states and capitals Crossword Puzzles

Spanish American War - Comaris 2024-04-22

Spanish American War - Comaris crossword puzzle

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Who was one of the two warring newspaper owners who contributed to exaggerated accounts and was the owner of the New York Journal?
Who was one of the two warring newspaper owners who contributed to exaggerated accounts and was the owner of the New York World?
What was the name of the ship that exploded, and prompted the United States to declare war against Spain?
Who won the medal of honor during the Spanish American War and would eventually become a U.S. President?
What style of newspaper reporting emphasized sensationalism over facts?
What volunteer unit was led by Theodore Roosevelt during the war?
What battle is considered one of the most decisive of the Spanish-American War?
What treaty ended the war between the United States and Spain?
Who led the American fleet to victory in Manila Bay?

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What did the United States gain control of in the Caribbean after the war with Spain that is now a territory of the United States?
What term describes a country with an empire extending across various territories?
What was the rallying cry that urged Americans to join the war?
What did the United States gain control of in the Pacific Ocean after the war with Spain?
Who was the American president during the Spanish-American War?
Which island was attempting to break free from Spanish control in the 1890s?

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

The American Election 2020-10-26

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When citizens cast their ballots for president in the popular vote, they elect a slate of electors.electors then cast the votes that decide who becomes president of the U.S.A
A US state where the two major political parties have similar levels of support among voters.
a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government.
The framers of the Constitution created the United States Senate to protect the rights of individual states
An aggregate of the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group.
____-__-______ makes and passes federal laws.
The Electoral College is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution, which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the United States.
a member or supporter of the democratic party
A formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.

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voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors by post.
Synonym: Plurality voting
a member or supporter of the republican party
the highest judicial court in a country or state.
The group of people who officially control a country.
a collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of people.
Through legislative debate and compromise, the U.S. Congress makes laws that influence our daily lives.

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

Civil War Vocabulary 2021-11-19

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battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
of the national government
battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely
a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
take priority over the
Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union

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federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
the belief that a state’s interests
a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
the action of southern states to leave the Union
most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”

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

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

Anatomy of the Constitution, Part 2 crossword puzzle

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According to Article IV, new states can be admitted to the Union with the authorization of _____ and the president.
According to Article V, an amendment may be proposed by a __-___ vote in both houses of Congress.
The final draft of the Constitution was signed by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention on _____ 17, 1787.
According to Article V, an amendment may be ratified by __-___ vote of the state legislatures.
System of government in which the powers of government are divided between the national government and the state governments
According to Article VI, if a state and a federal law disagree, the _____ law wins.
According to Article VII, _____ of the thirteen states had to ratify the Constitution before it took effect.
The Bill of Rights are the first _____ amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which set forth basic rights guaranteed to all Americans.

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Article V of the Constitution describes how the Constitution can be _____, or changed.
Article IV of the Constitution describes how ____ should interact with each other.
Type of democracy in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them
A written change or addition to the Constitution
Many people opposed ratifying the Constitution because it did not contain a list of the _____ of the people.
Article VI states that the laws and treaties of the U.S. government are "the _____ law of the land."
The _____ of Rights was added to the Constitution in 1791.
The legal process for returning criminals to the place from which they fled
The "full _____ and credit" clause of Article IV requires that each state respect the laws and court decisions of other states.

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

Rishita Gorle Articles X-Word 2024-02-10

Rishita Gorle Articles X-Word crossword puzzle

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Who fled to Canada and England after the Revolutionary War and felt as if they didn't fit in the place they once thought was their home.
England won all the land that was peopled by Indian tribes from west to the Mississippi River because of the Treaty of ________.
After the Revolutionary War, the states were in ______ which caused different legislatures to tax.
_____ of the thirteen states had to approve a bill in order for it to be passed on the Articles of Confederation.
They wrote the Articles of Confederation because the thirteen colonies had to be ________ in order for them to be able to fight off the British and receive loans from Spain and France; they had to be like the name of our country.
The framers of the Articles of Confederation created a ________ government intentionally because the states did not want to limit their power.
With the idea of trying to have people buy goods locally, what did the states do to the goods manufactured in other states?
Who still had forts on American soil even after the Articles of Confederation.
What lost its power with the Articles of Confederation and gave most of it to the states; it didn't have the right to tax or force people into the army.
Due to the reason that the federal government did not have enough money to form a force against Shays' Rebellion, which group of wealthy people decided to form their own militia and fight against them?
How many articles, also called sections, were in the Articles of Confederation, these described their confederation.
What did Shays Rebellion, who protested against the tax collection, seize when they went to Springfield to try to get the legislature to make changes to the law?
With states having the ability to print such an abundance of money, the value of money became _____ valuable.

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The Confederation Congress, the new central government created by the Articles of Confederation, replaced the ___________ Congress.
The Articles of Confederation passed during the Revolutionary War was our first ____________.
Alexandar __________ hated Congress, the world, and himself.
Although all of the delegates from the colonies had the same number of votes, they all had a different number of what?
Only the _________ government had the power to declare war, make treaties with other countries, and print money.
In Massachusetts, Shays' Rebellion was a group of what; they protested against tax collection.
In 1787, with the idea of trying to make changes to the Articles of Confederation, delegates all met up at the _____________ Convention in Philadelphia.
The Articles of Confederation had ____ branch.
With the actions done by the Shays' Rebellion, leaders such as George Washinton realized they needed which type of government to be stronger; this led to eventually them realizing they needed a new constitution.

