states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

US Terms and Treaties 2023-10-09

US Terms and Treaties crossword puzzle
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  1. Destiny / the expansion of the United States throughout the American continent was justified and inevitable.
  2. American Cuban War / 110 day war between Spain, Cuba and the US that brought an end to the Spanish-American Empire.
  3. Stick Policy / The idea is negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong.
  4. Bulwer Treaty / an agreement between the US and Britain to construct a neutral canal that would not be used to colonize Central America.
  5. Diplomacy / diplomacy used to promote American business, interest and dollars would be provided to promote foreign policy goals.
  6. Corollary to Monroe Doctrine / document with necessities for the US to intervene in the countries under its sphere influence.
  7. of Paris / ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
  8. Act / designated Puerto Rico as an “unorganized territory” of the United States and gave it limited self-government.
  9. Amendment / an agreement exacted from the Cuban people from the US government in 1902.
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  1. Act / made Puerto Rico a territory of the US after the period of organized colonial domination.
  2. Doctrine / happened in the year 1823.
  3. Alford Treaty / treaty signed between the US and Panama ending US protectorate status over Panama.
  4. Diplomacy / foreign policy that is supported by the use or threat of military force.
  5. Herran Treaty / provided the United States with a 10-mile wide strip of land for the canal, a one-time $10 million payment to Panama, and an annual annuity of $250,000.
  6. Neighbour Policy / when applied to the Caribbean and Latin America, it was taken to mean the end of armed intervention.
  7. Amendment / an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress.
  8. Pauncefort Treaty / an agreement between the US and Britain that gave the US sole right to construction and operations of a Central American Canal.
  9. Bunau Varilla Treaty / treaty that gave the US total control over a 16km strip of land in Panama to construct the canal.
  10. of cession / treaty that saw the Danish islands being sold to the US.

19 Clues: Doctrine / happened in the year 1823. • of cession / treaty that saw the Danish islands being sold to the US. • Amendment / an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress. • Diplomacy / foreign policy that is supported by the use or threat of military force. • ...

IPL CROSSWORD 2023-02-20

IPL CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
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  1. Delhi Capitals was formerly known as
  2. This player has highest number of centuries in IPL
  3. Most expensive player in the history of IPL
  4. Who scored fastest half-century of IPL
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  1. First team to lift the trophy
  2. Only player who has always played for one team

6 Clues: First team to lift the trophy • Delhi Capitals was formerly known as • Who scored fastest half-century of IPL • Most expensive player in the history of IPL • Only player who has always played for one team • This player has highest number of centuries in IPL

Dorothy 2022-02-23

Dorothy crossword puzzle
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  1. ears that point down
  2. a female pig who has not has a litter
  3. how to identify a pigs litter and pig number
  4. originated in the united states; Chester county, Pennsylvania
  5. medium in length, black with white points on all feet, nose , and tip of the tail
  6. medium to large size frame, sows about 550 to 750 lbs
  7. originated in the northeastern united states
  8. intact male pig
  9. pigs
  10. female pig who has had a litter
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  1. first imported to the united states in the 1830s
  2. ears that point up
  3. fat cute pig, pet
  4. originated in Ireland, English swine breed
  5. similar in size to the Poland china

15 Clues: pigs • intact male pig • fat cute pig, pet • ears that point up • ears that point down • female pig who has had a litter • similar in size to the Poland china • a female pig who has not has a litter • originated in Ireland, English swine breed • how to identify a pigs litter and pig number • originated in the northeastern united states • ...

1750-1800 2023-12-05

1750-1800 crossword puzzle
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  1. Third president of the United States
  2. Founding Father, political activist,and philosopher
  3. Took the midnight ride
  4. First president of the United States
  5. Who said,"Give me liberty, or give me death."?
  6. Where 9 British troops shot at a crowd of people in Boston
  7. Document that founded the USA
  8. Place where the first shots of the war were fired
  9. Mercantile protest about the tax on tea
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  1. second president of the United States
  2. Climax of the Saratoga campaign
  3. Ratified in 1791, and held the amendments of the USA
  4. Place where the British surrendered
  5. first secretary of the treasury
  6. Battle on Christmas morning led by Washington

15 Clues: Took the midnight ride • Document that founded the USA • Climax of the Saratoga campaign • first secretary of the treasury • Place where the British surrendered • Third president of the United States • First president of the United States • second president of the United States • Mercantile protest about the tax on tea • Battle on Christmas morning led by Washington • ...

Cold War Definitions Crossword 2021-03-01

Cold War Definitions Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The period of the easing Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the USSR (1967-1979)
  2. the imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence, and symbolizes efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.
  3. a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
  4. A military alliance between many Western European and North American nations in order to safeguard the Allies' freedom and security by political and military means.
  5. a collective defense treaty signed between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955.
  6. strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States beginning in the late 1940s in order to check the expansionist policy of the Soviet Union.
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  1. This Strategic Defense Initiative was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons
  2. The principle established by President Harry S. Truman that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
  3. A U.S. sponsored initiative in which America would provide aid to European Nations destroyed in WWII in order to stop the spread of Communism.
  4. The U.S. idea that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow
  5. an organization of States that did not seek to formally align themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union, but sought to remain independent or neutral.
  6. the act of pushing a situation to the verge of war, in order to threaten and encourage one's opponent to back down.

12 Clues: The period of the easing Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the USSR (1967-1979) • the act of pushing a situation to the verge of war, in order to threaten and encourage one's opponent to back down. • a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. • ...

Texas Revolution 2020-04-15

Texas Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. The United States claimed the border was at the ___ Grande River.
  2. Santa Anna tried to _____ American settlement in Texas.
  3. In 1846, the President of the United States, James Polk, sent an army to the Rio Grande River to ______ the border.
  4. The Mexican government was taken over by General__________.
  5. In February of 1847, the armies of the United States and Mexico fought the Battle of Buena Vista which resulted in the ______ of the Mexican army.
  6. What did many settlers bring with them that was illegal in Mexico?
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  1. Where did most of the settlers come from?
  2. Mexico agreed to hand over a huge amount of land in the west and southwest to the United States. The United States paid $15 _______ for the land.
  3. By how much did Americans outnumbered Mexicans?
  4. ______ became an independent nation.
  5. Mexico claimed the border was further north at the _____ River.
  6. Texas declared their _________ and set up their own government.
  7. Many _____ were invited to settle in Texas.
  8. What state was owned by Mexico?
  9. The Texans used an old mission building in San Antonio called the ______ as a fort.

15 Clues: What state was owned by Mexico? • ______ became an independent nation. • Where did most of the settlers come from? • Many _____ were invited to settle in Texas. • By how much did Americans outnumbered Mexicans? • Santa Anna tried to _____ American settlement in Texas. • The Mexican government was taken over by General__________. • ...

Government Chapter 2 Crossword 2025-02-10

Government Chapter 2 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Compromise between the New Jersey Plan and the Viginia Plan
  2. Passed to protect individual rights and appease the anti-federalists
  3. Document that was written to govern the United States but had many weaknesses. Eventually replaced by the Constitution
  4. Document that was written as a blueprint for modern democracy
  5. Compromise designed to keep the southern states in the Union. gave them more political power due to the increase in population numbers.
  6. The idea from the Athenians that people should put the public good over their private interests
  7. Idea from Locke that humans have natural rights that pre-date any government, especially a newly created one
  8. Continental Congress that passed made the Constitution
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  1. Great Charter of 1215
  2. Someone who did not want to adopt the Constitution
  3. Tax on all paper and legal documents
  4. Someone who did want to adopt the COnstitution
  5. Plan that was favored by small states because it sought representation equally among the states
  6. Plan that was supported by the larger states because it sought representation by population only

14 Clues: Great Charter of 1215 • Tax on all paper and legal documents • Someone who did want to adopt the COnstitution • Someone who did not want to adopt the Constitution • Continental Congress that passed made the Constitution • Compromise between the New Jersey Plan and the Viginia Plan • Document that was written as a blueprint for modern democracy • ...

Countries and capitals 2021-05-12

Countries and capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. The Eiffel Tower
  2. Red Square
  3. the CN Tower
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  1. the White House
  2. Big Ben
  3. Mount Fuji

6 Clues: Big Ben • Mount Fuji • Red Square • the CN Tower • the White House • The Eiffel Tower

Countries and Capitals 2021-02-28

Countries and Capitals crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital of UAE
  2. Country with Muscat as its capital
  3. Capital of Kuwait
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  1. Country with Riyadh as its capital
  2. Country with the capital Doha
  3. Capital of Bahrain

6 Clues: Capital of UAE • Capital of Kuwait • Capital of Bahrain • Country with the capital Doha • Country with Riyadh as its capital • Country with Muscat as its capital

States and Nations are Puzzling 2024-08-02

States and Nations are Puzzling crossword puzzle
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  1. This guy came up with a Social Contract Theory
  2. Gain power from the government or a job
  3. A group of people sharing cultures that is not considered a state under law.
  4. When the people have the power.
  5. Group of people that are occupying an area.
  6. A group of people that share culture or ancestry
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  1. People that create agreements to better life in a state.
  2. He created the Natural Rights(Life, Liberty, and Property)
  3. A geographical area
  4. People are born evil
  5. Authority over people
  6. Group of power that controls a state.
  7. People are the way they are because of their experiences growing up.
  8. A group of people that occupy a territory and have a government controlling them.

14 Clues: A geographical area • People are born evil • Authority over people • When the people have the power. • Group of power that controls a state. • Gain power from the government or a job • Group of people that are occupying an area. • This guy came up with a Social Contract Theory • A group of people that share culture or ancestry • ...

Atoms and States of Matter 2023-04-25

Atoms and States of Matter crossword puzzle
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  1. the particles are not held together and have lots of energy
  2. all matter is made up of ________
  3. adding heat to a liquid
  4. a negative subatomic particle
  5. removing heat from a gas
  6. the particles are able to slide past each other
  7. the positive subatomic particle found in the nucleus
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  1. protons have a __________ charge
  2. removing heat from a liquid
  3. adding heat to a solid
  4. the electrons are found here
  5. the particles are held in a fixed shape
  6. a neutral particle; has no charge
  7. the center of the atom

14 Clues: adding heat to a solid • the center of the atom • adding heat to a liquid • removing heat from a gas • removing heat from a liquid • the electrons are found here • a negative subatomic particle • protons have a __________ charge • all matter is made up of ________ • a neutral particle; has no charge • the particles are held in a fixed shape • ...

The Great Depressioin 2021-01-27

The Great Depressioin crossword puzzle
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  1. Finance Corporation was a finance government corporation that provided finance support to stay in local governments in the United States from 1932 to 1957.
  2. Roosevelt was a former first lady of the united states. She served first lady from 1933 to 1945. Eleanor was the longest serving first lady in the United States.
  3. Francis Townsend was an American Physician who was best know for his revolving old age pension during the geat depression.
  4. Pact Pact of Paris General Treaty for renunciation of War as a instrument of National Policy.
  5. Steinbeck was a American Author and the 1962 Nobel prize Literature winner.
  6. is the Purchase of a asset with the hope that it will become more valuable in the near future.
  7. Lange was an American Documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known in the great depression era. She also worked for the Farm security administration.
  8. Army the Bouns army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators made up of 17,000 U.S. WWI Veterans.
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  1. is a form of far right authorization.
  2. a Shantytown built in unemployed and destitute people during depression of the early 1930’s.
  3. Auction the Penny Auction was a bidding free auction.
  4. buying is Borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock.
  5. D Roosevelt was the 32nd president. He served president in 1933 to 1945 when he died.
  6. Smoot Tariff was a legislation act in the 1930’s that raised import duties to protect American business and farmers in the great depression.
  7. Amendment the 21st Amendement to the United States Constitution repealed the 18th Amendement to the United States.
  8. Bowl An Area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded.
  9. sign accept liability under insurance policy.

17 Clues: is a form of far right authorization. • sign accept liability under insurance policy. • Auction the Penny Auction was a bidding free auction. • buying is Borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock. • Steinbeck was a American Author and the 1962 Nobel prize Literature winner. • ...

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-27

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
  2. African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
  3. President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
  4. this was the name of Russia during the cold war
  5. this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
  6. This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
  7. Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
  8. James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
  9. an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools
  10. War on _______________.
  11. 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
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  1. A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
  2. an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
  3. guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.
  4. Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
  5. the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
  6. bringing together people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights.
  7. Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
  8. this person was a Mexican American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.

19 Clues: War on _______________. • this was the name of Russia during the cold war • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • ...

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-27

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
  2. War on _______________.
  3. This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
  4. an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
  5. Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
  6. the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
  7. President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
  8. 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
  9. bringing together people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights.
  10. Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
  11. African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
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  1. this person was a Mexican American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.
  2. this was the name of Russia during the cold war
  3. Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
  4. James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
  5. guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.
  6. A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
  7. Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
  8. an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools

19 Clues: War on _______________. • this was the name of Russia during the cold war • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • ...

4th of July 2024-06-20

4th of July crossword puzzle
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  1. the color of the stars on the USA flag
  2. the national animal of the USA
  3. the first president of the United States of America
  4. the symbol on the flag that represents the 13 original colonies
  5. The Declaration of ___________
  6. the building where the USA congress meets
  7. the color of the sky
  8. the official leader of the USA
  9. the capital of the United States of America
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  1. people use these at night on the 4th of July to celebrate America's independence
  2. the first color of the rainbow
  3. the day in July when the USA celebrates independence
  4. the symbol that represents the USA and was made by Betsy Ross
  5. where the president lives
  6. the symbol on the flag that represents the 50 states
  7. the month in which we celebrate the independence of the USA
  8. The United States of ___________

17 Clues: the color of the sky • where the president lives • the first color of the rainbow • the national animal of the USA • The Declaration of ___________ • the official leader of the USA • The United States of ___________ • the color of the stars on the USA flag • the building where the USA congress meets • the capital of the United States of America • ...

The Civil War is Here 2022-10-05

The Civil War is Here crossword puzzle
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  1. saying he should be free because they were in the North.
  2. the state that pro-slavery people came from to vote in Kansas
  3. bleeding______
  4. where johnbrown was going to get weapons
  5. the first president of the Confederates States of America
  6. the president of the U.S that was elected in 1860.
  7. the law that let slave catchers get runaway slaves that went to the North.
  8. the man who was trying to get the slaves to revolt by giving them weapons.
  9. states got to decide for themsleves
  10. led over 300 slaves to freedom.
  11. the book that led abolitionists to protest more.
  12. solved the problem of the new Western States if they were free or not.
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  1. the network that helped slaves escape to freedom.
  2. what state in the West became free.
  3. what southern state was the first to leave the United States.
  4. the slave that took his owner to
  5. what economy did the North have
  6. ran against Lincoln in the 1860 election
  7. the southern states did when Lincoln became president
  8. what party was the leading party and against slavery
  9. the state other than new mexico that got to vote for themselves if they were free or not.
  10. the machine that took the seeds out of cotton

22 Clues: bleeding______ • what economy did the North have • led over 300 slaves to freedom. • the slave that took his owner to • what state in the West became free. • states got to decide for themsleves • where johnbrown was going to get weapons • ran against Lincoln in the 1860 election • the machine that took the seeds out of cotton • ...

