states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Reconstruction Vocab 2021-10-19

Reconstruction Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. all persons born in the United States to be citizens, without distinction of race or color
  2. informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election
  3. ensuing leadership, of the Tuskegee Normal School for Coloured Youth
  4. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
  5. leader in the abolitionist movement
  6. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.
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  1. is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life
  2. American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer, and editor.
  3. United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union
  4. The unfair treatment of and groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, or sexual orientation
  5. opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War
  6. Abolished slavery in the United States
  7. were any of the laws that enforced racial segregation in the American South between the end of Reconstruction
  8. election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden

14 Clues: leader in the abolitionist movement • Abolished slavery in the United States • election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden • ensuing leadership, of the Tuskegee Normal School for Coloured Youth • United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-12-18

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Southern plan to use cotton production to get Britain to ally with them during the war.
  2. General Lee surrendered to General Grant here, ending the Civil War.
  3. An overwhelming force that seems to crush everything in its path.
  4. Destroying both civilian and military resources.
  5. Vice-President of the Confederate States of America.
  6. Destroy southern economy by naval blockade and control Mississippi River
  7. To enroll in the army.
  8. Be offensive and destroy Washington.
  9. Best commanding general of the Union army.
  10. 1862 bill encouraging Western migration by offering free land if five years of residence happened before receiving ownership of the land.
  11. The man who made the Anaconda war strategy.
  12. General of the Confederate army.
  13. The first shots of the civil war which made Lincoln ask for 75000 volunteers.
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  1. Constitutional protection against going to jail without evidence or trial.
  2. Term used to describe the United States before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  3. Term used when the people of a territory is able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed in their territory when it becomes a state.
  4. Bullet used during the Civil War to inflict more damage.
  5. Confederate charge during Gettysburg against the Union that was basically a suicide mission.
  6. An Escaped slave.
  7. 3-5% tax to pay for the costs of the war.
  8. Creator of the Red Cross.
  9. The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  10. President of the Confederate States of America.
  11. President of the Union (United States)
  12. slave states that did not secede

25 Clues: An Escaped slave. • To enroll in the army. • Creator of the Red Cross. • slave states that did not secede • General of the Confederate army. • Be offensive and destroy Washington. • President of the Union (United States) • 3-5% tax to pay for the costs of the war. • The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Best commanding general of the Union army. • ...

George Washington's Presidency 2014-03-13

George Washington's Presidency crossword puzzle
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  1. Head of the Supreme Court is called the _________ Justice.
  2. Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a national _________.
  3. This Act, passed in 1789, created the Federal Court System.
  4. Native American tribes joined together and formed the Western __________.
  5. Pinckney's Treaty gave the US free navigation of this major river.
  6. Act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
  7. Debt owed to private citizens and American businesses.
  8. The farmers of western Pennsylvania were angry about a government tax on __________.
  9. Blue Jacket was defeated at this battle by Major General Anthony Wayne. (no space)
  10. Tax on a good brought into the country.
  11. The __________ General serves as the chief lawyer of the United States.
  12. Hamilton wanted to pay off all of the __________ debts along with the National debt.
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  1. The Secretary of War advises the President on __________ affairs.
  2. The Secretary of state advises the President on _________ affairs.
  3. Thomas Jefferson believed the National Bank was __________.
  4. A settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement.
  5. Southern states would support Hamilton's plan if Northern States supported a plan to locate the nations __________ in the south.
  6. Pinckney's Treaty was made between the US and __________.
  7. Another word for money.
  8. Cabinet members give the President __________.
  9. The biggest economic problem faced by the United States is the __________ debt.
  10. The Secretary of the __________ enforces tax laws.
  11. 1st President of the United States. (last name)
  12. Pinckney's treaty allowed the US to trade through this port. (No space)
  13. The US signed Jay's treaty with what country?

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. • ...

George Washington's Presidency 2014-03-13

George Washington's Presidency crossword puzzle
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  1. The Secretary of War advises the President on __________ affairs.
  2. This Act, passed in 1789, created the Federal Court System.
  3. The Secretary of the __________ enforces tax laws.
  4. Thomas Jefferson believed the National Bank was __________.
  5. Hamilton wanted to pay off all of the __________ debts along with the National debt.
  6. Head of the Supreme Court is called the _________ Justice.
  7. Pinckney's treaty allowed the US to trade through this port. (No space)
  8. Act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
  9. Cabinet members give the President __________.
  10. 1st President of the United States. (last name)
  11. Pinckney's Treaty was made between the US and __________.
  12. Debt owed to private citizens and American businesses.
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  1. The biggest economic problem faced by the United States is the __________ debt.
  2. Pinckney's Treaty gave the US free navigation of this major river.
  3. The Secretary of state advises the President on _________ affairs.
  4. Southern states would support Hamilton's plan if Northern States supported a plan to locate the nations __________ in the south.
  5. The __________ General serves as the chief lawyer of the United States.
  6. Another word for money.
  7. Blue Jacket was defeated at this battle by Major General Anthony Wayne. (no space)
  8. Native American tribes joined together and formed the Western __________.
  9. Tax on a good brought into the country.
  10. The US signed Jay's treaty with what country?
  11. The farmers of western Pennsylvania were angry about a government tax on __________.
  12. A settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement.
  13. Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a national _________.

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. • ...

2.3 Application 2021-10-05

2.3 Application crossword puzzle
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  1. the sun never set on what empire
  2. commander of the continental army
  3. colonist that were loyal to the Untied States
  4. A war between the new England colonies for independence from Britain
  5. a strength of this army was that they were familiar with their surroundings
  6. the war that the british surrendered at
  7. a british general that made the britsh lose support for the war
  8. helped the United States beat the british
  9. colonist that stayed loyal to britain
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  1. how many colonies mad the continental army
  2. a strength of this army is that they had a strong and trained army
  3. name of the new england inhabitants
  4. a document signed by french and the united states stating that the french will help them with the war
  5. the bloodiest battle of the war
  6. representatives from the nations of Great Britain, France, Spain, and the United States met in Paris to discuss terms of peace

15 Clues: the bloodiest battle of the war • the sun never set on what empire • commander of the continental army • name of the new england inhabitants • colonist that stayed loyal to britain • the war that the british surrendered at • helped the United States beat the british • how many colonies mad the continental army • colonist that were loyal to the Untied States • ...

Civil War 2024-05-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. to stop or end
  2. famous for helping slaves escape using the underground railroad
  3. people who hid escaped slaves and helped them escape to the norther states
  4. states that were slave states by never seceded from the Union
  5. a formal speech given to a large group of people
  6. to establish something for a specific purpose
  7. a group of southern states that formed its own country
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  1. people who were in favor of stopping or ending slavery
  2. a large farm on which crops, such as sugar, cotton, or tobacco, are raised
  3. The writer of the Gettysburg Address
  4. soldiers who ride, scout, and fight on horseback
  5. The battle of ___ was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  6. the practice of owning people and forcing them to work for no pay
  7. a long fight or conflict between citizens of the same country
  8. to withdraw or break away

15 Clues: to stop or end • to withdraw or break away • The writer of the Gettysburg Address • to establish something for a specific purpose • soldiers who ride, scout, and fight on horseback • a formal speech given to a large group of people • people who were in favor of stopping or ending slavery • a group of southern states that formed its own country • ...

World War Puzzle 2025-02-05

World War Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Freedom and more rights government
  2. A divider between North and South Korea
  3. Made tension and sprung up the Cold War
  4. US President and a Military Leader for the US and allied countries
  5. Democracy Country and Fought in WW1 and WW2
  6. North Atlantic Treaty Organization where they are all Allied Forces
  7. Communist Country controlled by USSR
  8. Centralized Government
  9. The Berlin Wall
  10. A safety method used during the Cold War for students in cased if there are any atomic bombs sent to the US
  11. A strategy that prevented the spread of communism
  12. Treaty Established by the Soviet Union and the Satellite States.
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  1. American Pilot “Powers” flew into Soviet Territory and took pictures and leaked them to public display
  2. Democracy Country controlled by US
  3. Independent country but under control of a bigger country
  4. Communist Country and Fought in WW1 and WW2
  5. Radioactive and Bomb proof bunker used for war or quarantine
  6. Intelligence Officer for the United States Marines during WW2
  7. US President
  8. Allied with the US during WW2
  9. Restore Economic Infrastructure for Europe
  10. Leader of USSR
  11. Soviet Forces blocked all roads and railroads access to areas of the allies
  12. House Un-American Activities Comittee
  13. A war between USSR and United States

25 Clues: US President • Leader of USSR • The Berlin Wall • Centralized Government • Allied with the US during WW2 • Democracy Country controlled by US • Freedom and more rights government • Communist Country controlled by USSR • A war between USSR and United States • House Un-American Activities Comittee • A divider between North and South Korea • Made tension and sprung up the Cold War • ...

7th Grade Social Studies 2025-09-02

7th Grade Social Studies crossword puzzle
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  1. The first activity of class each day
  2. Who was the first group of people to live in the United States
  3. The capital of New York State
  4. What you will use to take notes and stay organized
  5. The final step of Social Studies class each day
  6. The number of class periods this year
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  1. The Mountain Range in the Western half of the United States
  2. The subject you are learning in this class
  3. The largest State in the US (by size)
  4. What ocean is bordering the Eastern United States?
  5. The color of the walls in 205
  6. Your Social Studies Teacher
  7. The number of states in the United States
  8. Where the White House is
  9. Your Social Studies teacher

15 Clues: Where the White House is • Your Social Studies Teacher • Your Social Studies teacher • The color of the walls in 205 • The capital of New York State • The first activity of class each day • The largest State in the US (by size) • The number of class periods this year • The number of states in the United States • The subject you are learning in this class • ...

constitution test 2023-02-16

constitution test crossword puzzle
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  1. convention a meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution
  2. an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress
  3. a system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  4. voting rights
  5. an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature
  6. the division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states
  7. people who supported ratification of the Constitution
  8. a steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment
  9. the division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws
  10. increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
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  1. people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
  2. the plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population
  3. American statesman, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, the fourth president of the United States, the author of some of the Federalist Papers, and is called the "father of the Constitution" for his proposals at the Constitutional Convention. He led the United States through the War of 1812.
  4. a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government
  5. U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states
  6. a proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population; rejected at the Constitutional Convention
  7. the division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nation’s laws
  8. official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution4. Bill of Rights - the first 10 amendments to the Constitution; ratified in 1791
  9. a tax on imported and exported items

19 Clues: voting rights • a tax on imported and exported items • people who opposed ratification of the Constitution • people who supported ratification of the Constitution • a steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment • the division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws • ...

The Civil War/Free slaves 2024-04-08

The Civil War/Free slaves crossword puzzle
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  1. Someone who advertised something to get people to come
  2. Someone who wants to end Slavery
  3. A change a government
  4. A group of people who make laws for the united states
  5. What people used to get around
  6. Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. A system of government in which power is divided
  2. Head of an executive branch
  3. Eleven southern states
  4. A written document of the United States
  5. To Break away from
  6. The United States of America
  7. A geographic area with boundaries and a secure government
  8. Someone from another county

14 Clues: To Break away from • A change a government • Eleven southern states • Head of an executive branch • Someone from another county • The United States of America • What people used to get around • Someone who wants to end Slavery • A written document of the United States • Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln • A system of government in which power is divided • ...

The Civil War/Free slaves 2024-04-08

The Civil War/Free slaves crossword puzzle
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  1. Someone who advertised something to get people to come
  2. Someone who wants to end Slavery
  3. A change a government
  4. A group of people who make laws for the united states
  5. What people used to get around
  6. Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. A system of government in which power is divided
  2. Head of an executive branch
  3. Eleven southern states
  4. A written document of the United States
  5. To Break away from
  6. The United States of America
  7. A geographic area with boundaries and a secure government
  8. Someone from another county

14 Clues: To Break away from • A change a government • Eleven southern states • Head of an executive branch • Someone from another county • The United States of America • What people used to get around • Someone who wants to end Slavery • A written document of the United States • Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln • A system of government in which power is divided • ...

The Civil War/Free slaves 2024-04-08

The Civil War/Free slaves crossword puzzle
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  1. Someone who advertised something to get people to come
  2. Someone who wants to end Slavery
  3. A change a government
  4. A group of people who make laws for the united states
  5. What people used to get around
  6. Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. A system of government in which power is divided
  2. Head of an executive branch
  3. Eleven southern states
  4. A written document of the United States
  5. To Break away from
  6. The United States of America
  7. A geographic area with boundaries and a secure government
  8. Someone from another county

14 Clues: To Break away from • A change a government • Eleven southern states • Head of an executive branch • Someone from another county • The United States of America • What people used to get around • Someone who wants to end Slavery • A written document of the United States • Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln • A system of government in which power is divided • ...

The Civil War/Free slaves 2024-04-08

The Civil War/Free slaves crossword puzzle
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  1. Someone who advertised something to get people to come
  2. Someone who wants to end Slavery
  3. A change a government
  4. A group of people who make laws for the united states
  5. What people used to get around
  6. Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. A system of government in which power is divided
  2. Head of an executive branch
  3. Eleven southern states
  4. A written document of the United States
  5. To Break away from
  6. The United States of America
  7. A geographic area with boundaries and a secure government
  8. Someone from another county

14 Clues: To Break away from • A change a government • Eleven southern states • Head of an executive branch • Someone from another county • The United States of America • What people used to get around • Someone who wants to end Slavery • A written document of the United States • Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln • A system of government in which power is divided • ...

The Civil War/Free slaves 2024-04-08

The Civil War/Free slaves crossword puzzle
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  1. Someone who advertised something to get people to come
  2. Someone who wants to end Slavery
  3. A change a government
  4. A group of people who make laws for the united states
  5. What people used to get around
  6. Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. A system of government in which power is divided
  2. Head of an executive branch
  3. Eleven southern states
  4. A written document of the United States
  5. To Break away from
  6. The United States of America
  7. A geographic area with boundaries and a secure government
  8. Someone from another county

14 Clues: To Break away from • A change a government • Eleven southern states • Head of an executive branch • Someone from another county • The United States of America • What people used to get around • Someone who wants to end Slavery • A written document of the United States • Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln • A system of government in which power is divided • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2020-03-13

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. gin A machine used to separate cotton
  2. A type of gun.
  3. Break Away
  4. of Antietam The bloodiest day of the war
  5. Scott An african american man they wanted to win his freedom after his owner died.
  6. proclamation This was released on Jan 1st, 1863.
  7. A fight between two groups or single people
  8. Lincoln America’s 16th president
  9. Address This speech was told November 19, 1863.
  10. Were most Pro Slavery people lived at
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  1. Sumter Were the first battle of the Civil War took place
  2. People who fought in the war are...
  3. Slave act The act if any slave runs away, people have the right to take them back.
  4. The head of the United States
  5. To make amends for someone's wrongdoing.
  6. E Lee General that led the confederate army
  7. An act established and put in place by the government
  8. War The war between citizens in the exact same country
  9. States The states that were not free
  10. The state of being held captive by a person
  11. Were moth Anti Slave people lived
  12. Crittden Former Politician from Kentucky
  13. Brady Photographer for the Civil War
  14. of Bull Run The Union’s first victory in the War
  15. States The free states

25 Clues: Break Away • A type of gun. • States The free states • The head of the United States • Were moth Anti Slave people lived • Lincoln America’s 16th president • People who fought in the war are... • gin A machine used to separate cotton • States The states that were not free • Brady Photographer for the Civil War • Were most Pro Slavery people lived at • ...