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

Noun Puzzle 2025-11-17

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a noun that means a particular person, place, or thing
a noun is an object to what part of speech
a noun that tells what the sentence is about
a noun meaning one in number

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the type of noun that shows ownership
a noun that names ANY person, place, or thing
what all proper nouns begin with
a noun meaning more than one, usually ending in s or es

8 Clues: a noun meaning one in number • what all proper nouns begin with • the type of noun that shows ownership • a noun is an object to what part of speech • a noun that tells what the sentence is about • a noun that names ANY person, place, or thing • a noun that means a particular person, place, or thing • a noun meaning more than one, usually ending in s or es

THE ROARING TWENTIES 2019-11-20

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a tax of duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
the individual that published the famous literary work titled THE GREAT GATSBY (LAST NAME)
a jazz pianist and composer, led his ten-piece orchestra at the Cotton Club located in HARLEM (LAST NAME)
an immigrant from JAMAICA, who believed that African-Americans should build a separate society (LAST NAME)
the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the world
a poet, his literary works described the difficult lives of working class African-Americans in the United States (LAST NAME)
an economic system, in which private individuals and corporations control the means of production and use them to earn a profit
an economic and political system based on a one party government and state ownership of property
the banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages in the United States
favoring the interests of native born individuals over individuals that are born in another country
a type of system that set a limit on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit into the country
the individual that served has president of the UNITED MINE WORKERS who led a strike that resulted in significant wage compensation (LAST NAME)

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the individual that was behind the TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL, which set aside oil-rich public lands that were transferred to Interior Department of the United States government
a musician, he talent on the trumpet rocketed him to stardom in the jazz world (LAST NAME)
the amendment that banned the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages in the United States
an individual who opposes all forms of government
an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day
opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries in the world
the movement from one location of the country to another location in the country
a political and economic theory of social organization, which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community
an organization founded to promote full racial equality in the United States

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

Cvil war Station 8 2023-04-26

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A nickname for people from the North as well as soldiers
A nickname for the south
the northern states of the united states also called the union
A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
a short blade
When southern states chose to leave
a long gun
A team used to descried people who supported the union
The side of an army or military union
it a person that report

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An army of citizens used during emergencies
Soldiers that fight and travel by foot
A person who wanted to eliminate or abolish slavery\
Another name for the Confederate States
A cap worm by civil War soldiers

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

GoBuffs: Dazaef Cabral 2026-05-28

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a 1973 diplomatic agreement signed by the United States, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the Viet Cong to officially end direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam Wa
a top-secret U.S. Department of Defense study that documented the political and military involvement of the United States in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967
a potent chemical herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War
a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam and later the first president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his capture and assassination during the CIA-backed 1963 coup d'état
was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968
the federal law that authorizes the U.S. government to maintain a database of individuals eligible for a military draft
A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961
an American who opposed the war and advocated for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops and a peaceful resolution
a progressive, multi-issue student organization. Originally famous as the leading force of the 1960s "New Left" anti-war and civil rights movement, the group was refounded in 2006 to advocate for economic justice, LGBTQ+ equality, and opposition to U.S. military intervention
it combined protracted guerrilla tactics with political mobilization and conventional set-piece battles, ultimately designed to exhaust better-equipped foreign adversaries—like France and the United States—until they abandoned their imperial and interventionist goals
a disparity or disconnect between what an authority (such as a politician, institution, or corporation) publicly claims and the evident reality of a situation. It describes a loss of public trust that occurs when people are repeatedly told one thing but perceive or discover another
a massive and initially secret aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States between 1965 and 1973
Chicago hosted the most recent Democratic National Convention (DNC) from August 19 through August 22, 2024. The primary events took place at the United Center (the evening program) and McCormick Place (daytime party business and delegate meetings)
a strategy enacted by the Nixon administration in 1969 to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
a 1964 joint resolution passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to use conventional military force in Southeast Asia without a formal declaration of war
a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States and South Vietnam against North Vietnam from March 2, 1965, to November 2, 1968, during the Vietnam War
lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18 years old in all federal, state, and local elections

