states and capitals Crossword Puzzles
Chapter 8 crossword puzzle 2021-02-17
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- A state without a direct outlet to the sea. It depends on neighbors for imports and exports.
- what fits the definition "Manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class"
- where are unitary states most common
- what is one participate in the security council
- A political boundary that separates different cultures
- A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances
- independence from the control of its internal affairs by other states.
- what does England control of India give an example of?
- A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent
- what has the purpose of being a military alliance for 16 democratic states
- what is one of the states that joined the "superpowers" based on economic success
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- A example of a landlocked state, starts with an A
- an example of a relic boundary
- what is one characteristic of a frontier
- control of a territory already occupied
- what type of boundary has a natural barrier like mountains or rivers
- what kind of state is the United States
- what is the acronomyn for the Organization on Security & Cooperation in Europe
- what state slipped from the "powers"
19 Clues: an example of a relic boundary • where are unitary states most common • what state slipped from the "powers" • control of a territory already occupied • what kind of state is the United States • what is one characteristic of a frontier • what is one participate in the security council • A example of a landlocked state, starts with an A • ...
Chem vocab 2022-01-26
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- a change in properties such as texture,shape,state
- substance with definite volume but no structure
- law stating that chemical compounds always contains components in a fixed ratio
- substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
- states that the volume of gases undergoing a reaction at a constant pressure and temp are in a simple ration to each other and to that of the product
- separation of a mixture by passing it in solution of suspension as a vapor
- property that depends on amount of matter
- a way to separate water other components in the water
- states that when two gases react, the volumes of the reactants and products are in whole number rations if they are gases
- states that volume occupied by a fixed amount of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature
- substance formed from 2 or more elements chemically united in fixed proportions
- massof a component divided by the total mass of a mixture multiplied by 100
- physical blend of 2+ components
- gases that exert great stability and extremely low reaction rates
- a tabular display of the chemical elements
- change in which new substance is formed
- states that the ratio of the product of pressure and volume and the absolute temperature of a gas is equal to a constant
- measure of the amount of matter
- firm and stable in shape
- columns of elements in the periodic table
- state of matter with no fixed shape or volume
- states that the product of the pressure and the volume of one gram molecule of an ideal gas is equal to the product of the absolute temperature of the gas and the universal gas constant
- element that readily forms positive ions and has metallic bonds
- a mixture with uniform composition throughout
- property that does not depend on amount of matter
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- states that matter cannot be created or destroyed
- process that separates solids and liquids in heterogeneous mixtures
- matter that has constant composition and properties
- rows of elements in the periodic table
- physical transformation of a liquid, solid, or gas to a crystal
- PV=nRT
- super ionized gas
- distinct forms in which matter can exist
- states that when 2 elements form more than one compound, the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers
- elements without metallic bonds
- mixture without a uniform composition throughout
- change of a substance directly from the solid state to gas state
- moisture particles in the air that create a foggy appearance
- anything that has mass and occupies space
- any property that is measurable or describable
- substance that enters and is altered in the course of chemical reaction
- occurs whenever matter changes from one state to another
- any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemicals
- states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas varies inversely with its volume at a constant temperature
- occurs when a substance combines with another to form a new substance
- smallest unit of matter
46 Clues: PV=nRT • super ionized gas • smallest unit of matter • firm and stable in shape • elements without metallic bonds • physical blend of 2+ components • measure of the amount of matter • rows of elements in the periodic table • change in which new substance is formed • distinct forms in which matter can exist • property that depends on amount of matter • ...
Constitutional Convention 2023-11-09
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- number of states needed to pass a law in AOC
- rebellion that led to a change in the Articles of Confederation
- created The Great Compromise
- two houses
- house of government that has equal representation
- branch that makes the laws
- one house
- what representation in the Virginia Plan was based on
- number of slaves that would counted towards a states' population
- branch that includes the president
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- house of government with proportional representation
- making sure no branch has power over the other
- plan favored by small states
- added new states with a population of over 60,000
- created the Virginia plan
- first government of the United States
- plan favorted by large states
- branch that interprets the laws
18 Clues: one house • two houses • created the Virginia plan • branch that makes the laws • plan favored by small states • created The Great Compromise • plan favorted by large states • branch that interprets the laws • branch that includes the president • first government of the United States • number of states needed to pass a law in AOC • making sure no branch has power over the other • ...
Alan 2023-05-11
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- scott devision, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories
- having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity
- lincoln, president during civil war
- an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
- a person who favors the institution
- a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit
- run,
- davis, the captain of the confederate
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- the battle that took control of the mississippi river
- the union
- states withdraw
- proclamation, freed the slaves
- a knife or dagger
- person who escaped
- led by jefferson davis
- states, the country that battled
- north
- confederacy
18 Clues: run, • north • the union • confederacy • states withdraw • a knife or dagger • person who escaped • led by jefferson davis • proclamation, freed the slaves • states, the country that battled • lincoln, president during civil war • a person who favors the institution • davis, the captain of the confederate • the battle that took control of the mississippi river • ...
Constitution Vocabulary 2019-10-07
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- the first American political party. It existed from the early 1790s to the 1820s
- a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson
- the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789
- led Virginia patriots during the American Revolution, and his concept of inalienable rights influenced Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
- The bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, and consists of two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate
- an American attorney, planter, and orator best known for his declaration to the Second Virginia Convention: "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
- an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have
- a late-18th-century movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of 1787
- a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city
- a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison
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- a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- The first treasury secretary and wrote most of the federalist papers
- a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
- the population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes
- the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
- a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution
- The organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state
- the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in a country, state or an international community
- a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally
- (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers
20 Clues: (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers • the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • The first treasury secretary and wrote most of the federalist papers • the first American political party. It existed from the early 1790s to the 1820s • ...
Structural Engineering 2023-12-04
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- This type of load includes things like structural elements and members
- This type of load includes things like furniture and people.
- These are vertical members that help support the load of a structure.
- A structural member that is in compression.
- This type of load includes wind, snow, and earthquakes.
- This type of load does not change or changes very slowly.
- Newton's law that states Force = Mass x Acceleration.
- A structural member that is in tension.
- This is a twisting force.
- This is a squeezing force.
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- These are horizontal members that help support the load of a structure.
- These are sometimes referred to as foundations.
- Newton's law that states an object at rest will stay at rest.
- This is a multidirectional force that includes parallel and sliding motions.
- Newton's law that states every action has an opposite reaction.
- This is a pulling force.
- This is the ability to temporarily deform without failing.
- These are diagonal members that help support columns and beams.
- This type of load changes constantly.
19 Clues: This is a pulling force. • This is a twisting force. • This is a squeezing force. • This type of load changes constantly. • A structural member that is in tension. • A structural member that is in compression. • These are sometimes referred to as foundations. • Newton's law that states Force = Mass x Acceleration. • This type of load includes wind, snow, and earthquakes. • ...
S.S. Crossword 2012-11-05
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- Plan that was favored by large states and South Carolina
- A document ratified after a compromise on who would get the western lands
- This is the written framework of a government
- Makes the laws
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- Power is balanced between the government and the states
- A system where each branch of government has its own jobs and duties
- Equal representation in senate/ population based in House of Representatives
- Group of people from each state based on population
- Standing for something
- A system of government that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
- Equal representation of states/ favored by small states
- Man who wanted a stronger national government
12 Clues: Makes the laws • Standing for something • This is the written framework of a government • Man who wanted a stronger national government • Group of people from each state based on population • Power is balanced between the government and the states • Equal representation of states/ favored by small states • Plan that was favored by large states and South Carolina • ...
Civil War 2022-04-27
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- When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
- south
- A large farm in the southern United States.
- 1861
- A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
- North
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- Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country
- A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
- A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped slaves in free states had to be returned to their owners.
- soldiers that fight and travel by foot
- A nickname for the South
- someone who wanted to end slavery
12 Clues: 1861 • south • North • A nickname for the South • someone who wanted to end slavery • soldiers that fight and travel by foot • A large farm in the southern United States. • A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket • Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country • A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder. • ...
States and Postal Codes - N-W 2012-07-24
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- NH
- WY
- OR
- WI
- SC
- SD
- NJ
- WV
- ND
- VT
- NY
- NV
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- VA
- NC
- WA
- NM
- RI
- PA
- NE
- OH
- UT
- TN
- TX
- OK
24 Clues: VA • NH • NC • WA • NM • WY • RI • OR • WI • PA • NE • SC • OH • SD • UT • NJ • WV • TN • ND • TX • OK • VT • NY • NV
Periodic Table and States of Matter 2013-11-25
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- This is the number that represents the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
- An element that is shiny and has the capability to conduct heat and electricity well.
- State of matter that the molecules are in constant random motion.
- When heat exits or leaves the substance.
- A central region of an atom that is made up of protons and neutrons.
- An endothermic process going from solid to liquid.
- Direct change from a solid to a gas.
- A negatively charged particle that is subatomic
- Maintains a constant volume, but not a constant shape.
- This is a subatomic particle that is positively charged, located in the nucleus
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- Fluorine and chlorine are part of this group.
- An atom that shares the same atomic number, but has a different atomic mass.
- When it snows the water molecules go from a gas to a solid, this is called...
- State of matter that maintains/keeps its shape.
- This is the column that is vertically on the periodic table.
- When one or more atom loses or gains electrons, creating a charged particle
- This is when something happens at regular intervals/time.
- A subatomic particle without a charge that is located in the nucleus of an atom.
- This element is neither metal nor nonmetal, but has the properties of both elements.
- A horizontal row of which elements are on the periodic table.
20 Clues: Direct change from a solid to a gas. • When heat exits or leaves the substance. • Fluorine and chlorine are part of this group. • State of matter that maintains/keeps its shape. • A negatively charged particle that is subatomic • An endothermic process going from solid to liquid. • Maintains a constant volume, but not a constant shape. • ...
STATES ALEXSE OROZCO and SENIA MORALES!!! 2013-05-17
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- Capital Salt Lake City
- One Of The Biggest States
- Biggest City Miami
- Nickname The First State
- Capital Santa Fe
- Bird Yellowhammer
- State Bird is Mountain Bluebird
- Capital is Atlanta
- State Bird Ruffed Grouse
- Capital Jackson
- Capital Olympia
- Nickname The Cornhusker State
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- Capital Columbus
- State Tree Red bud
- Nickname Pine Tree State
- Biggest City Los Angeles
- State Flower Black-eyed Susan
- Capital is Province
- Nickname The Hoosier State
- Capital Baleigh
- State Flower Iris
- Nickname The Badger State
- Biggest City Rochester
- State Dog Alaskan Malamute
24 Clues: Capital Baleigh • Capital Jackson • Capital Olympia • Capital Columbus • Capital Santa Fe • Bird Yellowhammer • State Flower Iris • State Tree Red bud • Biggest City Miami • Capital is Atlanta • Capital is Province • Capital Salt Lake City • Biggest City Rochester • Nickname Pine Tree State • Biggest City Los Angeles • Nickname The First State • State Bird Ruffed Grouse • One Of The Biggest States • ...
United States-Physical and Human Geography. 2020-05-08
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- Science that studies how to manage resources of money
- Where is the Mojave desert
- science that studies the surface of the earth
- set of inhabitants of a place
- Occupation, activity or work
- Specific cities of a country
- natural elevation of land
- The seasons of the year begin and end
- distance from a point on the earth to the parallel of the equator
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- Group of people from the same geographical origin
- It comes from an indigenous name
- Cardinal point
- Second largest continent on the planet
- set of traditions and customs
- Social community with a political organization
- Capital of United states
- Population where a group of people lives
- Legal Text
- It is transmitted from generation to generation
- One of the most cold countries
20 Clues: Legal Text • Cardinal point • Capital of United states • natural elevation of land • Where is the Mojave desert • Occupation, activity or work • Specific cities of a country • set of traditions and customs • set of inhabitants of a place • One of the most cold countries • It comes from an indigenous name • The seasons of the year begin and end • Second largest continent on the planet • ...
Streets, States, and Towns by Patty 2021-02-27
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- North Carolina town of great-grandson
- Road name of Charles B. Yerkes and Sons
- Military base adjoining Pemberton
- North Carolina town of great-grandaughter
- Back street entrance to Yerkes' home
- State where Annamarie and Henry used to winter
- Street name where kids to piano lessons
- Avenue of beach house
- Cullen's town
- Automobile avenue to beach house
- Tanner's state
- Town of Leigh and Debby
- State of red-haired niece
- Grocery shopping town in 1960's
- Town of Grandparent's farms
- Street name of childhood home
- Location of home built by Henry Lane
- Adam and Tammi's town
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- State of red-haired nephew
- Street of old high school
- Road of Joe and Evelyn's home
- State of Tammi and Adam
- State of southern family
- Current home of Annamarie
- Town of "The Pines"
- Annamarie's childhood town
- State of niece with same first name as her Aunt
- Town of Patty and Vern
- Tanner's town
- Cullen's state
- State of Patty and Vern
31 Clues: Cullen's town • Tanner's town • Tanner's state • Cullen's state • Town of "The Pines" • Avenue of beach house • Adam and Tammi's town • Town of Patty and Vern • State of Tammi and Adam • Town of Leigh and Debby • State of Patty and Vern • State of southern family • Street of old high school • Current home of Annamarie • State of red-haired niece • State of red-haired nephew • ...
States And Countries - Jaxsyn Block 3 2023-11-21
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- Below Canada
- Devils (NHL Team)
- Had Ronaldo on there soccer team
- Cherry Blossom Trees
- Seahawks (NFL Team)
- Alligators And Hot
- were most toys come from
- Cowboys
- Above The USA
- Had a war with Russia
- Home of The lobster
- Has Naymar Jr on their team
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- Next To Australia
- Chiefs (NFL Team)
- Had a war with Ukraine
- Bulls (NBA Team)
- Giants (NFL Team)
- Bruins (NHL Team)
- Eiffel Tower
- anaheim ducks (NHL Team)
20 Clues: Cowboys • Below Canada • Eiffel Tower • Above The USA • Bulls (NBA Team) • Next To Australia • Chiefs (NFL Team) • Devils (NHL Team) • Giants (NFL Team) • Bruins (NHL Team) • Alligators And Hot • Seahawks (NFL Team) • Home of The lobster • Cherry Blossom Trees • Had a war with Russia • Had a war with Ukraine • were most toys come from • anaheim ducks (NHL Team) • Has Naymar Jr on their team • ...
States of Matter and Chemical Reactions 2024-05-08
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- Transition from gas to solid without passing through the liquid state
- Transition from solid to gas without passing through the liquid state
- Transition from liquid to solid
- State of matter with charged particles
- A type of chemical reaction that involves burning
- State in which the forward and reverse reactions occur at the same rate
- A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed
- Solid formed in a solution during a chemical reaction
- Transition from gas to liquid
- Rate Speed at which a chemical reaction occurs
- A substance that is produced in a chemical reaction
- Transition from solid to liquid
- State of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape
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- Type of chemical reaction that releases energy
- Transition from liquid to gas at a surface
- State of matter with no definite shape or volume
- A reaction between an acid and a base, forming water and a salt
- A substance that is consumed during a chemical reaction
- Type of chemical reaction that absorbs energy
- State of matter with a definite shape and volume
20 Clues: Transition from gas to liquid • Transition from liquid to solid • Transition from solid to liquid • State of matter with charged particles • Transition from liquid to gas at a surface • Type of chemical reaction that absorbs energy • Type of chemical reaction that releases energy • Rate Speed at which a chemical reaction occurs • ...
States And Countries - Landen O. B3 2024-01-24
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- Capital is Carson City
- Capital is Sacramento
- Capital is Boston
- Capital is Augusta
- Has 50 stars on the flag
- Second Largest Country in the world.
- Contains the Volga River
- Capital is Albany
- Capital is Tallahassee
- Capital is Phoenix
- the largest country in South America
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- Home to the kangaroo
- Largest Country in africa.
- Capital is Helena
- Capital is Seattle
- population of 1.4 billion
- Eighth Largest Country.
- National bird is a peacock.
- 9th largest Country.