Chapter 10 Challenges in the Modern State 2021-12-02

Chapter 10 Challenges in the Modern State crossword puzzle
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  1. The transfer of some political power from the central government to subnational levels of government.
  2. Corporation that conducts business on a global scale.
  3. The fragmentation of a state or region into multiple countries.
  4. Support for the political interests of a particular ethnic group within a state, especially its national independence or self-determination.
  5. Organized violence aimed at government and civilian targets to create fear for the advancement of political goals.
  6. Formed in 1949 to provide mutual defense of member states.
  7. A purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent or terror-inspiring means for civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from a geographic area. (2 words)
  8. Regions that have their own local and legislative bodies govern a population that is an ethnic minority within an entire country.
  9. When loyalty to a distinct portion of a country is more important than loyalty to the entire country.
  10. The integration of markets, states, communication, and trade on a worldwide scale.
  11. The advocacy of full political separation (or secession) from the larger group along cultural, ethnic, tribal, or government lines. (2 words)
  12. The strong feelings of patriotism and loyalty one feels toward one's country.
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  1. Organization headquartered in Belgium to integrate member states politically and economically. (2 words)
  2. The practice of multiple countries forming an organization for the benefit of all members.
  3. Changed its name from NAFTA in 2020
  4. Organization formed by 10 Southeast Asian states to advance economic growth, peace, social progress, and cultural and economic progress.
  5. 55 member organization to advocate peace, security and stability. (2 words)
  6. Forces that unite a country's population.
  7. Council formed to foster cooperation and interaction among member states and indigenous communities located in the far north.
  8. People who have a primary allegiance to a traditional group or ethnicity.
  9. Forces that divide the citizenry in a country.
  10. Movement to unite people who share a language or other cultural elements but are divided by a national boundary.
  11. Formed in 1945 to promote peace, security, and human rights (2 words).
  12. The main product that OPEC focuses on.
  13. Main goal is for countries to set fair and non-discriminatory guidelines for international trade.

25 Clues: Changed its name from NAFTA in 2020 • The main product that OPEC focuses on. • Forces that unite a country's population. • Forces that divide the citizenry in a country. • Corporation that conducts business on a global scale. • Formed in 1949 to provide mutual defense of member states. • The fragmentation of a state or region into multiple countries. • ...

Chapter 20 2019-12-11

Chapter 20 crossword puzzle
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  1. the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
  2. Several factors that determine whether or not a country is developed
  3. Interconnected network
  4. a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy.
  5. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a federal agency designed to protect the United States against threats. Its wide-ranging duties include aviation security, border control, emergency response and cybersecurity.
  6. a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
  7. Gender inequality acknowledges that men and women are not equal and that gender affects an individual's lived experience. These differences arise from distinctions in biology, psychology, and cultural norms.
  8. country that is on its way to becoming an industrialized nation.
  9. annual percentage of increase in sales that is consistent with a defined financial policy.
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  1. economy of all humans of the world.
  2. Space Station
  3. a form of philosophical monism that holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions.
  4. international trade left to its natural course without tariffs.
  5. Political dissent refers to any expression designed to convey dissatisfaction with or opposition to the policies of a governing body. Such expression may take forms from vocal disagreement to civil disobedience to the use of violence.
  6. international document that states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled.
  7. Popular culture is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of the practices, beliefs and objects that are dominant or ubiquitous in a society at a given point in time. Popular culture also encompasses the activities and feelings produced as a result of interaction with these dominant objects.
  8. a region of Earth's stratosphere.
  9. an Act of the United States Congress that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001.
  10. The deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
  11. a large increase in crop production in developing countries
  12. the politically motivated use of computers and information
  13. rapid increase in numbers.
  14. A replicant

23 Clues: A replicant • Space Station • Interconnected network • rapid increase in numbers. • a region of Earth's stratosphere. • economy of all humans of the world. • the politically motivated use of computers and information • a large increase in crop production in developing countries • international trade left to its natural course without tariffs. • ...

U.S. and Canada Landforms and Resources 2023-12-04

U.S. and Canada Landforms and Resources crossword puzzle
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  1. major mountain chain in the eastern United States and Canada
  2. runs almost the length of the United States. It is part of the continent’s longest and busiest river system.
  3. line of the highest points in the Rockies that marks the separation between rivers flowing to the east and to the west
  4. the southern boundary of the United States.
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  1. five large lakes found in the central United States and Canada
  2. are divided into three subregions—the Interior Plains, the Great Plains, and the Canadian Shield.
  3. mountain chain in the western United States and Canada
  4. largely treeless area in the interior lowlands
  5. rocky, flat area that surrounds Hudson Bay
  6. Canada’s longest river

10 Clues: Canada’s longest river • rocky, flat area that surrounds Hudson Bay • the southern boundary of the United States. • largely treeless area in the interior lowlands • mountain chain in the western United States and Canada • major mountain chain in the eastern United States and Canada • five large lakes found in the central United States and Canada • ...

ewewewewewewewewewew 2022-01-08

ewewewewewewewewewew crossword puzzle
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  1. The law created the Federal Reserve System and the central banking system of the United States.
  2. the protection of natural resources
  3. was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States
  4. elected the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States
  5. American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
  6. Theodore Roosevelt's campain promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity
  7. presidential campaign, pledging to restore unfettered opportunity for individual action and to employ the power of government in behalf of social justice for all
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  1. a former political party in the United States; founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912; its emblem was a picture of a bull moose
  2. a federal agency, established in 1914 that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace
  3. was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States
  4. someone who would destroy all trusts
  5. area set aside by the government to be conserved

12 Clues: the protection of natural resources • someone who would destroy all trusts • area set aside by the government to be conserved • Theodore Roosevelt's campain promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity • was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States • ...

Some of famous places to visit in NYC and WDC 2022-10-03

Some of famous places to visit in NYC and WDC crossword puzzle
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  1. is a island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States
  2. is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
  3. is a transcontinental country located primarily in North America.
  4. is the 46th and current president of the United States.
  5. is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan
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  1. is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
  2. a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
  3. is the capital city and federal district of the United States
  4. is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.
  5. is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.

10 Clues: is the 46th and current president of the United States. • is the capital city and federal district of the United States • is a transcontinental country located primarily in North America. • is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense. • is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. • ...

The Civil Rights Movement: Jill Erickson 2017-03-23

The Civil Rights Movement: Jill Erickson crossword puzzle
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  1. sometimes called the Bogside Massacre – was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a peaceful protest march against internment.
  2. the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.
  3. city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region
  4. an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination.
  5. one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960
  6. Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years in order to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States
  7. Someone who kills a person either for themselves or others
  8. beginning of a mass movement for civil rights mainly northern and white founders
  9. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
  10. The act of notdiscriminated against people. Having combined things
  11. militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs.
  12. volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi.
  13. was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.
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  1. Woman who refused to move to the back of a bus for a white man
  2. The right for everyone to have a say in who controls their country
  3. Ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional
  4. Organization that fought for the rights of African Americans
  5. an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services.
  6. the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
  7. Medgar American civil rights activist from Mississippi who worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi and to enact social justice and voting rights. He was murdered by a segregationist
  8. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho, and south of the Canadian
  9. Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice.
  10. Bombingham is a nickname for Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement due to the 50 dynamite explosions that occurred in the city between 1947 and 1965.
  11. nine African American students who were chosen to attend the all-white central highschool
  12. The speech Martin Luther King wrote and spoke
  13. Black man murdered by two white men for flirting with a grocery clerk
  14. Well known civil rights leader
  15. a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".

28 Clues: Well known civil rights leader • The speech Martin Luther King wrote and spoke • Ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional • Someone who kills a person either for themselves or others • Organization that fought for the rights of African Americans • Woman who refused to move to the back of a bus for a white man • ...

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 2019-04-07

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns crossword puzzle
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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. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  3. A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States
  4. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
  5. In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,00 inhabitants
  6. 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
  7. (CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
  8. A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
  9. Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
  10. A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs
  11. The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
  12. (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
  13. A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area
  14. (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
  15. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
  16. 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
  17. Government-owned housing rented to low-income individual, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income
  18. 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
  19. 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
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  1. Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area
  2. Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
  3. (CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns
  4. Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
  5. A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
  6. A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city
  7. In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
  8. In the United States, any MSA or μSA
  9. (city) An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality
  10. A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic

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. In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,00 inhabitants
  2. 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
  3. A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
  4. A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
  5. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
  6. A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
  7. The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
  8. Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
  9. (PSA) In the United States, any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA, or any μSA not included in a CSA
  10. In the United States, any MSA or μSA
  11. Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
  12. (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
  13. A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city
  14. 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
  15. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
  16. The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
  17. 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
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  1. In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
  2. 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
  3. Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
  4. (CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns
  5. (CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
  6. 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
  7. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  8. (city) An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality
  9. A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs
  10. (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
  11. Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area
  12. Government-owned housing rented to low-income individual, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income
  13. A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area
  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 continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States

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 • ...

Vocabulary Review 2025-11-12

Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Each party (Democrat and Republican) choosing a candidate to represent their party in the run for president
  2. Something that is proposed that could be a law if it is passed (an idea for a law)
  3. the ruler has complete control over the citizens
  4. overthrowing one form of government or one leader and starting a new one
  5. organizations that pressure elected officials (members of Congress, state lawmakers, the mayor) to pass laws that favor their cause
  6. the votes that count towards winning the presidency–each state gets electors who vote on behalf of their state
  7. a convention that acts like a primary election in some states, but involves debating and nominating a candidate instead of everyone in the state voting
  8. Supreme Court case where Maryland tried to protest against a national bank. The court ruled that a National Bank was Constitutional
  9. a form of protest banning relationships or the use of goods from a certain group
  10. the candidate chosen to represent their party in the election
  11. The President, Vice President, and the Cabinet. The role of the executive branch is to enforce laws
  12. when the government taxes people but does not allow them to vote for what they want
  13. the document that explains how the U.S. government will work and how laws are made
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  1. groups of people with similar ideas who compete in elections
  2. dividing power into three branches of government so that one branch does not become too powerful
  3. Authoritarian, one leader makes all decisions, this form of government makes decisions the fastest
  4. States that might go either way on who they vote for–the state is split, so they have a chance of voting for a Republican or a Democrat pretty equally. Most states always vote a certain way, so these states are important for candidates to try to win.
  5. The final run for president where each nominee from each party runs against each other to try to win the presidency
  6. how power is shared between states and the national government
  7. Citizens get a vote in their government
  8. Individual votes by citizens for the president. These are counted up by state to determine how the electoral vote will go
  9. the first document listing rules for the United States, gave individual states a lot of power, but the national government was weak
  10. when the president denies or says no to a bill becoming a law.
  11. organized attempts to influence lawmakers
  12. federal courts and judges. They have the power to interpret laws and the Constitution
  13. The lawmaking branch of government (aka legislative branch)
  14. a planned set of activities leading up to election day designed to get a candidate to win the election
  15. A contest between candidates for a job within the government

28 Clues: Citizens get a vote in their government • organized attempts to influence lawmakers • the ruler has complete control over the citizens • The lawmaking branch of government (aka legislative branch) • groups of people with similar ideas who compete in elections • A contest between candidates for a job within the government • ...

James Monroe Crossword 2026-01-07

James Monroe Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An agreement between 2 parties in which they agree to meet in the middle of a conflict to make an agreement that favors neither side.
  2. This territory would be acquired by the Monroe administration from a treaty with Spain
  3. 5th President of the United States, last of the "Founding Generation"
  4. This is the area which contains the US, Central and South America, along with the Caribbean.
  5. This event happened during the Monroe Presidency and was an event that had banks failing and overall chaos in the economy.
  6. This European country made a treaty with the US to give up Florida in exchange for $5 million
  7. The term used to describe how a stronger power takes over and controls a different territory far from their home country.
  8. This is the political party that President Monroe was apart of.
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  1. What the time period during Monroe's Presidency was called
  2. This state would be admitted with another to help keep the balance between the Free slave states and the Enslaved states
  3. The system in which another person(s) is in forced service to another for no benefit to the one in service. This system was prevalent in the southern US
  4. This US policy would declare that the European nations could no longer settle or interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
  5. A term used to describe the ideology of loyalty and devotion to your country
  6. This European/Asian country was starting to gain more territory in the Pacific Northwest.
  7. This state would be admitted as a slave state and set the precedent for future states to join the US
  8. The name of the continent in which several countries colonized the Western Hemisphere. Countries such as France and England are here
  9. The name of the Treaty that helped the United States gain the territory of Florida.
  10. An area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services
  11. The opposing political party that fell apart during Monroe's Presidency

19 Clues: What the time period during Monroe's Presidency was called • This is the political party that President Monroe was apart of. • 5th President of the United States, last of the "Founding Generation" • The opposing political party that fell apart during Monroe's Presidency • A term used to describe the ideology of loyalty and devotion to your country • ...

The Civil Grill 2021-12-01

The Civil Grill crossword puzzle
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  1. the use of transportation of supplies
  2. the general for the south
  3. the general for the north
  4. the document signed by president abraham lincoln to abolish slavery in the rebel states
  5. the president who signed the emancipation proclamation
  6. the main cause for the civil war to start
  7. a prison used for union soldiers
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  1. the south's last weapon against the north(a fort)
  2. a blockade made by the north to stop any people from getting supplies in the south
  3. the nickname for the north states who were against slavery
  4. the capital of georgia
  5. the people who would go to Europe to get supplies whenever there weren't any union ships around
  6. the states that allowed slavery
  7. the nickname for the south states fighting for slavery
  8. a battle pushed by the union; one of the bloodiest wars in US history
  9. the bloodiest war in US history; the south and north fought over slavery being abolished or not
  10. the plan used against the south to cut off all of their supplies
  11. one of the main cities hit by sherman on the march to the sea
  12. the states that didn't allow slavery
  13. large weapons that the north had; used against the south

20 Clues: the capital of georgia • the general for the south • the general for the north • the states that allowed slavery • a prison used for union soldiers • the states that didn't allow slavery • the use of transportation of supplies • the main cause for the civil war to start • the south's last weapon against the north(a fort) • ...

Just Right Government 2025-09-30

Just Right Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The only branch of government under the Articles.
  2. The Articles joined the 13 states into this.
  3. Meeting where delegates debated and wrote the Constitution.
  4. Congress could pass these, but could not enforce them.
  5. Under the Articles, most power was held at this level.
  6. The only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
  7. Large state that wanted more votes in Congress.
  8. Position that did not exist under the Articles.
  9. Congress could not control this between the states or with other nations.
  10. Last name of the farmer who led a rebellion showing the weakness of the Articles.
  11. A group of individuals united together for a purpose.
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  1. The new plan of government written in 1787.
  2. Power Congress lacked to make states follow laws.
  3. Representative sent by a state to the Congress of the Confederation.
  4. Type of agreement needed from all 13 states to change the Articles.
  5. Each state was this under the Articles.
  6. Another branch missing under the Articles.
  7. The first plan of government for the United States.
  8. Power Congress did not have under the Articles.
  9. City where the Constitutional Convention was held.
  10. Took four years to do this to the Articles.
  11. The main quality of the government created under the Articles.

22 Clues: Each state was this under the Articles. • Another branch missing under the Articles. • The new plan of government written in 1787. • Took four years to do this to the Articles. • The Articles joined the 13 states into this. • Power Congress did not have under the Articles. • Large state that wanted more votes in Congress. • ...

A Just Right Government 2020-11-30

A Just Right Government crossword puzzle
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  1. The branch of government that makes laws(legislates).
  2. One problem was that states charged these on goods from other states.
  3. In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on the size of it's...
  4. A group of individuals united together for a purpose.
  5. Fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution.
  6. One of the two things people were afraid states might lose because of the constitution.
  7. One of the two things people were afraid states might lose because of the constitution.
  8. The Articles of Confederation was America's first plan for...
  9. These were the "individuals" in the "confederation" created by the Articles.
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  1. The branch of government that carries out (executes) laws.
  2. Under the Articles of Confederation, America did not have this important, present role to lead their country.
  3. Under the New Jersey Plan, these states would have more power.
  4. The branch of government that interprets (judges) laws.
  5. States send these folks to congress to represent them.
  6. Unlike the Constitution which has three (3), the Articles of Confederation only had one (1).
  7. The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation.
  8. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power.
  9. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore said laws.
  10. Early americans had something in common with this fictional character!
  11. According to the Constitution, any law passed by congress is _____ to any state laws.
  12. The chamber of Congress where each state, regardless of population, gets two votes.
  13. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress was not allowed to create this.