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a form of unconventional combat in which small, mobile groups of irregular fighters—such as rebels or armed civilians—use hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, and sabotage to harass and weaken a larger, traditional military force
the hardline political and military figures during the Cold War who championed aggressive
refers to an unspecified, large group of people in a country or population who do not publicly express their opinions, often contrasting with a more vocal, active, or radical minority
served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968
synonymous with the tragic May 4, 1970 shootings, a watershed moment that intensified national divisions over the Vietnam War and catalyzed the largest student strike in American history
The U.S. military used approximately 352,000 to 388,000 tons of napalm bombs in the Vietnam War between 1963 and 1973
was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War
The Republican ticket of former Vice President Richard Nixon and Maryland governor Spiro Agnew defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Senator Edmund Muskie and the American Independent Party ticket of former Alabama governor George Wallace and general Curtis LeMay.
the mass murder of over 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. Army soldiers on March 16, 1968. Occurring during the Vietnam War, the atrocities included rape, torture, and executions in the hamlet of My Lai 4
a United States Army general, most notably the commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968
a massive, coordinated surprise attack launched by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces against U.S. and South Vietnamese forces in late January 1968
the capture of South Vietnam's capital by the North Vietnamese Army on April 30, 1975
a Cold War-era political theory stating that if one country in a region falls to communism, its neighboring countries will inevitably follow, collapsing like a row of falling dominoes
someone who strongly supported the U.S. war effort
the largest country in Western Europe
a communist-led political organization and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought against the South Vietnamese government and the United States during the Vietnam War
a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945
served as President Lyndon B. Johnson's Secretary of Defense from March 1968 to January 1969

35 Clues: the largest country in Western Europe • someone who strongly supported the U.S. war effort • the capture of South Vietnam's capital by the North Vietnamese Army on April 30, 1975 • the hardline political and military figures during the Cold War who championed aggressive • ...

Tuesday crossword 2021-11-09

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those powers expressed,implied, or inherent, granted to the national government by the constitution
a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which does not require senate consent.
formal agreement entered into with the consent of congress, between or among states, or between a state and a foreign state
legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state.
group of persons chosen in each state and the district of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the president and vice president
provision of the US constitution that states that the constitution, federal law, and treaties of the U.S. are the "supreme Law of the Land".
those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution; also called the "enumerated powers"
those powers which can be exercised by the National government alone
change in or addition to a constitution or law

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those powers that both the National government and the states possess and exercise
formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment or treaty
first ten amendments to the constitution
those delegated powers of the national Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution; those "necessary and proper" to carry out the expressed powers
powers the constitution is presumed to have delegated to the national Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
congressional act admitting a new state to the Union
a congressional directing the people of a US territory to frame a proposed state constitution as a step towars admission to the Union
formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
those powers that the constitution does not grant to the national government and does not deny to the states

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

EOC 2015-10-20

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Raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor
10 amendments of US Constitution
English law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes
Opposed ratification of the unamended Constitution
Daniel Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution
Supports a republican form of government
Leader of the federalist
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and third President of the United States
cruel and oppressive government or rule
Compromise reached between delegates from southern states
Agreement
Highest legislature
Battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state
English Liberties, forced from King John by the English barons and sealed at Runnymede

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American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer
A choice to do something or not to do
System of government by the whole population
Small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey
Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch
Lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature
Political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers
Signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States
Supreme power
Uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic
Tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791
Organization of people which seeks to achieve goals common to its members through the acquisition and exercise of political power
Rights Life,Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
Name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies
1st Marquess Cornwallis KG, styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762
Surrender (October 19, 1781) of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution
Groups united in an alliance or league
Belief in the benefits of profitable trading

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

Foundations of American Democracy 2024-05-19

Foundations of American Democracy crossword puzzle

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To add or change
a lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts
Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature (Senate) and representation based on population in the other house (House of Representatives)
To approve
The Commerce Clause of the Constitution does not give Congress the power to prohibit mere possession of a gun near a school,

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Power of the court to determine the constitutionality of laws
Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states.
Powers given specifically to the states
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.
___ of opportunity
Federal money given to the states with few restrictions about how it should be spent
Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
the clause that states that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and that national laws are supreme over state laws

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

Cold War Vocabulary 2026-05-04

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A political and economic ideology that advocates for a classless society in which the means of production are owned and controlled communally, often through the state.
A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve milestones in space exploration.
A concrete barrier erected by East Germany in 1961 that physically divided East and West Berlin.
Policies in communist states to reassign ownership of land, wealth, and resources.
A military doctrine based on the idea that the use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.
A series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s.
An economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, free markets, competition, and the pursuit of profit.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance formed in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the perceived threat of the Soviet expansion.

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The process of former colonies gaining independence.
An international organization founded in 1945 after WWII to promote international peace and cooperation.
Term coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the ideological and physical boundary dividing Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe from Western Europe during the Cold War.
A competition between nations to develop and accumulate superior weapons, particularly nuclear weapons, during the Cold War.
The nonviolent refusal to obey laws or governmental demands as a form of protest.
A tense 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
An economic and political union of European countries that evolved from earlier post-World War II efforts at European integration.
A system of government in which the power to rule is held by the people, typically through elected representatives.
The use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, for political aims.
A collective defense treaty established in 1955 by the Soviet Unions and its satellite states in eastern Europe as a response to NATO.
Nations that were formally independent but were heavily influenced and controlled politically and economically by the USSR.

19 Clues: The process of former colonies gaining independence. • The nonviolent refusal to obey laws or governmental demands as a form of protest. • Policies in communist states to reassign ownership of land, wealth, and resources. • The use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, for political aims. • ...

