states and capitals Crossword Puzzles
World History Crossword Puzzle 2016-03-15
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- President Roosevelt signed the _____ bill on March 11, 1941.
- A code-named operation that meant the Allied forces invade northern France meaning beach landings in Normandy
- He served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932
- A act that provides for general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits,etc.
- The term used by commentators at the time and historians ever since to characterize the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Basic rights of private sector employees
- A laboratory in the United States where they work on the designs of nuclear weapons
- On December 7, 1941, Japan launches a surprise attack on American soil
- Federal owned corporation in the United States created in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity, fertilizer ,etc
- Having people and resources ready to move or act
- Built by unemployed people during the Depression of the early 1930s
- Adeolf Hitler's killed about six million Jews
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- A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a stock market, resulting in losses of wealth
- A crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War I
- he United States dropped two _______ over the Japanese cities
- Also known as the Dirty Thirties
- The longest-serving First Lady of the United States
- Also known as Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937
- A leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement
- Was the final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II
- A project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II
- The deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world
- The process of the govern. body controlling the issuance of goods and services to the public
- Japanese Americans in the United States was the forced relocation and incarceration during World War II
24 Clues: Also known as the Dirty Thirties • Basic rights of private sector employees • Adeolf Hitler's killed about six million Jews • Having people and resources ready to move or act • The longest-serving First Lady of the United States • Also known as Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 • A leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement • ...
National Symbols/Holidays and Pennsylvania's Symbols 2023-03-31
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- Red White and Blue are the national colors of what country?
- On Pennsylvania’s flag, the olive branch depicted on the flag is a symbol of _____.
- What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
- The Ruffed Grouse is the state ____ of Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania is the birthplace of this popular toy.
- What shape are the flowers that grow on Pennsylvania’s state flower, the mountain laurel?
- What does the Statue of Liberty represent?
- What holiday is celebrated on October 31st and is an opportunity for everyone to dress up and get candy?
- This type of animal is the state animal of Pennsylvania, and it is a popular game animal in PA.
- What animal do you think of when you think of Thanksgiving?
- How many horses are on Pennsylvania’s flag?
- This national holiday is celebrated on the first Monday of September.
- The Eastern Hemlock is the _____ ____ of Pennsylvania.
- Finish Pennsylvania’s state motto: Virtue, _____, and Independence
- What national holiday is in honor of the man who discovered America?
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- The state amphibian of Pennsylvania is what kind of amphibian?
- This type of bird is the national bird of the United States.
- Year’sDay This national holiday celebrates the beginning of the year.
- What is the national animal of the United States?
- How many stripes are on the flag of the United States?
- What day of the year is Independence Day?
- This flower is the national flower of the United States.
- This fossil is the state fossil of Pennsylvania.
- This dog breed is the official state dog of Pennsylvania.
- The state insect of Pennsylvania is a ______.
- Which national holiday is on December 25th?
- How many stars are on the flag of the United States?
- The state fish of Pennsylvania is a _____ ______.
- This national holiday is celebrated on November 11th and honors people who have served in the military.
- Which national holiday is celebrated on the last Monday of May?
30 Clues: What is the capital of Pennsylvania? • What day of the year is Independence Day? • What does the Statue of Liberty represent? • Which national holiday is on December 25th? • How many horses are on Pennsylvania’s flag? • The state insect of Pennsylvania is a ______. • This fossil is the state fossil of Pennsylvania. • What is the national animal of the United States? • ...
crossword 2021-11-03
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- - a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way.
- - 18th U.S. president.
- - 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)
- - (1865-1877) The law that put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft a new constitution upholding the Fourteenth Amendment.
- - a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
- - A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Ameiicans from obtaining their civil rights.
- - an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
- - President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction.
- - a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
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- - a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
- - United states representative.
- - Members of Congress who felt that southerners needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union.
- - An agency established by Congress in 1865 to help poor people throughout the South.
- - Congressional Reconstruction
- - The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official.
- - (1865 - 1877) The period following the Civil War during which the U.S government worked to reunite the nation and to rebuild the southern states.
- - The forced separation of people of different races in public places.
- - laws passed in the southern states during Reconstructing that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans.
- - A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
- - their ability to read and write.
20 Clues: - 18th U.S. president. • - Congressional Reconstruction • - United states representative. • - their ability to read and write. • - President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction. • - The forced separation of people of different races in public places. • - a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources. • ...
Government Vocabulary Review 2026-05-12
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- The sharing of power between national and state governments
- The national government of the United States
- The legal process by which immigrants become U.S. citizens
- The legislative branch responsible for making federal laws
- A change or addition made to the Constitution
- The power of courts to determine whether laws are constitutional
- The status of being a legal member of a country with rights and responsibilities
- The President’s power to reject a bill passed by Congress
- One of the two parts of Congress with 100 members
- The supreme law of the United States that defines the government and protects citizens’ rights
- The division of government responsibilities among three branches
- The role of the President as leader of the military
- The document that announced American independence from Great Britain
- A system that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
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- The right to practice or not practice a religion
- The branch of government that creates laws
- The branch of government responsible for interpreting laws
- The branch of government led by the President that carries out laws
- The war fought between the North and South in the United States
- Abraham Lincoln’s order that freed slaves in Confederate states
- A member of the House of Representatives elected by citizens
- A form of government where citizens participate in choosing leaders
- A group of advisors that assists the President
- A member of the U.S. Senate elected to represent a state
- The meeting where delegates wrote the Constitution in 1787
- The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- The right to express ideas and opinions without government punishment
- Equal rights and treatment under the law for all citizens
- The highest court in the United States
- The principle that everyone, including leaders, must obey the law
30 Clues: The highest court in the United States • The branch of government that creates laws • The national government of the United States • The first ten amendments to the Constitution • A change or addition made to the Constitution • A group of advisors that assists the President • The right to practice or not practice a religion • ...
Unit 5 Vocabulary 2023-01-02
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- law that states the pressure of a gas is directly proportional to the Kelvin temperature if the volume is constant
- law that states the relationship between pressure, temperature, and volume of an enclosed gas
- unit of pressure (atm)
- Law that states the volume of a fixed mass of gas is directly proportional to its Kelvin temperature if the pressure is kept constant
- the pressure exerted by atoms and molecules in the atmosphere surrounding earth, resulting in collisions of these particles with objects
- R in the ideal gas equation
- the tendency of molecules to move toward areas of lower concentration unitl the concentration is uniform throughout
- the energy an object has because of its motion
- results from the force exerted by a gas per unit surface area of an object, due to collisions of gas particles with objects
- law that states the rate of effusion is inversely proportional to the square root of its molar mass
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- the contribution each gas in a mixture of gases makes to the total pressure
- a measure of how much the volume of matter decreases with pressure
- Law that states for a given mass at a constant temperature, the volume of the gas varies inversly with pressure
- law that states at a constant volume and temperature, the total pressure exerted by a mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the component gasses
- the relationship described in PV=nRT
- an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
- the process that occurs that when a gas escapes through a tiny hole in its container
- the SI unit of pressure (Pa)
18 Clues: unit of pressure (atm) • R in the ideal gas equation • the SI unit of pressure (Pa) • the relationship described in PV=nRT • the energy an object has because of its motion • an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure • a measure of how much the volume of matter decreases with pressure • the contribution each gas in a mixture of gases makes to the total pressure • ...
U.S. Capitals 2018-11-18
U.S. Capitals 2018-11-18
U.S. Capitals 2018-11-18
City Capitals 2018-10-24
10 Clues: Capital of Spain • Capital of Italy • Capital of Russia • Capital of Norway • Capital of Poland • Capital of Greece • Capital of France • Capital of Germany • Capital of Finland • Capital of United kingdom
State Capitals 2014-04-07
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- Capital of the biggest west coast state
- Capital of the best state in the US
- Two words, the first words is Santa
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- Capital of Arizona
- Capital of a state where most spring breaks vacations go to
- A common name that starts with an A
- The capital of the contry
- Capital of the state with a lot of s's in the southeast
- Capital of Colorado
- Oregon's Capital
10 Clues: Oregon's Capital • Capital of Arizona • Capital of Colorado • The capital of the contry • A common name that starts with an A • Capital of the best state in the US • Two words, the first words is Santa • Capital of the biggest west coast state • Capital of the state with a lot of s's in the southeast • Capital of a state where most spring breaks vacations go to
COUNTRIES / CAPITALS 2015-01-25
Countries & Capitals 2021-07-01
10 Clues: Capital of Peru • Capital of Oman • Capital of Qatar • Capital of Italy • Capital of Germany • Capital of Thailand • Capital of Indonesia • Capital of Netherlands • Capital of South Korea • Capital of Philippines
State Capitals 2023-10-12
10 Clues: Capital of Goa • Capital of Bihar • Capital of Assam • Capital of Manipur • Capital of Haryana • Capital of Gujarat • Capital of Nagaland • Capital of Andhra Pradesh • Capital of Madhya Pradesh • Capital of Andhra Pradesh
State Capitals 2023-10-12
10 Clues: Capital of Goa • Capital of Bihar • Capital of Assam • Capital of Manipur • Capital of Haryana • Capital of Gujarat • Capital of Nagaland • Capital of Andhra Pradesh • Capital of Madhya Pradesh • Capital of Andhra Pradesh
State capitals 2023-10-11
10 Clues: Capital of India • America’s capital • The capital of Kiev • The capital of Russia • The capital of Canada • The capital of England • The capital of Georgia • The capital of Kyrgyzstan • The capital of Kazakhstan • The capital of Uzbekistan
Country Capitals 2024-02-20
10 Clues: Capital of Egypt • Capital of Italy • Capital of Japan • Capital of China • Capital of France • Capital of Russia • Capital of Ukraine • Capital of Germany • Delhi Capital of India • Capital of the United Kingdom
World Capitals 2020-10-09
10 Clues: capital of china • capital of brazil • capital of belgium • capital of germany • capital of norway • capital to denmark • capital of budapest • D. C. capital of USA • capital of netherlands • madrid capital of spain
World Capitals 2020-10-09
10 Clues: capital of china • capital of brazil • capital of belgium • capital of germany • capital of norway • capital to denmark • capital of budapest • D. C. capital of USA • capital of netherlands • madrid capital of spain
European Capitals 2024-05-24
10 Clues: The capital of Italy • The capital of Greece • The capital of Norway • The capital of Sweden • The capital of Belgium • The capital of Germany • The capital of Austria • The capital of Bulgaria • The capital of Portugal • The capital of Great Britain
World Capitals 2024-07-21
10 Clues: - Capital of Italy • - Capital of Japan • - Capital of China • - Capital of Russia • - Capital of France • - Capital of the UK • - Capital of Canada • - Capital of the USA • - Capital of Germany • - Capital of Australia
World Capitals 2023-07-23
10 Clues: Tango's birthplace • Safari gateway city • Former divided city • Danube River capital • South Korean capital • City of classical music • Polish historical capital • Scandinavian royal capital • Colombian high-altitude city • Thai capital's bustling streets
World Capitals 2023-07-22
10 Clues: Capital of Kenya • Capital of Poland • Capital of Vietnam • Capital of Colombia • Capital of Thailand • Capital of Indonesia • Swiss federal capital • City of music and culture • Southernmost capital city • Famous for St. Patrick's Day
World Capitals 2024-12-18
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- Capital of England, home to Big Ben.
- Capital of France, home to the Eiffel Tower.
- Capital of Italy, known for the Colosseum.
- Capital of China, home to the Forbidden City.
- Capital of Canada.
- Capital of Germany, known for the Berlin Wall.
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- Capital of Japan, famous for its technology and cuisine.
- Capital of Kenya.
- Aires – Capital of Argentina.
- Capital of Egypt, near the Pyramids.
10 Clues: Capital of Kenya. • Capital of Canada. • Aires – Capital of Argentina. • Capital of England, home to Big Ben. • Capital of Egypt, near the Pyramids. • Capital of Italy, known for the Colosseum. • Capital of France, home to the Eiffel Tower. • Capital of China, home to the Forbidden City. • Capital of Germany, known for the Berlin Wall. • ...
Countries & Capitals 2025-01-31
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- The country with Canberra as its capital
- The country with Paris as its capital
- The country with Mexico City as its capital
- The country with Ottawa as its capital
- The country with Rome as its capital
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- The country with Brasília as its capital
- The country with New Delhi as its capital
- The country with Berlin as its capital
- The country with Cairo as its capital
- The country with Tokyo as its capital
10 Clues: The country with Rome as its capital • The country with Paris as its capital • The country with Cairo as its capital • The country with Tokyo as its capital • The country with Berlin as its capital • The country with Ottawa as its capital • The country with Brasília as its capital • The country with Canberra as its capital • The country with New Delhi as its capital • ...
