states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Connor Bean 2021-11-05

Connor Bean crossword puzzle
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  1. he ten percent plan, formally the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, was a United States presidential proclamation issued on December 8,
  2. Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at
  3. a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
  4. A literacy test assesses a person's literacy skills: their ability to read and write. Literacy tests have been administered by various governments to immigrants.
  5. The Radical Republicans were a faction of American politicians within the Republican Party of the United States from around 1854 until the end of
  6. sometimes called Black Laws, were laws governing the conduct of African Americans. In 1832, James Kent wrote that "in most of the United States, there is a distinction in respect to
  7. an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
  8. the era following the U.S. Civil War
  9. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states
  10. was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  11. he Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states.
  12. 18th president
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  1. a legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.
  2. a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.
  3. is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
  4. Republican policies proposed after the election of 1866, which granted greater opportunities to freedmen and sought to punish the South for its role in the Civil War
  5. was an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South.
  6. a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
  7. either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their
  8. a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
  9. a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.

21 Clues: 18th president • the era following the U.S. Civil War • a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office. • a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources. • an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses. • was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. • ...

Unit 4 Vocab 2023-03-21

Unit 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. a United States foreign policy established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 which that the U.S. would intervene in Latin American countries where European powers sought to collect debts or whose governments were thought to be unstable.
  2. authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
  3. one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s.
  4. an ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests.
  5. journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.
  6. a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
  7. a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
  8. a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. One of the most important treaties of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace of Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to the war.
  9. the understanding between Britain, France, and Russia that developed between 1894 and 1907 and counterbalanced the Triple Alliance of 1882.
  10. an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. The term has also been extended to objecting to working for the military–industrial complex due to a crisis of conscience.
  11. archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I
  12. an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government. A Chinese secret society known as the Boxers embarked on a violent campaign to drive all foreigners from China.
  13. a major statement of United States foreign policy issued in 1899 and 1900 intended to protect the rights of all countries to trade equally with China and confirming multi-national acknowledgment of China's administrative and territorial sovereignty
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  1. the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas, often through employing hard power, but also soft power.
  2. the U.S. foreign policy created by President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox in 1912 whichsought to bolster the struggling economies of Latin American and East Asian countries while also expanding U.S. commercial interests in those regions.
  3. the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt.
  4. a treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention.
  5. signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and overall state of conflict between the two countries.
  6. forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. This meant a loss of territories, reduction in military forces, and reparation payments to Allied powers.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. an agreement for the cessation of active hostilities between two or more belligerents.
  10. 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.
  11. based on the imperialist ideology of the use of military capabilities to influence political, economic, and social spheres.
  12. an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
  13. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
  14. a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. U.S. newspapers, engaging in yellow journalism to boost circulation, claimed that the Spanish were responsible for the ship's destruction.

27 Clues: a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. • an agreement for the cessation of active hostilities between two or more belligerents. • the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. • ...

Greece Pt 1 2024-10-04

Greece Pt 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. In Greece ____, slaves, and foreigners had no political rights.
  2. ____ was the Greek Goddess of love
  3. ____ was the twin sister of Apollo and the goddess of the hunt
  4. The states in evolution of Athenian government were Monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, ____
  5. ____ was a tyrant that made a hash code of law in Athens
  6. ____ was the kind of the Greek Gods
  7. Greek Mythology was based on a ____ religion
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  1. ____ was the twin brother of Artemis and the god of light
  2. Because of Greece's ____ terrain it both helped and hindered the development of city states
  3. ____ was the Greek goddess of marriage and was the wife of Zeus
  4. ____ was the goddess of Athens and is the goddess of wisdom
  5. Athens had a _____ democracy
  6. ____ was a tyrant that ended Debtors prison in Athens
  7. Athens Sparta and ______ are Greek city states
  8. In Greece _____ (free adult males) had political rights and the responsibility of civic participation in government
  9. Greece cites were located on the ____ and Peloponnesus peninsula, Europe, Asia Minor

16 Clues: Athens had a _____ democracy • ____ was the Greek Goddess of love • ____ was the kind of the Greek Gods • Greek Mythology was based on a ____ religion • Athens Sparta and ______ are Greek city states • ____ was a tyrant that ended Debtors prison in Athens • ____ was a tyrant that made a hash code of law in Athens • ...

PUZZLE #3 2023-06-06

PUZZLE #3 crossword puzzle
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  1. City - A resort city in New Jersey known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beachfront.
  2. Mountains - A major mountain range in the western United States, stretching across several states.
  3. - A major river in the United States, flowing through several states and into the Gulf of Mexico.
  4. - The historic document that declared the United States as an independent nation.
  5. Valley - A renowned wine-growing region in California, known for its vineyards and wineries.
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  1. - A group of museums and research centers in Washington, D.C., known for their extensive collections.
  2. House - The official residence and workplace of the President of the United States in Washington, D.C.
  3. Square - A major commercial intersection in New York City, famous for its bright lights and billboards.
  4. - A city in Washington known for its coffee culture, music scene, and proximity to natural beauty.
  5. Orleans - A vibrant city in Louisiana known for its lively music, unique cuisine, and Mardi Gras celebrations.

10 Clues: - The historic document that declared the United States as an independent nation. • City - A resort city in New Jersey known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beachfront. • Valley - A renowned wine-growing region in California, known for its vineyards and wineries. • ...

States of Matter & Gases 2023-03-03

States of Matter & Gases crossword puzzle
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  1. solid to liquid
  2. a graphical representation of the physical states of a substance under different conditions of temperature and pressure
  3. one of the four fundamental states of matter consisting of particles that have a definite volume and shape
  4. pressure-temperature relationship
  5. millimeters of mercury
  6. right before a substance changes state, it is said to be in ____
  7. a theory that states that all matter is composed of particles in motion and that the rate of motion varies directly with the temperature
  8. if the volume of a system increases, what happens to the temperature
  9. how much space something takes up
  10. volume-temperature relationship
  11. kPa
  12. gas to liquid
  13. solid to gas
  14. The conversion of matter from one state to another
  15. one of the four fundamental states of matter consisting of particles that have a defined volume, but no definite shape
  16. amount of a substance
  17. gas to solid
  18. type of relationship describing Boyle's Law
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  1. pressure-volume-temperature relationship
  2. if the pressure of a system increases, what happens to the volume
  3. the temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid, and vapor phases of a pure substance can coexist in equilibrium.
  4. one of the four fundamental states of matter consisting of particles that have neither a defined volume nor shape
  5. describes a gas that follows all of the gas laws under every possible condition
  6. amount of force exerted per area
  7. the proportionality constant in the ideal gas equation
  8. type of relationship describing Charles' Law
  9. liquid to gas
  10. the average kinetic energy of all the atoms or molecules of that substance
  11. liquid to solid
  12. to come together with solid or direct impact
  13. atm
  14. pressure-volume relationship
  15. the point on a phase diagram where a liquid can no longer exist

33 Clues: atm • kPa • solid to gas • gas to solid • liquid to gas • gas to liquid • solid to liquid • liquid to solid • amount of a substance • millimeters of mercury • pressure-volume relationship • volume-temperature relationship • amount of force exerted per area • pressure-temperature relationship • how much space something takes up • pressure-volume-temperature relationship • ...

National Symbols/Holidays and Pennsylvania's Symbols 2023-03-31

National Symbols/Holidays and Pennsylvania's Symbols crossword puzzle
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  1. Finish Pennsylvania’s state motto: Virtue, _____, Independence
  2. The state insect of Pennsylvania is a ______.
  3. What shape are the flowers that grow on Pennsylvania’s state flower, the mountain laurel?
  4. The state amphibian of Pennsylvania is what kind of amphibian?
  5. What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
  6. Day What national holiday is in honor of the man who discovered America?
  7. Red White and Blue are the national colors of what country?
  8. How many stripes are on the flag of the United States?
  9. Day This national holiday is celebrated on the first Monday of September.
  10. Which national holiday is on December 25th?
  11. Which national holiday is celebrated on the last Monday of May?
  12. On Pennsylvania’s flag, the olive branch depicted on the flag is a symbol of _____.
  13. The state fish of Pennsylvania is a _____ ______.
  14. This type of bird is the national bird of the United States.
  15. Pennsylvania is the birthplace of this popular toy.
  16. 4th What day of the year is Independence Day?
  17. What does the Statue of Liberty represent?
  18. What is the national animal of the United States?
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  1. This type of animal is the state animal of Pennsylvania, and it is a popular game animal in PA.
  2. This dog breed is the official state dog of Pennsylvania.
  3. This national holiday celebrates the beginning of the year.
  4. This national holiday is celebrated on November 11th and honors people who have served in the military.
  5. The Ruffed Grouse is the state ____ of Pennsylvania.
  6. This flower is the national flower of the United States.
  7. This fossil is the state fossil of Pennsylvania.
  8. How many horses are on Pennsylvania’s flag?
  9. The Eastern Hemlock is the _____ ____ of Pennsylvania.
  10. How many stars are on the flag of the United States?
  11. What animal do you think of when you think of Thanksgiving?
  12. What holiday is celebrated on October 31st and is an opportunity for everyone to dress up and get candy?

30 Clues: What is the capital of Pennsylvania? • What does the Statue of Liberty represent? • How many horses are on Pennsylvania’s flag? • Which national holiday is on December 25th? • The state insect of Pennsylvania is a ______. • 4th What day of the year is Independence Day? • This fossil is the state fossil of Pennsylvania. • ...

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 2019-04-07

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns crossword puzzle
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  1. Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
  2. A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs
  3. Government-owned housing rented to low-income individual, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income
  4. Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
  5. A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road
  6. A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
  7. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
  8. The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
  9. In the United States, any MSA or μSA
  10. A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States
  11. A process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property within the lines
  12. (CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns
  13. Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area
  14. The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
  15. (city) An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality
  16. A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area
  17. In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,00 inhabitants
  18. Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
  19. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  20. (CCS) The process of capturing waste CO2, transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere, normally underground
  21. A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
  22. A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
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  1. (PSA) In the United States, any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA, or any μSA not included in a CSA
  2. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
  3. A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city
  4. (CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
  5. (MSA) In the United States, an urbanized area of at least 50,000 population, the county within which the city is located, and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city
  6. A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics
  7. In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
  8. An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures
  9. An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urban areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods
  10. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district

32 Clues: In the United States, any MSA or μSA • A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs • Legally adding land area to a city in the United States • A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States • In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants • The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery • ...

Civil War 2022-02-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A city in Georgia which was a major strategic city for the Confederacy
  2. 18th U.S. President; Union General
  3. "the first modern general" Known for command of military strategy
  4. A fort most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War
  5. Battle of Pittsburg Landing; Fought in Western Tennessee
  6. A military strategy that proposed for a naval blockade of the Confederate states
  7. Nicknamed "Little mac" and "Young Napoleon"
  8. First major battle of Civil War
  9. Famous for participation in the Battle of gettysburg; _______'s charge is named after him
  10. Where Robert Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant
  11. Killed by his own Confederate brethren
  12. Friends with Ulysses S. Grant, his cavarly pursued Robert Lee
  13. A steam frigate
  14. A defensive mastermind
  15. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral in the United States Navy.
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  1. Known for his peculiar style of dress
  2. Most famous battle; town in Pennslyvania
  3. Brigadier General at Little Round Top who received Medal of Honor
  4. A Cherokee chief who signed the treaty forcing the removal of Cherokees from Georgia
  5. An executive order issued by the President that states, all slaves in rebellious states shall be free
  6. Union General, "the Rock of Chickamauga"
  7. A general for the Union known for his defeat at Chancellorsville by Robert Lee
  8. Ironclad Warship for the Union Navy
  9. Emancipation Proclamation; 16th President
  10. Battle of Sharpsburg
  11. City in Western Mississpi, "the siege of __________
  12. First and only President of Confederate States
  13. Overall commander of the Confederates; Most well-known general
  14. A Union General who led an expeditionary force in North Carolina
  15. Only sitting U.S. senator to be killed during a military engagement
  16. "Camp Sumter"

31 Clues: "Camp Sumter" • A steam frigate • Battle of Sharpsburg • A defensive mastermind • First major battle of Civil War • 18th U.S. President; Union General • Ironclad Warship for the Union Navy • Known for his peculiar style of dress • Killed by his own Confederate brethren • Most famous battle; town in Pennslyvania • Union General, "the Rock of Chickamauga" • ...

Ronald Oldenburg Sec #3 X-Word 2024-03-21

Ronald Oldenburg Sec #3 X-Word crossword puzzle
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  1. In the case of _________ vs Ogden, the Supreme Court upheld the power of federal government to regulate trade between states.
  2. Henry Clay's program, known as the, "American System" called for high _________.
  3. When Monroe decided to act independently of Britian, he sent a message to Congress in 1823, this statement is known as the Monroe ________.
  4. The word ______ is to describe people born from Spanish parents.
  5. John _______ of The South, was a sectional leader, who supported slavery.
  6. Both Daniel Webster and Henry Clay opposed the war of _________, but John Calhoun supported the war.
  7. In the case of McCulloch vs ________, the court ruled that the states cant interfere with federal power.
  8. _________ __________ is trade between different states.
  9. Spain sold Florida to the United States for $___________.
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  1. Henry Clay was born in Virginia but when he was 20 years old he moved to _______.
  2. Unlike Webster and Clay, Calhoun supported _______.
  3. ____________ is loyalty to one's state or section rather than to the nation as a whole.
  4. John Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay were known as, "The Three _______ Leaders."
  5. John Calhoun's striking features earned him the nickname "__________."
  6. Daniel ______ wanted the federal government to take a bigger role in the economy.
  7. The _____-_____ Treaty took effect in 1821.
  8. The Black Seminoles made one settlement on the Apalachicola River called _____ _____, the fort got shot down by American Forces.
  9. _________ became the president of the independent Republic of Great Colombia.
  10. Around 1810, many people living in Spain's American colonies were eager for ___________.
  11. In the 1800s the United States was having compition from foreign countrys, ______ put up the most compition.
  12. Each Sectional leader represented a different section of the ________.
  13. Daniel Webster thought slavery was ____.

22 Clues: Daniel Webster thought slavery was ____. • The _____-_____ Treaty took effect in 1821. • Unlike Webster and Clay, Calhoun supported _______. • _________ __________ is trade between different states. • Spain sold Florida to the United States for $___________. • The word ______ is to describe people born from Spanish parents. • ...

History Study guide 2023-12-18

History Study guide crossword puzzle
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  1. primarily came to united states in the years 1820-1890 and were from northwestern europe
  2. a minority group’s adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture
  3. the process of making an area more urban (the growth of cities)
  4. a law enacted in 1882 that prohibited all chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourist, and government officials from entering the united states
  5. a manufacturing process that allows for finished and almost finished parts to be installed in sequence to automate and reduce the time needed to assemble a finished good
  6. widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the midwest of the united states in june-july 1894
  7. an island in the san francisco bay that was an entry point for many asian immigrants to the united states beginning in 1910
  8. certain urban spaces where cultural traits of a distinct ethnic minority culture are evident
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  1. a condition in which minority groups participate fully in the dominant society, yet maintain their cultural differences
  2. also called the immigration act of 1924 was a discriminatory and ethnocentric policy that reduced overall immigration of the united states and established quotas on immigration from western and southern european countries as well as asian countries and russia
  3. describes the reason that individuals might emigrate from their homes including poverty, lack of social mobility, violence, or presecution
  4. agriculture using modern powered equipment instead of animals or human labor
  5. an association of workers formed to negotiate collectively with an employer to protect and further workers rights and interests
  6. an island in new york harbor that was the chief immigrant
  7. primarily from southeastern europe and asia and made up a large part of the american immigrant population from 1890-1920
  8. leave alone no taxes, regulation,or tariffs
  9. describe the reason that an individual might settle in a particular country
  10. americanization in which immigrants adopt american culture and abandon culture from their home country

18 Clues: leave alone no taxes, regulation,or tariffs • an island in new york harbor that was the chief immigrant • the process of making an area more urban (the growth of cities) • describe the reason that an individual might settle in a particular country • agriculture using modern powered equipment instead of animals or human labor • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2021-12-07

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
  2. the action of southern states to leave the Union
  3. the belief that a states' interests should take priority over the interests of the government
  4. a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
  5. legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
  6. proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
  7. federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
  8. a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
  9. battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
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  1. established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
  2. the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
  3. most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
  4. battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
  5. Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
  6. Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union

15 Clues: the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...

The Amendments 2016-04-28

The Amendments crossword puzzle
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  1. _________ shall assemble at least once a year.
  2. The president doesn't have any time left to pass a bill or law. (two words)
  3. The 25th Amendment allows the _________ to step aside temporarily in cases of illnesses or injuries.
  4. To do this is to make a legal cancelation.
  5. The 25th Amendments states what to do in case there are _________ in the office of president.
  6. You must have a warrant to _____ somebody's house.
  7. The 6th Amendment states that the accused shall have the right to a speedy and public _____.
  8. The 14th Amendment states _______ rights.
  9. The ________ added on to the Constitution.
  10. The 13th Amendment prohibits this.
  11. You have to go through the court system. (two words)
  12. In 1919 it was illegal to have any type of this.
  13. Congress meets on the third day of this month.
  14. The first ten Amendments (three words)
  15. The 3rd Amendment is about ______ of soldiers at peacetime.
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  1. The 26th Amendment gave 18 year olds the right to ____.
  2. The 8th Amendment states that there should be no excessive _____ or cruel punishment.
  3. In the 25th Amendment __________ were barred, and everyone was granted the right to vote no matter what. (two words)
  4. The Senate shall be composed of two of these from each state.
  5. Congress has the power to lay and collect these.
  6. The 27th Amendment gives Congress this. (two words)
  7. The states have the power to make laws about marriage, divorce, and __________.
  8. The 5th Amendment says that no person should be held to answer for an infamous crime unless on a presentment of a ___________. (two words)
  9. The 19th Amendment gave __________ the right to vote.
  10. The 2nd Amendment gives you the right to keep and bear ____.
  11. The 4th Amendment is about ______ from search of houses, papers, and effects unless the person searching has a warrant.
  12. The 20th Amendment eliminated 4 months delay between election and __________ of president.
  13. The 18th Amendment was the _________ of alcoholic beverages.
  14. The ________ tradition was set by Washington, Madison, Jefferson, and Monroe, but it was not a law. (two words)
  15. The 5th Amendment is protection of the ________.

