service in the armed forces • a person who is killed because of their beliefs. • sovereignty the idea that political authority belongs to the people • ...
Chapter 15 Vocabulary 2017-01-05
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- Railroad Associated with Harriet Tubman
- An idea that the government can stop slavery from spreading
- The loyal, older slaves that watch the others
- A tax
- Created the territories of Kansas & Nebraska
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- The meeting that approved the Compromise of 1850
- An addition
- The states that abolished slavery
- Voiding and not following the national laws
- States Free states and slave states that shared borders
- Setting a Fire
11 Clues: A tax • An addition • Setting a Fire • The states that abolished slavery • Railroad Associated with Harriet Tubman • Voiding and not following the national laws • Created the territories of Kansas & Nebraska • The loyal, older slaves that watch the others • The meeting that approved the Compromise of 1850 • States Free states and slave states that shared borders • ...
American Government: Chp. 4 - The Constitution 2025-02-06
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- Provided for the surveying of western lands in the Northwest Territory and the orderly sale of the land to settlers.
- Powers not given to the federal government, but left to the states.
- The man who literally wrote the final draft of the Constitution.
- State that proposed a unicameral legislature with each state receiving equal representation.
- A formal agreement or contract between two or more parties.
- The only state to NOT send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
- Also known as the Pennsylvania State House and the site of the Constitutional Convention.
- Territory that was bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and also the Great Lakes.
- System where areas of authority were divided between the states and the national government.
- The youngest delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
- System with officials chosen to represent the people and the states.
- Rebellion in Massachusetts that attempted to stop governmental foreclosure on debt-ridden farms.
- The only branch of government in the Articles of Confederation.
- Chosen to be the "president" of the Constitutional Convention proceedings.
- This state's constitution was written by delegates sent to a constitutional convention.
- The oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
- This branch of government is to interpret laws and try cases involving federal laws.
- Powers given to the national government by the Constitution.
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- This branch of government's duty is to enforce laws, make appointments, command the armed forces.
- Two house legislature
- Began writing essays in NY newspapers promoting the passage of the Constitution.
- The Great Compromise is sometimes called this compromise due to the work of this state's delegation.
- The last state to ratify the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION.
- This compact can be called the forerunner of the written constitution in America.
- State that proposed a two-house legislature system.
- Abbreviation for the city which was a temporary home for the new government formed by the Constitution.
- Abbreviated name for the lower house of the U.S. Congress.
- Compromise on how slaves were to be counted for representation and taxation.
- Upper house of the United States Congress.
- Supporters of the new Constitution.
- Central government is subordinate to state governments and has only the powers which the states grant it.
- Said that the greatest enemy to liberty is tyranny.
- Emphasized the relationship between the king and the colonies.
- Introduction to the Constitution.
- Number of states that attended the Annapolis Convention in 1786.
35 Clues: Two house legislature • Introduction to the Constitution. • Supporters of the new Constitution. • Upper house of the United States Congress. • State that proposed a two-house legislature system. • Said that the greatest enemy to liberty is tyranny. • The oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention. • The last state to ratify the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. • ...
Period 4 Review 2023-04-26
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- Known for their expedition from the Mississippi River to the West Coast and back
- First widespread and durable financial crisis in the United States that slowed westward expansion in the Cotton Belt
- Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time
- A wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit
- Designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress
- Established the United States legislature as a two-house law-making body
- A doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs
- A war primarily over the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy, as well as disagreements over trade, western expansion, and Native American policy.
- Tirst 10 amendments of the constitution
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- A form of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government
- A series of three military conflicts between the United States and the Seminoles that took place in Florida between about 1816 and 1858
- The fundamental law of the US government
- An economic plan that played an important role in American policy during the first half of the 19th century
- This is the enforcement of military or naval service on able-bodied but unwilling men through crude and violent methods.
- Closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain.
15 Clues: Tirst 10 amendments of the constitution • The fundamental law of the US government • Closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain. • Established the United States legislature as a two-house law-making body • A wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit • ...
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 • ...
Chapter 3&4 Vocab 2015-10-26
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- Power that is shared by federal and state government
- Refusal to sign a bill
- Requires each state to honor the public acts, official records and judicial proceedings of every other state
- Government created for the by the people
- Powers assumed by the government that are not listed in the Constitution
- Idea that a state had the right to separate from the union
- Every member of a society must follow the law
- Federal grants given to states for welfare, community development, public health or education
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- A number of citizens, majority or minority, united by a common interest who might act in a way that will hurt the rights of other citizens
- Belief that states had the right to cancel federal laws they disagreed with
- Federal grants that can only be used for a specific purpose of state and local spending
- Powers that are not specifically granted to federal government nor denied to the states that are reserved for the states
- Period where national government channeled federal funds to local governments and citizens to address the problems that states were not addressing
- Power granted to Congress by the Constitution
- A form of political government where power is divided among central government and territorial subdivisions
15 Clues: Refusal to sign a bill • Government created for the by the people • Power granted to Congress by the Constitution • Every member of a society must follow the law • Power that is shared by federal and state government • Idea that a state had the right to separate from the union • Powers assumed by the government that are not listed in the Constitution • ...
The Civil War - Zirkle 2021-04-28
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- what the south was called
- the president of the United States from 1860-1865
- the war that divided a nation
- what the north was called
- wanted new states to become slave states
- the economy of the north
- many from this group of African Americans sought freedom by following the Union army
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- economy of the south
- some from this group of African Americans joined the Union Army and Navy
- commander of the army of Northern Virginia
- wanted new states to become free states
- people who wanted to end slavery
- most white Virginians supported
13 Clues: economy of the south • the economy of the north • what the south was called • what the north was called • the war that divided a nation • most white Virginians supported • people who wanted to end slavery • wanted new states to become free states • wanted new states to become slave states • commander of the army of Northern Virginia • ...