- Capital is Concord
20 Clues: Capital is Helena • Capital is Boston • Capital is Albany • Capital is Seattle • Capital is Augusta • Capital is Phoenix • Capital is Concord • Home to the kangaroo • 9th largest Country. • Capital is Sacramento • Capital is Carson City • Capital is Tallahassee • Eighth Largest Country. • Has 50 stars on the flag • Contains the Volga River • population of 1.4 billion • Largest Country in africa. • ...
Mission: Matter — States and Particles Challenge! 2025-04-21
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- Amount of space an object or substance occupies.
- A tiny piece that makes up all matter.
- How much mass is packed into a given volume.
- Force that pulls particles together.
- Measure of how hot or cold something is.
- A hot, charged gas made of ions.
- Gas turning into a liquid.
- Energy of moving particles.
- Solid turning directly into a gas.
- Matter that spreads out to fill a space.
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- Matter with a fixed shape and volume.
- Matter that flows and takes the shape of its container.
- Liquid turning into gas from the surface.
- Shaking movement of particles, especially in solids.
- Force that particles apply when they hit container walls.
- Needed to make particles move faster.
- Process where a liquid becomes a solid.
- Gas turning directly into a solid.
- The gaps between particles.
- Process where a solid becomes a liquid.
- A scientific idea used to explain how particles behave.
21 Clues: Gas turning into a liquid. • The gaps between particles. • Energy of moving particles. • A hot, charged gas made of ions. • Gas turning directly into a solid. • Solid turning directly into a gas. • Force that pulls particles together. • Matter with a fixed shape and volume. • Needed to make particles move faster. • A tiny piece that makes up all matter. • ...
states of matter ( Lacey and Iris ) 2025-06-04
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- the tiny building blocks formed as one big one
- something that can be changed but can turn back
- tiny like little building blocks that make up everything around us
- oppisite of reversible
- the process of water turning into water vapor
- expands as much as it can and you can't see it
- when something changes the look of its self (2 words)
- take the shpe of the container its in
- what we breath in
- toxic air that we breath out ( 2 words)
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- the point that something freezes at( 2 words)
- when super coled atoms become one big one (2-3 words)
- the oppisite of freezing
- the oppisite of heating
- over heated gas full of energy
- water that has turned to gas(2 words)
- the oppisite of cool
- something the stays the same shape
- the weight of something
- the point when something melts or boils(2 words)
20 Clues: what we breath in • the oppisite of cool • oppisite of reversible • the oppisite of heating • the weight of something • the oppisite of freezing • over heated gas full of energy • something the stays the same shape • water that has turned to gas(2 words) • take the shpe of the container its in • toxic air that we breath out ( 2 words) • ...
States of Matter and Atomic Structure 2022-09-22
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- positively charged mass located in the center of the atom
- a temperature of Ok
- gas or vapor changes directly into a solid
- positively charged subatomic particle
- result of a force distributed over an area
- number of protons in an atom
- system releases energy into its surroundings
- atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons and different mass numbers
- direct relationship between volume and temperature
- substance changes from a solid to a gas
- changes from liquid to a gas
- negatively charged subatomic particle
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- particle that has no charge
- collisions of the vapor and walls of the container
- absorbs energy from its surroundings
- substance changes from 1 state of matter to another
- water gains 2261 joules of energy per gram
- the amount of heat necessary to change 1g of a solid to a liquid with no temperature change
- substance changes from a gas to a liquid
- an inverse relationship between the volume of a gas and the pressure of the gas
- number sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
21 Clues: a temperature of Ok • particle that has no charge • number of protons in an atom • changes from liquid to a gas • absorbs energy from its surroundings • positively charged subatomic particle • negatively charged subatomic particle • substance changes from a solid to a gas • substance changes from a gas to a liquid • gas or vapor changes directly into a solid • ...
Mr. Justin and The United States 2023-02-09
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- Biggest state in the U.S.
- Branch of government (president)
- President before the current one
- Most populated state
- Ocean on the west coast
- The County we're in
- Name of the first president
- Mr. Justin's favorite character
- Country south of the U.S.
- Mr. Melville's wife is from here
- Capital of California
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- Last state to join the union
- Mr. Justin's favorite food
- Political party against Biden's
- Ocean on the east coast
- Longest river in the U.S.
- Name of Mr. Justin's daughter
- Joe Biden's political party
- The school Mr. Justin teaches at
- Country north of the U.S.
- Popular electric car
21 Clues: The County we're in • Most populated state • Popular electric car • Capital of California • Ocean on the east coast • Ocean on the west coast • Biggest state in the U.S. • Longest river in the U.S. • Country north of the U.S. • Country south of the U.S. • Mr. Justin's favorite food • Joe Biden's political party • Name of the first president • Last state to join the union • ...
11.4 vocab crossword puzzle 2023-02-15
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- an area set aside by the federal government for people to visit
- the protection of natural resources
- a group of progressive republicans who supported theodore roosevelt during the 1912 election
- president wilson's program to break up trusts and restore economic competition
- an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921
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- theodore roosevelt's campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity to succeed
- often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909
- a person who wanted to destroy all trusts
- an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection
- the 27th president of the United States and the tenth chief justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices
- a 1906 law that required and drug makers to begin listing ingredients on packages
- legislation in the United States that created the Federal Reserve System
12 Clues: the protection of natural resources • a person who wanted to destroy all trusts • an area set aside by the federal government for people to visit • legislation in the United States that created the Federal Reserve System • president wilson's program to break up trusts and restore economic competition • ...
apush 2015-04-22
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- laws the first legislative implements the emerged the temperance movement. it banned the sale and manufacturing of alcohol.
- act of 1807 created by Thomas Jefferson it requested a banning on trade wit Europe to avoid American involvement in the Napoleonic Wars.
- Convention The counties of Maryland joined to gather in an assembly as a united whole during the revolutionary period to form a revolutionary war.
- of tears the relocation of native americans from their home to oklahoma. it occurred president andrew jackson and many native americans died or suffered from disease and starvation.
- doctrine policy of the United States that the United States would view Europe efforts to colonize the Americas as an act of aggression.
- territory an area of land north of the mexican cession and extending into canada. it was incorporated into the US by 1859.
- Convention During the war of 1812 the New England states joined in this convention to discuss New England's possible secession from the United States.
- deere founder of john deere and company the biggest manufacture of agricultural equipment in the world. he was an american blacksmith and invented the steel plow.
- Rebellion Began in 1791 in objection to a tax on whiskey to help pay off national debt under Hamilton's financial plan during Washington's administration.
- falls convention an early american convention for women's rights held in senca fall, new york. the declaration of sentiments was written there.
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- american war a war between the US and mexico that took place between 1846 and 1848. it was caused by the US annexation of texas and desire to purchase california.
- An Indian leader of a confederacy that conflicted against America during the war named after this leader, which took place in the Old Northwest.
- Prosser's Rebellion A literate black slave that lived in the Richmond area launched a large scale slave revolt. Governor Monroe quickly crushed the rebellion.
- purchase the French sold the territory of Louisiana in 1803 to the US for 15 million dollars. It doubled the size of the United States and gave them control of the Mississippi.
- proviso a seed of the civil war, it wanted to ban slavery in the territory of the mexican cession. it increased conflict over the issue if slavery.
- in Council In 1807 the British Privy Council specifically used this order to make a sanction during the Napoleonic Wars. It blockaded French ports until ships went to British port.
- dix an influential american reformer that worked for the mentally ill to help create mental asylums that helped work with the ill.
- c. calhoun vice president of the united states under adams and jackson, from south carolina who fought slavery, state's rights, and nullification.
- Treaty A treaty with the United States and Britain trying to avoid the start of a war. It resulted in opposition from the democratic-republicans. It tried to insure obedience to the Treaty of Paris.
- douglas a democrat from illinois who lost the presidency to republican abraham lincoln. he was called "the little gaint" because of his small stature but his gaint influence in politics.
20 Clues: territory an area of land north of the mexican cession and extending into canada. it was incorporated into the US by 1859. • laws the first legislative implements the emerged the temperance movement. it banned the sale and manufacturing of alcohol. • ...
Slavery Crossword Puzzle 2019-12-04
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- trade buying and selling of people for profit
- something that is owned by a person such as land or personal belongings
- people who wanted to end slavery in the United States
- a plant (such as cotton or tobacco) that is grown and can be harvested for profit
- to forbid something
- a penalty (usually money) imposed on someone as a punishment
- a person running away to avoid being captured
- the system by which goods and services are produced, bought, and sold in a region
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- to do away with something
- a large area of land where crops are grown and usually with a large, elaborate house on it where the plantation owners and their families live
- to make a difference in treatment or favor based on something other than individual merit
- States slave states that did not secede from the United States
- a native or naturalized person who owes loyalty or allegiance to a government and is entitled to its protections
- the power to do what you want to and not be controlled by another
14 Clues: to forbid something • to do away with something • a person running away to avoid being captured • trade buying and selling of people for profit • people who wanted to end slavery in the United States • a penalty (usually money) imposed on someone as a punishment • States slave states that did not secede from the United States • ...
Think Spatially!!! 2011-09-16
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- Man's best friend
- flat land with few trees
- a low place between two mountains
- Lines of measure and navigation from East to West
- lines of measure and navigation from North to South
- thinking spatially
- regions boundaries drawn by other or sometimes more powerfuabl nations
- migration the movement of people from one place to another
- DC the capital of the United States
- the total of a nation's income and outgo...it's about the money
- Mixture of English and Dutch in Africa
- big cat found in the western United States
- America The United States is in this continent
- Has a trunkgr
- One of the largest continents. The South Pole is located herede
- Large marsupial
- follower of Islam in Africa and Asia that does not eat pork
- buffalo
- whate the largest mammal on earth
- big cat with stripes that lives in India
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- Current President of the United States
- An economic superpower in Asia
- location the informal way we tell someone where something is
- rate the amount of persons passing on in a ountry
- similarities about cause and effect
- France is located in this continent
- Arabic language
- location the exact place that can be verified by GIS or GPS
- dry area with little vegetation
- frozen or semi-frozen land in the Arctic biome
- The Great Barrier Reef is located here
- America Brazil is a country found on this continent
- Likes to chase mice
- a group's traditions, food, and clothing
- a safe place for ships to anchor and a place of trade
- rate the amount of successful live births in a country
- Flying mammal
- desnity a darker place on a map with a higher number in the legend
38 Clues: buffalo • Has a trunkgr • Flying mammal • Arabic language • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • thinking spatially • Likes to chase mice • flat land with few trees • An economic superpower in Asia • dry area with little vegetation • a low place between two mountains • whate the largest mammal on earth • similarities about cause and effect • France is located in this continent • ...
SS Study Crossword 2016-04-21
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- McHenry Site of battle of Baltimore
- Scott Key Creator of National Anthem
- Interpretation of the Constitution Federalist Interpretation
- Speech Tradition set by Washington at the end of the presidency
- and Virginia Resolutions Political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
- Interpretation of the Constitution Anti-Federalist Interpretation
- of Thomas Jefferson Made the embargo act
- Jackson General during the Battle of New Orleans
- Anti-Federalist party made up of mostly farmers
- Terms Length of standard presidency
- Act made any and all exports from the United States illegal
- DC burned Result of War of 1812
- of New Orleans Final Battle of war of 1812
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- Adams Second President of the US
- and Sedition Acts Restricted freedom of press
- Rebellion Whiskey tax protest in the United States
- Jefferson Third President of the United States
- Hamilton Established National Bank; Federalist
- of Ghent Treaty that ended the war of 1812
- The US's Stance on foreign affairs
- People in favor of the ratification of the Constitution and wanted a strong central government.
- the act of taking men into a navy by force and with or without notice
- vs. Madison Gave Supreme Court Power of Judicial Review
- of the Navy Established by John Adams
- Affair Bribery in France
- Purchase Added Territory to the US; Bought from france
- Madison Fourth President of the US
- of 1812 War against British Canada
- Board of advisers for the President
- of Political Parties Warned of by George Washington in his farewell speech
- of the United States Established By Alexander Hamilton
31 Clues: Affair Bribery in France • DC burned Result of War of 1812 • Adams Second President of the US • The US's Stance on foreign affairs • Madison Fourth President of the US • of 1812 War against British Canada • McHenry Site of battle of Baltimore • Board of advisers for the President • Terms Length of standard presidency • Scott Key Creator of National Anthem • ...
War of 1812 2026-01-15
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- French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe
- The 9th president of the US
- A famous battle fought with forces supporting Tecumseh in 1811
- Known for constructing the fleet and winning the Battle of Lake Erie
- Officially ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain
- The British practice of forcibly conscripting sailors from American merchant ships into the Royal Navy
- The world's dominant maritime force with over 600 ships
- Canadian national heroine famous for her heroic 32km trek through American-occupied territory during the War of 1812
- the “Hero of Upper Canada”
- Lawyer and former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
- Led his army across the Detroit River into Upper Canada, capturing the town of Sandwich
- Captain Laurence said “Don’t give up the ship!” Which ship was it?
- America’s 4th president, known as “The Father of Constitution”
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- Where did the bloodiest battle of 1812 take place?
- The 19th-century belief that the United States was destined by God to expand across North America
- the first major engagement in the War
- The nationalistic fervour and anti-British sentiment whipped up by the War Hawks was a contributing cause to the War of 1812
- An official government order that restricts or bans trade, commerce, or specific activities with a particular country, person, or group
- Renowned Shawnee warrior and chief
- A significant War of 1812 clash where American forces captured York (now Toronto)
- An American general and seventh president of the United States
21 Clues: the “Hero of Upper Canada” • The 9th president of the US • Renowned Shawnee warrior and chief • the first major engagement in the War • Where did the bloodiest battle of 1812 take place? • The world's dominant maritime force with over 600 ships • A famous battle fought with forces supporting Tecumseh in 1811 • ...
States of Matter and Change in States 2024-11-27
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- Solid form of water
- Liquid form of water
- Gas turns into a liquid when cooled
- Particles are loosely packed, takes the shape of its container, has a fixed volume
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- Solid turns into a liquid when heated
- Liquid turns into a gas when heated
- Liquid turns into a solid when cooled
- Particles are far apart, fills the shape and volume of its container
- Gas form of water
- Particles are closely packed, has a fixed shape and volume
10 Clues: Gas form of water • Solid form of water • Liquid form of water • Liquid turns into a gas when heated • Gas turns into a liquid when cooled • Solid turns into a liquid when heated • Liquid turns into a solid when cooled • Particles are closely packed, has a fixed shape and volume • Particles are far apart, fills the shape and volume of its container • ...
Triggers of the Civil War 2023-05-08
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- The side of the states and people that’s against slavery, and are free states.
- A four-year war that abolished slavery and transformed the US into what it is today.
- The compromise that made Maine the free state and Missouri the slave state, and also brought forth the 36°30' line and the Fugitive Slave Act.
- What the South or pro-slavery call themselves during the Civil War.
- One of the splitted sides of the Whig party that support slavery.
- What the North or abolishionist call themselves during the Civil War.
- This act that is passed with the Missouri Compromise, allowed slave owner to hire slave catchers to catch their runaway slaves that are in the North. It also made that nobody is allowed to interfer with the actions that the slave catchers do.
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- The person who caused the Pottawatomie Massacre and the Raid on Harpers Ferry.
- One of the splitted sides of the Whig party that’s against slavery.
- A compromise between North and South that three out of five slaves will be counted as people.
- An act that passed that broke the Missouri Compromise by making Kansas and Nebraska into swaying states. This also later broke the Whig party at that time into the Republic and Democatic party.
- A federal case which a slave named Dred Scott and his family had been moved to the North and back to the South, and due to the law at that time, they should already be free. So they fought it in court with the slave owner, but still lost in the end.
- Because of the passing of the Kansas Nebraska Act, pro-slavery and abolishionist moved to the states. Lots of murders happened, such as the Pottawatomie Massacre by John brown and three of his sons.
- The side of the states and people that support slavery, and are slave states.
- John Brown and his army tried to raid a town called Harper’s Ferry, Virginia on October 18. But they failed and everyone in the army died before the end of that year.
15 Clues: One of the splitted sides of the Whig party that support slavery. • One of the splitted sides of the Whig party that’s against slavery. • What the South or pro-slavery call themselves during the Civil War. • What the North or abolishionist call themselves during the Civil War. • The side of the states and people that support slavery, and are slave states. • ...