State Capitals 2025-05-09
state capitals 2026-07-24
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- Capital and largest city of Arizona.
- Capital of New York State.
- Capital city of Florida.
- Capital of Texas, famous for its live music scene.
- Historic capital of Massachusetts.
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- Capital of Hawaii, located on the island of Oahu.
- Capital of California.
- Capital of Georgia and home to the world's busiest airport.
- City Capital of Nevada, named after frontiersman Kit Carson.
- Colorado's capital, known as the Mile High City.
10 Clues: Capital of California. • Capital city of Florida. • Capital of New York State. • Historic capital of Massachusetts. • Capital and largest city of Arizona. • Colorado's capital, known as the Mile High City. • Capital of Hawaii, located on the island of Oahu. • Capital of Texas, famous for its live music scene. • Capital of Georgia and home to the world's busiest airport. • ...
Constitutional Convention 2025-01-30
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- Plan favoring large states
- Sections of the Constitution
- Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states
- Having a voice in government decisions
- The introduction to the Constitution
- A written plan for government
- Approval of a document or plan
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- A change to a document
- Power shared between states and the national government
- An agreement where both sides give up something
- Madison "Father of the Constitution"
- A two-house legislature
- Who are the representatives sent to meetings
- Compromise — Agreement creating two houses in Congress
- and Balances — System that keeps one branch from becoming too powerful
15 Clues: A change to a document • A two-house legislature • Plan favoring large states • Sections of the Constitution • A written plan for government • Approval of a document or plan • The introduction to the Constitution • Having a voice in government decisions • Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states • Who are the representatives sent to meetings • ...
Civil War 2023-01-11
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- Weapons for firing missiles.
- Military that specializes in fighting on foot.
- Sout had many of those where slaves were forced to work.
- The deadliest single-day battle.
- Southern states
- Was President during the Civil War
- Lincoln's famous speech.
- A person from the north that went to the south after Civil War to earn profit from the reconstruction.
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- Ship protected by iron and steel.
- Emergency paper currency.
- Person who wants to get rid of slavery.
- Northern states.
- Bag used by soldiers and hikers.
- Heavy coursework shoe.
- When Southern states left the Union.
15 Clues: Southern states • Northern states. • Heavy coursework shoe. • Lincoln's famous speech. • Emergency paper currency. • Weapons for firing missiles. • The deadliest single-day battle. • Bag used by soldiers and hikers. • Ship protected by iron and steel. • Was President during the Civil War • When Southern states left the Union. • Person who wants to get rid of slavery. • ...
AKF & EC- IGO/NGO 2023-09-28
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- :global campaign network for environmental activists
- :swiss based international ngo focused on protecting wilderness
- :political and economic union of 10 states, including Laos, Vietnam, and
- :regulates and facilitates international imports and exports
- :non government organization that works on human rights
- Union continental union consisting of 55 states including Egypt
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- :specialized agency of the UN responsible for international public wellness
- :political and economic union of 27 countries located in the northeast of the world
- impartial, neutral, and independent organization focused on protecting lives
- :loans and grants to non-rich countries
- :conducts research and advocacy on general population liberties
- :major financial agency of the United Nations
- :group campaigned to send food supplies to starving people
- :agency of 38 states to stimulate world trade
14 Clues: :loans and grants to non-rich countries • :major financial agency of the United Nations • :agency of 38 states to stimulate world trade • :global campaign network for environmental activists • :non government organization that works on human rights • :group campaigned to send food supplies to starving people • ...
Exercise Principles and Elements 2024-04-23
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- _________ principle states that To improve physical fitness components, the physiological systems of the body must be taxed using loads greater than those to which the individual is accustomed.
- Intensity is measured in the client's _______ or perceived rate of exertion.
- Refers to the total number of weekly exercise session.
- Principle of ________ states that Throughout the training program, you must progressively increase the training volume, or overload, to stimulate further improvements.
- Duration and intensity of exercise are ______ related
- American College of Sports Medicine and Centers for Disease Control recommend that an individual should accumulate at least 150 min/wk of ________ intensity aerobic exercise.
- During the _______ stage of the stress-recovery theory, it is Characterized by optimal performance attained as a result of the adaptations made in the resistance phase.
- American College of Sports Medicine and Centers for Disease Control recommend that an individual should accumulate at least 75 min/wk of ________ intensity aerobic exercise.
- _________ principle states that the body’s physiological and metabolic responses and adaptations to exercise training are specific to the type of exercises and muscle group involved.
- Principle of Reversibility states that When individuals discontinue their exercise programs, exercise capacity ______ quickly.
- Exercise ______ dictates the specific physiological and metabolic changes in the body during exercise training.
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- The first stage of progression that last 1 to 6 weeks that serves as Serves as a primer to familiarize the client with exercise training.
- During the resistance/_______ stage of the stress-recovery theory, The body adapts to the initial stressor and experiences improvements in performance and fitness levels.
- The activity a person participates in to exercise.
- The length in which a person exercises on a weekly or daily basis.
- The principle of ________ is the foundation of physical training stress-recovery theory, which states that the repeated application of appropriate stressors to the body activates a variety of structural and functional changes in response to physical activity.
- Research shows that exercising ______ days/week on alternate days is sufficient to improve components of physical fitness
- The second stage of progression that lasts from 4-8 months where The rate of progression is more rapid than in the initial conditioning stage.
- Principle of ________ states that The positive physiological effects and health benefits of regular physical activity and exercise are reversable.
- During the alarm/reaction phase of the stress-recovery theory, our bodies initiate various physiological processes to ______ tissues, leading to stronger muscles and increased endurance.
- For continued improvements, the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems must be _______ overloaded through periodic increases in the frequency, intensity, and duration of exercise.
- The final stage of progression that helps clients preserve the level of fitness they achieved at the end of the improvement stage.
22 Clues: The activity a person participates in to exercise. • Duration and intensity of exercise are ______ related • Refers to the total number of weekly exercise session. • The length in which a person exercises on a weekly or daily basis. • Intensity is measured in the client's _______ or perceived rate of exertion. • ...
Definitions Galore 2015-11-17
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- the square footage inside your object
- the answer to a addition promblem
- to get more
- the numerals used to write a number
- states that when you multiply any number by zero, the product is zero
- when you round to get close answer to your problem not the exact answer
- states that multiplying a sum or a difference by a number is the same as multiplying each number in the sum or the difference by the number and adding or subtracting the products
- it states that the order of factorscan be changed, but the product stays the same
- the answer to a division promblem
- is a process that determines wich multiple of ten, hundred, thousands, and so on, a number is closet to
- to get less
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- states that you can change the grouping of the factors and the product stays the same
- the answer to a division problem
- a group of three digits, separated by commas, starting from the right.
- the length around the object
- products found by breaking one factor in a multiplication promblem into ones, tens, hundreds, and so on. Then multiplying each of these by the factor
- contains numbers and at least one operation
- a number written as the sum of the values of its digits
- a picture that shows a model of the problem you are solving
19 Clues: to get more • to get less • the length around the object • the answer to a division problem • the answer to a addition promblem • the answer to a division promblem • the numerals used to write a number • the square footage inside your object • contains numbers and at least one operation • a number written as the sum of the values of its digits • ...
Reconstruction Vocabulary!! 2026-09-15
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- Plans, rules, or courses of action created by a government to guide its decisions and laws.
- Rights: The political idea that state governments hold powers separate from the federal government, a major debate leading up to and after the Civil War.
- Test: A reading and writing test given to voters before they could register, intentionally made unfair to stop Black citizens from voting.
- The murder of a politically important or prominent person, like President Abraham Lincoln.
- The period from 1865 to 1877 focused on rebuilding the South and bringing Southern states back into the United States after the Civil War.
- Amendment: The constitutional amendment that granted citizenship to anyone born in the United States and promised them "equal protection under the law."
- Bureau: A government agency created at the end of the Civil War to provide food, housing, medical aid, and schools for newly freed African Americans and poor whites.
- To officially end a system, practice, or institution, such as the ending of slavery.
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- A negative term used by white Southerners for Northerners who moved south after the Civil War to start businesses or run for political office.
- Crow Laws: Laws passed after Reconstruction that legally enforced segregation (separation of races) in public places like schools, restaurants, and trains.
- The forced legal separation of people into different public areas or facilities based on their race.
- A negative term used for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction and worked with the federal government and Republicans.
- Clause: A rule stating that a person could vote only if their grandfather had been allowed to vote before the Civil War, which helped poor white citizens bypass strict voting laws while blocking Black citizens.
- A farming system where a landowner lets a tenant farmer use their land in exchange for a share of the crops, which often trapped freedmen in a cycle of debt.
- Codes: Laws passed by Southern states immediately after the Civil War to limit the freedom of African Americans and force them to work for low wages.
- Tax: A special fee a person had to pay before they could vote, used to prevent low-income citizens and African Americans from voting.
- Amendment: The constitutional amendment that protected the right to vote regardless of race or color.
- Klux Klan: A secret white supremacist group formed during Reconstruction that used terror and violence to prevent African Americans from exercising their new rights.
- Amendment: The constitutional amendment that officially banned slavery in the United States.
19 Clues: To officially end a system, practice, or institution, such as the ending of slavery. • The murder of a politically important or prominent person, like President Abraham Lincoln. • Plans, rules, or courses of action created by a government to guide its decisions and laws. • ...
Unit VI: Reconstruction 2021-12-13
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- the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
- granted African American men the right to vote.
- Thaddeus Stevens, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives during Abraham Lincoln's presidency, fought to abolish slavery and helped draft the 14th Amendment during Reconstruction.
- controversial federal law meant to restrict the ability of the U.S. president to remove certain officials that Congress had already approved.
- faction of the Republican Party during the Civil War. distinguished by their fierce advocacy for the abolition of slavery, enfranchisement of black citizens, and holding the Southern states financially and morally culpable for the war.
- a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used,especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
- period that followed the Civil War and was an effort to reunify the divided nation and integrate African Americans into society.
- agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management.
- a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression,
- Louisiana passed a law that restricted slaughterhouse operations in New Orleans to a single corporation. They argued the monopoly created involuntary servitude in violation of the Thirteenth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment.
- abolished slavery “within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
- to charge someone with doing something wrong, specifically a high government official, such as the U.S. president, a senator, or a federal judge.
- state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation
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- the 19th President of the United States. began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War.
- organization that fed millions of people, built hospitals and provided medical aid, negotiated labor contracts for ex-slaves and settled labor disputes, helped former slaves legalize marriages and locate lost relatives, and assisted black veterans.
- a traveler who arrives in a new region with only a satchel of possessions, and who attempts to profit from his new surroundings, often against the will or consent of the original inhabitants.
- bill that formally abolished slavery and prohibited Confederate officials and veterans from voting. Also required that 50 percent of a state's white males take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union.
- a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
- an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era.
- granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,”.
- term for a white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction or who joined with black freedmen.
- served as Governor of New York State and was extremely successful lawyer
- the seventh President of the United States, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man.
- were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
- group created by confederare soldiers following the Civil War to suppress and victimize newly freed slaves.
25 Clues: granted African American men the right to vote. • state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation • the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. • served as Governor of New York State and was extremely successful lawyer • a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression, • ...
Forming a government 2021-01-13
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- / A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment.
- Mason / An antifederalist who’s main problem with the Constitution was that it did not have a section that guaranteed individual rights.
- Ordinance of 1785 / It set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands. These lands were split into townships, which were 36 square miles divided into 36 lots of 60 acres each.
- Branch / The judicial branch is made up of all the n national courts. This branch is responsible for interpreting laws, punishing criminals, and settling disputes between states.
- Branch / Congress is responsible for proposing and passing laws. It is made up of two houses, as created in the Great Compromise. The Senate and the House of Representatives have different rules governing how many members represents each state, which helps balance the power between large and small states.
- Jersey Plan / New Jersey delegate presented this plan, which called for a unicameral legislature. The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, and thus an equal voice, in the federal government. The plan gave the federal government the power to tax citizens in all states, and allowed the government to regulate commerce.
- Commerce / Trade between two or more states.
- Convention / It was held in May 1787 in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation. However, delegates ended up leaving with an entirely new U.S. Constitution.
- Carta / A document signed by Kind John in 1215, that made the king subject to law.
- Ordinance of 1787 / An ordinance passed by Congress in order to form a political system for the region. The ordinance established the Northwest Territory. It also created a system for bringing new states into the Union.
- Papers / A series of essays that was one of the most important defenses of the Constitution. These essays were written anonymously under the name Publius. They were actually written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
- / A set of basic principals and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.
- Compromise / Under this agreement only three-fifths of a state’s slave population would count when determining representatives.
- Rebellion / The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt.
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- Sovereignty / This is the idea that political authority is in the hands of the people. In the U.S. this power is expressed through people’s votes.