22 Clues: The branch of government that makes laws(legislates). • A group of individuals united together for a purpose. • States send these folks to congress to represent them. • The branch of government that interprets (judges) laws. • The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation. • The branch of government that carries out (executes) laws. • ...

Texas Constitutions Crossword Puzzle 2016-04-19

Texas Constitutions Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the executive head of a state in the U.S.
  2. An addition to a formal document such as a constitution
  3. A document that outlines fundamental laws and principles of law
  4. Powers a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority
  5. The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries
  6. A list of individual freedoms
  7. The term for the fact that the powers of government are divided into three separate branches
  8. Notes or guarantees issued by the government, promising to repay money it borrows, with interest
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  1. Having to do with the chief officer of a government
  2. A type of government in which powers and duties between the states and the national government are shared
  3. the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies
  4. The judicial branch government, it tries cases involving government and administers justice
  5. one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution
  6. A system where each branch of government has the ability to limit the actions of the other branches
  7. Elected officials who make the laws for the state
  8. The highest judicial court in a country or state

16 Clues: A list of individual freedoms • the executive head of a state in the U.S. • The highest judicial court in a country or state • Elected officials who make the laws for the state • Having to do with the chief officer of a government • An addition to a formal document such as a constitution • A document that outlines fundamental laws and principles of law • ...

Civil War 2026-04-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Short for Confederate States of America
  2. Virginia's capital, captured by Ulysses S. Grant
  3. _____ address, Lincoln's famous speech
  4. ____ states were slave states that didn't secede
  5. lost battle of fort sumter
  6. 13th amendment banned this
  7. The union used the ___ plan to block foreign trade with the Confederacy
  8. someone who is against and protests slavery
  9. which fort was famously attacked by the 54th massachusetts regiment
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  1. Northern democrats who favored peace with the south, lincoln's opponent
  2. The president at the time
  3. The Union ___ the war
  4. ____ proclamation
  5. _____ charge, 13000 rebel troops ordered to charge and ultimately failed miserably
  6. Battle of ________, the bloodiest single day of the Civil War

15 Clues: ____ proclamation • The Union ___ the war • The president at the time • lost battle of fort sumter • 13th amendment banned this • _____ address, Lincoln's famous speech • Short for Confederate States of America • someone who is against and protests slavery • Virginia's capital, captured by Ulysses S. Grant • ____ states were slave states that didn't secede • ...

Remy Johnson Articles X-word 2024-02-09

Remy Johnson Articles X-word crossword puzzle
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  1. States would print their own ___ even though they weren't supposed to
  2. The constitution made the government ___ so that they couldn't favor other states
  3. Shay's rebelleion convinced American leaders that little protected them from ___
  4. The federalist system of government created a balance of ___
  5. Because the U.S could not ___ they were in dept
  6. Who saw America as a future world power?
  7. Shay's rebellion protested taxes imposed on by ___
  8. After the revolutionary war ended, stats acted more like ___ then as part of the same nation
  9. What city did the delicates meet in?
  10. Because the governtment could not stop Shay's rebellion, a local ___ had to stop it.
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  1. The constitution was based on ___
  2. The continental congress could pass laws, but they weren't good at ___ them
  3. Shay was NOT a ___ landowner, and thats why he rebelled against the government of Massachuwsetts
  4. The western land was filled with ___ tribes
  5. What book did Noah Webster write
  6. What power was held only by the National Government?
  7. What river borders the western lands won by the Americans in the revelation?
  8. The U.S army nearly ___ because they couldn't tax the states.
  9. States ___ goods manufactured in other states
  10. Nine-thirteenths of congress had to agree to pass a new ___

20 Clues: What book did Noah Webster write • The constitution was based on ___ • What city did the delicates meet in? • Who saw America as a future world power? • The western land was filled with ___ tribes • States ___ goods manufactured in other states • Because the U.S could not ___ they were in dept • Shay's rebellion protested taxes imposed on by ___ • ...

A Just Right Government 2025-09-30

A Just Right Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The only branch of government under the Articles.
  2. The Articles joined the 13 states into this.
  3. Meeting where delegates debated and wrote the Constitution.
  4. Congress could pass these, but could not enforce them.
  5. Under the Articles, most power was held at this level.
  6. The only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
  7. Large state that wanted more votes in Congress.
  8. Position that did not exist under the Articles.
  9. Congress could not control this between the states or with other nations.
  10. Last name of the farmer who led a rebellion showing the weakness of the Articles.
  11. A group of individuals united together for a purpose.
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  1. The new plan of government written in 1787.
  2. Power Congress lacked to make states follow laws.
  3. Representative sent by a state to the Congress of the Confederation.
  4. Type of agreement needed from all 13 states to change the Articles.
  5. Each state was this under the Articles.
  6. Another branch missing under the Articles.
  7. The first plan of government for the United States.
  8. Power Congress did not have under the Articles.
  9. City where the Constitutional Convention was held.
  10. Took four years to do this to the Articles.
  11. The main quality of the government created under the Articles.

22 Clues: Each state was this under the Articles. • Another branch missing under the Articles. • The new plan of government written in 1787. • Took four years to do this to the Articles. • The Articles joined the 13 states into this. • Power Congress did not have under the Articles. • Large state that wanted more votes in Congress. • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2024-02-23

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. softened or muffled
  2. the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861,
  3. being serious and dignified in appearance or behavior
  4. a U.S. abolitionist who helped many slaves escape to the North through the Underground Railroad in the 1850s and 1860s
  5. firm or determined
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  1. doing something lawfully
  2. the 16th president of the United States
  3. spread here and there or scattered
  4. the war (1861-1865) fought between the United States and the Confederacy
  5. off center

10 Clues: off center • firm or determined • softened or muffled • doing something lawfully • spread here and there or scattered • the 16th president of the United States • being serious and dignified in appearance or behavior • the war (1861-1865) fought between the United States and the Confederacy • the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861, • ...

Unit 7 Important People, Places, and Events 2024-01-29

Unit 7 Important People, Places, and Events crossword puzzle
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  1. Last name of the 18th president of the United States; Union General during the Civil War
  2. Last battle of the Civil War fought in Texas
  3. Last name of the president during the Civil War; saved the union
  4. Civil War battle; Confederate victory in which Davis' Guards repulsed an invasion of Union gunboats
  5. Last name of the person who killed Abraham Lincoln
  6. Civil War battle where the Confederates recaptured the city from Union control
  7. Date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas
  8. A machine that removed seeds from cotton fibers; created by Eli Whitney in 1793
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  1. Civil War plan created by Winfield Scott, called for the blockade of the southern coast
  2. ____________ Republicans- a group that believed the south should be punished harshly after the Civil War
  3. Last name of the 17th President of the United States; became president after Lincoln was killed
  4. Civil War Battle where Union troops captured the city and cut off the supply route Texans were using
  5. the election of eighteen ___________, number of southern states secede due to the results
  6. Freedmen's ____________ Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom
  7. ______________ States of America; A republic formed and composed out of eleven southern states that seceded from the union
  8. Proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln, declared all slaves in the Confederate States would be free

16 Clues: Last battle of the Civil War fought in Texas • Last name of the person who killed Abraham Lincoln • Last name of the president during the Civil War; saved the union • Civil War battle where the Confederates recaptured the city from Union control • A machine that removed seeds from cotton fibers; created by Eli Whitney in 1793 • ...

HISTORY KEY TERMS LIST 05 2019-01-06

HISTORY KEY TERMS LIST 05 crossword puzzle
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  1. First case in which the Supreme Court used Judicial Review.
  2. The name given to the Lewis and Clark expediton to the West between 1803 and 1806
  3. How the United States deals with foreign countries.
  4. The Heads of Executive Departments of the United States and presidential advisers.
  5. A meeting of New England Federalist politicians between December 15, 1814 and January 5, 1815 in which they threatened to leave the Union to protest the War of 1812.
  6. A ceremony in which the President formally takes the Oath of Office and takes power.
  7. Law that set up the first American Court System.
  8. The November 7, 1811 battle near Lafayette, Indiana in which American forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated Indians under the leadership of Tecumseh and ended Indian resistance in Indiana.
  9. The belief that all people should be totally equal.
  10. An incident in 1793 when a French Minister attempted to raise an American Army to fight in the French Revolution.
  11. Not taking sides in a war.
  12. 1807 law that forbade Americans from engaging in trade with foreign countries.
  13. The American war ship, the USS Constitution, that won several battles in the War of 1812.
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  1. Term meaning the money the government takes in through taxation.
  2. A series of laws passed by the Federalist Party in 1798 to limit immigration and prevent people from lying about the government.
  3. Believing in one's country and putting the interests of the entire country above the local interests.
  4. A 1794 rebellion in Pennsylvania against a tax imposed on Whiskey.
  5. The amount of money the United States government owes.
  6. The men who founded the United States.
  7. Undeclared naval conflict between the United States and France between 1798 and 1800.
  8. The Process of determining if a law is constitutional by the Supreme Court.
  9. The first major highway built by the Federal Government between 1811 and 1834. It originally connected Virginia with the Ohio Valley.
  10. A 1797 incident in which French diplomats demanded bribes from American diplomats before they would negotiate.
  11. The Act of the British Navy of taking American Sailors from American ships and forcing them to serve in the Royal Navy.
  12. An act that serves as an example for others to follow.

25 Clues: Not taking sides in a war. • The men who founded the United States. • Law that set up the first American Court System. • How the United States deals with foreign countries. • The belief that all people should be totally equal. • The amount of money the United States government owes. • An act that serves as an example for others to follow. • ...

CAPITALS 2022-08-04

CAPITALS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. GUJARAT
  2. GOA
  3. MANIPUR
  4. JHARKHAND
Down
  1. NAGALAND
  2. ANDHRAPRADESH

6 Clues: GOA • GUJARAT • MANIPUR • NAGALAND • JHARKHAND • ANDHRAPRADESH

Capitals 2025-03-08

Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CAPITAL OF GUJARAT
  2. CAPITAL OF MAHARAHSTRA
  3. CAPITAL OF TAMIL NADU
Down
  1. CAPITAL OF MEGHALAYA
  2. CAPITAL OF RAJASTHAN
  3. CAPITAL OF MADHYAPRADESH

6 Clues: CAPITAL OF GUJARAT • CAPITAL OF MEGHALAYA • CAPITAL OF RAJASTHAN • CAPITAL OF TAMIL NADU • CAPITAL OF MAHARAHSTRA • CAPITAL OF MADHYAPRADESH

Capitals 2026-03-09

Capitals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of Argentina
  2. Capital of Venezuela
  3. Capital of Brazil
Down
  1. Capital of Colombia
  2. Capital of Chile
  3. Capital of Peru

6 Clues: Capital of Peru • Capital of Chile • Capital of Brazil • Capital of Colombia • Capital of Argentina • Capital of Venezuela

Chapter 6 2015-01-31

Chapter 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated
  2. US president serves two terms
  3. creates laws
  4. national political convention
  5. the highest judicial court in a country or state
  6. 4th president of the United States
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  1. supporter of Federalism
  2. a gathering for the purpose of writing or revising a constitution
  3. a tax on imports and/or exports
  4. against Federalism
  5. First Vice President and second President of the United States
  6. national legislative body of a country
  7. a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch drafted by James Madison
  8. first 10 amendments of the US Constitution
  9. one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

15 Clues: creates laws • against Federalism • supporter of Federalism • US president serves two terms • national political convention • a tax on imports and/or exports • 4th president of the United States • national legislative body of a country • first 10 amendments of the US Constitution • one of the Founding Fathers of the United States • ...

The Tariff & Nullification Crisis 2023-12-21

The Tariff & Nullification Crisis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Seventh President known for opposing nullification.
  2. A settlement where each side makes concessions.
  3. A tax on imported goods.
  4. The idea that states can limit federal power.
  5. A doctrine supporting the right of a state to nullify federal laws.
  6. Written by John C. Calhoun.
  7. The Great Compromiser
Down
  1. Proposed tariff to gradually reduce rates.
  2. A policy advocating a strong national economy.
  3. Authorized the use of force against nullifying states
  4. Period during the Nullification Crisis when Succession was threatened.
  5. Senator who opposed nullification and defended the Union.
  6. Ordinance declaring federal states unconstitutional.
  7. Vice President and advocate for nullification
  8. The act of withdrawing from the Union

15 Clues: The Great Compromiser • A tax on imported goods. • Written by John C. Calhoun. • The act of withdrawing from the Union • Proposed tariff to gradually reduce rates. • The idea that states can limit federal power. • Vice President and advocate for nullification • A policy advocating a strong national economy. • A settlement where each side makes concessions. • ...

Civ Unit 9 Crossword 2022-04-05

Civ Unit 9 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Once a year, the president is required to provide the full Congress with a ___ of the Union address.
  2. The President of the United States is the primary negotiator of ___ between the United States and other countries.
  3. The ___ includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments.
  4. ___ agencies are not represented in the cabinet and are not part of the Executive Office of the president.
  5. As Chief Maker of ___, the president creates guiding principles for issues that concern Americans.
  6. ___ usually implies unelected / appointed officials.
  7. The ___ Reserve is the central bank of the United States. It formulates and administers credit and monetary policy.
  8. ___ Departments have been added and split, but are rarely eliminated.
  9. A ___ is when the president rejects a bill passed by a congress.
  10. As Chief ___, the President deals directly with the heads of foreign governments.
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  1. The FBI is the investigative wing of the Department of ___
  2. As Chief ___, the president appoints the heads of the government departments.
  3. The Chief of ___ organizes the President’s overall policy development.
  4. The Vice President also serves as the President of the ___.
  5. As ___ of state, the president symbolizes the authority and power of the United States.
  6. ___ is a reward for being a political supporter, like being a cabinet officer, a judge, or an ambassador to a foreign country.
  7. The Civil ___ System tries to allocate government jobs based on merit and skill.
  8. A ___ is an executive order granting clemency for a conviction.
  9. The largest executive Department is the Department of ___.
  10. As ___in Chief, the president is in charge of all national military forces.

20 Clues: ___ usually implies unelected / appointed officials. • The FBI is the investigative wing of the Department of ___ • The largest executive Department is the Department of ___. • The Vice President also serves as the President of the ___. • A ___ is an executive order granting clemency for a conviction. • ...

unit 8 2022-01-31

unit 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
  2. A beetle that feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central Mexico, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American South.
  3. An American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented Georgia in the House from 1914 to 1965.
  4. A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth.
  5. An American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
  6. Lasted from 1914 until 1918, introduced the world to the horrors of trench warfare and lethal new technologies such as poison gas and tanks. The event that sparked the conflagration was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in 1914
  7. 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.
Down
  1. enacted on May 20, 1936, provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States.
  2. A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
  3. Produce too much, price goes down, farmers produce more to try to maintain their income.
  4. This act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States."
  5. A founder and leader of the conservative coalition that dominated Congress from 1937 to 1963, and at his death was the most senior member of the Senate. He was for decades a leader of Southern opposition to the civil rights movement.
  6. A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President FranklinDRoosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.
  7. A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
  8. An attorney and American politician who served three terms as the 67th governor of Georgia, from 1933 to 1937, and then again from 1941 to 1943.
  9. A British ocean liner that was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 and that held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.
  10. Began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3. The war between the U.S.S.R. and Germany began on June 22, 1941, with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

17 Clues: A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water. • Produce too much, price goes down, farmers produce more to try to maintain their income. • An American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. • ...