Western Expansion 2015-12-01
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- Cherokee Nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the state of Georgia
- It cost three men their lives and provided the legal basis for the Trail of Tears
- law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory
- was the second significant gold rush in the United States,
- Georgia by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction
- was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828–1866
- In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma
- was the seventh President of the United States passed Indian removal Act
- On February 12, 1825,this Chief signed a treaty at Indian Springs
- was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835, in New Echota
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- a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester
- was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- was a principal chief of the Upper Creek towns from 1782
- The first was signed January8,1821
- In 1821 he completed his independent creation of a Cherokee syllabary
15 Clues: The first was signed January8,1821 • was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835, in New Echota • was a principal chief of the Upper Creek towns from 1782 • was the second significant gold rush in the United States, • was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828–1866 • On February 12, 1825,this Chief signed a treaty at Indian Springs • ...
WW1 2023-11-15
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- Gardens the Food Administration asked Americans to eat less, and encouraged them to raise their own vegetables in their own small gardens,, Allied troops and civilians depended on American farmers as well for food from these gardens.
- Draft to make the Army larger, Congress passed the Selective Service Act as a way to bring people into the Army.
- an agreement to stop fighting.
- Zimmerman Telegram was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join an alliance with Germany in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany.
- devotion to one's country.
- Powers Germany, Australia-Hungary, and Turkey.
- Technology poisonous gas, trench warfare, tanks, submarines, airplanes, gas masks.
- Land the land not held by either side but filled with barbed wire and land mines, or bombs buried in the ground.
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- the building of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries.
- Boys American soldiers were called this, it is an informal term for a member of the United States Army or Marine Corps
- of Versailles the Allied Powers were victorious in WWI when this was signed in France.
- to create more supplies for the soldiers, the government set limits on the amount of some goods civilians could have, such as meat.
- Warfare this new battle tactic involved soldiers on both sides digging big holes in the ground for protection when fighting, barbed wire protected the front of these holes, the middle ground between the holes was called no-man's land.
- Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays although the United States did not have food rationing in World War I, it relied heavily on propaganda campaigns to persuade the public to moderate their food consumption, through slogans such as "Food Will Win the War",the United States Food Administration under Herbert Hoover reduced national consumption by 15%
- at the beginning of WWI, the United States took on this idea, choosing to stay neutral and let the other countries fight.
- Wilson president during WWI, he wanted to stay neutral during WWI, however, when Germany attacked the U.S. and tried to turn Mexico against us, the U.S. decided to join the Allied Powers in World War I.
- Powers United States, Russia, Serbia, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy.
- information designed to help or hurt a cause, information used to shape people's thinking.
- the building of empires by adding colonies.
- partnerships with other countries.
20 Clues: devotion to one's country. • an agreement to stop fighting. • partnerships with other countries. • the building of empires by adding colonies. • Powers Germany, Australia-Hungary, and Turkey. • the building of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries. • Powers United States, Russia, Serbia, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy. • ...
STAAR REVIEW #4 Constitutional Convention 2017-04-27
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- The city where 55 delegates met to revise the Articles of Confederation
- when goods or services are sent to another country
- Plan based on equal representation among states and favored by states with a small population
- The system created to determine President and Vice President of the United States
- The lower house of Congress where representatives are based on population
- A Federalist and known as "The Father of the Constitution"
- The number of states needed to ratify the U.S. Constitution
- authored by James Madison which called for a stronger central government and separate the powers into three branches
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- Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution without a Bill of Rights
- The event that proved the Articles of Confederation was too weak and needed to be revised; the event where farmers burned down courthouses
- a set of 85 essays written to convince
- A synonym for central government
- A compromise that determined how slaves were to be counted in regards to population
- The upper house of Congress giving each state two representatives
- Two house legislature
15 Clues: Two house legislature • A synonym for central government • a set of 85 essays written to convince • when goods or services are sent to another country • A Federalist and known as "The Father of the Constitution" • The number of states needed to ratify the U.S. Constitution • The upper house of Congress giving each state two representatives • ...
Civil War Crossword 2024-12-12
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- Union plan to blockade the South with naval power to control the Mississippi River.
- _______ S Grant was a Union General
- Battle of _______ marked the turning point of the Civil War and had severe casualties to both sides
- Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book depicting slavery.
- Slave states that were part of the Union.
- _______ Slave law stated escaped slaves were to be returned to slave owners even if they were in free states
- the bloodiest battle in the Civil War, lasted only one day.
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- Popular _________ was the majority vote
- _______ Railroad was a system of escape routes to free slaves
- Fort located in South Carolina, occupied by Union soldiers and declared the start of the Civil War
- ________ Court House was where the Confederacy surrendered and the Civil War ended.
- Battle in Virginia, Union soldiers attacking Confederate soldiers and winning
- Harriet _____ was an escaped slave helping to free other slaves.
- Kansas-_______ Act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether the states were free or slave states by popular sovereignty.
- Robert E. ___ was a Confederate General
15 Clues: _______ S Grant was a Union General • Popular _________ was the majority vote • Robert E. ___ was a Confederate General • Slave states that were part of the Union. • Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book depicting slavery. • the bloodiest battle in the Civil War, lasted only one day. • _______ Railroad was a system of escape routes to free slaves • ...
history 2024-05-16
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- the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
- Plunderers and militant abolitionists
- took place during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia
- term commonly used in the US military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain people who escaped slavery
- restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
- took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862
- bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia
- major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee
- the largest sale of human beings in the history in the United States took place at a racetrack in Savannah, Georgia
- The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas by Confederate forces, was the first major battle of the American Civil War.
- a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States
- fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
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- was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell.
- military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by William Tecumseh Sherman, major general of the Union Army.
- strategy outlined by the Union Army for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War
- declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the former Confederate States of America into the United States.
- was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.
- referring either to one who owns and cultivates land or to the middle ranks of servants in an English royal or noble household.
- political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants
- The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.
22 Clues: Plunderers and militant abolitionists • a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States • took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862 • fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. • bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia • ...
Unit 5 2023-05-02
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- warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs
- a political principle that advocates greater political or economic cooperation among states and nations
- the British colonies that were established during the 17th and early 18th centuries in what is now a part of the eastern United States
- deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
- a judge in the Roman Republic temporarily invested with absolute powering
- to conquer and bring into subjection
- one group takes control over another and forces them to do as they're told
- the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group
- not being biased and as unprejudiced
- a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens
- the nineteenth-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
- the Big Three agreed that after Germany's unconditional surrender, it would be divided into four post-war occupation zones, controlled by U.S., British, French and Soviet military forces
- not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed
- an official envoy
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- international organization founded in 1945
- a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe
- an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
- evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal
- a Latin phrase that means "mode of living" or "way of life"
- regulates the conduct of armed conflict and seeks to limit its effects
- national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries
- a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II
- a doctrine, political strategy, practice, state policy, or advocacy that consists in extending power by territorial acquisition or by extending political and economic control outward over other areas
- a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
- a process of managing relations with a potentially hostile country in order to preserve peace while maintaining our vital interests
25 Clues: an official envoy • to conquer and bring into subjection • not being biased and as unprejudiced • not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed • international organization founded in 1945 • a Latin phrase that means "mode of living" or "way of life" • a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe • ...
s8 crossword puzzle SS 2023-05-01
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- the idea that political authority belongs to the people
- the forced separation of people of different races in public places
- the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
- slave states that didn't join any side during the war and were in between the 2 opposing halves of the US
- a political party formed to stop the spread of slavery in the west
- a special tax that a person had to pay in order to vote
- an escaped slave who joined the union army in the civil war
- a law that enforced segregation in southern states
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- a law that allowed voters in kansas and nebraska to choose whether or not to allow slavery
- the period following the civil war where the us attempted to reunite the states and rebuild the southern states
- to formally withdraw from the union
- the process used by a legislative body to bring charges against the wrongdoing of a public official
- a system used after the civil war in which farmers worked on land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops
- a type of war which an army destroys its opponents ability to fight by targeting civilian, economic, and military resources
- a federal outpost in charleston, california that was attacked by the confederates in 1861 which sparked the civil war
- law passed in the southern states during reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans
16 Clues: to formally withdraw from the union • a law that enforced segregation in southern states • the idea that political authority belongs to the people • a special tax that a person had to pay in order to vote • the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • an escaped slave who joined the union army in the civil war • ...
Final Review 2 2025-03-26
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- Our House of Representative member
- In what month do we vote for President?
- How many House of Rep members are there?
- We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
- Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
- What are two Cabinet-level positions?
- What does the President’s Cabinet do?
- Who is our current Vice President?
- What is the highest court in the United States?
- If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
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- Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
- What does the judicial branch do?
- Who vetoes bills?
- If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
- Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
- We elect a President for how many years?
- How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
- Who is our current President?
- Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
- Who signs bills to become laws?
20 Clues: Who vetoes bills? • Who is our current President? • Who signs bills to become laws? • What does the judicial branch do? • Our House of Representative member • Who does a U.S. Senator represent? • Who is our current Vice President? • What are two Cabinet-level positions? • What does the President’s Cabinet do? • In what month do we vote for President? • ...
Unit 3 Review Crossword 2023-12-05
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- The ________ Mills in Massachusetts were the first factories in the United States, and mostly employed women
- _______Canal connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes
- Gin 1794 invention that led to the expansion of slavery in the South
- The Treaty of ___________ formally ended the Mexican-American War, transferring 1/3 of Mexico to the United States
- Nationalists supported __________ improvements, including canals, roads, and railroads
- In the Battle of _________, the Texas army captured Mexican President Santa Anna, forcing him to recognize Texan independence
- US President _______ famously provoked the Mexican-American War by sending troops to a disputed area with Mexico, hoping Mexican forces would attack them
- Invented in 1807 by Robert Fulton, this invention led to much more efficient water transportation
- The passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to the forced removal of thousands of Native peoples on the _________
- This was the party created to support Andrew Jackson during the Second Party System
- Invented by Samuel Morse in 1844, making long-distance communication almost instantaneous for the first time
- This party was created to oppose Andrew Jackson and his policies
- The doctrine, opposed by Andrew Jackson, that said states could refuse to enforce federal laws they believed were unconstitutional
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- After Henry Clay was appointed secretary of state in 1825, Andrew Jackson alleged a ______ had taken place
- In his Second Reply to Hayne, Sen. Daniel ________ argued that the Union of the states should be preserved against efforts to dissolve it
- In ___________ v. Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bank of the United States was constitutional, and states could not tax the bank
- Though he came in second in the electoral vote, John ________ won the election of 1824 in the House vote
- The Battle of the _______ in the Texas Revolution ended with the deaths and captures of all Texas soldiers, but allowed the Texas army to regroup
- The Missouri Compromise ended the dispute over admitting Missouri to the union by admitting Maine as a _______
- The ___________ telegraph cable connected the United States and Canada to Europe
- Stephen ________ was the leader of the Texans who sought more independence from Mexico
- The support of the federal government's role in developing the economy
- First traveled in 1840, by 1849 over 20,000 people navigated the ________ on the promise of cheap land
- The invention of the mechanical ________ helped propel westward expansion by making it easier to harvest crops
- Though women began working wage labor jobs during this period, most Americans still believed their place was in the _______
- In Democracy in America, Alexis de ______________ argued that the system of free labor in America was superior to slave labor
26 Clues: _______Canal connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes • This party was created to oppose Andrew Jackson and his policies • Gin 1794 invention that led to the expansion of slavery in the South • The support of the federal government's role in developing the economy • The ___________ telegraph cable connected the United States and Canada to Europe • ...
World War II Part 1 2025-02-03
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- an independent agency of the United States government formed during World War II to coordinate all government agencies involved in the war effort. It was formed on May 27, 1943, by Executive Order 9347.
- 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."
- This agency was established in June 1942. It was responsible for formulating and implementing information programs to promote, in the United States and abroad, understanding of the status and progress of the war effort and of war policies, activities, and aims of the U.S. government.
- a debt security issued by a government to finance military operations during times of war or conflict.
- Those air crew and ground crew personnel associated with black flying units of the Army Air Forces (AAF) during World War II
- a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest or work together to achieve a common objective.
- banning discriminatory employment practices by federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work.
- place a ceiling on prices of most goods, and to limit consumption by rationing.
- a political principle that advocates greater political or economic cooperation among states and nations.
- a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, ect.
- The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany and the Allied Nations on June 28, 1919, formally ending World War One.
- Conference The Munich Conference concluded that the Sudetenland territory would be ceded to Germany. In addition, Hitler would take over portions of Czechoslovakia provided he would not seek further expansion. The Czechoslovakian government was told that it could challenge Hitler to war, but it would do so without any support.
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- a significant movement during World War II that sought to address the systemic racism and segregation faced by African Americans, while also supporting the war effort against Axis powers.
- an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II.
- the only American Code never broken was
- materials essential to military, industrial, or civilian needs in times of national emergency.
- the unsuccessful effort by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain to keep Adolph Hitler from starting World War II.
- a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders.
- the radical far-right movement and political party led by Adolf Hitler.
- setting limits on purchasing certain high-demand items.
- the state of belief by a government to establish and maintain a robust military capacity and aggressively use it to expand its territories
21 Clues: the only American Code never broken was • setting limits on purchasing certain high-demand items. • the radical far-right movement and political party led by Adolf Hitler. • place a ceiling on prices of most goods, and to limit consumption by rationing. • an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II. • ...
IGOs and NGOs 2023-10-02
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- Conserves our planet, habitats, & species like the Panda & Tiger.
- Independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe
- International public health
- International development organisation based in Bangladesh
- Economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia
- Continental union located on the continent of Africa
- Intergovernmental institution that regulates and facilitates international trade
- Holds 189 member countries
- Quakers, social activists
- A humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate.
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- US non-governmental, and nonprofit organization which was founded in 1976 by couple Millard and Linda Fuller
- Financial institution funded by 190 member countries
- Non-governmental organisation focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
- Non-governmental lobbying organisation for multinational companies based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
- Political and economic group consisting of 27 member states in Europe
- International organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.
- Intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states
- an organization that is established by a treaty, or is an instrument governed by international law and possessing its own legal personality
- Intergovernmental organisation founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
- an organization that generally is formed independent from government
20 Clues: Quakers, social activists • Holds 189 member countries • International public health • Economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia • Financial institution funded by 190 member countries • Continental union located on the continent of Africa • International development organisation based in Bangladesh • Intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states • ...
Lessons 3 and 4 Vocabulary Review 2022-12-01
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- an object that is thrown
- _____ gravitation states that the force of gravity acts between all objects in the universe that have mass
- _____ velocity is the top speed an object reaches as it falls.
- Newton's Third Law states that for every action, there is an _____ and equal reaction
- a skateboard moving on a sidewalk is an example of _____ friction
- the force that two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other
- the measure of the force of gravity on an object
- Newton's _____ Law states that the larger the mass of an object, the larger the force needed to move the object
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- objects falling through the air experience a type of fluid friction called air _____
- water and air are examples of _____
- the formula used to calculate force is force = mass x _____
- friction, gravity, and weight are all measured in _____
- the amount of matter in an object
- Newton's _____ Law states that an object at rest will stay at rest
- pulling your chair out from under your table is an example of _____ friction
- the resistance to change in motion
- when two forces are _____, there is zero net force, so there will be no motion
- _____ Newton is the scientist who formulated the laws of motion
- a force that pulls objects toward each other
19 Clues: an object that is thrown • the amount of matter in an object • the resistance to change in motion • water and air are examples of _____ • a force that pulls objects toward each other • the measure of the force of gravity on an object • friction, gravity, and weight are all measured in _____ • the formula used to calculate force is force = mass x _____ • ...