30 Clues: The 13th Amendment prohibits this. • The first ten Amendments (three words) • The 14th Amendment states _______ rights. • To do this is to make a legal cancelation. • The ________ added on to the Constitution. • _________ shall assemble at least once a year. • Congress meets on the third day of this month. • Congress has the power to lay and collect these. • ...

Unit 1 2018-09-10

Unit 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. / This court case upheld racial segregation in the united states and allowed the policy of "Separate but equal"
  2. / These immigrants were in the U.S. prior to 1880, were Christian, and called themselves Natives
  3. / This was the period from 1865 to 1877 that Southern United States was rebuilt following the destruction of its economy, political scene, and social order due to the Civil War
  4. / This was a type of tax created to keep free blacks from voting
  5. / This was desperately used by Native Americans to attempt to get rid of white people from North America
  6. / This amendment ended slavery in the United States
  7. / This man's election as President of the U.S. led to the end of Reconstruction
  8. / This railroad was supposed to connect the East and Western United States
  9. / This was where Native American children were sent to learn to be like white people they were often mistreated and had their hair cut
  10. / This was the process of changing your culture by being absorbed into another culture
  11. / Immigrants from Europe landed at __________ Island
  12. / The fifteenth amendment did not give _______ the right to vote
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  1. / Immigrants from Asia landed at ____________ Island
  2. / This is a reason why someone would leave there country (War,Famine,Persecution)
  3. / This is a reason why someone would go to a specific country (Good economy, land available, jobs, Freedom)
  4. / This man wanted black people to demand racial equality immediately
  5. / This was the last battle of the Indian wars
  6. / This amendment gave all free male citizens the right to vote
  7. / This man called for a gradual transition to racial equality and wanted a bootstrap method of advancement
  8. / This was the U.S. Government's plan to take away tribal land and give each Native American 160 acres to work and live on
  9. / When New Immigrants arrived in the United States they usually lived in
  10. / These laws were created to take away rights from Black Americans
  11. / These immigrants were usually from Eastern Europe, poorly skilled, Catholic or Jewish

23 Clues: / This was the last battle of the Indian wars • / This amendment ended slavery in the United States • / Immigrants from Asia landed at ____________ Island • / Immigrants from Europe landed at __________ Island • / This amendment gave all free male citizens the right to vote • / This was a type of tax created to keep free blacks from voting • ...

Chapter 3 vocab 2022-01-07

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

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

Chapter 10 Test 2026-01-24

Chapter 10 Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A road built by the federal government that connected the east with Ohio
  2. Identical machine parts that cold be quickly put together to make a complete product
  3. Shares of ownership in a company
  4. An artificial waterway connecting Albany, New York on the Hudson River with Buffalo, New York on Lake Erie
  5. The removal of weapons
  6. An economic system in which people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want
  7. While the United States would not interfere with any existing European colonies in the Americas, it would oppose any new European colonies
  8. Scientific discoveries that simplify work
  9. The official count of a population
  10. The change from an agrarian society to one based on industry which began in Great Britain and spread to the United States around 1800
  11. An economic system in which individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit; the economic system in the United States
  12. A method brining manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency
  13. Money
  14. for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  15. Federal, state, and privately funded projects, such as canals and roads, to develop the nation’s transportation system
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  1. Established that states could not enact legislation that would interfere with Congressional power over interstate commerce
  2. Toll roads
  3. Maryland had no right to tax the Second National Bank because it was a federal institution
  4. A simple machine that quickly and efficiently removes seeds from cotton fiber
  5. The idea that states have autonomous power
  6. Separate compartments where water levels were raised or lowered
  7. An artificial waterway
  8. A protective tariff, a program of internal improvements, and a national bank
  9. Tried by a military court
  10. Large businesses
  11. Gives an inventor the sole legal right to the invention and its profits for a certain period of time
  12. A border without armed forces
  13. A steamboat built by Robert Fulton
  14. The loyalty of a person to his or her region

29 Clues: Money • Toll roads • Large businesses • An artificial waterway • The removal of weapons • Tried by a military court • A border without armed forces • Shares of ownership in a company • A steamboat built by Robert Fulton • The official count of a population • Scientific discoveries that simplify work • The idea that states have autonomous power • ...

Crossword Puzzle in Context | 11 Famous Battles That Changed the World 2023-04-17

Crossword Puzzle in Context | 11 Famous Battles That Changed the World crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Referring to the United States during the American Civil War, where it represented the northern states.
  2. An alliance of different groups or countries working together towards a common goal.
  3. Referring to the ancient Carthaginian Empire, which was based in North Africa and dominated much of the western Mediterranean.
  4. Referring to the Axis Powers, a group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.
  5. Referring to the Confederate States of America, which was formed by southern states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War.
  6. People from the ancient Persian Empire, which was located in modern-day Iran.
  7. Referring to the Kingdom of Prussia, a former kingdom located in modern-day Germany.
  8. A region in northern France where the Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944.
  9. A plain in Greece where the Battle of Marathon was fought in 490 BC.
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  1. An act of entering a country or territory by force with the intent of taking it over.
  2. Soldiers who fight on foot.
  3. Infantry soldiers in ancient Greece who fought in a phalanx formation.
  4. A small atoll in the Pacific Ocean where the Battle of Midway was fought in 1942.
  5. Referring to the Soviet Union, a former communist state that existed from 1922 to 1991.
  6. A town in Belgium where the Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815.
  7. A city-state in ancient Greece known for its military prowess.
  8. A former kingdom located in modern-day Germany.
  9. Soldiers who fight using bows and arrows.
  10. Referring to the ancient Macedonian Empire, which was established by Alexander the Great.
  11. Soldiers who fight on horseback.

20 Clues: Soldiers who fight on foot. • Soldiers who fight on horseback. • Soldiers who fight using bows and arrows. • A former kingdom located in modern-day Germany. • A city-state in ancient Greece known for its military prowess. • A town in Belgium where the Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815. • A plain in Greece where the Battle of Marathon was fought in 490 BC. • ...

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 2019-04-07

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics
  2. Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
  3. In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,00 inhabitants
  4. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
  5. A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States
  6. The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
  7. Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
  8. A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road
  9. A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area
  10. A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city
  11. (MSA) In the United States, an urbanized area of at least 50,000 population, the county within which the city is located, and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city
  12. Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
  13. (CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns
  14. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  15. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
  16. Government-owned housing rented to low-income individual, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income
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  1. A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
  2. A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs
  3. (CCS) The process of capturing waste CO2, transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere, normally underground
  4. In the United States, any MSA or μSA
  5. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district
  6. The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
  7. Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area
  8. A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
  9. (city) An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality
  10. A process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property within the lines
  11. An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urban areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods
  12. (CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
  13. In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
  14. (PSA) In the United States, any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA, or any μSA not included in a CSA
  15. A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
  16. An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures

32 Clues: In the United States, any MSA or μSA • A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs • Legally adding land area to a city in the United States • A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States • In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants • The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery • ...

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 2019-04-07

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
  2. A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
  3. A process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property within the lines
  4. A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area
  5. The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
  6. Government-owned housing rented to low-income individual, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income
  7. (CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
  8. (PSA) In the United States, any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA, or any μSA not included in a CSA
  9. A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city
  10. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district
  11. (MSA) In the United States, an urbanized area of at least 50,000 population, the county within which the city is located, and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city
  12. In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
  13. A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
  14. A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics
  15. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
  16. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  17. In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,00 inhabitants
  18. A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road
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  1. (CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns
  2. In the United States, any MSA or μSA
  3. A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States
  4. (CCS) The process of capturing waste CO2, transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere, normally underground
  5. A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs
  6. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
  7. An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urban areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods
  8. The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
  9. An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures
  10. (city) An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality
  11. Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area
  12. Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
  13. Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
  14. A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family owner occupancy to abandonment

32 Clues: In the United States, any MSA or μSA • A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs • Legally adding land area to a city in the United States • A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States • In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants • The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery • ...

Chapter 2 and 3 Keywords 2013-10-21

Chapter 2 and 3 Keywords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics.
  2. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
  3. form of democracy in which power is vested in representatives
  4. a statement of the rights of a class of people, in particular.
  5. the power of a president, governor, or other elected executive to reject individual provisions of a bill.
  6. an alliance for combined action
  7. meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the articles of confederation
  8. power of the legislature, judicial, and executive branches to block some acts of the other two
  9. rebellion in 1787 led by Daniel shays and others to prevent foreclosures of farms
  10. an incorporated municipality, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen
  11. the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
  12. districts a geographical unit for the local administration of schools.
  13. is the capacity of the states to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory for the betterment of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of their inhabitants
  14. a series of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
  15. a city, town, village, or borough that has governmental powers
  16. the federal principle or system of government.
  17. Dual federalism is a belief that the United States is divided into two spheres. It is believed that power is split between the federal government and each constituent state.
  18. supreme power or authority.
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  1. a political and administrative division of a state, providing certain local governmental services.
  2. a constitution drafted by the newly independent states in 1777. Also created a weak national government that could not levy taxes or regulate commerce.
  3. A political system in which local units of government have a specially protected existence and can make final decisions over some governmental activities
  4. a minor change in a document.
  5. based on nature and providence rather than on the preferences of people
  6. review power of courts to declare acts of the legislature and the executive to be unconstitutional
  7. grants, issued by the United States Congress, which may be spent only for narrowly-defined purposes.
  8. The specific powers and duties of the U.S. Congress are enumerated in several places in the Constitution
  9. The unitary system gives the main powers to the central government. State, provincial, and local governments are all created by the central goverment
  10. people who supported Anti-Federalism which refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government
  11. a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
  12. a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
  13. A legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without a trial
  14. an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
  15. the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level,
  16. a grant from a central government that a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services.
  17. an advocate or supporter of federalism.
  18. a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law
  19. compromise at the constitutional convention in 1787 that reconciled the interests of small and large states
  20. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.

38 Clues: supreme power or authority. • a minor change in a document. • an alliance for combined action • an advocate or supporter of federalism. • the federal principle or system of government. • the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, • a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge • a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority. • ...

U.S. Constitution 2024-02-12

U.S. Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world. The oldest written national constitution in use, it defines the principal organs of government and their jurisdictions and the basic rights of citizens.
  2. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: Alexander Hamilton, John Lansing, Jr., Robert Yates
  3. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Congress proposed the first amendments to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789.
  4. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: Elbridge Gerry, Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King, Caleb Strong
  5. describes the ratification process for the Constitution. It called for special state ratifying conventions. Nine states were required to enact the Constitution. Rhode Island became the 13th state to ratify the Constitution in 1790.
  6. provides that citizens not be subject to criminal prosecution and punishment without due process. Citizens may not be tried on the same set of facts twice and are protected from self-incrimination (the right to remain silent).
  7. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: David Brearly, Jonathan Dayton, William C. Houston, William Livingston, William Paterson
  8. assigns all powers not delegated to the United States, or prohibited to the States, to either the States or to the people.
  9. consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies. This branch is responsible for enforcing the laws of the land.
  10. outlines states’ powers in relationship to each other. States have the authority to create and enforce their own laws but must respect and help enforce the laws of other states.
  11. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, Benjamin Franklin, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Mifflin, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Morris, James Wilson
  12. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: Daniel Carroll, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Luther Martin, James McHenry, John F. Mercer
  13. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: John Blair, James Madison Jr., George Mason, James McClurg, Edmund J. Randolph, George Washington, George Wythe
  14. explains the amendment process, which is different and more difficult than the process for making laws.
  15. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: Richard Bassett, Gunning Bedford, Jr., Jacob Broom, John Dickinson, George Read
  16. assures the right to a speedy trial by a jury of one’s peers, to be informed of the crimes with which one is charged, and to confront the witnesses brought forward by the government.
  17. prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
  18. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: Abraham Baldwin, William Few, William Houston, William L. Pierce
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  1. protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. The government may not conduct any searches without a warrant, and such warrants must be issued by a judge and based on probable cause.
  2. made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress which makes the laws.
  3. provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
  4. gives citizens the right to bear arms.
  5. states that the list of rights enumerated in the Constitution is not exhaustive, and that the people retain all rights not enumerated.
  6. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: Nicholas Gilman, John Langdon
  7. states that Federal law is supreme, or higher than, state and local laws. This means that if a state law conflicts with a Federal law, Federal law takes precedence.
  8. establishes the Judicial Branch with the U.S. Supreme Court as the federal court system’s highest court. It specifies that Federal judges be appointed for life unless they commit a serious crime.
  9. consists of the U.S. Supreme Court and which interprets the laws.Connecticut
  10. prohibits the government from quartering troops in private homes, a major grievance during the American Revolution.
  11. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: William. Blount William R. Davie, Alexander Martin, Richard. Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson
  12. provides that civil cases preserve the right to trial by jury.
  13. details the Executive Branch and the offices of the President and Vice President. It lays down rules for electing the President (through the Electoral College), eligibility (must be a natural-born citizen at least 35 years old), and term length. The 12th and 25th Amendments modified some of these rules.
  14. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: Pierce Butler, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Rutledge
  15. assigns the responsibility for making laws to the Legislative Branch (Congress). Congress is divided into two parts, or “Houses,” the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  16. Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: Oliver Ellsworth, William. Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman

34 Clues: gives citizens the right to bear arms. • provides that civil cases preserve the right to trial by jury. • consists of the U.S. Supreme Court and which interprets the laws.Connecticut • prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments. • Founding fathers of U.S. Constitution for this state: Nicholas Gilman, John Langdon • ...

Gases 2021-05-18

Gases crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the scientist summarized the results of his experiments by stating that at constant temperature and pressure the volume of gaseous reactants and products can be expressed as ratios of small whole numbers
  2. a device used to measure atmospheric pressure
  3. pressure of each gas in a mixture
  4. states that equal volume of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules
  5. the lowest possible achievable temperature is assigned the value of zero on the kelvin temperature scale
  6. states that the rates of effusion of gases at the same temperature and pressure are inversely proportional to the square roots of their molar masses
  7. expresses the relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature of a fixed amount of gas
  8. states that the total pressure of a gas mixture is the sum of the partial pressures of the component gases
  9. in the equation representing the ideal gas law the constant R
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  1. defined as being exactly equivalent to 760 mm Hg
  2. is defined as the force per unit area on a surface
  3. it had been found to be 22.414 10 L
  4. states that the volume of a fixed mass of gas varies inversely with the pressure at constant temperature
  5. common unit of pressure symbolized mm Hg
  6. is the mathematical relationship among pressure, volume, temperature, and the number of moles of a gas
  7. states that the volume of a fixed mass of gas at constant pressure varies directly with the temperature in kelvins
  8. is the force that will increase the speed of a one kilogram mass by one meter per second each second that the force is applied.
  9. defined as the pressure exerted by a force of one newton acting on an area of one square meter
  10. the pressure of a fix mass of gas at constant volume varies directly with the temperature in kelvins

19 Clues: pressure of each gas in a mixture • it had been found to be 22.414 10 L • common unit of pressure symbolized mm Hg • a device used to measure atmospheric pressure • defined as being exactly equivalent to 760 mm Hg • is defined as the force per unit area on a surface • in the equation representing the ideal gas law the constant R • ...

civil war 2021-10-29

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. action of preventing law enforcement
  2. battle fought between confederacy and union which became a confederacy victory
  3. action of leaving in which the south did leaving the united states
  4. southern part of the united states that seceded from the united states and became a new country
  5. place in georgia which william t. sherman said was to beautiful to burn down and gifted it to the president.
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  1. to set free
  2. act or means of sealing off. north did this to the south to stop trade with Europe
  3. georgias 5th capitol that william t. sherman burned down in his campain
  4. people against slaves
  5. northern part when the south seceded from the united states
  6. georgias only crop that did well
  7. a prison camp for union soldiers which was crowded and unsanitary
  8. transport system used to transport goods from one place to another

13 Clues: to set free • people against slaves • georgias only crop that did well • action of preventing law enforcement • northern part when the south seceded from the united states • a prison camp for union soldiers which was crowded and unsanitary • action of leaving in which the south did leaving the united states • ...

Federalism 2023-11-10

Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of government where the central government has all the power
  2. The country that ruled the colonies before the Revolutionary War
  3. A word that describes the relationship of the states in the US
  4. Division of power between a central government and state governments
  5. Name for powers shared by the states and federal government
  6. When the US was born, each state already had one of these ___________.
  7. Type of government where states and central government share power
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  1. The federal government gets all of it's power from the ______.
  2. The necessary and proper clause is also known as the ______ clause.
  3. Powers that are actually stated in the Constitution
  4. Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws
  5. Type of government where the central government gets its powers from the states
  6. Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution

13 Clues: Powers that are actually stated in the Constitution • Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution • Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws • Name for powers shared by the states and federal government • The federal government gets all of it's power from the ______. • A word that describes the relationship of the states in the US • ...

The Federal in Federalism 2023-02-23

The Federal in Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of government where the central government gets its power from the states
  2. Type of government where states and a central government share power.
  3. The federal government gets all of its power from this.
  4. Type of government where the central government has all the power.
  5. When America was born, each state already had one of these.
  6. Powers that are actually stated in the Constitution.
  7. Division of power between a central government and state governments
  8. The country that ruled the American colonies before the Revolutionary War.
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  1. Special name for powers that both the states and federal government share.
  2. The necessary and proper clause is also known as the _______ clause.
  3. Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution.
  4. A word that describes the relationship of the states in America
  5. Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws.

13 Clues: Powers that are actually stated in the Constitution. • The federal government gets all of its power from this. • Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution. • Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws. • When America was born, each state already had one of these. • A word that describes the relationship of the states in America • ...

American Government 2019-08-28

American Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a government structure that authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches, thereby holding scrutiny of and control over the other branches
  2. government structure in which authority is divided among branches with each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility
  3. governmental decisions are shared by the states and central
  4. federal laws are supreme to or trump state laws
  5. a branch of the federal government that interprets the law
  6. an individual who distrust the government
  7. an amendment that prohibits slavery
  8. everybody is held to the same standards
  9. legal decisions from one state are to be honored in other states
  10. system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
  11. central government holds most power
  12. rule by the people
  13. head of Republican Party
  14. prohibits states from discriminating against non-state residents
  15. a body of people that represent the state, and they vote for the President and Vice President
  16. powers that are not specifically described in the Constitution
  17. first ten amendments to the Constitution
  18. supported ratification of the new Constitution
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  1. implied powers to Congress
  2. known as the "Tyranny of the Majority"
  3. a branch of the federal government that executes the law
  4. opposed ratification of new Constitution
  5. small, limited government
  6. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by the law-making body
  7. head of Democratic Party
  8. first draft of the Constitution
  9. powers that are specifically described in the Constitution
  10. an amendment that reserve powers to states
  11. state and local governments hold most power
  12. a branch of the federal government that makes the law
  13. strong, central government

31 Clues: rule by the people • head of Democratic Party • head of Republican Party • small, limited government • implied powers to Congress • strong, central government • first draft of the Constitution • an amendment that prohibits slavery • central government holds most power • known as the "Tyranny of the Majority" • everybody is held to the same standards • ...