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

U.S. History - 1st Semester Crossword crossword puzzle

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The American victory at the Battle of _________ that ultimately guaranteed American independence from Britain.
The American victory at the Battle of _________ convinced France to join the war on the side of the Americans.
This was the first governing document of the United States; the Articles of _______________.
The number of colonies that eventually became the first group of states in the United States of America.
The war between the American colonies and the British Empire that led to the creation of the United States has been called the American War for ________________.
The first shot fired between Colonists and British Soldiers that occurred in Lexington, Massachusetts, has often been called the “Shot heard ‘round the ______.”

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This was the location of the peace treaty signed between the United States and Britain to end the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
He was the general of the Continental Army in the American revolutionary war for independence and later became our first president. His first name is George.
The location of the events of the Massacre and Tea Party that happened in this Northeastern U.S. city; were events that preceded the War with Britain.
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation and is the document that still governs the United States today; the _____________ of the United States.
This was the location of the first major battle in the American Revolution; the Battle of ______ Hill.
The settlements of Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth were the first three ____________ settlements in North America.

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

Vocab Menu 2021-04-19

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leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-1800s. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company
made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad
a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer
American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat
a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection
the movement to end slavery
The expansion of internal American trade greatly increased with the adoption of canals, steamboats, and railroads
a system of mills, complete with small villages and farms, ponds, dams, and spillways

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parts that are, for practical purposes, identical
machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds
American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer
American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine
network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century
Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States.
a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831
American educational reformer and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education
American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill
American inventor and painter and contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs
American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States
the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman"
flexible material made by creating an interlocking network of yarns or threads
a labor and production model employed during the rise of the textile industry in the United States
American abolitionist and women's rights activist
American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement
region of the Southern United States where cotton was the predominant cash crop from the late 18th century into the 20th century

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

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

AP World History Period 5 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle

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Conference / It was a conference where they regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. Origin= Germany
Marx / A German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. Origin= Germany and United Kingdom
Suffrage / The right of women to vote in elections, beginning in the late 1800s. Origin= United States and England
Hidalgo / A Mexican Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence. Origin= Mexico
Rebellion / An anti-imperialist, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty. Origin= China
Diaz / A Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico. Origin= Mexico
Bolivar / A Venezuelan military and political leader who led the secession of what are currently the states of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama from the Spanish Empire. Origin= Venezuela
of Nations / The magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. It is a book that offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. Origin= England
Darwin / An English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. His proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science. Origin= United Kingdom
Rebellion / A massive rebellion or total civil war in China that was waged from 1850 to 1864 between the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom under Hong Xiuquan. Origin= China
War / A military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945. Origin= Japan and China
Darwinism / The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Origin= United Kingdom
Toussaint L’Ouverture / The best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. He was a leader of the growing resistance. His military and political acumen saved the gains of the first Black insurrection in November 1791. Origin= France
/ A member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789. They were extremely radical. Origin= France
/ A French lawyer and politician, as well as one of the best known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution. Origin= France
for Africa / The occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of the New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914. Origin= Africa, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and France
American Wars for Independence / The revolutions or a revolutionary wave, that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and resulted in the creation of a number of independent countries in Latin America. Origin= Latin America
the Bastille / This siege or storming was a symbol of the cruelty and mistreatment of the common people by the French monarchy under Louis XVI. Origin= France
/ The class of wage-earners in an economic society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour-power. Origin= French and English
/ Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. Origin= Germany and Italy
Matthew Perry / A Commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. Origin= United States
Revolution / A revolution that took place between 1791-1804, it is significant because it was the only country where slave freedom was taken by force, and marks the only successful slave revolt in modern times. Origin= Haiti
Restoration / An event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Origin= China
Canal / A sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Origin= Egypt

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/ A flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibers. Origin= Egypt and India (Latin)
Wars / A war fought from October 11, 1899, to May 31, 1902, between Great Britain and the two Boer (Afrikaner) republics. Origin= Great Britain and Africa
Process / A steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort. Origin= England
of Terror / A period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, also the period of the Terror during the French Revolution. Origin= France
Doctrine / A United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. Origin= United States
Engine / A heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. Origin= England
Independence / An armed conflict, and the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain in 1821 in the territory of New Spain. Origin= Mexico
Bonaparte / A French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. Origin= France
General / The legislative body in France until 1789, representing the three estates of the realm. Origin= France
American War / A war fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Origin= United States, Cuba, and Puerto Rico
Removal Act 1830 / A law that authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands. Origin= United States
/ The transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. Origin= United States and Europe
Exclusion Act / A United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. Origin= United States and China
Purchase / A land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. Origin= France and United States
16th / A King of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution. Origin= France
Cook / A British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Origin= Great Britain
/ A polysemous French term that can mean: a sociologically defined class, especially in contemporary times, referring to people with a certain cultural and financial capital belonging. Origin= France
East India Company / An English and later British joint-stock company primarily in India. Origin= Great Britain and India
Revolution / An uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic. Origin= France
/ An Afrikaans-speaking person in South Africa, especially one descended from the Dutch and Huguenot settlers of the 17th century. Origin= Dutch and South African
/ A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Origin= Germany, United Kingdom, and Russia
/ An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Origin= England
of Germany / A politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France. Origin= Germany
Wars / Two wars in the mid-19th century involving China and the British Empire over the British trade of opium and China's sovereignty. Origin= China and Great Britain
War of 1879 / Was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Origin= United Kingdom and Africa (Zulu Kingdom)