Chem vocab 2022-01-26
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- a change in properties such as texture,shape,state
- substance with definite volume but no structure
- law stating that chemical compounds always contains components in a fixed ratio
- substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
- states that the volume of gases undergoing a reaction at a constant pressure and temp are in a simple ration to each other and to that of the product
- separation of a mixture by passing it in solution of suspension as a vapor
- property that depends on amount of matter
- a way to separate water other components in the water
- states that when two gases react, the volumes of the reactants and products are in whole number rations if they are gases
- states that volume occupied by a fixed amount of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature
- substance formed from 2 or more elements chemically united in fixed proportions
- massof a component divided by the total mass of a mixture multiplied by 100
- physical blend of 2+ components
- gases that exert great stability and extremely low reaction rates
- a tabular display of the chemical elements
- change in which new substance is formed
- states that the ratio of the product of pressure and volume and the absolute temperature of a gas is equal to a constant
- measure of the amount of matter
- firm and stable in shape
- columns of elements in the periodic table
- state of matter with no fixed shape or volume
- states that the product of the pressure and the volume of one gram molecule of an ideal gas is equal to the product of the absolute temperature of the gas and the universal gas constant
- element that readily forms positive ions and has metallic bonds
- a mixture with uniform composition throughout
- property that does not depend on amount of matter
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- states that matter cannot be created or destroyed
- process that separates solids and liquids in heterogeneous mixtures
- matter that has constant composition and properties
- rows of elements in the periodic table
- physical transformation of a liquid, solid, or gas to a crystal
- PV=nRT
- super ionized gas
- distinct forms in which matter can exist
- states that when 2 elements form more than one compound, the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers
- elements without metallic bonds
- mixture without a uniform composition throughout
- change of a substance directly from the solid state to gas state
- moisture particles in the air that create a foggy appearance
- anything that has mass and occupies space
- any property that is measurable or describable
- substance that enters and is altered in the course of chemical reaction
- occurs whenever matter changes from one state to another
- any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemicals
- states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas varies inversely with its volume at a constant temperature
- occurs when a substance combines with another to form a new substance
- smallest unit of matter
46 Clues: PV=nRT • super ionized gas • smallest unit of matter • firm and stable in shape • elements without metallic bonds • physical blend of 2+ components • measure of the amount of matter • rows of elements in the periodic table • change in which new substance is formed • distinct forms in which matter can exist • property that depends on amount of matter • ...
American History 2023-11-04
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- Republican politician that held the roles of both president and vice president despite never having been elected to either office (4)
- Alternative Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election who won 15 electoral votes in the Deep South (4)
- Chief justice of the supreme court 1953-1969 and running mate of Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election (6)
- Only president to serve as chief justice of the supreme court after becoming president; appointed by Warren G. Harding (4)
- Independent candidate who carried no states in the 1980 presidential election despite gaining over 10% of the popular vote (8)
- Anti-slavery party that former president Martin Van Buren joined and ran for president with in 1848 (8)
- Latin American nation in which 19th president Rutherford B. Hayes has many streets and buildings named after him as a result of his actions benefitting the country (8)
- The third-largest party in the United States by members as of 2023, founded in late 1971 (11)
- Official name of the third-parties created by Theodore Roosevelt, Robert La Follette and Henry Wallace for their left-wing campaigns in 1912, 1924 and 1948 respectively (11)
- Abraham Lincoln's running mate in the 1860 presidential election (6)
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- Presidential candidate of the newly-founded 'Dixiecrat' party in 1948, also president pro tempore of the senate in the early years of George W. Bush's presidency (8)
- The maiden name of the First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (7)
- Vice president of the United States 1974-1977 and namesake of the progressive wing of the Republican party throughout much of the mid-20th century (11)
- President nicknamed 'Old Hickory' (7)
- Billionaire third-party candidate from Texas in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections (5)
- The surname of the only grandfather-grandson duo to have served as president (8)
- Vice president of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941 to 1945 (7)
- Initials of the running mate of the Democratic party's candidate in the 1920 presidential election who would go on to become president at a later date (3)
- Third-party candidate in the 1880 and 1892 presidential elections, received 8.5% of the popular vote as the candidate for the People's Party or Populist Party in the latter (6)
- One of two presidents to have never held any political or judiciary office before becoming president, the other one is Donald Trump (6)
- Commanding general of the United States army from 1861 to 1862 and Abraham Lincoln's main opponent in the 1864 presidential election (9)
- The author of 'Poor Richard's Almanack' from 1732 to 1758 (8)
- Left-wing politician who ran for president on five occasions in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920, performing best in the 1912 election in which they won 6% of the popular vote and 901,551 total votes (4)
- President of the United States with a cameo role in the 1992 film 'Home Alone 2' (5)
24 Clues: President nicknamed 'Old Hickory' (7) • The author of 'Poor Richard's Almanack' from 1732 to 1758 (8) • Abraham Lincoln's running mate in the 1860 presidential election (6) • The maiden name of the First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (7) • The surname of the only grandfather-grandson duo to have served as president (8) • ...
Reconstruction Vocuabulary 2025-05-13
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- Used by Southern states to restrict voting rights, particularly targeting black voters.
- Racist terrorist organization that targeted African Americans
- Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to seek political and economic opportunities
- System where farmers worked land owned by someone else and split the crops as payment
- Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party
- An organization created to help former slaves and poor people after the Civil War
- Laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
- Constitutional amendment that abolished slaver
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- A clause in voting laws that exempted people whose grandfathers could vote before 1867
- Constitutional amendment that guaranteed equal protection under the law
- Laws passed in Southern states to limit the rights of African Americans after the Civil War
- Constitutional amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
- Period after the Civil War when the United States tried to rebuild and reunite the country
- A tax that had to be paid before voting, often used to prevent African Americans from voting
14 Clues: Constitutional amendment that abolished slaver • Racist terrorist organization that targeted African Americans • Laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States • Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party • Constitutional amendment that guaranteed equal protection under the law • ...
The American Civil War 2022-01-29
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- birthplace of abraham linclon
- abraham linclons profession
- where abraham linclons famous speech was delivered
- extensively accepted profession in the northern states
- proclamation issued by linclon for abolishing slavery
- taxes on imported goods
- book based on rev.josiah jenson
- forced agricultural and industrial labour during civil war
- antonym for fugitive slaves
- a territory which wanted to join the usa as a free state
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- president elected by confederate states of america
- people who wanted to abolish slavery
- party which linclon joined in 1856
- The federal law making process through a legislature
- african nationals captured and used as labourers
- a trade process followed by southern states with britain
16 Clues: taxes on imported goods • abraham linclons profession • antonym for fugitive slaves • birthplace of abraham linclon • book based on rev.josiah jenson • party which linclon joined in 1856 • people who wanted to abolish slavery • african nationals captured and used as labourers • president elected by confederate states of america • ...
World Geography Review 2025-04-01
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- Signs with two languages
- Total value of the economy of a nation (abbreviation)
- This influenced the development of gas stations, highways, motels, and drive thru services
- Seasonal winds which create wet and dry seasons
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- Process where people move into a town or city
- Netherlands uses these to gain land
- Areas with shared characteristics
- Disputed territory between India and Pakistan
- Bridge in San Fransisco, CA
- Formed in Atlantic and Western Pacific
- In Toronto, Canada
- Soviet Union & _____ broke up into smaller nations
- Two North American nations and 28 European nations (abbreviation)
- On Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO
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- Companies in the United States that exports U.S. culture
- Artificial waterways
- Average of weather conditions over a LONG period of time
- Connects Great Britain and France underwater
- The United States and Canada have this type of government
- Agricultural terracing affects _____
- The border between the United States and Canada is this
- Economic union of 27 nations in Europe and use one currency
- It is both a continent and a nation
- This projection is used by pilots and ship navigators
- Added land by erosion sediments
- Black earth
- This slowed the economic Development of Eastern Europe
- largely uninhabited and extreme cold and dry
- Birthplace of ancient Greek and Roman culture and Industrial Revolution
30 Clues: Black earth • In Toronto, Canada • Artificial waterways • Signs with two languages • Bridge in San Fransisco, CA • Added land by erosion sediments • Areas with shared characteristics • It is both a continent and a nation • North American Free Trade Agreement • Netherlands uses these to gain land • Agricultural terracing affects _____ • On Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO • ...
8.3 Aristocratic Republicanism and Slavery Crossword 2018-10-14
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- Methodist Episcopal Church/Which church led by Allen condemned colonization and wanted to claim American citizenship?
- is the called when owners voluntarily let their slaves be free?
- did they mostly resettled freed slaves?
- Convention/What event was the Missouri Compromise similar to (outcome)?
- Colonization Society/Which society wanted to send free African Americans back to their homeland Africa (aka colonization)?
- religious group encouraged slave emancipation and held a conference to discuss slavery?
- Clay/Who was the Kentucky congressman who devised the Missouri Compromise?
- is it called when slaves are set free by government action?
- states/What were all the states south of the 36 30’ line?
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- Tallmadge/Who proposed that he would only support Missouri statehood only if it banned slavery?
- Compromise/What is the name of the series of political agreement that allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state in 1820 and Missouri as a slave state in 1821?
- intellectual movement questioned the idea of slavery?
- states/What were all the states north of the 36 30’ line (excluding Missouri)?
- Dunmore/Whose proclamation encouraged slaves to join British troops during the Revolutionary War?
- Leone/What was the settlement in West Africa formed by English antislavery organizations?
- increased the demand for slaves in the South causing Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama to join the Union as slave states?
- was the state that was allowed to enter the Union as a free state in 1820 from the Missouri Compromise?
- republic/What was the new form of republicanism that restricted personal liberty and other republican rights to whites?
18 Clues: did they mostly resettled freed slaves? • intellectual movement questioned the idea of slavery? • states/What were all the states south of the 36 30’ line? • is it called when slaves are set free by government action? • is the called when owners voluntarily let their slaves be free? • Convention/What event was the Missouri Compromise similar to (outcome)? • ...
Reading Assignment 2&3 2017-06-07
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- Wrote the Bill of Rights
- Philadelphia merchant with a gift for financial dealings
- Nationalized the Pennsylvania militia
- Third land act in 1787
- Effect from increased taxes on farmers in Massachusetts
- Treaty between North American Indians and Great Britain in 1768
- North of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi
- Result of the Battle of Fallen Timbers
- State that passed gradual emancipation laws in 1784
- An import tax
- Six of the state constitutions
- Request
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- Broke the stalemate and produced the basic structural features of the Costitution
- Percent taxed on whiskey in 1791
- Difficult to implement because the thirteen states disagreed over boundaries in the land to the west of the states
- Total repudiation of the principle of a confederation of states
- Counted under the three-fifths compromise
- Amount of men who assembled at Philadelphia in May 1787 for the Constitutional Convention
- Ended American Revolutionary War in 1783
- Government that promoted the people's welfare
- State that allowed blacks and women to vote in early years of Republic
21 Clues: Request • An import tax • Third land act in 1787 • Wrote the Bill of Rights • Six of the state constitutions • Percent taxed on whiskey in 1791 • Nationalized the Pennsylvania militia • Result of the Battle of Fallen Timbers • Ended American Revolutionary War in 1783 • Counted under the three-fifths compromise • Government that promoted the people's welfare • ...
The Crucible Acts 1-3 2025-03-07
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- states she will leave the court and never return if questioned about Proctor's lechery
- servant to Dr. Griggs
- What will happen to the people who signed the deposition about Rebecca, Elizabeth & Martha?
- John Proctor says this to discredit Abigail
- quits the court after Proctor is arrested
- has 16 warrants to serve, including one for Elizabeth Proctor
- head judge
- signing her warrant made Hale's hand shake with guilt
- homeless pipe-smoker, mumbles as she begs
- is interviewed while Proctor and Abigail have their backs turned
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- protests her innocence to Hathorne and Danforth at the start of Act 3
- held in contempt of court after accusing Putnam
- the number of names on Proctors testament
- Danforth says Elizabeth Proctor won't hang because she is_______
- tells Danforth that Proctor ripped the warrant and damned the court
- a judge, ancestor of Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Why won't Giles Corey give up his source?
- is the first to claim she freezes after Abigail states a cold wind has come
- states "God is dead!"
- accused of sending her spirit in the shape of a yellow bird
- Mary Warren is asked to do this to prove she was lying
21 Clues: head judge • servant to Dr. Griggs • states "God is dead!" • a judge, ancestor of Nathaniel Hawthorne • the number of names on Proctors testament • quits the court after Proctor is arrested • Why won't Giles Corey give up his source? • homeless pipe-smoker, mumbles as she begs • John Proctor says this to discredit Abigail • held in contempt of court after accusing Putnam • ...
Foundations of Government 2024-10-30
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- This branch enforces laws;President
- This group supported a strong government
- Rule of Law;NO one is above the law. Constitution limits the government
- National and state governments share power
- This branch interprets laws;Supreme Court
- Plan supported by LARGE states
- Based on equal representation
- Powers of the state
- Representation based on population
- Protects your individual rights
- This compromise settles issues between LARGE and small states
- The government is divided into 3 branches
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- The people elect representatives to run the government
- Powers shared between the state and federal government
- Plan supported by small states
- Each branch is able to check the other to keep power balanced
- This group would not ratify the U.S. Constitution without a Bill of Rights
- Powers of the federal government
- This branch makes the laws;Congress
- Consent of the governed; the government gets its power from THE people
- We get this legislature from the Great Compromise
- For every 5 slaves, 3 are counted as 'free people' for taxation and representation
22 Clues: Powers of the state • Based on equal representation • Plan supported by small states • Plan supported by LARGE states • Protects your individual rights • Powers of the federal government • Representation based on population • This branch enforces laws;President • This branch makes the laws;Congress • This group supported a strong government • ...
Eventful Times 2026-10-16
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- The shift between economic business to manual-labor based manufacturing.
- A world changing event where we shifted from the farming economy to the both commercial and industrial market.
- A war between America and Mexico.
- Was a federal law that kept an equal balance free and slave states in the U.S congress.
- A United States policy introduced by President James Monroe declaring the western land off limits to European interference.
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- An election where Thomas Jefferson defeats John Adams, marking the first peaceful transfer of power.
- A land deal where the United States bought territory from France for $15 million.
- The belief that The United States was destined to expand and was superior.
- A law signed by President Andrew Jackson approving the relocation of Native Americans tribes.
- A founding father and the third president
- The first U.S expedition to reach the Pacific Coast and return.
- The forced relocation of 100,000+ indigenous people from United States to Indian territories.
12 Clues: A war between America and Mexico. • A founding father and the third president • The first U.S expedition to reach the Pacific Coast and return. • The shift between economic business to manual-labor based manufacturing. • The belief that The United States was destined to expand and was superior. • ...
history crossword 2026-01-21
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- the bloodiest battle
- states that are with the union but have slaves
- a closing of an area
- another word for the confedorate states
- an agency established by congress
- a speech honoring the dead soldiers for the union
- is enforcing equal treatment
- a war between the confedorate states and the union
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- laws in forcing segregation
- laws enforcing segregation
- the confedorate leader
- a change
- a turning point for the union
- The begining of the civil war
- the time after the civil war
15 Clues: a change • the bloodiest battle • a closing of an area • the confedorate leader • laws enforcing segregation • laws in forcing segregation • the time after the civil war • is enforcing equal treatment • a turning point for the union • The begining of the civil war • an agency established by congress • another word for the confedorate states • ...
civil war vocab 2022-02-26
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- Compromise 1820 - Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory (1820).
- of Guadalupe Hidalgo ,Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million.
- Rights - the belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority, belief that because the states created the United States, individual states have the power to nullify federal laws.
- K Polk The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the Mexican War and sought to expand the United States.
- Kansas A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory.
- The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
- Nebraska act This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare.
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- Proviso Bill, that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
- American War - 1846 - 1848 - President Polk declared war on Mexico over the dispute of land in Texas. At the end, American ended up with 55% of Mexico's land
- Purchase Southwestern territory acquired by the Pierce administration to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad and completed the lower 48 States
- Slave Act a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
- - Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
- of 1850 Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War.
13 Clues: The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. • - Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole • Proviso Bill, that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico • ...
Prague Crossword 2022-03-22
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- - Prague is full of these diverse buildings and art statues
- - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
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- - Prague makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings.
- - Prague is one of the least religious capitals in the world.
- - German or Russian is commonly spoken.
5 Clues: - German or Russian is commonly spoken. • - Prague makes a lot of cash from tourist viewings. • - Prague is full of these diverse buildings and art statues • - Prague is one of the least religious capitals in the world. • - the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
test 2020-08-05
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- Nuclear weapons are used as...
- one of the important criteria of legalization which means a country have to obey the law
- This type of realism was founded by Kenneth N. Waltz
- ______ clauses indicate institutional flexibility?