American Government 2019-08-28

American Government crossword puzzle
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  1. everybody is held to the same standards
  2. an individual who distrust the government
  3. legal decisions from one state are to be honored in other states
  4. powers that are specifically described in the Constitution
  5. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by the law-making body
  6. first ten amendments to the Constitution
  7. federal laws are supreme to or trump state laws
  8. an amendment that prohibits slavery
  9. head of Republican Party
  10. prohibits states from discriminating against non-state residents
  11. small, limited government
  12. known as the "Tyranny of the Majority"
  13. opposed ratification of new Constitution
  14. supported ratification of the new Constitution
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  1. a branch of the federal government that makes the law
  2. implied powers to Congress
  3. a body of people that represent the state, and they vote for the President and Vice President
  4. state and local governments hold most power
  5. first draft of the Constitution
  6. strong, central government
  7. rule by the people
  8. central government holds most power
  9. governmental decisions are shared by the states and central
  10. an amendment that reserve powers to states
  11. a government structure that authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches, thereby holding scrutiny of and control over the other branches
  12. government structure in which authority is divided among branches with each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility
  13. powers that are not specifically described in the Constitution
  14. a branch of the federal government that interprets the law
  15. system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
  16. a branch of the federal government that executes the law
  17. head of Democratic Party

31 Clues: rule by the people • head of Republican Party • head of Democratic Party • small, limited government • implied powers to Congress • strong, central government • first draft of the Constitution • central government holds most power • an amendment that prohibits slavery • known as the "Tyranny of the Majority" • everybody is held to the same standards • ...

Europe Crossword 2021-12-15

Europe Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Area of the world the United States is part of.
  2. Period in history when the Soviet Union and the United States threatened each other.
  3. The __________ Pact was allied with the Soviet Union.
  4. The large empire that ruled much of Europe thousands of years ago.
  5. __________ Warfare is how battles were fought in World War I.
  6. Group of people who were friends with the United States during the Cold War.
  7. Where the Soviet Union stored weapons, threatening America.
  8. Emperor of Russia
  9. Country that Russia is building troops up next to their border.
  10. Type of government that Russia adopted after their emperors.
  11. Leader of Germany during World War II.
  12. When something becomes less valuable and money becomes worth less.
  13. The Bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church.
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  1. What people wanted at the end of the Soviet Union.
  2. Trying to build bigger and better weapons.
  3. The cruel leader of the Soviet Union who tried to take over Europe.
  4. The persecution of the Jews during World War II was known as this.
  5. Rich people who try to influence the government.
  6. In communism, everything is supposed to be ______.
  7. The ___ Death was a pandemic that spread across Europe and Asia during the mid 1300's.
  8. A large area of states and countries under one ruler.
  9. Current leader of Russia
  10. The average measurement of temperature, wind, rain, and snow in an area.
  11. The European ______________ is a group of countries that joined together to improve Europe.
  12. When the government took peoples' property and put it under government control.
  13. To act dishonestly in return for something.

26 Clues: Emperor of Russia • Current leader of Russia • Leader of Germany during World War II. • Trying to build bigger and better weapons. • To act dishonestly in return for something. • Area of the world the United States is part of. • Rich people who try to influence the government. • What people wanted at the end of the Soviet Union. • ...

Pre-Civil War 2025-04-02

Pre-Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. a law that let people in new territories vote on slavery which led to fighting
  2. things like roads railroads and canals that help transportation the North had more of these
  3. a machine that made cleaning cotton faster which increased the need for enslaved workers
  4. caring more about your region than the whole country
  5. a Supreme Court ruling that said enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights
  6. a person who wanted to end slavery
  7. the growth of factories and businesses mostly in the North
  8. a law that forced people to return escaped enslaved people to their enslavers even in free states
  9. making goods in factories instead of by hand
  10. a large farm in the South that grew crops to sell and used enslaved labor
  11. a tax on goods brought into the country the North liked tariffs but the South did not
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  1. the belief that states should make their own decisions including about slavery
  2. people forced to work without pay or freedom mostly in the South
  3. a law that kept the number of free and slave states equal by letting Missouri be a slave state and Maine a free state
  4. me know if this works for your class
  5. a group of laws to try to keep peace including making California a free state and creating a stricter Fugitive Slave Act
  6. a secret system that helped enslaved people escape to free states
  7. crops like cotton and tobacco that were grown to be sold for money
  8. a way of life based on farming common in the South
  9. sovereignty the idea that people should vote on whether their state allows slavery

20 Clues: a person who wanted to end slavery • me know if this works for your class • making goods in factories instead of by hand • a way of life based on farming common in the South • caring more about your region than the whole country • the growth of factories and businesses mostly in the North • people forced to work without pay or freedom mostly in the South • ...

JW Texas History Crossword Creation 2022-04-21

JW Texas History Crossword Creation crossword puzzle
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  1. A leader for the Civil Rights movement who was also known giving the speech of "I Have a Dream"
  2. The seven things that the US government does, in order to maintain the US correctly.
  3. A trail where Native Amercians were forced to move out of their land to make room for American settlers
  4. Made the first map of the texas coast in 1519
  5. A period of time, when settlers in texas started to go against Mexico and its laws
  6. A building used to transfer Native Americans into Christianity
  7. Oveta Culp Hobby, Jane McCallum, and Barbara Jordan who have representative in the _________________
  8. Hector Garcia and Henry B. Gonzales have representative for the ___________________
  9. A part of texas that is also called "Sea Grass"
  10. The name of the first 10 amendments of the US constitution
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  1. A mission that was used as a shelter and base for the Texans, when fought against Mexico
  2. A idea of westward expansion involving the United States
  3. The second war that began with Japan attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941
  4. A act when Texas slowly started to join the United States
  5. A country that fought against Spain, and later won its independence in 1821
  6. A war with the allied powers of Great Britain USA, Russia, France, and Serbia and with the Central Power Countries of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire
  7. A war against the Union & Confederacy in the United States
  8. A oil derrick that was the first one to produce oil in texas in 1901
  9. A long period of Economic depression that spreaded from the United States to worldwide
  10. People align themselves more with the region of the country they live in rather than the nation as a whole

20 Clues: Made the first map of the texas coast in 1519 • A part of texas that is also called "Sea Grass" • A idea of westward expansion involving the United States • A act when Texas slowly started to join the United States • A war against the Union & Confederacy in the United States • The name of the first 10 amendments of the US constitution • ...

The Articles of Confederation 2026-03-06

The Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. Washington, the leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
  2. delegates who favored a weaker federal government and gave more power to the people and states
  3. Gerry, chosen to serve as a delegate of Massachusetts at the 1787 Constitutional Convention
  4. delegates who wanted a strong central government that had more power over the people and states
  5. Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence
  6. Franklin, a talented inventor scientist diplomat and writer
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  1. The economy of the south relied on enslaved people to keep farms and plantations running
  2. Britain, With independence from____ came a new government for the new nation
  3. Hamilton, in 1787 he was elected as a new york delegate for the constitutional convention
  4. New Jersey Plan, It said that each state no matter its size would have the same number of representatives in congress
  5. Rights, some delegates wanted to add a bill of rights to the constitution to protect _____
  6. Mason, He wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights
  7. Great Compromise, Roger Sherman came up with an idea that Congress be made up of two parts called houses
  8. Virginia Plan, a plan that gave Congress more power over the states and provided executive branch of government
  9. Each state had the authority to ____ trade and taxes on imports and exports
  10. of American Indian Nations, Some states treated the American Indians fairly Other states did not
  11. Madison, known as the "Father of the Constitution
  12. Hanson, Congress elected ____ to lead the Confederation Congress

18 Clues: Madison, known as the "Father of the Constitution • Mason, He wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights • Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence • Franklin, a talented inventor scientist diplomat and writer • Hanson, Congress elected ____ to lead the Confederation Congress • Each state had the authority to ____ trade and taxes on imports and exports • ...

Unit 4 Vocabulary 2025-12-03

Unit 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The part of the economy that makes goods in factories, like steel or textiles.
  2. When the United States officially added Texas as a state in 1845.
  3. The belief that the U.S. was meant to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
  4. When people in different parts of the country have different ideas and interests, especially about slavery and the economy.
  5. When someone explains a reason that shows their actions are fair or acceptable.
  6. A set of laws passed to settle disagreements about slavery and land after the U.S. got new territory from Mexico. It included rules about whether new states would allow slavery.
  7. A famous book written to show how bad slavery was.
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  1. The growth of slavery into new states and territories, including Texas.
  2. The agreement that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848.
  3. The movement of settlers and immigrants moving west across America, including Texas, to find new land and opportunities.
  4. The presidential election that Abraham Lincoln won.
  5. Taxes placed on goods coming into a country.
  6. Farming and raising animals.
  7. When a state leaves or breaks away from a country.
  8. The 16th president of the United States who wanted to stop the spread of slavery.

15 Clues: Farming and raising animals. • Taxes placed on goods coming into a country. • When a state leaves or breaks away from a country. • A famous book written to show how bad slavery was. • The presidential election that Abraham Lincoln won. • The agreement that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848. • When the United States officially added Texas as a state in 1845. • ...

Civil War 2024-03-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Began following the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860, southern states being outraged at the election
  2. a Confederate general during the American Civil War
  3. Known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, it took place in southwest Tennessee on April 6-7, 1862
  4. The first battle of the Civil War with zero Casualties
  5. he conducted a successful campaign along the Carolina coast His triumphs there were the earliest significant Union victory.
  6. a person killed or injured by an event or situation.
  7. the action of murdering by a sudden or secret attack often for political reasons.
  8. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  9. the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention.
  10. large-caliber guns used in warfare on land.
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  1. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.
  2. a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1-3, 1863, in Pennsylvania.
  3. an American military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States.
  4. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  5. a general officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
  6. took place on September 17, 1862, and remains the bloodiest single day in American military history with 23,000 casualties.
  7. slave states that did not secede from the Union
  8. a large artificial bank of soil, especially one used as a fortification.
  9. the ownership of a person as property.

19 Clues: the ownership of a person as property. • large-caliber guns used in warfare on land. • slave states that did not secede from the Union • a Confederate general during the American Civil War • a person killed or injured by an event or situation. • The first battle of the Civil War with zero Casualties • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • ...

Review Techniques 2014-05-01

Review Techniques crossword puzzle
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  1. When you speak to someone important you use f_______ language.
  2. When you speak to a friend you use i__f______ language.
  3. All sentences must start with these!
  4. Something which is a 100% true.
  5. Your choice of words is your v_________ry.
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  1. Something which is someone's idea about a person or issue..
  2. Words which link sentences together
  3. Something which lets you take a breath in a sentence.
  4. Chunks of sentences which make a small section of your writing.
  5. When you say something funny or tell a joke you use h______.

10 Clues: Something which is a 100% true. • Words which link sentences together • All sentences must start with these! • Your choice of words is your v_________ry. • Something which lets you take a breath in a sentence. • When you speak to a friend you use i__f______ language. • Something which is someone's idea about a person or issue.. • ...

1800-1877 2025-12-11

1800-1877 crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. war for Texas and Southwest territory
  2. Union general known for his March to the Sea
  3. Treaty ending the Mexican-American War and giving the U.S. the Southwest
  4. 19th-century anti-immigrant sentiment, especially against Chinese immigrants, tied to debates over who could become a U.S. citizen
  5. Outdoor New Orleans space where enslaved and free Blacks gathered to sing, dance, and preserve culture
  6. Agricultural system trapping Black and poor white farmers in debt
  7. Anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic political force that opposed Irish and German immigration
  8. Forced march of a Southeastern tribe shortly after Jackson left office
  9. Shift from hand labor to factory production that reshaped the U.S. economy in the late 1800s
  10. Union general who captured Forts Henry and Donelson
  11. Double the size of the US
  12. Supported the American System and national improvements.
  13. Balances slave/free states; establishes 36°30′ line
  14. Radical abolitionist who led Harpers Ferry raid
  15. Rapid communication system used in the Civil War
  16. Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia
  17. Rising divide between North, South, and West.
  18. Expanded cotton production and slavery in the South.
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  1. President who promoted the gold standard after the Panic of 1873 and strengthened presidential power by vetoing “riders” attached to essential bills
  2. Growth of railroads after the Civil War
  3. President of the Confederate States
  4. Former slave and abolitionist leader that advocated for Black rights and equality
  5. Faster two-way river transportation.
  6. Freed slaves in Confederate states
  7. Two explorers sent by Jefferson to map the Louisiana Purchase and reach the Pacific
  8. Major 19th-century European migration waves that faced anti-Catholic discrimination but transformed U.S. culture and labor
  9. Author of louisiana purchase
  10. President who waged political war against the Second Bank of the United States
  11. First battle of the Civil War
  12. Rapid growth of cities fueled by immigration, railroads, and industrial jobs after the Civil War

30 Clues: Double the size of the US • Author of louisiana purchase • First battle of the Civil War • Freed slaves in Confederate states • President of the Confederate States • Faster two-way river transportation. • Growth of railroads after the Civil War • U.S. war for Texas and Southwest territory • Union general known for his March to the Sea • ...

GOVERNMENT 2020-09-02

GOVERNMENT crossword puzzle
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  1. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  2. Impose an official ban on
  3. Is a medium of exchange for goods and services.
  4. a person or company to whom money is owed.
  5. a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
  6. plan Was a proposal to establish a bicameral (two-branch) legislature in the newly founded United States.
  7. (of a legislative body) having a single legislative chamber.
  8. commerce Interstate commerce refers to the purchase, sale or exchange of commodities, transportation of people, money or goods, and navigation of waters between different states.
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  1. government Is one whose legalized force and power is restricted through delegated and enumerated authorities.
  2. Unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor.
  3. A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
  4. Compromise Was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  5. Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
  6. Jersey plan Was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.
  7. government Also known as indirect democracy or representative government, is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.
  8. (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.
  9. A document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.

17 Clues: Impose an official ban on • a person or company to whom money is owed. • Is a medium of exchange for goods and services. • (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers. • Unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor. • (of a legislative body) having a single legislative chamber. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-23

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The bloodiest battle in U.S. history, over 22000 dead.
  2. The number of border states.
  3. The states that stayed loyal to the federal government.
  4. The states that succeeded from the federal government.
  5. The President of the Union during the Civil War.
  6. The battle that the Union Troops won and cut off the south's supplies through the Mississippi River.
  7. The most famous battle in Pennsylvania.
  8. How President Lincoln killed by John W. Boothe.
  9. A proclamation that Abraham Lincoln signed to abolish slavery.
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  1. The fort that the south attacked, and started the Civil War.
  2. The state Abraham Lincoln was born in.
  3. Union's lead general in 1862.
  4. The significant inscription on William Johnson's tombstone.
  5. North used it to communicate with each other and used it as an advantage against the south.
  6. Union's lead general in 1864.
  7. The cause the north and south were fighting for and started the Civil War.

16 Clues: The number of border states. • Union's lead general in 1862. • Union's lead general in 1864. • The state Abraham Lincoln was born in. • The most famous battle in Pennsylvania. • How President Lincoln killed by John W. Boothe. • The President of the Union during the Civil War. • The bloodiest battle in U.S. history, over 22000 dead. • ...

Travel Destinations 2025-01-18

Travel Destinations crossword puzzle
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  1. Home to the Acropolis and Parthenon, this Greek city is one of the world's oldest capitals.
  2. Known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic," this Croatian city is a stunning coastal destination.
  3. Famous for its canals and gondolas, this Italian city is sinking slowly.
  4. This Nordic capital is known for its colorful Nyhavn harbor and Little Mermaid statue.
  5. Known as the "Lion City," this destination is famous for its Marina Bay Sands hote
  6. A tropical paradise in Southeast Asia, this Indonesian island is a popular tourist spot.
  7. This Canadian city is famous for its French culture and Notre-Dame Basilica.
  8. The "Floating Market" is a popular tourist attraction in this Thai city.
  9. This Moroccan city is famous for its blue-painted streets and walls.
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  1. The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooks this Brazilian city.
  2. A popular honeymoon destination, this Polynesian island is known for its overwater bungalows.
  3. Known for its cherry blossoms, this Japanese city blends modernity with tradition.
  4. This icy destination is home to glaciers, geysers, and the Blue Lagoon spa.
  5. Known as the "City of Light," this European destination features the Eiffel Tower.
  6. This South African city is famous for Table Mountain and Robben Island.
  7. This ancient Peruvian city sits high in the Andes and was part of the Inca Empire.
  8. This Egyptian city is home to the Great Pyramid of Giza.
  9. This vibrant Indian city is home to the Taj Mahal.
  10. This Australian landmark is also known as Uluru.
  11. This U.S. city is nicknamed "The Big Apple."

20 Clues: This U.S. city is nicknamed "The Big Apple." • This Australian landmark is also known as Uluru. • This vibrant Indian city is home to the Taj Mahal. • This Egyptian city is home to the Great Pyramid of Giza. • The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooks this Brazilian city. • This Moroccan city is famous for its blue-painted streets and walls. • ...

Slavery Crossword Puzzle by:Isaiah Harris 2019-12-04

Slavery Crossword Puzzle by:Isaiah Harris crossword puzzle
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  1. the system by which goods and services are produced, bought, and sold in a region
  2. the power to do what you want to and not be controlled by another
  3. to forbid something
  4. to make a difference in treatment or favor based on something other than individual merit
  5. to do away with something
  6. a penalty (usually money) imposed on someone as a punishment
  7. trade buying and selling of people for profit
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  1. States slave states that did not secede from the United States
  2. something that is owned by a person such as land or personal belongings
  3. a plant (such as cotton or tobacco) that is grown and can be harvested for profit
  4. people who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  5. a person running away to avoid being captured
  6. a large area of land where crops are grown and usually with a large, elaborate house on it where the plantation owners and their families live
  7. a native or naturalized person who owes loyalty or allegiance to a government and is entitled to its protections

14 Clues: to forbid something • to do away with something • a person running away to avoid being captured • trade buying and selling of people for profit • people who wanted to end slavery in the United States • a penalty (usually money) imposed on someone as a punishment • States slave states that did not secede from the United States • ...