- Branch / This branch includes the president and the departments that help run the government. The executive branch makes sure that laws are carried out.
- / People who opposed the United States Constitution.
- / A system created by delegates that divides the powers of government between a central government and the states that make up a nation.
- of Confederation / A document that created the first central government for the United States, which was replaced by the Constitution in 1789. The Articles of Confederation is also known as a set of basic laws.
- / Taxes on imports or exports.
- / This occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
- Statue for Religious Freedom / A document that declared no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money. This document also included Thomas Jefferson’s ideas about religious freedom.
- Madison / He was America's fourth President and made a large contribution to the ratification of the Constitution. He also wrote the Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay.
- / The right to vote
- Plan / A plan presented by Edmund Randolph. He proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power to the central government. The legislature would be bicameral and chosen on the basis of state populations. Larger states would thus have more representatives than would smaller states.
- Territory / A territory that included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
- Shays / A war veteran who led hundreds of men in the forced shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Massachusetts. The state government ordered the farmers to stop the revolt under the threat of capture and death. However, these threats only made Shay and his followers more determined.
- Compromise / The agreement to create a two-house legislature.
- and Balances / A system that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
29 Clues: / The right to vote • / Taxes on imports or exports. • Commerce / Trade between two or more states. • / People who opposed the United States Constitution. • Compromise / The agreement to create a two-house legislature. • / A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment. • ...
Government - Coming to ‘Terms’ by Shane Kirby 2021-03-06
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- king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
- explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
- power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
- supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
- he government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
- chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
- first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
- each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
- compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
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- 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; he did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
- considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
- government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
- “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
- type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
- the citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good
- french writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
16 Clues: government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens • considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers • supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances • ...
Civil War Vocab 2026-06-02
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- Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole.
- (1857) A Supreme Court case that ruled African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
- The act of a state leaving the Union (South Carolina did this
- The government formed by Southern states that seceded from the United States.
- The development of factories and machine-based manufacturing, especially in the North.
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- The Southern economic system based on agriculture and slave labor, especially for crops like cotton and tobacco.
- The 16th President and author of the Emancipation Proclamation
- The war between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy) from 1861 to 1865.
- The belief that individual states have the right to limit the power of the federal government.
- the states that remained loyal to it during the American Civil War, opposing the secessionist Confederate States.
10 Clues: The act of a state leaving the Union (South Carolina did this • The 16th President and author of the Emancipation Proclamation • The government formed by Southern states that seceded from the United States. • The development of factories and machine-based manufacturing, especially in the North. • ...
Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24
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- 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
- Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
- ____ stages that has an impeachment
- Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
- ____ votes against Johnson.
- A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
- Senate aproved add and remove
- A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
- It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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- Laws that required segregation.
- Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
- The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
- "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
- In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
- Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
- The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
- An important Congressmen during Civil War.
- The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.
19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...
Check your Fashion 2021-01-12
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- The main focus on a garment is called
- One of the fashion capitals of the 20th century
- A category or clothing that often contains more modern style clothes compared to the higher end luxury market
- A compilation of images showcasing a designer's upcoming collection
- A fashion that retains general acceptance over a very extended period of time
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- Someone whose job is to wear and show new styles of clothes made by fashion designers
- A style that aims to avoid gender stereotypes
- Designer uses less expensive fabrics and cut details on some designs to create an affordable garment
- The part on each side of a coat or jacket immediately below the collar
9 Clues: The main focus on a garment is called • A style that aims to avoid gender stereotypes • One of the fashion capitals of the 20th century • A compilation of images showcasing a designer's upcoming collection • The part on each side of a coat or jacket immediately below the collar • A fashion that retains general acceptance over a very extended period of time • ...
Documents 2016-04-22
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- amendment the right of 18 years old to vote.
- amendment gives Congress the power to collect taxes on income without apportioning it among the states.
- papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- of Rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- Bill of Rights a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession.
- of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
- amendment gave women the right to vote.
- Doctrine First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.
- amendment Provided direct election of senators.
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- points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- amendment ended poll taxes.
- of Independence the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
- amendment defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
- of Confederation the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- Carta a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- amendment bolished slavery in the United States.
- amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote.
- Constitution A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
18 Clues: amendment ended poll taxes. • amendment gave women the right to vote. • amendment the right of 18 years old to vote. • amendment Provided direct election of senators. • amendment bolished slavery in the United States. • of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. • amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote. • ...
Documents 2016-04-22
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- of Confederation the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- of Independence the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
- Doctrine First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.
- of Rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- Constitution A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
- amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote.
- amendment bolished slavery in the United States.
- amendment the right of 18 years old to vote.
- amendment Provided direct election of senators.
- amendment ended poll taxes.
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- points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- Bill of Rights a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession.
- of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
- Carta a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- amendment gives Congress the power to collect taxes on income without apportioning it among the states.
- amendment defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
- amendment gave women the right to vote.
18 Clues: amendment ended poll taxes. • amendment gave women the right to vote. • amendment the right of 18 years old to vote. • amendment Provided direct election of senators. • amendment bolished slavery in the United States. • of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. • amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote. • ...
Fundamentals to AI 2025-07-21
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- Other agents are also present
- Core component responsible for storing, retrieving, and updating information
- Type of virtual environment
- distinct, finite number, clearly defined, states of environment
- Constructs an internal model of the world
- outcome of actions is uncertain
- Some information on environment is available
- Environment does not change when the agent is acting
- Agent operating by itself
- Formulate a sequence of actions to achieve its goals
- Anything that perceives its environment and then acts to achieve a goal
- Tyoe of physical environment
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- makes decisions by evaluating the "utility" of different actions and states
- Full information on environment is available
- Type of simulation environment
- Current decisions affect future decisions
- interact with environment
- Responsible for carrying out decisions made by the agent
- perceive the environment
- other processes are operating on the environment
- Next state of environment is determined by current state and actions of agent
- operates by setting a specific objective and then using planning and reasoning
- states are continuously changing
- Builds and updates a profile of users
- Father of AI
- An agent that makes decisions based solely on its current perception of the environment
26 Clues: Father of AI • perceive the environment • interact with environment • Agent operating by itself • Type of virtual environment • Tyoe of physical environment • Other agents are also present • Type of simulation environment • outcome of actions is uncertain • states are continuously changing • Builds and updates a profile of users • Current decisions affect future decisions • ...
Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction 2021-03-02
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- The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act.
- The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
- One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the __________ movement.
- Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North had greater __________ capabilities.
- After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by creating tenant farms and __________.
- Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford?
- Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
- When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union.
- After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were sharecroppers and __________ farmers.
- After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
- One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?
- … In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” … President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to urge Congress to convince __________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
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- The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
- … The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
- election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ___________ of several Southern states from the Union?
- President Abraham Lincoln believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the ___________.
- The __________ formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of keeping African-Americans from exercising rights.
- Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the issue of __________.
- Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to deny __________ rights to African Americans.
- As a result of the Missouri Compromise (1820) the ___________ of power between free and slave states was maintained.
- Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all contributed to the rise of __________ in the United States.
- The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the removal of federal __________ from Southern states.
- At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.
- During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.
24 Clues: The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act. • Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford? • When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union. • ...
civil war crossword 2021-10-27
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- racism
- deadliest war in U.S history
- Southern states
- 1st battle of civil war
- to get rid of
- military leader in civil war
- Northern states
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- leader of confederate states
- how Harriet Tubman freed 100s of slaves
- 16th president of the U.S
- Fort was attacked on April 1861
- leading cause of civilwar
- slave who could read and right
- election of 1860
14 Clues: racism • to get rid of • Southern states • Northern states • election of 1860 • 1st battle of civil war • 16th president of the U.S • leading cause of civilwar • leader of confederate states • deadliest war in U.S history • military leader in civil war • slave who could read and right • Fort was attacked on April 1861 • how Harriet Tubman freed 100s of slaves
Unit 1: Foundations of US Government 2025-09-10
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- Process of returning a person accused of a crime to the state where the crime was committed
- Formal agreements with other nations, negotiated by the president and ratified by the Senate
- System created to balance state and popular input when choosing the president
- Establishes that the Constitution and federal laws are the highest law of the land
- Enlightenment belief that people may overthrow a government that violates their rights
- Requirement that all government officials swear to support the Constitution
- Jefferson's version of the natural rights
- Principle that government powers are restricted by law and Constitution
- Lower federal courts created by Congress under Article III
- Role giving the president authority over the nation’s armed forces
- Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by jury
- Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- Formal approval process by which the Constitution was accepted
- Agreement creating a bicameral legislature with equal and proportional representation
- Idea that government’s legitimacy comes from the people’s approval
- President’s power to reject bills passed by Congress
- British tax on printed materials that angered colonists because they had no representation in Parliament
- Powers suggested by the Constitution that allow Congress to carry out expressed powers
- Powers of Congress specifically listed in Article, Section 8 of the Constitution
- United States first constitution that created a weak central government to avoid tyranny but left Congress powerless
- Nickname for the Necessary and Proper Clause because it stretches congressional power
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- Court’s authority to review cases decided by lower courts
- Lowered the voting age to 18
- Fraction of Congress needed to propose a constitutional amendment
- Procedure for changing the Constitution through proposals and ratification
- Idea that political authority comes from the people, reflected in “We the People”
- Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
- System where branches of government can limit each other’s power
- Agreement counting enslaved people partly for taxation and representation
- Principle that citizens elect representatives to govern on their behalf
- Farmer uprising in Massachusetts that showed the AOC could not handle economic crisis or rebellion
- Clause preventing states from discriminating against citizens of other states
- Abolished slavery in the United States
- Federal judges serve for life “during good behavior” to protect independence
- Protects freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
- Constitutional process where the House charges and the Senate tries the president for misconduct
- Guarantees the right to keep and bear arms
- Requirement that states honor the public acts, records, and judicial rulings of other states
- Granted citizenship to all born in the U.S. and guaranteed equal protection of the laws
- Division of power between national and state governments
- Enlightenment thinker whose idea of natural rights influenced Jefferson in the Declaration
- Protects due process rights, including protection against self-incrimination and double jeopardy
- Part of Article I, Section 8 giving Congress flexibility to make laws needed to carry out its duties
- Granted women the right to vote
- Court’s power to strike down laws or actions that violate the Constitution
- Colonial assemblies (First and Second) that organized resistance against British policies and actions
- Court’s authority to hear a case first, such as state vs. state disputes
- Fraction of states required to ratify an amendment
- Annual message to Congress outlining the president’s agenda and national priorities
- Highest court in the United States, created by Article III
50 Clues: Lowered the voting age to 18 • Granted women the right to vote • Abolished slavery in the United States • Jefferson's version of the natural rights • Guarantees the right to keep and bear arms • Fraction of states required to ratify an amendment • Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures • President’s power to reject bills passed by Congress • ...
Legislative Branch Crossword 2025-02-18
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- the lower chamber of the United States Congress.
- having the power to make laws.
- The Congress shall have Power... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
- a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
- Notwithstanding any other provision of general law or special act, the governing body of a county, city, or town shall not reapportion the representation in the governing body.
- a national legislative body, especially that of the US.
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- a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office.
- a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country.
- the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state.
- the Constitution of the United States establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it.
- forbids any changes to the salary of Congress members from taking effect until the next election concludes.
- the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
- having two branches or chambers.
- he presiding officer of the United States
- manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency."a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want"
15 Clues: having the power to make laws. • having two branches or chambers. • he presiding officer of the United States • the lower chamber of the United States Congress. • the upper chamber of the United States Congress. • a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote. • a national legislative body, especially that of the US. • ...
2025 American Politics 2025-11-24
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- The mode of persuasion that uses the speaker's own credibility.
- The surname of the first Vice President of colour.
- The current and 47th president of the United States.
- The mode of persuasion that appeals to logic.
- The left-wing and liberal party in the US.
- The surname of the 1st American president.
- The surname of the first Afro-American president.
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- The number of states in USA.
- The founding document of American democracy.
- The right-wing and conservative party in the US.
- The mode of persuasion that appeals to emotions.
- The name of both the House of Representatives and the US Senate.
- The current Vice President
- The former and Democrat president of the United States.
- The chamber where each state has two senators.
- The movement that supports Donald Trump within the Republican Party.