- armered combat within the boundaries of a recognized sovereign entity between parties (two words but NO space in-between due to the format)
- in anticipation of a negative power shift, the more powerful state attacks an adversary while it still has an advantage
- States take calculated risks to achieve regional hegemony
- principle of environmental law
- conditions of self-help, survival, problem of other minds.
- weak prospects for war, i.e. lower tension.
- the right to make a legal decision
- States would rather negotiate a settlement based on expected gains and losses than fight a war
- anarchy, absolute power, security, repeated prisoner's dilemma
- Explains outbreak of civil war, but not duration or recurrence
- Constructivist conception of power
- Studying a Congressional bill would be this level of analysis.
- states have this type of dilemma because they cannot distinguish between offensive and defensive capabilities.
- ideas about heroic masculinity are used to attract recruits and teach soldiers how to fight
- In Liberalism, states represent the demands of the ______________
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- Secured second strike capability is ... deterrence
- IOs act are intended to act as a _____ party in international conflict resolution.
- special prohibition against the first use of nuclear weapons
- security, self-interested, anarchy, cooperation
- The range of the mutually accepted negotiations
- motivation for civil war,(“the resource curse”, e.g. later years of Columbianconflict/FARC)
- Type of government with second strongest audience cost
- the Lockian level of anarchy believes that all states are...
- Self-help, survival, and problem of other minds are conditions of _______.
- _________ are better at signalling its intent and commitment to war
- Commitment problems explains what aspect of war besides duration
- In addition to "independence", what is one aspect of IOs that encourages states to act through IOs?
- An institution that is key in forming international advocacy networks, acronym
- Gender hierarchies consider war an example this an example of this gender characteristic.
- The logic of constructivism
- a school of thought that states send a signal that they want to comply with the international law
- kind of power when one country's increase in power means everyone else is worse off
- According to realists, IOs are functionally _____ to international affairs
- Risking war, but making it less likely is nuclear ...
- Willingness to use nuclear weapons is known as ... deterrence
- Concept that ideas are shared between people and become institutionalized
- "shallow cooperation"
41 Clues: "shallow cooperation" • The logic of constructivism • Nuclear weapons are used as... • principle of environmental law • the right to make a legal decision • Constructivist conception of power • weak prospects for war, i.e. lower tension. • security, self-interested, anarchy, cooperation • The range of the mutually accepted negotiations • ...
Government - Coming to Terms O_O 2021-01-07
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- Type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
- Supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
- English political philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed that in order to live together, individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection
- Belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
- Each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
- Government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
- The government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
- Compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
- The people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
- "Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
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- A representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the interests of a few.
- Powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the 9th Amendment to the Constitution
- Chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of powers
- Government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
- 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; he did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
- The distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
- First ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
- Believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
- Power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
20 Clues: Government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens • Belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority • The distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • Powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the 9th Amendment to the Constitution • ...
Civil War in the United States of America 2022-02-02
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- The Union strategy to win the war was called the _____ plan.
- The Compromise of 1850 included a strict ____ Slave Act.
- Called a "necessary evil" by Thomas Jefferson, was used as a euphemistic term that white southerners used for slavery.
- This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1868) granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law.
- A former enslaved person who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.
- Southern states during the Civil War.
- The General for the Union, later became 18th President.
- Maryland, September 16-18, 1862, bloodiest single day in American military history, 23,000 died
- violence over slavery led by John Brown caused the Kansas territory to called ______ ________.
- Naval invasion that kicked off the Civil War in Charleston, SC.
- freed enslaved people ONLY in the Confederate States.
- This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1870) declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color, or because the person was formerly enslaved.
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- the President of the US during the Civil War.
- A person who worked to end slavery.
- The Compromise of 1850 allowed ____ to be admitted to the Union as a free state.
- The general for the Confederacy.
- Northern states during the Civil War.
- She was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
- The issue of slavery and _______ _______ was the causes of the Civil War.
- This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1865) that abolished slavery in US (made it illegal.
- Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
21 Clues: The general for the Confederacy. • A person who worked to end slavery. • Northern states during the Civil War. • Southern states during the Civil War. • the President of the US during the Civil War. • freed enslaved people ONLY in the Confederate States. • The General for the Union, later became 18th President. • The Compromise of 1850 included a strict ____ Slave Act. • ...
Westward Expansion 2017-05-01
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- The name of the president who purchased the Louisiana Territory.
- The river that formed the border of the U.S. after the signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783.
- The name of the treaty that was signed between Mexico and the United States to end the war.
- the ocean that forms the western boundary of the U.S. in 1848.
- The country that gave up the Oregon Territory
- The name of the treaty that allowed the United States to annex Florida.
- The name of the treaty that Texas signed with Mexico to end the revolution.
- The trail that was used by settlers to escape religious persecution.
- The trail used by pioneers to make a better life for themselves.
- the ocean that forms the eastern boundary of the U.S.
- The land ceded by Spain to the U.S. in 1819.
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- Jefferson bought this territory from France in 1803
- The treaty that ended the American Revolution.
- the mountain range that formed the western most border of the 13 colonies.
- The area gained after the Mexican-American war that includes states like California and New Mexico.
- The country that gave up Florida and signed the Adams-Onis Treaty
- the area given to the United States by Great Britain in 1846.
- The trail that was traveled for trade
- The area that was purchased to build a transcontinental railroad in 1853.
- The dictator that sold the Louisiana territory.
- The country that gave up California
- The country that the louisiana territory was purchased from.
- The president started the Mexican-American war.
- the mountains in the western part of the United States.
- 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. • ...
Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-13
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- Imaginary horizontal line going across Earth
- Capital of Maine
- Cowboys
- Imaginary vertical line going across Earth
- County in Maine including Pittsfield, Skowhegan, Fairfield, Palmyra etc.
- Hollywood
- The largest state in the U.S.
- Lobster, moose, and pine trees
- Capitol of the U.S.
- Ocean touching western U.S. states
- Known for maple syrup
- Smallest lake in the U.S.
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- Biggest lake in the U.S.
- Half of Earth
- Animals like polar bears, penguins, and seals
- The Sunshine State
- Biggest mountain in Maine
- Ocean touching eastern U.S. states
- The Eiffel Tower
- Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, etc.
20 Clues: Cowboys • Hollywood • Half of Earth • Capital of Maine • The Eiffel Tower • The Sunshine State • Capitol of the U.S. • Known for maple syrup • Biggest lake in the U.S. • Biggest mountain in Maine • Smallest lake in the U.S. • The largest state in the U.S. • Lobster, moose, and pine trees • Ocean touching eastern U.S. states • Ocean touching western U.S. states • ...
Forming a Government 2021-01-14
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- Official changes to constitution
- Political authority is in hands of the people
- Laws are carried out
- Essays supporting the constitution
- Uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
- People who opposed the constitution
- Set of basics and laws that sates powers and duties of government
- Compromise Two-house legislature
- Gave each state equal number of votes in the federal government
- A document signed that made the King subject to law
- The right to vote
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- System for bringing new states into the Union
- Seven articles that made the first central government
- Trade between two or more states
- Interpreting laws
- Ten proposed amendments intended to protect citizens' rights
- A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
- Give sovereignty to the central government
- Increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- Proposing and passing laws
- Official approval
- Led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the supreme court
- Divides the powers of government between a central government and the states that make it up
- No branch of government gets too powerful
- Taxes on imports or exports
25 Clues: Interpreting laws • Official approval • The right to vote • Laws are carried out • Proposing and passing laws • Taxes on imports or exports • Official changes to constitution • Trade between two or more states • Compromise Two-house legislature • Essays supporting the constitution • People who opposed the constitution • No branch of government gets too powerful • ...
Forming a Government 2021-01-14
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- Official changes to constitution
- Political authority is in hands of the people
- Laws are carried out
- Essays supporting the constitution
- Uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
- People who opposed the constitution
- Set of basics and laws that sates powers and duties of government
- Compromise Two-house legislature
- Gave each state equal number of votes in the federal government
- A document signed that made the King subject to law
- The right to vote
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- System for bringing new states into the Union
- Seven articles that made the first central government
- Trade between two or more states
- Interpreting laws
- Ten proposed amendments intended to protect citizens' rights
- A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
- Give sovereignty to the central government
- Increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- Proposing and passing laws
- Official approval
- Led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the supreme court
- Divides the powers of government between a central government and the states that make it up
- No branch of government gets too powerful
- Taxes on imports or exports
25 Clues: Interpreting laws • Official approval • The right to vote • Laws are carried out • Proposing and passing laws • Taxes on imports or exports • Official changes to constitution • Trade between two or more states • Compromise Two-house legislature • Essays supporting the constitution • People who opposed the constitution • No branch of government gets too powerful • ...
The Constitution 2021-12-20
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- the right to vote
- giving formal consent to a treaty or official document
- The highest federal court in the US
- giving the legislative, judicial, and executive branches different equal powers
- The united states constitution introduction
- upper branch of Congress
- A way for branches to stop other branches from getting too powerful
- A government in which people vote for representatives
- The power of the state is controlled by the people
- Two separate branches of government
- a political official with the senate.
- punishing actions retroactively
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- An article added to the US Constitution
- states or provinces share power with the government
- the government's power is restricted through the use of laws and bills.
- Promise to fulfill the duties and responsibilities
- A person who has the right to vote in an election
- Makes laws, and controls tax
- In charge of deciding the meaning of laws.
- To refuse or approve
- needed by each individual person
- The lower house of congress
- The Branch that carries out and enforces laws
- First 10 amendments to the constitution
- he process of electing the president and the vice president of the united states
25 Clues: the right to vote • To refuse or approve • upper branch of Congress • The lower house of congress • Makes laws, and controls tax • punishing actions retroactively • needed by each individual person • The highest federal court in the US • Two separate branches of government • a political official with the senate. • An article added to the US Constitution • ...
matter 2024-05-07
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- seperation of a solution of a solid and liquid.
- seperation of a solution of two different liquids.
- a change that can change state
- this is one the states of matter. We use it to breath
- seperation of a mixture of solids with different sizes
- helps measure volume
- seperation of mixtures of solids and liquids.
- a type of mixture where you cannot see the different in matter.
- helps measure volume
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- a type of mixutre where you can see the difference in matter
- this is the type of change that changes shapes,temperatures, or states.
- when metal reacts with oxygen its called ____
- a change that cannot change state
- forms of matter with two or more types of particles
- this is one of the states of matter. We can tangibly touch it.
- this is the type of change that REACT. Such as burning or rusting.
- when wood burns its called ______
- forms of matter with one type of particle
- this is one of the states of matter.An exaple would be water, juice, or milk.
19 Clues: helps measure volume • helps measure volume • a change that can change state • a change that cannot change state • when wood burns its called ______ • forms of matter with one type of particle • when metal reacts with oxygen its called ____ • seperation of mixtures of solids and liquids. • seperation of a solution of a solid and liquid. • ...
European countries capitals 2022-02-08
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- it's capital is pristina
- it's capital is bucharest
- it's capital is tirana
- it's capitla is oslo
- it's capital is brussels
- it's capital is athens
- it's capital is budapest
- it's capitla is tallinn
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- it's capital is bratislava
- it's apital is valleta
- it's capital is paris
- it's capital is keiv
- it's capital is amsterdam
- it's capital is sofia
- it's capital is helsinki
15 Clues: it's capital is keiv • it's capitla is oslo • it's capital is paris • it's capital is sofia • it's apital is valleta • it's capital is tirana • it's capital is athens • it's capitla is tallinn • it's capital is pristina • it's capital is brussels • it's capital is helsinki • it's capital is budapest • it's capital is bucharest • it's capital is amsterdam • it's capital is bratislava
European countries capitals 2022-02-08
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- it's capital is pristina
- it's capital is bucharest
- it's capital is tirana
- it's capitla is oslo
- it's capital is brussels
- it's capital is athens
- it's capital is budapest
- it's capitla is tallinn
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- it's capital is bratislava
- it's apital is valleta
- it's capital is paris
- it's capital is keiv
- it's capital is amsterdam
- it's capital is sofia
- it's capital is helsinki
15 Clues: it's capital is keiv • it's capitla is oslo • it's capital is paris • it's capital is sofia • it's apital is valleta • it's capital is tirana • it's capital is athens • it's capitla is tallinn • it's capital is pristina • it's capital is brussels • it's capital is helsinki • it's capital is budapest • it's capital is bucharest • it's capital is amsterdam • it's capital is bratislava
European Countries Capitals 2022-02-08
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- The capital of Switzerland.
- The capital of Budapest.
- The capital of Poland.
- The capital of Belgium.
- The capital of Helsinki.
- The capital of Greece.
- The capital of Slovakia.
- The capital of UK.
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- The capital of Albania.
- The capital of Denmark.
- The capital of Kossovo.
- The capital of Italy.
- The capital of France.
- The capital of Estonia.
- The capital of Vilnius.
15 Clues: The capital of UK. • The capital of Italy. • The capital of Poland. • The capital of France. • The capital of Greece. • The capital of Albania. • The capital of Denmark. • The capital of Kossovo. • The capital of Belgium. • The capital of Estonia. • The capital of Vilnius. • The capital of Budapest. • The capital of Helsinki. • The capital of Slovakia. • The capital of Switzerland.
Travel Destinations 2025-01-18
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- Home to the Acropolis and Parthenon, this Greek city is one of the world's oldest capitals.
- Known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic," this Croatian city is a stunning coastal destination.
- Famous for its canals and gondolas, this Italian city is sinking slowly.
- This Nordic capital is known for its colorful Nyhavn harbor and Little Mermaid statue.
- Known as the "Lion City," this destination is famous for its Marina Bay Sands hote
- A tropical paradise in Southeast Asia, this Indonesian island is a popular tourist spot.
- This Canadian city is famous for its French culture and Notre-Dame Basilica.
- The "Floating Market" is a popular tourist attraction in this Thai city.
- This Moroccan city is famous for its blue-painted streets and walls.
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- The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooks this Brazilian city.
- A popular honeymoon destination, this Polynesian island is known for its overwater bungalows.
- Known for its cherry blossoms, this Japanese city blends modernity with tradition.
- This icy destination is home to glaciers, geysers, and the Blue Lagoon spa.
- Known as the "City of Light," this European destination features the Eiffel Tower.
- This South African city is famous for Table Mountain and Robben Island.
- This ancient Peruvian city sits high in the Andes and was part of the Inca Empire.
- This Egyptian city is home to the Great Pyramid of Giza.
- This vibrant Indian city is home to the Taj Mahal.
- This Australian landmark is also known as Uluru.
- This U.S. city is nicknamed "The Big Apple."
20 Clues: This U.S. city is nicknamed "The Big Apple." • This Australian landmark is also known as Uluru. • This vibrant Indian city is home to the Taj Mahal. • This Egyptian city is home to the Great Pyramid of Giza. • The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooks this Brazilian city. • This Moroccan city is famous for its blue-painted streets and walls. • ...
Chapter 2: Studying Geography 2026-07-24
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- a drawing on the map that shows direction
- used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into North and South and East and West
- the directions north, south, east, and west
- a map that shows natural features such as lakes, rivers, mountains, and deserts
- a list of map symbols that tells what each symbol stands for
- the set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by the members of a group
- a map that shows information about the past
- the movement of people from one place to another
- lines that circle the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. The lines measure the distance east to west of the Prime Meridian in degrees
- a small area that shows where the subject area of a main map is located
- a map that shows changes in elevation
- a unit of measure on a map that is used to represent the distance on Earth
- a map that uses color to show the height of land above sea level
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- the directions northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest
- uses colors to show population density
- a map that shows a particular feature over an area. They show patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population
- to stretch
- a map that shows divisions such as national or state borders, cities, and capitals
- ways of showing the Earth on a flat sheet of paper
- lines that circle the Earth parallel to the equator. The lines measure distance north to south of the Equator in degrees
- anything that stands for something else
21 Clues: to stretch • a map that shows changes in elevation • uses colors to show population density • anything that stands for something else • a drawing on the map that shows direction • the directions north, south, east, and west • a map that shows information about the past • the movement of people from one place to another • ways of showing the Earth on a flat sheet of paper • ...