U.S. Capitals 2018-11-18
U.S. Capitals 2018-11-18
U.S. Capitals 2018-11-18
City Capitals 2018-10-24
10 Clues: Capital of Spain • Capital of Italy • Capital of Russia • Capital of Norway • Capital of Poland • Capital of Greece • Capital of France • Capital of Germany • Capital of Finland • Capital of United kingdom
State Capitals 2014-04-07
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- Capital of the biggest west coast state
- Capital of the best state in the US
- Two words, the first words is Santa
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- Capital of Arizona
- Capital of a state where most spring breaks vacations go to
- A common name that starts with an A
- The capital of the contry
- Capital of the state with a lot of s's in the southeast
- Capital of Colorado
- Oregon's Capital
10 Clues: Oregon's Capital • Capital of Arizona • Capital of Colorado • The capital of the contry • A common name that starts with an A • Capital of the best state in the US • Two words, the first words is Santa • Capital of the biggest west coast state • Capital of the state with a lot of s's in the southeast • Capital of a state where most spring breaks vacations go to
COUNTRIES / CAPITALS 2015-01-25
Countries & Capitals 2021-07-01
10 Clues: Capital of Peru • Capital of Oman • Capital of Qatar • Capital of Italy • Capital of Germany • Capital of Thailand • Capital of Indonesia • Capital of Netherlands • Capital of South Korea • Capital of Philippines
State Capitals 2023-10-12
10 Clues: Capital of Goa • Capital of Bihar • Capital of Assam • Capital of Manipur • Capital of Haryana • Capital of Gujarat • Capital of Nagaland • Capital of Andhra Pradesh • Capital of Madhya Pradesh • Capital of Andhra Pradesh
State Capitals 2023-10-12
10 Clues: Capital of Goa • Capital of Bihar • Capital of Assam • Capital of Manipur • Capital of Haryana • Capital of Gujarat • Capital of Nagaland • Capital of Andhra Pradesh • Capital of Madhya Pradesh • Capital of Andhra Pradesh
State capitals 2023-10-11
10 Clues: Capital of India • America’s capital • The capital of Kiev • The capital of Russia • The capital of Canada • The capital of England • The capital of Georgia • The capital of Kyrgyzstan • The capital of Kazakhstan • The capital of Uzbekistan
Country Capitals 2024-02-20
10 Clues: Capital of Egypt • Capital of Italy • Capital of Japan • Capital of China • Capital of France • Capital of Russia • Capital of Ukraine • Capital of Germany • Delhi Capital of India • Capital of the United Kingdom
World Capitals 2020-10-09
10 Clues: capital of china • capital of brazil • capital of belgium • capital of germany • capital of norway • capital to denmark • capital of budapest • D. C. capital of USA • capital of netherlands • madrid capital of spain
World Capitals 2020-10-09
10 Clues: capital of china • capital of brazil • capital of belgium • capital of germany • capital of norway • capital to denmark • capital of budapest • D. C. capital of USA • capital of netherlands • madrid capital of spain
European Capitals 2024-05-24
10 Clues: The capital of Italy • The capital of Greece • The capital of Norway • The capital of Sweden • The capital of Belgium • The capital of Germany • The capital of Austria • The capital of Bulgaria • The capital of Portugal • The capital of Great Britain
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
American Civil Way by Xen 2023-01-08
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- The first battle during the Civil War.
- America's 16th president.
- This man was the Confederate general.
- President of the Confederate States.
- They were needed to farm cotton.
- American states that were against the Confederacy.
- The election that caused the Southern states to secede.
- The American soldier that burnt down the towns in Georgia.
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- This proclamation freed the slaves.
- The crop that the South relied on.
- The man who led the raid on Harper's Ferry.
- The idea of the North, South, and West having their own set of cultural, economic, and geographic realities.
- The town which general Sherman was ordered to burn.
- This man led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
- The country made out of Southern states.
15 Clues: America's 16th president. • They were needed to farm cotton. • The crop that the South relied on. • This proclamation freed the slaves. • President of the Confederate States. • This man was the Confederate general. • The first battle during the Civil War. • The country made out of Southern states. • The man who led the raid on Harper's Ferry. • ...
SCOTUS Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-01
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- the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States
- the 6th Amendment requires states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who can't afford their own
- the quality of being just, impartial, or fair
- establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions
- prohibits government from "establishing" a religion
- American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States
- criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogations
- Something that is somewhere that represents something
- rights of student journalists are not violated when school officials prevent the publication of certain articles in the school newspaper
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- a agreement by all people in a given situation
- Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the Federal Government
- the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution
- a legal document submitted by a person who is not involved directly in the particular action
- Supreme Court that recognized the First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools
- the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.
- A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races
- burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- prevents prosecutors from using evidence in court that was obtained illegally
18 Clues: the quality of being just, impartial, or fair • a agreement by all people in a given situation • prohibits government from "establishing" a religion • Something that is somewhere that represents something • the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States • criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogations • ...
SCOTUS Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-01
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- the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States
- the 6th Amendment requires states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who can't afford their own
- the quality of being just, impartial, or fair
- establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions
- prohibits government from "establishing" a religion
- American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States
- criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogations
- Something that is somewhere that represents something
- rights of student journalists are not violated when school officials prevent the publication of certain articles in the school newspaper
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- a agreement by all people in a given situation
- Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the Federal Government
- the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution
- a legal document submitted by a person who is not involved directly in the particular action
- Supreme Court that recognized the First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools
- the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.
- A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races
- burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- prevents prosecutors from using evidence in court that was obtained illegally
18 Clues: the quality of being just, impartial, or fair • a agreement by all people in a given situation • prohibits government from "establishing" a religion • Something that is somewhere that represents something • the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States • criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogations • ...
Forming a Government (Chapter 5 - Pgs. 152-173) 2016-01-26
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- opposed the Constitution
- principles/laws that state the powers of govs.
- a strong and outspoken antifederalist
- a word left out of the Consitution, use "free Persons" instead
- first state to ratify the Constitution
- support the Constitution
- farmer who protested high taxes
- "Father of the Constitution"
- political authority belongs to the people
- written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
- President of the Constitutional Convention
- right to vote
- created to protect citizens rights
- strong voice who opposed the Constitutional Convention
- developed the social contract theory
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- territory that would be formed into states
- plan supported by larger states
- official changes to the constitution
- first national gov. of the U.S.
- powers shared between central and state govs.
- compromise for counting a state's slave population
- plan supported by the smaller states
- branch of gov. that creates laws
- taxes on imports and exports
- branch of gov. that interprets laws
- official approval
- agreement for a two house legislature
- last state to ratify the Constitution
- branch of gov. that carries out the laws
- a strong and outspoken federalist
30 Clues: right to vote • official approval • opposed the Constitution • support the Constitution • taxes on imports and exports • "Father of the Constitution" • plan supported by larger states • first national gov. of the U.S. • farmer who protested high taxes • branch of gov. that creates laws • a strong and outspoken federalist • created to protect citizens rights • ...
Civil War Vocabulary 2023-04-20
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- African American religious folk song
- device using electric signals to send messages
- unfair treatment based on prejudice
- ability to read and write
- plantation manager
- trade of enslaved people within the United States
- extreme shortage of food
- system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who escaped
- to formally join the military
- person who is running away from legal authority
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- system of sending messages using dots and dashes
- unfair opinion not based on facts
- strategy of bringing war to the entire society
- work stoppage by employees as a form of protest
- system of selecting people for military service
- rules focusing on behavior or punishment of enslaved people
- reward or payment
- farmer who owns a small farm
- paper money from northern states
- person opposed to immigration
- conflict between citizens of the same country
- soldier who is killed, wounded, or missing in battle
- place to store weapons and military equipment
- states between the north and south
- to withdraw/break away from a nation
25 Clues: reward or payment • plantation manager • extreme shortage of food • ability to read and write • farmer who owns a small farm • person opposed to immigration • to formally join the military • paper money from northern states • unfair opinion not based on facts • states between the north and south • unfair treatment based on prejudice • African American religious folk song • ...