America Through the Lens - Ch. 2 (9) 2023-09-08

America Through the Lens - Ch. 2 (9) crossword puzzle
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  1. an ordinance organizing new settlements with a strong government presence
  2. the main author of the Declaration of Independence
  3. increased the power of white voters in the South at the expense of enslaved African Americans
  4. a war with the United States and Britain
  5. a military leader from Tennessee
  6. ten amendments added to the Constitution
  7. an ordinance organizing new settlements with a strong government presence
  8. an uprising in opposition to taxation and debt collection in Massachusetts
  9. a Shawnee chief who founded Prophetstown
  10. Americans who fought against the British during the American Revolution
  11. commander of the Continental Army's southern troops
  12. bans the government from declaring a national religion
  13. the highest judicial court in the United States
  14. a religious revival of the early 1700s that encouraged Americans to challenge authority
  15. an event where colonists boarded British ships and threw 300 crates of tea overboard to challenge the Tea Act
  16. called for two houses of government
  17. allows Americans to practice their religion in whatever way they choose
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  1. British general
  2. the national anthem of the United States
  3. people who preferred strong state governments
  4. a meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation
  5. a Democratic-Republican who won a landslide victory against the Federalist Party in 1808
  6. a document that gave Congress the ability to make military decisions
  7. the second president of the United States
  8. people who favored a strong federal government
  9. called for a single house of government
  10. the first president of the United States
  11. a land purchase that doubled the size of the nation
  12. a plan that combined the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
  13. the location Americans made camp at after they won the Battle of Saratoga

30 Clues: British general • a military leader from Tennessee • called for two houses of government • called for a single house of government • the national anthem of the United States • a war with the United States and Britain • ten amendments added to the Constitution • a Shawnee chief who founded Prophetstown • the first president of the United States • ...

Antoinette Ogno sec#3 X-word 2024-03-21

Antoinette Ogno sec#3 X-word crossword puzzle
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  1. John ___ of The South, was a Sectional leader, supported slavery
  2. Purpose of a protective _______ is to protect country's industries from foreign competition.
  3. doctrine The message to congress in 1823 was a bold foreign policy statement known as ___
  4. In the early of 1800s, the ______ Act and then the War of 1812 kept most British goods out of the United States.
  5. _____ grew up in New Hampsire and thought slavery was evil
  6. Court case Gibbons vs Ogden also gave the federal government power to control _____ between the states
  7. ___ would play key roles in Congress for more than 30 years, as well as serving in other offices. (a number)
  8. The northerners, westerners, and southerners were ______ that Americans felt loyal to?
  9. In the year of 1821, the United States gained ______. (which state)
  10. The court case, McCulloch vs Maryland stated that the states had no right to _____ with the federal instutions' borders.
  11. Daniel Webster thought slavery was ______
  12. Since Calhoun was from the South, he was a defender of _____.
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  1. Monroe hoped to create a new sense of national unity, One new paper that was written was called "era of good _______ ?"
  2. there was different __________ for the north south and west.
  3. To get Florida from Spain, the US paid $5 ____
  4. System What was the economic growth plan advocated by Henry Clay called?
  5. The __________ kept British goods out of the states.
  6. What was the term that described people that were born to Spanish parents (hint blue word on pg 348)
  7. The Gibbons Vs Ogden case upheld the ___ of the federal Government to
  8. One of the settlement on the Apalachicola River is Known as ____
  9. Cheif Justice John ________ helped strength the federal government.
  10. ______ industry grew quickly until 1815.

22 Clues: ______ industry grew quickly until 1815. • Daniel Webster thought slavery was ______ • To get Florida from Spain, the US paid $5 ____ • The __________ kept British goods out of the states. • _____ grew up in New Hampsire and thought slavery was evil • there was different __________ for the north south and west. • ...

Fossils and Relative Dating 2026-02-12

Fossils and Relative Dating crossword puzzle
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  1. The principle that states the oldest rocks are found at the bottom.
  2. The type of rock that fossils are found in
  3. The preserved remains of a once-living thing
  4. The preserved evidence of an organism's activity or behavior
  5. The type of rock that forms intrusions that cut across rock layers
  6. A fossil that is an impression of an organism in rock
  7. The principle that states that is one geologic feature cuts across another, the feature it cuts across is older.
  8. When rock layers bend due to pressure being exerted on them at convergent boundaries
  9. Using the ages of nearby rocks and geologic features to determine age by comparison
  10. The movement of these causes rocks to become deformed or disturbed
  11. When rock layers are shifted due to being pushed up or down unevenly
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  1. Represents a gap in the rock record due to erosion.
  2. When the original tissues of an organism are preserved
  3. The principle that states that most rock forming material is deposited in horizontal layers
  4. The principle that states that rock that is encased in another rock is older.
  5. The principle that states that sediments are deposited in continuous sheets in all directions
  6. When sediments fill a mold fossil, get compressed, and harden into another fossil
  7. A crack or fracture in rock that allows rock masses to slide past each other
  8. A collection of all of the fossils ever discovered on Earth
  9. Occurs when a dead organism is compressed over time, releasing the liquids and gases inside them. This process leaves behing a dark brown or black stamp of the organism
  10. When minerals replace an organism's original material and harden into rock

21 Clues: The type of rock that fossils are found in • The preserved remains of a once-living thing • Represents a gap in the rock record due to erosion. • A fossil that is an impression of an organism in rock • When the original tissues of an organism are preserved • A collection of all of the fossils ever discovered on Earth • ...

Review 2015-04-13

Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This was the primary reason Catholics immigrated to Maryland.
  2. Protects the accused with the right to remain silent, speedy trails, jury of peers, and protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
  3. Loosing a staple food crop, this prompted Irish immigrants to flee to the United States.
  4. Started over British impressment of our sailors and ended by the Treaty of Ghent.
  5. Young women in 1800’s New England became employed outside the home as.
  6. What Texas and California were both formerly a part of.
  7. Introduction of interchangeable parts led to this.
  8. Tenth amendment principle meaning that powers not granted to the United States by the constitution are reserved to the states and to the people.
  9. Gave access to markets for economic development in New York, Boston, and Charlestown
  10. Building roads and a transportation network helped promote this.
  11. Citizens reporting to jury duty are helping uphold a constitutional right through this amendment.
  12. What the south passed to limit the effects of the Civil War Amendments.
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  1. Democrats of 1844 called for no land to be ceded to England, making Manifest Destiny a what?
  2. The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plans help lay out representation in congress with this solution.
  3. Hudson River School paintings share this theme with literary works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  4. What era in history contained Common Sense, the 1st Continental Congress, and the Intolerable Acts
  5. One problem George Washington faced when he became president.
  6. States like South Carolina cannot void or overrule a federal law that they think is unconstitutional.
  7. Annexation of this state led to border disputes and the US-Mexican War.
  8. You get unalienable rights and are created equal because you are this.

20 Clues: Introduction of interchangeable parts led to this. • What Texas and California were both formerly a part of. • This was the primary reason Catholics immigrated to Maryland. • One problem George Washington faced when he became president. • Building roads and a transportation network helped promote this. • ...

Civil War Review 2024-05-16

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. a term commonly used in the US military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain people who escaped slavery
  2. opening the Civil War
  3. is a town in Virginia, United States
  4. boosted morale in the North and insured the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln
  5. the first major battle of the American Civil War
  6. the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states
  7. final major military action in the American Civil War
  8. the deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  9. man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.
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  1. a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln
  2. a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864
  3. fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.
  4. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War
  5. the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight
  6. Plunderers and militant abolitionists
  7. political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born"
  8. one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War.
  9. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  10. also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior
  11. the British three men and the other ten were wounded while the Patriots lost eighty-three men and four hundred and eighty-three were captured.
  12. marked the turning point of the Civil War
  13. the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history

22 Clues: opening the Civil War • is a town in Virginia, United States • Plunderers and militant abolitionists • marked the turning point of the Civil War • the first major battle of the American Civil War • final major military action in the American Civil War • the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history • the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight • ...

Important People Puzzle 2023-01-26

Important People Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Known for writing Common Sense
  2. Known for his quote, “We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.”
  3. Known for being the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, and for having the biggest hand writing signing it.
  4. Known for being the founder and leader of Sons of Liberty.
  5. Known for the first woman to serve as Second Lady of United States
  6. Known for helping write the Declaration of the Rights of Men, and helping launch the French Revolution.
  7. Known for “Give me Liberty or Give me death!”
  8. Most known for being the author of the Declaration of Independence and being one of the Founding Fathers
  9. Was famous for being a traitor to the Continental Army
  10. Known for saying the quote "I have not yet begun to fight"
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  1. Was famous for making countless trips to a nearby spring, and taking control of a cannon when her husband fainted.
  2. Known for the phrase in his writing, “We cannot act with too much caution in our disputes.
  3. Known for his defeat at the Battle of Saratoga, and being the general of the American Revolution.
  4. Was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system.
  5. Known for being executed by the British for being a spy, and saying, “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country”
  6. Famous for his "midnight ride"
  7. Known for capturing Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War and being the founders of the state of Vermont.
  8. Most commonly known for being the first president of United States, and being the commander of the Continental Army.
  9. Known for being the fourth president of United States
  10. Known for being the second president of United States

20 Clues: Known for writing Common Sense • Famous for his "midnight ride" • Known for “Give me Liberty or Give me death!” • Known for being the fourth president of United States • Known for being the second president of United States • Was famous for being a traitor to the Continental Army • Known for being the founder and leader of Sons of Liberty. • ...

Constitution Convention 2021-09-02

Constitution Convention crossword puzzle
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  1. first capitol of the US, temporary
  2. city in which the Constitution Convention met in 1787
  3. plan for representation that small states favored, would base representation on equal votes
  4. considered the author of the basic structure of the Constitution
  5. compromise on how to count slaves for representation purposes
  6. how many states were required for ratification of the Constitution
  7. passed in 1791, guarantee of individual rights
  8. group that supported ratification of the Constitution
  9. current capitol of the US
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  1. president of the Constitution Convention and first elected president of the US
  2. means "two houses"
  3. system used to elect the President of the US
  4. first constitution for US, replaced by US Constitution
  5. compromise that created a two house Congress with one house based on equal votes and the other on population
  6. group that opposed the Constitution and the strong national government it created
  7. oldes delegate at the Convention
  8. one of the successes of the Articles government, created statehood process
  9. trade between the states
  10. first Vice President of US
  11. number of delegates that met at the Convention
  12. farmers rebellion that led to the Constitution Convention, highlighted the problems with the Articles of Confederation
  13. last state to ratify the Constitution
  14. plan for representation that large states favored, would base representatives on state populations

23 Clues: means "two houses" • trade between the states • current capitol of the US • first Vice President of US • oldes delegate at the Convention • first capitol of the US, temporary • last state to ratify the Constitution • system used to elect the President of the US • number of delegates that met at the Convention • passed in 1791, guarantee of individual rights • ...

Chapter 6 Section 2 Review- Liv Gore 2023-04-20

Chapter 6 Section 2 Review- Liv Gore crossword puzzle
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  1. the acceleration of an object decreases as its mass...
  2. the motion of a body when only the force of gravity is acting on the body
  3. means towards the center
  4. which one of Newtons Laws states that an object at rest stays in rest and an object in motion stays in motion?
  5. the constant velocity of a falling object
  6. traveling around another object in space
  7. The force that opposes the motion of objects through air
  8. Newton's third law is sometimes called
  9. The tenancy of an object to resist being moved
  10. when a force is more that zero it is
  11. Which one of Newtons Laws states that the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the force that is applied?
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  1. earths gravity pulls objects in projectile motion down at an acceleration of...
  2. the rate at which velocity changes over time
  3. which one of Newtons Laws states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction?
  4. whats the opposite of an action force?
  5. the unbalanced force that causes an object to move in a circular path
  6. the curved path that an object follows when thrown
  7. when a force is zero it is
  8. Newton's third law states all forces act in...
  9. what is the opposite of a reaction force?

20 Clues: means towards the center • when a force is zero it is • when a force is more that zero it is • whats the opposite of an action force? • Newton's third law is sometimes called • traveling around another object in space • the constant velocity of a falling object • what is the opposite of a reaction force? • the rate at which velocity changes over time • ...

SS8H5 - Civil War 2024-12-02

SS8H5 - Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Settle a dispute by each sided making concessions.
  2. Last name of Union Civil War general that performed March to the Sea.
  3. Political powers held by individual U.S. states rather than by the federal government.
  4. The action of withdrawing formally form a membership of a body.
  5. The declared policy of a political party or group.
  6. Seal off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  7. A formal speech delivered to an audience.
  8. The Northern states during the Civil War.
  9. The fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions.
  10. The public or official announcement of an important matter.
  11. The action of separated something into parts.
  12. Make legally null and void; invalidate.
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  1. The Southern states that seceded during the Civil War.
  2. A person who has been captured and imprisoned by the enemy during war.
  3. Practice of holding people involuntary.
  4. A formal and organized choice by vote of a person or political office.
  5. A formal discussion on a particular topic in which opposing arguments are put forward.
  6. An organized course of action to achieve a goal.
  7. War A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
  8. 16th president of the United States, also on the penny.

20 Clues: Practice of holding people involuntary. • Make legally null and void; invalidate. • A formal speech delivered to an audience. • The Northern states during the Civil War. • The action of separated something into parts. • An organized course of action to achieve a goal. • Settle a dispute by each sided making concessions. • ...

POLS 101 A Midterm Pt. 1 2025-11-03

POLS 101 A Midterm Pt. 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. government dominated by rich people
  2. leaders chosen by the people to make the laws
  3. all interests in society shape public policy through competition
  4. provided for equal representation in the upper house and proportional in the lower
  5. first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  6. an arrangement providing for a clear line of division between state and federal power
  7. Madison wrote about how to manage factions with a large republic
  8. system of government in which there is only one sovereign that administers all laws
  9. discusses the importance of providing a “double security” thru separation of powers
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  1. government is dominated by appointed officials
  2. basic loose compact between states, a firm league of friendship
  3. someone who has a disproportionate shared of some valued societal resource
  4. system of government that provides for states to retain rights to make laws along with some national of other government
  5. government dominated by top leaders, most outside of government
  6. morally impassioned people drive political change
  7. the blurring of lines between federal and state power
  8. the activity by which an issue is agitated or settled
  9. system that provides for only a weak coalition between powerful states
  10. a government in which most citizens participate
  11. provides for the states to retain reserved powers

20 Clues: government dominated by rich people • leaders chosen by the people to make the laws • first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution • government is dominated by appointed officials • a government in which most citizens participate • morally impassioned people drive political change • provides for the states to retain reserved powers • ...

Ancient china 2022-05-09

Ancient china crossword puzzle
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  1. the dynasty that was after the shang dynasty
  2. the _______ states period
  3. typical weapons included a sword and a _____
  4. the amount of years that people served for in the ancient chinese army
  5. the religion ancient china followed
  6. people who ruled ancient Chinese dynasties
  7. the first dynasty
  8. ghengis _____
  9. the ideal place to attack from
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  1. the process of preserving the body after death
  2. emperor Wu of Han was buried with kilograms of this
  3. the main weapon of ancient china
  4. when somebody died they were buried in it
  5. and optional piece of Armor
  6. the number of states that the warring states period had.
  7. emporor wu of ___
  8. the country we are studying

17 Clues: ghengis _____ • the first dynasty • emporor wu of ___ • the _______ states period • and optional piece of Armor • the country we are studying • the ideal place to attack from • the main weapon of ancient china • the religion ancient china followed • when somebody died they were buried in it • people who ruled ancient Chinese dynasties • the dynasty that was after the shang dynasty • ...