16 Clues: The current Vice President • The number of states in USA. • The left-wing and liberal party in the US. • The surname of the 1st American president. • The founding document of American democracy. • The mode of persuasion that appeals to logic. • The chamber where each state has two senators. • The right-wing and conservative party in the US. • ...
cities, states and the Church 2024-05-21
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- president of the city law court
- an association of people who all had the same occupation in a city. the guild imposed certain duties but it also helped out if there were problems
- league: a trading association of cities along the north sea and baltic sea that was its most powerful in about 1350
- church: the christian church that is led by the pope in rome
- economy: an economy in which people pay one another with money
- middle ages: period from 1000 to 1500 ad
- the church of a bishop
- man: in the medieval guild system: a craftsman employed by a master who was not yet allowed to set up his own business
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- area that is governed by a bishop
- a journey to a holy place to pray there
- an attempt by christian armies from western europe to get rid of muslims in the middle east
- a craftsman who had passed his test of mastery(completed his masterpiece) and was allowed to start his own workshop
- governor of a diocese; one pf the highest-ranked people in the catholic church. in the middle ages, a bishop could be also a vassal and govern an area on behalf of the ruling prince
- not keeping to the official teachings of the catholic church
- system: farming method which part was used for winter grain in the first year, summer grain in the second year and then left to rest for one year
15 Clues: the church of a bishop • president of the city law court • area that is governed by a bishop • a journey to a holy place to pray there • middle ages: period from 1000 to 1500 ad • not keeping to the official teachings of the catholic church • church: the christian church that is led by the pope in rome • economy: an economy in which people pay one another with money • ...
States of Matter and Mixtures 2024-10-23
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- To decrease the amount of space between atoms we increase this
- State of matter that has some kinetic energy
- Has a definite shape and volume
- Mixture where you can see the different parts with the naked eye
- Increasing the kinetic energy of atoms can be done by increasing this
- The ability of of a substance to completely dissolve in another
- Has a changeable shape and changeable volume
- Combination of different substances that are not chemically combined
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- Phase change where solids turn into liquids
- When a solid is turned directly into a gas
- When you decrease the kinetic energy in a liquid
- When two or more atoms are combined
- Type of matter that has a specific composition and properties
- Type of mixture that can also be called a solution
- Anything that has mass and takes up space
15 Clues: Has a definite shape and volume • When two or more atoms are combined • Anything that has mass and takes up space • When a solid is turned directly into a gas • Phase change where solids turn into liquids • State of matter that has some kinetic energy • Has a changeable shape and changeable volume • When you decrease the kinetic energy in a liquid • ...
Chapter 4; The Union In Peril 2013-11-11
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- a brave and decisive military commander, he was the head of general
- one of the most famous conductors that was born a slave in Maryland.
- she published her novel that is called "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
- the first African-American senator
- a system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states
- it states that no one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- it was ratified at the end of 1865. It was about abolishing slavery
- it prevented states from denying right and privileges to any U.S. citizen, now defined as “all persons born or naturalized in U.S.”
- a union nurse who went on to found the American Red Cross after the war
- a federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil war
- northerners who moved to the South after the war
- was granted as a commander of the military division of the Mississippi
- a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
- town near Appomatox, Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865
- a secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in Southern states after the civil war
- the confederate states of America, a confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union
- a tax on earnings
- a 26-year old actor and Southern sympathizer that leaped down from the presidential box to the stage and escaped
- a system in which landowners give farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crops they raised
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- United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln
- a slave whose owner took him from the slave state of Missouri to free territory in Illinois and Wisconsin and back to Missouri
- a town in southern Pennsylvania that the most decisive battle of the war was fought in
- vice president of Lincoln who became president after Lincoln’s assassination
- he was modest and willing to go beyond military beyond in his tactics
- 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth
- a former senator that was elected as the president of the Mississippi
- McClellan ordered his men to pursue Lee, and the two sides fought near a creek
- Lincoln’s reconstruction plan which were led by Senator Charles Sumner. The plan wanted to destroy the political power of former slave holder
- the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
- an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 freeing the slaves in all regions behind the Confederate lines
- a town that General Ulysses S. Grant fought to take and it was one of the two remaining Confederate strongholds on the Mississippi River
- a famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in November 1863, at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the battle of Gettysburg
- the period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War, during which the defeated Confederates states were readmitted to the Union
- the first bloodshed on the battlefield occurred about three months after Fort Sumter just 25 miles from Washington D.C
- a nickname given to Thomas T. Jackson by another General
- he was a democratic candidate that had victory when the Whig vote in the South fell dramatically
- the drafting of citizens for military service
- white southerners who joined the Republican Party
38 Clues: a tax on earnings • the first African-American senator • the drafting of citizens for military service • the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union • northerners who moved to the South after the war • white southerners who joined the Republican Party • a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue • ...
MS Math 1 September Vocabulary Review 2023-09-27
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- Property of addition that states the sum of an addend and 0 is the addend.
- Property of addition and multiplication that states the way in which numbers are grouped does not change the solution.
- The solution to a division problem.
- The number being divided into another in a division problem.
- The solution to an addition problem.
- The solution to a subtraction problem.
- Property of multiplication that states the product of a factor and 0 equals 0.
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- Property of multiplication that states the product of a factor and 1 is the factor.
- The property of multiplication that states a factor multiplied by the sum of two numbers is equal to multiplying the factor by each addend individually.
- Property of addition and multiplication that states the order in which numbers are arranged does not change the solution.
- The solution to a multiplication problem.
- Any of the numbers being added in an addition problem.
- The number being divided by another in a division problem.
- Any of the numbers being multiplied in a multiplication problem.
14 Clues: The solution to a division problem. • The solution to an addition problem. • The solution to a subtraction problem. • The solution to a multiplication problem. • Any of the numbers being added in an addition problem. • The number being divided by another in a division problem. • The number being divided into another in a division problem. • ...
WWI 2023-02-15
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- British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I.
- the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
- His death sparked the war.
- The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech.
- identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
- When a stronger country takes control/over a weaker country
- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
- Worldwide group who's goal was to maintain world peace.
- WW1 propaganda can be defined as information designed to get people's thinking aligned with government interests concerning the war.
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- the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
- Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
- Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States
- allow each person to have only a fixed amount of
- Principles Used For Peace Negotiations
- The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. With Germany's aid, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
- German Submarines
- The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
- Trench warfare is the type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
- a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning,
- Formally Ended The War
- The current president of the U.S. during WWI
- A liberty bond was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time.
- a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
23 Clues: German Submarines • Formally Ended The War • His death sparked the war. • Principles Used For Peace Negotiations • The current president of the U.S. during WWI • allow each person to have only a fixed amount of • Worldwide group who's goal was to maintain world peace. • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire • ...
Constitutional Convention 2025-01-30
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- Plan favoring large states
- Sections of the Constitution
- Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states
- Having a voice in government decisions
- The introduction to the Constitution
- A written plan for government
- Approval of a document or plan
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- A change to a document
- Power shared between states and the national government
- An agreement where both sides give up something
- Madison Madison — "Father of the Constitution"
- A two-house legislature
- Who are the representatives sent to meetings
- Compromise — Agreement creating two houses in Congress
- and Balances — System that keeps one branch from becoming too powerful
15 Clues: A change to a document • A two-house legislature • Plan favoring large states • Sections of the Constitution • A written plan for government • Approval of a document or plan • The introduction to the Constitution • Having a voice in government decisions • Jersy Plan Plan favoring small states • Who are the representatives sent to meetings • ...
Semester 1 - Review Crossword Puzzle 2026-01-09
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- Slave Act – A law requiring escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers.
- Railroad – A secret network that helped escaped enslaved people reach freedom.
- – The region that was becoming more industrial and generally opposed the expansion of slavery.
- of Slavery – The debate over whether slavery should be allowed in new territories.
- Expansion – The movement of Americans and U.S. territory toward the western lands.
- Destiny – The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
- – The state admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850.
- Breakdown – The collapse of national unity as regional loyalties increased.
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- Sovereignty – The idea that people in a territory should vote on whether to allow slavery.
- Ocean – The ocean marking the eastern boundary of Manifest Destiny.
- Border – The disputed boundary that helped lead to the Mexican-American War.
- War – A war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 over land and borders.
- of 1850 – A series of laws passed to reduce tension between free and slave states.
- of Guadalupe Hidalgo – The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War and gave land to the United States.
- – The region that relied heavily on agriculture and enslaved labor.
- – The region focused on land and settlement and pulled into the slavery debate.
- Ocean – The ocean marking the western boundary of Manifest Destiny.
- – Loyalty to one’s region rather than the nation as a whole.
18 Clues: – Loyalty to one’s region rather than the nation as a whole. • – The state admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850. • Ocean – The ocean marking the eastern boundary of Manifest Destiny. • – The region that relied heavily on agriculture and enslaved labor. • Ocean – The ocean marking the western boundary of Manifest Destiny. • ...
Apush Crossword 2022-01-10
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- The control over the consumption of alcohol
- 3rd president of the United States
- The people that pushed for the Antislavery movement.
- Allowed for travel up and down rivers. Invented in 1807 by Robert Fulton
- in the america will be taken as a threat to peace and safety.
- Strict rule passed by pro-southerners to restrict discussion of slavery in the house of representatives.
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- The power that allows states to remove a federal law they find unconstitional
- The period of time when the Federalist party disappeare from 1817- 1823.
- Statement toward european countries that any european colonies
- 2000+ mile long trail that led american settlers to new settlements in oregon, california, and utah.
- Purchased by Jefferson, doubled the size of the US.
- Fourth Chief of justice in the U.S Supreme Court in 1801.
- Forcing someone to serced in armed forces
- 7th president of the United States
- The war fought between the United States and England. Americans were angred by British policy of impressment.
15 Clues: 3rd president of the United States • 7th president of the United States • Forcing someone to serced in armed forces • The control over the consumption of alcohol • Purchased by Jefferson, doubled the size of the US. • The people that pushed for the Antislavery movement. • Fourth Chief of justice in the U.S Supreme Court in 1801. • ...
Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24
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- 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
- Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
- ____ stages that has an impeachment
- Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
- ____ votes against Johnson.
- A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
- Senate aproved add and remove
- A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
- It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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- Laws that required segregation.
- Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
- The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
- "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
- In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
- Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
- The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
- An important Congressmen during Civil War.
- The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.
19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...
Ximena Lozano 2022-02-24
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- 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached.
- Even though slavery was ilegal _____ slaves still were not treated equally.
- ____ stages that has an impeachment
- Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress.
- ____ votes against Johnson.
- A special tax that people had to pay before they could vote.
- Senate aproved add and remove
- A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- Forced separation of whites and African American in public places.
- It refers to the period of time following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
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- Laws that required segregation.
- Opposed civil rights,especially surffrage for African Americans.
- The ____ amendment made slavery ilegal throught tge United States.
- "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS"
- In 1867,Congress passed the _____.
- Process and period ofReconstruction during which the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress seized control of Reconstruction from Pres.
- The ____ amendment granted citizenship to all people born and nationalized in the United States.
- An important Congressmen during Civil War.
- The____ amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S the right to vote.
19 Clues: ____ votes against Johnson. • Senate aproved add and remove • Laws that required segregation. • In 1867,Congress passed the _____. • ____ stages that has an impeachment • Two charged Johnson with ____ Congress. • An important Congressmen during Civil War. • "TREASON,_____, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS" • 17th U.S President and first president to be impeached. • ...
Elijah Bishop forces and motion 6th period 2015-02-20
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- is a speed in a specific direction
- is a measure of mass in motion
- is a measure of how fast something moves or the distance it moves
- an object moving in a circle
- states that the total momentum of a system of objects does not change
- a place or an object is the location of that place or object
- is the resistance of an object to a change in the speed or the direction of its motion
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- is a situation in which two objects in close contact exchange energy and momentum
- states that the acceleration of an object increases with increased force and decreases with increased mass
- push or pull
- is a measure of how quickly the velocity is changing
- is the change of position over time
- states that every time one object exerts a force on another object
- a location to which you compare other locations
- states the objects at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
- when all forces are combined
- is a quantity that has both size and direction
17 Clues: push or pull • an object moving in a circle • when all forces are combined • is a measure of mass in motion • is a speed in a specific direction • is the change of position over time • is a quantity that has both size and direction • a location to which you compare other locations • is a measure of how quickly the velocity is changing • ...
The End of Spanish Rule in Mexico 2023-11-10
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- The War Spain helped the United States win against the British
- Iturbide and Guerrero signed the Treaty of __________ in 1821 ending the Mexican War of Independence
- The country that sold the Louisiana Teritory to the United States
- _________ Purchase that doubled the size of the United States
- A person who believes power should be in a central government
- A person who believes power should be shared between the state and the central government
- The most successful empresario in Texas
- Creator of the "Cry of Dolores"
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- An adventurer who acts as a rebel in a foreign country
- A district within a state
- The name of the dynasty that placed reforms in New Spain against white creoles
- The Spanish's word for plantation
- Jean Lafitte was a ____________ in Galveston, TX
- The unchallenged rule of a King
- Military strongmen in private armies who wanted to dominate Mexican politics
- The geographical feature that was the disputed border between Spain and the United States
- The top of the casta system in New Spain after the Bourbon reforms
17 Clues: A district within a state • The unchallenged rule of a King • Creator of the "Cry of Dolores" • The Spanish's word for plantation • The most successful empresario in Texas • Jean Lafitte was a ____________ in Galveston, TX • An adventurer who acts as a rebel in a foreign country • _________ Purchase that doubled the size of the United States • ...