Kaylan's CH 17 Review 2023-03-15
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- believed slavery should be outlawed
- fur traders and trappers created the trail
- belief that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific
- moving to another place
- giving up territory
- travel from place to place to teach their religion
- a Spanish mission in San Antonio Texas
- people moving west for geographic and economic opportunity
- a line that limits off an area
- made Missouri a slave state
- lack of water
- people moving here in hopes of finding gold
- eleventh president of the United States
- started out as a Spanish possession and then won its independence from Mexico in a battle
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- where people searched for gold
- Member of a christian movement
- trade goods with Mexicans for gold, silver, and other goods
- land that Great Britain and the United States fought for
- come to live in a foreign country
- capable of growing crops
- prohibition of the extension of slavery
- traded fur
- founder of the Mormons
- people heading to California for gold
- led the Texas army to victory in San Jacinto
25 Clues: traded fur • lack of water • giving up territory • founder of the Mormons • moving to another place • capable of growing crops • made Missouri a slave state • where people searched for gold • Member of a christian movement • a line that limits off an area • come to live in a foreign country • believed slavery should be outlawed • people heading to California for gold • ...
Cold War Crossword 2025-02-06
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- battle between U.S. vs Soviet Union
- Plane shot down
- democracy country
- The reconstruction plan
- alleged that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States
- place of safety from bombs
- treaty of friendship between Europe and Ussr
- the first artificial Earth satellite
- was on the side of the Soviet Union
- President of the U.S. during Cold war
- preparedness measure in the United States designed to be a civil-defense response in case of a nuclear attack
- means of keeping something within limits
- Totalitarianism country
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- Control of everything
- country of the first president George Washington
- the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II
- demarcates North Korea and South Korea.
- Part of the USSR
- The country votes
- states controlled by Russia
- Soviet Union leader
- first international crisis of the cold war
- policy for pledges American support for democracy
- a committee of the US House of Representatives established in 1938
- program to keep peace with different countries
25 Clues: Plane shot down • Part of the USSR • The country votes • democracy country • Soviet Union leader • Control of everything • The reconstruction plan • place of safety from bombs • states controlled by Russia • Totalitarianism country • battle between U.S. vs Soviet Union • was on the side of the Soviet Union • the first artificial Earth satellite • ...
funy mun crossword 2026-04-24
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- – A negotiator skilled in international relations and strategy
- – A formally adopted document with preambulatory and operative clauses
- – The formal approval of a treaty or resolution making it valid
- – The strategic practice of balancing national interests while maintaining international relations
- – The rules that govern motions, speeches, and voting
- – Coercive measures used to influence a state's behavior
- – A legally binding international agreement between states
- – A motion to suspend or delay debate to a later time
- – An informal session used for negotiation and bloc-building
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- – The principle protecting a state’s independence from external interference
- – The structured sequence of topics guiding committee debate
- – Authority granted to an international body to act on specific issues
- – The rapid spread of weapons (especially nuclear) across states
- – A formal change introduced to modify a resolution
- – A higher voting threshold (e.g., two-thirds) required for key decisions
- – A guiding principle shaping a nation’s decisions
- – A diplomatic arrangement between exactly two states
- – An official representative of a country in committee
- – Codified rules governing formal conduct and procedure
- – Decision-making method where no formal objection is raised
20 Clues: – A guiding principle shaping a nation’s decisions • – A formal change introduced to modify a resolution • – A diplomatic arrangement between exactly two states • – The rules that govern motions, speeches, and voting • – A motion to suspend or delay debate to a later time • – An official representative of a country in committee • ...
Unit 8:Civil War 2025-04-24
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- The battle was a defeat for the confederacy and halted the Confederate invasion of the North.This was the deadliest Battle of the war,with over 50,000 casualties.
- the state of lasting forever
- issued on January 1st,1863,by President Abraham Lincoln that declared "that all persons held as enslaved people"within the rebellious states were free
- a speech given by a president when they take office
- The Confederate surrender at Vicksburg occurred just a day after the Gettysburg surrender and crushed Confederate hope of receiving foreign recognition.
- grant worked his way up the Union ranks during the Civil War.President Lincoln elevated Grant to the rank of lieutenant general,and named him general-in-chief of the Armies of the United States..He would later serve as President.
- Military historians consider the Battle of Antietam a stalemate.Even so,the Union kept Confederates confined and enabled President Lincoln to release the Emancipation Proclamation of September 22.1862.
- the United states
- a strategy that included the systematic destruction of any property or supplies,including those belonging to civilians,that are essential to the enemy's ability to wage war
- a collection of southern states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War
- to keep something in its original state
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- The Confederate victory gave the south a surge of Confidence and shocked many in the North,who realized the war would not be won as easily as they had hoped
- President of the Union during the Civil War
- President of the Confederate states of America
- lasting forever
- Confederate,earned the nickname "Stonewall"because he refused to back down.He was shot by one of his soldiers accidentally and died several days later.
- Missouri,Kentucky,West Virgina,Maryland and Delaware
- The Union would use naval forces to strangle the South by blockading imports of Military supplies and exporting cotton
- a Union naval officer that led various naval blockade to victory.Farragut's biggest accomplishment was planing and executing a joint army-navy operation to take control of Mobile Bay,Alabama,in August of 1864.
- The union victory ended-any hopes the Confederates had of blocking the Union advanced into Northern Mississippi
- a war fought exclusively between armies in which only enemy soldiers and military infrastructure are targeted
- Led Virginia's Confederate army upon its secession from the union,became the commander of the entire Confederate Army.
22 Clues: lasting forever • the United states • the state of lasting forever • to keep something in its original state • President of the Union during the Civil War • President of the Confederate states of America • a speech given by a president when they take office • Missouri,Kentucky,West Virgina,Maryland and Delaware • ...
Civil War 2025-06-17
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- The amendment that abolished slavery
- President of the Confederate States
- The general of the Union Army
- The first state to secede from the Union
- The general of the Confederate Army
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- The war between the North and the South
- Famous speech given by Lincoln after a major battle
- The president of the United States during the Civil War
- An escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist speaker
- The practice of owning people as property
- When the Southern States left the United States and joined together to make the Confederate States of America
11 Clues: The general of the Union Army • President of the Confederate States • The general of the Confederate Army • The amendment that abolished slavery • The war between the North and the South • The first state to secede from the Union • The practice of owning people as property • Famous speech given by Lincoln after a major battle • ...