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

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

Ryan Nguyen - Assignment Review Crossword: PERIODS 6-8 crossword puzzle

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- The ____ conference was a meeting after WWII between the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union over the divide of the war torn Germany. They agreed to divide it in four pieces to rebuild it and then put it back together.
- The movement by the protestant church that aimed to improve the living conditions of cities. Fixing social problems such as racial tensions, alcoholism, unclean environments, etc.
- The disproven theory that some people are just more evolved on the social ladder than others. This theory was taken from Darwinism;s theory of evolution.
- Standing for double victories, this was an effort for African americans fighting in the war to gain full citizenship rights. With the double victory standing for one victory abroad against the german army and one at home against discrimation.
- United State’s numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism, to contain it.
- The withdrawal of United States troops out of Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam war and US involvement in the conflict.
- A term coined by Lyndon B. Johnson to institute social welfare programs sponsored by the federal government.
- Journalist who exposed corruption behind leaders and the injustice in institutions. They “raked in the muck and showed it to the people.”
- This alliance was formed due to the rising tensions of the cold war. Originally made up of the US and 11 other nations, this pact made it so if one nation member was attacked, the other nations would back them up.
- A series of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union about political, economic, military, and ideological matters. Not exactly a war but almost close to one. This was a battle between Capitalism/Democracy and Communism.
- The nationwide fear (or scare) of communism within the United States.
- A company with no competition and full or almost full control of a certain trade, service, or good.
- A major proxy war in Vietnam with the involvement of the United States to prevent communism, known to citizens in Vietnam as the “American War.” This war waged on for 11 years. It demoralized the american public and army as it was broadcasted around the nation through TV and eventually America pulled out, as it was a battle they could not win.
- After an attack on american ships by North vietnamese in the gulf that this resolution was named after, this resolution was passed giving the executive branch, the power to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.”
- Reagan’s _______ economics or theory states that tax breaks and benefits for the business owners and the wealthy would trickle down to the lower class. It was believed that the financial benefits to these industries would stimulate economic growth, benefitting the public in the long term.
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan in which he promotes the idea that we should move away from the gold standard or we shall end up on a “Cross Of Gold.”
- A policy where strong countries dominate other countries for economic, social, and political gain. America began such a step when they beat Spain out of Cuba and the Philippines.
- The southern region of the United States stretching from west to east. These areas experienced rapid population growth following the end of WWII following the baby boom.
- This was an era of nationwide social activism and political reforms across the country. Such reformers were made up of middle-class women and/or Chirstian Ministers.
- A campaign led by Joseph McCarty from 1950-1954 against alleged communists on american soil and in the american public. This campaign caused the livelihood of thousands which caused them to lose their jobs and/or become blacklisted. Many of these allegations came from unfounded bases.
- A culture of values that opposed traditional norms and standard lifestyles. They denied a lifestyle of conformity and lived on unconnect to their past, “hippies” who accepted drugs and sexualilty.

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- To decrease the tension between two nations or to ease hostilities between two nations.
- A short war between Spain and the United States over the struggle of Spain's rule in Cuba and the Philippines and of the mysterious explosion of the U.S.S Maine in Havana Harbor. Some say this was the United State’s introduction to imperialism.
- Created by Andrew Carnegie, it was the idea that the rich should give their wealth to public institutions such as but not limited to schools, libraries, and museums.
- The ________ project was a secret project on the development of nuclear weapons within the United States. This weapon, or nuke, was used on Japan following the near end of WWII. Many who worked on this project warned against its use knowing how powerful it is.
- They were political mobsters who wanted the votes from people for money. They made promises of jobs and intimate people for votes and getting contracts from work.
- This plan was when the United States transferred over 15 billion dollars to the wartorn european countries after World War II for the european’s recovery programs.
- A proxy war in the Korea peninsula between the United States’s South and the Communinst Chinese North. The war waged for around 3 years and led to a statement in the middle.
- This doctrine gave economic, military, and political aid to wartorn democratic countries under the threat of authoritarian forces. A sense of containment.
- The ______ age was an era of economic and industrial growth within the nation during the late 19th century with mass immigration. However life within the United States for the common citizen during that time was not favorable.
- This act outlawed unethical business practices such as monopolies and price fixing. It also protected and upheld the rights of many workers. Known as a successor to the Sherman Antitrust act.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan of combating the Great Depression. It was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations to combat the rise of unemployment and a failing economy during that time.
- The ______ policy was a policy between the United States, several european nations, China, and Japan that they should all have equal access to trade with China. This policy spanned 1899-1949 when the Chinese Civil War occured.
- An organized group of workers, used to protect their rights as a worker and push their interests in their workplace.
- After WWII, the ______ era was a time when people had many children due to a prospering economy.
- Truman’s plan to expand on Roosevelt’s new deal. Such as increasing minimum wage and expanding the rights for African Americans. Also with national health care and education aid. Most of these goals were never achieved.
- Journalism that exaggerates or distorts the news to attract attention and readers. The stories may be untrue or highly biased.
- A 13 day military standoff between the United States and Soviet Union over the missiles in Cuba and was the closest the two nations got to nuclear warfare.
- The _____ theory was the idea that if one country fell to communism, it’s neighboring countries would also fall to communism. This idea was most prominent within the Vietnam war.
- The _______ party was created in response to the growing power of corporate and company power. They were an agrarian movement during the gilded age and had a list of demands known as the Omaha Platform such for the direct election of senators and a federal income tax.