Geologic Time Crossword 2024-10-16
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- The amouunt of time it takes for half of a radioactive element to decay into a stable isotope
- Type of dating that does NOT provide an exact date
- Type of isotope that is radioactive and therefore unstable
- Type of isotope that is stable and comes from the decay of radioactive isotopes
- Theory which states the present is key to the past
- Refered to as an unconformity by scientists we typically see this represented by a squiggly line
- The Earth is 4.6 _________ years old
- Magma that pushes through rock layers
- Law that states sedimentary rock layers are laid down horizontally
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- Type of dating that provides an EXACT date
- Break in a rock with movement
- Greatest unit of geologic time
- Theory which states the Earth was formed by catestrophic events.
- Law that states the location of older rocks on the bottom and younger rocks on top
- Type of rock almost all fossils are found in
- The remains or impressions of prehistoric organisms preserved in rock
- Smallest unit of geologic time
17 Clues: Break in a rock with movement • Greatest unit of geologic time • Smallest unit of geologic time • The Earth is 4.6 _________ years old • Magma that pushes through rock layers • Type of dating that provides an EXACT date • Type of rock almost all fossils are found in • Type of dating that does NOT provide an exact date • Theory which states the present is key to the past • ...
Unit 10: Reconstruction Introduction Crossword 2025-02-23
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- John Wilkes _____ was the Southern actor who killed President Lincoln
- Newly freed slaves were known by this term
- One of the main reasons the Civil War was fought
- Confederate states had to write new state _____________s
- The Side that lost the Civil War
- Southern governments were once again lead by wealthy former ________, the same people as before
- This amendment abolished slavery once and for all in America
- the home state of President Andrew Johnson
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- The period of time after the Civil War when Southern states were brought back into the Union
- Southern states passed "black _____" to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
- President Andrew Johnson was the first president to be ________ed by Congress
- Last name of the man who became president after the death of Lincoln
- Last name of the president during the Civil War
- Confederate states had to repeal this act
- The Freedmen's ______ was designed to provide food and medical care to freed people
- The effectiveness of the Freedmen's Bureau was limited by ______ refusing to take land from plantation owners
- The side that won the Civil War
17 Clues: The side that won the Civil War • The Side that lost the Civil War • Confederate states had to repeal this act • Newly freed slaves were known by this term • the home state of President Andrew Johnson • Last name of the president during the Civil War • One of the main reasons the Civil War was fought • Confederate states had to write new state _____________s • ...
Cross word 2017-10-11
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- An armed fight in Massachusetts (during 1786-1787).
- A group of people that is appointed by the president to advise him.
- This was the first American political party (it existed from the 1790-1816).
- An act of congress which stated The permission of settlement into the great lakes area.
- It was a tax protest war in 1791 during the term of George Washington
- an organised group of people with similar political opinions that wishes to make more people vote for one candidate.
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- He was the fourth president on the United States (his term lasted from 1809-1817)
- An old action or event that is referenced in the present
- A founding father of the United States and promoted the constitution
- He was an american politician and the fourth chief of justices in the United States
- Where a country and the states whiten it votes for a elective body of government
- A sign of treaty or agreement which is officially valid(Extra Hint: The states did this to the US constitution)
- The political system which is used in the United States
13 Clues: An armed fight in Massachusetts (during 1786-1787). • The political system which is used in the United States • An old action or event that is referenced in the present • A group of people that is appointed by the president to advise him. • A founding father of the United States and promoted the constitution • ...
American Revolution 2013-12-08
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- military
- Giving consent to a bill to make it valid
- supported the king
- Conventional ________ in 1787
- rights:the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
- and Indian War: a war between the french and Indians
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- patriots ______ tea of the British ships
- tax
- having two branches
- of independence: declared independence
- didn't support the king
- to not use a certain product
- Transfer a case to a higher court
13 Clues: tax • military • supported the king • having two branches • didn't support the king • to not use a certain product • Conventional ________ in 1787 • Transfer a case to a higher court • of independence: declared independence • patriots ______ tea of the British ships • Giving consent to a bill to make it valid • and Indian War: a war between the french and Indians • ...
Unit 2: Key Vocab Crossword 2023-01-31
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- American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801
- a ceremonial induction into office
- the supreme law of the United States of America
- to cancel
- a joining of several groups for a common purpose
- a majority
- a written grant of authority from the king
- impose a tax
- established the critical idea that the monarchy’s power was not absolute
- political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary
- oppose ratification
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- favored ratification
- a government that exists only with the consent of the governed, limited government, civil rights and liberties, separation of powers, and checks and balances
- prohibited a standing army in peace-time, except with the consent of Parliament and required that all parliamentary election be free
- established “a firm league of friendship” among the States
- many outstanding delegates
- a refusal to buy or sell certain goods
- idea that the government should serve the will of the people
- formal approval
- the creation of an annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies
- representative
- founding father and appears on $100 bill
22 Clues: to cancel • a majority • impose a tax • representative • formal approval • oppose ratification • favored ratification • many outstanding delegates • a ceremonial induction into office • a refusal to buy or sell certain goods • founding father and appears on $100 bill • a written grant of authority from the king • the supreme law of the United States of America • ...
American History Ch. 5 Wordsearch 2022-11-22
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- Rebellion, The uprising of farmers that protested high taxes and heavy debt
- Ordinance of 1787, The ordinance established the Northwest Territory
- citizens’ rights.
- commerce, trade between two or more states
- Carta, a document signed by King John in 1215
- official approval
- Ordinance of 1785, A system for surveying and dividing western lands
- Sovereignty, the idea that political authority belongs to the people
- of Rights, 10 of the proposed amendments intended to
- the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country.
- Papers, the essays supporting the Constitution written anonymously
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- supporters of the Constitution
- and Balances, keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
- official changes.
- A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
- Statute for Religious Freedom, The document that declared that no person could be forced
- people who opposed the Constitution
- attend a particular church
- occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- taxes on imports or exports
- A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
21 Clues: official changes. • citizens’ rights. • official approval • attend a particular church • taxes on imports or exports • supporters of the Constitution • people who opposed the Constitution • commerce, trade between two or more states • Carta, a document signed by King John in 1215 • of Rights, 10 of the proposed amendments intended to • ...
Federalism/Levels of Government 2026-01-21
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- A formal change made to the Constitution.
- The national level of government in the United States.
- The elected leader of a city or town.
- Powers that are kept by the states according to the Tenth Amendment.
- The principle that federal law is the highest law of the land.
- The written document that establishes the structure and powers of the U.S. government.
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- Powers shared by both federal and state governments.
- Powers specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution.
- A political unit with its own government under a federal system.
- The level of government responsible for cities, towns, and counties.
- The chief executive of a state.
- The amendment that protects states’ rights.
- A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and the states.
- The division of government powers among different branches or levels.
14 Clues: The chief executive of a state. • The elected leader of a city or town. • A formal change made to the Constitution. • The amendment that protects states’ rights. • Powers shared by both federal and state governments. • The national level of government in the United States. • The principle that federal law is the highest law of the land. • ...
U.S. Expansion Crossword 2018-02-16
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- The separation of blacks and whites in the South.
- The year that the United States Annexed Texas.
- As white settlers moved west during the 19th century, the government continued to remove these people from their land.
- Another word that means to withdraw.
- This was the South’s main cash crop that they grew.
- In 1853, this purchase from Mexico brought the lower continental U.S. to its present boundaries.
- Between May of 1846 and February of 1848, war raged between these two countries.
- Abraham Lincoln made this document that declared all slaves in the Confederate states were free.
- The people who searched West to see what was on the land and how it was.
- The idea that the United States had the right and duty to rule the North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
- When the confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter , a federal fort in Charleston, South Carolina. This started what war?
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- Industrialization occurred very quickly due to this factor.
- Period when union troops occupied the South and enforced constitutional protections.
- When Mexico had gained its independence from Spain in 1821, their territory included Western lands of which area?
- Bought the Louisiana Territory from France.
- This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
- Majority of the civil war occurred in this area.
- Elected president in 1961.
- The law that enabled the federal government force Native Americans living in the east to the west.
- This system linked farm areas to city areas and boosted trade and industry.
20 Clues: Elected president in 1961. • Another word that means to withdraw. • Bought the Louisiana Territory from France. • The year that the United States Annexed Texas. • Majority of the civil war occurred in this area. • The separation of blacks and whites in the South. • This was the South’s main cash crop that they grew. • ...
Unit 5 Vocab 2022-03-22
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- An act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.
- Was a violent tax protest in the United States.
- Was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the U.S.
- Made his reputation during the Revolutionary War and became one of America's most influential founding fathers.
- 4th president of the U.S.
- A period of major social upheaval in 1787 and ended in 1799.
- The principal author of the Declaration of independence.
- Were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799.
- A system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
- U.S. victory against great Britain in a war of 1812 and the final major battle of that conflict.
- 6th president of the U.S.
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- A form of government operating on the principle adopted from a republic and democracy.
- An exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
- John Adams signed it, which were later passed by the federalists dominated 5th United states congress.
- Was land between the United States and France.
- A Harvard-educated lawyer.
- A statement of U.S. foreign policy expressing opposition to the extension of Europian control or influence in the western hemisphere.
- Established for the first time that federal courts had the power to overturn an act of Congress on the ground that it violated the U.S. constitution.
- 7th president of the U.S.
- An ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state.
20 Clues: 4th president of the U.S. • 7th president of the U.S. • 6th president of the U.S. • A Harvard-educated lawyer. • Was land between the United States and France. • Was a violent tax protest in the United States. • Were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799. • The principal author of the Declaration of independence. • ...
Rylee's Chapter 8 Crossowrd Puzzle 2025-04-03
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- a secret network of safe places for slaves to hide
- for the people that decided whether they wanted slavery
- to not take sides
- when someone has the legality to make decisions for you
- regional differences on whether a federal or state authority should prevail
- states that did not permit slavery
- a solution to save the union and solve issues
- a member of a small military group
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- 7 states formed a government
- states that permitted slavery
- a subdivision in the army
- a position used to help defend against enemies
- people against slavery
- taxes
- states that would break away from the union
15 Clues: taxes • to not take sides • people against slavery • a subdivision in the army • 7 states formed a government • states that permitted slavery • states that did not permit slavery • a member of a small military group • states that would break away from the union • a solution to save the union and solve issues • a position used to help defend against enemies • ...
Federalism 2021-11-02
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- sovereignty-supreme power or authority.
- states rights- rights and power held by each individual state
- clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws
- government- government in presidential systems
- concurrent powers shared powers between the state and federal governments.
- “necessary and proper” clause (elastic clause)-provided an avenue for expansion into the realm of “implied powers”
- mandate- when a state or local government has to perform certain actions or offer certain programs but doesn't get any federal funds to make it happen.
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- powers-powers granted to the states
- powers-political Powers granted to the states
- block grants- federal funds earmarked for specific state or local programs
- clause-gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
- enumerated (expressed) powers-the remainder of powers going to the states.
- federalism-system of government where power is divided between the central government and a federal government.
- cooperative federalism-characterized by partnerships between the national government and governments at the state and local
- dual federalism-clear division of federal power
15 Clues: powers-powers granted to the states • sovereignty-supreme power or authority. • powers-political Powers granted to the states • government- government in presidential systems • dual federalism-clear division of federal power • states rights- rights and power held by each individual state • clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws • ...
Federalism 2021-11-02
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- sovereignty-supreme power or authority.
- states rights- rights and power held by each individual state
- clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws
- government- government in presidential systems
- concurrent powers shared powers between the state and federal governments.
- “necessary and proper” clause (elastic clause)-provided an avenue for expansion into the realm of “implied powers”
- mandate- when a state or local government has to perform certain actions or offer certain programs but doesn't get any federal funds to make it happen.
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- powers-powers granted to the states
- powers-political Powers granted to the states
- block grants- federal funds earmarked for specific state or local programs
- clause-gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
- enumerated (expressed) powers-the remainder of powers going to the states.
- federalism-system of government where power is divided between the central government and a federal government.
- cooperative federalism-characterized by partnerships between the national government and governments at the state and local
- dual federalism-clear division of federal power
15 Clues: powers-powers granted to the states • sovereignty-supreme power or authority. • powers-political Powers granted to the states • government- government in presidential systems • dual federalism-clear division of federal power • states rights- rights and power held by each individual state • clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws • ...