U.S. History Crossword 2017-05-24

U.S. History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An area of Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas affected by severe soil erosion, caused by windstorms, in the early 1930s
  2. The period after the Civil War in which the states formerly part of the Confederacy were brought back into the United States
  3. A supporter of the Confederate States of America
  4. An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests
  5. A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare
  6. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
  7. A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies and Central power
  8. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the base, and the United States entered World War II the following day
  9. The day when Japan formally surrendered
  10. A war between citizens of the same country
  11. The day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy
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  1. The 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
  2. The practice or system of owning slaves.
  3. The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
  4. The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
  5. A plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I
  6. The financial and industrial slump of 1929
  7. A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers and the Allies
  8. A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s
  9. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt

20 Clues: The day when Japan formally surrendered • The practice or system of owning slaves. • The financial and industrial slump of 1929 • A war between citizens of the same country • A supporter of the Confederate States of America • The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country • The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality • ...

Texas History Crossword Puzzle 2021-05-04

Texas History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the process of making an area more urban.
  2. led the Union to end slavery and win the Civil war.
  3. First European explore to step foot on the Texas coast.
  4. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
  5. a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s
  6. First European to map the coast of
  7. the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
  8. Abolish Slavery
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  1. was a war leader of the Kwahadi band of the Comanche Nation.
  2. can include participation in government, church, volunteers, and memberships of voluntary associations.
  3. led an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and claimed all the region watered by the Mississippi
  4. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
  5. to end discrimination based on race, color, and religion.
  6. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
  7. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

15 Clues: Abolish Slavery • First European to map the coast of • the process of making an area more urban. • led the Union to end slavery and win the Civil war. • First European explore to step foot on the Texas coast. • to end discrimination based on race, color, and religion. • was a war leader of the Kwahadi band of the Comanche Nation. • ...

American Holidays 2022-09-08

American Holidays crossword puzzle
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  1. celebrated in October when children go around trick or treating for candy
  2. celebrates the independence of America and adopting the Declaration of Independence
  3. on the birthday of one of the biggest civil rights activists in United States history
  4. a holiday to honor George Washington, the first president of the United States and also used to celebrate all presidents
  5. celebrated on April 1st, a day to play pranks on family and friends
  6. a day to celebrate any mother figures in your life and thank them for all that they do
  7. people typically wear green and celebrates the culture of the Irish
  8. the holiday celebrated on December 25th where you leave milk and cookies out for Santa Clause
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  1. many people watch the ball drop in Times Square and it celebrates new beginnings
  2. a day to celebrate your loved ones and tell the people in your life you love them
  3. celebrates the harvest and the blessings of the year
  4. a mythical bunny leaves candy in a trail to children's baskets
  5. a day to celebrate any father figure in your life and thank them for all that they do
  6. the last Monday in May that celebrates the soldiers who have died and are serving for the United States
  7. a celebration of Mexican culture in the United States

15 Clues: celebrates the harvest and the blessings of the year • a celebration of Mexican culture in the United States • a mythical bunny leaves candy in a trail to children's baskets • celebrated on April 1st, a day to play pranks on family and friends • people typically wear green and celebrates the culture of the Irish • ...

NHL 2018-12-12

NHL crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What team's logo is a music note
  2. They are the former Atlanta Thrashers
  3. The team the Avs traded Ryan O'Reilly to
  4. We beat this team in the 1996 Stanley Cup finals
  5. Only team to win a Stanley Cup in Florida
  6. This team was in the 2016 Stanley Cup finals
  7. This team picked the number one draft pick in the 2016 NHL Draft
  8. Big rivalry with this team back in the early 2000s
  9. This team plays at Madison Square Garden
  10. Used to be the Hartford Whalers
  11. This team has won the most Stanley Cups
  12. This team declared bankruptcy and almost moved a couple years ago
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  1. Southern California team that isn't located in LA
  2. Known for the Broad Street Bullies
  3. Where former Avs player Jarome Iginla spent the majority of his career
  4. This team is the current Stanley Cup Champion
  5. The second team that Wayne Gretzky played on
  6. This team picked one ahead of us in the 2017 Draft this year
  7. This team is the only NHL team in Ohio
  8. Team that Connor McDavid is currently on
  9. This team beat us in the first round in game 7 the last time we made the playoffs

21 Clues: Used to be the Hartford Whalers • What team's logo is a music note • Known for the Broad Street Bullies • They are the former Atlanta Thrashers • This team is the only NHL team in Ohio • This team has won the most Stanley Cups • The team the Avs traded Ryan O'Reilly to • This team plays at Madison Square Garden • Team that Connor McDavid is currently on • ...

The "Federal" in Federalism 2017-06-20

The "Federal" in Federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. special name for powers that both the states and federal government share
  2. when America was born, each state had one of these already
  3. powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution
  4. a word that describes the relationship of the states in America
  5. type of government where he central government gets its power from the states
  6. the necessary and proper clause is also known as the ____ clause
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  1. powers that are actually stated in the Constitution
  2. the federal government gets all of its power from this
  3. the country that ruled the American colonies before the Revolutionary War
  4. type of government where states and a central government share power
  5. type of government where the central government has all the power
  6. Division of power between a central government and state governments
  7. clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws

13 Clues: powers that are actually stated in the Constitution • the federal government gets all of its power from this • powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution • clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws • when America was born, each state had one of these already • a word that describes the relationship of the states in America • ...

Giuseppe Tribuzio Articles x-word 2024-02-09

Giuseppe Tribuzio Articles x-word crossword puzzle
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  1. Alexander ______ hated Congress because they didn't share his vision.
  2. Shays' Rebellion to protest taxes imposed by___.
  3. what do you need to pass a new law in the Confederation Congress
  4. Articles are flawed because Congress couldn't _____
  5. what best describes a federalist system of government?
  6. Because ___lacked the power to tax the states, it couldn't pay for the supplies
  7. after the States meet to fix Articles of Confederation Constitution ____.
  8. what was the biggest obstical facing the Continental Congress
  9. what happend after United States declares independence.
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  1. What can you infer about Daniel Shays from the rebellion named after him?
  2. which power was held exclusively by the national government?
  3. What factor convinced the framers of the Articles of Confederation to create a weak central government?
  4. The Declaration of Independence was ___ to shays Rebellion,Articles of Confederation,and Revolutionary War ends.
  5. Shays' Rebellion convinced American leaders that little protected them from anarchy. What's the best synonym for "anarchy?"
  6. Constitution was based on.
  7. what factor prompted the states to consider changing the Articles of Confederation?
  8. why might one state tax goods manufactured in another state?
  9. Articles of Confederation Established one-house___.
  10. The individual states acted in their ownby taxing goods from other states.
  11. what was established by the Declaration of Independence?

20 Clues: Constitution was based on. • Shays' Rebellion to protest taxes imposed by___. • Articles are flawed because Congress couldn't _____ • Articles of Confederation Established one-house___. • what best describes a federalist system of government? • what happend after United States declares independence. • what was established by the Declaration of Independence? • ...

War in Europe 2026-01-26

War in Europe crossword puzzle
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  1. became common on the Western Front, leading to a long and brutal stalemate.
  2. lived in harsh conditions in trenches, facing disease, mud, and constant danger.
  3. proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States.
  4. the United States declared war on Germany.
  5. including unrestricted submarine warfare, threatened American ships and lives
  6. helped boost Allied morale and strength.
  7. was more fluid than the Western Front, with fewer trenches and more movement.
  8. were known as the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).
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  1. created a military draft to build the armed forces.
  2. limited submarine warfare after the Sussex Pledge.
  3. and trade increasingly linked the United States to the Allied Powers
  4. Pershing commanded American forces in Europe.
  5. of the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
  6. began in Europe in 1914 after rising nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and the formation of alliances.
  7. British Empire, France, Russia.

15 Clues: British Empire, France, Russia. • helped boost Allied morale and strength. • the United States declared war on Germany. • Pershing commanded American forces in Europe. • limited submarine warfare after the Sussex Pledge. • created a military draft to build the armed forces. • were known as the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). • ...

Citizenship vocabulary 2021-12-08

Citizenship vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. is the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
  2. is the admittance of a foreigner to the citizenship of a country.
  3. allows a non-U.S. citizen to gain permanent residence in the United States.
  4. give up allegiance to any other nation or sovereign and renounce hereditary or noble titles
  5. an addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution.
  6. loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.
  7. The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
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  1. Pull factors “pull” people to a new home and include things like better opportunities.
  2. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America
  3. responsibilities are duties or things that we should do
  4. is the basic document that defines the organization, powers, functions, and essential procedures of the city government
  5. faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support.
  6. a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority
  7. an endorsement made on a passport by

14 Clues: an endorsement made on a passport by • responsibilities are duties or things that we should do • a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority • is the admittance of a foreigner to the citizenship of a country. • allows a non-U.S. citizen to gain permanent residence in the United States. • ...

The West After WWI 2021-03-16

The West After WWI crossword puzzle
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  1. artistic movement in which artists rejected tradition and produced works that often shocked their viewers
  2. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize
  3. a massive package of economic and social programs to help Americans during the Great Depression
  4. a rebellious young woman in the United States and Europe in the 1920s
  5. fortifications along French/German border to protect against invasion
  6. first term as president focused on lifting America out of the Great Depression
  7. production of goods exceeds the demand
  8. a ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol
  9. management of money matters like circulation, loans, investment, and banking
  10. style of art composed of lines, colors, and shapes, sometimes with no recognizable subject matter
  11. central banking system of the United States, which regulates banks
  12. method of studying how the mind works and treating mental disorders
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  1. reduction of armed forces and weapons
  2. won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921
  3. international agreement to stop using war as a method of national policy
  4. African American cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s
  5. first woman elected governor in the United States
  6. painful time of global economic collapse (1929-1939)
  7. artistic movement that attempts to portray the workings of the unconscious mind
  8. strike by workers in different industries at same time

20 Clues: The first woman to win a Nobel Prize • reduction of armed forces and weapons • production of goods exceeds the demand • won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 • a ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol • first woman elected governor in the United States • painful time of global economic collapse (1929-1939) • strike by workers in different industries at same time • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-01-25

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The 16th president of the United States
  2. the war between the north and south states
  3. The remaining states who stayed united
  4. pro-slavery americans who separated from US
  5. the states who separated from the Union
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  1. The speech given by lincoln to end slavery
  2. The founding document of the US
  3. the states who were against slavery and stayed in the Union
  4. The keeping of humans against their will
  5. the date of slavery being officially ended

10 Clues: The founding document of the US • The remaining states who stayed united • The 16th president of the United States • the states who separated from the Union • The keeping of humans against their will • The speech given by lincoln to end slavery • the war between the north and south states • the date of slavery being officially ended • ...

U.S. Constitution 2016-11-20

U.S. Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. _______________ of the House- the leader of the House of Representatives.
  2. Article 5 of the Constitution outlines the _______________________ process, or how Congress and the states can make an addition or a change to the Constitution.
  3. The President and Vice President head up this branch of government in charge of enforcing the laws of government.
  4. Meaning two houses or chambers (in the legislative branch).
  5. An idea for a law before it officially becomes a law.
  6. A Supreme Court Judge has his/her responsibilities and limitations spelled out in Article 3 of the Constitution, which covers the ______________________ of government.
  7. The President can make treaties, appoint members of his/her cabinet, and is commander-in-chief of the _________________.
  8. Elections for President of the united States are held every __________ years.
  9. The _____________________ Clause in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the ability to make any laws that are "necessary and proper" for the common good of the country.
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  1. To officially accuse an elected official of wrongdoing.
  2. A member of this house of Congress must be at least 30 years old, 9 years a US citizen and a resident of the state they are representing.
  3. The opening statement of the United States Constitution, explaining the purposes of our government.
  4. The branch of government that makes the laws.
  5. This group in government controls money in the federal government and has the power to declare war.
  6. All states in the United States must have a ______________________ (representative democracy) form of government.

15 Clues: The branch of government that makes the laws. • An idea for a law before it officially becomes a law. • To officially accuse an elected official of wrongdoing. • Meaning two houses or chambers (in the legislative branch). • _______________ of the House- the leader of the House of Representatives. • ...

Lessons 7.1 - 7.3: The Industrial Revolution 2020-04-26

Lessons 7.1 - 7.3: The Industrial Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. the first African American newspaper
  2. laws passed by Southern states to prevent African American slaves from running away or rebelling
  3. the nation where the Industrial Revolution began
  4. a political party formed by nativists in the 1850s that was extremely hostile to immigrants coming to the United States
  5. the American woman who formed the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association in the 1840s
  6. a skilled British mechanic who had worked in a textile mill before coming to the United States to share his knowledge and skills in running textile mills
  7. the region of the United States in which the first American factories were built
  8. a mechanical power which revolutionized transportation during the Industrial Revolution
  9. a skilled, specialized worker
  10. a type of fast ship launched in 1845 by John Griffiths that was very useful for quick transportation of goods between the United States and other parts of the world
  11. an attitude which denies equal rights to certain peoples
  12. a machine that efficiently separated the seeds of a cotton plant from its fibers
  13. an occurrence in which union workers stop working until their managers agree to resolve their concerns
  14. the nation which lost many of its potato crops to disease and suffered a severe famine in the 1840s, causing many of its people to immigrate to the United States
  15. a person who starts a business to make a profit
  16. the group of wealthy Southern families who owned 50 or more slaves
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  1. the first African American allowed to practice law in the United States
  2. one aspect of enslaved African American lives which gave them hope and which led to the creation of spirituals
  3. the nation which experienced extreme food shortages between 1829 and 1830 and also rebels in 1848 who revolted for more democratic policies in this nation
  4. an American inventor who came up with the idea of interchangeable parts and also invented the cotton gin
  5. a Boston merchant who improved on British textile mills by building a factory that had everything needed to turn cotton into finished cloth
  6. many Americans encouraged this concept as it supported new inventions
  7. an American inventor who invented the "talking wire", or the telegraph
  8. the first private university run and owned by African Americans
  9. the state whose court stated, in 1842, that workers had the right to strike
  10. an African American slave who led a major revolt in 1831 in Virginia, killing more than 57 whites in the process before being captured and hung
  11. a group formed by artisans specialized in the same trade and which aimed to gain higher pay and better working conditions
  12. the state which sincerely thought about ending slavery in 1831, but instead decided to increase restrictions against African Americans
  13. a type of "close" family consisting of grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, children, and other relatives which has its orgins in Africa
  14. the gradual movement of people from rural areas to cities

30 Clues: a skilled, specialized worker • the first African American newspaper • a person who starts a business to make a profit • the nation where the Industrial Revolution began • an attitude which denies equal rights to certain peoples • the gradual movement of people from rural areas to cities • the first private university run and owned by African Americans • ...

American Government Chapter 2 & 3 2019-08-28

American Government Chapter 2 & 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. Powers retained by the states under the Constitution.
  2. comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  3. Rule by the people.
  4. The supporters of the proposed Constitution. Believed in strong central government
  5. Gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, with Indian tribes, and among the various states (Article I, Section 8).
  6. a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  7. Supreme Court decision upholding the right of Congress to create a bank.
  8. an agreement to count three-fifths of a state's slaves in apportioning Representatives, Presidential electors, and direct taxes.
  9. powers of U.S. government which have not been explicitly granted by the Constitution but that is implied by the necessary and proper clause
  10. Right of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe to be illegal.
  11. opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and the ratification of the Constitution.
  12. Relied in part on the writings of John Locke in asserting that people had certain natural (or unalienable) rights that government could not take away.
  13. specific powers granted to Congress by the United States Constitution
  14. gave the royal governor the right to select the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature
  15. assures that the Constitution and federal laws and treaties take precedence over state law.
  16. View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the Constitution.
  17. Five colonists killed by British soldiers; led Parliament to repeal all Townshend Act taxes except for tea tax
  18. Delegated the First Continental Congress
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  1. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government
  2. required colonists to house British soldiers in their private homes, even during times of peace.
  3. form of democracy in which the people decide on policy initiatives directly.
  4. power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government and to determine whether such actions are consistent with the constitution.
  5. To formally withdraw from a nation-state.
  6. Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is by appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election.
  7. acted as the common government of the states between 1775 and 1781.
  8. Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8
  9. requires a "person held to service or labor" (usually a slave, apprentice, or indentured servant) who flees to another state to be returned to the owner in the state from which that person escaped.
  10. Imposed new taxes on imports; led to rallying cry “no taxation without representation”
  11. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional (for example, state) governments.
  12. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  13. Powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system.

31 Clues: Rule by the people. • Delegated the First Continental Congress • To formally withdraw from a nation-state. • Powers retained by the states under the Constitution. • acted as the common government of the states between 1775 and 1781. • comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • ...

Federalism 2023-06-16

Federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. Type of government where the central government gets its power from the states
  2. Division of power between a central government and state governments
  3. When America was born, each state already had one of these
  4. Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution
  5. Special name for powers that both the states and federal government share
  6. The country that ruled the American colonies before the Revolutionary War
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  1. Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws
  2. Type of government where states and a central government share power
  3. The necessary and proper clause is also known as the _____ clause
  4. Powers that are actually stated in the Constitution
  5. The federal government gets all of its power from this
  6. Type of government where the central government has all the power
  7. A word that describes the relationship of the states in America

13 Clues: Powers that are actually stated in the Constitution • The federal government gets all of its power from this • Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution • Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws • When America was born, each state already had one of these • A word that describes the relationship of the states in America • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2026-03-14

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. ending of slavery,
  2. effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War,
  3. murder for political reasons,
  4. Railroad-A network of people who worked together to help African Americans escape from slavery,
  5. person who wants to end slavery,
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  1. a member of the constitutional union party,
  2. southern states that seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America,
  3. Proclamation- an 1863 document issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed all slaves living in Confederate territory,
  4. Address-an 1863 speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln
  5. commemorate the loss of life at the Battle of Gettysburg,
  6. Ship-a ship armored with iron plates to protect it from cannon fire,
  7. States- state that bordered both the Union and Confederate states,

12 Clues: ending of slavery, • murder for political reasons, • person who wants to end slavery, • a member of the constitutional union party, • commemorate the loss of life at the Battle of Gettysburg, • Address-an 1863 speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln • States- state that bordered both the Union and Confederate states, • ...