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

The Civil War is Here 2022-10-05

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saying he should be free because they were in the North.
the state that pro-slavery people came from to vote in Kansas
bleeding______
where johnbrown was going to get weapons
the first president of the Confederates States of America
the president of the U.S that was elected in 1860.
the law that let slave catchers get runaway slaves that went to the North.
the man who was trying to get the slaves to revolt by giving them weapons.
states got to decide for themsleves
led over 300 slaves to freedom.
the book that led abolitionists to protest more.
solved the problem of the new Western States if they were free or not.

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the network that helped slaves escape to freedom.
what state in the West became free.
what southern state was the first to leave the United States.
the slave that took his owner to
what economy did the North have
ran against Lincoln in the 1860 election
the southern states did when Lincoln became president
what party was the leading party and against slavery
the state other than new mexico that got to vote for themselves if they were free or not.
the machine that took the seeds out of cotton

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

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

The Civil Rights Movement: Jill Erickson crossword puzzle

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sometimes called the Bogside Massacre – was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a peaceful protest march against internment.
the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.
city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region
an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination.
one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years in order to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States
Someone who kills a person either for themselves or others
beginning of a mass movement for civil rights mainly northern and white founders
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
The act of notdiscriminated against people. Having combined things
militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs.
volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi.
was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.

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Woman who refused to move to the back of a bus for a white man
The right for everyone to have a say in who controls their country
Ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional
Organization that fought for the rights of African Americans
an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services.
the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
Medgar American civil rights activist from Mississippi who worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi and to enact social justice and voting rights. He was murdered by a segregationist
state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho, and south of the Canadian
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice.
Bombingham is a nickname for Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement due to the 50 dynamite explosions that occurred in the city between 1947 and 1965.
nine African American students who were chosen to attend the all-white central highschool
The speech Martin Luther King wrote and spoke
Black man murdered by two white men for flirting with a grocery clerk
Well known civil rights leader
a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".

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

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 2019-04-07

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns crossword puzzle

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(PSA) In the United States, any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA, or any μSA not included in a CSA
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
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 collection of nodes of activities
In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,00 inhabitants
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
(CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs
The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
(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
A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area
(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 model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
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
Government-owned housing rented to low-income individual, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income
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 group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics

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Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area
Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
(CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns
Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city
In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
In the United States, any MSA or μSA
(city) An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality
A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
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 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
The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic

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

Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 2019-04-07

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In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,00 inhabitants
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 large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
(PSA) In the United States, any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA, or any μSA not included in a CSA
In the United States, any MSA or μSA
Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
(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 residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city
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 model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
A process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property within the lines

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In the United States, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
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
Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
(CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns
(CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
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
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
(city) An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality
A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs
(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
Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area
Government-owned housing rented to low-income individual, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income
A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area
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

Federalism 2023-06-16

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Type of government where the central government gets its power from the states
Division of power between a central government and state governments
When America was born, each state already had one of these
Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution
Special name for powers that both the states and federal government share
The country that ruled the American colonies before the Revolutionary War

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Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws
Type of government where states and a central government share power
The necessary and proper clause is also known as the _____ clause
Powers that are actually stated in the Constitution
The federal government gets all of its power from this
Type of government where the central government has all the power
A word that describes the relationship of the states in America

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

US Terms and Treaties 2023-10-09

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Destiny / the expansion of the United States throughout the American continent was justified and inevitable.
American Cuban War / 110 day war between Spain, Cuba and the US that brought an end to the Spanish-American Empire.
Stick Policy / The idea is negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong.
Bulwer Treaty / an agreement between the US and Britain to construct a neutral canal that would not be used to colonize Central America.
Diplomacy / diplomacy used to promote American business, interest and dollars would be provided to promote foreign policy goals.
Corollary to Monroe Doctrine / document with necessities for the US to intervene in the countries under its sphere influence.
of Paris / ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
Act / designated Puerto Rico as an “unorganized territory” of the United States and gave it limited self-government.
Amendment / an agreement exacted from the Cuban people from the US government in 1902.

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Act / made Puerto Rico a territory of the US after the period of organized colonial domination.
Doctrine / happened in the year 1823.
Alford Treaty / treaty signed between the US and Panama ending US protectorate status over Panama.
Diplomacy / foreign policy that is supported by the use or threat of military force.
Herran Treaty / provided the United States with a 10-mile wide strip of land for the canal, a one-time $10 million payment to Panama, and an annual annuity of $250,000.
Neighbour Policy / when applied to the Caribbean and Latin America, it was taken to mean the end of armed intervention.
Amendment / an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress.
Pauncefort Treaty / an agreement between the US and Britain that gave the US sole right to construction and operations of a Central American Canal.
Bunau Varilla Treaty / treaty that gave the US total control over a 16km strip of land in Panama to construct the canal.
of cession / treaty that saw the Danish islands being sold to the US.