Civil War Era 2017-05-23
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- Leading general for the Union
- Who assassinated Lincoln?
- What states were fighting to get rid of slavery?
- Turning point of the CW in the east
- Name of the slave who sued for his freedom
- Lincoln's speech to free slaves in territories of rebellion
- Where were most battles fought in the CW?
- First state to secede
- First African American to receive Medal of Honor
- President of the Confederate States during the Civil War
- Lincoln's speech in November 1863(named after a battle)
- What states were fighting to keep slaves?
- Leader of the South's Army
- General who was nicknamed "Stonewall"
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- Bloodiest battle of the CW
- First battle of the Civil War
- Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
- How many years was the CW?
- President of the United States during the Civil War
- Turning point of the CW in the west
- First Hispanic to receive Medal of Honor
- Main reason North and South were fighting
- How did Lincoln die?
- What country was fighting in the CW?
- What did Lincoln want to maintain between the states after the CW?
25 Clues: How did Lincoln die? • First state to secede • Who assassinated Lincoln? • Bloodiest battle of the CW • How many years was the CW? • Leader of the South's Army • Leading general for the Union • First battle of the Civil War • Where did Lee surrender to Grant? • Turning point of the CW in the east • Turning point of the CW in the west • What country was fighting in the CW? • ...
Naturalization Test Vocabulary 2025-07-17
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- Which country does California share a border with?
- Which state was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
- When is Flag Day?
- Washington state borders which country?
- What piece of money has a picture of George Washington on it?
- What is the capital of the United States?
- How many stars are there on the American Flag?
- Who was the second President of the United States?
- When is Presidents' Day?
- Each state elects two _______.
- Which holiday celebrates the adoption of the American flag?
- Indians Who lived in the United States before colonists arrived?
- When do U.S. citizens elect the President?
- George Washington is often called the________.
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- _______ have the right to vote in the United States
- Which holiday celebrates George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?
- What is one right guaranteed by the Constitution?
- Which president emancipated the slaves in the South?
- When is Independence Day
- What is the largest city in the United States?
- Which holiday is often celebrated on the last Thursday of November?
- We pay ________ to the U.S. government.
- Harrisburg is the _________ of Pennsylvania
- Which holiday is often called Indigenous peoples' day?
- ________ is the Father of our Country
25 Clues: When is Flag Day? • When is Independence Day • When is Presidents' Day? • Each state elects two _______. • ________ is the Father of our Country • Washington state borders which country? • We pay ________ to the U.S. government. • What is the capital of the United States? • When do U.S. citizens elect the President? • Harrisburg is the _________ of Pennsylvania • ...
AOC & Constitutional Convention 2025-12-15
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- Process for adopting or approving the Articles
- Congress couldn't regulate this type of commerce
- Location of the Constitutional Convention
- Was added to the Constitution in 1791 (3 words)
- Two-house legislature
- Opposed the Constitution, wanted a bill of rights
- Montesquieu believed in the ___ of power to prevent abuse
- Changes; required unanimous consent
- Congress couldn't effectively collect ___ from states
- Main problem with the national government under the AOC
- Congress couldn't ___ its laws
- Agreement between large and small states regarding representation (2 words)
- Farmers' revolt, showed the AOC's weaknesses (2 words)
- President of the Convention
- Compromise counted a portion of enslaved persons for representation/taxes
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- Plan for representation by population
- Document that replaced the AOC
- System to prevent abuse of power (3 words)
- Single-house legislature created by the Articles
- Representatives sent to Congress
- Supported the Constitution
- Plan for equal representation
- Oldest branch of our government, existed under the AOC
- set rules for creating new states
- "Father of the Constitution," took detailed notes
- Most power resided with these, not the central government
- States feared a ___ central power
27 Clues: Two-house legislature • Supported the Constitution • President of the Convention • Plan for equal representation • Document that replaced the AOC • Congress couldn't ___ its laws • Representatives sent to Congress • set rules for creating new states • States feared a ___ central power • Changes; required unanimous consent • Plan for representation by population • ...
Government Puzzle 2024-04-12
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- The head of the executive branch and the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces. The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing laws passed by Congress.
- Individuals appointed to serve on federal courts, including Supreme Court Justices, Circuit Court Judges, and District Court Judges.
- The highest court in the United States, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and federal laws and resolving disputes between states and the federal government.
- The power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress, preventing it from becoming law unless Congress overrides the veto with a two-thirds majority vote.
- The branch of government responsible for making laws. It includes the Congress, which is divided into two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
- The legislative branch of the United States government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
- The branch of government responsible for interpreting laws and administering justice. It includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
- One of the two chambers of Congress, each state has two Senators regardless of population size. Senators serve six-year terms.
- The other chamber of Congress, the number of representatives for each state is based on its population. Representatives serve two-year terms.
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- The process by which government officials, including the President, can be charged with and removed from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors" through a series of legal proceedings.
- The branch of government responsible for enforcing laws. It is headed by the President of the United States and includes various departments and agencies.
- A group of advisors appointed by the President to head executive departments and assist in decision-making.
- Fundamental entitlements or freedoms guaranteed to individuals. The Bill of Rights outlines specific rights that are protected from government infringement.
- The division of governmental responsibilities into distinct branches to prevent the concentration of power in any single branch.
- The system in which each branch of government has some measure of influence over the other branches, preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful.
- A change or addition to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
16 Clues: A group of advisors appointed by the President to head executive departments and assist in decision-making. • The legislative branch of the United States government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. • A change or addition to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. • ...
mps 2026-05-04
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- Payment mechanics under pressure from cuts and clawbacks
- Intensified monitoring across Medicaid programs and payments
- Sensitive policy area intersecting with eligibility tracking
- Core lever shaping who can access coverage
- State-level battlefield over Medicaid growth and rollback
- Maternal health benefit gaining traction across states
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- Capacity constraint driving funding and policy decisions
- Federal push requiring states to recheck provider eligibility
- Government priority focusing on program accuracy and trust
- Increasing burden on states, providers, and administrators
- Multi-state efforts targeting improper payments and abuse
- Data system at center of reporting, compliance, and controversy
12 Clues: Core lever shaping who can access coverage • Maternal health benefit gaining traction across states • Capacity constraint driving funding and policy decisions • Payment mechanics under pressure from cuts and clawbacks • Multi-state efforts targeting improper payments and abuse • State-level battlefield over Medicaid growth and rollback • ...
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR 2024-04-09
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- What was California trying to protect by being a free state?
- The states were more powerful than what?
- What was the thing that allowed people to vote on slavery?
- Where was slave-trade outlawed during the compromise of 1850
- Nullification and succession were disproven by what?