Amendments 11-27 2022-11-13

Amendments 11-27 crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment 24 ensured that no tax could be charged to vote
  2. Amendment 15 gave __ to everyone
  3. Amendment 26 made the voting age __
  4. Amendment __ is the only one that was repealed by another Amendment
  5. Amendment 14 also got rid of the 3/5th __.
  6. Amendment 22 set a term limit on the President; limited to __ terms
  7. Amendment that redefined how the President and Vice-President are chosen by the Electoral College
  8. Amendments 13, 14, and 15 are known as the __ Amendments
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  1. Amendment __ stated that race could not be used to prevent people from voting
  2. Amendment authorizes the US to collect income tax
  3. Amendment 23 residents of Washington D.C. __ electors in Presidential elections
  4. Amendment 20 states that __ 20th is when the President's term ends and the next President is sworn in
  5. Amendment 13 also protects against involuntary __, not just slavery
  6. Amendment 25 creates a line of __ to the Presidency
  7. Amendment 19 gave __ the right to vote
  8. Amendment 27 states that when Congress votes to give themselves a raise, it doesn't take affect until after the __
  9. Amendment that finally abolished slavery
  10. Amendment 11 protects states from being sued by __ of another state
  11. Amendment that lays out what happens if the President is unable to be the President anymore
  12. Amendment 17 states that the __ get to elect their senators

20 Clues: Amendment 15 gave __ to everyone • Amendment 26 made the voting age __ • Amendment 19 gave __ the right to vote • Amendment that finally abolished slavery • Amendment 14 also got rid of the 3/5th __. • Amendment authorizes the US to collect income tax • Amendment 25 creates a line of __ to the Presidency • Amendments 13, 14, and 15 are known as the __ Amendments • ...

History Crossword puzzle 2024-12-19

History Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Article Two vests the power of the executive branch in the office of the President of the United States, lays out the procedures for electing and removing the President, and establishes the President's powers and responsibilities.
  2. relating to or characteristic of the United States or its inhabitants.
  3. the ability to act or produce an effect,
  4. as per the Constitution, the U.S. House of Representatives makes and passes federal laws. The House is one of Congress's two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government's legislative branch.
  5. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.
  6. Branch has the authority to decide the constitutionality of federal laws and resolve other cases involving federal laws.
  7. the elected head of a republic.
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  1. of authority or an office, or someone holding it) superior to all others.
  2. a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  3. a system of dividing up power between a central national government and local state governments that the national government connects
  4. the particular condition someone or something is in at a specific time.
  5. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may occasionally ordain and establish.
  6. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  7. Government a system of dividing up power between a central national government and local state governments that the national government connectshahat
  8. made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress

15 Clues: the elected head of a republic. • the ability to act or produce an effect, • made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress • relating to or characteristic of the United States or its inhabitants. • the particular condition someone or something is in at a specific time. • ...

Ancient Greece 2023-01-23

Ancient Greece crossword puzzle
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  1. Greek City States: According to Greek Mythology, Argos was founded by Argos, the son of the god _________.
  2. Daily Lives: If the child appeared weak or was a ______, sometimes the father would abandon the child.
  3. Science and Technology: Unlike most earlier civilizations, they studied _________ for its own sake and developed complex mathematical theories and proofs.
  4. Daily Lives: Meat like pork or beef was only eaten on rare occasions such as ________.
  5. Greek City States: At the center of each city-state was a powerful _________.
  6. A Typical Town: The center of activity in any Greek city was the _______.
  7. Greek City States: The ________ developed their own coins and required that traders use them when in their city.
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  1. A Typical Town: Large cities often had a hill or high point in the town called the ________.
  2. Greek City States: Delphi was the _________ center of the Greek city-states.
  3. Daily Lives: Different rooms included a work room, a ______ room, and bedrooms.
  4. A Typical Town: Examples of patron gods include Athena for Athens, Ares and _______ for Sparta, Zeus for Olympia, and Poseidon for Corinth.
  5. Science and Technology: They had doctors who studied sick people, ________ their symptoms, and then came up with some practical treatments.
  6. Science and Technology: Perhaps the most important Greek mathematician was ________.
  7. Science and Technology: They theorized that the Earth may orbit the Sun and came up with a fairly ________ estimate for the circumference of the Earth.
  8. A Typical Town: In the later periods of Ancient Greece, new cities were planned out on a _______ system with streets and houses aligned to take advantage of the winds, the sun, and the local scenery.

15 Clues: A Typical Town: The center of activity in any Greek city was the _______. • Greek City States: Delphi was the _________ center of the Greek city-states. • Greek City States: At the center of each city-state was a powerful _________. • Daily Lives: Different rooms included a work room, a ______ room, and bedrooms. • ...

Revolution and the Constitution 2014-03-11

Revolution and the Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. wrote the constitution
  2. the place where the Constitutional Convention met. (343)
  3. the branch of government that includes the President
  4. where Washington and his men spent the winter of 1777 (308)
  5. a plan that gave all states equal representation (346)
  6. the branch of government that is known as Congress.
  7. a plan that benefited larger states (346)
  8. how many branches of government in the United States (338)
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  1. the branch of government that is made up of the courts
  2. the treaty that ended The American Revolution (319)
  3. place where Cornwallis surrendered
  4. another word for "representative" (345)
  5. the country that helped The United States in The Revolution
  6. first plan of goverment after The Revolution (338)
  7. the introduction to the constitution
  8. the rapid rise in prices(340)
  9. when each side gives up something to reach an agreement
  10. when the President votes "no" on a bill

18 Clues: wrote the constitution • the rapid rise in prices(340) • place where Cornwallis surrendered • the introduction to the constitution • another word for "representative" (345) • when the President votes "no" on a bill • a plan that benefited larger states (346) • first plan of goverment after The Revolution (338) • the treaty that ended The American Revolution (319) • ...

Revolution and the Constitution 2014-03-11

Revolution and the Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. first plan of goverment after The Revolution (338)
  2. place where Cornwallis surrendered
  3. the introduction to the constitution
  4. the branch of government that is made up of the courts
  5. a plan that benefited larger states (346)
  6. when the President votes "no" on a bill
  7. how many branches of government in the United States (338)
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  1. the place where the Constitutional Convention met. (343)
  2. the rapid rise in prices(340)
  3. the country that helped The United States in The Revolution
  4. another word for "representative" (345)
  5. wrote the constitution
  6. the branch of government that includes the President
  7. when each side gives up something to reach an agreement
  8. a plan that gave all states equal representation (346)
  9. the treaty that ended The American Revolution (319)
  10. the branch of government that is known as Congress.
  11. where Washington and his men spent the winter of 1777 (308)

18 Clues: wrote the constitution • the rapid rise in prices(340) • place where Cornwallis surrendered • the introduction to the constitution • another word for "representative" (345) • when the President votes "no" on a bill • a plan that benefited larger states (346) • first plan of goverment after The Revolution (338) • the treaty that ended The American Revolution (319) • ...

Delight's 6th grade Crossword 2018-05-24

Delight's 6th grade Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An imaginary line that separates the top half of the world from the bottom half of the world
  2. The name for the organization of people who run our nation
  3. Capital of the state of West Virginia
  4. President shot and killed in 1963
  5. Our first president in the United States
  6. The supreme law of the land, drafted in 1892
  7. The mississippi is the largest one of these in the United States
  8. Legal resident of a nation
  9. Capital of the State of Texas
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  1. A large body of fresh water
  2. Capital of the State of South Dakota
  3. Clostest United States state to Africa
  4. Capital of the state of Maine
  5. What our nation declared July 4th, 1776
  6. Mountain range in the western part of the United States
  7. Capital of New York State
  8. A people's surroundings including land,water,mountains,deserts, etc.
  9. An massive body of saltwater that borders multiple continents

18 Clues: Capital of New York State • Legal resident of a nation • A large body of fresh water • Capital of the state of Maine • Capital of the State of Texas • President shot and killed in 1963 • Capital of the State of South Dakota • Capital of the state of West Virginia • Clostest United States state to Africa • What our nation declared July 4th, 1776 • ...

Classical Greece Crossword 2021-01-12

Classical Greece Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility
  2. This type of column is the most complex, with carvings that looks like leaves at the top.
  3. a large hollow wooden figure of a horseleft by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
  4. This is a Greek column with short, fluted shafts and scroll-like decorations on its capital.
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  1. The oldest and simplest of the three main orders of classical Greek architecture, characterized by heavy fluted columns with plain, saucer-shaped capitals and no base.
  2. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
  3. A city-state in ancient Greece.
  4. Greek for "high city". The chief temples of the city were located here.
  5. A government ruled by a king or queen
  6. A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

10 Clues: A city-state in ancient Greece. • A government ruled by a king or queen • A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds • Greek for "high city". The chief temples of the city were located here. • A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility • ...

Bill of Rights 2024-11-12

Bill of Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. The process of making changes or additions to a legal document.
  2. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms.
  3. Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
  4. Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
  5. Changes or additions made to a legal document or constitution.
  6. A fraction often used to describe the required majority for certain legislative actions, such as amending the Constitution.
  7. The power or right to act, speak, or think without hindrance or restraint.
  8. The fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.
  9. Amendment Established the prohibition of alcohol.
  10. A fraction often used to describe the required majority of states needed to ratify an amendment to the Constitution.
  11. States that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny or disparage others retained by the people.
  12. A change or addition to a legal or statutory document.
  13. Provides the right to a jury trial in civil cases.
  14. A gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or amending an existing one.
  15. Prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
Down
  1. Opponents of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution who advocated for a decentralized governmental structure.
  2. The expression of thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.
  3. Granted women the right to vote.
  4. A document that is continually edited and updated.
  5. Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime.
  6. Provides the right to due process and protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
  7. Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
  8. A distinct section of a legal document or constitution.
  9. Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement.
  10. Protects the right to keep and bear arms.
  11. Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, and the right to counsel.
  12. A system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government.
  13. States that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
  14. Protects freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

29 Clues: Granted women the right to vote. • Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. • Protects the right to keep and bear arms. • Amendment Established the prohibition of alcohol. • A document that is continually edited and updated. • Provides the right to a jury trial in civil cases. • Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. • ...

Civil War Review Activity 2023-01-18

Civil War Review Activity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States
  2. naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading
  3. a slave that fought for his freedom but was denied it
  4. was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln
  5. The Confederate army secured a decisive victory at Chickamauga but lost 20 percent of its force in battle
  6. The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  7. the constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional
Down
  1. military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864
  2. a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864
  3. represents the pinnacle of the state's political sovereignty. With periodic interruptions, the convention met in Milledgeville from January 16 to March 23, 1861,
  4. the state of being a slave
  5. Georgia's position on the compromise of 1850
  6. The compromise admitted California to the United States as a “free” (no slavery) state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves.
  7. presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860

14 Clues: the state of being a slave • Georgia's position on the compromise of 1850 • a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States • a slave that fought for his freedom but was denied it • naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading • The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government. • ...

Capitals 2013-11-17

Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of Russia
  2. Capital of Germany
  3. Capital of Austria
Down
  1. capital of England
  2. Capital of Republic of Ireland
  3. Capital of Poland

6 Clues: Capital of Russia • Capital of Poland • capital of England • Capital of Germany • Capital of Austria • Capital of Republic of Ireland

Cvil war Station 8 2023-04-26

Cvil war Station 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A nickname for people from the North as well as soldiers
  2. A nickname for the south
  3. the northern states of the united states also called the union
  4. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  5. a short blade
  6. When southern states chose to leave
  7. a long gun
  8. A team used to descried people who supported the union
  9. The side of an army or military union
  10. it a person that report
Down
  1. An army of citizens used during emergencies
  2. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot
  3. A person who wanted to eliminate or abolish slavery\
  4. Another name for the Confederate States
  5. A cap worm by civil War soldiers

15 Clues: a long gun • a short blade • it a person that report • A nickname for the south • A cap worm by civil War soldiers • When southern states chose to leave • The side of an army or military union • Soldiers that fight and travel by foot • Another name for the Confederate States • An army of citizens used during emergencies • A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

Chapter 16: Foreign Policy Since 1972 2025-05-14

Chapter 16: Foreign Policy Since 1972 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The founder of al-Qaeda, the organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States.
  2. Doctrine A strategy implemented by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to oppose the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War
  3. A political scandal in the United States that came to light in 1985, when it was revealed that senior government officials had secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo.
  4. A diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States in which 52 American citizens were held hostage for 444 days from 1979 to 1981 after a group of Iranian students took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
  5. The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Down
  1. A war waged from 1990 to 1991 by a U.S.-led coalition against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
  2. A peace treaty signed in 1978 between Israel and Egypt that was brokered by the United States.
  3. An intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade.
  4. A policy of openness and transparency in the activities of government institutions and freedom of information, introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s by Mikhail Gorbachev.
  5. A militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet-Afghan War.
  6. Agreements by the United States and Panama in 1977 and 1979 to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama by 2000.
  7. An agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.
  8. A major political scandal in the United States involving abuse of power and obstruction of justice during the Nixon administration.
  9. A protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the subsequent overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government.
  10. An intergovernmental organization that aims to manage the supply of oil in an effort to set the price on the world market, in order to avoid fluctuations that might affect the economies of both producing and purchasing countries.

15 Clues: An intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. • A peace treaty signed in 1978 between Israel and Egypt that was brokered by the United States. • Agreements by the United States and Panama in 1977 and 1979 to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama by 2000. • ...

Ryan Nguyen - Assignment Review Crossword: PERIODS 6-8 2021-05-14

Ryan Nguyen - Assignment Review Crossword: PERIODS 6-8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A culture of values that opposed traditional norms and standard lifestyles. They denied a lifestyle of conformity and lived on unconnect to their past, “hippies” who accepted drugs and sexualilty.
  2. - The ____ conference was a meeting after WWII between the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union over the divide of the war torn Germany. They agreed to divide it in four pieces to rebuild it and then put it back together.
  3. - The movement by the protestant church that aimed to improve the living conditions of cities. Fixing social problems such as racial tensions, alcoholism, unclean environments, etc.
  4. - The southern region of the United States stretching from west to east. These areas experienced rapid population growth following the end of WWII following the baby boom.
  5. - The ________ project was a secret project on the development of nuclear weapons within the United States. This weapon, or nuke, was used on Japan following the near end of WWII. Many who worked on this project warned against its use knowing how powerful it is.
  6. - This was an era of nationwide social activism and political reforms across the country. Such reformers were made up of middle-class women and/or Chirstian Ministers.
  7. - The nationwide fear (or scare) of communism within the United States.
  8. - The withdrawal of United States troops out of Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam war and US involvement in the conflict.
  9. - The ______ age was an era of economic and industrial growth within the nation during the late 19th century with mass immigration. However life within the United States for the common citizen during that time was not favorable.
  10. - To decrease the tension between two nations or to ease hostilities between two nations.
  11. - They were political mobsters who wanted the votes from people for money. They made promises of jobs and intimate people for votes and getting contracts from work.
  12. - A speech given by William Jennings Bryan in which he promotes the idea that we should move away from the gold standard or we shall end up on a “Cross Of Gold.”
  13. - Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan of combating the Great Depression. It was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations to combat the rise of unemployment and a failing economy during that time.
  14. - A company with no competition and full or almost full control of a certain trade, service, or good.
  15. - This alliance was formed due to the rising tensions of the cold war. Originally made up of the US and 11 other nations, this pact made it so if one nation member was attacked, the other nations would back them up.
  16. - Journalism that exaggerates or distorts the news to attract attention and readers. The stories may be untrue or highly biased.
  17. - A major proxy war in Vietnam with the involvement of the United States to prevent communism, known to citizens in Vietnam as the “American War.” This war waged on for 11 years. It demoralized the american public and army as it was broadcasted around the nation through TV and eventually America pulled out, as it was a battle they could not win.
  18. - The ______ policy was a policy between the United States, several european nations, China, and Japan that they should all have equal access to trade with China. This policy spanned 1899-1949 when the Chinese Civil War occured.
  19. - The _______ party was created in response to the growing power of corporate and company power. They were an agrarian movement during the gilded age and had a list of demands known as the Omaha Platform such for the direct election of senators and a federal income tax.
  20. - Journalist who exposed corruption behind leaders and the injustice in institutions. They “raked in the muck and showed it to the people.”
  21. - A 13 day military standoff between the United States and Soviet Union over the missiles in Cuba and was the closest the two nations got to nuclear warfare.
Down
  1. - A policy where strong countries dominate other countries for economic, social, and political gain. America began such a step when they beat Spain out of Cuba and the Philippines.
  2. - Truman’s plan to expand on Roosevelt’s new deal. Such as increasing minimum wage and expanding the rights for African Americans. Also with national health care and education aid. Most of these goals were never achieved.
  3. - The disproven theory that some people are just more evolved on the social ladder than others. This theory was taken from Darwinism;s theory of evolution.
  4. - A campaign led by Joseph McCarty from 1950-1954 against alleged communists on american soil and in the american public. This campaign caused the livelihood of thousands which caused them to lose their jobs and/or become blacklisted. Many of these allegations came from unfounded bases.
  5. - An organized group of workers, used to protect their rights as a worker and push their interests in their workplace.
  6. - The _______ amendment prohibited poll taxes, allowing easier access to voting polls.
  7. - This act outlawed unethical business practices such as monopolies and price fixing. It also protected and upheld the rights of many workers. Known as a successor to the Sherman Antitrust act.
  8. - Standing for double victories, this was an effort for African americans fighting in the war to gain full citizenship rights. With the double victory standing for one victory abroad against the german army and one at home against discrimation.
  9. - After WWII, the ______ era was a time when people had many children due to a prospering economy.
  10. - Reagan’s _______ economics or theory states that tax breaks and benefits for the business owners and the wealthy would trickle down to the lower class. It was believed that the financial benefits to these industries would stimulate economic growth, benefitting the public in the long term.
  11. - A term coined by Lyndon B. Johnson to institute social welfare programs sponsored by the federal government.
  12. - This plan was when the United States transferred over 15 billion dollars to the wartorn european countries after World War II for the european’s recovery programs.
  13. - A series of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union about political, economic, military, and ideological matters. Not exactly a war but almost close to one. This was a battle between Capitalism/Democracy and Communism.
  14. - The _____ theory was the idea that if one country fell to communism, it’s neighboring countries would also fall to communism. This idea was most prominent within the Vietnam war.
  15. - Created by Andrew Carnegie, it was the idea that the rich should give their wealth to public institutions such as but not limited to schools, libraries, and museums.
  16. - A short war between Spain and the United States over the struggle of Spain's rule in Cuba and the Philippines and of the mysterious explosion of the U.S.S Maine in Havana Harbor. Some say this was the United State’s introduction to imperialism.
  17. - This doctrine gave economic, military, and political aid to wartorn democratic countries under the threat of authoritarian forces. A sense of containment.
  18. - United State’s numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism, to contain it.
  19. - After an attack on american ships by North vietnamese in the gulf that this resolution was named after, this resolution was passed giving the executive branch, the power to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.”
  20. - A proxy war in the Korea peninsula between the United States’s South and the Communinst Chinese North. The war waged for around 3 years and led to a statement in the middle.