Midterm Review Puzzle 2020-09-29
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- this was a war between the united states and Mexico. The united states won and got 525,000 square miles of land including texas California and Arizona
- these were made so that one branch of the government did not get too much power
- this amendment gave citizenship to all people who were born in the USA
- biased and misleading information trying to change your point of view
- this was an exchange of plants, animals, culture, technology, diseases, and ideas
- this was a theory that trade made wealth
- this was the period of time after the civil war when the USA needed to rebuild its economy and make their country strong again.
- this was an armed uprising against the Massachusetts government because they were taxing them too much.
- these people rejected the British rule over the colonies
- crops grown to be sold instead of being eaten or used by the farmer. (ex. cotton)
- of independence - this document told Great Britain that the US no longer wanted to be their colonies.it was signed by the founding fathers and written by Thomas Jefferson
- this was the first permanent settlement made by Great Britain in North America
- a larger amount of land used for farming and mostly farmed by slaves
- puzzle
- these were people who stayed loyal to the British during the revolutionary war
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- this contained the ten amendments to the constitution
- this railroad connected the east and west coast together and was 1,912 miles long
- this amendment got abolished slavery for the entire USA
- this was a war between the United States and Great Britain. The United States lost this war
- this amendment gave all =citizens in the USA the right to vote
- this was what the confederate states did when they no longer wanted to be a part of the US
- this was land set apart by the US government for the native Americans to live on
- this was the original constitution of the colonies
- this was a white supremacy group that was founded in the deep south. They wanted to make all African American slaves again
- when one army surrounds a town or a fort and cuts them off from the rest of the world.
- when the USA bought 828,000 square miles of land from France
- Abraham Lincoln wanted the ( ) of slavery
- this document said that the English monarchies were not welcome in the united states.
- laws passed by the British that restricted colonial trade
- these people wanted to break away from British rule
- this was the belief that the people of the USA had a god-given right to colonize all the way to the west coast
31 Clues: puzzle • this was a theory that trade made wealth • this was the original constitution of the colonies • these people wanted to break away from British rule • this contained the ten amendments to the constitution • Abraham Lincoln wanted the ( ) of slavery • this amendment got abolished slavery for the entire USA • ...
AP world history 2022-11-01
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- loyalty was seen as a needed trait to be a good person in the post-classical time period
- the first il-khan of persia
- was reunited
- an advanced (for its time) warfare in which a blockade of a place was formed and an assult on the place soon after the blockade
- huge plague that killed half of europe and many more millions of people
- the dynasty following the collapse of Mongol ruled China
- a period where
- third emperor of the Ming dynasty who sponsored a huge encylopedia
- Mongol ruled china was a huge and necessary component in the Eurasian trade network
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- a diplomacy throughout the mongol empire that ended up getting brought to europe and giving europe huge advancements
- a period of unrest and war in china during the han dynasty
- Europe took over the sea do to the mongols no longer being around
- a highly uneven and unfair impact for russia
- a man who has been castrated
- the incorparation of russia into the Mongolian empire
- instead of continuing destroying ghazan tried to build peace with and learn from the persians
- the aggressive rulers of moscow and the connection the russians biggest city had made with the mongols helped play a role in the end of Mongol rule
- pastoralism in which herds our lead towards fresh pastures to graze on
- one of the capitals of the mongol empire
- a rapid communication system
- literally searched strayer as well as the internet for a good 30 minutes and couldn't find anything about this.
- mongol led chinese dynasty
22 Clues: was reunited • a period where • mongol led chinese dynasty • the first il-khan of persia • a man who has been castrated • a rapid communication system • one of the capitals of the mongol empire • a highly uneven and unfair impact for russia • the incorparation of russia into the Mongolian empire • the dynasty following the collapse of Mongol ruled China • ...
Carson Kaiser period 4 2014-05-27
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- a farmer or a plow that breaks sod
- The alternative to selling wholesale to distributors or retailers is to sell retail either through company owned stores or online.
- a corollary to the log cabin during frontier settlement of Canada and the United States
- working or acting together for a common purpose, in this case, building america
- an act that gave an applicant ownership of land
- someone who herded cattle across great distances
- black soldiers in the west
- a boom town that sprouted up because of railroads
- the US government backs up all currency with gold
- a farm with farmhouses
- unexplored land
- a Native American chief. He defeated General George Custer at the Battle at Little Bighorn.
- a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and service
- people who claimed land before they were supposed to
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- a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas
- was a short-lived political party in the United States established in 1891
- horsemen and cattle herders of Spanish Mexico
- authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians
- n American soldier, bison hunter and showman
- People who claimed land in the west
- the drive in cattle cars from the east coast to the west
- a town that grew due to population and economic growth
- Drives/ a religious dance of Native North Americans
- criminals that were being hunted
24 Clues: unexplored land • a farm with farmhouses • black soldiers in the west • criminals that were being hunted • a farmer or a plow that breaks sod • People who claimed land in the west • n American soldier, bison hunter and showman • horsemen and cattle herders of Spanish Mexico • an act that gave an applicant ownership of land • someone who herded cattle across great distances • ...
Review Crossword Project 2020-09-30
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- Belief that it is a god given right to expand from ocean to ocean
- Famous actor who murdered Abraham Lincoln
- French and American forces trapped the British in a siege in Yorktown and won the war
- Abolitionist, Social Reformer, and Writer
- U.S. bought 828,000 square miles for 15 million dollars
- Act that breaks up tribal lands authorized by the federal government
- People elect representatives
- A direct tax on the printed materials
- Tax on sugar, molasses, coffee, and indigo
- King of Britain during American Revolutionary War
- Primary Draftsmen of the Declaration of Independence
- Large farm
- Hessian army was crushed in Washington's raid across the Delaware river
- Railroad that connects the West and East of the United States
- Founding documents of United States
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- A person that favors the abolishment of slavery
- Rights meant to protect the people from the government
- Belief in profitable trading
- Grants all people the right to vote
- Withdrawal of a group from a larger entity
- Made to help millions of black slaves and poor white people in the south after the civil war
- Laws to restrict colonial trade
- Impassioned Champion of a strong federal government
- Constitution to build transcontinental railroad
- Laws in the south designed to restrict black people from their freedom
- It made all slaves in rebel states free
- First President of the United States
- People decide on policy initiatives directly
- Abolished Slavery
- Grants citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
30 Clues: Large farm • Abolished Slavery • Belief in profitable trading • People elect representatives • Laws to restrict colonial trade • Grants all people the right to vote • Founding documents of United States • First President of the United States • A direct tax on the printed materials • It made all slaves in rebel states free • Famous actor who murdered Abraham Lincoln • ...
AP U.S. Government and Politics: Foundations of Government 2024-07-30
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- when the state and federal governments work separately.
- the national government regulates interstate trade.
- protects citizens from illegal incarceration.
- when the national government allocates money to state and local government with very few oversights.
- created the bicameral system of the American legislature.
- the transfer of powers from the national to the states.
- powers used by both the state and federal governments.
- principle that greater number should exercise greater power.
- states are required to recognized each other's records and public acts.
- delegated powers to the federal government.
- theory of government that emphasizes the participation of citizens.
- unwritten powers used by the federal government.
- type of grant that gives states open freedom to apply as they see fit.
- belief that all people are born with these.
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- theory that too many groups competing lead to gridlock.
- theory that all groups have equal say and participation in government.
- disgruntled farmers who raise up arms against the local government.
- type of grant that has strict guidelines that must be followed.
- type of American democracy elects leaders.
- event where America's second form of government was created.
- separate groups of people who share common beliefs.
- system of government when state and national government share power.
- when the levels of government align closely together.
- laws created that are "implied" are support by this clause.
- theory of belief that the wealthy controls government.
- an official order to do something.
- principle that reviews the constitutionality of laws.
- powers for the states as supported by the Tenth Amendment.
28 Clues: an official order to do something. • type of American democracy elects leaders. • delegated powers to the federal government. • belief that all people are born with these. • protects citizens from illegal incarceration. • unwritten powers used by the federal government. • the national government regulates interstate trade. • ...
APUSH unit 5 2025-01-30
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- our 16th president. He was president during the Civil War. The Civil War was from 1861 to 1865. He is famous for freeing the slaves.
- the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
- it supplied soldiers and horses for the Confederate Army.
- the growing tensions and conflicts between the Northern and Southern states in the United States during the mid-19th century
- that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be free.
- on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on ... in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor
- The Compromise of 1850 as Introduced by...
- the first land battle of the Civil War.a stream running through the battlefield.
- marked the turning point of the Civil War., the three-day engagement was the bloodiest single battle of the conflict.
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- one of the most controversial military figures of the Civil War. To his credit, however, the later Union victories in the eastern theater of the war owed much to his forging of the Army of the Potomac.
- violent disturbances in July 1863 that arose in response to the implementation of the draft during the Civil War.
- the movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world.
- was appointed Secretary of State by Abraham Lincoln and negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska.
- a series of measures proposed by U.S. Senator Henry Clay and passed by the U.S. Congress to settle several issues connected to slavery
- place where the war that ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation took place
- four-year war (1861–65) between the United States and 11 Southern states
- acted as the federal government's fiscal agent, collecting tax revenues, securing the government's funds, making loans to the government, transferring government deposits through the bank's branch network, and paying the government's bills.
- stemming from the United States' annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River
- rapid influx of fortune seekers in California that began after gold was found at Sutter's Mill
- the practice of forced labor and restricted liberty
20 Clues: The Compromise of 1850 as Introduced by... • the practice of forced labor and restricted liberty • it supplied soldiers and horses for the Confederate Army. • four-year war (1861–65) between the United States and 11 Southern states • the movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world. • ...
Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 2019-04-07
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- In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,00 inhabitants
- A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
- Government-owned housing rented to low-income individual, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income
- (CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
- Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area
- Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
- Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
- In the United States, any MSA or μSA
- (CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns
- A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs
- the change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
- Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
- 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
- A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States
- 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
- (city) An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality
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- A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
- In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
- (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
- (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
- A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area
- (PSA) In the United States, any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA, or any μSA not included in a CSA
- A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
- 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
- A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
- 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
- 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
- A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city
- 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
- The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
- Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
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 • ...
Connor Bean 2021-11-05
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- he ten percent plan, formally the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, was a United States presidential proclamation issued on December 8,
- Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at
- a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
- A literacy test assesses a person's literacy skills: their ability to read and write. Literacy tests have been administered by various governments to immigrants.
- The Radical Republicans were a faction of American politicians within the Republican Party of the United States from around 1854 until the end of
- sometimes called Black Laws, were laws governing the conduct of African Americans. In 1832, James Kent wrote that "in most of the United States, there is a distinction in respect to
- an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
- the era following the U.S. Civil War
- The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states
- was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
- he Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states.
- 18th president
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- a legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.
- a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.
- is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
- Republican policies proposed after the election of 1866, which granted greater opportunities to freedmen and sought to punish the South for its role in the Civil War
- was an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South.
- a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their
- a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
- a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
21 Clues: 18th president • the era following the U.S. Civil War • a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office. • a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources. • an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses. • was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. • ...
Station 2: Cross Word Puzzle 2023-03-23
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- An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas,
- When each elector casts one vote following the general election.
- California is admitted as a free state
- mall group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers
- The south profited off of these
- Decides whether a law is relevant to a particular set of facts, or to rule on how a law should be applied.
- Wants Kansas and Nebraska divided into two territories and slavery decided on by popular sovereignty
- The fifth and last major conflict fought on American soil,
- Former slave who became an abolitionist and women's rights advocate "Aint I a woman"
- total number of votes received in the first-phase election
- Provides for the return of slaves brought to free states.
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- Lincoln Served as a congressman, a lawyer, and as the 16th president.
- Head of the united states
- Free-lance journalist trying to help support her family
- Slavery was everywhere here
- The opportunity to vote and have a say in government
- former slave who became an abolitionist and leader in civil rights.
- The underground railroad
- No slavery permitted
- Served as the 15th president of the united states
- American political party formed in the 1830s to oppose President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats.
21 Clues: No slavery permitted • The underground railroad • Head of the united states • Slavery was everywhere here • The south profited off of these • California is admitted as a free state • Served as the 15th president of the united states • The opportunity to vote and have a say in government • Free-lance journalist trying to help support her family • ...
IGOs and NGOs 2023-10-02
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- Conserves our planet, habitats, & species like the Panda & Tiger.
- Independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe
- International public health
- International development organisation based in Bangladesh
- Economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia
- Continental union located on the continent of Africa
- Intergovernmental institution that regulates and facilitates international trade
- Holds 189 member countries
- Quakers, social activists
- A humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate.
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- US non-governmental, and nonprofit organization which was founded in 1976 by couple Millard and Linda Fuller
- Financial institution funded by 190 member countries
- Non-governmental organisation focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
- Non-governmental lobbying organisation for multinational companies based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
- Political and economic group consisting of 27 member states in Europe
- International organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.
- Intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states
- an organization that is established by a treaty, or is an instrument governed by international law and possessing its own legal personality
- Intergovernmental organisation founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
- an organization that generally is formed independent from government
20 Clues: Quakers, social activists • Holds 189 member countries • International public health • Economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia • Financial institution funded by 190 member countries • Continental union located on the continent of Africa • International development organisation based in Bangladesh • Intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states • ...
Review Techniques 2014-05-01
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- When you speak to someone important you use f_______ language.
- When you speak to a friend you use i__f______ language.
- All sentences must start with these!
- Something which is a 100% true.
- Your choice of words is your v_________ry.
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- Something which is someone's idea about a person or issue..
- Words which link sentences together
- Something which lets you take a breath in a sentence.
- Chunks of sentences which make a small section of your writing.
- When you say something funny or tell a joke you use h______.
10 Clues: Something which is a 100% true. • Words which link sentences together • All sentences must start with these! • Your choice of words is your v_________ry. • Something which lets you take a breath in a sentence. • When you speak to a friend you use i__f______ language. • Something which is someone's idea about a person or issue.. • ...
State Power 2023-11-28
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- States are responsible for sending children to __________.
- States can regulate __________, where two people agree to live together “till death do us part.”
- Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, and California are all _________.
- The government in DC is called the ____________ government.
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- State and local governments fund the ________ to catch criminals.
- Only the federal government can sign _________ with other countries.
- If your tires blow out, you need the state to fix the ______.
- To raise an ______, you need tanks, guns, people, and the federal government.
- Both the states and the federal government raise money through ________.
- States are not allowed to declare ________.
10 Clues: States are not allowed to declare ________. • States are responsible for sending children to __________. • The government in DC is called the ____________ government. • If your tires blow out, you need the state to fix the ______. • Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, and California are all _________. • State and local governments fund the ________ to catch criminals. • ...
World War One 2026-01-26
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- Pledge
- Warfare
- Service Act
- World War I began in Europe in 1914 after rising
- Western
- Pershing
- increased tensions between the United States and Germany.
- Expeditionary Force
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- British Empire, France, and Russia and the
- Telegram
- Eastern
- submarine warfare
- powers
- World War I began in Europe in 1914 after rising
- At the beginning of World War I, the United States declared ---
15 Clues: Pledge • powers • Warfare • Eastern • Western • Telegram • Pershing • Service Act • submarine warfare • Expeditionary Force • British Empire, France, and Russia and the • World War I began in Europe in 1914 after rising • World War I began in Europe in 1914 after rising • increased tensions between the United States and Germany. • ...
Discover Ed 9.3 9.4 Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-04
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- With 10 down
- President elected in 1860
- Massachusetts senator
- The first state to secede from the US
- The southern nickname for the tariff of 1828
- What most northerners consider3ed succession to be
- What 11 states did in 1860-1861
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- What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write
- The last state to secede from the US
- Kentucky senator
- A term for people who wanted there own country which allowed slavery
- A term to describe the northern and western states
- With 2 across, These 11 states became the…
- What fort was surrendered on April 14th
14 Clues: With 10 down • Kentucky senator • Massachusetts senator • President elected in 1860 • What 11 states did in 1860-1861 • The last state to secede from the US • The first state to secede from the US • What fort was surrendered on April 14th • What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write • With 2 across, These 11 states became the… • The southern nickname for the tariff of 1828 • ...
Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 2019-04-07
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- 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
- A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city
- (PSA) In the United States, any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA, or any μSA not included in a CSA
- 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
- A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
- Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,00 inhabitants
- 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
- A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
- A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs
- (city) An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality
- In the United States, any MSA or μSA
- Government-owned housing rented to low-income individual, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income
- 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
- A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States
- Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
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- Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
- A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
- (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
- The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
- (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
- The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
- 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
- Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
- A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area
- (CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
- In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
- Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area
- (CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns
- A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
- A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
- A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district
32 Clues: In the United States, any MSA or μSA • A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs • Legally adding land area to a city in the United States • A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States • In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants • The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery • ...
Civil War Crossword - C Level #10 2024-04-11
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- A flag officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy.
- "All persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."
- The 16th President of the United States.
- One of the last battles in the Civil War fought in Virginia.
- Major General in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and led Pickett’s charge under Lee’s command.
- Confederate General who was killed by his own men. Nicknamed ‘Stonewall’.
- The first major battle of the American Civil War, fought on July 21, 1861.
- Served as a U.S. Army colonel during both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. He was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff.
- Union general in the American Civil War who had a book/poem written about him.
- One of the foremost Confederate generals of the Civil War and served as Robert E. Lee's second-in-command for most of Lee's tenure.
- The only Native American to be fully promoted to General in the Civil War. He was a part of the Cherokee tribe.
- A city vital to Southern commerce and transportation, and was destroyed during a battle in 1864.
- An ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the Civil War and completed in early 1862, also the first ship commissioned by the Navy.
- An American college professor who volunteered to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general.
- Series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the Civil War directed against a town in Mississippi.
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- A battle near Charleston, South Carolina, ending in surrender by the Union Army.
- Civil War general for the Union, commonly remembered for his decisive defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
- Union military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States. Died due to throat cancer.
- A prison that was attacked during the Civil War. Almost 3,000 prisoners died due to bullets, disease, starvation, or lack of medicine.
- A Union General known for being indecisive. He served as the 24th governor of New Jersey.
- The first and only president of the Confederate states from 1861-1865.
- A military strategy Union General Winfield Scott proposed early in the Civil War. The plan called for a blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces.
- Three-day battle fought between Union and Confederate forces and marked the turning point of the Civil War.
- Union general in the American Civil War, known as ‘the Rock of Chickamauga’.
- Union General best known for giving ‘sideburns’ their name.
- The deadliest one-day battle in American military history.
- Served as a General in the Union Army. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas.
- A steam frigate constructed during the Civil War by Confederate forces to go up against Union forces’ monitor.
- Led 1,200 troopers in a famous ride around the Union Army of the Potomac. Nicknamed/known as ‘Jeb’.
- Was the most successful Confederate General in the Civil War. He also initiated the failed Pickett’s Charge.
- A major battle in the Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee.
31 Clues: The 16th President of the United States. • The deadliest one-day battle in American military history. • Union General best known for giving ‘sideburns’ their name. • One of the last battles in the Civil War fought in Virginia. • The first and only president of the Confederate states from 1861-1865. • ...
Cold War Crossword 2023-04-24
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- succeeded Stalin in his rule
- a system of using spies to obtain political or militaristic information
- ruled Great Britain from 1940-1945
- main communist power in the Cold War
- European states under control of Soviets in cold war
- the legal separation of races
- The Pakistani rebel group
- wall separating east and west Germany from 1961-1989
- fighting in different regions sponsored by Soviets or United States.
- the United States crisis of Soviets putting missiles in Cuba
- a system for making citizens undergo involuntary military service
- the main power against the Soviet powers
- ruled communist China from 1949-1976
- the act of rebelling against government acts
- Vietnamese communist fighters
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- a weapon made to deter possible war with Russia.
- a way of ruling a region with absolute power
- political system of those in NATO
- the theory that if one state fell to communism, then they all would
- A competition between nations for superiority over creations of weapons
- ruler of Soviet Union from 1924-1953
- A system to organize society by spreading money evenly
- China's current form of government
- civil war with split between North Soviet and South NATO support.
- a conference with Russia, United States, Britain, to negotiate post war peace after WWII
- Soviets response to NATO
- A US policy that requires them to support those threatened by communist powers.
- the metaphorical barrier separating eastern and western European powers during the cold war.
- the fear of those from a differing state of origin
- largest oil company in the world
30 Clues: Soviets response to NATO • The Pakistani rebel group • succeeded Stalin in his rule • the legal separation of races • Vietnamese communist fighters • largest oil company in the world • political system of those in NATO • ruled Great Britain from 1940-1945 • China's current form of government • ruler of Soviet Union from 1924-1953 • main communist power in the Cold War • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22
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- The main Confederate Military leader who is famously known for leading the Confederate States into seceding.
- Said to be the bloodiest battle of the war, and was considered the turning point of the Civil War
- The act of which enslaved African Americans were forced to work for little to no pay, also said to be the main reason of the start to the American Civil War
- A series of underground and above ground tunnels, that helped African American Slaves escape to the North.
- an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering of leaving
- The court case of Dred Scott when he brought his owner to the supreme court for making him work in slavery in a free state
- The first all black military regiment
- Considered the main Union Officer that went on to be the 18th president of the United States of America
- A small local army of civilians to be used in emergencies
- What General Sherman did when he surrounded Atlanta
- To formally withdraw from a membership in a political state
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- Sherman was a Union general that led the famous Sherman's March that destroyed anything they passed all the way to Atlanta
- The president of the Union States, was said to be the person who freed the slaves
- A document that ended slavery in Confederate States (Not Boarder States)
- a word meaning "before a war"
- A person who favors the abolition of slavery
- The South's name in the American Civil War
- Clothing for a soldier on either side of the war
- The main rifle used by both the North and the South in the American Civil War
- The North's name in the American Civil War
20 Clues: a word meaning "before a war" • The first all black military regiment • The South's name in the American Civil War • The North's name in the American Civil War • A person who favors the abolition of slavery • Clothing for a soldier on either side of the war • What General Sherman did when he surrounded Atlanta • A small local army of civilians to be used in emergencies • ...
Civil War Crossword Challenge 2025-01-07
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- common color of northern soldiers' uniforms
- the name of the slave who came to Minnesota and was not granted his freedom, even though he was in a free state
- to break away from or separate. Ex: Confederate states did this to the Union
- common color of southern soldiers' uniforms
- one who fights to end slavery; ex: Abe Lincoln
- The northern army; 23 states formed this
- the fort where Charley, and many other MN soldiers, trained in preparation for the Civil War
- the north had a ton of these, which allowed them to get to places faster, along with travel and transport goods faster
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- the fort which was bombed in 1861 that started the fighting of the Civil War
- Lincoln made this statement, which freed slaves in southern states during the Civil War
- one of the main reasons for the Civil War; divided the nation into two, even with some Union states that allowed this
- the name of the first battle of the Civil War that Charley gets involved in; hint: look at the title of Ch. 4
- Charley's last name in the book, "Soldier's Heart"
- nickname for the southern army during the Civil War
- the city where Charley was originally from in southern Minnesota
- change or modification to a document; ex: the Constitution was ___ after the Civil War with new laws
- the major cash crop of the south that brought tons of money for rich plantation owners
- 11 southern states formed this new nation
- nickname for the northern army during the Civil war
- the President during the Civil War; leader of the Union
20 Clues: The northern army; 23 states formed this • 11 southern states formed this new nation • common color of northern soldiers' uniforms • common color of southern soldiers' uniforms • one who fights to end slavery; ex: Abe Lincoln • Charley's last name in the book, "Soldier's Heart" • nickname for the southern army during the Civil War • ...
United States Armed Forces Crossword 2022-05-21
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- the United States government's highest and most prestigious military decoration that may be awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.
- the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations
- A person who has served in the armed forces
- A day to honor those who have died serving the U.S military
- Annual holiday that pays tribute to the men and women who serve across all branches of the U.S. military.
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- The maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces, formed by a merger of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and the U.S. Life-Saving Service on 28 January 1915
- A new branch, created in December 2019, that falls within the Department of the Air Force and organizes, trains, and equips space forces to protect U.S.
- The maritime service branch of the armed forces whose primary special operations members are commonly known as SEALs
- Latin for “always faithful”, this is the motto of the U.S Marine Corps used as a greeting, a motivation, and an expression that unites Marines.
- Formed on June 14, 1775, over a year before the United States was founded, this is the oldest and most senior branch of the U.S military
- The number of branches that make up the United States Armed forces
- The air service branch of the United States Armed Forces which was originally created in 1907 as a part of the United States Army.
12 Clues: A person who has served in the armed forces • A day to honor those who have died serving the U.S military • The number of branches that make up the United States Armed forces • Annual holiday that pays tribute to the men and women who serve across all branches of the U.S. military. • ...
N.A Vocabulary 2024-09-05
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- one of the largest, most densely populated, high altitude city in North America and the capital of Mexico.
- The second most populaous city in the US with an est.4 million poeple and the home of the nations film and TV industry.
- a major mountain range system spanning apx. 700 miles from Northwesy-southeast through nothwestern and western Mexico along the gulf of California.
- Although a developing country, its economic and political growth has made it a leader amongst other Latin American countries.
- the longest river in America spanning an est.2500 miles through western United States
- A major North American river and one of the longest in USA spanning and est.2,300 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
- Mountain highlands that run along America’s East Coast from Alabama to Canada extending an est.2000 miles.
- formally known as the District of Columbia, this is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
- nesting on Lake Michigan in Illonois, this city is famous for its skyline architecture, and art.
- The largest country in North America and yet the most sparsely populated.
- One of the 5 major oceans of the world, this ocean covers 1/5th of the earth’s surface.
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- a federal republic country in North America consisting of 50 states and 5 major territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam
- a large gulf off the southeastern coast of North America.
- The 4th longest river in North America that forms a slight border between America and Mexico
- a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas
- A major mountain system of the United States and Canada, extending 3,000 miles from South of Alaska to New Mexico.
- A subtropical desert in South Arizona, Southern California and Mexico
- A group of five freshwater lakes of Central North America between the US and Canada; the lakes are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior
- An arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America.
- A huge rocky region that curves around the Hudson Bay and covers half the land area of Canada.
- A peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea.
- largest and deepest of the oceans, larger than all of Earth’s continental landmass put together.
- Where we live, a city in the Upstate of South Carolina that boasts a growing city centre yet quiant small town lifestyles.
23 Clues: a large gulf off the southeastern coast of North America. • An arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America. • A subtropical desert in South Arizona, Southern California and Mexico • The largest country in North America and yet the most sparsely populated. • the longest river in America spanning an est.2500 miles through western United States • ...
States of Matter & Gases 2023-03-03
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- solid to liquid
- a graphical representation of the physical states of a substance under different conditions of temperature and pressure
- one of the four fundamental states of matter consisting of particles that have a definite volume and shape
- pressure-temperature relationship
- millimeters of mercury
- right before a substance changes state, it is said to be in ____
- a theory that states that all matter is composed of particles in motion and that the rate of motion varies directly with the temperature
- if the volume of a system increases, what happens to the temperature
- how much space something takes up
- volume-temperature relationship
- kPa
- gas to liquid
- solid to gas
- The conversion of matter from one state to another
- one of the four fundamental states of matter consisting of particles that have a defined volume, but no definite shape
- amount of a substance
- gas to solid
- type of relationship describing Boyle's Law
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- pressure-volume-temperature relationship
- if the pressure of a system increases, what happens to the volume
- the temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid, and vapor phases of a pure substance can coexist in equilibrium.
- one of the four fundamental states of matter consisting of particles that have neither a defined volume nor shape
- describes a gas that follows all of the gas laws under every possible condition
- amount of force exerted per area
- the proportionality constant in the ideal gas equation
- type of relationship describing Charles' Law
- liquid to gas
- the average kinetic energy of all the atoms or molecules of that substance
- liquid to solid
- to come together with solid or direct impact
- atm
- pressure-volume relationship
- the point on a phase diagram where a liquid can no longer exist
33 Clues: atm • kPa • solid to gas • gas to solid • liquid to gas • gas to liquid • solid to liquid • liquid to solid • amount of a substance • millimeters of mercury • pressure-volume relationship • volume-temperature relationship • amount of force exerted per area • pressure-temperature relationship • how much space something takes up • pressure-volume-temperature relationship • ...
National Symbols/Holidays and Pennsylvania's Symbols 2023-03-31
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- Finish Pennsylvania’s state motto: Virtue, _____, Independence
- The state insect of Pennsylvania is a ______.
- What shape are the flowers that grow on Pennsylvania’s state flower, the mountain laurel?
- The state amphibian of Pennsylvania is what kind of amphibian?
- What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
- Day What national holiday is in honor of the man who discovered America?
- Red White and Blue are the national colors of what country?
- How many stripes are on the flag of the United States?
- Day This national holiday is celebrated on the first Monday of September.
- Which national holiday is on December 25th?
- Which national holiday is celebrated on the last Monday of May?
- On Pennsylvania’s flag, the olive branch depicted on the flag is a symbol of _____.
- The state fish of Pennsylvania is a _____ ______.
- This type of bird is the national bird of the United States.
- Pennsylvania is the birthplace of this popular toy.
- 4th What day of the year is Independence Day?
- What does the Statue of Liberty represent?
- What is the national animal of the United States?
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- This type of animal is the state animal of Pennsylvania, and it is a popular game animal in PA.
- This dog breed is the official state dog of Pennsylvania.
- This national holiday celebrates the beginning of the year.
- This national holiday is celebrated on November 11th and honors people who have served in the military.
- The Ruffed Grouse is the state ____ of Pennsylvania.
- This flower is the national flower of the United States.
- This fossil is the state fossil of Pennsylvania.
- How many horses are on Pennsylvania’s flag?
- The Eastern Hemlock is the _____ ____ of Pennsylvania.
- How many stars are on the flag of the United States?
- What animal do you think of when you think of Thanksgiving?
- What holiday is celebrated on October 31st and is an opportunity for everyone to dress up and get candy?
30 Clues: What is the capital of Pennsylvania? • What does the Statue of Liberty represent? • How many horses are on Pennsylvania’s flag? • Which national holiday is on December 25th? • The state insect of Pennsylvania is a ______. • 4th What day of the year is Independence Day? • This fossil is the state fossil of Pennsylvania. • ...
Westward Expansion Crossword Puzzle 2026-05-12
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- A long, organized journey made for a specific purpose, such as the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- A device that sent messages over long distances using electricity, which made communication faster.
- A major 2,000-mile wagon route that allowed thousands of settlers to travel to the West.
- People who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold.
- The 1803 purchase of vast land from France for $15 million, which doubled the size of the US.
- A large group of covered wagons traveling together for safety.
- A farmer on the Great Plains who had to break through thick sod to farm.
- The movement of settlers and the United States government into the American West, particularly between 1787 and 1860.
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- A train system that connected the eastern and western coasts of the United States.
- The formal giving up of land, often through a treaty (e.g., Mexican Cession).
- A law that allowed citizens to claim 160 acres of surveyed government land out West for a small fee.
- The extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness.
- The 19th-century belief that the United States was destined by God to expand across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
- Land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans.
- Land that is under the jurisdiction of the United States but is not yet a state.
- A person who is among the first to settle in a new area.
- To add or take over new land, such as the annexation of Texas.
- Wire Sharp wire fencing that changed the West by allowing farmers to fence in land on the treeless plains.
- A hired hand who managed cattle, particularly on long drives.
- A community that experiences sudden and rapid growth in business or population, usually near a mining site.
20 Clues: A person who is among the first to settle in a new area. • People who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold. • A hired hand who managed cattle, particularly on long drives. • To add or take over new land, such as the annexation of Texas. • A large group of covered wagons traveling together for safety. • ...
Unit 4 Vocab 2023-03-21
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- a United States foreign policy established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 which that the U.S. would intervene in Latin American countries where European powers sought to collect debts or whose governments were thought to be unstable.
- authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
- one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s.
- an ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests.
- journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.
- a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
- a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
- a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. One of the most important treaties of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace of Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to the war.
- the understanding between Britain, France, and Russia that developed between 1894 and 1907 and counterbalanced the Triple Alliance of 1882.
- an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. The term has also been extended to objecting to working for the military–industrial complex due to a crisis of conscience.
- archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I
- an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government. A Chinese secret society known as the Boxers embarked on a violent campaign to drive all foreigners from China.
- a major statement of United States foreign policy issued in 1899 and 1900 intended to protect the rights of all countries to trade equally with China and confirming multi-national acknowledgment of China's administrative and territorial sovereignty
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- the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas, often through employing hard power, but also soft power.