- What did the court rule that Dred Scott was?
- What was lowered as a solution to the nullification crisis?
- What party was for Lincon?
- Who was the colored man that wanted to sue for rights?
- What did the outcome of the election of 1860 cause SC and other states to do?
- What was being prohibited in new states or territories by the Missouri compromise?
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- What crisis was caused by tariffs on taxed goods?
- Who won the election of 1860? (last name)
- What did Missouri apply for in 1820 to decide if slavery would expand?
- Who did the raised prices on goods benefit during the nullification crisis?
- What state was allowed to be a free state from the compromise of 1850?
- What did they want to nullify?
- What was the republican a mix of liberty and what?
- Whose rights were being violated?
- What was the new party formed during the Kansas-nebraska act?
20 Clues: What party was for Lincon? • What did they want to nullify? • Whose rights were being violated? • The states were more powerful than what? • Who won the election of 1860? (last name) • What did the court rule that Dred Scott was? • What crisis was caused by tariffs on taxed goods? • What was the republican a mix of liberty and what? • ...
Review Chemistry 2 Midterm 1 Fall 2022 2022-10-05
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- this law states that volume is inversely proportional to pressure
- this law states that volume is directly proportional to temperature
- a measure of how much the volume of matter decreases under a certain amount of pressure
- this is the scale we must work with when describing gases
- this law states the total pressure is equal to the sum of the partial pressures
- this law states the volume and number of particles of a gas are directly proportional
- this law states pressure is directly proportional to temperature
- ____ gas law describes the relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature
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- this kind of process has constant temperature
- this type of gas follows the kinetic molecular theory
- atmospheric pressure _____ with an increase in altitude
- this kind of process has constant pressure
- this kind of process has constant volume
- according to the KMT, all collisions between gases are perfectly ____ meaning there is no energy lost during the collisions
- a ____ is the most compressible state of matter
15 Clues: this kind of process has constant volume • this kind of process has constant pressure • this kind of process has constant temperature • a ____ is the most compressible state of matter • this type of gas follows the kinetic molecular theory • atmospheric pressure _____ with an increase in altitude • this is the scale we must work with when describing gases • ...
Puerto Rico History 2026-02-10
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- the Treaty of Paris gave Puerto Rico, the Phillipines, and _____ to the United States
- Columbus claimed the island for which country?
- the people to arrive in 1200 CE were called
- John R. ______ was the first US military governor of Puerto Rico
- Spanish landowners forced Taino people to work on _______ and in gold mines
- in 1948 Puerto Ricans were finally able to _____ their own governor, but the US president is still in charge
- in November 2020 52% of Puerto Ricans voted in support of becoming a US ________
- Puerto Rico is part of ______ America
- the first people to this area by ______
- the United States started a war with Spain when they helped _______ fight for independence
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- The first group of Europeans to arrive were led by Christopher ________
- ______ Ponce de Leon became the first governor
- Puerto Ricans do not get to _____ for the US President
- It is in the ______ Ocean
- to end something
- Spanish diseases like _____ and measles killed the Taino people
- The _____ Party did not want to join the United States
- Slavery ______ in Puerto Rico in March 1873
- a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides
- Spain started to bring enslaved _______ over in 1513, over a hundred years before slavery started in the United States
20 Clues: to end something • It is in the ______ Ocean • Puerto Rico is part of ______ America • the first people to this area by ______ • the people to arrive in 1200 CE were called • Slavery ______ in Puerto Rico in March 1873 • ______ Ponce de Leon became the first governor • Columbus claimed the island for which country? • a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides • ...
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. • ...
herstory puzzle 2021-12-07
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- an area set aside by the federal government for people to visit
- the protection of natural resources
- a former political party in the United States; founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912; its emblem was a picture of a bull moose
- presidential campaign, pledging to restore unfettered opportunity for individual action and to employ the power of government in behalf of social justice for all
- was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States
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- Theodore Roosevelt's campain promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity
- American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
- a person who wanted to destroy all trusts
- a federal agency, established in 1914 that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace
- elected the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States
- a 1906 law that required food and drug makers to begin listing ingredients on packages
- The law created the Federal Reserve System and the central banking system of the United States.
12 Clues: the protection of natural resources • a person who wanted to destroy all trusts • an area set aside by the federal government for people to visit • Theodore Roosevelt's campain promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity • a 1906 law that required food and drug makers to begin listing ingredients on packages • ...
USA popultion and government 2026-03-09
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- The number of senators USA
- The second most spoken language in USA
- The ballance of powers between states and government
- The shape of the President's office
- The name of the political party that Trump belongs to
- The legislative branch consists of the House of Representatives and the ...
- The name of the other political party
- The President chooses these 15 heads of different departments and the Vice President
- This government branch interprets the laws
- The number of wawes of immigration to the USA
- The surname of the man who is credited with "discovering" USA
- The number of states in the USA
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- The name of the American capital
- The original inhabitants in the USA
- The commander in chief in of the US military
- In New York you can find the statue of...
- In 1776 13 states broke free and signed the declaration of....
- Important document from 1787 that Americans are very fond of
- The currency in USA
19 Clues: The currency in USA • The number of senators USA • The number of states in the USA • The name of the American capital • The original inhabitants in the USA • The shape of the President's office • The name of the other political party • The second most spoken language in USA • In New York you can find the statue of... • This government branch interprets the laws • ...
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. • ...
Indian States and Capitals 2023-01-30
Midwest States and Capitals 2024-01-25
Jackson's America 2023-05-22
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- Disagreement between slave states and free states
- A system in which a new president gives government jobs to his friends and supporters
- Jackson and his supporters are members of this political party
- The Southern states economies are based on this
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- First state to abolish slavery in 1777
- Line that divides Pennsylvania and Maryland, the line that denotes Northern and Southern states
- Compromise between the states where certain new states would be free while others would support slavery
- The first water route built for shipping, runs from Albany to Buffalo
- The Northern states economies are based on this
9 Clues: First state to abolish slavery in 1777 • The Northern states economies are based on this • The Southern states economies are based on this • Disagreement between slave states and free states • Jackson and his supporters are members of this political party • The first water route built for shipping, runs from Albany to Buffalo • ...
Mason B. Crossword 2021-05-03
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- Drive Method cowboys used to move large herds of cattle north from ranches in Texas towns along Railroad in late 1800's
- Wars Violent land disputes between farmers & ranchers over the fencing of the open range
- Anna Mexican general and dictator whose large army failed to defeat the Texans
- of 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected as the President of the United States. Southern States secede immediately after
- Lincoln 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves (1861 - 1865)
- Destiny 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent
- Were essential to westward expansion because they made it easier to travel to and live in the west
- de Vaca Was the first person to step in Texas
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- F. Austin Known as "The Father of Texas." He led a project to settle Americans in Texas (controlled by Mexico) in the 1820s. He originally brought 300 hard-working families.