States of Matter 2015-01-11

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the law that states that for a fixed amount of gas a constant pressure the volume of the gas increases as a temperature of the gas increases and invite her the gas decreases as a temperature of the gas decreases.
  2. a non-solid state of matter in which the atoms or molecules are free to move past each other as in a gas or liquid.
  3. the principle that states that the point force on an object in a fluid is the upward force equal to the weight of the volume of the fluid that the object displaces.
  4. the change of a substance from a liquid to gas.
  5. the metric base unit for mass.
  6. the law that states that the pressure of the gas of the constant volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature.
  7. the process in which a solid changes directly into gas.
  8. The capacity to do work.
  9. the resistance of a gas or liquid to flow.
  10. the amount of force exerted per unit area of the surface.
Down
  1. the upward force exerted on an object immersed in or floating on a fluid.
  2. 1000 times smaller.
  3. the change of a substance from a gas to liquid.
  4. the law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at constant temperature and the volume of the gas decreases as the pressure of the gas increases.
  5. the kinetic energy of the substance's atoms.
  6. 1000 times bigger.
  7. the metric base unit for volume.
  8. a state of matter that starts as a gas and then becomes ionized.
  9. the metric base unit for length.
  10. The principle that states that her fluid in equilibrium contained in a vessel exerts a pressure of equal intensity in all directions.
  11. the scientific unit of pressure.
  12. 100 times smaller.

22 Clues: 1000 times bigger. • 100 times smaller. • 1000 times smaller. • The capacity to do work. • the metric base unit for mass. • the metric base unit for volume. • the metric base unit for length. • the scientific unit of pressure. • the resistance of a gas or liquid to flow. • the kinetic energy of the substance's atoms. • the change of a substance from a gas to liquid. • ...

Westward Expansion 2021-02-26

Westward Expansion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the president who purchased the Louisiana Territory.
  2. The river that formed the border of the U.S. after the signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783.
  3. The name of the treaty that was signed between Mexico and the United States to end the war.
  4. the ocean that forms the western boundary of the U.S. in 1848.
  5. The country that gave up the Oregon Territory
  6. The name of the treaty that allowed the United States to annex Florida.
  7. The name of the treaty that Texas signed with Mexico to end the revolution.
  8. The trail that was used by settlers to escape religious persecution.
  9. The trail used by pioneers to make a better life for themselves.
  10. the ocean that forms the eastern boundary of the U.S.
  11. The land ceded by Spain to the U.S. in 1819.
Down
  1. Jefferson bought this territory from France in 1803
  2. The treaty that ended the American Revolution.
  3. the mountain range that formed the western most border of the 13 colonies.
  4. The area gained after the Mexican-American war that includes states like California and New Mexico.
  5. The country that gave up Florida and signed the Adams-Onis Treaty
  6. the area given to the United States by Great Britain in 1846.
  7. The trail that was traveled for trade
  8. The area that was purchased to build a transcontinental railroad in 1853.
  9. The dictator that sold the Louisiana territory.
  10. The country that gave up California
  11. The country that the louisiana territory was purchased from.
  12. The president started the Mexican-American war.
  13. the mountains in the western part of the United States.
  14. Territory that was annexed in 1845 by President Polk.

25 Clues: The country that gave up California • The trail that was traveled for trade • The land ceded by Spain to the U.S. in 1819. • The country that gave up the Oregon Territory • The treaty that ended the American Revolution. • The dictator that sold the Louisiana territory. • The president started the Mexican-American war. • ...

Vocab 4, Apoorva S, P3 2020-02-05

Vocab 4, Apoorva S, P3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. African American poet who described the rich culture of African American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music
  2. 1920's painter, most famous paintings were of the Great Migration
  3. United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies
  4. Leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians
  5. the central bank of the United States
  6. A general term used to describe all transactions involving the buying and selling of stock shares issued by a company
  7. President of the United States during most of the Depression and most of World War II
  8. African American blues singer who played an important role in the Harlem Reniassance
  9. United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader
  10. a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s
Down
  1. an artist known for urban scenes and later paintings of the Southwest
  2. A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression
  3. novelist who explored the reality of the American dream of wealth, success, and emotional fulfillment
  4. the number of people who are actively looking for work but aren't currently employed
  5. Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs
  6. A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
  7. Composer who wrote uniquely American music
  8. the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the US and other countries, starting in the 1920s and continuing through most of the 1930s
  9. the excessive and risky investment in stocks, in the hopes of making money quickly A major cause of the Great Depression
  10. A share of ownership in a corporation
  11. A tax on imported goods

21 Clues: A tax on imported goods • the central bank of the United States • A share of ownership in a corporation • Composer who wrote uniquely American music • United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader • 1920's painter, most famous paintings were of the Great Migration • Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs • ...

SS20 Related Issue 3 Study Guide 2023-12-08

SS20 Related Issue 3 Study Guide crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Previously argued over by Canada and Denmark in the Arctic. An agreement was made to split in 2022.
  2. The belief that the world is being integrated on unequal terms usually with the domination of one group over another nation or nation-state
  3. Involves nations putting aside their differences to work with each other for the common or global good
  4. Preventing further conflict between parties after the implementation of a ceasefire
  5. Dealt with the economic, political, and social rights of Indigenous peoples, along with land and resource retention. This organization disbanded in 1996.
  6. Peaceful intervention to avoid further conflict or create a ceasefire
  7. Two nations or nation-states cooperating to pursue their national interests
  8. An international organization founded in 1945 to maintain peace after the failures of the league of nations
  9. When various nations or nation-states cooperate to pursue their interests and goals beyond their national borders
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  1. Created to promote cooperation with all nations with a stake in the Arctic
  2. The belief that through interaction and cooperation, common goals can be achieved such as creating wealth and peace internationally
  3. An organization that does not work with a government to focus on issues such as disaster relief, animal rights, climate change, and more
  4. A belief in common humanity and helping others thrive
  5. An organization that works with a government to focus on issues such as disaster relief, animal rights, climate change, and more.
  6. A course of action that sovereign nations make with other nation-states international governments
  7. In the United Nations, comprising of 193 member states to create policy internationally.
  8. The belief that international factors and alliances determine conflicts within society and is not very common in modern societies
  9. Originally an organization created to promote French language and culture internationally
  10. In the United Nations, it has 5 permanent members, and 10 rotating members to maintain global security and peace
  11. The principle of cooperation among nations for the promotion of their common good

20 Clues: A belief in common humanity and helping others thrive • Peaceful intervention to avoid further conflict or create a ceasefire • Created to promote cooperation with all nations with a stake in the Arctic • Two nations or nation-states cooperating to pursue their national interests • ...

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary 2017-12-13

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  2. President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II
  3. of a series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the nation, beginning in 1933.
  4. a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley
  5. political leader of the twentieth century, who was president from 1929 to 1933.
  6. Flying mammal
  7. shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.
  8. United States law which sets out various labor regulations regarding interstate commerce employment, including minimum wages, requirements for overtime pay and limitations on child labor.
  9. paper money made legal tender by a government decree.
  10. Man's best friend
  11. an act passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system.
  12. the U.S. corporation insuring deposits in the United States against bank failure. The FDIC was created in 1933 to maintain public confidence and encourage stability in the financial system through the promotion of sound banking practices.
  13. on Washington, in full March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., in 1963 by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress.
  14. a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried, men from relief families as part of the New Deal
  15. is a U.S. government agency that oversees securities transactions, activities of financial professionals and mutual fund trading to prevent fraud and intentional deception.
  16. law enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.
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  1. the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
  2. a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses.
  3. Large marsupial
  4. Flying mammal
  5. company that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds, with power to vote, 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of a public-utility company or of a holding company of any public-utility company
  6. Man's best friend
  7. Likes to chase mice
  8. amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limiting presidential terms to two for any one person, or to one elected term if the person has completed more than two years of another's term.
  9. Has a trunk
  10. system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, for which the currency could be exchanged. The gold standard was generally abandoned in the Depression of the 1930s.
  11. Likes to chase mice

27 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • Likes to chase mice • paper money made legal tender by a government decree. • political leader of the twentieth century, who was president from 1929 to 1933. • shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s. • ...

Geography Vocabulary Pt. 3 2019-10-14

Geography Vocabulary Pt. 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a war between groups of people who belong to the same country, such as the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)
  2. the group of northern and western states in the U.S. Civil War
  3. the order in which events happened
  4. a long, organized journey often through an unexplored area
  5. to break away from or leave
  6. a high area of flat land
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  1. a list of important events usually in chronological order
  2. Spanish soldiers and explorers who conquered much of North and South America for Spain between the 15th and 17th century
  3. a political movement that began in the early 1800s to abolish slavery in the United States and its territory
  4. the group of southern states that left the United States to establish their own country
  5. a kind of living area made from stone or mud bricks
  6. a large dry region
  7. to attack a city by surrounding it and preventing anyone from getting in or out
  8. a high area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs; smaller than a plateau

14 Clues: a large dry region • a high area of flat land • to break away from or leave • the order in which events happened • a kind of living area made from stone or mud bricks • a list of important events usually in chronological order • a long, organized journey often through an unexplored area • the group of northern and western states in the U.S. Civil War • ...

U.S. History Crossword 2017-05-24

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

20 Clues: The day when Japan formally surrendered • The practice or system of owning slaves. • A war between citizens of the same country • The financial and industrial slump of 1929 • 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 • ...

THE cold war 2025-08-29

THE cold war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Conference that had Potsdam
  2. The war that happened in Vietnam
  3. an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
  4. a 1947 U.S.foreign policy initiative by President Harry S.
  5. Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
  6. the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
  7. a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
  8. the relaxation of strained relations, especially political ones, through verbal communication.
Down
  1. a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
  2. The war that happened in Korea
  3. Russia's Old name
  4. the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  5. a Soviet Union attempt from June 24, 1948, to May 12, 1949, to force the Western Allies out of Berlin by cutting off all land and water access to the city, which lay deep within Soviet-controlled East Germany.
  6. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

14 Clues: Russia's Old name • The war that happened in Korea • The Conference that had Potsdam • The war that happened in Vietnam • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization • a 1947 U.S.foreign policy initiative by President Harry S. • the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. • ...

AP GOV PROJECT 2024-12-12

AP GOV PROJECT crossword puzzle
Across
  1. exercise, protects individuals right to practice their religion without government interference
  2. Clause, gives Congress the power to regulate commerce Supremacy Clause, constitution is law of the land.
  3. United v. Federal Election Commission, A case in which The Court held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
  4. Incorporation, the legal doctrine where the Supreme Court applies individual rights from the Bill of Rights to state governments on a case-by-case-basis
  5. a previous court decision that is used as a guiding principle to decide similar cases in the future Nine, how many supreme court judges are there?
  6. PACs, committees that may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor unions and other PACs for the purpose of financing independent expenditures and other independent political activity.
  7. v. Yoder, dealt with the balance between state interests and individual religious freedoms.
  8. York Times Co. v. United States, dealt with the First Amendment and the freedom of press.
  9. v. Maryland, addressed the balance of power between the federal government and the states.
  10. v. Wade, addressed the issue of abortion rights in the United States.
  11. clause, prohibits the government from establishing a religion or favoring one religion over another
  12. powers, are powers of the United States government that are not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but are suggested to be applicable in some or all cases.
  13. opinion, a written opinion by a judge who agrees with the majority decision in a case, but provides different reasoning or justification for reaching that decision
  14. v. United States, dealt with limited speech.
  15. v. Vitale, This case addressed the issue of state-sponsored prayer in public schools.
  16. the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
  17. v. Carr, established the "one person, one vote doctrine, gave federal courts power to hear redistricting cases.
  18. clause, gives Congress the power to create laws that are not explicitly listed in the Constitution.
  19. States v. Lopez, dealt with the limits of Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
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  1. Court, The pinnacle of the American judicial system. The Court ensures uniformity in interpreting national laws, resolves conflicts among states, and maintains national supremacy in law. it has both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.
  2. v. Chicago, addressed the issue of gun rights in the United States.
  3. opinion, a written statement by one or more judges that disagrees with the majority opinion in a legal case
  4. decisis, A Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand." Most cases reaching appellate courts are settled on this principle.
  5. amendment, freedom of speech
  6. and proper clause, allows congress the ability to make laws or to act where the constitution doesn't give it authority to act. Sometimes thought of as implied powers.
  7. v. Madison, led to the creation of judicial review and reestablished check and balances among the branches of government.
  8. v. Board of Education, created integration for all public schools in America.
  9. laws, resolves conflicts among states, and maintains national supremacy in law. it has both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.
  10. speech, non-verbal actions that are intended to convey a particular message or statement, and are considered protected under the First Amendment as a form of speech
  11. review, review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  12. rights, the legal rights that law enforcement must inform a suspect of after arresting them Executive privilege, the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government. .
  13. privilege, the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government.
  14. the division of power between the national government and state governments.
  15. rights, legal protections that guarantee equal social opportunities and protection under the law for all people, regardless of their race, religion, or other characteristics.
  16. v. Des Moines, addressed the issue of free speech in public schools.
  17. how many supreme court judges are there?
  18. process, the idea that the government must follow fair procedures before taking away a person's life, liberty, or property.
  19. v. Wainwright, significantly impacted the rights of defendants in criminal cases.
  20. protection clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that requires the law to treat people in similar situations equally. It states that no state can deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under the law.
  21. v. Reno, unconstitutional to segregate voters based on race.
  22. restraint, a government action that prevenis the publication or distribution of speech or information before it is released to the public
  23. protection clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that requires the law to treat people in similar situations equally. It states that no state can deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under the law.

42 Clues: amendment, freedom of speech • how many supreme court judges are there? • v. United States, dealt with limited speech. • v. Reno, unconstitutional to segregate voters based on race. • v. Chicago, addressed the issue of gun rights in the United States. • v. Des Moines, addressed the issue of free speech in public schools. • ...

28.3 Crossword 2022-11-01

28.3 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. loyalty oaths unconstitutional
  2. provided hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American age 65 or older
  3. their rivers
  4. Federal legislation establishing a variety of social programs
  5. banned prayer in public schools and declared
  6. required states to clean
  7. established in 1924.
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  1. ended national-origins
  2. 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
  3. way in which states redraw election districts based on the changing number of people in them
  4. non-European immigrants to settle in the United States by ending quotas based on nationality
  5. extended health insurance to welfare recipients
  6. opened the door for
  7. domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs

14 Clues: their rivers • opened the door for • established in 1924. • ended national-origins • required states to clean • loyalty oaths unconstitutional • banned prayer in public schools and declared • extended health insurance to welfare recipients • 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. • Federal legislation establishing a variety of social programs • ...

North and South 2020-11-25

North and South crossword puzzle
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  1. The main crop grown in the South was _______.
  2. An abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison.
  3. 2/3 of this was located in Northern States.
  4. A tax placed on an import or export.
  5. The soil in the North was known to be _______ and not as fertile.
  6. Southern States believed ________ should hold more power.
  7. Agriculture in the South was grown on small farms and _________.
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  1. The ________ tended to be more religious.
  2. The ________ was more politically diverse.
  3. The primary industry of the Southern States.
  4. 7 out of 8 of these people were more prominent in the Northern States.
  5. Place that manufactured goods to sell.
  6. People in the North were known to have higher levels of __________.

13 Clues: A tax placed on an import or export. • Place that manufactured goods to sell. • The ________ tended to be more religious. • The ________ was more politically diverse. • 2/3 of this was located in Northern States. • The primary industry of the Southern States. • The main crop grown in the South was _______. • Southern States believed ________ should hold more power. • ...

Studies Weekly Week 12 Vocabulary 2023-11-01

Studies Weekly Week 12 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. In the ____________, each of state would have two senators, giving both large states and small states equal power.
  2. this plan gave Congress more power over the states.
  3. established the money system that we still use today
  4. known as the "Father of Our Country"
  5. In the House of ________________, the number of representatives would be determined by population.
  6. known as the "Father of the Constitution"
  7. people who wanted a strong central government with more power than the people or states
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  1. three out of every five, or three-fifths, of the enslaved people would be counted in the population
  2. mighty
  3. a series of essays that supported the new government
  4. those who favored a weaker federal government that gave more power to the states and people
  5. Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights which influenced the content of the Declaration of Independence.
  6. friendship
  7. this plan said that each state, no matter the size, would have the same number of representatives in Congress
  8. during his presidency, the US more than doubled in size through the Louisiana Purchase

15 Clues: mighty • friendship • known as the "Father of Our Country" • known as the "Father of the Constitution" • this plan gave Congress more power over the states. • a series of essays that supported the new government • established the money system that we still use today • during his presidency, the US more than doubled in size through the Louisiana Purchase • ...