Chapter 12.1 Crossword Puzzle 2026-03-26

Chapter 12.1 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The temporary capital of the United States while a new capital was constructed.
  2. The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
  3. The President is chosen by members of the _____.
  4. George Washington's home and plantation in Virginia.
  5. Types of laws intended to protect and encourage the growth of domestic industry.
  6. Original number of executive departments.
  7. Hamilton believed the _____ clause of the Constitution allowed for the creation of a national bank.
  8. In the Presidential election, _____ are selected by voters to cast ballots for the President.
  9. This law created the federal court system.
  10. Number of executive departments that exist today.
  11. The first Attorney General.
  12. Alexander Hamilton wanted to establish a _____ where the government could conduct financial business.
  13. The first President of the United States.
  14. This Constitutional amendment changed the way in which the Vice-President was chosen.
  15. The various executive department secretaries make up the President's _____.
  16. Judges on the Supreme Court are known as _____.
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  1. The first Secretary of the Treasury.
  2. The first capital of the United States under the new Constitution.
  3. The first Secretary of War.
  4. The wife of the President is referred to as the _____.
  5. The most senior judge on the Supreme Court.
  6. Each executive department is headed by a _____.
  7. The first Vice-President of the United States.
  8. The first Secretary of State.
  9. Certificates issued by a government to repay borrowed money plus interest.
  10. The purpose-built capital of the United States.
  11. The ability to obtain loans based on the idea the money will be repaid later.
  12. The first First Lady of the United States.

28 Clues: The first Secretary of War. • The first Attorney General. • The first Secretary of State. • The first Secretary of the Treasury. • Original number of executive departments. • The first President of the United States. • This law created the federal court system. • The first First Lady of the United States. • The most senior judge on the Supreme Court. • ...

7.1 Crossword (use 7.1 part 1/part 2 slides) 2026-01-16

7.1 Crossword (use 7.1 part 1/part 2 slides) crossword puzzle
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  1. Alexander Hamilton led this department
  2. this party supported a large national government and business
  3. this secretary negotiates with foreign countries
  4. the government sells these to people to raise money
  5. this party supported states rights and agriculture
  6. Henry " " led the War department
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  1. Washington was elected by all states or chosen " "
  2. a tax placed on imported goods
  3. the chosen team of advisors for the president
  4. Washington was very " " and did not want power
  5. the main issue that Hamilton needed to solve
  6. Hamilton made this to organize funds and boost our economy
  7. America's capital used to be here before D.C
  8. The " " government was to combine and pay off the state debts
  9. these states did not agree with Hamilton's plans

15 Clues: a tax placed on imported goods • Henry " " led the War department • Alexander Hamilton led this department • the main issue that Hamilton needed to solve • America's capital used to be here before D.C • the chosen team of advisors for the president • Washington was very " " and did not want power • this secretary negotiates with foreign countries • ...

The Articles and U.S. Constitution 2015-11-27

The Articles and U.S. Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. Armed groups of farmers that forced several courts to close in order to prevent farm foreclosures and the loss of their farms
  2. this is when a document is not sanctioned by law.
  3. This plan for government gave the smaller states more power.
  4. In 1787, this established the principle that the territories were to be developed for statehood on an equal basis with the older states.
  5. this is what the states did when they yielded their territories to the central government in order to provide a focus for national unity.
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  1. commerce Trade among the states.
  2. Single-chamber Congress
  3. political disorder.
  4. This plan for government took aspects from the Virginia and New Jersey plans to create a compromise.
  5. This group was for ratification of the Constitution.
  6. to approve.
  7. This group was against ratifying the Constitution.
  8. This plan for government gave the larger, more populous states greater control of the national government.
  9. This person is considered to be the Father of the Constitution.
  10. laws that provide for the organization of territories.

15 Clues: to approve. • political disorder. • Single-chamber Congress • commerce Trade among the states. • this is when a document is not sanctioned by law. • This group was against ratifying the Constitution. • This group was for ratification of the Constitution. • laws that provide for the organization of territories. • This plan for government gave the smaller states more power. • ...

Rachel's Puzzle 2025-05-19

Rachel's Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The five ___ states that stayed apart of the union and still held slaves.
  2. Amount of generals Lincoln had that failed at their job
  3. Three part plan that the north used against the south.
  4. What month did Lincoln issue his proclamation to free the slaves from the south
  5. ___ Proclamation Lincoln made effective to end slavery in the seceded states
  6. What the Lincoln made the war about to make the Britain and France less likely to be allies with the south
  7. The north hoped to control which river to split up the southern states
  8. Deadliest battle in the war.
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  1. Amount of states that seceded after the battle at Fort Sumter
  2. The south occasionally went on the offensive but the mainly stayed on ___
  3. Strategy used by the north to cut off southern trade.
  4. Which state is the seceded states capital in
  5. Lincolns main goal at the beginning of the war was to preserve the ___
  6. The south hoped to preserve their way of ___
  7. The initials of the first state to secede

15 Clues: Deadliest battle in the war. • The initials of the first state to secede • Which state is the seceded states capital in • The south hoped to preserve their way of ___ • Strategy used by the north to cut off southern trade. • Three part plan that the north used against the south. • Amount of generals Lincoln had that failed at their job • ...

US History Crossword 2024-11-02

US History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The withdrawal of Southern states from the Union.
  2. Pardoning, often of Confederate soldiers after the war.
  3. Refers to Lincoln’s death at the hands of John Wilkes Booth.
  4. Former enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War.
  5. The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding and integrating freed slaves.
  6. The Northern states during the Civil War.
  7. The movement to end slavery in the United States.
  8. Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction.
  9. Southern whites who supported Reconstruction efforts.
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  1. The group of Southern states that seceded during the Civil War.
  2. Codes Laws passed in the South during Reconstruction to limit freedmen's rights.
  3. System where freedmen and poor whites farmed land for a share of the crops.
  4. The act of freeing enslaved people, especially tied to a famous proclamation.
  5. Site of a major Civil War battle and a famous address by Lincoln.
  6. Republicans who pushed for harsher measures during Reconstruction.

15 Clues: The Northern states during the Civil War. • The withdrawal of Southern states from the Union. • The movement to end slavery in the United States. • Southern whites who supported Reconstruction efforts. • Pardoning, often of Confederate soldiers after the war. • Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction. • ...

The Iron Curtain 2023-05-02

The Iron Curtain crossword puzzle
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  1. Political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II
  2. American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  3. An area in which treaties or agreements between nations.
  4. Military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States.
  5. A continent comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia.
  6. Enclosed space specially designated to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion.
  7. Schools across the United States were training students to dive under their desks and cover their heads.
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  1. A union or association formed for mutual benefit.
  2. State of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare.
  3. a Korean politician and the founder of North Korea.
  4. A elected local, district, or national council in the former Soviet Union.
  5. A state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.
  6. Trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.
  7. The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.
  8. Is a country of 50 states.

15 Clues: Is a country of 50 states. • A union or association formed for mutual benefit. • a Korean politician and the founder of North Korea. • Trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something. • An area in which treaties or agreements between nations. • A continent comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia. • ...

11. The Constitution of the United States of America_2 2026-02-11

11. The Constitution of the United States of America_2 crossword puzzle
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  1. The 50 political areas that make up the United States, each with its own government.
  2. The part of the Constitution that explains how states should work together and how they interact with the national government.
  3. Respectfully discussing ideas, even when people disagree.
  4. The section that says the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land and must be followed by everyone.
  5. Changes or additions to the Constitution that help protect people’s rights.
  6. The official approval of a law or document, like when states agreed to the Constitution.
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  1. The group that makes national laws, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  2. The highest law that all other laws must follow—this refers to the Constitution.
  3. The highest law of the United States that explains how the government works and protects people’s rights.
  4. All the states working together as one country.
  5. The part of the Constitution that explains how amendments (changes) can be added.
  6. A serious promise to do your duty, such as supporting the Constitution.

12 Clues: All the states working together as one country. • Respectfully discussing ideas, even when people disagree. • A serious promise to do your duty, such as supporting the Constitution. • Changes or additions to the Constitution that help protect people’s rights. • The highest law that all other laws must follow—this refers to the Constitution. • ...

Pragmatics 2025-11-11

Pragmatics crossword puzzle
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  1. (3 words, no spaces)a statement that, when uttered, performs an action instead of describing an action
  2. a maxim that states, "Be clear, brief, and orderly"
  3. a maxim that states, "Don't say more or less than is necessary"
  4. a principle that governs human interactions, according to Grice
  5. additional meaning implied by the speaker adhering to Grice's Cooperative Principle
  6. a verb indicating the action of obviously and intentionally violating one of Gricean maxims in order to create implied meaning
  7. an adjective describing a speech act whose linguistic form matches its communicative function
  8. the study of what speakers mean in context
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  1. the desire to independent and free from imposition
  2. the desire to be liked and accepted
  3. one of the four assumptions in conversation, as proposed by Grice's Cooperative Principle
  4. additional information used to make a connection between what is said and what is meant
  5. a maxim that states, "Be relevant"
  6. an act by which the speaker enables the listener to identify something
  7. an adjective describing a speech act whose linguistic form does not match its communicative function
  8. an action performed through speaking
  9. a maxim that states, "Do not say what you believe to be false."
  10. in pragmatics, one's public self-image

18 Clues: a maxim that states, "Be relevant" • the desire to be liked and accepted • an action performed through speaking • in pragmatics, one's public self-image • the study of what speakers mean in context • the desire to independent and free from imposition • a maxim that states, "Be clear, brief, and orderly" • a maxim that states, "Don't say more or less than is necessary" • ...

1815 Crossword puzzle 2018-11-15

1815 Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. one's own territory by appropriation.
  2. states that have slaves
  3. Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  4. in the united states consitutional history is a legal theory that a state the right to nullify
  5. s a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850
  6. is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people,
  7. was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century
  8. led the slaves to the underground railroad
  9. existing before a war
  10. beleved that slavery was a sin
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  1. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
  2. restriction of interst to a narrow sphere
  3. a person who oversees and urges on slaves at work
  4. a system of labor under slavery characteristics in the americans
  5. an effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missourilate in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted
  6. an American abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp
  7. a state that has prohibited slaves
  8. the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property

18 Clues: existing before a war • states that have slaves • beleved that slavery was a sin • a state that has prohibited slaves • one's own territory by appropriation. • restriction of interst to a narrow sphere • led the slaves to the underground railroad • a person who oversees and urges on slaves at work • the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property • ...

Unit/Topic 2 Vocab Assignment - Paul B 2026-09-30

Unit/Topic 2 Vocab Assignment - Paul B crossword puzzle
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  1. The amendment that granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
  2. A supporter of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution who favored a strong national government.
  3. The amendment that protected voting rights by prohibiting governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race or color.
  4. The rights of citizens to political freedom, social equality, and equal protection under the law without discrimination.
  5. A system built into the Constitution that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches.
  6. The amendment that lowered the legal voting age across the nation to 18 years old.
  7. Constitutional protections given to individuals who are suspected, arrested, or charged with committing a crime.
  8. Trade,business,or movement of goods that takes place across state borders or between two or more states.
  9. The constitutional amendment that expanded voting rights by granting women the right to vote.
  10. The opening statement of the United States Constitution that outlines the main goals and purposes of the government.
  11. The principle that government power is created by and depends entirely on the consent of the people.
  12. A person who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they feared a central government that was too powerful and wanted a bill of rights included.
  13. The amendment that banned poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections.
  14. An armed revolt by Massachusetts farmers protesting debt and land foreclosures that highlighted the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
  15. A major numbered section of the Constitution that describes the structure, powers, and duties of a specific branch or part of government.
  16. A 1787 gathering of state delegates in Philadelphia who met to fix the Articles of Confederation but ended up writing a new United States Constitution.
  17. The first constitution of the United States that established a weak central government and left most power to the independent states.
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  1. The practice of achieving political or social change through peaceful methods such as boycotts, marches, and protests without physical force.
  2. The opening phrase of the Preamble establishing that the government receives its authority directly from the citizens.
  3. A formal change, addition, or revision made to a constitution.
  4. State and local laws created mainly in the South that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans.
  5. The division of government responsibilities into legislative, executive, and judicial branches so that no single branch holds all the power.
  6. Basic rights and freedoms protected by law that safeguard individuals from unfair government interference.
  7. The constitutional amendment that officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States.
  8. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect individual liberties and limit government power.
  9. A series of essays written to explain and defend the proposed Constitution in order to convince states to ratify it.
  10. The constitutional amendment that protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.
  11. The enforced social or physical separation of people based on race or other personal characteristics.

28 Clues: A formal change, addition, or revision made to a constitution. • The amendment that lowered the legal voting age across the nation to 18 years old. • The amendment that banned poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections. • The constitutional amendment that expanded voting rights by granting women the right to vote. • ...

Civil War 2026-09-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Battle of Bull Run – July 21, 1861,First major battle of the Civil War
  2. Emancipation Proclamation
  3. War Soldiers Soldiers enlisted because of loyalty, patriotism, excitement, or fear of being called cowards
  4. first, Lincoln did not make ending slavery an official goal of the war.
  5. included:• He especially worried about the reaction of the slaveholding border states.
  6. Wanted to become an independent nation
  7. Monitor and Merrimack fought on March 9,1862
  8. of the North Larger population
  9. took effect January 1,1863
  10. Capitol of the south
  11. in the West,The Union wanted control of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
  12. Battle fought in Tenneessee.
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  1. in the east, Capitol of confederacy
  2. of Antietam , Robert E,lee invaded Maryland
  3. Orleans April 25,1862. The union navy captured New Orleans
  4. the Mississippi would:Allow Union troops and ships to move deeper into the South.
  5. confederate victories in the east included,second battle of bull run
  6. Henry and Fort Donelson,• Captured by Union forces in early 1862.
  7. States • Slavery was legal in all four border states.
  8. Wanted to restore and preserve the union
  9. Union strategy
  10. successful military leaders. Knowledge of the terrain
  11. E.lee and Stonewall,Jackson were two of the south's
  12. of the South Strong military leadership

24 Clues: Union strategy • Capitol of the south • Emancipation Proclamation • took effect January 1,1863 • Battle fought in Tenneessee. • of the North Larger population • in the east, Capitol of confederacy • Wanted to become an independent nation • of the South Strong military leadership • Wanted to restore and preserve the union • of Antietam , Robert E,lee invaded Maryland • ...

Government Crossword Puzzle 2020-12-02

Government Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is how interest groups work they influence government policy and it is called?
  2. What amendment declares that the States are governments of reserved power?
  3. What are the powers that both National and State Government have?
  4. What is the citizen participation level and awareness of government decisions?
  5. What branch proposes and administers the laws?
  6. What are the grants of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, or localities?
  7. What branch writes the laws?
  8. What is the elector who does not vote for his state's popular vote winner?
  9. What is the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State?
  10. What is the second step to becoming the President of the United States?
Down
  1. What keeps people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs?
  2. What is a system of gov’t in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national gov’t (U.S.) and the State governments?
  3. What grants do states like?
  4. What is it called when parties can also reach the voters personally and get-out-the-vote on a local level?
  5. effect What is the presidential popularity effecting congressional elections called?
  6. What branch interprets the Constitution and other laws
  7. What controls the media, no one may operate radio or TV stations without their license?
  8. Hobbes believed that you need an absolute ruler what is that called?
  9. What power is found directly within the Constitution?
  10. What is an act of creating a new state?
  11. How many types of Interest Groups are there?
  12. What links people and government together?
  13. What is the fourth step to becoming the President of the United States?
  14. What is the fourth branch of Government?
  15. What are a collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends?
  16. What are second long segments that are political messages that are shortened?

26 Clues: What grants do states like? • What branch writes the laws? • What is an act of creating a new state? • What is the fourth branch of Government? • What links people and government together? • How many types of Interest Groups are there? • What branch proposes and administers the laws? • What power is found directly within the Constitution? • ...