- Southern states that left the United States in 1861
- The northern states during the Civil War
- Created the first map of Texas
- Boats powered by steam that increased the speed of river travel
- A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting
- of the Alamo Battle lasted 13 days (Feb. 23-March 6)Texans were greatly outnumbered and many were killed by the Mexicans. However, Texans were then inspired to seek revenge.
- Rangers A militia originally formed by Stephen F. Austin in 1823 to protect the territory of Texas against American Indian raids.
16 Clues: Created the first map of Texas • The northern states during the Civil War • de Vaca Was the first person to step in Texas • Southern states that left the United States in 1861 • Boats powered by steam that increased the speed of river travel • A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting • ...
Constitution Basics 2018-03-08
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- Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure.
- _________ is the division of power between the state and federal governments
- The 6th amendment gives you the right to a fair, _____ and public trial.
- The _______ government has the power to coin money, maintain the military and establish post offices
- The constitution states that both the state and federal governments can _____________(2 words)
- Number of branches of government
- Popular sovereignty is a government in which the ________ rule.
- Right to trial by jury for civil cases
- 8th amendment states that excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and ___ inflicted.
- Who is ahead of the Executive branch?
- The 10th amendment states that Congress has lots of powers but those not listed in the constitution belong to the ____.
- The ____ branch has the power to review laws and decide if they are fair or not.
- The _________ was added to the constitution to protect the individual rights of American citizens.(hint: first 10 amendments)
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- The third amendment protects against forced ______ of troops
- Protection of all rights not listed in the constitution.
- The idea that all Americans (citizens and political leaders) must obey the same laws.
- The legislative branch is headed by the ______ which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate
- How many freedoms are listed in the first amendment?
- The ______ can veto bills and select Supreme Court justices, but he or she cannot declare war
- To avoid self-incrimination you would say "____"
- Has power to make laws
- Head of the Judicial Branch(2 words)
- ________ is based on this belief: The people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives
- The first amendment protects the freedom of assembly, religion, __________,the press, speech, & petition.
24 Clues: Has power to make laws • Number of branches of government • Head of the Judicial Branch(2 words) • Who is ahead of the Executive branch? • Right to trial by jury for civil cases • Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. • To avoid self-incrimination you would say "____" • How many freedoms are listed in the first amendment? • ...
Road to the Consitution 2014-09-23
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- number of votes for state depends on the state's population. large states
- English representatives who made laws and stood up for peoples' rights
- a pamphlet that explained the arguments for independence in a way that was easy for everyday colonist to understand
- an agreement to create a new government and to follow its rules in exchange they would protect each other...self-government
- convinced the king of England to grant them a _______ giving them permission to set up a colony in America
- second and final attempt to write a document that would govern the united states
- in 1689 this document expanded the rights of the parliament and the people and limited the power of the king even more
- agreement to form a majority-rule government
- how the colonist kept track of what was happening in Britain and around the colonies
- articles did not give Congress the power to _______ its laws
- a group of individuals united together for a purpose
- published in colonial American newspapers that discussed amny different ideas such as freedom of expression
- forced colonists to put expensive tax stamps on all legal documents as well as newspapers, calenders, and almanacs
- the articles of confederation were...
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- limited the power of the king and protected certain rights for the nobles
- 1765-1774 forced certain colonists to let British troops live in their houses
- saying that the colonies were dependent on the and declaring that all laws passed in the colonies had no effect
- explained how the 13 states would be governed as one nation...weak
- tax things it knew the colonists couldn't make for themselves: paint, glass, paper, lead, and tea also allowed British government to search peoples' houses
- each state gets one vote. small states
20 Clues: the articles of confederation were... • each state gets one vote. small states • agreement to form a majority-rule government • a group of individuals united together for a purpose • articles did not give Congress the power to _______ its laws • explained how the 13 states would be governed as one nation...weak • ...
APUSH 1980's - PRESENT 2016-05-04
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- Freedom comes to East Germany, no more Cold War tension,
- trickle down economics
- permitting open discussion of political and social issues
- a belief that limited government ensures order, competitive governments, and personal opportunity
- one of the largest governmental reorganizations
- the spread and increase in the number of nuclear weapons around the world
- a popular hero among many disaffected Arabs everywhere for standing up to the West and for his support for the Palestinians
- terrorist attacks on the united states that killed thousands of people
- Soviet leader that saw improved relations with Reagan
- 41st President of the United States
- protect the civil rights of individuals with disabilities
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- a 1991 war in which the United States and its UN allies drove invading Iraqi forces out of neighboring Kuwait
- Iranian fundamentalists seized the American embassy in Tehran and held 53 American diplomats hostage for over a year
- President
- Military operations with a bombing campaign, followed by a ground invasion
- Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness, ended with great loss
- elementary and secondary schools in all states that wish to receive federal aid
- The first non-Soviet related invasion of the US due to a drug line in Panama
- Monitoring, providing information, adjudication, sanctioning
- First woman to become a justice of the Supreme Court
- restructuring the policy of economic and governmental reform
- War War in which US successfully took down a dominating dictator
- Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda
- allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada
- Islamist terrorist organization that launched a series of attacks against U.S.
25 Clues: President • trickle down economics • 41st President of the United States • Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda • allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada • one of the largest governmental reorganizations • First woman to become a justice of the Supreme Court • Soviet leader that saw improved relations with Reagan • ...
Chapter 14-15 Crossword Puzzle 2014-05-11
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- A series of programs help to disenfranchised, the poor, the elderly, and women.
- A plan offering 13 billion dollars in aid to western and southern European nations.
- Congress of Racial Equality, founded in 1961, planned freedom Rides to desegregate interstate buses.
- A protest in which people sit at a place and refuse to move until their demands are met.
- NCAI, founded in 1944 to promote common welfare of Native Americans
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization – including the United States, Canada, and ten Western Europe countries.
- Equal Rights Amendment, Congress passed in 1972
- A conflict in June 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea.
- National Organization for Women, founded in 1966
- Hydrogen bomb
- A new project to create jobs, build public housing, and end racial discrimination.
- A sharp increase of US birthrates following World War II
- The US and Soviet Union were competing in developing weapons with more destructive power.
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- An international policy that promised aid to Greece and Turkey struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom.
- Where in 1945 Soviet troops occupied Korea north of line of latitude and became the dividing line of Korea.
- An Act that banned literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from registering to vote.
- An approach, for example when the United States would go to the brink of war to combat communism.
- A United States Policy that would work to contain communism.
- Residential areas surrounding a city.
- A program that brought Northern college students into Mississippi to work with SNCC organizers
- A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.