U.S. History Chapter 12 Crossword 2023-04-20

U.S. History Chapter 12 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Were known for their opposition to slavery, their efforts to ensure emancipation and civil rights for Blacks, and their strong opinions on post-war Reconstruction.
  2. This amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states.
  3. Provided assistance to tens of thousands of formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the Southern States and the District of Columbia in the years following the war
  4. To formally charge a public official of misconduct committed while in office
  5. White Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War
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  1. The era after the Civil War ended
  2. Northerners who moved to the South after the war, supposedly in an effort to get rich or acquire political power.
  3. Laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.
  4. The first African American member of the United States Senate
  5. Elected as president after Lincoln was assasinated
  6. A system where poor farmers were granted access to farm small plots of land
  7. A bill that provided for the admission to representation of rebel states upon meeting certain conditions.

12 Clues: The era after the Civil War ended • Elected as president after Lincoln was assasinated • The first African American member of the United States Senate • A system where poor farmers were granted access to farm small plots of land • To formally charge a public official of misconduct committed while in office • ...

Integrated Unit 2 Vocab Review 2023-11-01

Integrated Unit 2 Vocab Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The ability to direct or influence the behavior of others, sometimes by force.
  2. a mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system.
  3. a military force that is raised from the civil population for a regular army in an emergency. The best modern example is the National Guard.
  4. the protections from the abuse of government power.
  5. A court case that reinforced the idea of clear and present danger to limit free speech. The supreme court also supported states rights' to limit free speech when a citizen threatened to overthrow the state/federal government.
  6. An American nonprofit human rights organization that fights "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States".
  7. This Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.
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  1. Powers shared by both the state and federal governments.
  2. a process under which a government's executive, legislative, or any other actions are reviewed by the judicial branch.
  3. The branch of government responsible for interpreting, defending, and applying the law in legal cases.
  4. The branch of government responsible for making the laws, regulating commerce, and declaring war.
  5. This Amendment to the United States Constitution protects all rights of citizens that should be but are not listed in the constitution.
  6. A political system in which power is given to the people (all people get a vote).
  7. The right to give orders and make decisions, usually put in place by a system.
  8. the right to be free from discrimination based on such characteristics as race, disability, color, gender, national origin, and others.
  9. The branch of government responsible for enforcing the law and appointing the head of federal agencies.
  10. This Amendment to the United States Constitution restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.

17 Clues: the protections from the abuse of government power. • Powers shared by both the state and federal governments. • The ability to direct or influence the behavior of others, sometimes by force. • The right to give orders and make decisions, usually put in place by a system. • A political system in which power is given to the people (all people get a vote). • ...

Chapter 23 The Coming Of War 1931-1942 Estrada 2 2018-04-23

Chapter 23 The Coming Of War 1931-1942 Estrada 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Japanese prime minister
  2. policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace
  3. agreement made between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France in 1938 that sacrificed the Sudetenland to preserve peace.
  4. man who created the fascist party
  5. World War II battle that took place between Japan and America aircraft carriers
  6. a theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economy, social and cultural lives of its people.
  7. event where 7000 American and Filipino troops died
  8. commander of the United States Army Forces in Asia
  9. Former prime minister of Britain
  10. group of countries led by Britian, France, The United States and the Soviet Union that fought the axis powers in World War II
  11. American military base attacked by Japan on the seventh of December 1941.
  12. prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people.
  13. Womens Army Course
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  1. agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan during World War II
  2. union of Germany and Austria in 1933
  3. act that allowed nations at war to buy goods and arms in the United States if they payed cash and carried merchandise on their own ships.
  4. joint declaration made by Great Britain and the United Stated during World War II that endorsed national self determination and international system of general security
  5. man who took place of the communist party.
  6. Lightning war that emphasized the use of speed and fire power to penetrate deep into the enemy's rear territory
  7. War nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco rebelled against the democratic republican government of Spain
  8. act passed in 1941 that allowed president Roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defenses he considered vital to the safety of the United States
  9. famous dictator
  10. group of countries led by Germany, Italy and Japan that fought the allies in World War II.

23 Clues: famous dictator • Womens Army Course • Japanese prime minister • Former prime minister of Britain • man who created the fascist party • union of Germany and Austria in 1933 • man who took place of the communist party. • event where 7000 American and Filipino troops died • commander of the United States Army Forces in Asia • prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people. • ...

The Constitution Part 1 - Vocabulary List 1 2025-10-17

The Constitution Part 1 - Vocabulary List 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. one who opposed a strong central for fear it would take away Americans' and states' rights
  2. called the "Father of the Consitution", wrote the Virginia Plan, and coauthored the Federalist Papers
  3. a proposal for the new government that featured a strong, three-branch government (legislative, executive, and judicial) and a bicameral (two-house) legislature where representation was based on each state's population
  4. an armed uprising by indebted farmers and veterans in western Massachusetts (1786-1787) protesting high taxes, economic hardship, and foreclosures
  5. he was the leader of the Constitutional Convention and became the first President of the United States
  6. the branch of government that executes the laws and includes the president and vice president
  7. a two-house legislature
  8. the branch of government that makes the laws
  9. created by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, this territory was located north of the Ohio River, south of the Great Lakes, and east of the Mississippi River, and included what would become the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota
  10. the number of people who signed the Constitution
  11. one who supported the Constitution's strong central government
  12. led by George Washington during the Revolutionary War
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  1. the idea that the power of the government comes from the consent of the people
  2. the first government of the United States
  3. when people elect officials, like mayors, senators, or the president, to make decisions and speak for them in the government
  4. the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice
  5. took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787
  6. the government is divided into three branches, each with its own powers
  7. this assures that no one particular person, group, or government agency has too much power
  8. any laws, procedures, or acts that directly violate the constitution
  9. taxes on imported goods

21 Clues: a two-house legislature • taxes on imported goods • the first government of the United States • the branch of government that makes the laws • the number of people who signed the Constitution • led by George Washington during the Revolutionary War • took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787 • ...

Midterm Review Crossword-[Youngju Jang] 2016-01-04

Midterm Review Crossword-[Youngju Jang] crossword puzzle
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  1. A philosophy that extended Darwin’s concept to human society.
  2. It became the nickname of the Progressive Party.
  3. Devices that exploded in the air or when they hit something.
  4. The amount of goods and services created in a given period of time.
  5. A method of industrial control which involves the bringing together of many firms in the same business.
  6. A special fee that must be paid before a person was permitted to vote.
  7. Agreements among homeowners not to sell real estate to certain groups of people.
  8. The war between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South.
  9. The act that prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country.
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  1. The first women’s rights convention in United States history.
  2. This act outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce.
  3. The murder of an accused person by a mob without a lawful trial.
  4. Final proclamation that Lincoln issued on New Year’s Day, 1863.
  5. This act regulated the prices that railroads charged to move freight between states, requiring the rates to be set in proportion to the distance traveled.
  6. People who give donations to worthy causes, established private women’s colleges with high academic standards.
  7. A ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
  8. Noncitizen
  9. Required military service.
  10. A shop where employees worked long hours at low wages and under poor working conditions.
  11. The right to vote

20 Clues: Noncitizen • The right to vote • Required military service. • It became the nickname of the Progressive Party. • A ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. • Devices that exploded in the air or when they hit something. • The first women’s rights convention in United States history. • A philosophy that extended Darwin’s concept to human society. • ...

Reconstruction Ava 2023-05-30

Reconstruction Ava crossword puzzle
Across
  1. White southern Republicans
  2. An official pardon, for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion
  3. This secret society opposed civil rights
  4. Was the first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate.
  5. It made slavery illegal throughout the United States
  6. wanted the Southern States to change much more than they already had before they could return to the Union
  7. Once 10 percent of voters in a state made these pledges, they could form a new government.
  8. laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
  9. to protect people from civil rights laws from hostile presidents, courts, or future legislators
  10. White southerners used violence to keep African Americans away from the polls during the presidential election
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  1. provided African Americans with the same legal rights as White Americans
  2. The process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states w/o slavery
  3. a leader of the Radical Republicans
  4. The amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S. the right to vote.
  5. These laws divided the south into five districts
  6. Made it much harder for southern states to rejoin the Union that did Lincoln’s plan
  7. Born free in North Carolina and went to college in Illinois
  8. A southerner who opposed Lincoln’s policies.
  9. Provide relief for all poor people—black and white—in the south.
  10. Some northern-born Republicans had moved south after the war
  11. Abraham Lincoln’s Vice president
  12. Put and estimated 2 million people out of work

22 Clues: White southern Republicans • Abraham Lincoln’s Vice president • a leader of the Radical Republicans • This secret society opposed civil rights • A southerner who opposed Lincoln’s policies. • Put and estimated 2 million people out of work • These laws divided the south into five districts • It made slavery illegal throughout the United States • ...

Civil War/Westward Expansion 2025-11-17

Civil War/Westward Expansion crossword puzzle
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  1. Policy that gave 50 acres of land out west to settlers for free
  2. chief editor of the abolitionist paper, The Liberator
  3. Gave black men the right to vote
  4. Drew a line dividing free and enslaved states in the West
  5. When the Union placed the military in the South to oversee Reconstruction
  6. When cotton plantations controlled American society and economics
  7. Battle that was the turning point of the war
  8. disputed military basis that leads to the first conflict of the Civil War
  9. Leader of the Underground Railroad
  10. Made slavery illegal for the entire United States
  11. leading general of the Confederacy
  12. Policy to limit immigration from a particular country
  13. Gave new states the right to determine their own slavery laws
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  1. Activist movement that became the women's rights movement
  2. when Southern states left the Union following the Election of 1860
  3. End of the Civil War
  4. religious abolitionist leading the Raid on Harpers Ferry and Bleeding Kansas
  5. Leading Union general
  6. Loyalty to a region than the country as a whole
  7. Invention that led to an increase in slavery
  8. Suffragist who supported racial and gender equality
  9. freed enslaved people in the South
  10. group of people who stepped up while men were at war
  11. President of the Confederacy
  12. Provided citizenship to former enslaved people
  13. Gave America the southwest territory
  14. former enslaved man who was a prominent abolitionist

27 Clues: End of the Civil War • Leading Union general • President of the Confederacy • Gave black men the right to vote • Leader of the Underground Railroad • freed enslaved people in the South • leading general of the Confederacy • Gave America the southwest territory • Invention that led to an increase in slavery • Battle that was the turning point of the war • ...

1812 Crossword! 2026-01-15

1812 Crossword! crossword puzzle
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  1. A major battle of the War of 1812,
  2. The belief that the United States was meant
  3. French emperor whose wars in Europe affected trade
  4. during the War of 1812.
  5. on July 25, 1814, near Niagara Falls
  6. A 1811 battle where William Henry Harrison fought Indigenous forces
  7. A Canadian heroine who warned British forces of an American
  8. in 1813.
  9. The British practice of forcing sailors (including Americans) into the Royal Navy.
  10. A British general and Canadian hero who helped defend Upper Canada
  11. The 1814 treaty that officially ended the War of 1812.
  12. Wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” after witnessing a British
  13. The 4th President of the United States
  14. The belief that the United States
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  1. An American warship famous for
  2. An American general who surrendered Detroit
  3. role in the War of 1812.
  4. expand west across North America
  5. U.S. Embargo Act of 1807 hurt American trade.
  6. An American general in the War of 1812
  7. A key 1812 battle in Upper Canada where British forces won and
  8. Brock was killed.A key 1812 battle in Upper Canada where British forces won and Isaac Brock was killed.
  9. A government order stopping trade with other countries;
  10. meant to expand west across North America
  11. on Fort McHenry.
  12. The 7th President of the United States
  13. American politicians who strongly supported going to war with Britain
  14. An American naval commander who won the Battle of Lake Erie.
  15. The former name of Toronto; captured and burned by American

29 Clues: in 1813. • on Fort McHenry. • during the War of 1812. • role in the War of 1812. • An American warship famous for • expand west across North America • The belief that the United States • A major battle of the War of 1812, • on July 25, 1814, near Niagara Falls • An American general in the War of 1812 • The 7th President of the United States • The 4th President of the United States • ...

War of 1812 Crossword 2021-04-12

War of 1812 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This is a Louisiana city on the Mississippi River near the Gulf of Mexico
  2. This man was a Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States
  3. The official residence and workplace of the president of the United States
  4. An attempt by Thomas Jefferson to prohibit American ships from trading in foreign ports
  5. These are the indigenous peoples of the United States
  6. The national anthem of the United States
  7. This ship destroyed or captured seven more British ships
  8. A battle took place here during the War of 1812 that led to the americans being able to consolidate its control over the Northwest.
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  1. Someone who favors war
  2. This was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
  3. The tendency not to side in a conflict
  4. This fort is best known for successfully defending Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy
  5. The British gained control of this after the Treaty of Paris in 1763
  6. During February 7th, 1812 this river ran backwards for about several hours
  7. Recruitment by force

15 Clues: Recruitment by force • Someone who favors war • The tendency not to side in a conflict • The national anthem of the United States • These are the indigenous peoples of the United States • This ship destroyed or captured seven more British ships • The British gained control of this after the Treaty of Paris in 1763 • ...

Civil War by Julie Poffenbarger 2019-12-10

Civil War by Julie Poffenbarger crossword puzzle
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  1. Southern Capital
  2. President during Civil War
  3. Only _____ could fight in the war.
  4. The Union are from the ______ states.
  5. type of ship used in Battle of Monitor and Merrimack
  6. The north had more people and was more _______.
  7. a place where guns are stored
  8. conflict between people of the same country (2 words)
  9. the Southern states' army
  10. Lee surrendered here
  11. There was a lack of this
  12. Lincoln's address was done here
  13. Union army leader
  14. America faced a ______ on slavery.
  15. declared slavery illegal (2 words)
  16. refusal to give in
  17. Confederate President
  18. First battle (2 words)
  19. Africans could only be this in the North
  20. Confederate Army leader
  21. outcome of Battle of Monitor and Merrimack
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  1. The north was more _______.
  2. The Confederates are from the _______ states.
  3. state West Virginia seceded from
  4. ship used by Union
  5. Amendment that ruled out slavery
  6. The south was more _______.
  7. system of selecting people for required military service
  8. ship used by Confederates
  9. took on more roles
  10. the Northern states' army
  11. era after the Civil War
  12. guarantees prisoner the right to go to court (2 words)
  13. Battle in 1862, southern victory
  14. highest ranking Union officer
  15. Country the war took place in
  16. Thomas Jackson's nickname
  17. one human owning another
  18. product in short supply
  19. South Carolina did this to North Carolina

40 Clues: Southern Capital • Union army leader • ship used by Union • took on more roles • refusal to give in • Lee surrendered here • Confederate President • First battle (2 words) • era after the Civil War • product in short supply • Confederate Army leader • There was a lack of this • one human owning another • ship used by Confederates • the Northern states' army • the Southern states' army • ...

Chapter XX, Roselyn Rodriguez 2023-10-25

Chapter XX, Roselyn Rodriguez crossword puzzle
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  1. a power only belonging to the states
  2. legal rules the government must observe before depriving a persons life
  3. oversee the affairs of something
  4. to state the challenge the truth of something
  5. to send something for review by a higher court
  6. to approve something
  7. power that are not listed in the Constitution but are suggested
  8. power that were specifically given to congress in the constitution
  9. to give money to a court to get a person out of jail and return for a trial
  10. money from the sale or taxation of investment
  11. to include something
  12. a minimum of people needs for validity
  13. charging someone with a crime
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  1. when everything is equal no matter the race,religion, political beliefs,ect
  2. when the government powers are restricted by law
  3. a foreigner getting its citizenship
  4. giving each branch of government different types of authority
  5. the right to vote
  6. to judge whether or not the actions of the other branches are constitutional
  7. to authorize for a specified purpose
  8. the only crime the is mentioned in the constitution
  9. powers that are shared by states and federal government
  10. a introduction of a document that states purpose for what follows
  11. believes that the states should get to decide its laws
  12. to charge a leader when they did something wrong and possibly remove the person from the office

25 Clues: the right to vote • to approve something • to include something • charging someone with a crime • oversee the affairs of something • a foreigner getting its citizenship • a power only belonging to the states • to authorize for a specified purpose • a minimum of people needs for validity • to state the challenge the truth of something • ...