The Constitution 2025-03-13

The Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State
  2. system of overlapping the powers of the branches of government to permit each branch to check the actions of the others
  3. a provision of the US Constitution that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the US are the "Supreme law of the land"
  4. concept that government and its officers are always subject to the law
  5. one type of federal grants-in-aid, made for specific projects to States, localities, and private agencies who apply for them
  6. formal approval
  7. group of persons chosen in each State and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President
  8. a legislative body composed of two chambers
  9. the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a government action
  10. the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government
  11. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the States
  12. asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power
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  1. those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise
  2. the lower federal courts
  3. powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
  4. chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
  5. a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central government and several regional governments
  6. a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law
  7. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  8. government is restricted in what it may do
  9. those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out expressly in the Constitution
  10. those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution

22 Clues: formal approval • the lower federal courts • government is restricted in what it may do • a legislative body composed of two chambers • a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law • a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states • chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature • ...

Big 5 2025-03-13

Big 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fifth president of the United States
  2. Fourth president of the United States
  3. Activities aimed at weakening the established government by inciting resistance or rebellion to authority
  4. 1791 Congress passed a tax on the sale of a type of alcohol
  5. Plan to help Spain regain American holdings
  6. What pioneers would load all their household goods
  7. Second president of the United States
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  1. Forcing people against their will to serve in the military or public service
  2. Secure a border between Canada and US
  3. Third president of the United States
  4. Give up all control
  5. Something you would need while traveling Westward
  6. Adams used this to disguised French agents' name
  7. First president of United States

14 Clues: Give up all control • First president of United States • Fifth president of the United States • Third president of the United States • Secure a border between Canada and US • Fourth president of the United States • Second president of the United States • Plan to help Spain regain American holdings • Adams used this to disguised French agents' name • ...

Just Right Government 2015-01-06

Just Right Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In the Senate every state gets ___ votes
  2. Under the Articles of Confederation, each state had ___ vote in Congress
  3. Larger states had more ___ and felt they should get more votes
  4. Under the Articles of Confederation, _____ was the only branch of government
  5. This is the document that explains how our government is currently set up
  6. The Constitution says the __ laws are superior to state laws.
  7. The Articles of Confederation did not set up a very ______ government
  8. The _____ plan favoreda the large states because representation was based on population
  9. The _____ plan wanted equal voting rights for all states no matter their population
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  1. Under the Articles of Confederation, each state was ______
  2. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not ____ the laws it had made
  3. The big and small states reached an agreement or a _____
  4. The ____ had more power than the federal government under the Articles of Confederation
  5. Representation in the House of Representatives is done by ___
  6. A group of individuals that are united together
  7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not collect ____

16 Clues: In the Senate every state gets ___ votes • A group of individuals that are united together • The big and small states reached an agreement or a _____ • Under the Articles of Confederation, each state was ______ • Representation in the House of Representatives is done by ___ • The Constitution says the __ laws are superior to state laws. • ...

7.3 Civics Assessment (Crossword Puzzle) 2020-11-16

7.3 Civics Assessment (Crossword Puzzle) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lists of powers that the states gave to the federal government and they are directly stated
  2. it lists changes to the constitution
  3. it is hidden within the express federal powers helps carry out fed. powers that aren't stated in the constitution
  4. powers that the states kept in exchange
  5. doesn't have a jury, just a judge (nc), consists of 256 judges
  6. rules that an agency within the executive branch makes
  7. the people are the ultimate source of authority of their government, the benefit of the people
  8. a law that is above all the other laws
  9. abandoned the constitution, amended the articles of confederation, usually small farmers and debtors
  10. type of government where there's a central government and states that shares power with each other
  11. who actually chooses the president and the vice president
  12. sweeping power that lets states pass and enforce laws that promote the gen. welfare, address major needs in the comm.& etc
  13. the purpose of the constitution and the federal government
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  1. supports restrictions on immigrants, pro-life, typically religious, and etc
  2. local governments laws are called ____
  3. wants to abolish the electoral college, pro-choice, increase taxes on wealthy, and etc
  4. doesn't focus on federal cases, only state laws (nc), & can reverse decisions
  5. ratify treaties and rarely hold impeachment trials
  6. makes laws, can borrow money, declare war, and impeach officers
  7. challenges judgments from lower courts (nc)
  8. can impeach the president and they rarely decide on presidential elections
  9. establishes how the government is structured and how the constitution can be changed
  10. deals with minor offenses and is responsible for operations and etc for trials
  11. hears all felony cases and certain misdemeanors cases, it is the trial court of original jurisdiction (nc)
  12. a way individuals can choose their candidate in their preferred political party
  13. supported the constitution, abandoned the articles of confederation, usually wealthy landowning, business-owning people
  14. when congress passes a law
  15. both the states and the federal government have this, as long as they don't interfere with each other
  16. makes treaties w/ other countries, enforce laws, and involves the president and vice president
  17. declares laws unconstitutional and interprets the constitution, involves the supreme court

30 Clues: when congress passes a law • it lists changes to the constitution • local governments laws are called ____ • a law that is above all the other laws • powers that the states kept in exchange • challenges judgments from lower courts (nc) • ratify treaties and rarely hold impeachment trials • rules that an agency within the executive branch makes • ...

North America 2024-08-26

North America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A partially self-governing country with close ties to Britain
  2. This is one of the most densely populated regions in the United States
  3. The American colonies set up a federal government that shared powers with the...
  4. This Civilization arose in Mexico in the 1300's A.D.
  5. A civil war was fought in the United States over the issue of...
  6. The tallest mountain in North America
  7. Led the Mexican independence movement
  8. Series of canals and other inland waterways that link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
  9. Vas expanse of prairie land just east of the Rockies
  10. Sits along the western side of the rockies and is home to the Grant Canyon
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  1. What global event spurred the U.S. economy?
  2. A gold rush happened here in the late 1800's.
  3. Longest river in North America
  4. Was one of the European explorers who first discovered Canada during the age of Exploration
  5. Ocean storms hundreds of miles wide
  6. The oldest mountain range in North America
  7. Most Canadians live along the ____ with the United States
  8. Area of rolling hills just east of the Appalachians
  9. The British captured this important city in 1759 during the French and Indian War
  10. The first Americans crossed a land bridge into what is present day...

20 Clues: Longest river in North America • Ocean storms hundreds of miles wide • The tallest mountain in North America • Led the Mexican independence movement • The oldest mountain range in North America • What global event spurred the U.S. economy? • A gold rush happened here in the late 1800's. • Area of rolling hills just east of the Appalachians • ...

Week Five Crossword 2024-09-14

Week Five Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First ten amendments to the Constitution.
  2. Period of rebuilding and integrating the Southern states after the Civil War.
  3. Supporters of a strong central government.
  4. People who fought to end slavery.
  5. The state of being free from outside control.
  6. Thinker who advocated for the separation of powers.
  7. The Southern states that seceded from the Union.
  8. The supreme law of the United States.
  9. Opponents of a strong central government.
  10. Site of a major Civil War battle in 1863.
  11. System of forced labor that was a key issue leading to the Civil War.
  12. Changes or additions to the Constitution.
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  1. The act of withdrawing from the Union.
  2. Philosopher who wrote about the social contract.
  3. Conflict between the North and South from 1861 to 1865.
  4. President who led the U.S. during the Civil War.
  5. System of government where power is divided between national and state governments.
  6. Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War.
  7. Philosopher known for the idea of natural rights.
  8. The act of freeing enslaved people.
  9. The Northern states during the Civil War.
  10. Intellectual movement influencing democratic ideas.
  11. Explorer who reached the Americas in 1492.
  12. Document asserting American independence from Britain.
  13. President who never own slaves but did not fully support abolitionism.

25 Clues: People who fought to end slavery. • The act of freeing enslaved people. • The supreme law of the United States. • The act of withdrawing from the Union. • First ten amendments to the Constitution. • The Northern states during the Civil War. • Opponents of a strong central government. • Site of a major Civil War battle in 1863. • Changes or additions to the Constitution. • ...

History Crossword - Civil War 2023-01-31

History Crossword - Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. 18th President of the United States
  2. The nation formed by the states that seceded
  3. Important due to it being located on the Mis. River
  4. Amendment that ended slavery
  5. The (blank) plan was the plan to surround and strangle the Confederate States
  6. The (blank) Proclamation declared slaves in the rebelling states will be free
  7. President of the Confederacy
  8. caused riots around the nation
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  1. The first full battle was called (blank) run
  2. (blank) Power was a very hot issue during the time.
  3. The attack on Fort (blank) marked the start of the war
  4. Last name of the man who shot lincoln
  5. The Pacific (blank) Act was signed in 1862
  6. President during the Civil War
  7. The bloodiest battle of the war, and a turning point.

15 Clues: Amendment that ended slavery • President of the Confederacy • President during the Civil War • caused riots around the nation • 18th President of the United States • Last name of the man who shot lincoln • The Pacific (blank) Act was signed in 1862 • The first full battle was called (blank) run • The nation formed by the states that seceded • ...

The Civil War/Free slaves 2024-04-08

The Civil War/Free slaves crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Someone who advertised something to get people to come
  2. Someone who wants to end Slavery
  3. A change a government
  4. A group of people who make laws for the united states
  5. What people used to get around
  6. Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. A system of government in which power is divided
  2. Head of an executive branch
  3. Eleven southern states
  4. A written document of the United States
  5. To Break away from
  6. The United States of America
  7. A geographic area with boundaries and a secure government
  8. Someone from another county

14 Clues: To Break away from • A change a government • Eleven southern states • Head of an executive branch • Someone from another county • The United States of America • What people used to get around • Someone who wants to end Slavery • A written document of the United States • Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln • A system of government in which power is divided • ...

The Civil War/Free slaves 2024-04-08

The Civil War/Free slaves crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Someone who advertised something to get people to come
  2. Someone who wants to end Slavery
  3. A change a government
  4. A group of people who make laws for the united states
  5. What people used to get around
  6. Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. A system of government in which power is divided
  2. Head of an executive branch
  3. Eleven southern states
  4. A written document of the United States
  5. To Break away from
  6. The United States of America
  7. A geographic area with boundaries and a secure government
  8. Someone from another county

14 Clues: To Break away from • A change a government • Eleven southern states • Head of an executive branch • Someone from another county • The United States of America • What people used to get around • Someone who wants to end Slavery • A written document of the United States • Proclamation An order issued by Abraham Lincoln • A system of government in which power is divided • ...

Government Crossword Review 2024-11-26

Government Crossword Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. “The Book” of the United States of America. It sets up the Gov’t
  2. Constitutional ____________ the meeting of state reps that created the constitution
  3. (Amendment) Made everyone born here a citizen
  4. Color of the republicans
  5. The early party of the United States that was in favor of the large government
  6. This was the kind of representation the smaller states wanted
  7. (Amendment) The one that forces the police to have a warrant
  8. The day of the week that the US holds its elections
  9. The state you live in
  10. Color we use to describe states that are half rep/dem
  11. Branch of the government that creates new laws
  12. (word) The number for the least number of representatives you can have
  13. (word) the number of colonies that created the USA
  14. (Amendment) The one that protects freedom of speech
  15. The word for something divided into two chambers
  16. This state plan was a favorite of the large states
  17. What the british people living in the colonies were called
  18. (word) the number of Senators every state gets
  19. (-ation) This was the #1 issue with the Articles of Confederation
  20. when two groups come together to agree on an issue
  21. Things that are guaranteed and protected by the Bill of Rights
  22. A word used to describe the powers of the big government in Washington DC
  23. (oneword) This was the ratio agreed upon to count slaves as population
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  1. (Amendment) The one that banned slavery
  2. (Amendment) The one that protects the rights to guns
  3. Official changes to the constitution
  4. Branch of the government that carries out the laws of the country
  5. The more conservative major party of the United States
  6. This was the kind of representation the larger states wanted
  7. Color of the democrats
  8. This state has the most representatives in 2024
  9. __________ college system we use to pick the president
  10. (oneword) This state plan was a favorite of the smaller states
  11. Branch of the government that decides if things follow the Constitution
  12. This state had the most representatives in 1789
  13. To officially vote, sign, and pass something
  14. Last name of the CURRENT president of the United States
  15. The _____ Compromise fixed the issue of representation in congress
  16. Last name of the president when you were born
  17. The more liberal and progressive of the US Parties
  18. Early political party that was concerned about the government being too powerful
  19. Last name of the first president
  20. (word) the number of states in the USA
  21. An opinion survey of people to see what they think
  22. Working elections with the “regular folk” in the small towns

45 Clues: The state you live in • Color of the democrats • Color of the republicans • Last name of the first president • Official changes to the constitution • (word) the number of states in the USA • (Amendment) The one that banned slavery • To officially vote, sign, and pass something • (Amendment) Made everyone born here a citizen • Last name of the president when you were born • ...

Stanley Liu - REVIEW ASSIGNMENT: PERIODS 6-9 2021-06-01

Stanley Liu - REVIEW ASSIGNMENT: PERIODS 6-9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional.
  2. A strategic foreign policy held by the United States in preventing the spread of communism abroad.
  3. A term coined in World War I to describe the type of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) many soldiers were afflicted with during the war.
  4. The amendment that granted citizens the right to vote directly for their senators rather than the state legislature.
  5. Mainly came from southern and eastern Europe; generally poor, uneducated, and unskilled.
  6. A legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.
  7. State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
  8. A military alliance formed by Western European powers, the United States, and Canada to defend against the common threat posed by the Soviet Union.
  9. A period of ideological and geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies.
  10. A radical labor union comprised of both skilled and unskilled workers; advocated industrial sabotage in defense of forming a single large union; and led several major strikes.
  11. A labor organization comprised of both skilled and unskilled workers that advocated for eight-hour workdays and hoped to establish a cooperative society in which laborers owned the industries in which they worked.
  12. A long, costly, and polarizing conflict that pitted North Vietnam's communist government against South Vietnam and its main ally, the United States.
  13. The amendment granting Congress the jurisdiction to levy taxes without regard for state apportionment or the census.
  14. A surprise attack on a United States Naval Base by the Imperial Japanese Navy drew the US into WWII, effectively ending the country's isolationist policy.
  15. A monetary system that allows the unrestricted use of two metals (e.g., gold and silver) as legal tender at a fixed ratio to each other.
  16. A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s to 1920s.
  17. A loose organization composed of skilled laborers that focused on "bread and butter" issues (e.g., higher wages, shorter hours, better working conditions).
  18. A policy or ideology aimed at extending rule over peoples and other countries in order to gain greater political and economic access, power, and control.
  19. A type of foreign policy institutionalized by leaders who believe that keeping other countries' affairs at a distance serves their nation's best interests.
  20. A mechanism by which one company transfers control of its operations to another company through ownership of its stock.
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  1. A period during which white supremacist terrorism and racial riots erupted in over a dozen cities across the United States.
  2. A policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs.
  3. A massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army.
  4. The consolidation of two or more stages of production that would normally be run by separate companies into a single company.
  5. A generation of young Western women in the 1920s who embraced the counterculture; pushed for economic, political, and sexual liberation for women.
  6. A research and development undertaking by the United States during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
  7. The social and evolutionist theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
  8. An American foreign policy with the primary goal of containing Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
  9. An economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free of, or nearly free of, economic interventionism such as regulation.
  10. Mainly came from northern and western Europe; generally wealthy, educated, and skilled.
  11. The process by which a company increases its output of goods or services at the same stage of the supply chain.
  12. A ​U.S. program providing aid to western European countries following the devastation of World War II.
  13. An era of corruption, conspicuous consumption, rapid economic growth, and unfettered capitalism during the late 19th century.
  14. Authorized the U.S. military to bar "any or all persons" from areas of the U.S. designated as "military areas"; intended to remove (and eventually used to imprison) Japanese aliens and American citizens of Japanese descent.
  15. A term generally used to refer to the post-World War I generation.
  16. In the long Plains Indian War, this was the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat.
  17. The amendment that granted women the right to vote (suffrage).
  18. An international diplomatic group developed after World War I as a way to solve disputes between countries before they erupted into open warfare.
  19. A series of domestic programs, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.
  20. A political and economic arrangement/ideology that seeks to replace private ownership of major means of production with communal control.
  21. A spiritual movement that arose among Western American Indians; the movement was believed to have contributed to Lakota resistance to assimilation under the Dawes Act.
  22. The amendment that made the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic and intoxicating beverages illegal (prohibition).