41 Clues: - The nationwide fear (or scare) of communism within the United States. • - The _______ amendment prohibited poll taxes, allowing easier access to voting polls. • - United State’s numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism, to contain it. • - To decrease the tension between two nations or to ease hostilities between two nations. • ...

Unit 5 Early Republic Events, Acts, Treaties 2018-01-19

Unit 5 Early Republic Events, Acts, Treaties crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
  2. an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
  3. a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812
  4. the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional
  5. in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
  6. President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America
Down
  1. the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
  2. a law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation
  3. a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States
  4. laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
  5. a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that settled differences and put off a threat of military conflict between the two nations
  6. a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships
  7. the treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio
  8. an 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States

14 Clues: an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade • in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory • a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States • a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812 • ...

Colton Shoemaker Unit 3 2022-11-01

Colton Shoemaker Unit 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the creators of the US government
  2. the type of representation in the Senate
  3. powers specifically stated in the Constitution
  4. sometimes referred to as the "common good"
  5. when a law breaks the ideals of the Constitution
  6. also known as the "elastic clause"
  7. how the legislative branch helps the executive branch appoint government officials
  8. the amount of a person slaves count towards in a states' population
  9. the event that led to the creation of the Senate and the House of Representatives
Down
  1. the type of representation in the House of Representatives
  2. wanted representation in Congress to be proportional to the states' population.
  3. was more popular in Southern states than in Northern states
  4. the official power to overhear court cases
  5. wanted equal representation in Congress, regardless of population
  6. to put the President to trial
  7. created the bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives
  8. used to elect the President by having representatives vote on behalf of their state
  9. when political actors act in the best interest of citizens

18 Clues: to put the President to trial • the creators of the US government • also known as the "elastic clause" • the type of representation in the Senate • the official power to overhear court cases • sometimes referred to as the "common good" • powers specifically stated in the Constitution • when a law breaks the ideals of the Constitution • ...

South Africa 2016-05-25

South Africa crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Number of Capitals South Africa has
  2. Group of laws segregating blacks and whites
Down
  1. While weak federalism exists, South Africa is considered...
  2. Party that has been in control in South Africa

4 Clues: Number of Capitals South Africa has • Group of laws segregating blacks and whites • Party that has been in control in South Africa • While weak federalism exists, South Africa is considered...

Cvil war Station 8 2023-04-26

Cvil war Station 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A nickname for people from the North as well as soldiers
  2. A nickname for the south
  3. the northern states of the united states also called the union
  4. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  5. a short blade
  6. When southern states chose to leave
  7. a long gun
  8. A team used to descried people who supported the union
  9. The side of an army or military union
  10. it a person that report
Down
  1. An army of citizens used during emergencies
  2. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot
  3. A person who wanted to eliminate or abolish slavery\
  4. Another name for the Confederate States
  5. A cap worm by civil War soldiers

15 Clues: a long gun • a short blade • it a person that report • A nickname for the south • A cap worm by civil War soldiers • When southern states chose to leave • The side of an army or military union • Soldiers that fight and travel by foot • Another name for the Confederate States • An army of citizens used during emergencies • A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

U.S. History - 1st Semester Crossword 2024-01-07

U.S. History - 1st Semester Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The American victory at the Battle of _________ that ultimately guaranteed American independence from Britain.
  2. The American victory at the Battle of _________ convinced France to join the war on the side of the Americans.
  3. This was the first governing document of the United States; the Articles of _______________.
  4. The number of colonies that eventually became the first group of states in the United States of America.
  5. The war between the American colonies and the British Empire that led to the creation of the United States has been called the American War for ________________.
  6. The first shot fired between Colonists and British Soldiers that occurred in Lexington, Massachusetts, has often been called the “Shot heard ‘round the ______.”
Down
  1. This was the location of the peace treaty signed between the United States and Britain to end the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
  2. He was the general of the Continental Army in the American revolutionary war for independence and later became our first president. His first name is George.
  3. The location of the events of the Massacre and Tea Party that happened in this Northeastern U.S. city; were events that preceded the War with Britain.
  4. This document replaced the Articles of Confederation and is the document that still governs the United States today; the _____________ of the United States.
  5. This was the location of the first major battle in the American Revolution; the Battle of ______ Hill.
  6. The settlements of Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth were the first three ____________ settlements in North America.

12 Clues: This was the first governing document of the United States; the Articles of _______________. • This was the location of the first major battle in the American Revolution; the Battle of ______ Hill. • The number of colonies that eventually became the first group of states in the United States of America. • ...

Spanish American War - Comaris 2024-04-22

Spanish American War - Comaris crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who was one of the two warring newspaper owners who contributed to exaggerated accounts and was the owner of the New York Journal?
  2. Who was one of the two warring newspaper owners who contributed to exaggerated accounts and was the owner of the New York World?
  3. What was the name of the ship that exploded, and prompted the United States to declare war against Spain?
  4. Who won the medal of honor during the Spanish American War and would eventually become a U.S. President?
  5. What style of newspaper reporting emphasized sensationalism over facts?
  6. What volunteer unit was led by Theodore Roosevelt during the war?
  7. What battle is considered one of the most decisive of the Spanish-American War?
  8. What treaty ended the war between the United States and Spain?
  9. Who led the American fleet to victory in Manila Bay?
Down
  1. What did the United States gain control of in the Caribbean after the war with Spain that is now a territory of the United States?
  2. What term describes a country with an empire extending across various territories?
  3. What was the rallying cry that urged Americans to join the war?
  4. What did the United States gain control of in the Pacific Ocean after the war with Spain?
  5. Who was the American president during the Spanish-American War?
  6. Which island was attempting to break free from Spanish control in the 1890s?

15 Clues: Who led the American fleet to victory in Manila Bay? • What treaty ended the war between the United States and Spain? • What was the rallying cry that urged Americans to join the war? • Who was the American president during the Spanish-American War? • What volunteer unit was led by Theodore Roosevelt during the war? • ...

Ryan Nguyen - Assignment Review Crossword: PERIODS 6-8 2021-05-14

Ryan Nguyen - Assignment Review Crossword: PERIODS 6-8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The ____ conference was a meeting after WWII between the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union over the divide of the war torn Germany. They agreed to divide it in four pieces to rebuild it and then put it back together.
  2. - The movement by the protestant church that aimed to improve the living conditions of cities. Fixing social problems such as racial tensions, alcoholism, unclean environments, etc.
  3. - The disproven theory that some people are just more evolved on the social ladder than others. This theory was taken from Darwinism;s theory of evolution.
  4. - Standing for double victories, this was an effort for African americans fighting in the war to gain full citizenship rights. With the double victory standing for one victory abroad against the german army and one at home against discrimation.
  5. - United State’s numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism, to contain it.
  6. - The withdrawal of United States troops out of Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam war and US involvement in the conflict.
  7. - A term coined by Lyndon B. Johnson to institute social welfare programs sponsored by the federal government.
  8. - Journalist who exposed corruption behind leaders and the injustice in institutions. They “raked in the muck and showed it to the people.”
  9. - This alliance was formed due to the rising tensions of the cold war. Originally made up of the US and 11 other nations, this pact made it so if one nation member was attacked, the other nations would back them up.
  10. - A series of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union about political, economic, military, and ideological matters. Not exactly a war but almost close to one. This was a battle between Capitalism/Democracy and Communism.
  11. - The nationwide fear (or scare) of communism within the United States.
  12. - A company with no competition and full or almost full control of a certain trade, service, or good.
  13. - A major proxy war in Vietnam with the involvement of the United States to prevent communism, known to citizens in Vietnam as the “American War.” This war waged on for 11 years. It demoralized the american public and army as it was broadcasted around the nation through TV and eventually America pulled out, as it was a battle they could not win.
  14. - After an attack on american ships by North vietnamese in the gulf that this resolution was named after, this resolution was passed giving the executive branch, the power to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.”
  15. - Reagan’s _______ economics or theory states that tax breaks and benefits for the business owners and the wealthy would trickle down to the lower class. It was believed that the financial benefits to these industries would stimulate economic growth, benefitting the public in the long term.
  16. - A speech given by William Jennings Bryan in which he promotes the idea that we should move away from the gold standard or we shall end up on a “Cross Of Gold.”
  17. - A policy where strong countries dominate other countries for economic, social, and political gain. America began such a step when they beat Spain out of Cuba and the Philippines.
  18. - The southern region of the United States stretching from west to east. These areas experienced rapid population growth following the end of WWII following the baby boom.
  19. - This was an era of nationwide social activism and political reforms across the country. Such reformers were made up of middle-class women and/or Chirstian Ministers.
  20. - A campaign led by Joseph McCarty from 1950-1954 against alleged communists on american soil and in the american public. This campaign caused the livelihood of thousands which caused them to lose their jobs and/or become blacklisted. Many of these allegations came from unfounded bases.
  21. - A culture of values that opposed traditional norms and standard lifestyles. They denied a lifestyle of conformity and lived on unconnect to their past, “hippies” who accepted drugs and sexualilty.
Down
  1. - To decrease the tension between two nations or to ease hostilities between two nations.
  2. - A short war between Spain and the United States over the struggle of Spain's rule in Cuba and the Philippines and of the mysterious explosion of the U.S.S Maine in Havana Harbor. Some say this was the United State’s introduction to imperialism.
  3. - Created by Andrew Carnegie, it was the idea that the rich should give their wealth to public institutions such as but not limited to schools, libraries, and museums.
  4. - The ________ project was a secret project on the development of nuclear weapons within the United States. This weapon, or nuke, was used on Japan following the near end of WWII. Many who worked on this project warned against its use knowing how powerful it is.
  5. - They were political mobsters who wanted the votes from people for money. They made promises of jobs and intimate people for votes and getting contracts from work.
  6. - This plan was when the United States transferred over 15 billion dollars to the wartorn european countries after World War II for the european’s recovery programs.
  7. - A proxy war in the Korea peninsula between the United States’s South and the Communinst Chinese North. The war waged for around 3 years and led to a statement in the middle.
  8. - This doctrine gave economic, military, and political aid to wartorn democratic countries under the threat of authoritarian forces. A sense of containment.
  9. - The ______ age was an era of economic and industrial growth within the nation during the late 19th century with mass immigration. However life within the United States for the common citizen during that time was not favorable.
  10. - This act outlawed unethical business practices such as monopolies and price fixing. It also protected and upheld the rights of many workers. Known as a successor to the Sherman Antitrust act.
  11. - Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan of combating the Great Depression. It was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations to combat the rise of unemployment and a failing economy during that time.
  12. - The ______ policy was a policy between the United States, several european nations, China, and Japan that they should all have equal access to trade with China. This policy spanned 1899-1949 when the Chinese Civil War occured.
  13. - An organized group of workers, used to protect their rights as a worker and push their interests in their workplace.
  14. - After WWII, the ______ era was a time when people had many children due to a prospering economy.
  15. - Truman’s plan to expand on Roosevelt’s new deal. Such as increasing minimum wage and expanding the rights for African Americans. Also with national health care and education aid. Most of these goals were never achieved.
  16. - Journalism that exaggerates or distorts the news to attract attention and readers. The stories may be untrue or highly biased.
  17. - A 13 day military standoff between the United States and Soviet Union over the missiles in Cuba and was the closest the two nations got to nuclear warfare.
  18. - The _____ theory was the idea that if one country fell to communism, it’s neighboring countries would also fall to communism. This idea was most prominent within the Vietnam war.
  19. - The _______ party was created in response to the growing power of corporate and company power. They were an agrarian movement during the gilded age and had a list of demands known as the Omaha Platform such for the direct election of senators and a federal income tax.

40 Clues: - The nationwide fear (or scare) of communism within the United States. • - United State’s numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism, to contain it. • - To decrease the tension between two nations or to ease hostilities between two nations. • - After WWII, the ______ era was a time when people had many children due to a prospering economy. • ...

US History Constitution & New Republic SSUSH5-6-7 2023-11-17

US History Constitution & New Republic SSUSH5-6-7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. collection of articles and essays written by Hamilton, Madison, John Jay, designed to promote the ratification of the Constitution.
  2. A second religious fervor that swept the nation. It converted more than the first. It also had an effect on moral movements such as prison reform, the temperance movement, and moral reasoning against slavery.
  3. Land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains purchased from France for 15 million dollars. It doubled the size of the US at the time, getting more land than the US wanted.
  4. A war between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France.
  5. Senator from Kentucky, supporter of the American System, Speaker of the House, known as "The Great Compromiser," outlined the Compromise of 1850
  6. supporters of the Constitution(led by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison-father of the Constitution)
  7. A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.
  8. Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining taxes and representation in the House of Representatives.
  9. This "system" developed by Henry Clay, consisted of three mutually reinforcing parts: a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture.
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  1. made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government.
  2. a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
  3. 3rd President
  4. believed that the federal government should remain weak and that the states should have the authority to make their own decisions.
  5. people who opposed the Constitution.
  6. Massachusetts rebellion led by Daniel Shays seeking lower taxes and to protection of property for poor farmers.
  7. Southerners favored freedom of trade & believed in the authority of states over the fed. gov.--> declared federal protective tariffs null and void; South believed individual state cannot defy fed. gov. alone; led to increased sense among Southerners as "minority" & threat of secession rather than nullification was the South's ultimate weapon
  8. Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery
  9. Compromise between large & small states based on representation in Congress. Each state would get 2 votes in the Senate and in the House representation would be based on population.
  10. A major success of the Articles of Confederation. A law that divided much of the U.S. land into townships so the sale of land to settlers was easier.
  11. The 1st Constitution of the United States that governed America during the Revolution. It was very weak: no executive branch, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade
  12. A policy of spreading more political power to more people. It was a "Common Man" theme.
  13. 5th President
  14. 1st President
  15. 2nd President
  16. 4th President

25 Clues: 3rd President • 5th President • 1st President • 2nd President • 4th President • people who opposed the Constitution. • A policy of spreading more political power to more people. It was a "Common Man" theme. • supporters of the Constitution(led by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison-father of the Constitution) • ...

Unit#8 Shell Shock Note 2025-05-20

Unit#8 Shell Shock Note crossword puzzle
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  1. the two main reasons eventually joined the war in 1917 were: Germany’s resumption of submarine warfare and the interception by British intelligence of this (an offer of a German alliance with Mexico if they attacked the United States).
  2. The United States remained this, once the war started and remained so politically until 1917.
  3. This was a buildup of military, naval and weaponry that a nation had. It was one of the underlying causes of World War I and led to an arms race between nations that would eventually fight in World War I.
  4. This was the economic result of increased wages, working hours and more money in supply in the United States during the war.
  5. Germany sank this ship carrying American and European passengers. Over 1,200 perished, including 128 Americans. It was found later that the Lusitania was carrying weapons from American factories.
  6. This was another underlying cause of World War I. It originated from a desire for security among nations as the military build up increased. The two major alliance on the eve of World War I were the Triple Entente and the Central Powers.
  7. After the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States did or didnot join World War I?
  8. The main motivation for this underlying cause of World War I was the acquisition of raw materials and new markets to sell goods for industrialized nations. This increased tensions and rivalries between industrialized nations that in decades preceding World War I
  9. This president presented his 14 points at the negotiations in Versailles as multi pronged effort to avoid future armed conflicts.
  10. Another underlying cause of World War I, it is defined as loyalty and pride in your country above people or organizations. It encouraged competition and led to the eventual build of each countries military
  11. the 14th point called for an international peacekeeping body, which would later become this. It lacked a military enforced mechanism which would make it ineffective in stopping belligerent nations like Italy, Germany and Japan in the lead up to World War II.
  12. This is the setting where weapons were being made for the Triple Entente during the war in the United States.
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  1. This was a movement of millions of Black Americans out of the South to support war time production during the War in the northern cities.
  2. portion of the Treaty of Versailles that insisted that Germany accept full responsibility for starting the war.
  3. This led to the overthrow of the Czar and eventual creation of the Soviet Union. It also meant that in the Eastern Front, Germany would now have little to no opposition.
  4. His assassination in Sarajevo led to the eventual mobilization of the two major alliance systems and the was the immediate cause of World War I.
  5. These were greatly reduced for individuals during the war as the government censored press, speech and other civil liberties.
  6. Great Britain and France were more interested in this during the Versailles peace negotiation than lasting peace.
  7. This is the side that the United States banks, factories and the media supported during the war.
  8. Did the United States ever join the League of Nations? Yes or No.

20 Clues: Did the United States ever join the League of Nations? Yes or No. • After the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States did or didnot join World War I? • The United States remained this, once the war started and remained so politically until 1917. • This is the side that the United States banks, factories and the media supported during the war. • ...

crossword 2022-09-13

crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida
  2. early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" and the "Father of the American Factory System"
  3. a form of colonization where settlers would established a permanent or semi-permanent colonial settlements in a new region
  4. a series of forced displacements of approximately 60,000 Indigenous people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government
  5. is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie
  6. an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered Mexican territory
  7. was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803
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  1. American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
  2. Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States
  3. the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase
  4. American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South
  5. Famous as the “Great Pacificator” for his contributions to domestic policy, he emphasized economic development in his diplomacy

12 Clues: Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States • is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie • was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803 • ...