Civil War 2016-11-27
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- /from Union
- /who came to the south for economic reasons after the Civil War they took advantage of citizens of the south
- /july 1st-3rd (1863) Union leaders defeated General Lee. A turning point battle during the Civil War
- /designedto help former slaves with food, clothing, find jobs, medical care, created schools (established 1865)
- /the Civil War, the Union came to mean the government and armies of the North
- /person who worked to end slavery.
- /a change to the Constitution (1868) granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law
- /period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back to the Union
- /treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved
- /generalfor the Union, later became 18th President
- /the war that divides America in the 1860s. A war between citizens of the same country.
- /act passed in 1854 that created Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing states to determine whether slavery would be allowed in new territories
- /she led 300 slaves to freedom, because of her bravery she is the symbol of the Underground Railroad
- /a change to the Constitution (1865) that abolished slavery in US (made it illegal)
- /September 16-18, 1862, bloodiest single day in American military history, 23,000 died
- /way of settling disagreements in which each side gives away a little in its demands
- /generalfor the Confederacy
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- /south Carolina, April 12-14, 1861, start of the Civil War
- /former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.
- /president during the Civil War
- /A special order by President Lincoln on January 1st, 1863 declaring slaves in Confederate sates to be free
- /virginia,July 1st, 1861, first major land battle of Civil War
- /presidentof the Confederacy
- /the rights belonging to various states, especially with reference to interpretation of Constitution
- /a change to the Constitution (1870) declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color, or because the person was a slave
- /name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union
- /Civil war was the most costly war in American History in terms of total devastation.
27 Clues: /from Union • /generalfor the Confederacy • /presidentof the Confederacy • /president during the Civil War • /person who worked to end slavery. • /generalfor the Union, later became 18th President • /south Carolina, April 12-14, 1861, start of the Civil War • /former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court. • ...
Crossword Puzzelle 2026-07-29
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- You've got these all mapped out when it comes to Wellington.
- An obsession with these? Sounds like a plan!
- You used to be 'in the business' of this.
- At least one of the 40 shades of this is your favourite colour.
- The style of world leader featured prominently in your preferred podcasts.
- The place to find you in WA when you were a young hopeful.
- You drove across this part of Australia possibly in a Subaru 4x4.
- The world trivia category that makes you as happy as a Ngeru in mud.
- One of your best-loved breads, for starters.
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- Behind the tomb, I see that this refers to a kind of crossword...
- Your top tip for toast toppings.
- They produce produce in Newtown when you're new in town. (5,5)
- Named for a seafarer, this is one of your most beloved places on land. (4,6)
- A previous employer and a previous Wordle guess.
- It's ya local.
- The Social Media site that made you world famous.
- Your more-than-half-baked contribution to team morning teas.
- Your hometown documentary (3,4)
18 Clues: It's ya local. • Your hometown documentary (3,4) • Your top tip for toast toppings. • You used to be 'in the business' of this. • An obsession with these? Sounds like a plan! • One of your best-loved breads, for starters. • A previous employer and a previous Wordle guess. • The Social Media site that made you world famous. • ...
Unit 4 Review 2024-10-08
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- ___ states that the government must act fairly and in accordance with established rules and laws in all that it does and the government must treat ALL citizens fairly and apply equal protection under the law.
- It is important to know with ____ that an application cannot have anything printed on the back of it. (except instructions)
- The ______ amendment gave black males the right to vote. However, many states in the south tried to prevent black voters from exercising their right by requiring them to pay poll taxes or pass a literacy test.
- The Amendments with the greatest impact on due process is the ___ amendment which applies to the federal government and the 14th amendment which applies to the state government.
- Under the ___ of 1964, your religion, race, and physical disablitiy are protected from discrimination.
- Public school segregation of races violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in what court case?
- Which amendment allows citizens to remain silent and not tell on themselves, ensuring that due process must take place, and preventing another trial for the same crime if one has already been found innocent (not guilty).
- Many of our liberties were added by the __________, ratified in 1791.
- The process of ___ is the constitutional doctrine that applies some, but not all, protections of the Bill of Rights to the states and to all levels of government; found in the 14th amendment.
- The United States Constitution implies a right to privacy and thus made abortion legal in which court case?
- The rights of individuals to receive equal treatment and be free from discrimination refers to ___.
- basic freedoms to think and to act that are protected against government abuse
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- Which amendment allows you the right to vote when you turn 18?
- A key function of the Bill of Rights is to specify what the government must do to ensure ___ under the law for all Americans.
- The right of not being required to testify against oneself if protection from ___.
- The ____ Amendment protected the right of women to vote in all national and state elections.
- Which Amendment provided a way to apply the Bill of Rights to the states, and enabled the Supreme Court to rule that much of the Bill of Rights applies to state and local governments?
- Putting someone on trial for a crime of which they have already been found innocent (not guilty) is called ___.
- Citizens eighteen years or older received a constitutional right to vote in part because they could be ___ into the military at that age.
- The 24th Amendment banned southern states from using the ___, ensuring that all men and women have the right to vote.
- Which amendment guarantees certain protections relevant to criminal and civil legal proceedings?
- How is it decided if a high profile criminal case has enough evidence to make it to trial?
- The first ___ Amendments grant the people specific rights and liberties.
- Personal freedoms that are protected by the amendment and cannot be taken away by the government without due process refers to ___.
24 Clues: Which amendment allows you the right to vote when you turn 18? • Many of our liberties were added by the __________, ratified in 1791. • The first ___ Amendments grant the people specific rights and liberties. • basic freedoms to think and to act that are protected against government abuse • ...
States 2024-09-25
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- State home to Mumbai, India's financial capital.
- India's smallest state by area, famous for its beaches.
- Known for backwaters and the city of Kochi.
- Famous for the Jagannath Temple and the Sun Temple at Konark.
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- State whose capital is Bengaluru, the tech hub of India.
- Known for the Pink City, Jaipur, and grand forts.
- Famous for tea gardens and Kaziranga National Park.
- State where the ancient Nalanda University is located.
8 Clues: Known for backwaters and the city of Kochi. • State home to Mumbai, India's financial capital. • Known for the Pink City, Jaipur, and grand forts. • Famous for tea gardens and Kaziranga National Park. • State where the ancient Nalanda University is located. • India's smallest state by area, famous for its beaches. • ...
Marisa´s Crossword 2021-12-06
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- best known for his service to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, during which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.
- served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders
- The First major battle of the civil war and a victory for the south.
- 18th president of the United States
- Uprising, Mostly of working-class Irish Americans, in protest of the draft.
- Paper currency issued by the union treasury during the civil war.
- Five slave states Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia- that did not secede during the civil war.
- Main leader of the copperhead faction of anti-war democrats
- Landmark battle in the civil war that essentially ended in a draw but demonstrated the prowess of the union army, forestalling foreign intervention and giving Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the emancipation proclamation.
- Mountainous region that broke away from Virginia in 1861 to from its own state after Virginia seceded from the union.
- Diplomatic row that threatened to bring the British into the civil war on the side of the Confederacy, after a union warship stoped a British steamer and arrested two Confederate diplomats on board
- Two well-armed Ironclad warships constructed for the Confederacy by a British firm. Seeking to avoid war with the United States, the British government purchased the two ships for the Royal Navy instead
- 6th chief justice of the United States and 23rd governor of Ohio
- Petition requiring law enforcement officers to present detained individuals before the court to examine the legality of the arrest. Protects individuals from arbitrary state action.
- South Carolina Location where confederate forces fired the first shots of the civil war in April of 1861
- Unified Canadian government created by Britain to bolster Canadians against potential attacks or overturns from the United States.
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- Union General George B. McClellan's failed effort to seize Richmond, the Confederate capital. Had McClellan taken Richmond and toppled the confederacy, slavery would have most likely survived in the south for some time.
- Best known for his participation in the battle of gettysburg
- Network of member banks that could issue currency against purchased government bonds.
- Remembered by his decisive defeat by general Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- Increased duties back up to 1846 levels to raise revenue for the civil war
- Said that all slaves in the rebelling states to be free but it didn't affect the slaves in the non rebelling/border states.
- Government agency founded with the help of Elizabeth Blackwell that trained nurses, collected medical supplies, and equipped hospitals in an effort to help the Union army.
- Napoleon III was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and the Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870.
- Is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run in the East
- Civil war Battle that ended in a decisive victory for confederate general Robert E. Lee, who was emboldened to push further into the north
- A federal law that sold settlers 160 acres of land for about $30 if they lived on it for 5 years and improved it by, for instance, building a house on it.
- Best known for him being a major architect of modern warfare
- The Person who assassinated president Abraham Lincoln
- British built and manned Confederate worship that raided Union shipping during the Civil War.
30 Clues: 18th president of the United States • The Person who assassinated president Abraham Lincoln • Main leader of the copperhead faction of anti-war democrats • Best known for his participation in the battle of gettysburg • Best known for him being a major architect of modern warfare • 6th chief justice of the United States and 23rd governor of Ohio • ...
Flipgrid Scavenger Hunt Assessment 2023-05-30
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- The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is often referred to and the ________________ war.
- What is the United State’s oldest intercollegiate sport?
- It is predicted that A.I will enable companies to reduce the size of their labor force while simultaneously increasing their overall ________________________.
- Which branch of government is in charge of war at sea?
- Benjamin Franklin helped to write the U.S. _____________________________. It sets out the basic rules of American democracy.
- After the fall of Communism, the Soviet Union became what country?
- What is the acronym for the National Aeronautical Space Administration?
- Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning _______________. It protects your house from being struck by lightning.
- What electronic device was used to communicate across long distances before the invention of the telephone?
- What is the common word used to describe a work stoppage as a form of protest?
- What city was the capital of the United States during the American Revolution?
- Which country did the United States fight against in the American Revolution?
- What woman from American history is known as “the Moses of her people?”
- Which American President challenged the Soviets to race to the moon?
- Which branch of the United States military is responsible for ground missions and assault operations (often launched from boats)?
- What can you buy if you want to invest your money in a publicly owned company?
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- What is the Generative Pretrained Transformer?
- What controversial procedure was used to “control” mental disorders in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
- Who was the founder of Nike?
- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is better known by what acronym?
- The ________________________________ are a religious group that immigrated to the United States from Switzerland and southwest Germany in the 1730’s. They don’t use electricity or the internal combustion engin.
- A.I. stands for ___________________________ intelligence.
- Who helped Nike to become one of the world’s top selling athletic shoes? (not the founder)
- What was the name of the first machine that was able to record and play back sound?
- Astronauts who go into space are exposed to ten times more ____________________ than normal.
- Which Chicago Bulls player helped Nike to become the most famous athletic footwear company?
- Which state has passed a law requiring businesses to use E-Verify to identify workers who are not eligible to work in the United States?
- During the Soviet era, Vladimir Putin was the leader of what government spy agency?
- Wilbur and Orville ______________ invented the airplane.
- Benjamin Franklin helped Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of _______________________. It informed King George that the United States was an independent nation.
- Who invented the light bulb?
- Who invented the telephone?
32 Clues: Who invented the telephone? • Who was the founder of Nike? • Who invented the light bulb? • What is the Generative Pretrained Transformer? • Which branch of government is in charge of war at sea? • What is the United State’s oldest intercollegiate sport? • Wilbur and Orville ______________ invented the airplane. • ...
Chapter 12 Review 2013-05-29
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- your favorite subject in school
- where delegates from all states chose the party's candidate for president
- a "deal" made between Clay and Adams on the Election of 1824
- eight president
- Speaker of the House in 1824
- Jackson's group of unofficial advisers
- use of insults to attack an opponents
- harsh journey that Native Americans took
- Jackson's nickname
- rewarding supporters with government jobs
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- the rights of states to limit the power of the federal government
- Jackson stood for this type of American
- Jackson's Vice President turned Senator
- Jackson's party
- the right to vote
- Sixth president of the United States
- dispute over the tariff
- forced 15,00 Cherokees west
- the power of the president to cancel a bill that Congress has approved
- a period when business declines and unemployment rises
- Toured the USA studying prisons and democracy
- head of the Bank of the USA
- Adam's party
- created a system of writing for Native Americans
24 Clues: Adam's party • Jackson's party • eight president • the right to vote • Jackson's nickname • dispute over the tariff • forced 15,00 Cherokees west • head of the Bank of the USA • Speaker of the House in 1824 • your favorite subject in school • Sixth president of the United States • use of insults to attack an opponents • Jackson's group of unofficial advisers • ...
U.S History 2023-11-28
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- A deal that made all states equal in congress.
- Process that makes something officially valid by confirmation.
- 1st court case that declared something unconstitutional.
- A collection of 85 articles.
- A girl who helped in the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- An agreement to add states to the union.
- A rebellion in Western Massachusetts.