42 Clues: The amendment that granted women the right to vote (suffrage). • A term generally used to refer to the post-World War I generation. • State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. • A massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. • ...

Government Review Crossword 2024-10-16

Government Review Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. justices on the Supreme Court
  2. outlines the rights of the people of the usa
  3. creation of 3 branches of government each with different powers and responsibilities
  4. the introduction to the Constitution
  5. president of the senate
  6. branch that interprets laws
  7. branch the president is in
  8. the founding document of the united states
  9. 435 members
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  1. branch that writes laws
  2. the first government of the united states
  3. made up of the Senate and the House
  4. parts of the executive branch that are in charge of representing a certain group
  5. allows the states and the federal government to share power
  6. two elected officials from each state
  7. presides over a court of law
  8. lets each branch make sure the others are doing their jobs
  9. elected official in charge of the executive branch

18 Clues: 435 members • branch that writes laws • president of the senate • branch the president is in • branch that interprets laws • presides over a court of law • justices on the Supreme Court • made up of the Senate and the House • the introduction to the Constitution • two elected officials from each state • the first government of the united states • ...

US history Bruce 2017-01-10

US history Bruce crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Relating to a city
  2. A numerical limit
  3. A market structure dominated by only a few large,profitable firms
  4. Federal land set aside for native Americans
  5. war between the union states of north and the confederate states of the south;fought from 1861 to 1865
  6. union that organizes workers from all crafts in a given industry
  7. term used to describe the 190s
  8. virginia legislature formed in 1619
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  1. The right to vote
  2. the federal government's plan for the makeup and quantity of the nation's money supply
  3. group of electors ,chosen by the voters ,who vote for president
  4. a japanese American whose parents were born in japan
  5. states of texas,louisiana ,mississippi ,alabama,florida,georgia,and south varolina
  6. group organized around a common interest and concerned only with furthering that interest
  7. the ability to read and write
  8. area in which one ethnic or racial group dominates
  9. to revise
  10. Laws that restricted freedmen's rights
  11. An official forgiveness of a crime
  12. official postponement,as in a postponement of compulsory military service

20 Clues: to revise • The right to vote • A numerical limit • Relating to a city • the ability to read and write • term used to describe the 190s • An official forgiveness of a crime • virginia legislature formed in 1619 • Laws that restricted freedmen's rights • Federal land set aside for native Americans • area in which one ethnic or racial group dominates • ...

Constitution Crossword 2023-08-30

Constitution Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  2. There are seven of these in the Constitution
  3. The three branches of the government was ___________, Executive, and Judicial
  4. There are ___________ Amendments
  5. Father of the Constitution
  6. How many states were there originally
  7. The Constitution is the _______ law of the land
  8. Power held by the people
  9. A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that advises the 13 colonies to break away from England and gain independence
  10. Document that outlined the first form of government in the United States of America
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  1. The first president
  2. Supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures
  3. Life, _______, and the pursuit of happiness
  4. Freedom of Religion, Expression, Assembly, and the Right to Petition
  5. this branch of government includes the Supreme Court of the united states and decides whether laws are constitutional or not
  6. Amendment that granted women the right to vote
  7. First three words of the Constitution
  8. The branch of government established in the Constitution that includes the president
  9. A section in the constitution that ended slavery
  10. The document of government that serves as the foundation of our government

20 Clues: The first president • Power held by the people • Father of the Constitution • There are ___________ Amendments • First three words of the Constitution • How many states were there originally • First ten amendments to the Constitution • Life, _______, and the pursuit of happiness • There are seven of these in the Constitution • Amendment that granted women the right to vote • ...

How does the organization of a federal system of government impact citizens? 2026-05-22

How does the organization of a federal system of government impact citizens? crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Powers shared by both state and national governments.
  2. The national government of the United States.
  3. Government actions and decisions on public issues.
  4. Being a legal member of a country with rights and responsibilities.
  5. A change or addition made to the Constitution.
  6. Powers specifically given to the national government.
  7. A system where each branch limits the powers of the others.
  8. The branch responsible for enforcing laws.
  9. States that federal laws are above state laws when conflicts happen.
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  1. Rights that protect citizens from unfair treatment.
  2. Dividing government power among three branches.
  3. The percentage of eligible voters who participate in elections.
  4. A system where power is shared between the national and state governments.
  5. The document that explains the structure and powers of government.
  6. Amendment stating powers not given to the federal government belong to states or people.
  7. The branch responsible for making laws.
  8. A government where citizens participate in decision-making.
  9. Powers kept by state governments.
  10. The branch responsible for interpreting laws.
  11. The lawmaking body of the federal government.

20 Clues: Powers kept by state governments. • The branch responsible for making laws. • The branch responsible for enforcing laws. • The national government of the United States. • The branch responsible for interpreting laws. • The lawmaking body of the federal government. • A change or addition made to the Constitution. • Dividing government power among three branches. • ...

U.S. Citizenship Exam Practice 2026-05-18

U.S. Citizenship Exam Practice crossword puzzle
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  1. the _________ proclamation called for the freeing of slaves in the Confederate States
  2. a piece of land belonging to the United States. It is not a state and it is not a country. Examples include Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
  3. The First Amendment guarantees your right to ask for change - to ________ the government
  4. number of years a U.S. senator serves
  5. a formal change to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document
  6. movement to end racial discrimination [two words]
  7. stops one branch of the government from becoming too powerful [three words]
  8. When becoming a citizen of the United States of America, you promise to defend the ________
  9. The United States has 435 members in its...
  10. movement to end slavery
  11. Mike _____ - current governor of Indiana
  12. the Declaration of ___________ was adopted on July 4th, 1776
  13. Leader of the House of Representatives; becomes President if neither the President nor V.P. can serve
  14. Branch of government that writes laws
  15. "I refuse." Executive power of a president or governor to override and cancel a bill that passed Congress
  16. The First Amendment guarantees the right to free ______ (spoken word)
  17. the right to vote
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  1. two per state; represent all people in their state
  2. a change to the Constitution
  3. capital of the United States; named after the first president of the United States
  4. Freedom of ________; First Amendment right to gather with others.
  5. branch that decides if a law goes against the Constitution through the power of ________ review
  6. includes both the Senate and House of Representatives; they meet in the capitol building
  7. chief ambassador; commander-in-chief of all armed forces; head of the executive branch
  8. The First Amendment guarantees the right to freedom of the ______ (written word)
  9. the Supreme Law of the Land; sets up and defines the government; written in 1787
  10. the president’s advisory group made up of the heads of major executive branch departments
  11. way to participate in democracy
  12. Freedom of ________; First Amendment right to pray or not pray to whomever or whatever you want
  13. highest court in the United States
  14. the authority of the president to release a person from punishment and restores all civil liberties for a federal crime
  15. current capital of Indiana
  16. branch of government responsible for seeing laws and policies are followed
  17. Idea that everyone must obey the law.
  18. the state of Indiana has ____ representatives in the U.S. House; number of justices on the Supreme Court

35 Clues: the right to vote • movement to end slavery • current capital of Indiana • a change to the Constitution • way to participate in democracy • highest court in the United States • number of years a U.S. senator serves • Idea that everyone must obey the law. • Branch of government that writes laws • Mike _____ - current governor of Indiana • ...

Constitutional Convention Crossword 2025-01-31

Constitutional Convention Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When 2 parties meet in the middle to resolve a disagreement
  2. Who is know as the "Father of the Constitution"?
  3. The states that supported slavery but not tariffs
  4. The states that supported tariffs but not slavery
  5. One of the 2 founders that wasn't present at the convention because he was in France
  6. The plan that proposed strong national gov't and proportional representation
  7. The city where the convention took place
  8. The plan that supported equal representation and favored the small states ideas
  9. When the bigger states have more representatives than the smaller states
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  1. When every state has the same amount of representatives
  2. What state refused to send a delegate to the convention?
  3. A tax people have to pay when importing goods from another country
  4. The guy that supervized the convention
  5. Who refused to go to the convention because he was against the idea of a strong gov't
  6. How many years did the delegates at the convention keep what was said a secret?

15 Clues: The guy that supervized the convention • The city where the convention took place • Who is know as the "Father of the Constitution"? • The states that supported slavery but not tariffs • The states that supported tariffs but not slavery • When every state has the same amount of representatives • What state refused to send a delegate to the convention? • ...

STAAR Key Concepts 2022-05-24

STAAR Key Concepts crossword puzzle
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  1. - a place for Catholics to live peacefully.
  2. - law establishing a way for admitting new states to the United States, territories govern themselves.
  3. - First government, Congress can negotiate treaties and declare war, no executive branch.
  4. - the turning point of the American Revolution when France joined the Americans.
  5. - supported the Constitution, and believed that it created a more stable Union, Alexander Hamilton & James Madison
  6. - an agreement that decided how many representatives large and small states would send to Congress.
  7. - belief British should have the permission of colonists to pass taxes, which was the main reason for the American Revolution.
  8. - Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantations, cash crops, and fertile soil led to a different economy than the north.
  9. - rights all people have from birth; life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness; Declaration of Independence.
  10. - Roger Williams started religious tolerant Rhode Island.
  11. - the British response to the Boston Tea Party, which increased tension between the colonists and the British.
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  1. - 1st anti-slavery group that lived in Pennsylvania.
  2. - fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, & harbors.
  3. - British controlled colonial trade and that angered the colonists.
  4. - agreement over how slaves would count for representation and taxation purposes.
  5. - claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading.
  6. - claimed Florida, Texas, and California & built missions.
  7. - a law forbidding colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains, and this angered the colonists.
  8. - wealth, religion, expand empires, claim of territory.
  9. - against the Constitution, believed it needed a Bill of Rights, Patrick Henry & George Mason
  10. - last major battle resulting in a British defeat, Britain then signed the Treaty of Paris and recognized the United States' independence.

21 Clues: - a place for Catholics to live peacefully. • - fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, & harbors. • - 1st anti-slavery group that lived in Pennsylvania. • - claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading. • - wealth, religion, expand empires, claim of territory. • - Roger Williams started religious tolerant Rhode Island. • ...

The Constitution and Bill of Rights 2014-09-29

The Constitution and Bill of Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. Part of the Constitution that discusses the Executive Branch
  2. Article VI of the Constitution that says Federal laws have more power than state laws
  3. Compromise that added population to southern states and took away the humanity from an entire race
  4. document added to appease anti-federalists into passing the Constitution
  5. Laws not belonging to the Federal government belong to the states
  6. Why did the brand new USA need to tax?
  7. First documenting governing an independent America
  8. No cruel and unusual punishment and no excessive bail
  9. Freedom of religion, speech, the press and assembly
  10. Small state plan that was unicameral and all states had equal representation
  11. Agreement that produced a bicameral government based on both equal representation and population
  12. Large state plan that was bicameral and had a strong central government
  13. Who led the rebellion in Massachusetts that showed highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles?
  14. Speedy trial with an impartial jury and right to an attorney
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  1. Federalist Paper 10 was concerned with the threat posed by
  2. one of biggest weaknesses under the Articles of Confederation was that the federal government couldn't
  3. The right to bear arms
  4. essays written in support of the new constitution
  5. Part of the Constitution that discusses the Judicial Branch
  6. gathering where the Constitution was written
  7. Part of the Constitution that discusses the Legislative Branch
  8. group that supported the new constitution
  9. group with all the power in Articles of Confederation
  10. People have other rights than just those listed in the Constitution
  11. No illegal search and seizure and requirement of a warrant
  12. No double jeopardy, no self-incrimination, due process and eminent domain
  13. group that was against the new constitution
  14. No quartering of soldiers

28 Clues: The right to bear arms • No quartering of soldiers • Why did the brand new USA need to tax? • group that supported the new constitution • group that was against the new constitution • gathering where the Constitution was written • essays written in support of the new constitution • First documenting governing an independent America • ...

Daniel and Oscar's Crossword Puzzle 2023-04-12

Daniel and Oscar's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. relocated Indians from their homes in the south, declared unconstitutional by John Marshal.
  2. From 1816 to 1836, presidential electors go from being elected by mostly legislatures to mostly _____.
  3. caused by refusal to surrender western forts and impressment
  4. "No state above the ______ line will be allowed to have slaves(excluding Missouri)"
  5. Cherokee forced to leave their land and move westward. One quarter of them die.
  6. Andrew Jackson ________ the renewal of the 2nd National Bank
  7. establishes that states can't tax the national bank
  8. Missouri becomes a slave state, Maine is created(free state)
  9. "land that belongs to all cannot be given by few"
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  1. where some states debated whether to separate from the US
  2. occurs after Federalist party dies
  3. Jackson says this after Adams becomes President in 1824
  4. Marshall rules the Cherokee are entitled to their land
  5. causes the death of the Federalist Party
  6. the action of states leaving the Union
  7. Federal law is supreme over state laws
  8. describes slavery as having a wolf by the ear
  9. states can overrule federal laws if they seem unconstitutional
  10. party formed to oppose Jackson's policies

19 Clues: occurs after Federalist party dies • the action of states leaving the Union • Federal law is supreme over state laws • causes the death of the Federalist Party • party formed to oppose Jackson's policies • describes slavery as having a wolf by the ear • "land that belongs to all cannot be given by few" • establishes that states can't tax the national bank • ...

New Nation Review Puzzle 2015-03-01

New Nation Review Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A two-party system emerged during his administration.
  2. The minimum number of states that had to vote in favor of the Constitution before it could become law.
  3. The amendment that gives us our freedoms of religion, assembly, petition, press and speech.
  4. The current structure of our government is in this document.
  5. 4th president of the United States
  6. First form of national government for United States.
  7. Explored new land west of the Mississippi River.
  8. Elected president of the Constitutional Convention.
  9. Warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
  10. Branch that carries out the laws.
  11. Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
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  1. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
  2. State delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles.
  3. Branch that makes the laws.
  4. Branch that interprets the laws.
  5. Decided how many votes each state would have in the Senate and House of Representatives.
  6. The first 10 amendments to the constitution.
  7. Debated over how much power should be given to the new national government.
  8. caused European nations to gain respect for the United States.

19 Clues: Branch that makes the laws. • Branch that interprets the laws. • Branch that carries out the laws. • 4th president of the United States • Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights. • Writer of the Declaration of Independence. • The first 10 amendments to the constitution. • Explored new land west of the Mississippi River. • ...

unit 5 vocab choice board 2018-02-06

unit 5 vocab choice board crossword puzzle
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  1. the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
  2. President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America
  3. a supporter of a strong federal government
  4. explorers that traveled through the Louisiana Purchase from 1804-1806
  5. a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812
  6. an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
  7. in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
  8. the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
  9. laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
  10. the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional
  11. a member of the political party
  12. an 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States
  13. at the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and U.S. forces, led by Andrew Jackson, that ended in a victory for the United States
  14. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  15. a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money
  16. loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country
  17. a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States
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  1. a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor
  2. an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
  3. a payment by a weaker party to a stronger party in return for protection
  4. a 1793 statement by President Washington
  5. a plan of action by a nation toward other nations
  6. the members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
  7. the practice of forcing people into military service
  8. the group of officials who head government departments
  9. the treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio
  10. a law that created the structure of the Supreme Court
  11. a devotion to one's nation and its interests
  12. the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
  13. an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow
  14. to cancel

31 Clues: to cancel • a member of the political party • a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor • a 1793 statement by President Washington • a supporter of a strong federal government • a devotion to one's nation and its interests • a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money • a plan of action by a nation toward other nations • ...