21 Clues: Hydrogen bomb • Residential areas surrounding a city. • Equal Rights Amendment, Congress passed in 1972 • National Organization for Women, founded in 1966 • A sharp increase of US birthrates following World War II • A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. • A United States Policy that would work to contain communism. • ...
Modules 8/9 Consciousness 2023-03-16
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- needing more and more of a drug to get the same effect
- an electroencephalograph(eeg) measures these
- drugs that excite neural activity
- dream theory that states dreams serve to the sort the days experience and commit them to memory
- drug that relaxes and produces mild euphoria
- sleep theory that states it was safer for our ancestors to sleep at night and hide from prey
- stage of sleep in which the sleeper has theta waves and sleep spindles
- monitors light levels in controlling sleep rhythm
- your awareness of yourself and your environment
- drugs that evoke sensory images and distort perceptions
- theory that states the purpose of sleep is to recuperate and repair
- stage of sleep when awakened one does not feel as if he/she was asleep
- sleep disorder in which one wakes up at night due to breathing cessations
- recurring problems falling or staying asleep
- drugs that reduce neural activity
- hallucinogan drug that can create terrifying panic
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- theory that states dreams are a result of the brain's attempt to make sense of random neural firing
- theorist who believed dreams were the release of our unconscious wishes and conflicts
- deepest stage of sleep
- stage of paradoxical sleep where one has vivid dreams
- physiological and psychological need to take more of a drug after continued use
- sleep disorder in which one suddenly falls into rem sleep
- feelings of physical distress when discontinuing the use of a drug
- pattern of biological functioning that occurs on a roughly 24 hour cycle
- hormone that regulates the sleep/wake cycle
- this happens after being deprived of rem sleep the next time we sleep
26 Clues: deepest stage of sleep • drugs that excite neural activity • drugs that reduce neural activity • hormone that regulates the sleep/wake cycle • an electroencephalograph(eeg) measures these • drug that relaxes and produces mild euphoria • recurring problems falling or staying asleep • your awareness of yourself and your environment • ...
Antebellum South Crossword 2023-01-12
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- cotton produced in the United States was eventually exported abroad
- How many of the first 11 presidents owned slaves
- shaped the culture and society of the South
- These bales, weighing about four hundred to five hundred pounds, were wrapped in burlap cloth and sent down the
- a slave who lived in virginia, NC, and GA before he escaped and moved to england
- another free black who amassed great wealth and power in the South, was born a slave in 1790 in South Carolina
- including ideas about the spiritual world and the importance of African healers, survived in the South as well
- helped fuel the 19th century industrial revolution in the US and Great Britain
- home to the greatest concentration of wealth in the United States
- those with one black and one white parent
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- The second rebellion, led by the slave
- Almost no cotton was grown in the United States in the year...
- occurred as many as seven times a season as the plant grew and continued to produce balls through the fall and early winter.
- many slaves embraced what religion?
- Part of the reason for the large number of free blacks living in slave states were the many instances of ...
- those with one black grandparent
- a crucial part of transportation
- confidently proclaimed that the North could never threaten the South because “cotton is king.”
- a maryland slave who escaped to the north in 1838
- those with one black great-grandparent
- revolutionized the production of cotton when he invented the cotton gin
- slaves could not marry
- Most free blacks in the South lived in...
- what happens to Texas in 1845
- began in January 1811 on Andry’s plantation
25 Clues: slaves could not marry • what happens to Texas in 1845 • those with one black grandparent • a crucial part of transportation • many slaves embraced what religion? • The second rebellion, led by the slave • those with one black great-grandparent • Most free blacks in the South lived in... • those with one black and one white parent • ...
Antebellum South Crossword 2023-01-12
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- including ideas about the spiritual world and the importance of African healers, survived in the South as well
- Most free blacks in the South lived in...
- began in January 1811 on Andry’s plantation
- slaves could not marry
- Part of the reason for the large number of free blacks living in slave states were the many instances of ...
- shaped the culture and society of the South
- a slave who lived in virginia, NC, and GA before he escaped and moved to england
- helped fuel the 19th century industrial revolution in the US and Great Britain
- confidently proclaimed that the North could never threaten the South because “cotton is king.”
- These bales, weighing about four hundred to five hundred pounds, were wrapped in burlap cloth and sent down the
- cotton produced in the United States was eventually exported abroad
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- revolutionized the production of cotton when he invented the cotton gin
- many slaves embraced what religion?
- those with one black grandparent
- those with one black and one white parent
- a maryland slave who escaped to the north in 1838
- home to the greatest concentration of wealth in the United States
- another free black who amassed great wealth and power in the South, was born a slave in 1790 in South Carolina
- a crucial part of transportation
- what happens to Texas in 1845
- occurred as many as seven times a season as the plant grew and continued to produce balls through the fall and early winter.
- The second rebellion, led by the slave
- those with one black great-grandparent
- How many of the first 11 presidents owned slaves
- Almost no cotton was grown in the United States in the year...
25 Clues: slaves could not marry • what happens to Texas in 1845 • those with one black grandparent • a crucial part of transportation • many slaves embraced what religion? • The second rebellion, led by the slave • those with one black great-grandparent • Most free blacks in the South lived in... • those with one black and one white parent • ...
Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction 2021-03-02
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- The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act.
- The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
- One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the __________ movement.
- Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North had greater __________ capabilities.
- After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by creating tenant farms and __________.
- Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford?
- Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
- When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union.
- After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were sharecroppers and __________ farmers.
- After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
- One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?
- … In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” … President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to urge Congress to convince __________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
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- The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
- … The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
- election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ___________ of several Southern states from the Union?
- President Abraham Lincoln believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the ___________.
- The __________ formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of keeping African-Americans from exercising rights.
- Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the issue of __________.
- Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to deny __________ rights to African Americans.
- As a result of the Missouri Compromise (1820) the ___________ of power between free and slave states was maintained.
- Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all contributed to the rise of __________ in the United States.
- The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the removal of federal __________ from Southern states.
- At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.
- During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.
24 Clues: The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act. • Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford? • When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union. • ...
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 • ...
unit 4 vocab 2020-12-01
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- is a political situation, usually in the context of a two-party system, in which opposing political parties find common ground through compromise.
- is the process of recognition and acceptance of a newly created state by other states, based on a perceived historical relationship the new state has with a prior state
- privilege is the right of the president of the United States and other members of the executive branch to maintain confidential communications under certain circumstances within the executive branch
- Commutation is a form of clemency that reduces the punishment for a crime.
- an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
- is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases.
- The national debt of the United States is the total debt, or unpaid borrowed funds, carried by the federal government of the United States
- a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction.
- is a tax imposed so that the tax rate is fixed, with no change as the taxable base amount increases or decreases.