- the U.S. foreign policy created by President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox in 1912 whichsought to bolster the struggling economies of Latin American and East Asian countries while also expanding U.S. commercial interests in those regions.
- the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt.
- a treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention.
- signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and overall state of conflict between the two countries.
- forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. This meant a loss of territories, reduction in military forces, and reparation payments to Allied powers.
- British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I.
- a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. With Germany's aid, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
- an agreement for the cessation of active hostilities between two or more belligerents.
- The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech.
- based on the imperialist ideology of the use of military capabilities to influence political, economic, and social spheres.
- an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
- information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
- a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. U.S. newspapers, engaging in yellow journalism to boost circulation, claimed that the Spanish were responsible for the ship's destruction.
27 Clues: a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. • an agreement for the cessation of active hostilities between two or more belligerents. • the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. • ...
Red Standard Crossword #12 2023-04-01
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- A group of gods or a temple for gods, meaning "all of the gods" in Greek.
- Capital and largest city of Greece whose patron goddess is the city's namesake.
- An external building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people, one of these was built in Halicarnassus.
- Meaning "love of wisdom" in Greek, it is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions.
- Originating in western Greece, this column design is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of columns.
- Greek philosopher who challenged conventional wisdom, often credited as the founder of Western philosophy.
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- God of thunder and the sky, king of all gods, and ruler of Mount Olympus.
- Goddess of hunting and the Moon, twin sister of Apollo.
- What Ancient Greek statues are called.
- After the Titanomachy this titan was condemned to hold up the heavens, until he is killed, in some versions freed, by Heracles.
10 Clues: What Ancient Greek statues are called. • Goddess of hunting and the Moon, twin sister of Apollo. • God of thunder and the sky, king of all gods, and ruler of Mount Olympus. • A group of gods or a temple for gods, meaning "all of the gods" in Greek. • Capital and largest city of Greece whose patron goddess is the city's namesake. • ...
Civil War 2022-02-08
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- A city in Georgia which was a major strategic city for the Confederacy
- 18th U.S. President; Union General
- "the first modern general" Known for command of military strategy
- A fort most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War
- Battle of Pittsburg Landing; Fought in Western Tennessee
- A military strategy that proposed for a naval blockade of the Confederate states
- Nicknamed "Little mac" and "Young Napoleon"
- First major battle of Civil War
- Famous for participation in the Battle of gettysburg; _______'s charge is named after him
- Where Robert Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant
- Killed by his own Confederate brethren
- Friends with Ulysses S. Grant, his cavarly pursued Robert Lee
- A steam frigate
- A defensive mastermind
- He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral in the United States Navy.
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- Known for his peculiar style of dress
- Most famous battle; town in Pennslyvania
- Brigadier General at Little Round Top who received Medal of Honor
- A Cherokee chief who signed the treaty forcing the removal of Cherokees from Georgia
- An executive order issued by the President that states, all slaves in rebellious states shall be free
- Union General, "the Rock of Chickamauga"
- A general for the Union known for his defeat at Chancellorsville by Robert Lee
- Ironclad Warship for the Union Navy
- Emancipation Proclamation; 16th President
- Battle of Sharpsburg
- City in Western Mississpi, "the siege of __________
- First and only President of Confederate States
- Overall commander of the Confederates; Most well-known general
- A Union General who led an expeditionary force in North Carolina
- Only sitting U.S. senator to be killed during a military engagement
- "Camp Sumter"
31 Clues: "Camp Sumter" • A steam frigate • Battle of Sharpsburg • A defensive mastermind • First major battle of Civil War • 18th U.S. President; Union General • Ironclad Warship for the Union Navy • Known for his peculiar style of dress • Killed by his own Confederate brethren • Most famous battle; town in Pennslyvania • Union General, "the Rock of Chickamauga" • ...
Ronald Oldenburg Sec #3 X-Word 2024-03-21
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- In the case of _________ vs Ogden, the Supreme Court upheld the power of federal government to regulate trade between states.
- Henry Clay's program, known as the, "American System" called for high _________.
- When Monroe decided to act independently of Britian, he sent a message to Congress in 1823, this statement is known as the Monroe ________.
- The word ______ is to describe people born from Spanish parents.
- John _______ of The South, was a sectional leader, who supported slavery.
- Both Daniel Webster and Henry Clay opposed the war of _________, but John Calhoun supported the war.
- In the case of McCulloch vs ________, the court ruled that the states cant interfere with federal power.
- _________ __________ is trade between different states.
- Spain sold Florida to the United States for $___________.
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- Henry Clay was born in Virginia but when he was 20 years old he moved to _______.
- Unlike Webster and Clay, Calhoun supported _______.
- ____________ is loyalty to one's state or section rather than to the nation as a whole.
- John Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay were known as, "The Three _______ Leaders."
- John Calhoun's striking features earned him the nickname "__________."
- Daniel ______ wanted the federal government to take a bigger role in the economy.
- The _____-_____ Treaty took effect in 1821.
- The Black Seminoles made one settlement on the Apalachicola River called _____ _____, the fort got shot down by American Forces.
- _________ became the president of the independent Republic of Great Colombia.
- Around 1810, many people living in Spain's American colonies were eager for ___________.
- In the 1800s the United States was having compition from foreign countrys, ______ put up the most compition.
- Each Sectional leader represented a different section of the ________.
- Daniel Webster thought slavery was ____.
22 Clues: Daniel Webster thought slavery was ____. • The _____-_____ Treaty took effect in 1821. • Unlike Webster and Clay, Calhoun supported _______. • _________ __________ is trade between different states. • Spain sold Florida to the United States for $___________. • The word ______ is to describe people born from Spanish parents. • ...
Midterm Review Puzzle 2020-09-29
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- this was a war between the united states and Mexico. The united states won and got 525,000 square miles of land including texas California and Arizona
- these were made so that one branch of the government did not get too much power
- this amendment gave citizenship to all people who were born in the USA
- biased and misleading information trying to change your point of view
- this was an exchange of plants, animals, culture, technology, diseases, and ideas
- this was a theory that trade made wealth
- this was the period of time after the civil war when the USA needed to rebuild its economy and make their country strong again.
- this was an armed uprising against the Massachusetts government because they were taxing them too much.
- these people rejected the British rule over the colonies
- crops grown to be sold instead of being eaten or used by the farmer. (ex. cotton)
- of independence - this document told Great Britain that the US no longer wanted to be their colonies.it was signed by the founding fathers and written by Thomas Jefferson
- this was the first permanent settlement made by Great Britain in North America
- a larger amount of land used for farming and mostly farmed by slaves
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- these were people who stayed loyal to the British during the revolutionary war
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- this contained the ten amendments to the constitution
- this railroad connected the east and west coast together and was 1,912 miles long
- this amendment got abolished slavery for the entire USA
- this was a war between the United States and Great Britain. The United States lost this war
- this amendment gave all =citizens in the USA the right to vote
- this was what the confederate states did when they no longer wanted to be a part of the US
- this was land set apart by the US government for the native Americans to live on
- this was the original constitution of the colonies
- this was a white supremacy group that was founded in the deep south. They wanted to make all African American slaves again
- when one army surrounds a town or a fort and cuts them off from the rest of the world.
- when the USA bought 828,000 square miles of land from France
- Abraham Lincoln wanted the ( ) of slavery
- this document said that the English monarchies were not welcome in the united states.
- laws passed by the British that restricted colonial trade
- these people wanted to break away from British rule
- this was the belief that the people of the USA had a god-given right to colonize all the way to the west coast
31 Clues: puzzle • this was a theory that trade made wealth • this was the original constitution of the colonies • these people wanted to break away from British rule • this contained the ten amendments to the constitution • Abraham Lincoln wanted the ( ) of slavery • this amendment got abolished slavery for the entire USA • ...
Crossword Project 2020-12-17
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- Two or more unions come and fight for what each side believe in.
- economy trading crops, clothes, breads and etc.
- and american war- A war that had 2 nations fight because of the united states expanding.
- of yorktown- A battle when the british was forced to surrender.
- of rights- An important piece of paper working stating that the first 10 amendments assure civil rights to the citizens.
- proclamation- On a january 1st the presedent informed citizens that all slaves should be freed.
- acts- An act stating that only english were allowed to import goods into england.
- douglas- A male slaved that was sued for his freedom.
- Act- An act that allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
- of 1862- An act of a rail road going across the united states.
- A person who is all for ending slavery.
- Of Independece- An iportant paper work stating why the colonies should be away from britain.
- A cancelation on a large group (unions).
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- A group of people coming together to create new ideas, or to expand knowledge.
- Of Tears - A trail where about 16,000 native americans were walking through to their new forced location.
- railroad- A rail road that was importing goods, raw materials and srops into eastern markets.
- plan- A state plan that all states with the plan get an equal representation in congress.
- wilks booth- A person who assinated the president of the united states (at that time )
- and indain war - A war between colonies with allies when one of the allies werent able to gain land from treaty of paris.
- purchase - When a state was purchased for land as an exchange for 15 million dollars.
- of 1812-A war between the united states and britain after british had violated the U,S, Martime rights.
- Trail- A trail mostly known for farming and plantations.
- A land where crops such as coffee, tabacco and sugar grow.
- Tea Party- A harmless protest including dumping about 342 chest of a certain drink into the harbor sea.
- act- A law passed by that raised taxes on molasses and ..
- creek Massacre- An event where the Cheyenne and Arapho people weere forced to leave their homes and eventually leaded to all of them being killed.
- Admendment - An amendment that staes all citixens should all have the same equal rights.
- washington- The first president of the united states.
- Scott case - A case where a male slaved was sued for his freedom and his case was known for him unsucessfully getting his freedom.
- act- Any paper good has to have government recognition.
30 Clues: A person who is all for ending slavery. • A cancelation on a large group (unions). • economy trading crops, clothes, breads and etc. • douglas- A male slaved that was sued for his freedom. • washington- The first president of the united states. • act- Any paper good has to have government recognition. • Trail- A trail mostly known for farming and plantations. • ...
AP U.S Gov. 2013-10-09
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- Grants of money from the federal government to states for programs in certain general areas rather than pacific kinds of programs
- Laws passed enforced by city government
- A list of individual rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech , religion, and the press
- constitutional authority is shared by three separate branches of government(the legislative, the executive, and the judicial)
- An alliance among different interest group, faction, or parties to achieve some political goal
- Allows voters to place legislative measures directly on the ballot by getting enough signatures on a petition
- supportersof a stronger central government who advocated ratification of the Constitution
- A law providing for the distribution of a fixed amount or share of federal tax revenues to the states for spending on almost any government purpose
- Special-district government responsible for administering public schools
- system of government in which power is centralized in the national government; regional governments only exercise powers given by national government
- A theory that the states had the right to nullify a federal law, that, in the states' opinion, violated the Constitution
- though the national government was supreme in its sphere, the states were equally supreme in theirs, and that these two spheres of action should and could be kept separate
- human right based on nature or God
- Tells the state government what it must do, period
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- Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two new members for each state.
- The effort to devolve onto the states the national government's functions in areas such as welfare, health care, and job training
- power of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government to block some acts by the other two branches
- group with a distinct political interest
- A procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office
- local units of government have a specially protected existence and can make some final decisions over some governmental activities
- Largest territorial units between a state or a city or a town
- of political organization in which government power is divided between a central government and territorial subdivisions
- Supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries
- opponents of a strong central government against the ratification of the constitution
- The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
- Changes in or addition to the U.S Constitution
- Process in which a measure passed by a legislature is submitted to the voters for final approval or rejection
- Municipal corp. that has been chartered by a state to exercise certain defined powers and provide specific services
28 Clues: human right based on nature or God • Laws passed enforced by city government • group with a distinct political interest • Changes in or addition to the U.S Constitution • Tells the state government what it must do, period • The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional • Supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries • ...
Key Terms 1-4 2024-12-04
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- Concept that different branches of government share power and can limit the power of the other branches
- First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- Vietnam is often referred to as the "hot" part of this decades long conflict.
- Article of the Constitution establishing the legislative branch
- After our Constitution was established our nation entered the New _____ Era.
- Outlines the relationships between states and the federal government, including rules for admitting new states and ensuring each state has a republican form of government.
- A government institution that makes laws
- The first three words of the Preamble to the Constitution
- According to the Declaration of Indendence, "all men are ______".
- The principle of fair and free elections mainly concerns the rights of citizens when doing this.
- This era followed the Guilded age.
- Method of decision-making where the greater number of people have the most power
- Article of the Constitution describing the ratification process
- The years immediately following the Civil War is known by this name.
- Formal approval
- Concept that laws are made public and are equally enforced towards all people
- Treaty of ______ officially ending the Revolutionary War
- Document that establishes a government, ratified in 1788.
- Who did the American colonies declare independence from?
- A ruling authority of a community
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- Main author of the Declaration of Independence
- Article of the Constitution describing the Amendment process
- The "supremacy clause" states that the federal Constitution is the supreme _____________.
- The law-making body of the U.S. government.
- Short name of NBA team that was named for the year of our Declaration of Independence.
- Throughout the 1600s and much of the 1700s, New Jersey and others were not states, but instead were known as _______.
- The period just before the Civil War.
- A power or privelige held by people and protected by law, usually through a constitution
- When power is shared between a federal government and state or regional governments
- of Independence Document declared the independence of the United States from Great Britain
- 1914-1945 included two of these.
- This political movement took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s.
- Article of the Constitution containing the "supremacy clause"
- According to the Declaration of Independence, everyone has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of this.
- This war was fought between 1775 and 1783.
- Article of the Constitution establishing the judicial branch
- Article of the Constitution establishing the executive branch
- This war from 1860-1865 was fought largely to settle the slavery question in America.
- First national government of the United States, the Articles of ________.
- The first paragraph of the Constitution
40 Clues: Formal approval • 1914-1945 included two of these. • A ruling authority of a community • This era followed the Guilded age. • The period just before the Civil War. • The first paragraph of the Constitution • A government institution that makes laws • This war was fought between 1775 and 1783. • The law-making body of the U.S. government. • ...
The Amendments 2016-04-28
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- _________ shall assemble at least once a year.
- The president doesn't have any time left to pass a bill or law. (two words)
- The 25th Amendment allows the _________ to step aside temporarily in cases of illnesses or injuries.
- To do this is to make a legal cancelation.
- The 25th Amendments states what to do in case there are _________ in the office of president.
- You must have a warrant to _____ somebody's house.
- The 6th Amendment states that the accused shall have the right to a speedy and public _____.
- The 14th Amendment states _______ rights.
- The ________ added on to the Constitution.
- The 13th Amendment prohibits this.
- You have to go through the court system. (two words)
- In 1919 it was illegal to have any type of this.
- Congress meets on the third day of this month.
- The first ten Amendments (three words)
- The 3rd Amendment is about ______ of soldiers at peacetime.
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- The 26th Amendment gave 18 year olds the right to ____.
- The 8th Amendment states that there should be no excessive _____ or cruel punishment.
- In the 25th Amendment __________ were barred, and everyone was granted the right to vote no matter what. (two words)
- The Senate shall be composed of two of these from each state.
- Congress has the power to lay and collect these.
- The 27th Amendment gives Congress this. (two words)
- The states have the power to make laws about marriage, divorce, and __________.
- The 5th Amendment says that no person should be held to answer for an infamous crime unless on a presentment of a ___________. (two words)
- The 19th Amendment gave __________ the right to vote.
- The 2nd Amendment gives you the right to keep and bear ____.
- The 4th Amendment is about ______ from search of houses, papers, and effects unless the person searching has a warrant.
- The 20th Amendment eliminated 4 months delay between election and __________ of president.
- The 18th Amendment was the _________ of alcoholic beverages.
- The ________ tradition was set by Washington, Madison, Jefferson, and Monroe, but it was not a law. (two words)
- The 5th Amendment is protection of the ________.
30 Clues: The 13th Amendment prohibits this. • The first ten Amendments (three words) • The 14th Amendment states _______ rights. • To do this is to make a legal cancelation. • The ________ added on to the Constitution. • _________ shall assemble at least once a year. • Congress meets on the third day of this month. • Congress has the power to lay and collect these. • ...