George Washington's Presidency 2014-03-13

George Washington's Presidency crossword puzzle
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  1. Southern states would support Hamilton's plan if Northern States supported a plan to locate the nations __________ in the south.
  2. Another word for money.
  3. The Secretary of War advises the President on __________ affairs.
  4. The __________ General serves as the chief lawyer of the United States.
  5. The US signed Jay's treaty with what country?
  6. Pinckney's treaty allowed the US to trade through this port. (No space)
  7. Thomas Jefferson believed the National Bank was __________.
  8. Pinckney's Treaty gave the US free navigation of this major river.
  9. This Act, passed in 1789, created the Federal Court System.
  10. Head of the Supreme Court is called the _________ Justice.
  11. The Secretary of state advises the President on _________ affairs.
  12. Tax on a good brought into the country.
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  1. The farmers of western Pennsylvania were angry about a government tax on __________.
  2. The biggest economic problem faced by the United States is the __________ debt.
  3. Debt owed to private citizens and American businesses.
  4. Pinckney's Treaty was made between the US and __________.
  5. A settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement.
  6. Native American tribes joined together and formed the Western __________.
  7. 1st President of the United States. (last name)
  8. Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a national _________.
  9. Blue Jacket was defeated at this battle by Major General Anthony Wayne. (no space)
  10. The Secretary of the __________ enforces tax laws.
  11. Hamilton wanted to pay off all of the __________ debts along with the National debt.
  12. Act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
  13. Cabinet members give the President __________.

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. • ...

Topic 4 Section 5 Crossword 2017-02-14

Topic 4 Section 5 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the division of power between the federal government and the states.
  2. government on the County Parish town city or District level.
  3. A process of changing a state constitution by sponsors of an amendment Gathering signatures on a petition.
  4. a complex system for electing the president.
  5. bring charges of serious wrongdoing against.
  6. a system of Transit lines roads Bridges and tunnels.
  7. a section of the main body of the Constitution, which establishes the framework for the United States government.
  8. a principle of the United States Constitution that states that government has only the powers that the constitution gives it.
  9. overruling.
  10. ask that the decision of the district court be reviewed by a higher Court.
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  1. the larger part of Congress.
  2. law proposals.
  3. non-military.
  4. the well-being of all the citizens of a Nation.
  5. not allowed under the Constitution.
  6. A system that safeguards against abuse of power.
  7. the smaller part of Congress.
  8. the highest court of the US, which has Law judging power.
  9. peace and Order within a country.
  10. freedom
  11. rejecting.
  12. review the Supreme Court's power to decide whether an action of the branches of government is unconstitutional.
  13. an introduction to a declaration, Constitution, or other official documents.

23 Clues: freedom • rejecting. • overruling. • non-military. • law proposals. • the larger part of Congress. • the smaller part of Congress. • peace and Order within a country. • not allowed under the Constitution. • a complex system for electing the president. • bring charges of serious wrongdoing against. • the well-being of all the citizens of a Nation. • ...

Civil War 2018-05-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of many women nurses
  2. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe explaining slavery in the South
  3. known for assassinating Lincoln
  4. first battle of the Civil War
  5. most important and most famous battle in the Civil War
  6. Main location the South lost that changed the war.
  7. States joined the Union to preserve the Union not to end slavery
  8. pushed full equality for negro troops
  9. Union soldier that led the "march to the sea
  10. only president of the confederate states
  11. Last battle of the Civil War
  12. Union strategy to defeat the South
  13. Southern states during the Civil War
  14. Northern states during the Civil War
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  1. Antiwar Northeners
  2. first to secede from the union
  3. ran against Lincoln on his second term
  4. where Lee surrenders and the war ends
  5. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War
  6. determined if northern slaves are truly free or not
  7. Let Kansas and Nebraska vote if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
  8. Law that enforced the North to send free slaves back to the south
  9. ended the Nullification crisis by creating the Compromise tariff
  10. commander in chief for union during the Civil War
  11. confederate attack on mMaryland to make it secede from the Union
  12. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

26 Clues: Antiwar Northeners • One of many women nurses • Last battle of the Civil War • first battle of the Civil War • first to secede from the union • known for assassinating Lincoln • Union strategy to defeat the South • Issued the Emancipation Proclamation • Southern states during the Civil War • Northern states during the Civil War • where Lee surrenders and the war ends • ...

Civil War 2018-05-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ran against Lincoln on his second term
  2. only president of the confederate states
  3. ended the Nullification crisis by creating the Compromise tariff
  4. Union soldier that led the "march to the sea
  5. Antiwar Northeners
  6. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe explaining slavery in the South
  7. One of many women nurses
  8. determined if northern slaves are truly free or not
  9. most important and most famous battle in the Civil War
  10. where Lee surrendered and the war ends
  11. first to secede from the union
  12. Southern states during the Civil War
  13. first battle of the Civil War
  14. Law that enforced the North to send free slaves back to the south
  15. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War
  16. known for assassinating Lincoln
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  1. Last battle of the Civil War
  2. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  3. commander in chief for union during the Civil War
  4. Let Kansas and Nebraska vote if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
  5. Union strategy to defeat the South
  6. pushed full equality for negro troops
  7. confederate attack on Maryland to make it secede from the Union
  8. Northern states during the Civil War
  9. States joined the Union to preserve the Union not to end slavery
  10. Main location the South lost that changed the war.

26 Clues: Antiwar Northeners • One of many women nurses • Last battle of the Civil War • first battle of the Civil War • first to secede from the union • known for assassinating Lincoln • Union strategy to defeat the South • Issued the Emancipation Proclamation • Northern states during the Civil War • Southern states during the Civil War • pushed full equality for negro troops • ...

Civil War Battle 2021-05-19

Civil War Battle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How many soldiers were killed,wounded in the summer of 1864?
  2. Who was an American Confederate general?
  3. Who was "an instrument of God¨?
  4. What is the other flag americans didnt use in war?
  5. Who was a hero against slavery?
  6. Who won the battle of Shiloh?
  7. What another name for Cedar Creek?
  8. The Battle of Gaines'Mill.
  9. Who was the most honored women in American history?
  10. What was Stonewall´s real name?
  11. what battle lasted from june 25 to july 1st?
  12. There are alot of __ Happening in the Civil War.
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  1. Whats the another name for the Battle of First Manassas?
  2. Who was the 16th president of the united states?
  3. who was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army?
  4. What battle was happening during September 17, 1862 and was going on in the Southern United States?
  5. What battle fought on September 18–20, 1863, between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War?
  6. What was a very bloody war?
  7. What was the warships they used to battle against their enemies?
  8. What did soldiers build to keep warm?
  9. What is the american battle flag?
  10. Who helped supply soldiers in battle, they worked as spys,and medical care?

22 Clues: The Battle of Gaines'Mill. • What was a very bloody war? • Who won the battle of Shiloh? • Who was "an instrument of God¨? • Who was a hero against slavery? • What was Stonewall´s real name? • What is the american battle flag? • What another name for Cedar Creek? • What did soldiers build to keep warm? • Who was an American Confederate general? • ...

WK6 Crossword 1492-1861 2024-09-14

WK6 Crossword 1492-1861 crossword puzzle
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  1. First ten amendments to the Constitution.
  2. System of government where power is divided between national and state governments.
  3. - Intellectual movement influencing democratic ideas.
  4. The act of freeing enslaved people.
  5. Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War.
  6. - Explorer who reached the Americas in 1492.
  7. - Thinker who advocated for the separation of powers.
  8. The Northern states during the Civil War.
  9. President who never own slaves but didn't fully support abolitionism.
  10. The supreme law of the United States.
  11. The state of being free from outside control.
  12. The Southern states that seceded from the Union.
  13. Opponents of a strong central government.
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  1. Conflict between the North and South from 1861 to 1865.
  2. Supporters of a strong central government.
  3. Period of rebuilding and integrating the Southern states after the Civil War.
  4. The act of withdrawing from the Union.
  5. System of forced labor that was a key issue leading to the Civil War.
  6. President who led the U.S. during the Civil War.
  7. People who fought to end slavery.
  8. Philosopher who wrote about the social contract.
  9. Changes or additions to the Constitution.
  10. Document asserting American independence from Britain.
  11. Site of a major Civil War battle in 1863.
  12. - Philosopher known for the idea of natural rights.

25 Clues: People who fought to end slavery. • The act of freeing enslaved people. • The supreme law of the United States. • The act of withdrawing from the Union. • First ten amendments to the Constitution. • Changes or additions to the Constitution. • The Northern states during the Civil War. • Site of a major Civil War battle in 1863. • Opponents of a strong central government. • ...

Chapter 6 Section 2 Review- Liv Gore 2023-04-20

Chapter 6 Section 2 Review- Liv Gore crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rate at which velocity changes over time
  2. the acceleration of an object decreases as its mass...
  3. which one of Newtons Laws states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction?
  4. whats the opposite of an action force?
  5. what is the opposite of a reaction force?
  6. Newton's third law is sometimes called
  7. which one of Newtons Laws states that an object at rest stays in rest and an object in motion stays in motion?
  8. Which one of Newtons Laws states that the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the force that is applied?
  9. Newton's third law states all forces act in...
  10. when a force is more that zero it is
  11. the constant velocity of a falling object
  12. The tenancy of an object to resist being moved
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  1. The force that opposes the motion of objects through air
  2. traveling around another object in space
  3. the unbalnced force that causes an object to move in a circular path
  4. the motion of a body when only the force of gravity is acting on the body
  5. means towards the center
  6. the curved path that an object follows when thrown
  7. earths gravity pulls objects in projectile motion down at an acceleration of...
  8. when a force is zero it is

20 Clues: means towards the center • when a force is zero it is • when a force is more that zero it is • whats the opposite of an action force? • Newton's third law is sometimes called • traveling around another object in space • what is the opposite of a reaction force? • the constant velocity of a falling object • the rate at which velocity changes over time • ...

'I Love America' Crossword 2025-02-25

'I Love America' Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The period of severe dust storms caused by drought and overplowing in the 1930s
  2. Number of colonies America was originally made up of
  3. The name of a national park famous for its geysers
  4. America’s favorite past time
  5. A district in Manhattan, New York famous for its theaters and popular musicals/plays
  6. The second amendment protects our right to bear ______
  7. The United States was first made up of colonies owned by the ______
  8. The last name of the first U.S. president
  9. The stars on the American flag represent every ______
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  1. The first poet in the United States
  2. The last name of the man who wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence
  3. The president’s home during presidency
  4. The unofficial national food of the United States, created between the late 1800s and early 1900s
  5. The red in the American flag symbolizes ______
  6. The war that the U.S. fought to secure independence was called the American ______ War.
  7. The last name of the only president to serve four terms
  8. The first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, featured on the ten dollar bill
  9. A type of music created by African American artists typically associated with the Roaring Twenties
  10. America’s national bird
  11. The last name of the woman typically credited with sewing the first United States flag

20 Clues: America’s national bird • America’s favorite past time • The first poet in the United States • The president’s home during presidency • The last name of the first U.S. president • The red in the American flag symbolizes ______ • The name of a national park famous for its geysers • Number of colonies America was originally made up of • ...

The U.S. Civil War 2024-10-31

The U.S. Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People who give advice
  2. The system by which people produce and trade goods
  3. People who are injured
  4. The northern states that did not secede from the United States
  5. Resisting, or fighting, being controlled by someone else
  6. Joined together as one
  7. Did away with; ended
  8. Usefulness or importance
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  1. People who are members of society and are not part of the military or police force
  2. To spread out; to become greater in size
  3. A structure, such as a building or sculpture, built as a memorial to a person or event
  4. The government formed by the states in the South after they withdrew from the United States
  5. The practice of forcing people to work without pay as enslaved people, and denying them the freedom to decide how to live their lives
  6. A group of people who help lead a country
  7. Failure to win

15 Clues: Failure to win • Did away with; ended • People who give advice • People who are injured • Joined together as one • Usefulness or importance • To spread out; to become greater in size • A group of people who help lead a country • The system by which people produce and trade goods • Resisting, or fighting, being controlled by someone else • ...

Civil War Review 2023-01-18

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. offically called fort sumpter
  2. the second costliest battle of the Civil War
  3. Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote
  4. one human being was owned by another
  5. the constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional
  6. declaring that no further assaults on Southern rights by the North would be acceptable
  7. disagreed over whether secession was a constitutional right
  8. a decade-long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man named Dred Scott
  9. was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War
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  1. to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause
  2. admitted California to the United States as a “free” (no slavery) state
  3. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government
  4. a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading
  5. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free

14 Clues: offically called fort sumpter • one human being was owned by another • the second costliest battle of the Civil War • disagreed over whether secession was a constitutional right • Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote • admitted California to the United States as a “free” (no slavery) state • ...

American Icons 2025-12-12

American Icons crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Famous rock sculpture featuring four U.S. presidents.
  2. The national anthem of the United States.
  3. This iconic statue in New York Harbor was a gift from France.
  4. The emblematic stripes and stars representing the United States.
  5. The historic bell located in Philadelphia, known for its crack.
  6. The pledge of loyalty to the United States.
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  1. The city that is the capital of the United States.
  2. The paper declaring the thirteen colonies’ independence from Britain.
  3. A symbol representing the United States, featuring an eagle, shield, and olive branch.
  4. The personification of the U.S. government, often shown wearing a top hat with stars.
  5. The national bird of the United States.

11 Clues: The national bird of the United States. • The national anthem of the United States. • The pledge of loyalty to the United States. • The city that is the capital of the United States. • Famous rock sculpture featuring four U.S. presidents. • This iconic statue in New York Harbor was a gift from France. • The historic bell located in Philadelphia, known for its crack. • ...

Just Right Government 2015-01-06

Just Right Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Larger states had more ___ and felt they should get more votes
  2. Under the Articles of Confederation, each state had ___ vote in Congress
  3. A group of individuals that are united together
  4. The ____ had more power than the federal government under the Articles of Confederation
  5. Representation in the House of Representatives is done by ___
  6. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not ____ the laws it had made
  7. Under the Articles of Confederation, _____ was the only branch of government
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  1. In the Senate every state gets ___ votes
  2. The _____ plan wanted equal voting rights for all states no matter their population
  3. The big and small states reached an agreement or a _____
  4. The _____ plan favoreda the large states because representation was based on population
  5. This is the document that explains how our government is currently set up
  6. Under the Articles of Confederation, each state was ______
  7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not collect ____
  8. The Constitution says the __ laws are superior to state laws.
  9. The Articles of Confederation did not set up a very ______ government

16 Clues: In the Senate every state gets ___ votes • A group of individuals that are united together • The big and small states reached an agreement or a _____ • Under the Articles of Confederation, each state was ______ • Representation in the House of Representatives is done by ___ • The Constitution says the __ laws are superior to state laws. • ...

7th Grade Crossword Peyton Stotesbery 2024-01-17

7th Grade Crossword Peyton Stotesbery crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person who wants to stop or abolish slavery
  2. slave states that border with the free states during the United States Civil War
  3. a machine for separating cotton from its seeds
  4. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War
  5. showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army
  6. showed how badly both union and confederate soldiers needed training
  7. cut off trading with other countries
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  1. the network used by enslaved black Americans to obtain their freedom
  2. commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, the most successful of the Southern armies during the American Civil War
  3. 16th President of the United States
  4. 1865 as a result of the union victory at Antietam
  5. an alliance of people or groups formed for an forbidden purpose
  6. A war between the north and the south over slavery
  7. a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory
  8. the crime of betraying one's country
  9. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War

16 Clues: 16th President of the United States • the crime of betraying one's country • cut off trading with other countries • a person who wants to stop or abolish slavery • a machine for separating cotton from its seeds • 1865 as a result of the union victory at Antietam • A war between the north and the south over slavery • ...