- is government spending on certain programs that are required by law
- a government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials.
- the body of government officials who are employed in civil occupations that are neither political nor judicial.
- its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, whether bilaterally or through multilateral platforms.
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- a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters
- tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases
- is the practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states or groups, so as to influence the decisions and conduct of foreign governments through dialogue, negotiation, and other nonviolent means.
- is a means of issuing federal directives in the United States, used by the president of the United States, that manages operations of the federal government. The legal or constitutional basis for executive orders has multiple sources
- is policy adopted by the monetary authority of a nation to control either the interest rate payable for very short-term borrowing or the money supply
- government spending implemented through an appropriations bill.
- recognition unilateral political act whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state.
- a tax imposed on individuals or entities that varies with respective income or profits
- is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the top leaders of the executive branch.
- taxes imposed on employers or employees, and are usually calculated as a percentage of the salaries that employers pay their staff.
- is the use of government revenue collection and expenditure to influence a country's economy.
- leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer
25 Clues: government spending implemented through an appropriations bill. • is government spending on certain programs that are required by law • is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases. • Commutation is a form of clemency that reduces the punishment for a crime. • ...
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 • ...
Review: Formation of U.S. Government, Part I 2013-09-23
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- Electors who cast votes to elect the president and vice president.
- Carta This English document limited the power of the monarch and said Kings/Queens should follow the same laws as the people.
- 55 delegates from 12 states came to Philadelphia in 1787 to come up with a new plan for government, this is now known as the _________________________.
- This country was the most important trade partner with the United States in the late 1700’s.
- The Articles of Confederation gave the Congress of the United States practically _______ power.
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- Laws that loosely tied the United States into a “league of “friendship”
- The United States had a problem with Britain after the Revolutionary War because Britain restricted _________ with the United States.
- A weak central __________________ was to blame for economic and other problems the United States faced after the Revolution.
- A series of articles and essays promoting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution; written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
- Protest by Massachusetts’s farmers against the government on whom they blamed for inflation and the poor economy after the Revolution.
- High __________ led farmers in Massachusetts to rebel.
11 Clues: High __________ led farmers in Massachusetts to rebel. • Electors who cast votes to elect the president and vice president. • Laws that loosely tied the United States into a “league of “friendship” • This country was the most important trade partner with the United States in the late 1700’s. • ...
The Cold War Begins 2018-04-22
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- program provides food to reduce famine, fuel to heat houses and factories, money to jumpstart the economy
- countries formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence
- goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders
- promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements
- communist party makes all key economic, political, and military decisions; Soviet people cannot worship as they please; no private property
- Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
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- 46 year struggled between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with no military conflict
- provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion
- US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin
- became a member of NATO in 1955
- the Soviet Union and its satellite states formed a rival military alliance; included all Communist states in Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia
- free elections, economic and religious freedom, private property, individual differences
- American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union
- 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
- the different areas of Germany controlled by the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
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 • ...
CFA #7 2025-02-25
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- Angles that are created by two intersecting lines and which are opposite of the vertex
- Geometric figures that share a common vertex and side
- A property that states any value is always equal to itself
- Supplementary angles that are between parallel lines and not a linear pair
- Lines are ___________ if they never intersect (touch)
- Point C is _______________ from points A and B if AC=BC
- Congruent angles that are between parallel lines
- Two angles that are both supplementary and adjacent
- _______________ segments are the same length
- Congruent angles that are on the same side of a transversal
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- A property that states if A=B then B=A
- Congruent angles that are on the outside of parallel lines
- Supplementary angles that are on the outside of parallel lines and not a linear pair
- A property that states if A=B and B=C then A=C
- Angles that add up to 180 degrees
- _________________________ creates right angles and two congruent segements
- A quadrilateral with four congruent sides
17 Clues: Angles that add up to 180 degrees • A property that states if A=B then B=A • A quadrilateral with four congruent sides • _______________ segments are the same length • A property that states if A=B and B=C then A=C • Congruent angles that are between parallel lines • Two angles that are both supplementary and adjacent • ...
Civil War 2023-05-08
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- Battle of ____ turned the war in favor of the Union.
- ______ Proclamation freed all slaves in the Confederate States
- The Northern states that stayed loyal to the U.S.
- The North and South disagreed about...
- A word that means "separated" from the United States.
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- What the separated Southern states called themselves.
- General ____ captured Confederate forts near Tenessee.
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act made ____ angry.
- The ______ Compromise let one state join as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
- The states that separated themselves from the nation.
- Lincoln belonged to the ____ party.
11 Clues: Lincoln belonged to the ____ party. • The North and South disagreed about... • The Kansas-Nebraska Act made ____ angry. • The Northern states that stayed loyal to the U.S. • Battle of ____ turned the war in favor of the Union. • What the separated Southern states called themselves. • The states that separated themselves from the nation. • ...
The Cold War Begins 2018-04-22
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- 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
- Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
- became a member of NATO in 1955
- provided the military alliance to counter Soviet Expansion
- US and Britain drop supplies to West Berlin
- program provides food to reduce famine, fuel to heat houses and factories, money to jumpstart the economy
- the different areas of Germany controlled by the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
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- communist party makes all key economic, political, and military decisions; Soviet people cannot worship as they please; no private property
- free elections, economic and religious freedom, private property, individual differences
- promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements
- countries formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence
- 46 year struggled between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with no military conflict
- American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union
- goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders
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 • ...
27 Amendments crossword puzzle 2024-05-15
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- Grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population.
- Powers not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, belong to the states.
- Extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state.
- Granted women the right to vote.
- Refined the process whereby a President and a Vice President are elected by the Electoral College.
- The rights of citizens will be protected whether these rights are listed or not.
- In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
- Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves.
- Right of US citizens. who are 18 yrs of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US or by any state on account of age.
- Prevents members of Congress from granting themselves pay raises during the current session
- Restricts housing soldiers in private homes.
- Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
- Abolished slavery in the United States.
- If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.
- Prevents a president from serving more than two terms or more than ten years.
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- Allowed all men to vote without being denied by race, color, or previous conditions of servitude.
- Right to bear arms.
- Prohibited the making, transporting, and selling of alcoholic beverages.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts.
- Protects the states from lawsuits filed by citizens of other states or countries.
- Prohibiting any poll tax in elections for officials
- Ended the Prohibition of alcohol in the US
- Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- Rights to a fast and public trial by an impartial jury and to be aware of the criminal charges.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures.
- Granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country.
27 Clues: Right to bear arms. • Granted women the right to vote. • Abolished slavery in the United States. • Ended the Prohibition of alcohol in the US • Restricts housing soldiers in private homes. • Protects against unreasonable search and seizure. • Prohibiting any poll tax in elections for officials • Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. • ...