Our Solar System 2022-02-23

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. Rover that landed on Mars in 2012
  2. Building housing an astronomical telescope
  3. United States robotic space probe launched 1989 to study Jupiter and its moons
  4. First successful Mars lander in 1976
  5. South region
  6. Shuttle, Comprising of two solid rocket boosters, one external tank and an orbiter (or space plane)
  7. NASA mission that mapped entire surface of Venus
  8. United States space probe launched in 1972 passing Jupiter and first to leave our solar system
  9. Occuring twice a year and is when the sun reaches maximum or minimum declination resulting in the longest and shortest days
  10. Building with interior that projects the night sky
  11. Four divisions of Earth's orbit around Sol marking changes in weather and daylight hours
  12. Lab, First United States space station launched in 1973
  13. Space Station, Intergovernmental establishment in orbit of Earth comprised of modules
  14. Colloquial grouping of stars on the celestial sphere
  15. NASA program beginning in 1992 to improve understanding of our solar system
  16. Curie, Sojourner's flight spare
  17. Airborne Observatory, Aka KAO jet used by NASA for infrared astronomy
  18. First United States spacecraft to achieve orbit
  19. Failed space shuttle resulting in death of 7 crew members in 1986
  20. Path of Earth's orbit around Sol
  21. Soviet crewed spacecraft resulting Yuri Gagarin as the first man in space
  22. First Mars rover and first wheeled vehicle on another planet that landed in 1997
  23. Occuring twice a year and is when the sun crosses the celestial equator resulting in day and night to be approximate in length
  24. Space probes launched to photograph and study interplanetary matter of Mars and Venus
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  1. Area on celestial sphere representing perceived outline or pattern of stars
  2. Soviet artificial satellites and first launched into orbit in October 1957
  3. Astronomy, traditional practice of observing the sky for time and navigation
  4. Robotic interstellar probes launched in 1977 to collect data of Jupiter and Saturn
  5. Motion, Yearly movement of stars on the celestial sphere
  6. Soviet program that sent spacecraft to our moon for study
  7. Mars rover active from 2004 to 2010
  8. Communication using electromagnetic waves between 30 hertz and 300 gigahertz
  9. Sphere, imaginary sphere around the observer on which celestial objects appear to lie
  10. Global Surveyor, United States space probe launched in 1996 to globally map Mars
  11. robotic lunar rovers made by the Soviets during the Moon race
  12. Device that uses the reverberation of radio waves to sense objects
  13. Tool used to see faraway objects
  14. retired space shuttle that was created after Challenger
  15. point 90 degrees from the horizon directly up
  16. Fixed points in the night sky of object similar to Sol
  17. North region
  18. United States uncrewed space mission in the 1960s to take close photos of Luna
  19. Russian space mission to Venus set to be launched in 2029
  20. Research mission between NASA and ISA to study Saturn
  21. Mission resulting in successful keeping of humans on the ISS since 2000
  22. Third United States spaceflight program resulting in the first humans on Luna
  23. Pathfinder, United States robotic spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1997
  24. Eye, Visual perception without use of assisting factors

48 Clues: South region • North region • Curie, Sojourner's flight spare • Tool used to see faraway objects • Path of Earth's orbit around Sol • Rover that landed on Mars in 2012 • Mars rover active from 2004 to 2010 • First successful Mars lander in 1976 • Building housing an astronomical telescope • point 90 degrees from the horizon directly up • ...

Chapters 1 and 2 Test Review 2024-10-11

Chapters 1 and 2 Test Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Powers that belong to the federal government, like declaring war
  2. Upheld by McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), giving credence to Hamilton's assertion of "implied powers"
  3. System of setting branches against each other to ensure consent of actions
  4. Madisonian system dividing power between the state and national governments
  5. Authored by James Madison, argues that a large republic helps mitigate factions
  6. Ideology favoring more control of social behavior, fewer regulations on business, and less government interference in the economy
  7. Power is divided between the three branches of government to ensure no one becomes too powerful
  8. Ideology favoring very little government regulation and intervention beyond protective private property and individual liberty
  9. Authored by Alexander Hamilton, argues that the system of checks and balances will prevent a tyrannical federal government
  10. Model of democratic government where wealth is the basis of power and upper-class elites pull the strings of government
  11. Powers that belong to the states, like education
  12. Term for the institutions that make public policy decisions for a society
  13. Addressed in Federalist No. 10, groups of people with a shared political interest
  14. Process by which policy comes into being and evolves
  15. Addressed the issue of representation, creating a two-chamber legislature appealing to both big and small states
  16. Critique of pluralism in which the many competing groups are so strong that government is weakened
  17. Political philosophy supporting the rights of "average" American citizens in the struggle against privileged elites
  18. Anti-Federalist paper, argues that a large republic will lead to tyranny and the "annihilation" of the states
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  1. First government of the United States, created a decentralized government with power to the states
  2. Upheld by McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), asserts the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the land
  3. Equality of opportunity and respect in the absence of a monarchy and aristocracy
  4. Powers that belong to both the states and national government, like voting or taxation
  5. Edits to the Constitution, can be achieved through the Congressional or Convention Method
  6. Led by war veteran Daniel Shays, exposed a major flaw of the Articles that government could not control the governed
  7. Political philosopher who believed humanity creates government to secure natural rights
  8. Limited by US v. Lopez (1995), arguing Congress must make a direct connection to establish control over interstate trade
  9. Process of "who gets what, when, and how"
  10. Model of democratic government where all or most citizens participate by holding office or making policy
  11. Authored by Thomas Paine, clearly articulated the need to separate from England
  12. Model of democratic government where groups with shared interests influence public policy by pressing their concerns
  13. Opposed ratification of the Constitution, concerned with the lack of a bill of rights
  14. Supported ratification of the Constitution, led by Washington, Hamilton, and Madison
  15. Refused to sign the Constitution, would rather "cut off his left hand" than consent
  16. Ideology favoring less government control over social behaviors and greater regulations of businesses and the economy
  17. Tyranny of the ________ was a problem addressed by Alexis de Tocqueville that occurs in democratic states when factions become too powerful
  18. Compromise addressing the inclusion of slaves in representation

36 Clues: Process of "who gets what, when, and how" • Powers that belong to the states, like education • Process by which policy comes into being and evolves • Compromise addressing the inclusion of slaves in representation • Powers that belong to the federal government, like declaring war • Term for the institutions that make public policy decisions for a society • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2026-03-14

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Address-an 1863 speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln
  2. person who wants to end slavery,
  3. commemorate the loss of life at the Battle of Gettysburg,
  4. Railroad-A network of people who worked together to help African Americans escape from slavery,
  5. effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War,
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  1. Proclamation- an 1863 document issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed all slaves living in Confederate territory,
  2. States- state that bordered both the Union and Confederate states,
  3. ending of slavery,
  4. a member of the constitutional union party,
  5. murder for political reasons,
  6. Ship-a ship armored with iron plates to protect it from cannon fire,
  7. southern states that seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America,

12 Clues: ending of slavery, • murder for political reasons, • person who wants to end slavery, • a member of the constitutional union party, • commemorate the loss of life at the Battle of Gettysburg, • Address-an 1863 speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln • States- state that bordered both the Union and Confederate states, • ...

Foundations of American Democracy 2024-05-19

Foundations of American Democracy crossword puzzle
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  1. To add or change
  2. a lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts
  3. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature (Senate) and representation based on population in the other house (House of Representatives)
  4. To approve
  5. The Commerce Clause of the Constitution does not give Congress the power to prohibit mere possession of a gun near a school,
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  1. Power of the court to determine the constitutionality of laws
  2. Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states.
  3. Powers given specifically to the states
  4. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
  5. A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.
  6. ___ of opportunity
  7. Federal money given to the states with few restrictions about how it should be spent
  8. Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
  9. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  10. the clause that states that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and that national laws are supreme over state laws

15 Clues: To approve • To add or change • ___ of opportunity • Powers given specifically to the states • a lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts • Power of the court to determine the constitutionality of laws • Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature • A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments • ...

The American Election 2020-10-26

The American Election crossword puzzle
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  1. When citizens cast their ballots for president in the popular vote, they elect a slate of electors.electors then cast the votes that decide who becomes president of the U.S.A
  2. A US state where the two major political parties have similar levels of support among voters.
  3. a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government.
  4. The framers of the Constitution created the United States Senate to protect the rights of individual states
  5. An aggregate of the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group.
  6. ____-__-______ makes and passes federal laws.
  7. The Electoral College is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution, which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the United States.
  8. a member or supporter of the democratic party
  9. A formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
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  1. voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors by post.
  2. Synonym: Plurality voting
  3. a member or supporter of the republican party
  4. the highest judicial court in a country or state.
  5. The group of people who officially control a country.
  6. a collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of people.
  7. Through legislative debate and compromise, the U.S. Congress makes laws that influence our daily lives.

16 Clues: Synonym: Plurality voting • a member or supporter of the republican party • ____-__-______ makes and passes federal laws. • a member or supporter of the democratic party • the highest judicial court in a country or state. • The group of people who officially control a country. • voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors by post. • ...

AP World History Period 5 Crossword Puzzle 2019-03-22

AP World History Period 5 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Conference / It was a conference where they regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. Origin= Germany
  2. Marx / A German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. Origin= Germany and United Kingdom
  3. Suffrage / The right of women to vote in elections, beginning in the late 1800s. Origin= United States and England
  4. Hidalgo / A Mexican Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence. Origin= Mexico
  5. Rebellion / An anti-imperialist, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty. Origin= China
  6. Diaz / A Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico. Origin= Mexico
  7. Bolivar / A Venezuelan military and political leader who led the secession of what are currently the states of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama from the Spanish Empire. Origin= Venezuela
  8. of Nations / The magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. It is a book that offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. Origin= England
  9. Darwin / An English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. His proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science. Origin= United Kingdom
  10. Rebellion / A massive rebellion or total civil war in China that was waged from 1850 to 1864 between the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom under Hong Xiuquan. Origin= China
  11. War / A military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945. Origin= Japan and China
  12. Darwinism / The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Origin= United Kingdom
  13. Toussaint L’Ouverture / The best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. He was a leader of the growing resistance. His military and political acumen saved the gains of the first Black insurrection in November 1791. Origin= France
  14. / A member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789. They were extremely radical. Origin= France
  15. / A French lawyer and politician, as well as one of the best known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution. Origin= France
  16. for Africa / The occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of the New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914. Origin= Africa, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and France
  17. American Wars for Independence / The revolutions or a revolutionary wave, that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and resulted in the creation of a number of independent countries in Latin America. Origin= Latin America
  18. the Bastille / This siege or storming was a symbol of the cruelty and mistreatment of the common people by the French monarchy under Louis XVI. Origin= France
  19. / The class of wage-earners in an economic society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour-power. Origin= French and English
  20. / Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. Origin= Germany and Italy
  21. Matthew Perry / A Commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. Origin= United States
  22. Revolution / A revolution that took place between 1791-1804, it is significant because it was the only country where slave freedom was taken by force, and marks the only successful slave revolt in modern times. Origin= Haiti
  23. Restoration / An event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Origin= China
  24. Canal / A sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Origin= Egypt
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  1. / A flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibers. Origin= Egypt and India (Latin)
  2. Wars / A war fought from October 11, 1899, to May 31, 1902, between Great Britain and the two Boer (Afrikaner) republics. Origin= Great Britain and Africa
  3. Process / A steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort. Origin= England
  4. of Terror / A period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, also the period of the Terror during the French Revolution. Origin= France
  5. Doctrine / A United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. Origin= United States
  6. Engine / A heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. Origin= England
  7. Independence / An armed conflict, and the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain in 1821 in the territory of New Spain. Origin= Mexico
  8. Bonaparte / A French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. Origin= France
  9. General / The legislative body in France until 1789, representing the three estates of the realm. Origin= France
  10. American War / A war fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Origin= United States, Cuba, and Puerto Rico
  11. Removal Act 1830 / A law that authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands. Origin= United States
  12. / The transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. Origin= United States and Europe
  13. Exclusion Act / A United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. Origin= United States and China
  14. Purchase / A land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. Origin= France and United States
  15. 16th / A King of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution. Origin= France
  16. Cook / A British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Origin= Great Britain
  17. / A polysemous French term that can mean: a sociologically defined class, especially in contemporary times, referring to people with a certain cultural and financial capital belonging. Origin= France
  18. East India Company / An English and later British joint-stock company primarily in India. Origin= Great Britain and India
  19. Revolution / An uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic. Origin= France
  20. / An Afrikaans-speaking person in South Africa, especially one descended from the Dutch and Huguenot settlers of the 17th century. Origin= Dutch and South African
  21. / A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Origin= Germany, United Kingdom, and Russia
  22. / An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Origin= England
  23. of Germany / A politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France. Origin= Germany
  24. Wars / Two wars in the mid-19th century involving China and the British Empire over the British trade of opium and China's sovereignty. Origin= China and Great Britain
  25. War of 1879 / Was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Origin= United Kingdom and Africa (Zulu Kingdom)

49 Clues: Diaz / A Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico. Origin= Mexico • Engine / A heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. Origin= England • Cook / A British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Origin= Great Britain • ...

Aarav Pattani's Civil War crossword puzzle 2022-04-21

Aarav Pattani's Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery
  2. people that believed slavery was good
  3. 16th president of the United states and was president of the union during the civil war.
  4. Southern General
  5. a war between the north and the south over slavery and states rights.
  6. union general and 18th president of the united states.
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  1. a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever
  2. president of confederate states
  3. a fort in ruins after a siege by the south which started the civil war
  4. the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won
  5. People that fought in the civil war against slavery

11 Clues: Southern General • president of confederate states • people that believed slavery was good • A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery • People that fought in the civil war against slavery • a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever • the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won • union general and 18th president of the united states. • ...

Aarav Pattani's Civil War crossword puzzle 2022-04-21

Aarav Pattani's Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery
  2. people that believed slavery was good
  3. 16th president of the United states and was president of the union during the civil war.
  4. Southern General
  5. a war between the north and the south over slavery and states rights.
  6. union general and 18th president of the united states.
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  1. a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever
  2. president of confederate states
  3. a fort in ruins after a siege by the south which started the civil war
  4. the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won
  5. People that fought in the civil war against slavery

11 Clues: Southern General • president of confederate states • people that believed slavery was good • A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery • People that fought in the civil war against slavery • a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever • the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won • union general and 18th president of the united states. • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2021-11-19

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
  2. of the national government
  3. battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely
  4. a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
  5. one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
  6. take priority over the
  7. Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
  8. the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
  9. Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
  10. established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
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  1. federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
  2. proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
  3. the belief that a state’s interests
  4. a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
  5. legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
  6. the action of southern states to leave the Union
  7. most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”

17 Clues: take priority over the • of the national government • the belief that a state’s interests • the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...

Anatomy of the Constitution, Part 2 2024-11-19

Anatomy of the Constitution, Part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. According to Article IV, new states can be admitted to the Union with the authorization of _____ and the president.
  2. According to Article V, an amendment may be proposed by a __-___ vote in both houses of Congress.
  3. The final draft of the Constitution was signed by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention on _____ 17, 1787.
  4. According to Article V, an amendment may be ratified by __-___ vote of the state legislatures.
  5. System of government in which the powers of government are divided between the national government and the state governments
  6. According to Article VI, if a state and a federal law disagree, the _____ law wins.
  7. According to Article VII, _____ of the thirteen states had to ratify the Constitution before it took effect.
  8. The Bill of Rights are the first _____ amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which set forth basic rights guaranteed to all Americans.
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  1. Article V of the Constitution describes how the Constitution can be _____, or changed.
  2. Article IV of the Constitution describes how ____ should interact with each other.
  3. Type of democracy in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them
  4. A written change or addition to the Constitution
  5. Many people opposed ratifying the Constitution because it did not contain a list of the _____ of the people.
  6. Article VI states that the laws and treaties of the U.S. government are "the _____ law of the land."
  7. The _____ of Rights was added to the Constitution in 1791.
  8. The legal process for returning criminals to the place from which they fled
  9. The "full _____ and credit" clause of Article IV requires that each state respect the laws and court decisions of other states.

17 Clues: A written change or addition to the Constitution • The _____ of Rights was added to the Constitution in 1791. • The legal process for returning criminals to the place from which they fled • Article IV of the Constitution describes how ____ should interact with each other. • According to Article VI, if a state and a federal law disagree, the _____ law wins. • ...