Welcome to Mizuho! 2023-03-21

Welcome to Mizuho! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mizuho office in the "Windy City" (also home of the Bulls, Bears, Blackhawks, Cubs and White Sox)
  2. the art of paper folding
  3. a summary of a person's education, qualities, previous experiences, usually sent with a job application
  4. Industry where your parent/guardian works
  5. Mizuho office in Hollywood where our employees are celebrities (also home to Lakers, Dodgers, Clippers, Kings, Chargers and Rams)
  6. Mizuho office in our nation's capital (and home to the Capitals, Wizards and Nationals)
  7. Thank You in Japanese
  8. Mizuho office where a different kind of tea party was held in 1773 when early Americans protested by dumping 342 chests of tea into the harbor. (also where the Bruins, Red Sox and Celtics play)
  9. Mizuho office in the Peach state (also home of the Falcons and Braves)
  10. Best Company in the World
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  1. What you call the money of a country
  2. Mizuho office where you might have to cross the Golden Gate Bridge to get to work (or to a Giants baseball game)
  3. Mizuho office in "Space City" where our bankers (and astronauts) reach the stars also home to the Texans, Rockets and Astros)
  4. Home of Mizuho Americas's headquarters (and Yankees, Mets, Rangers, Knicks and Nets)
  5. Country of Mizuho's head office
  6. Ownership in a company, can be bought and sold between investors
  7. Mizuho office where you might be greeted with a "Howdy!" (also home of the Mavs and Cowboys)
  8. Earth Month

18 Clues: Earth Month • Thank You in Japanese • the art of paper folding • Best Company in the World • Country of Mizuho's head office • What you call the money of a country • Industry where your parent/guardian works • Ownership in a company, can be bought and sold between investors • Mizuho office in the Peach state (also home of the Falcons and Braves) • ...

US HISTORY CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2024-11-22

US HISTORY CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Turning point of the revolution
  2. amendment that states Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise.
  3. "give me liberty or give be death"
  4. President Thomas Jefferson placed an ______ act to limit American trade.
  5. What branch consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies.
  6. someone who believes in the type of political system in which states or territories share control with a central government.
  7. opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution
  8. "father of the constitution"
  9. First president of the United states
  10. No territory was gained or lost and there was no clear winter, war between America and Britain
  11. Increased communication and trade, disrupted natural habits in the west
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  1. A state plan from 1874-1875 and was successful in undermining the republican led government
  2. overemphasized political, economic, and social loyalty to a region of a country rather than the country as a whole.
  3. Agreement that ended to the war of 1812 treaty of...
  4. economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests
  5. This acquisition from France in 1803 doubled the land holding of the U.S, a state plan
  6. Federalist,founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution
  7. a change or addition to the terms of a contract or document.
  8. President James Polk desired to expand the US via Manifest Destiny followed by the annexation of this republic in 1845
  9. Anti Federalist leader, beloved in a need to restrict governmental power

20 Clues: "father of the constitution" • Turning point of the revolution • "give me liberty or give be death" • First president of the United states • Agreement that ended to the war of 1812 treaty of... • opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution • a change or addition to the terms of a contract or document. • ...

Constitution Review 2026-10-27

Constitution Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This was supported by the larger states at the Constitutional Convention. Representation was based on a state's population.
  2. Supported the ratification of the Constitution.
  3. A responsibility of a U.S. citizen such as jury duty, voting, and staying informed.
  4. Event involving farmers that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
  5. Anti-Federalists wanted stronger _____ governments.
  6. This branch includes the Supreme Court and interprets the law.
  7. The Anti-Federalists insisted that this be added to the Constitution to protect their individual liberties.
  8. To approve.
  9. The presidential action of rejecting or blocking a bill.
  10. This branch enforces the laws. The president, vice president, and cabinet are in this branch.
  11. Power is shared between state and federal governments.
  12. A Federalist. Wrote most of the Federalist Papers.
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  1. College Created at the Constitutional Convention as a way to elect the president and vice president.
  2. This prevents tyranny. The government must follow the laws.
  3. This branch writes and passes the laws. It is made up of the two houses of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives).
  4. Powers are shared between state and federal governments.
  5. Created at the Constitutional Convention. It resolved the dispute over how representation in the states would be counted.
  6. People have the power in our country.
  7. This was supported by smaller states at the Constitutional Convention. States would have equal representation.
  8. The Federalists were in favor of a _____ _____ government.
  9. This Enlightenment thinker promoted the idea of "Natural Rights" (Life, liberty, and property).
  10. Citizens vote for people to represent them in the government.
  11. The word for two houses of legislature.

23 Clues: To approve. • People have the power in our country. • The word for two houses of legislature. • Supported the ratification of the Constitution. • Anti-Federalists wanted stronger _____ governments. • A Federalist. Wrote most of the Federalist Papers. • Power is shared between state and federal governments. • Powers are shared between state and federal governments. • ...

CROSSWORD QUIZ 2021-08-27

CROSSWORD QUIZ crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Business taxes and licenses due and payable to the government
  2. Office tables, chairs, showcase, shelves, dividers and lighting fixtures
  3. Obligations or debts payable by the business to other parties evidenced by a promissory note issued by the business
  4. Obligations or debts payable by the business to other parties for services acquired or merchandise purchased on credit
  5. The principal revenue of both the merchandising and manufacturing concerns in selling good to customers.
  6. Cost of trucks, delivery panels and other equipment used for transporting goods.
  7. Revenue earned by apartment or condominium owners, building lessors, and market stall lessors
  8. Cost of computers, typewriters, calculators, duplicating machines
  9. Cost of the building owned and being used by the business
  10. Obligations or debts collectible from customers and other persons for goods or services sold or loan granted, evidenced by a promissory note issued by the customers
  11. Total initial or additional investments made by the owner
  12. Amount paid for the services of employees working in the firm
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  1. Revenue earned for lending money
  2. Amount withheld from the salary of employees plus the company’s share due and payable to the SSS
  3. Coins, currencies, and cash equivalents either on hand or deposited in the bank.
  4. Merchandise or goods in hand and ready for sale at a profit
  5. The cost of borrowing money used by the business
  6. Obligations or debts collectible from customers for services rendered or merchandise sold to them on credit
  7. Cost of the land (ground) where the building stands
  8. Cost of publications in the newspapers, calling cards, billboards, and propaganda thru radios and TV

20 Clues: Revenue earned for lending money • The cost of borrowing money used by the business • Cost of the land (ground) where the building stands • Total initial or additional investments made by the owner • Cost of the building owned and being used by the business • Merchandise or goods in hand and ready for sale at a profit • ...

tax vocab 2024-05-03

tax vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. IRA: A type of individual retirement account in which contributions may be tax-deductible, and earnings grow tax-deferred until withdrawn in retirement.
  2. Tax: A tax imposed by governments on income generated by individuals and entities within their jurisdiction.
  3. Income: Income derived from employment or self-employment activities, including wages, salaries, tips, and bonuses.
  4. (Federal Insurance Contributions Act): The U.S. law that mandates the collection of Social Security and Medicare taxes from employees' paychecks.
  5. Security: A federal program in the United States that provides retirement, disability, and survivor benefits to eligible individuals and their families.
  6. A retirement savings plan sponsored by an employer that allows employees to save and invest a portion of their paycheck before taxes are deducted.
  7. SE: A form used in the United States to calculate self-employment tax, which includes Social Security and Medicare taxes for self-employed individuals.
  8. IRA: A type of individual retirement account in which contributions are made with after-tax dollars, but withdrawals in retirement are tax-free under certain conditions.
  9. A federal health insurance program in the United States primarily for people aged 65 and older, as well as for certain younger individuals with disabilities.
  10. Amounts subtracted directly from the tax owed by an individual or business, reducing their tax liability dollar for dollar.
  11. Status: Refers to the classification of an individual for tax purposes, determining whether they can be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer's return.
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  1. The process of deducting a portion of an employee's pay and remitting it to the government as payment of income taxes.
  2. Tax: The tax paid by individuals who work for themselves, including Social Security and Medicare taxes.
  3. Income: Income derived from sources other than employment, such as investments, dividends, interest, and rental income.
  4. Threshold: The level of income above which a taxpayer becomes subject to certain tax rules, deductions, or limitations.
  5. (Individual Retirement Account): A tax-advantaged investment account in the United States that individuals can use to save and invest for retirement.
  6. The amount of money returned to a taxpayer when their tax payments exceed the amount of tax owed.
  7. C: A form used in the United States by sole proprietors to report business income and expenses for tax purposes.
  8. Income: The total income earned by an individual or business before deductions, exemptions, and taxes.
  9. Return: A form filed with a taxing authority, such as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the United States, containing information about a taxpayer's income and applicable deductions and credits, used to calculate the amount of tax owed or refund due.
  10. W-4: Employee's Withholding Certificate; a form used by employers in the United States to determine the amount of federal income tax to withhold from an employee's paycheck.

21 Clues: The amount of money returned to a taxpayer when their tax payments exceed the amount of tax owed. • Income: The total income earned by an individual or business before deductions, exemptions, and taxes. • Tax: The tax paid by individuals who work for themselves, including Social Security and Medicare taxes. • ...

The Causes and Course of the Civil War 2023-12-03

The Causes and Course of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 1857 ruling of the Supreme Court in the case Scott v. Sandford that legalized slavery in the territories and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
  2. Resulted in Lee fighting a defensive war and not attack the North again.
  3. Those who supported the Constitution and a stronger national public.
  4. The Union laid siege on this city for 6 weeks until the city surrendered.
  5. Believed if national government is too strong, then states would lose power.
  6. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states" are, and henceforward shall be free".
  7. Strong concern for local interests.
  8. In an inspirational speech at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, President Abraham Lincoln praised Union soldiers who sacrificed their lives to uphold the ideal of freedom.
  9. Congress enacted measures to grant California freedom, divide Southwest into New Mexico and Utah territories, ban slavery in Washington, D.C., and strengthen fugitives laws.
  10. Described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused.
  11. Lincoln and Scott's Civil War strategy involved Union forces establishing a naval blockade of southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River to invade and defeat the South.
  12. The Underground Railroad's most renowned conductor, who risked her life to guide 70 enslaved people north to new freedoms before the Civil War.
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  1. Before the Civil War, the United States had a political practice where newly organized territories allowed residents to vote on slavery's acceptance.
  2. Southern States union.
  3. Provided for the admission of Maine to the United States as a free state along with Missouri's a slave state.
  4. Union General William Tecumseh Sherman led a devastating total war military campaign, marching 60,000 troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah, destroying everything along the way.
  5. It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
  6. David Wilmot introduced an amendment banning slavery in U.S. territories, ending the Guadalupe Hidalgo war, but ceding 55% of Mexico's territory.
  7. Abraham Lincoln won the election with less than 40% of the votes. Caused the Southern to leave the Union.
  8. Texas was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.
  9. A law passed by Congress in 1854 to establish Kansas and Nebraska as territories with popular sovereignty.
  10. The Union war effort expanded to include not only reunification, but also the abolition of slavery.

22 Clues: Southern States union. • Strong concern for local interests. • Those who supported the Constitution and a stronger national public. • Texas was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845. • Resulted in Lee fighting a defensive war and not attack the North again. • The Union laid siege on this city for 6 weeks until the city surrendered. • ...

Graces 2024-03-01

Graces crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an increase in the size of a country's economy over a period of time.
  2. wrote the Declaration of Independence
  3. a general and national hero in the United States Army
  4. a man of the lower nobility in Spain
  5. a community undergoing rapid growth due to sudden economic shock
  6. England, Wales, and Scotland considered as a unit. The name is also often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom.
  7. the 3rd longest river in the continental US
  8. Militaristic attitude scales
  9. gave Texas its independence from Mexico and opened the door for the continued westward expansion of the United States.
  10. the condition of being enslaved, held, or owned as human chattel or property; bondage
  11. Battle, war
  12. the first settlers
  13. from
  14. Argentina gained independence from Spain in 1816
  15. a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. The first major gold rush, to California in 1848–49
  16. a person who was contracted by the Mexican. government to bring colonists to settle in Texas
  17. the region in the modern-day western United States that Mexico originally controlled
  18. empresario of the colony of Texas
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  1. the rights of both British subjects and American citizens to "occupy" and trade in the region were recognized
  2. the United States ought to claim all the territory up to __ degrees and __ minutes north parallel or fight Great Britain for the land
  3. 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchase
  4. flocked to California during the Gold Rush
  5. to take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission
  6. moving west
  7. From 1833 to 1835, he served as Mexico's president four times before becoming a
  8. backed dictator.
  9. the site of the 1836 battle between Texas revolutionary forces and the Mexican army
  10. the idea that Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America
  11. the Medicine Line
  12. descendants of the Spaniards and Mestizos – Spanish, Native American, and other groups
  13. The San Francisco Committee of Vigilance was a vigilante group formed in 1851 and reorganized in 1856 in response to rampant crime and corruption in San Francisco, California.
  14. laws that offered new settlers a large tracts of land for a low price
  15. Spanish rule in 1810, but some suggest that the name may be derived from the biblical Goliath.
  16. Polk is known for extending the territory of the United States through the Mexican–American War during his presidency
  17. a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. The first major gold rush, to

35 Clues: from • moving west • Battle, war • backed dictator. • the Medicine Line • the first settlers • Militaristic attitude scales • empresario of the colony of Texas • a man of the lower nobility in Spain • wrote the Declaration of Independence • flocked to California during the Gold Rush • the 3rd longest river in the continental US • Argentina gained independence from Spain in 1816 • ...

Cold War Vocab 2023-04-21

Cold War Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. measures to prevent spread of communism
  2. a political theory in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
  3. An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations.
  4. A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.
  5. A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West
  6. A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
  7. the closest approach to nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR. When the U.S. discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba
  8. A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
  9. the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II
  10. An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
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  1. 1949 alliance of nations that agreed to band together in the event of war and to support and protect each nation involved
  2. A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region
  3. Law that provided an opportunity and stimulus for college education for many Americans. It allocated funds for upgrading funds in the sciences, foreign language, guidance services, and teaching innovation.
  4. A cohort of individuals born in the United States between 1946 and 1964
  5. System created by the National Highway Act of 1956 to improve mobility of citizens and the military
  6. Law Passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education
  7. nations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide
  8. A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union
  9. A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
  10. civil war between North and South Korea, but the conflict soon became international when, under U.S. leadership, the United Nations joined to support South Korea and China entered to aid North Korea.

20 Clues: measures to prevent spread of communism • A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other • A cohort of individuals born in the United States between 1946 and 1964 • An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. • A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union • ...

11.4 vocab 2021-12-07

11.4 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a scenic or historically important area of countryside protected by the federal government for the enjoyment of the general public or the preservation of wildlife.
  2. prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
  3. a former political party in the United States; founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912
  4. Woodrow Wilson's campaign platform in the 1912 presidential election
  5. an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
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  1. a fair bargain or treatment.
  2. an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
  3. a person or agency employed to enforce antitrust legislation.
  4. a federal agency, established in 1914, that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace.
  5. 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
  6. the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
  7. passed by the 63rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on December 23, 1913. The law created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.

12 Clues: a fair bargain or treatment. • prevention of wasteful use of a resource. • a person or agency employed to enforce antitrust legislation. • Woodrow Wilson's campaign platform in the 1912 presidential election • 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930) • ...