American Imperialism 2023-12-18

American Imperialism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. becomes apart of the United States in 1959
  2. queen of Hawaii who was overthrown
  3. country the United States tried to open for trade in the 1850's but at first refused to agree
  4. when countries send goods to other countries
  5. reason why Hawaii was important to the United States
  6. places where countries can sell their surplus (extra) goods
  7. when countries remove themselves from dealing with other countries
  8. a form of government with either a king or queen as its leader
  9. what happened to Japan after dealing with the US
  10. US Naval commander who made trade agreement with Japan
  11. water, coal, iron, copper are examples that come from nature
  12. possession taken of a piece of land or a country, usually by force or without permission
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  1. he basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group
  2. king of Hawaii who was overthrown
  3. places that are needed for ships to refuel and resupply on a long journey
  4. people doing this activity is a reason why people in the United States heard about Hawaii
  5. the race to create colonies in other parts of the world
  6. to give a position as a king or queen
  7. the belief that the US will extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean
  8. what is needed to protect your trading ships from your enemies and pirates

20 Clues: king of Hawaii who was overthrown • queen of Hawaii who was overthrown • to give a position as a king or queen • becomes apart of the United States in 1959 • when countries send goods to other countries • what happened to Japan after dealing with the US • reason why Hawaii was important to the United States • US Naval commander who made trade agreement with Japan • ...

Chapter 5, Lesson 2 2025-10-13

Chapter 5, Lesson 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. The national legislative body under the Articles of Confederation.
  2. The first national government of the United States; created a weak central government.
  3. A formal agreement between countries.
  4. A national authority that governs the entire country.
  5. People who owe money.
  6. Currency printed by the states, often without value backing it.
  7. New York delegate who supported revising the Articles of Confederation.
  8. A poor farmer and former soldier who led Shays’s Rebellion.
  9. Trade between two or more states.
  10. A place or system where goods are bought and sold.
  11. Broken up or dissolved (as with the Continental Army).
  12. Goods brought into a country.
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  1. Goods sent out to other countries for sale.
  2. A 1786 meeting that led to calls for the Constitutional Convention.
  3. A rise in prices combined with a decrease in the value of money.
  4. Closed the lower Mississippi River to U.S. shipping in 1784.
  5. The agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
  6. Competition among states or nations setting different trade taxes.
  7. Exchange of goods between nations.
  8. A period of low economic activity and high unemployment.
  9. People who lend money.
  10. An uprising or protest against a government or authority.
  11. Virginia leader who called for a stronger national government.
  12. Taxes on imports or exports.
  13. Financial challenges such as debt, inflation, or lack of trade.

25 Clues: People who owe money. • People who lend money. • Taxes on imports or exports. • Goods brought into a country. • Trade between two or more states. • Exchange of goods between nations. • A formal agreement between countries. • Goods sent out to other countries for sale. • A place or system where goods are bought and sold. • A national authority that governs the entire country. • ...

Life at the turn of the 20th century 2013-04-12

Life at the turn of the 20th century crossword puzzle
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  1. was an American author and humorist
  2. was an american innovator and entreprenur who founded the kodak company
  3. was an African-American educator and advisor to Republican Presidents
  4. racial segregation, especially in schools, that happens “by fact” rather than by legal requirement
  5. invented and build the world's first successful airplane
  6. co-founder of the NAACP and founded the Ntional women's trade union league
  7. state and local laws in the United States. "separate but equal"
  8. she documented lynching in the United States
  9. was one of the co-founder of the NAACP in 1909
  10. was an American lawyer, Publicist and civil rights leader
  11. it was used as a facto or implicit preconditon of the exercice of the ability to vote
  12. you could only vote if your grandfather had voted
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  1. segregation that is imposed by law
  2. he was famous for co-designing many well known urban parks
  3. it was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905
  4. African-American civil Rigts organization in the United States
  5. a landmark U.S Supremecourt decision
  6. was an American newspaper publisher who built the nations largert newspaper chain
  7. a National figure in the Democratic party and was elected governor of NYC
  8. a person pledge of their labor or service as a repayment for a loan or debt

20 Clues: segregation that is imposed by law • was an American author and humorist • a landmark U.S Supremecourt decision • she documented lynching in the United States • was one of the co-founder of the NAACP in 1909 • you could only vote if your grandfather had voted • it was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 • ...

Constitution Review 2021-10-13

Constitution Review crossword puzzle
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  1. No ________________ of Troops is Amendment Three.
  2. People who believed in the Constitution and wanted to ratify it.
  3. The Supreme Court is the leader of this Branch.
  4. This branch contains Congress and makes the laws.
  5. This state's plan set the foundation for our new government.
  6. A collection of essays written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison in an attempt to get people to support the Constitution.
  7. Amendment 1 protects freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition and _____________.
  8. This branch is made up of the President, Vice President, and Cabinet
  9. The leader of the Constitutional Convention and our first president.
  10. checks and _____________ is the idea that each branch can control each other
  11. This amendment is the "right to bear arms".
  12. To sign or agree.
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  1. This word means two-house Congress.
  2. The number of amendments we currently have.
  3. Farmers who were angry against the taxes imposed by the states under the Articles of Confederation.
  4. This amendment protects you against "cruel and unusual punishment."
  5. ______-Federalists were people who disliked the Constitution.
  6. You have the right to a speedy ____________ trial in Amendment 7.
  7. This state's plan favored small states.
  8. The Articles of __________________ was the first government.
  9. The Constitutional Convention was held in this city.
  10. Representation here is based on equality. All states have 2 members.

22 Clues: To sign or agree. • This word means two-house Congress. • This state's plan favored small states. • The number of amendments we currently have. • This amendment is the "right to bear arms". • The Supreme Court is the leader of this Branch. • No ________________ of Troops is Amendment Three. • This branch contains Congress and makes the laws. • ...

Unit 3 - Vocabulary Crossword 2023-02-06

Unit 3 - Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity.
  2. A late-18th-century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
  3. An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
  4. Talk about the duties of the three main parts of government: the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch.
  5. An American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.
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  1. A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  2. A Nevisian-born American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795.
  3. Beginning with the words We the People, is a brief introductory statement of the Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles.
  4. The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  5. A formal meeting held in 1787 for the purpose of creating a constitution for the United States.
  6. The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  7. A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
  8. A series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between October 1787 and May 1788.
  9. An American statesman, patriot, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States.
  10. The federal principle or system of government.

15 Clues: The federal principle or system of government. • A modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity. • A formal meeting held in 1787 for the purpose of creating a constitution for the United States. • The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789. • ...

Unit#3 Division Notes 2025-12-08

Unit#3 Division Notes crossword puzzle
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  1. This port city at the mouth of the Hudson river benefited socially, politically and economically from the Eerie Canal.
  2. Allowed voters in Kansas to decide through a popular vote if they would enter the union as a free or slave state.
  3. ________ were primarily employed to work in the early textile factories in the Northeastern United States in the 1800s. Many would join labor causes and other social reform efforts, instrumental to changes taking place in the 1800s in the U.S.
  4. This supreme court decision answered the question of freedom and state lines for slaves. It declared that a former slave ________could not be free regardless of where he lived as it would deny his slave holders right to his property. Also, declared the Missouri Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional. Politically, it meant there was no point or room for further compromise between free state and slave states in Congress.
  5. This man was the 1860 nominee from the newly created Republican party. His candidacy was so opposed in the south, that his name was not even on the ballot in numerous states.
  6. With increased demand and profitability of cotton production and westward migration did tension between free states and slave states increased or decreased? Pick one.
  7. He became a prominent leader in the abolitionist movement: Meeting with elected officials, writing and publishing an abolitionist newspaper, making speeches and organizing supporters.
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  1. Prior to the Civil War, there were this many slaves in the United States of America
  2. Many states in the South did this after Lincoln wins the election of 1860. Slave holding border states of: Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri all stay in the union.
  3. He led a raid on the federal weapons depot at Harper’s Ferry that ultimately failed. He was eventually put on trial and executed. Opinion of his actions further divide the nation.
  4. an extremely unpopular part of the Compromise of 1850 in the North, that saw California join the union as a free state. Allowed Southern slave holders to hire bounty hunters to find and imprison African Americans in the North.
  5. Due to increased demand and increased efficiency cotton became the United State’s most valuable_______________. (when you send good for sale to another country).
  6. In the 1800s, the most widely used form of lamp oil and machinery oil was __________.
  7. Gin This machine was invented by Eli Whitney and mechanized the process of sorting the seeds out of cotton. Efficiency in cotton harvesting was greatly increased, thereby increasing its profitability
  8. This public construction project link the Hudson river by water with Lake Eerie.

15 Clues: This public construction project link the Hudson river by water with Lake Eerie. • Prior to the Civil War, there were this many slaves in the United States of America • In the 1800s, the most widely used form of lamp oil and machinery oil was __________. • ...

Chapter 2 Vocabulary Review/Test 2024-03-07

Chapter 2 Vocabulary Review/Test crossword puzzle
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  1. Journalists who exposed corruption and problems in society through their investigative reporting.
  2. An amendment to the United States Constitution that allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states.
  3. The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that established Prohibition.
  4. A law passed in 1906 that aimed to improve food and drug quality and safety by regulating the production and distribution of these products.
  5. Amendment An amendment to the United States Constitution that granted women the right to vote.
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  1. Legislation that created the Federal Reserve System in 1913, which is the central banking system of the United States.
  2. The period from 1920 to 1933 when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were banned in the United States.
  3. A direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal, often a law.
  4. An amendment to the United States Constitution that established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.
  5. The process by which voters can remove an elected official from office before their term is finished.
  6. A federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties.
  7. A process that allows citizens to propose new laws or amendments to the constitution through a petition.

12 Clues: The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that established Prohibition. • Amendment An amendment to the United States Constitution that granted women the right to vote. • Journalists who exposed corruption and problems in society through their investigative reporting. • ...

AP US Gov Chapter 3 2022-04-14

AP US Gov Chapter 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. Authority specifically granted to a branch of the government in the Constitution.
  2. federal requirements that states must follow without being provided with funding
  3. Constitutional provision declaring that the Constitution and all national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land.
  4. Authority of the federal government that goes beyond the expressed powers.
  5. a system where the subnational governments have the most power over national governments
  6. powers granted to both states and the federal government in the Constitution
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  1. grants-in-aid provided to states with specific provisions on how they are used
  2. powers not given to the national government, which are retained by the states and the people
  3. Language in Article I, Section 8, granting congress the powers necessary to carry out the enumerated powers
  4. a type of grant-in-aid that gives state officials more authority in the disbursement of federal funds
  5. a system that divides power between the national and state governments
  6. a system where the national government has the most power over subnational governments or states

12 Clues: a system that divides power between the national and state governments • Authority of the federal government that goes beyond the expressed powers. • powers granted to both states and the federal government in the Constitution • grants-in-aid provided to states with specific provisions on how they are used • ...

Civil War Review 2022-09-05

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. under the concept of popular sovereignty, this act that gave Kansas and Nebraska the right to self-determine whether they would enter the union as a slave state or a free state
  2. the belief that the expansion of the US was both justified and inevitable which led to the mass killing of indigenous populations & the eventual claiming of all modern day America
  3. Supreme Court decision that said,“a negro, whose ancestors were imported into [the U.S.], and sold as slaves,” whether enslaved or free, could not be an American citizen and therefore did not have standing to sue in federal court.
  4. The compromise in the Constitution that allowed southern states to count their enslaved people as ⅗ of a person for the purposes of population for Congress
  5. a person who favors the abolition of the institution of slavery.
  6. the ability of new territories to determine if slavery should be allowed through referendum.
  7. in an effort to maintain the delicate balance of power between slave states and free states, Maine was admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri was admitted as a slave state
  8. These laws made concessions to both free and slave states in an attempt to placate both sides of the slavery debate and preserve the union. The south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law, the north gained a new free state, California. Texas lost territory but was compensated with 10 million dollars to pay for its debt. Slave trade was prohibited in Washington DC, but slavery was not.
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  1. a conglomeration of southern states that committed treason and rebelled against the US in an effort to retain the practices of slavery.
  2. a series of violent civil conflicts between pioneers in Kansas over the issue of whether Kansas would be a slave state or a free state
  3. undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
  4. The act of taking a state out of the Union of the United States of America.
  5. a Collection of 20 free states and 4 border slave states that remained loyal to the national government after the onset of the Civil War.

13 Clues: a person who favors the abolition of the institution of slavery. • The act of taking a state out of the Union of the United States of America. • the ability of new territories to determine if slavery should be allowed through referendum. • undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being. • ...

States and Nations Are Puzzling 2024-09-19

States and Nations Are Puzzling crossword puzzle
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  1. Having the highest power to govern a place without control from the outside.
  2. Humans before the creation of government and laws.
  3. The ability to control and influence people.
  4. A large group of people that share a common thing.
  5. Another English philosopher that believes humans are inherently selfish in our state of nature.
  6. The authority someone has because of their role.
  7. A group of people who share a common thing, but do not have their own independent state.
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  1. An area that is under jurisdiction of a government.
  2. The process where people make and debate decisions, related to government.
  3. Latin term that means “blank state”, popularized by John Locke.
  4. An English philosopher, often called the “Father of Liberalism”
  5. A system that governs a certain area
  6. The amount of people in a given area.
  7. An area with a political entity, a defined territory and a population of people.

14 Clues: A system that governs a certain area • The amount of people in a given area. • The ability to control and influence people. • The authority someone has because of their role. • Humans before the creation of government and laws. • A large group of people that share a common thing. • An area that is under jurisdiction of a government. • ...

States and Nations are Puzzling 2025-08-12

States and Nations are Puzzling crossword puzzle
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  1. The idea that people are born as a “blank slate” and are shaped by their experiences.
  2. A philosopher who believed people need strong government control to avoid chaos.
  3. The authority of a state to govern itself without outside control.
  4. A political area with its own government and laws.
  5. A philosopher who believed people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
  6. The ability to influence or control the actions of people.
  7. A group of people united by shared culture, history, or language.
  8. Power that is accepted as right and proper by the people being governed.
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  1. A cultural or ethnic group that does not have its own country.
  2. The land and water that belong to a state or country.
  3. A situation where there is no government or laws, only individuals living by their own rules.
  4. The system or group of people in charge of making and enforcing laws for a community or country.
  5. All the people living in a specific area.
  6. The activities, ideas, and debates about how a government is run and who should have power.

14 Clues: All the people living in a specific area. • A political area with its own government and laws. • The land and water that belong to a state or country. • The ability to influence or control the actions of people. • A cultural or ethnic group that does not have its own country. • A group of people united by shared culture, history, or language. • ...

manifest destiny 2022-08-31

manifest destiny crossword puzzle
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  1. D
  2. F
  3. Territory in mid-western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million
  4. ...
  5. Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States in 1819.
  6. Gave the US California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 after they won the Mexican-American War.
  7. strip of land in Arizona bought from Mexico for $10 million in 1854 to provide a good railroad route to California
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  1. People who went to California looking for gold in 1849.
  2. Battle during the Texas Revolution where every American inside was killed.
  3. The idea that God gave American the land to the west and wanted them to spread their "civilization" there
  4. A
  5. 1846-1848 between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  6. ...
  7. The acquisition of Texas in 1845 and started the Mexican-American War
  8. ...
  9. Treaty with Britain in 1846 that set the border at the 49th parallel
  10. E

17 Clues: D • F • A • E • ... • ... • ... • People who went to California looking for gold in 1849. • Treaty with Britain in 1846 that set the border at the 49th parallel • The acquisition of Texas in 1845 and started the Mexican-American War • Battle during the Texas Revolution where every American inside was killed. • ...