Ryan Nguyen - Assignment Review Crossword: PERIODS 6-8 2021-05-14

Ryan Nguyen - Assignment Review Crossword: PERIODS 6-8 crossword puzzle
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  1. - The ____ conference was a meeting after WWII between the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union over the divide of the war torn Germany. They agreed to divide it in four pieces to rebuild it and then put it back together.
  2. - The movement by the protestant church that aimed to improve the living conditions of cities. Fixing social problems such as racial tensions, alcoholism, unclean environments, etc.
  3. - The disproven theory that some people are just more evolved on the social ladder than others. This theory was taken from Darwinism;s theory of evolution.
  4. - Standing for double victories, this was an effort for African americans fighting in the war to gain full citizenship rights. With the double victory standing for one victory abroad against the german army and one at home against discrimation.
  5. - United State’s numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism, to contain it.
  6. - The withdrawal of United States troops out of Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam war and US involvement in the conflict.
  7. - A term coined by Lyndon B. Johnson to institute social welfare programs sponsored by the federal government.
  8. - Journalist who exposed corruption behind leaders and the injustice in institutions. They “raked in the muck and showed it to the people.”
  9. - This alliance was formed due to the rising tensions of the cold war. Originally made up of the US and 11 other nations, this pact made it so if one nation member was attacked, the other nations would back them up.
  10. - A series of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union about political, economic, military, and ideological matters. Not exactly a war but almost close to one. This was a battle between Capitalism/Democracy and Communism.
  11. - The nationwide fear (or scare) of communism within the United States.
  12. - A company with no competition and full or almost full control of a certain trade, service, or good.
  13. - A major proxy war in Vietnam with the involvement of the United States to prevent communism, known to citizens in Vietnam as the “American War.” This war waged on for 11 years. It demoralized the american public and army as it was broadcasted around the nation through TV and eventually America pulled out, as it was a battle they could not win.
  14. - After an attack on american ships by North vietnamese in the gulf that this resolution was named after, this resolution was passed giving the executive branch, the power to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.”
  15. - Reagan’s _______ economics or theory states that tax breaks and benefits for the business owners and the wealthy would trickle down to the lower class. It was believed that the financial benefits to these industries would stimulate economic growth, benefitting the public in the long term.
  16. - A speech given by William Jennings Bryan in which he promotes the idea that we should move away from the gold standard or we shall end up on a “Cross Of Gold.”
  17. - A policy where strong countries dominate other countries for economic, social, and political gain. America began such a step when they beat Spain out of Cuba and the Philippines.
  18. - The southern region of the United States stretching from west to east. These areas experienced rapid population growth following the end of WWII following the baby boom.
  19. - This was an era of nationwide social activism and political reforms across the country. Such reformers were made up of middle-class women and/or Chirstian Ministers.
  20. - A campaign led by Joseph McCarty from 1950-1954 against alleged communists on american soil and in the american public. This campaign caused the livelihood of thousands which caused them to lose their jobs and/or become blacklisted. Many of these allegations came from unfounded bases.
  21. - A culture of values that opposed traditional norms and standard lifestyles. They denied a lifestyle of conformity and lived on unconnect to their past, “hippies” who accepted drugs and sexualilty.
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  1. - To decrease the tension between two nations or to ease hostilities between two nations.
  2. - A short war between Spain and the United States over the struggle of Spain's rule in Cuba and the Philippines and of the mysterious explosion of the U.S.S Maine in Havana Harbor. Some say this was the United State’s introduction to imperialism.
  3. - Created by Andrew Carnegie, it was the idea that the rich should give their wealth to public institutions such as but not limited to schools, libraries, and museums.
  4. - The ________ project was a secret project on the development of nuclear weapons within the United States. This weapon, or nuke, was used on Japan following the near end of WWII. Many who worked on this project warned against its use knowing how powerful it is.
  5. - They were political mobsters who wanted the votes from people for money. They made promises of jobs and intimate people for votes and getting contracts from work.
  6. - This plan was when the United States transferred over 15 billion dollars to the wartorn european countries after World War II for the european’s recovery programs.
  7. - A proxy war in the Korea peninsula between the United States’s South and the Communinst Chinese North. The war waged for around 3 years and led to a statement in the middle.
  8. - This doctrine gave economic, military, and political aid to wartorn democratic countries under the threat of authoritarian forces. A sense of containment.
  9. - The ______ age was an era of economic and industrial growth within the nation during the late 19th century with mass immigration. However life within the United States for the common citizen during that time was not favorable.
  10. - This act outlawed unethical business practices such as monopolies and price fixing. It also protected and upheld the rights of many workers. Known as a successor to the Sherman Antitrust act.
  11. - Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan of combating the Great Depression. It was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations to combat the rise of unemployment and a failing economy during that time.
  12. - The ______ policy was a policy between the United States, several european nations, China, and Japan that they should all have equal access to trade with China. This policy spanned 1899-1949 when the Chinese Civil War occured.
  13. - An organized group of workers, used to protect their rights as a worker and push their interests in their workplace.
  14. - After WWII, the ______ era was a time when people had many children due to a prospering economy.
  15. - Truman’s plan to expand on Roosevelt’s new deal. Such as increasing minimum wage and expanding the rights for African Americans. Also with national health care and education aid. Most of these goals were never achieved.
  16. - Journalism that exaggerates or distorts the news to attract attention and readers. The stories may be untrue or highly biased.
  17. - A 13 day military standoff between the United States and Soviet Union over the missiles in Cuba and was the closest the two nations got to nuclear warfare.
  18. - The _____ theory was the idea that if one country fell to communism, it’s neighboring countries would also fall to communism. This idea was most prominent within the Vietnam war.
  19. - The _______ party was created in response to the growing power of corporate and company power. They were an agrarian movement during the gilded age and had a list of demands known as the Omaha Platform such for the direct election of senators and a federal income tax.

40 Clues: - The nationwide fear (or scare) of communism within the United States. • - United State’s numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism, to contain it. • - To decrease the tension between two nations or to ease hostilities between two nations. • - After WWII, the ______ era was a time when people had many children due to a prospering economy. • ...

Maggie Brusca's Articles X-Word 2024-02-12

Maggie Brusca's Articles X-Word crossword puzzle
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  1. How many representatives from each colony were sent to the the committe to write a plan for government?
  2. The Articles of Confederation said that how many states had to approve an amendment for it to pass?
  3. Alexander ______ hated Congress because they didn't share his vison.
  4. The power to declare war was held exclusively by the national _______.
  5. You needed nine-thirteens of the delegates to agree to pass a new law in the _____ congress.
  6. The Declaration of Independence established a new ______.
  7. The states could print their own ______.
  8. Where did the farmer's and war veteran's rebellion almost cause a civil war?
  9. Most ______ went to Canada or England after the war.
  10. Who was president of the continental congress
  11. The revolutionary war left the American states in _____.
  12. Who wrote a speller for American English
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  1. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th, _____.
  2. Where did most state legislatures appoint delegates to revise defects in the federal system?
  3. Who lacked the power to tax the states?
  4. The Articles of Confederation made the states too _______.
  5. The Mississippi River was won from England in the Treaty of _____.
  6. When were the Articles of Confederation adopted?
  7. Daniel ____ was a former captain in continental army who led a rebellion.
  8. Articles are flawed because Congress couldn't _____

20 Clues: Who lacked the power to tax the states? • The states could print their own ______. • Who wrote a speller for American English • Who was president of the continental congress • When were the Articles of Confederation adopted? • Articles are flawed because Congress couldn't _____ • Most ______ went to Canada or England after the war. • ...

Influential Women in History 2021-03-15

Influential Women in History crossword puzzle
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  1. an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district
  2. was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
  3. the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president
  4. an American attorney and author who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
  5. an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  6. an American politician who is serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
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  1. she was the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department
  2. was an American abolitionist and political activist
  3. an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center
  4. was an American aviation pioneer and author
  5. an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist
  6. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  7. was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico
  8. an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.

14 Clues: was an American aviation pioneer and author • was an American abolitionist and political activist • was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist • an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States • she was the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department • ...

Influential Women in History 2021-03-15

Influential Women in History crossword puzzle
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  1. was an American aviation pioneer and author
  2. an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district
  3. was an American abolitionist and political activist
  4. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  5. was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
  6. an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center
  7. an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.
  8. was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico
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  1. Franklin an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist
  2. an American politician who is serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
  3. she was the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department
  4. an American attorney and author who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
  5. an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  6. the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president

14 Clues: was an American aviation pioneer and author • was an American abolitionist and political activist • was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist • an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States • she was the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department • ...

Financial Reporting Landscape 2025-03-14

Financial Reporting Landscape crossword puzzle
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  1. The focus of the latest international standard setting body established in 2021.
  2. The term for the verbal accounts given of movements in and out of storehouses, derived from the Latin word 'audire'
  3. The number of capitals in integrated reporting.
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  1. The surname of the Italian friar who described double-entry bookkeeping in 1494.
  2. The practice of giving 2.5% of savings and assets to the poor in the Islamic tradition.
  3. The country of the first professional accountancy body established in 1854
  4. XXX bottom line - The phrase coined by John Elkington in 1994 to present financial impact as well as impact on people and the planet.
  5. The surname of the first woman admitted to the London Association of Accountants in 1909.

8 Clues: The number of capitals in integrated reporting. • The country of the first professional accountancy body established in 1854 • The surname of the Italian friar who described double-entry bookkeeping in 1494. • The focus of the latest international standard setting body established in 2021. • ...

Interim Review Crossword Puzzle 2023-11-25

Interim Review Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Where the U.S. Constitution was drafted in 1787
  2. The Uprising against economic injustices and foreclosures in post-Revolutionary Massachusetts
  3. The name of the National anthem of the United States
  4. The first constitution of the United States
  5. The war that the United States and Britain from 1812 to 1815
  6. Landmark Supreme Court case establishing the principle of judicial review
  7. that settled the debate over representation in the U.S. Congress
  8. Series of essays promoting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  9. were opponents of a strong central government during the Constitution's ratification
  10. Legislation providing for the orderly expansion of the United States into the Northwest
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  1. The Series of conflicts involving Napoleon Bonaparte's French Empire
  2. Power of the courts to review the constitutionality of government actions
  3. A Location in Maryland defended during the War of 1812, inspiring a national anthem
  4. The Acquisition of territory from France that doubled the size of the United StatesSacajawea Shoshone woman who played a key role as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark
  5. The major battle of the War of 1812
  6. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  7. The act of forcing individuals into military service, often associated with naval forces
  8. Formal approval or acceptance, especially of a constitution or amendment
  9. A Crime involving speech or actions that incite rebellion against the government

19 Clues: The major battle of the War of 1812 • The first constitution of the United States • Where the U.S. Constitution was drafted in 1787 • The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution • The name of the National anthem of the United States • The war that the United States and Britain from 1812 to 1815 • that settled the debate over representation in the U.S. Congress • ...

THE ROARING TWENTIES 2019-11-20

THE ROARING TWENTIES crossword puzzle
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  1. a tax of duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
  2. the individual that published the famous literary work titled THE GREAT GATSBY (LAST NAME)
  3. a jazz pianist and composer, led his ten-piece orchestra at the Cotton Club located in HARLEM (LAST NAME)
  4. an immigrant from JAMAICA, who believed that African-Americans should build a separate society (LAST NAME)
  5. the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the world
  6. a poet, his literary works described the difficult lives of working class African-Americans in the United States (LAST NAME)
  7. an economic system, in which private individuals and corporations control the means of production and use them to earn a profit
  8. an economic and political system based on a one party government and state ownership of property
  9. the banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages in the United States
  10. favoring the interests of native born individuals over individuals that are born in another country
  11. a type of system that set a limit on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit into the country
  12. the individual that served has president of the UNITED MINE WORKERS who led a strike that resulted in significant wage compensation (LAST NAME)
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  1. the individual that was behind the TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL, which set aside oil-rich public lands that were transferred to Interior Department of the United States government
  2. a musician, he talent on the trumpet rocketed him to stardom in the jazz world (LAST NAME)
  3. the amendment that banned the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages in the United States
  4. an individual who opposes all forms of government
  5. an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day
  6. opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries in the world
  7. the movement from one location of the country to another location in the country
  8. a political and economic theory of social organization, which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community
  9. an organization founded to promote full racial equality in the United States

21 Clues: an individual who opposes all forms of government • a tax of duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports • an organization founded to promote full racial equality in the United States • the movement from one location of the country to another location in the country • ...

EOC 2015-10-20

EOC crossword puzzle
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  1. Raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor
  2. 10 amendments of US Constitution
  3. English law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes
  4. Opposed ratification of the unamended Constitution
  5. Daniel Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786
  6. Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
  7. 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution
  8. Supports a republican form of government
  9. Leader of the federalist
  10. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and third President of the United States
  11. cruel and oppressive government or rule
  12. Compromise reached between delegates from southern states
  13. Agreement
  14. Highest legislature
  15. Battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state
  16. English Liberties, forced from King John by the English barons and sealed at Runnymede
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  1. American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer
  2. A choice to do something or not to do
  3. System of government by the whole population
  4. Small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey
  5. Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch
  6. Lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature
  7. Political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers
  8. Signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States
  9. Supreme power
  10. Uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic
  11. Tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791
  12. Organization of people which seeks to achieve goals common to its members through the acquisition and exercise of political power
  13. Rights Life,Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
  14. Name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies
  15. 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG, styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762
  16. Surrender (October 19, 1781) of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution
  17. Groups united in an alliance or league
  18. Belief in the benefits of profitable trading

34 Clues: Agreement • Supreme power • Highest legislature • Leader of the federalist • 10 amendments of US Constitution • A choice to do something or not to do • Groups united in an alliance or league • cruel and oppressive government or rule • Supports a republican form of government • System of government by the whole population • Raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor • ...

Tuesday crossword 2021-11-09

Tuesday crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. those powers expressed,implied, or inherent, granted to the national government by the constitution
  2. a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which does not require senate consent.
  3. formal agreement entered into with the consent of congress, between or among states, or between a state and a foreign state
  4. legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state.
  5. group of persons chosen in each state and the district of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the president and vice president
  6. provision of the US constitution that states that the constitution, federal law, and treaties of the U.S. are the "supreme Law of the Land".
  7. those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution; also called the "enumerated powers"
  8. those powers which can be exercised by the National government alone
  9. change in or addition to a constitution or law
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  1. those powers that both the National government and the states possess and exercise
  2. formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment or treaty
  3. first ten amendments to the constitution
  4. those delegated powers of the national Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution; those "necessary and proper" to carry out the expressed powers
  5. powers the constitution is presumed to have delegated to the national Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
  6. congressional act admitting a new state to the Union
  7. a congressional directing the people of a US territory to frame a proposed state constitution as a step towars admission to the Union
  8. formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  9. those powers that the constitution does not grant to the national government and does not deny to the states

18 Clues: first ten amendments to the constitution • change in or addition to a constitution or law • congressional act admitting a new state to the Union • formal agreement between two or more sovereign states • those powers which can be exercised by the National government alone • those powers that both the National government and the states possess and exercise • ...

Rishita Gorle Articles X-Word 2024-02-10

Rishita Gorle Articles X-Word crossword puzzle
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  1. Who fled to Canada and England after the Revolutionary War and felt as if they didn't fit in the place they once thought was their home.
  2. England won all the land that was peopled by Indian tribes from west to the Mississippi River because of the Treaty of ________.
  3. After the Revolutionary War, the states were in ______ which caused different legislatures to tax.
  4. _____ of the thirteen states had to approve a bill in order for it to be passed on the Articles of Confederation.
  5. They wrote the Articles of Confederation because the thirteen colonies had to be ________ in order for them to be able to fight off the British and receive loans from Spain and France; they had to be like the name of our country.
  6. The framers of the Articles of Confederation created a ________ government intentionally because the states did not want to limit their power.
  7. With the idea of trying to have people buy goods locally, what did the states do to the goods manufactured in other states?
  8. Who still had forts on American soil even after the Articles of Confederation.
  9. What lost its power with the Articles of Confederation and gave most of it to the states; it didn't have the right to tax or force people into the army.
  10. Due to the reason that the federal government did not have enough money to form a force against Shays' Rebellion, which group of wealthy people decided to form their own militia and fight against them?
  11. How many articles, also called sections, were in the Articles of Confederation, these described their confederation.
  12. What did Shays Rebellion, who protested against the tax collection, seize when they went to Springfield to try to get the legislature to make changes to the law?
  13. With states having the ability to print such an abundance of money, the value of money became _____ valuable.
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  1. The Confederation Congress, the new central government created by the Articles of Confederation, replaced the ___________ Congress.
  2. The Articles of Confederation passed during the Revolutionary War was our first ____________.
  3. Alexandar __________ hated Congress, the world, and himself.
  4. Although all of the delegates from the colonies had the same number of votes, they all had a different number of what?
  5. Only the _________ government had the power to declare war, make treaties with other countries, and print money.
  6. In Massachusetts, Shays' Rebellion was a group of what; they protested against tax collection.
  7. In 1787, with the idea of trying to make changes to the Articles of Confederation, delegates all met up at the _____________ Convention in Philadelphia.
  8. The Articles of Confederation had ____ branch.
  9. With the actions done by the Shays' Rebellion, leaders such as George Washinton realized they needed which type of government to be stronger; this led to eventually them realizing they needed a new constitution.

22 Clues: The Articles of Confederation had ____ branch. • Alexandar __________ hated Congress, the world, and himself. • Who still had forts on American soil even after the Articles of Confederation. • The Articles of Confederation passed during the Revolutionary War was our first ____________. • ...

Prague Crossword 2022-03-22

Prague Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. - Prague is full of these diverse buildings and art statues
  2. - Prague makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings.
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  1. - German or Russian is commonly spoken.
  2. - Prague is one of the least religious capitals in the world.
  3. - 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. • - Prague makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings. • - Prague is full of these diverse buildings and art statues • - Prague 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.

1920's crossword puzzle 2023-11-03

1920's crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Thetransportationorimportationofalcaholisilligal
  2. state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation
  3. young woman known for wearing short dresses and bobbed hair and for embracing freedom from traditional societal constraints.
  4. parts (components) that are identical for practical purposes
  5. began in the early 1800s as a movement to limit drinking in the United States.
  6. a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence
  7. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
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  1. Technological unemployment is the loss of jobs caused by technological change.
  2. either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda
  3. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
  4. The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States
  5. is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums
  6. was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in NYC as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th century
  7. also called a blind pig or blind tiger, was an illicit establishment that sold alcoholic beverages
  8. one of the largest movements of people in United States history

15 Clues: Thetransportationorimportationofalcaholisilligal • parts (components) that are identical for practical purposes • one of the largest movements of people in United States history • is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums • Technological unemployment is the loss of jobs caused by technological change. • ...

The Civil War 2023-03-13

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. fierce
  2. difficulty or problems
  3. injured or hurt
  4. people who found out secret information
  5. states that left the Union
  6. states between the Union and the Confederacy
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  1. strong places
  2. armed forces
  3. said firmly
  4. - what is left after buildings fall to pieces
  5. a war between part of the same country
  6. declare the enemy has won to stop the fighting
  7. strengths
  8. led an army into land to take it over

14 Clues: fierce • strengths • said firmly • armed forces • strong places • injured or hurt • difficulty or problems • states that left the Union • led an army into land to take it over • a war between part of the same country • people who found out secret information • states between the Union and the Confederacy • - what is left after buildings fall to pieces • ...

Vocab Menu 2021-04-19

Vocab Menu crossword puzzle
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  1. leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-1800s. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
  2. American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company
  3. made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad
  4. a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
  5. prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer
  6. American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat
  7. a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection
  8. the movement to end slavery
  9. The expansion of internal American trade greatly increased with the adoption of canals, steamboats, and railroads
  10. a system of mills, complete with small villages and farms, ponds, dams, and spillways
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  1. parts that are, for practical purposes, identical
  2. machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds
  3. American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer
  4. American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine
  5. network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century
  6. Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States.
  7. a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831
  8. American educational reformer and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education
  9. American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill
  10. American inventor and painter and contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs
  11. American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
  12. the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States
  13. the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman"
  14. flexible material made by creating an interlocking network of yarns or threads
  15. a labor and production model employed during the rise of the textile industry in the United States
  16. American abolitionist and women's rights activist
  17. American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement
  18. region of the Southern United States where cotton was the predominant cash crop from the late 18th century into the 20th century

28 Clues: the movement to end slavery • parts that are, for practical purposes, identical • American abolitionist and women's rights activist • American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill • American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company • a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. • ...