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

The Civil Grill 2021-12-01

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the use of transportation of supplies
the general for the south
the general for the north
the document signed by president abraham lincoln to abolish slavery in the rebel states
the president who signed the emancipation proclamation
the main cause for the civil war to start
a prison used for union soldiers

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the south's last weapon against the north(a fort)
a blockade made by the north to stop any people from getting supplies in the south
the nickname for the north states who were against slavery
the capital of georgia
the people who would go to Europe to get supplies whenever there weren't any union ships around
the states that allowed slavery
the nickname for the south states fighting for slavery
a battle pushed by the union; one of the bloodiest wars in US history
the bloodiest war in US history; the south and north fought over slavery being abolished or not
the plan used against the south to cut off all of their supplies
one of the main cities hit by sherman on the march to the sea
the states that didn't allow slavery
large weapons that the north had; used against the south

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

Just Right Government 2025-09-30

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The only branch of government under the Articles.
The Articles joined the 13 states into this.
Meeting where delegates debated and wrote the Constitution.
Congress could pass these, but could not enforce them.
Under the Articles, most power was held at this level.
The only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
Large state that wanted more votes in Congress.
Position that did not exist under the Articles.
Congress could not control this between the states or with other nations.
Last name of the farmer who led a rebellion showing the weakness of the Articles.
A group of individuals united together for a purpose.

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The new plan of government written in 1787.
Power Congress lacked to make states follow laws.
Representative sent by a state to the Congress of the Confederation.
Type of agreement needed from all 13 states to change the Articles.
Each state was this under the Articles.
Another branch missing under the Articles.
The first plan of government for the United States.
Power Congress did not have under the Articles.
City where the Constitutional Convention was held.
Took four years to do this to the Articles.
The main quality of the government created under the Articles.

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

crossword 2022-09-13

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fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida
early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" and the "Father of the American Factory System"
a form of colonization where settlers would established a permanent or semi-permanent colonial settlements in a new region
a series of forced displacements of approximately 60,000 Indigenous people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government
is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie
an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered Mexican territory
was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803

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American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States
the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase
American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South
Famous as the “Great Pacificator” for his contributions to domestic policy, he emphasized economic development in his diplomacy

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

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

Chapter 10 Challenges in the Modern State crossword puzzle

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The transfer of some political power from the central government to subnational levels of government.
Corporation that conducts business on a global scale.
The fragmentation of a state or region into multiple countries.
Support for the political interests of a particular ethnic group within a state, especially its national independence or self-determination.
Organized violence aimed at government and civilian targets to create fear for the advancement of political goals.
Formed in 1949 to provide mutual defense of member states.
A purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent or terror-inspiring means for civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from a geographic area. (2 words)
Regions that have their own local and legislative bodies govern a population that is an ethnic minority within an entire country.
When loyalty to a distinct portion of a country is more important than loyalty to the entire country.
The integration of markets, states, communication, and trade on a worldwide scale.
The advocacy of full political separation (or secession) from the larger group along cultural, ethnic, tribal, or government lines. (2 words)
The strong feelings of patriotism and loyalty one feels toward one's country.

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Organization headquartered in Belgium to integrate member states politically and economically. (2 words)
The practice of multiple countries forming an organization for the benefit of all members.
Changed its name from NAFTA in 2020
Organization formed by 10 Southeast Asian states to advance economic growth, peace, social progress, and cultural and economic progress.
55 member organization to advocate peace, security and stability. (2 words)
Forces that unite a country's population.
Council formed to foster cooperation and interaction among member states and indigenous communities located in the far north.
People who have a primary allegiance to a traditional group or ethnicity.
Forces that divide the citizenry in a country.
Movement to unite people who share a language or other cultural elements but are divided by a national boundary.
Formed in 1945 to promote peace, security, and human rights (2 words).
The main product that OPEC focuses on.
Main goal is for countries to set fair and non-discriminatory guidelines for international trade.

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

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the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Several factors that determine whether or not a country is developed
Interconnected network
a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy.
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a federal agency designed to protect the United States against threats. Its wide-ranging duties include aviation security, border control, emergency response and cybersecurity.
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
Gender inequality acknowledges that men and women are not equal and that gender affects an individual's lived experience. These differences arise from distinctions in biology, psychology, and cultural norms.
country that is on its way to becoming an industrialized nation.
annual percentage of increase in sales that is consistent with a defined financial policy.