Civil War Terms 2023-01-26

Civil War Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. the wealth or resources of a country or region
  2. the science or practice of farming
  3. defines a fundamental law of the United States federal government
  4. the withdrawal of 11 southern states from the Union in 1860
  5. formally puts an end to something
  6. economic activity with the process of raw materials
  7. where 1 group or person gets what they want and the other gets what they want
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  1. Railroad network if routes and safe houses established in the United States
  2. This Compromise added 2 states to the Union
  3. an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor
  4. the state of being a slave
  5. being loyal to a certain part of a country
  6. a person who has escaped fro a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest
  7. a tax or or duty to be paid on a certain class of imports or exports

14 Clues: the state of being a slave • formally puts an end to something • the science or practice of farming • being loyal to a certain part of a country • This Compromise added 2 states to the Union • the wealth or resources of a country or region • economic activity with the process of raw materials • the withdrawal of 11 southern states from the Union in 1860 • ...

The Iron Curtain 2024-03-04

The Iron Curtain crossword puzzle
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  1. A country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
  2. 33rd president, worked with Churchill
  3. A cruel and oppressive government
  4. The barrier around West Berlin
  5. An intergovernmental military alliance of 31 member states
  6. Radio broadcasting organization created by the United States government
  7. A political metaphor used to describe the political boundary separating Europe
  8. Military leader for Britain
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  1. Soviet Union, Russian leader
  2. A society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
  3. Foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government
  4. Former northern Eurasian empire stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean
  5. A collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states
  6. The war that lasted from 1939 to 1945
  7. A war where no fighting was taking place

15 Clues: Military leader for Britain • Soviet Union, Russian leader • The barrier around West Berlin • A cruel and oppressive government • 33rd president, worked with Churchill • The war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 • A war where no fighting was taking place • An intergovernmental military alliance of 31 member states • ...

Matter Ashlee W. 2015-03-11

Matter Ashlee W. crossword puzzle
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  1. one of the states of matter that takes on the shape of the container it’s in, and it has some energy
  2. one kind of atom that can’t be broken down into something simpler
  3. one of the states of matter that has little energy
  4. a change that changes how it looks, but doesn’t make a new substance
  5. a vapor changing into a liquid as it cools
  6. the amount of space matter takes up
  7. when a substance changes phases from a liquid to a gas
  8. when a substance changes phases from a solid to a liquid
  9. two or more different elements mixed together to make a new substance
  10. change a change that forms a new substance with different properties
  11. anything that has mass or takes up space
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  1. one of the states of matter that has a lot of energy
  2. a liquid changing to a gas as it gets hot
  3. the amount of matter in the given amount of space
  4. when a substance changes phases from liquid goes to a solid
  5. of matter when matter is in a stage where it’s a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma
  6. when a substance has dissolved in another think of the lemonade
  7. one of the states of matter that has a changeable shape and volume, and it has more energy
  8. two or more parts or elements that are combined
  9. made of combined atoms
  10. the smallest particle of an element, and these are the little things in molecules

21 Clues: made of combined atoms • the amount of space matter takes up • anything that has mass or takes up space • a liquid changing to a gas as it gets hot • a vapor changing into a liquid as it cools • two or more parts or elements that are combined • the amount of matter in the given amount of space • one of the states of matter that has little energy • ...

reconstruction crossword 2023-05-10

reconstruction crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southern state to form its own government after ten percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
  2. Law passed that split up Indian Reservation lands among individual Native Americans and promised them citizenship
  3. A secret society created by white southerners that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights
  4. Bringing together people who were opposed to each other
  5. freed all slaves
  6. All male former slaves could vote
  7. Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom
  8. A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote
  9. someone who fought for slave's rights
  10. the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different races
  11. many immigrants lived in these buildings
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  1. allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before Reconstruction
  2. 17th President of the United States
  3. the era after the civil war
  4. Made all former slaves citizens of the United States
  5. Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to advance their own fortunes
  6. A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
  7. A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War
  8. Federal law that gave land to western states to encourage them to build colleges
  9. Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

20 Clues: freed all slaves • the era after the civil war • All male former slaves could vote • 17th President of the United States • someone who fought for slave's rights • many immigrants lived in these buildings • Made all former slaves citizens of the United States • Bringing together people who were opposed to each other • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-21

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965
  2. an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions
  3. former Chicago Bulls Player wore number #23
  4. A black jazz player who wrote many famous songs
  5. 1st black woman to serve on the supreme court
  6. a famous black boxer
  7. owner of Fenty
  8. famous black rapper that performed at the superbowl
  9. shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers
  10. a famous black talk show host
  11. creator of black history month
  12. was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991
  13. for us by us
  14. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States.
  15. A celebration of black people and culture
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  1. Cassius Clay
  2. refused to go to the back of the bus.
  3. head of the Executive branch
  4. 44th president of the united states
  5. is the largest Black-owned business with $17 billion in annual revenue
  6. a famous black actor
  7. madea
  8. American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
  9. wrote the speech "I have a Dream".
  10. former member of Destiny's Child
  11. treating people the same no matter their gender or race

26 Clues: madea • Cassius Clay • for us by us • owner of Fenty • a famous black actor • a famous black boxer • head of the Executive branch • a famous black talk show host • creator of black history month • former member of Destiny's Child • wrote the speech "I have a Dream". • 44th president of the united states • refused to go to the back of the bus. • shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers • ...

civil war 2025-03-31

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. a town in pennslyvania
  2. refers to the slave states (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia) that remained in the Union, despite bordering the Confederate states
  3. any of a number of stout-bodied venomous snakes with coppery-pink or reddish-brown coloration.
  4. (in the past) soldiers who fought on horseback.
  5. a knife for the end of a rifle
  6. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
  7. relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.
  8. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  9. confederate general during civil war
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  1. the ownership of one person by another, where the enslaved person is treated as property and forced to work without pay or freedom
  2. hard dry bread or biscuit, especially as rations for sailors.
  3. a sustained fight between large organized armed forces.
  4. a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.
  5. a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.
  6. a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.
  7. 3rd presedent
  8. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  9. the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
  10. the action of assassinating someone.
  11. 15th presedent

20 Clues: 3rd presedent • 15th presedent • a town in pennslyvania • a knife for the end of a rifle • the action of assassinating someone. • confederate general during civil war • (in the past) soldiers who fought on horseback. • a sustained fight between large organized armed forces. • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • ...

Andrew Jackson's Presidency Crossword Puzzle! 2025-09-10

Andrew Jackson's Presidency Crossword Puzzle! crossword puzzle
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  1. It's when huge tariffs were added to items that were being imported. Which it worked well for the Northern states but not the Southern States.
  2. It gives Court the ability to vote on constitutional laws that were passed by Congress.
  3. It happened on January 8,1815. Andrew Jackson and his army defeated the Red Coats and around 2,000 British fighters were killed, wounded, or missing.
  4. Andrew Jackson allowed this act, it gave the common man more land but forced many off their land.
  5. The path that forced Native Americans, African Americans, and Cherokees out of their homes.
  6. It was the case between whether or not the Native Americans, African Americans, and Cherokees should be forced off their land for the common men to have more land or not.
  7. The election when Andrew Jackson won and became president.
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  1. He was part of the court meeting about whether or not the common man was allowed to move onto new land were the Native Americans, African Americans, and the Cherokee.
  2. It's a time when the Southern states didn't want to pay higher tariffs because they weren't earning as much as the Northern states.
  3. It's when people fight for their rights. In 1821 most of the Union states gave the ability for all white men to vote.
  4. It is when Andrew Jackson "took" over and started making big decisions that a lot of people didn't agree with.
  5. It held most of the USA's money. Andrew Jackson got rid of this and gave the money back to the states.
  6. It is when two-thirds of the people in both the Senate and the House of Republicans approve the law but the president doesn't.
  7. It's Andrew Jackson's nickname, he got it because hickory is one of the toughest woods.
  8. It's also known as the "rotation of office". But the people who weren't on his side gave it a different name. During this 919 people were removed from federal positions.

15 Clues: The election when Andrew Jackson won and became president. • It gives Court the ability to vote on constitutional laws that were passed by Congress. • It's Andrew Jackson's nickname, he got it because hickory is one of the toughest woods. • The path that forced Native Americans, African Americans, and Cherokees out of their homes. • ...

stuff 2022-11-22

stuff crossword puzzle
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  1. Queen Liliuokalani the last sovereign of Hawai'i.
  2. is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over
  3. Amendment stipulated the conditions for U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs and permitted the United States to lease or buy lands for the purpose of establishing naval bases (the main one was Guantánamo Bay) and coaling stations in Cuba.
  4. Matthew C. Perry headed an expedition that forced Japan in 1853–54 to enter into trade and diplomatic relations with the West after more than two centuries of isolation.
  5. of influence a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.
  6. Roosevelt, prioritized conservation and established national parks, forests, and monuments to preserve the nation's natural resources. In foreign policy, he focused on Central America, where he began construction of the Panama Canal.
  7. Randolph Hearst American newspaper publisher who built up the nation's largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism.
  8. Corollary stated that not only were the nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to colonization by European powers, but that the United States had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those countries.
  9. Joseph Pulitzer the Pulitzer Prizes
  10. protectorate a state that is controlled and protected by another.
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  1. break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement).
  2. Treaty giving the United States exclusive rights to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
  3. of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average.
  4. T. Mahan The Influence of Sea Power Upon History,José Martí, is considered one of the great turn-of-the-century Latin American intellectuals. His written works include a series of poems, essays, letters, lectures, a novel, and a children's magazine.
  5. the principle or advocacy of political or commercial and cultural cooperation among all the countries of North and South America.
  6. jingoism extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.
  7. Door policy,indicates to employees that a supervisor or manager is open to an employee's questions, complaints, suggestions, and challenges.
  8. journalism journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
  9. Cabot Lodge was an American diplomat and Republican United States senator from Massachusetts in both Senate seats in non-consecutive terms of service and a United States ambassador
  10. Anglo-Saxonism the quality, qualities, traits, or outlook regarded as distinctive of the English or of the people of English descent.
  11. Rebellion, an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler. Boxer family dog.
  12. White Fleet White Fleet was the popular nickname for the group of United States Navy battleships which completed a journey around the globe

22 Clues: Joseph Pulitzer the Pulitzer Prizes • Queen Liliuokalani the last sovereign of Hawai'i. • break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement). • is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over • protectorate a state that is controlled and protected by another. • of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average. • ...

Module 1 Lessons 5, 6, 7 2023-09-11

Module 1 Lessons 5, 6, 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ratified in 1865, the amendment stated “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States”
  2. Supreme court case whose ruling stated that non-citizens (slaves) could not sue in federal court
  3. a system in which landowners divided their land and assigned each head of household a few acres of land along with seeds and tools
  4. General of Confederate army who drove McClellan away from the confederate capital of Richmond
  5. Prevented states from denying rights and privileges to any US citizen. This amendment overruled the Dred Scott decision.
  6. The most notorious and widespread southern vigilante group that used violence to intimidate African Americans
  7. General of the Union Army
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  1. Issued by President lincoln, it stated that all slaves in areas currently under rebellion would be freed immediately
  2. The period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War, lasting from 1865 to 1877
  3. Bureau that assisted formers slaves and poor whites in the South by distributing clothing and food
  4. Ratified in 1870, this amendment stated that no one can be kept from voting because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”
  5. The Confederate States of America, formed from states that seceded from the Union
  6. A minority of Republicans in Congress who wanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders
  7. The president who succeeded Abraham Lincoln and oversaw much of Reconstruction
  8. Laws that severely restricted African Americans’ lives

15 Clues: General of the Union Army • Laws that severely restricted African Americans’ lives • The president who succeeded Abraham Lincoln and oversaw much of Reconstruction • The Confederate States of America, formed from states that seceded from the Union • General of Confederate army who drove McClellan away from the confederate capital of Richmond • ...

Unit 2 2026-02-16

Unit 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history, 12 hours of fighting in Maryland.
  2. Rush - A mass migration to California for gold being discovered there.
  3. Trail - The route followed by Mormons led by Brigham Young to settle in Utah.
  4. Beecher Stowe - Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an anti-slavery novel that increased support for abolition in the North.
  5. Trail - A major route used by settlers traveling west to Oregon in the mid-1800s.
  6. Codes - Laws passed in Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the freedom and rights of former slaves.
  7. Proclamation - Lincoln’s order declaring enslaved people in Confederate states free.
  8. Movement - A reform movement aimed at reducing or banning alcohol consumption.
  9. Bureau - A federal agency that helped formerly enslaved people with education, jobs, and legal assistance.
  10. of 1850 - Meant to ease tensions between North and South, including a stricter Fugitive Slave Act for California being a free state.
  11. - The Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group, intimidated black citizens and terrorized them.
  12. Plan - The Union’s strategy to defeat the Confederacy by blockading Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River.
  13. - A Northerner who moved South during Reconstruction, often viewed negatively by Southerners.
  14. Amendment - Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race.
  15. Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and wanted peace.
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  1. - The movement to end slavery in the United States.
  2. - A movement favoring native-born Americans over immigrants.
  3. Act - An act that allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.
  4. Sovereignty - The idea that citizens of a territory/state should decide on choices like slavery.
  5. Brown - A radical American abolitionist, believing God told him to free slaves, fought for abolition through violence.
  6. Amendment - Granted citizenship to all born in the U.S. and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
  7. - To acquire new land and make it part of another country like California or Texas
  8. Destiny - The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward by God.
  9. Amendment - Amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States
  10. - The withdrawal of Southern states from the Union after Lincoln’s election.
  11. Lincoln - President during the Civil War who worked to preserve the Union and later pushed to end slavery, 16th president.
  12. Falls Convention -The first women’s rights convention in U.S. history (1848), with activists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susann B. Anthony.
  13. Tubman - African American woman who helped hundreds of enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
  14. Movements of the 1800s - A wave of movements seeking social change, including abolition, women’s rights, and temperance.
  15. Ferry - John Brown’s attack on a federal arsenal in Virginia, which increased tensions before the Civil War.

30 Clues: - The movement to end slavery in the United States. • - A movement favoring native-born Americans over immigrants. • Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and wanted peace. • Amendment - Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race. • Rush - A mass migration to California for gold being discovered there. • ...

Ch 5 1 vocab 2024-01-22

Ch 5 1 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Combined elements of the virginia plan
  2. Two houses are the house of representatives and the senate
  3. represents the people is by representing his or her constituents.
  4. constitution fixes membership in the senate at two senators from each state.
  5. distribution of house seats among the states based on population
  6. A power of the united states senate to be consulted on and approve treaties signed and appointments made by the president
  7. seats in the House shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective Numbers.
  8. distribution of house seats among the states based on population
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  1. Judicial branches with wrongdoing and bring them to trial
  2. Creates a congress consisting of a senate and house of representatives
  3. any association of individuals or organizations, usually formally organized, that, on basis of one or more shared
  4. Affirm that the government of the united states exists to serve its citizens
  5. Governmental power is divided and separated into three different branches
  6. It requires two-thirds vote of each chamber of congress
  7. Congress has broad powers to review how the executive branch is operating and to make sure it is following the laws congress has passed

15 Clues: Combined elements of the virginia plan • It requires two-thirds vote of each chamber of congress • Judicial branches with wrongdoing and bring them to trial • Two houses are the house of representatives and the senate • distribution of house seats among the states based on population • distribution of house seats among the states based on population • ...

beef 2021-10-14

beef crossword puzzle
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  1. _____type of cattle in the United States are classified as either British or European breeds.
  2. cattle came to the United States,
  3. cattle originated in France
  4. were hunted for food.
  5. is a certificate or diagram of an animal’s ancestry.
  6. describes an animal’s ability to gain weight quickly and efficiently,
  7. who is known as the first great improver of cattle
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  1. which cattle originated in northern England
  2. cattle originated in Hereford County England
  3. The second option is to sell cattle by ______ weight.
  4. cattle were developed in the southwestern part of the united States
  5. Angus cattle originated in
  6. sale barns are popular because of their convenience to sellers and buyers.
  7. another ______in marketing cattle is to sell them directly.
  8. Simmental breed originated in Switzerland,
  9. breeds are known for growing fast and being heavy muscled.
  10. There are how many main types of beef production operations
  11. animals do not absorb as much heat as black ones,
  12. Purebred ____ is one way of marketing your beef cattle.