- Where the Battle of Baltimore took place.
- Bunch of land the U.S bought from France.
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- Papers that established the governments functions.
- A meeting to address the problems of the government.
- People who did not agree with changing the US Constitution.
- Determines if something is constitutional.
- The national anthem of the United States.
- Convincing people with words to rebel against authority.
- Big fight that took place on January 8,1815.
- War that lasted 3 years between the U.S and Great Britain.
- Forcing someone to serve in the military.
- The ten amendments of the U.S.
- Wars fought between the French and other nations.
20 Clues: A collection of 85 articles. • The ten amendments of the U.S. • A rebellion in Western Massachusetts. • An agreement to add states to the union. • The national anthem of the United States. • Forcing someone to serve in the military. • Where the Battle of Baltimore took place. • Bunch of land the U.S bought from France. • Determines if something is constitutional. • ...
Adaline Bloomfield - Unit One Crossword 2024-09-19
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- Harsh laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party.
- All paper goods and legal documents required a government stamp.
- Government under control of religious leaders.
- Formally approve.
- The United States' first constitution.
- Two chamber legislature.
- Locke English philosopher who proposed the natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
- Power to act within its territory and control external affairs.
- All people being treated fairly.
- What the Constitution lacked.
- Theory that states are founded by God or gods.
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- Commander of the continental army.
- How many states ratified the Constitution.
- Where the seeds of democracy took root.
- The system of government that is largely an American invention.
- Type of colony that had the most freedom from the crown.
- Services that cannot be denied to any particular group or person.
- First attempt to limit the English monarchy.
- The delegates at the Constitutional Convention.
- The state that refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
20 Clues: Formally approve. • Two chamber legislature. • What the Constitution lacked. • All people being treated fairly. • Commander of the continental army. • The United States' first constitution. • Where the seeds of democracy took root. • How many states ratified the Constitution. • First attempt to limit the English monarchy. • Government under control of religious leaders. • ...
Civil War Causes 2026-08-20
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- The ____________ Compromise created a balance of free states and slave states in Congress
- The North contained more milage of __________, making transportation easier
- The idea that different regions of the country have different economies and societies
- Through the Dred Scott case, African-Americans were legally no longer ___________ of the United States
- _____________ Sovereignty: Voters decide on the legality of slavery in their state
- The election of this President caused the Southern states to secede from the Union
- The Compromise of 1850 extended slavery into this region gained from Mexico
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- The Southern economy relied on slavery in this industry
- The ____________ Slave Act compelled Northerners to assist Southern slavecatches even in free states
- _____________ Kansas: Violence in Kansas to influence the vote on slavery
- The __________-Nebraska act reversed the Missouri Compromise, opening up territory north of Missouri to slavery
- Frederick Douglass was a famous ______________, or someone who called to abolish slavery
- This section of the country had an economy reliant on manufacturing
- Eleven Southern states __________ from the Union in the months following the Election of 1860
14 Clues: The Southern economy relied on slavery in this industry • This section of the country had an economy reliant on manufacturing • _____________ Kansas: Violence in Kansas to influence the vote on slavery • The North contained more milage of __________, making transportation easier • The Compromise of 1850 extended slavery into this region gained from Mexico • ...
8th Grade Articles of Confederation and Constitution 2025-03-31
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- The Great __________ added that our government would have two legislative houses, one based on population, one equal.
- This states plan for the government was to have representatives based on population.
- The Articles of Confederation failed because the government was too __________.
- The __________ amendment gives you freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
- Legislative house in which every state is guaranteed two, and only two, representatives.
- "I refuse to testify against myself. I plead the _________.
- What branch of government enforces the law.
- This states plan for government was to have every state have equal representation.
- The 8th amendment protects you from what types of punishments.
- The second amendment gives you the right to bear ______.
- The legislative branch writes and creates ________.
- What branch of the government is in charge of judging or interpreting the law?
- These are powers each branch has to limit the power of other branches.
- Document outlining how our government functions.
- Highest ranking court system in the US.
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- The first ten amendments
- Splitting the governments power between the state and federal levels.
- What branch of government is the most powerful?
- Legislative house in which states representation is based on population.
- A change in the constitution.
- The United States first government.
- The 6th and 7th amendment outline your rights to a trial by _________.
- Leader of the Executive branch, commander in chief.
- _____________ Rebellion showed the U.S. founding fathers that the government needed more power, especially to collect taxes.
24 Clues: The first ten amendments • A change in the constitution. • The United States first government. • Highest ranking court system in the US. • What branch of government enforces the law. • What branch of government is the most powerful? • Document outlining how our government functions. • Leader of the Executive branch, commander in chief. • ...
Chapter 19 Crossword - Angelica Mazumder 2024-12-16
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- A law requiring escaped slaves to be returned, even if found in free states.
- Site of John Brown's raid to incite a slave rebellion.
- A preacher who supported antislavery settlers by providing weapons.
- A principle allowing settlers to decide on slavery in their territory, leading to conflict.
- The act of formally withdrawing, as Southern states did before the Civil War.
- A package of laws balancing the interests of slave and free states.
- A political party formed in the 1850s to oppose the spread of slavery into territories.
- An 1857 Supreme Court ruling that African Americans were not U.S. citizens.
- A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed slavery’s cruelties.
- Regions under U.S. government control where slavery debates were fierce.
- Something or someone that stirs up conflict or rebellion, often tied to slavery debates.
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- Rifles used by antislavery settlers in Kansas, named after Reverend Henry Ward Beecher.
- Violent confrontations between proslavery and antislavery factions in Kansas Territory.
- An abolitionist known for the Pottawatomie Massacre and the raid on Harpers Ferry.
- A rejected proslavery constitution proposed in Kansas.
- A person who advocated for the immediate end of slavery in the United States.
- People who opposed the expansion of slavery into western U.S. territories.
- A system of thought rejecting religious considerations in moral and social debates.
- A violent event where John Brown and his men killed proslavery settlers.
- An 1854 law allowing territories to decide on slavery via popular sovereignty.
20 Clues: Site of John Brown's raid to incite a slave rebellion. • A rejected proslavery constitution proposed in Kansas. • A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed slavery’s cruelties. • A preacher who supported antislavery settlers by providing weapons. • A package of laws balancing the interests of slave and free states. • ...
Ch 8 Vocabulary Practice 2026-02-06
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- review The power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional
- Laws that limited immigration and restricted criticism of the government
- 1794 battle where U.S. troops defeated Native American forces in the Northwest Territory
- Statements arguing states could judge federal laws’ constitutionality
- Court case that established judicial review
- Incident where French officials demanded bribes from U.S. diplomats
- The official ceremony where a president is sworn into office
- Political party favoring a strong national government
- French diplomat who tried to involve the U.S. in France’s war with Britain
- A tax on imported goods
- A group of advisors who lead executive departments and advise the president
- Founding Father, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, negotiator of the Jay Treaty
- A tax on certain goods produced or sold within the country (like whiskey)
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- A federal bank proposed by Hamilton to manage money and strengthen the economy
- Party favoring states’ rights and limited federal power
- Vice president under Jefferson; political rival of Hamilton
- Second president of the United States
- 1794 protest against the whiskey excise tax, put down by federal troops
- Washington’s 1793 declaration that the U.S. would stay neutral in foreign wars
- Judges appointed by John Adams just before leaving office
- British practice of forcing American sailors into the British navy
- 1795 treaty that eased tensions between the U.S. and Britain
- Chief Justice who strengthened the power of the Supreme Court
- The belief that states can invalidate unconstitutional federal laws
24 Clues: A tax on imported goods • Second president of the United States • Court case that established judicial review • Political party favoring a strong national government • Party favoring states’ rights and limited federal power • Judges appointed by John Adams just before leaving office • review The power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional • ...
Constitution Crossword Review 2022-10-18
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- The president that presided over the Constitutional Convention.
- Calls for two house legislature based on population (favored by large states).
- The 2nd house in congress that has equal representation.
- The policy that outlined westward expansion for future states.
- Extended voting rights beyond church members.
- The 1st house in congress that is based on population.
- A riot organized by farmers that proved the A.O.C. was too weak.
- The policy for counting slaves as a part of population for tax purposes.
- The author of the Great Compromise.
- The solution to how the states should be represented.
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- First legislative body in the colonies.
- The governing document created after the American Revolution; Had a weak central government.
- The governing document used in the United States today.
- The town where the Constitutional Convention was held.
- A social contract that established self-government.
- Calls for one house legislature and equal representation (favored by small states).
- Father of the U.S. Constitution.
17 Clues: Father of the U.S. Constitution. • The author of the Great Compromise. • First legislative body in the colonies. • Extended voting rights beyond church members. • A social contract that established self-government. • The solution to how the states should be represented. • The town where the Constitutional Convention was held. • ...
Federalism 2021-11-02
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- sovereignty-supreme power or authority.
- states rights- rights and power held by each individual state
- clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws
- government- government in presidential systems
- concurrent powers shared powers between the state and federal governments.
- “necessary and proper” clause (elastic clause)-provided an avenue for expansion into the realm of “implied powers”
- mandate- when a state or local government has to perform certain actions or offer certain programs but doesn't get any federal funds to make it happen.
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- powers-powers granted to the states
- powers-political Powers granted to the states
- block grants- federal funds earmarked for specific state or local programs
- clause-gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
- enumerated (expressed) powers-the remainder of powers going to the states.
- federalism-system of government where power is divided between the central government and a federal government.
- cooperative federalism-characterized by partnerships between the national government and governments at the state and local
- dual federalism-clear division of federal power
15 Clues: powers-powers granted to the states • sovereignty-supreme power or authority. • powers-political Powers granted to the states • government- government in presidential systems • dual federalism-clear division of federal power • states rights- rights and power held by each individual state • clause-the federal constitution takes precedence over state laws • ...
The Great Depression 2021-01-29
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- An american physician.
- An american author.
- Investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss.
- A shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.
- A government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957.
- A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
- The act of borrowing money to buy securities.
- Amendment Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol.
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- An American documentary photographer and photojournalist.
- Tariff A law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
- A collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price, with the intent of then returning the property to its previous owner.
- A 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve “ Dispute or Conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be”.
- A bank or other financial institution.
- An American Politician.
- A form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th- century Europe.
- A group of 43,000 demonstrators made up of 17,000 U.S World War I veterans.
16 Clues: An american author. • An american physician. • An American Politician. • A bank or other financial institution. • The act of borrowing money to buy securities. • An American documentary photographer and photojournalist. • A group of 43,000 demonstrators made up of 17,000 U.S World War I veterans. • ...
Causes civil war Dana and Emma 2013-11-08
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- was the 16th president and ended slavery he was elected in 1860
- Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom
- written by Harriet Beecher Stowe talking about the cruelties of slavery
- a territorial vote
- a nickname for Henry clay( a leader of a section of the country)
- ran for president and Illinois senator against Abe Lincoln he was for slavery
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- people went there to try to make them vote on their beliefs on slavery
- to get rid of or to not have
- Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were debating to see if slavery would extend in the other states
- states that want slavery in all of the states
- servants that worked but were free after 7years
- a paper that urged people to work for abolition
- a law that said slaveowners could get back slaves that escaped
- a document that Henry clay hoped would save the union
- they didn't want to extend slavery to other states and joined the government in 1854
15 Clues: a territorial vote • to get rid of or to not have • states that want slavery in all of the states • servants that worked but were free after 7years • a paper that urged people to work for abolition • Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom • a document that Henry clay hoped would save the union • a law that said slaveowners could get back slaves that escaped • ...
Road to the civil war 2025-10-21
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- William Lloyd Garrison was an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
- A person who tracked down and returned escaped slaves to their owner
- Famous abolitionist that was born in slavery
- Anti-slavery Book
- fighting between pro-slavery and anti slavery.
- Movement that ended slavery
- A series of 5 laws passed in September 185-
- The "free slaves balance" was a struggle for political parity in the U.S. Senate between free states and slave states
- Slang used during the civil war
- power that comes from the people
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- Conflict between America and Mexico
- says that states have the right to get rid of a law.
- Says that even if an african american is free they still are not a us citizen
- Famous abolitionist
- slaves are treated like personal property
- Admitted Missouri as a slave state
- law that created the territories Kansas and nebraska
- the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
- Law that required escaped slaves to be captured
19 Clues: Anti-slavery Book • Famous abolitionist • Movement that ended slavery • Slang used during the civil war • power that comes from the people • Admitted Missouri as a slave state • Conflict between America and Mexico • slaves are treated like personal property • A series of 5 laws passed in September 185- • Famous abolitionist that was born in slavery • ...
Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-23
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- - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
- - is full of these diverse buildings and art statues
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- - German or Russian is commonly spoken.
- - is one of the least religious capitals in the world.
- - makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings.
5 Clues: - German or Russian is commonly spoken. • - makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings. • - is full of these diverse buildings and art statues • - is one of the least religious capitals in the world. • - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-23
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- - is one of the least religious capitals in the world.
- - makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings.
- - German or Russian is commonly spoken.
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- - is full of these diverse buildings and art statues
- - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
5 Clues: - German or Russian is commonly spoken. • - makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings. • - is full of these diverse buildings and art statues • - is one of the least religious capitals in the world. • - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
U.S History Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-21
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- Group of religious separatists who founded Plymouth Colony
- A major expansion of the United States in 1803
- The distribution of power between federal government and the states with in the union
- Economic policy that aims to increase a country's exports and decrease its imports
- A change in the constitution
- The government has only the powers in the Constitution and given to it by the people
- 1st president of the United States
- King who struggled to maintain loyalty within his kingdom
- An economic system characterized by private ownership of production with paid wages
- Rights that are required to live a free and equitable life and cannot be taken away
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- "First constitution of the U.S"
- Big state plan
- Turning point of the war with a victory for the patriots
- The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- Farmers in western Pennsylvania rebelled against taxes on whiskey and grain
- To impose taxes
- Argued that state's rights should remain powerful
- Protest led by the Sons of Liberty where they dumped British Tea into Boston Harbor
- Colonists who favored separating from Britain and wanted their own independent nation
- The first permanent English settlement in North America
20 Clues: Big state plan • To impose taxes • A change in the constitution • "First constitution of the U.S" • 1st president of the United States • The first 10 amendments to the Constitution • A major expansion of the United States in 1803 • Argued that state's rights should remain powerful • The first permanent English settlement in North America • ...
Unit 5: Chapter 22 - Government 2024-12-02
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- Relates to defense spending and military power
- Manages foreign affairs
- Used to strike an enemy before it strikes the United States
- The one who makes decisions regarding foreign policy
- Staying out of national affairs
- Advises the President on foreign policy
- Used to make a foreign power act a certain way
- Involves formal communication and negotiation between countries
- Protects the United States
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- Restrict trade and are used to punish or pressure other countries
- A country's official principles, positions and procedures for dealing with powers outside its borders
- Influences the attitudes and beliefs of others (political tool)
- Affects the growth and health of the nation's economy
- Support democracy around the world
- Used to prevent a foreign power from taking an action the United States does not want to occur
- Actively trying to shape international events
- Focuses on imminent threats to our national interest or values
- Embodies the free trade between USA, Canada, and Mexico
- The basic U.S. position toward another country or region or to a particular policy
- Trying to prevent the spread of a particular political principle
- Economic assistance given to another country
21 Clues: Manages foreign affairs • Protects the United States • Staying out of national affairs • Support democracy around the world • Advises the President on foreign policy • Economic assistance given to another country • Actively trying to shape international events • Relates to defense spending and military power • Used to make a foreign power act a certain way • ...
Civil War Crossword 2022-02-27
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- Former U.S. senator
- Former Governor of Maine
- Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
- Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
- One of the best Confederate Generals
- This battle marked the turning point of the Civil War
- Watie, The only Native American to be fully promoted to the rank of General in the Civil War
- The first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy
- Former United States Secretary of War
- E. Lee American Confederate General
- The deadliest ground of the civil war
- Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1, 1863
- Had a famous nickname
- Run, The very first full-scale battle of the Civil War
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- 18th U.S. President
- Former Commanding General of the United States Army
- Former Governor of Rhode Island
- Farragut, A flag officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War
- The deadliest one-day battle in American military history
- Longstreet, Former United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire
- Ironclad warship built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War
- Sumter, Marked the official beginning of the Civil War
- The Union victory in the largest battle of this campaign
- Was in command of only two battles in the Civil War
- A United States Army officer who became a major general In the Confederate States Army
- Former Governor of New Jersey
- 16th U.S. President
- Plan A military strategy suggested by Union General Winfield Scott early in the Civil War
- Remembered for his defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee
- A strategic location on the Mississippi River made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy
30 Clues: 18th U.S. President • Former U.S. senator • 16th U.S. President • Had a famous nickname • Former Governor of Maine • Former Governor of New Jersey • Former Governor of Rhode Island • One of the best Confederate Generals • E. Lee American Confederate General • Former United States Secretary of War • The deadliest ground of the civil war • ...
Chapter 4; The Union In Peril 2013-11-11
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- the first African-American senator
- a town in southern Pennsylvania that the most decisive battle of the war was fought in
- a former senator that was elected as the president of the Mississippi
- McClellan ordered his men to pursue Lee, and the two sides fought near a creek
- northerners who moved to the South after the war
- a union nurse who went on to found the American Red Cross after the war
- a slave whose owner took him from the slave state of Missouri to free territory in Illinois and Wisconsin and back to Missouri
- a federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil war
- the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
- the first bloodshed on the battlefield occurred about three months after Fort Sumter just 25 miles from Washington D.C
- an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 freeing the slaves in all regions behind the Confederate lines
- the period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War, during which the defeated Confederates states were readmitted to the Union
- it was ratified at the end of 1865. It was about abolishing slavery
- white southerners who joined the Republican Party
- a tax on earnings
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- a secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in Southern states after the civil war
- vice president of Lincoln who became president after Lincoln’s assassination
- a town that General Ulysses S. Grant fought to take and it was one of the two remaining Confederate strongholds on the Mississippi River
- he was modest and willing to go beyond military beyond in his tactics
- a 26-year old actor and Southern sympathizer that leaped down from the presidential box to the stage and escaped
- he was a democratic candidate that had victory when the Whig vote in the South fell dramatically
- a brave and decisive military commander, he was the head of general
- town near Appomatox, Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865
- a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
- a famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in November 1863, at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the battle of Gettysburg
- was granted as a commander of the military division of the Mississippi
- it prevented states from denying right and privileges to any U.S. citizen, now defined as “all persons born or naturalized in U.S.”
- a system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states
- Lincoln’s reconstruction plan which were led by Senator Charles Sumner. The plan wanted to destroy the political power of former slave holder
- the drafting of citizens for military service
- 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth
- United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln
- a system in which landowners give farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crops they raised
- she published her novel that is called "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
- it states that no one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- the confederate states of America, a confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union
- a nickname given to Thomas T. Jackson by another General
- one of the most famous conductors that was born a slave in Maryland.
38 Clues: a tax on earnings • the first African-American senator • the drafting of citizens for military service • the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union • northerners who moved to the South after the war • white southerners who joined the Republican Party • a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue • ...
american west crossword 2022-11-01
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- a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems
- several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain
- a trail used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads
- originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army
- A historical event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first-come-first-served basis.
- the process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses
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- American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders
- created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle
- regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States
- an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks
- a series of forced displacements of approximately 60,000 American Indians of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850
- the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially
- a convoy or train of covered horse-drawn wagons, as used by pioneers or settlers in North America.
- a private security guard and detective agency established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency
- the given name of many cemeteries, chiefly in the Western United States. During the 19th and early 20th century it was a common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters'
15 Clues: regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States • a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems • American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders • originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army • ...
UNIT 4 2026-05-01
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- Laws passed by states and municipalities denying many rights of citizenship to free black people before the Civil War.
- The forced march in 1838 of the Cherokee Indians from their homelands in Georgia to the Indian Territory in the West.
- treaty signed in December 1814 between the US and Britian ended the war of 1812
- 1832 war in which federal troops and Illinois militia units defeated the Sauk and Fox Indians led by Black Hawk.
- people who aggressively pushed for a war against Britian after their election in 1810
- Reform movement originating in the 1820s that sought to eliminate the consumption of alcohol.
- constitutional doctrine holding that a state law null and void within its borders
- President Andrew Jackson's measure that allowed state officials to override federal protection of Native American.
- Slave revolt that failed when Gabriel Prosser, a slave preacher and blacksmith, organized a thousand slaves for an attack on Richmond, Virginia, in 1800.
- A network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.
- war fought between the US and Britian
- Sectional compromise in Congress in 1820 that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state and prohibited slavery in the northern Louisiana Purchase territory.
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- Declaration by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was to be closed off to further European colonization and that the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of European nations.
- The first antislavery political party, formed in 1840.
- Religious revival among black and white Southerners in the 1790s.
- act passed by Congress in 1807 prohibiting American ships from leaving for any foreign port
- Sectional crisis in the early 1830s in which a states' rights party in South Carolina attempted to nullify federal law.
- The followers of Mother Ann Lee, who preached a religion of strict celibacy and communal living.
- decision that created the precedent of judicial review by ruling as unconstitutional part of the Judiciary Act of 1789
- The outcome of three interrelated developments: rapid improvements in transportation, commercialization, and industrialization.
20 Clues: war fought between the US and Britian • The first antislavery political party, formed in 1840. • Religious revival among black and white Southerners in the 1790s. • treaty signed in December 1814 between the US and Britian ended the war of 1812 • constitutional doctrine holding that a state law null and void within its borders • ...
Civil war Crossword puzzle 2021-11-12
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- election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union
- as a free state
- Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States
- a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The Union wanted to try and choke off resupply to the South, and to prevent the shipment of arms,
- and material to the Southern States
- machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton
- - important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
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- - compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act - act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States
- document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863
- compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and
- Something regard the amount of power a state government has in relation to the amount of power held by the federal government in making decisions
- Georgia wanted something to expand and was distrustful of the abolitionist movement taking place in the North
12 Clues: as a free state • and material to the Southern States • compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and • Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States • machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton • ...
Texas History Vocab 2021-05-04
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- The Northern States during the Civil War.
- There are 4 regions in Texas.
- A time when people are making money and have jobs.
- Anna Mexican Dictator.
- Friends who support each other when there are wars.
- He made the first map of Texas.
- Tax on Imported Goods.
- Number one Cash Crop in the south during the 1800s.
- To leave a place.
- People moving from small towns to larger cities.
- People use their power by choosing representatives.
- Houston He was a President.
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- Rights Act Prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
- Right to vote.
- The Southern States that left the United States in 1861.
- Teach native Americans how to be Spanish citizens.
- Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.
- Power is divided between national and state government.
- First Battle of the Texas Revolution.
- A time when people are not making money and don’t have as many jobs.
20 Clues: Right to vote. • To leave a place. • Anna Mexican Dictator. • Tax on Imported Goods. • Houston He was a President. • There are 4 regions in Texas. • He made the first map of Texas. • First Battle of the Texas Revolution. • The Northern States during the Civil War. • People moving from small towns to larger cities. • Teach native Americans how to be Spanish citizens. • ...
Topic # 4 Extra Credit 2022-11-02
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- 85 papers supporting the constitution
- this treaty had an extreme outcome and was organized with Spain
- this plan supported the large states in the articles of confederation
- this plan supported the small states in the articles of confederation
- the first president of the United States
- Chief Justice
- an act set by John Adams overpowering freedom of speech.
- type of power that is saved for the state such as establishing speed limits
- the vice president to George Washington
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- secretary of treasury
- speaker of the house
- Secretary of State
- married a governor's daughter to become a US citizen
- CHAOS
- type of power that can be done by both state and national governments
- part of the constitution that can grant/give power
- an apology from the US to France that ended up declaring war
- the first ten amendments in the constitution
- people who oppose the constitution
- a tax on whiskey that caused farmers to strike and Washington to send people to end it
20 Clues: CHAOS • Chief Justice • Secretary of State • speaker of the house • secretary of treasury • people who oppose the constitution • 85 papers supporting the constitution • the vice president to George Washington • the first president of the United States • the first ten amendments in the constitution • part of the constitution that can grant/give power • ...
U.S History 2023-11-28
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- A deal that made all states equal in congress.
- Process that makes something valid by confirmation.
- 1st court case that declared something unconstitutional.
- A collection of 85 articles.
- A girl who helped in the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- An agreement to add states to the union.
- A rebellion in Western Massachusetts.
- Where the Battle of Baltimore took place.
- Bunch of land the U.S bought from France.
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- Papers that established the governments functions.
- A meeting to address the problems of the government.
- People who didn't want to change the US Constitution.
- Determines if something is constitutional.
- The national anthem of the United States.
- Convincing people with words to rebel against authority.
- Big fight that took place on January 8,1815.
- War for 3 years between the U.S and Great Britain.
- Forcing someone to serve in the military.
- The ten amendments of the U.S.
- Wars fought between the French and other nations.
20 Clues: A collection of 85 articles. • The ten amendments of the U.S. • A rebellion in Western Massachusetts. • An agreement to add states to the union. • The national anthem of the United States. • Forcing someone to serve in the military. • Where the Battle of Baltimore took place. • Bunch of land the U.S bought from France. • Determines if something is constitutional. • ...