The Great Depression 2021-01-27

The Great Depression crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An American political figure, diplomat and activist
  2. Raised US tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods
  3. Borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock
  4. “The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.”
  5. A 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve “disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be,”.
  6. The drought-stricken Southern Plains of the United States.
  7. Investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss
  8. A gathering of 10,000-25,000 WWI veterans who converged on Washington, D.C. demanding bonus payment for wartime services
  9. Pledge to buy all unsold shares
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  1. A government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments
  2. The 32nd president of the United States
  3. Known for the The Grapes of Wrath which summed up the bitterness of the Great Depression decade
  4. A political regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual
  5. A collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of a property at a low price
  6. American physician who was best known for his resolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression
  7. Photographer whose pictures clearly documented the negative effects of the Depression on Americans
  8. A shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Great Depression

17 Clues: Pledge to buy all unsold shares • The 32nd president of the United States • Raised US tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods • An American political figure, diplomat and activist • Borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock • The drought-stricken Southern Plains of the United States. • ...

Cold War crossword 2022-05-02

Cold War crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.
  2. The ___________ of the Soviet Union was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union (USSR) which resulted in the end of its existence as a sovereign state.
  3. last president of the soviet union
  4. 33rd president of the United States
  5. A war that caused by North Korea getting permission to invade the south 1950-1953
  6. a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union
  7. the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam 1955-1975
  8. A ideolgy for advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
  9. 34th president of the united states
  10. Prime minister of the UK throughout WW2
  11. the world’s first artificial satellite
  12. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  13. an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
  14. was a political and military alliance between the Soviet Union,Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria that set up a unified military command
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  1. the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima
  2. First man on the moon
  3. 38th president of the united states
  4. Leader of the soviet union until 1953
  5. 37th President of the United States
  6. A guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 as well as encircling and separating West Berlin to East Berlin
  7. the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki
  8. the first american in space
  9. the CIA, under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy, launched the Bay of Pigs Invasion, which sent 1400 american trained cuban exiles
  10. leader of the soviet union after Joseph Stalins's death
  11. was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba
  12. United Nations
  13. the 35th president of the US and the 4th president to be assassinated
  14. the infamous mission to put a man on the moon

28 Clues: United Nations • First man on the moon • the first american in space • last president of the soviet union • North Atlantic Treaty Organization • 38th president of the united states • 33rd president of the United States • 37th President of the United States • 34th president of the united states • the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki • the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima • ...

Roaring 20's 2023-12-15

Roaring 20's crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century
  2. an agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928
  3. limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
  4. to describe the condition of the United States prior to its entry into World War I
  5. is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
  6. was a Jamaican political activist
  7. period of public fear and anxiety over the supposed rise of communist or socialist ideologies in a noncommunist state.
  8. sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition
  9. His economical and understated style—which included his iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and public image brought him admiration from later generations
  10. 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
  11. trial reflected our fears of immigration, immigrant crime, and anarchy
  12. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  13. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry
  14. bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923.
  15. They created the first airplane
  16. in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.
  17. best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare of 1919–20.
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  1. an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in the making of the product
  2. was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states
  3. legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933
  4. he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles, flying alone for 33.5 hours
  5. young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous.
  6. Between 1921 and 1922, the world's largest naval powers gathered in Washington, D.C. for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing
  7. he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents.
  8. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age
  9. Founder of Ford
  10. First famous sports player.

27 Clues: Founder of Ford • First famous sports player. • They created the first airplane • was a Jamaican political activist • an agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928 • 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. • he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. • trial reflected our fears of immigration, immigrant crime, and anarchy • ...

European Capitals 2021-08-03

European Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of United Kingdom
  2. Capital of Norway
  3. Capital of Poland
  4. Capital of Romania
  5. Capital of France
Down
  1. Capital of Italy
  2. Capital of Russia
  3. Capital of Greece
  4. Capital of Spain
  5. Capital of Germany

10 Clues: Capital of Italy • Capital of Spain • Capital of Russia • Capital of Norway • Capital of Poland • Capital of Greece • Capital of France • Capital of Romania • Capital of Germany • Capital of United Kingdom

State Capitals 2018-01-11

State Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oregon
  2. Nevada
  3. Utah
  4. Alaska
  5. Colorado
Down
  1. Washington
  2. California
  3. Hawaii
  4. Wyoming
  5. Idaho

10 Clues: Utah • Idaho • Oregon • Hawaii • Nevada • Alaska • Wyoming • Colorado • Washington • California

Capitals Crossword 2013-05-14

Capitals Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of Hungary
  2. Capital of Bulgaria
  3. Capital of Croatia
  4. Capital of Iceland
  5. Capital of Ukraine
  6. Capital of Switzerland
Down
  1. Capital of Denmark
  2. Capital of the Republic of Ireland
  3. Capital of Azerbaijan
  4. Capital of Austria

10 Clues: Capital of Denmark • Capital of Hungary • Capital of Croatia • Capital of Iceland • Capital of Austria • Capital of Ukraine • Capital of Bulgaria • Capital of Azerbaijan • Capital of Switzerland • Capital of the Republic of Ireland

State Capitals 2024-09-08

State Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Florida
  2. - Mississippi
  3. - North Carolina
  4. - Michigan
  5. - Arizona
Down
  1. - Texas
  2. - Ohio
  3. - Hawaii
  4. - Massachusetts
  5. - New York

10 Clues: - Ohio • - Texas • - Hawaii • - Florida • - Arizona • - New York • - Michigan • - Mississippi • - Massachusetts • - North Carolina

World Capitals 2023-08-02

World Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of Canada.
  2. Capital of The Netherlands
  3. Capital of Argentina.
  4. Capital of Brazil.
  5. Capital of India.
Down
  1. Capital of Egypt.
  2. Capital of Australia.
  3. Capital of South Korea.
  4. Capital of Germany.
  5. Capital of Russia.

10 Clues: Capital of Egypt. • Capital of India. • Capital of Canada. • Capital of Russia. • Capital of Brazil. • Capital of Germany. • Capital of Australia. • Capital of Argentina. • Capital of South Korea. • Capital of The Netherlands

Capitals Euro 2026-01-05

Capitals Euro crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – I am the capital of a diverse nation with many languages, festivals, and a rich history.
  2. – I am the capital of a country known for kings and queens, red buses, and a famous clock tower.
  3. – I am the capital of an island nation famous for cherry blossoms, discipline, and technology.
  4. – I am the capital of a country known for art, fashion, and a famous iron tower.
  5. – I am the capital of a land where kangaroos hop and the Great Barrier Reef lies offshore.
Down
  1. – I am the capital of a country that grew along the Nile River and built great pyramids.
  2. – I am the capital of a low-lying country known for windmills, tulips, and canals.
  3. – I am the capital of a cold country known for maple leaves and polite people.
  4. – I am the capital of a country famous for football, rainforests, and carnival celebrations.
  5. – I am the capital of a boot-shaped nation famous for pizza, pasta, and ancient ruins.

10 Clues: – I am the capital of a cold country known for maple leaves and polite people. • – I am the capital of a country known for art, fashion, and a famous iron tower. • – I am the capital of a low-lying country known for windmills, tulips, and canals. • – I am the capital of a boot-shaped nation famous for pizza, pasta, and ancient ruins. • ...

State Capitals 2025-11-29

State Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Colorado
  2. New Mexico
  3. Hawaii
  4. Oregon
  5. Arizona
Down
  1. California
  2. Nevada
  3. Idaho
  4. Texas
  5. Washington

10 Clues: Idaho • Texas • Nevada • Hawaii • Oregon • Arizona • Colorado • California • New Mexico • Washington

Canadian Capitals 2026-04-20

Canadian Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Quebec City
  2. Winnipeg
  3. Canada
  4. Regina
  5. Charlottetown
  6. British Columbia
Down
  1. St. John's
  2. Halifax
  3. Fredericton
  4. Toronto

10 Clues: Canada • Regina • Halifax • Toronto • Winnipeg • St. John's • Quebec City • Fredericton • Charlottetown • British Columbia

Mastery Cup: Geo Cross 2025-09-17

Mastery Cup: Geo Cross crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The longest river in the United States: _______ River
  2. North America's largest inland body of salt water
  3. The state with the smallest land mass
  4. The most populous city in the United States
Down
  1. The state with the smallest population
  2. The flat farmland between the Missouri River and the west
  3. The ocean between North America and Asia
  4. The state with the largest population
  5. Mountain range stretching from Maine to Alabama: _________ Mountains
  6. Type of map used to show states and their borders
  7. The subtropical swampland in Florida
  8. Type of map used to show geographical features and topography like mountain ranges
  9. North America's largest mountain range: ________ Mountains
  10. The state with the largest land mass
  11. Ocean between North America and Europe

15 Clues: The subtropical swampland in Florida • The state with the largest land mass • The state with the largest population • The state with the smallest land mass • The state with the smallest population • Ocean between North America and Europe • The ocean between North America and Asia • The most populous city in the United States • ...

Lesson 10 Vocabulary 2024-02-12

Lesson 10 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors when they vote for president.
  2. opponents of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the loose association of states established under the Articles of Confederation.
  3. a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
  4. a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
  5. the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  6. the first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  7. the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
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  1. supporters of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the creation of a strong federal government that shared power with the states.
  2. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
  3. an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
  4. a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  5. to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  6. a country governed by elected representatives
  7. a series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states

14 Clues: a country governed by elected representatives • a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government • a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed • to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification. • ...

Women History Month 2017-03-30

Women History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was the wife of James Madiso
  2. was an American leader of the woman's suffrage movement. In 1872
  3. was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. In 194
  4. was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945
  5. was a Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15
  6. She is the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb
  7. American nurse and a Californian real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist
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  1. was of mixed Yamacraw and English ancestry. She facilitated in the development of Colonial Georgia and became an important intermediary
  2. a prominent American orator, abolitionist, and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women
  3. who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  4. mother" of Social Work was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer
  5. American politician and women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold national office in the United States
  6. was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress
  7. was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement
  8. American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress
  9. escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826
  10. who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s

17 Clues: was the wife of James Madiso • who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition • was a Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15 • escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826 • She is the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb • was an American leader of the woman's suffrage movement. In 1872 • ...

JFK and the Kennedy Era 2023-06-08

JFK and the Kennedy Era crossword puzzle
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  1. - __ Kennedy, JFK's wife and First Lady known for her elegance and promotion of the arts.
  2. - __, JFK advocated for civil rights legislation and supported the desegregation of schools and public spaces.
  3. - __ Corps, a volunteer program established by JFK to promote social and economic development in developing countries.
  4. - __ Pigs Invasion, a failed attempt by the United States to overthrow the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro.
  5. - __ Corps, a volunteer program established by JFK to promote social and economic development in developing countries.
  6. - __, JFK's vision for domestic policies focusing on civil rights, healthcare, education, and space exploration.
  7. - __, the term used to describe the Kennedy administration, associated with youth, vigor, and optimism.
  8. - __ Ban Treaty, an agreement signed by the United States and the Soviet Union to prohibit nuclear weapons testing.
  9. - __ Commission, the investigative commission established to examine the assassination of JFK in 1963.
Down
  1. - __ Speech, JFK's famous speech in 1962 declaring the goal of landing a man on the moon.
  2. - __ Progress, a program aimed at promoting economic and social progress in Latin American countries.
  3. - __ Crisis, a tense standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over the placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba.
  4. - __ Race, the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve milestones in space exploration.
  5. - __, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States.
  6. - __ Wall, constructed in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin, symbolizing the division between communist and capitalist worlds.

15 Clues: - __, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. • - __ Speech, JFK's famous speech in 1962 declaring the goal of landing a man on the moon. • - __ Kennedy, JFK's wife and First Lady known for her elegance and promotion of the arts. • - __ Progress, a program aimed at promoting economic and social progress in Latin American countries. • ...

Final Review Crossword 2022-06-06

Final Review Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Leader of the USSR at the start of WWII
  2. Stopping the spread of Communism
  3. This war between USSR and United States
  4. This Department of _______________ Security created after 9/11
  5. Barrier between NATO and Communist countries
  6. This President pardoned Richard Nixon
  7. President of US at the start of WWII
  8. The United States provided ________ supplies before getting in WWII
  9. President during the Watergate scandal
  10. This theory states that once smaller countries fall, larger ones will too
  11. This term describes the global economy
  12. Hussein violated the ban on weapons of mass ______________
  13. He is the main reason for WWII
Down
  1. Another word for separate but equal
  2. Formed by Malcolm X
  3. This president planned to use spending to beat USSR
  4. Pact between USSR and Germany
  5. Belief of United States at start of WWII
  6. These headquarters were broken in to in Watergate
  7. Nixon did this after the Watergate Scandal became public
  8. City where students were denied entry into Central High School
  9. This was planted on the homefront to support the War
  10. President of US at the end of WWII
  11. The invasion of this country got Britain and France involved in WWII
  12. President Bush declared war on this country in 2003
  13. Leader of Italy at the start of WWII
  14. Civil Disobedience is based on this type of protest

27 Clues: Formed by Malcolm X • Pact between USSR and Germany • He is the main reason for WWII • Stopping the spread of Communism • President of US at the end of WWII • Another word for separate but equal • President of US at the start of WWII • Leader of Italy at the start of WWII • This President pardoned Richard Nixon • President during the Watergate scandal • ...

AP Government Unit 2 Introduction Vocabulary 2022-12-13

AP Government Unit 2 Introduction Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. only supported the constitution with the Bill of Rights
  2. Enforces laws
  3. Powers given to the federal government such as national defense, foreign policy, and commerce powers
  4. Makes laws
  5. Supreme court case which established Judicial Review
  6. Gives the branches of government the ability to question and limit the powers of the other branches
  7. The senate has equal representation while the house is based on population
  8. supporters of the constitution
  9. Moved the nation's capital to Washington D.C. (the south)
  10. The National government regulates interstate commerce while states regulate in-state commerce.
  11. One house congress which gives all states equal representation; favors smaller states
  12. Division of powers of the government between branches
Down
  1. Farmers’ revolt that demonstrated the weakness in the Articles of Confederation
  2. Trade Compromise: Agreed to abolish slavery after 20 years
  3. Slaves count as ⅗ of a vote
  4. Power of the court which allows them to determine if a law is constitutional
  5. Interprets laws
  6. A division of power within the government
  7. Powers given to the state such as regulation of public health and education
  8. Power given to both state and national government such as taxation
  9. Two house congress which gives representation based off population; favors larger states
  10. Outlined the first form of government, but was flawed due to its lack to enforce laws

22 Clues: Makes laws • Enforces laws • Interprets laws • Slaves count as ⅗ of a vote • supporters of the constitution • A division of power within the government • Supreme court case which established Judicial Review • Division of powers of the government between branches • only supported the constitution with the Bill of Rights • ...

Jonathan's Puzzle 2023-10-18

Jonathan's Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person sent or authorized to represent others
  2. 8th president of the United States
  3. the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States
  4. a member of A North American people originally of the south eastern u.s
  5. a conservative political party that existed in the United States during the mid 19th century
  6. a time when the united states forcefully removed the southeastern native Americans from their homeland and relocated them to islands on Indian territory
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  1. an act where a federal commission was tasked with creating final rolls for the five civilized tribes of Oklahoma
  2. The 9th President of the United States
  3. the vice president of the united states from 1825-1832
  4. the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
  5. State banks in which Jackson deposited federal funds after he withdrew them from the bank
  6. a nickname for Andrew Jackson
  7. all land lying west of the Mississippi
  8. the struggle to gain the right to vote
  9. a financial crisis in the united states that triggered a multi year economic depression

15 Clues: a nickname for Andrew Jackson • 8th president of the United States • The 9th President of the United States • all land lying west of the Mississippi • the struggle to gain the right to vote • a person sent or authorized to represent others • the vice president of the united states from 1825-1832 • a member of A North American people originally of the south eastern u.s • ...