19 Clues: were hunted for food. • Angus cattle originated in • cattle originated in France • cattle came to the United States, • Simmental breed originated in Switzerland, • which cattle originated in northern England • cattle originated in Hereford County England • animals do not absorb as much heat as black ones, • who is known as the first great improver of cattle • ...

Civil War 2016-12-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States wedged between the North and the South
  2. The man who led the Union Navy
  3. The name for the South
  4. Union general who was hesitant to attack
  5. Union general that was bold and restless
  6. The location where the first major battle of the Civil War took place
  7. General that was rumored to be scared of nothing
  8. The river that the North wanted to control in the West
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  1. First Battle of the Civil War
  2. The location where citizens had to eat dogs, horses, and rats
  3. The name the Union gave to their war strategy
  4. Southern general that Lincoln wanted to lead the North
  5. The first state to secede the Union
  6. Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
  7. The president of the United States during the Civil War
  8. The president of the Confederate States during the Civil War
  9. The largest city of the Confederacy
  10. The name for the North
  11. Ships heavily armored with iron

19 Clues: The name for the South • The name for the North • First Battle of the Civil War • The man who led the Union Navy • Ships heavily armored with iron • The first state to secede the Union • The largest city of the Confederacy • Union general who was hesitant to attack • Union general that was bold and restless • Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War • ...

Chapter 3 - Rise of World Power 2024-03-28

Chapter 3 - Rise of World Power crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 26th President of the United States, known for his foreign policy called "Big Stick Diplomacy" and his focus on conservation.
  2. A conflict in 1898 between the United States and Spain, resulting in the U.S. gaining territories such as Cuba and the Philippines.
  3. A United States Navy admiral, historian, and strategist who emphasized the importance of naval power in world history.
  4. A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  5. To incorporate or add territory into an existing country.
  6. In World War I, the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and other nations.
  7. A political leader and senator known for his support of imperialism and his work in foreign policy.
  8. Laws passed in the U.S. during World War I to punish acts of espionage and limit speech against the government or the war effort.
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  1. A secret communication sent by Germany to Mexico during World War I, proposing a military alliance against the United States.
  2. The peace treaty that ended World War I, imposing harsh penalties on Germany and setting the stage for future conflicts.
  3. An addition to the Monroe Doctrine, stating the U.S. would intervene in Latin America to prevent European intervention.
  4. In World War I, the alliance of countries including France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and later the United States.
  5. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  6. An international organization established after World War I to promote peace and cooperation among nations.
  7. President Woodrow Wilson's post-World War I plan for peace, advocating for principles such as self-determination and the League of Nations.

15 Clues: To incorporate or add territory into an existing country. • A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. • In World War I, the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and other nations. • A political leader and senator known for his support of imperialism and his work in foreign policy. • ...

modern era 2022-05-03

modern era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a defense strategy implemented by John F. Kennedy in 1961 to address the Kennedy administration's skepticism of Dwight Eisenhower's New Look and its policy of massive retaliation.
  2. several large suburban housing developments created in the United States
  3. the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state.
  4. he ideological-political conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe during the Cold War
  5. a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, which began following World War II.
  6. an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines
  7. a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans
  8. the practice of trying to achieve an advantageous outcome by pushing dangerous events to the brink of active conflict.
  9. a period marked by a significant increase of birth rate.
  10. the race to send the first man to space
  11. an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, of which 28 are in Europe and the other 2 in North America.
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  1. try to contain Russia from spreading communism
  2. radioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion or accident and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation
  3. a difference of opinions between one generation and another regarding beliefs, politics, or values.
  4. first russian spaceship to reach the moon
  5. an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s
  6. allocates more than $30 billion for the construction of some 41,000 miles of interstate highways
  7. used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him.
  8. A music and film icon whose natural blend of country, pop, and R&B sold millions and became the cornerstone of rock & roll.
  9. a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States
  10. to investigate the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, at Dallas, Texas.
  11. a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 as well as encircling and separating West Berlin from East German territory.
  12. an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe.
  13. an American politician and attorney who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957.
  14. an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance.

25 Clues: the race to send the first man to space • first russian spaceship to reach the moon • try to contain Russia from spreading communism • a period marked by a significant increase of birth rate. • several large suburban housing developments created in the United States • an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. • ...

FORMING A GOVERNMENT 2021-01-14

FORMING A GOVERNMENT crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Carta, A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law.
  2. Compromise, The agreement to make two-house legislature
  3. Plan, New federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government
  4. Statute for Religious Freedom, This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money
  5. Convention, Held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation
  6. A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
  7. Taxes on imports or exports.
  8. Jersey Plan, The plan gave each state an equal number of votes and thus an equal voice in the federal government
  9. Madison, He co-wrote The Federalist Papers co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party and served as the fifth United States Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809.
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  1. A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.
  2. Occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
  3. of Confederation, The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
  4. commerce, Trade between two or more states
  5. The right to vote by allowing any white man who paid taxes to vote

14 Clues: Taxes on imports or exports. • commerce, Trade between two or more states • Compromise, The agreement to make two-house legislature • The right to vote by allowing any white man who paid taxes to vote • A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment • Carta, A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law. • ...

AP GOV PROJECT 2024-12-12

AP GOV PROJECT crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Incorporation, the legal doctrine where the Supreme Court applies individual rights from the Bill of Rights to state governments on a case-by-case-basis
  2. v. Wainwright, significantly impacted the rights of defendants in criminal cases.
  3. review, review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  4. clause, gives Congress the power to create laws that are not explicitly listed in the Constitution.
  5. States v. Lopez, dealt with the limits of Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
  6. v. Board of Education, created integration for all public schools in America.
  7. clause, prohibits the government from establishing a religion or favoring one religion over another
  8. v. Maryland, addressed the balance of power between the federal government and the states.
  9. v. Yoder, dealt with the balance between state interests and individual religious freedoms.
  10. speech, non-verbal actions that are intended to convey a particular message or statement, and are considered protected under the First Amendment as a form of speech
  11. Court, The pinnacle of the American judicial system. The Court ensures uniformity in interpreting national laws, resolves conflicts among states, and maintains national supremacy in law. it has both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.
  12. v. Carr, established the "one person, one vote doctrine, gave federal courts power to hear redistricting cases.
  13. York Times Co. v. United States, dealt with the First Amendment and the freedom of press.
  14. amendment, freedom of speech
  15. process, the idea that the government must follow fair procedures before taking away a person's life, liberty, or property.
  16. v. Wade, addressed the issue of abortion rights in the United States.
  17. v. Vitale, This case addressed the issue of state-sponsored prayer in public schools.
  18. and proper clause, allows congress the ability to make laws or to act where the constitution doesn't give it authority to act. Sometimes thought of as implied powers.
  19. powers, are powers of the United States government that are not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but are suggested to be applicable in some or all cases.
  20. Clause, gives Congress the power to regulate commerce Supremacy Clause, constitution is law of the land.
  21. protection clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that requires the law to treat people in similar situations equally. It states that no state can deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under the law.
  22. PACs, committees that may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor unions and other PACs for the purpose of financing independent expenditures and other independent political activity.
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  1. laws, resolves conflicts among states, and maintains national supremacy in law. it has both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.
  2. decisis, A Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand." Most cases reaching appellate courts are settled on this principle.
  3. privilege, the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government.
  4. opinion, a written statement by one or more judges that disagrees with the majority opinion in a legal case
  5. a previous court decision that is used as a guiding principle to decide similar cases in the future Nine, how many supreme court judges are there?
  6. the division of power between the national government and state governments.
  7. rights, legal protections that guarantee equal social opportunities and protection under the law for all people, regardless of their race, religion, or other characteristics.
  8. rights, the legal rights that law enforcement must inform a suspect of after arresting them Executive privilege, the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government. .
  9. v. United States, dealt with limited speech.
  10. United v. Federal Election Commission, A case in which The Court held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
  11. opinion, a written opinion by a judge who agrees with the majority decision in a case, but provides different reasoning or justification for reaching that decision
  12. how many supreme court judges are there?
  13. v. Reno, unconstitutional to segregate voters based on race.
  14. the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
  15. v. Des Moines, addressed the issue of free speech in public schools.
  16. v. Chicago, addressed the issue of gun rights in the United States.
  17. exercise, protects individuals right to practice their religion without government interference
  18. restraint, a government action that prevenis the publication or distribution of speech or information before it is released to the public
  19. protection clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that requires the law to treat people in similar situations equally. It states that no state can deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under the law.
  20. v. Madison, led to the creation of judicial review and reestablished check and balances among the branches of government.

42 Clues: amendment, freedom of speech • how many supreme court judges are there? • v. United States, dealt with limited speech. • v. Reno, unconstitutional to segregate voters based on race. • v. Chicago, addressed the issue of gun rights in the United States. • v. Des Moines, addressed the issue of free speech in public schools. • ...

Westward Expansion Vocab 2023-11-29

Westward Expansion Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scheme by which Georgia legislators were bribed in 1795
  2. To replace the headright system _____ was created in 1795
  3. a settlement plan developed during the colonial period in North America
  4. These are the main city Capitals in Georgia.
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  1. the demand of land, discovery of gold21`
  2. agreed to sell the remainder of Creek land in Georgia for $200,000
  3. ______ was invented in 1793 to replace picking cotton
  4. Georgians needed to move west so they did the
  5. public lands in the interior of the state
  6. A major impact on Georgia was the development of the.

10 Clues: the demand of land, discovery of gold21` • public lands in the interior of the state • These are the main city Capitals in Georgia. • Georgians needed to move west so they did the • ______ was invented in 1793 to replace picking cotton • A major impact on Georgia was the development of the. • scheme by which Georgia legislators were bribed in 1795 • ...

Momentum and Its Conservation 2018-02-04

Momentum and Its Conservation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A system which does not gain or lose any mass
  2. A wheel or a disk that spins rapidly around one axis while being free to rotate around one or two other axes
  3. States that the momentum of any closed, isolated system does not change
  4. Velocity, momentum, force, and impulse are all ______ quantities
  5. Equation for Impulse
  6. During a _________ two or more objects exert a force on each other
  7. States that the angular impulse on an object is equal to the object’s final angular momentum minus the object’s initial angular momentum
  8. Is equal to the product of the average force on an object and the time interval over which it acts
  9. Equation for Momentum
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  1. States that if no net external torque acts on a system, then the angular momentum is conserved
  2. Equation for the Angular Impulse-Angular Momentum Theorem
  3. States that the impulse on an object is equal to the object’s final momentum minus the object’s initial momentum
  4. A closed system with a net external force of zero
  5. Is used to solve momentum-conservation problems in two dimensions
  6. Equation for Angular Momentum
  7. Equation for the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum
  8. Equation for the Law of Conservation of Momentum
  9. Is equal to the product of a rotating object’s moment of inertia and angular velocity
  10. Equation for the Impulse-Momentum Theorem
  11. Is equal to the product of the object’s mass and the object’s velocity

20 Clues: Equation for Impulse • Equation for Momentum • Equation for Angular Momentum • Equation for the Impulse-Momentum Theorem • A system which does not gain or lose any mass • Equation for the Law of Conservation of Momentum • A closed system with a net external force of zero • Equation for the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum • ...

Boston Tour, August 2023 2022-12-05

Boston Tour, August 2023 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _____ _____ Library- The first large free municipal library in the United States
  2. _____ ________ Trail- a 1.6-mile walking tour that explores the history of Boston's 19th century African American community
  3. _______ Trail- A 2.5 mile trail through Boston’s historic neighborhoods that tells the story of the American Revolution
  4. MLB team that calls Boston home
  5. Salem _____ _______- A series of investigations in the 1600s that convicted 19 “witches”
  6. ______ Market- a festival marketplace filled with eateries and shops
  7. One of the most expensive streets in the world
  8. The airport in Boston
  9. The capital city of Massachusetts
  10. The oldest city park in the United States
  11. Harvard ______ - A shopping area near Harvard University
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  1. the oldest commissioned ship in the United States Navy
  2. A soup made with clams, onions and potatoes.
  3. ______ ____ Monument- the first public obelisk in the United States designed to commemorate the Battle of the same name
  4. ___ ______ Church- Boston’s oldest surviving church building, built in 1723.
  5. _________ and _______- The first battle of the Revolutionary War
  6. A word meaning really
  7. Boston ____ _______- A protest against “taxation without representation”
  8. House of the _____ ______- A house made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel
  9. A tour on an amphibious bus
  10. __________ Memorial- this memorial is designed to inspire remembrance, reflection, and hope
  11. Green ________- The nickname for the left field wall at Fenway Park
  12. ______ Park- A baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts
  13. A seaport in northeastern Massachusetts, known for its witch hunt in the 1600s

24 Clues: A word meaning really • The airport in Boston • A tour on an amphibious bus • MLB team that calls Boston home • The capital city of Massachusetts • The oldest city park in the United States • A soup made with clams, onions and potatoes. • One of the most expensive streets in the world • the oldest commissioned ship in the United States Navy • ...

reconstruction crossword 2023-05-10

reconstruction crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
  2. freed all slaves
  3. All male former slaves could vote
  4. Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southern state to form its own government after ten percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
  5. A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War
  6. allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before Reconstruction
  7. Bringing together people who were opposed to each other
  8. A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
  9. Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to advance their own fortunes
  10. A secret society created by white southerners that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights
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  1. someone who fought for slave's rights
  2. Law passed that split up Indian Reservation lands among individual Native Americans and promised them citizenship
  3. Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom
  4. A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote
  5. Made all former slaves citizens of the United States
  6. many immigrants lived in these buildings
  7. the era after the civil war
  8. the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different races
  9. Federal law that gave land to western states to encourage them to build colleges
  10. 17th President of the United States

20 Clues: freed all slaves • the era after the civil war • All male former slaves could vote • 17th President of the United States • someone who fought for slave's rights • many immigrants lived in these buildings • Made all former slaves citizens of the United States • Bringing together people who were opposed to each other • ...

States Of mater 2016-11-23

States Of mater crossword puzzle
Across
  1. doesn't stay in one place
  2. flows like air
  3. if you saw wood than some of it turns to ______
  4. liquid turning into a gas
  5. when water freezes it will ________
  6. when water is heated you get ______
  7. ice cubes are ______
  8. when water gets really hot it starts _______
  9. in Antarctica it's ________
  10. When ice gets hot it starts to ____
Down
  1. when wind blows it gets a bit ____
  2. water never keeps it's ______
  3. when water gets really cold it starts to ______
  4. when its a hot summers day it is _____
  5. when it's winter it's ____
  6. decreases by the minute
  7. when ice melts
  8. the thingy mobobs in side the states of mater
  9. another name for water
  10. when water freezes

20 Clues: flows like air • when ice melts • when water freezes • ice cubes are ______ • another name for water • decreases by the minute • doesn't stay in one place • liquid turning into a gas • when it's winter it's ____ • in Antarctica it's ________ • water never keeps it's ______ • when wind blows it gets a bit ____ • when water freezes it will ________ • when water is heated you get ______ • ...