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economy of all humans of the world.
Space Station
a form of philosophical monism that holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions.
international trade left to its natural course without tariffs.
Political dissent refers to any expression designed to convey dissatisfaction with or opposition to the policies of a governing body. Such expression may take forms from vocal disagreement to civil disobedience to the use of violence.
international document that states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled.
Popular culture is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of the practices, beliefs and objects that are dominant or ubiquitous in a society at a given point in time. Popular culture also encompasses the activities and feelings produced as a result of interaction with these dominant objects.
a region of Earth's stratosphere.
an Act of the United States Congress that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001.
The deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
a large increase in crop production in developing countries
the politically motivated use of computers and information
rapid increase in numbers.
A replicant

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

James Monroe Crossword 2026-01-07

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An agreement between 2 parties in which they agree to meet in the middle of a conflict to make an agreement that favors neither side.
This territory would be acquired by the Monroe administration from a treaty with Spain
5th President of the United States, last of the "Founding Generation"
This is the area which contains the US, Central and South America, along with the Caribbean.
This event happened during the Monroe Presidency and was an event that had banks failing and overall chaos in the economy.
This European country made a treaty with the US to give up Florida in exchange for $5 million
The term used to describe how a stronger power takes over and controls a different territory far from their home country.
This is the political party that President Monroe was apart of.

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What the time period during Monroe's Presidency was called
This state would be admitted with another to help keep the balance between the Free slave states and the Enslaved states
The system in which another person(s) is in forced service to another for no benefit to the one in service. This system was prevalent in the southern US
This US policy would declare that the European nations could no longer settle or interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
A term used to describe the ideology of loyalty and devotion to your country
This European/Asian country was starting to gain more territory in the Pacific Northwest.
This state would be admitted as a slave state and set the precedent for future states to join the US
The name of the continent in which several countries colonized the Western Hemisphere. Countries such as France and England are here
The name of the Treaty that helped the United States gain the territory of Florida.
An area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services
The opposing political party that fell apart during Monroe's Presidency

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

Classical Greece Crossword 2021-01-12

Classical Greece Crossword crossword puzzle

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A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility
This type of column is the most complex, with carvings that looks like leaves at the top.
a large hollow wooden figure of a horseleft by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
This is a Greek column with short, fluted shafts and scroll-like decorations on its capital.

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The oldest and simplest of the three main orders of classical Greek architecture, characterized by heavy fluted columns with plain, saucer-shaped capitals and no base.
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
A city-state in ancient Greece.
Greek for "high city". The chief temples of the city were located here.
A government ruled by a king or queen
A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

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

The Great Depressioin 2021-01-27

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Finance Corporation was a finance government corporation that provided finance support to stay in local governments in the United States from 1932 to 1957.
Roosevelt was a former first lady of the united states. She served first lady from 1933 to 1945. Eleanor was the longest serving first lady in the United States.
Francis Townsend was an American Physician who was best know for his revolving old age pension during the geat depression.
Pact Pact of Paris General Treaty for renunciation of War as a instrument of National Policy.
Steinbeck was a American Author and the 1962 Nobel prize Literature winner.
is the Purchase of a asset with the hope that it will become more valuable in the near future.
Lange was an American Documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known in the great depression era. She also worked for the Farm security administration.
Army the Bouns army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators made up of 17,000 U.S. WWI Veterans.

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is a form of far right authorization.
a Shantytown built in unemployed and destitute people during depression of the early 1930’s.
Auction the Penny Auction was a bidding free auction.
buying is Borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock.
D Roosevelt was the 32nd president. He served president in 1933 to 1945 when he died.
Smoot Tariff was a legislation act in the 1930’s that raised import duties to protect American business and farmers in the great depression.
Amendment the 21st Amendement to the United States Constitution repealed the 18th Amendement to the United States.
Bowl An Area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded.
sign accept liability under insurance policy.

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

States of Matter 2015-01-11

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the law that states that for a fixed amount of gas a constant pressure the volume of the gas increases as a temperature of the gas increases and invite her the gas decreases as a temperature of the gas decreases.
a non-solid state of matter in which the atoms or molecules are free to move past each other as in a gas or liquid.
the principle that states that the point force on an object in a fluid is the upward force equal to the weight of the volume of the fluid that the object displaces.
the change of a substance from a liquid to gas.
the metric base unit for mass.
the law that states that the pressure of the gas of the constant volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature.
the process in which a solid changes directly into gas.
The capacity to do work.
the resistance of a gas or liquid to flow.
the amount of force exerted per unit area of the surface.

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the upward force exerted on an object immersed in or floating on a fluid.
1000 times smaller.
the change of a substance from a gas to liquid.
the law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at constant temperature and the volume of the gas decreases as the pressure of the gas increases.
the kinetic energy of the substance's atoms.
1000 times bigger.
the metric base unit for volume.
a state of matter that starts as a gas and then becomes ionized.
the metric base unit for length.
The principle that states that her fluid in equilibrium contained in a vessel exerts a pressure of equal intensity in all directions.
the scientific unit of pressure.
100 times smaller.

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

Westward Expansion 2021-02-26

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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. • ...

1920's crossword puzzle 2023-11-03

1920's crossword puzzle crossword puzzle

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Thetransportationorimportationofalcaholisilligal
state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation
young woman known for wearing short dresses and bobbed hair and for embracing freedom from traditional societal constraints.
parts (components) that are identical for practical purposes
began in the early 1800s as a movement to limit drinking in the United States.
a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

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Technological unemployment is the loss of jobs caused by technological change.
either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States
is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums
was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in NYC as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th century
also called a blind pig or blind tiger, was an illicit establishment that sold alcoholic beverages
one of the largest movements of people in United States history

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

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-27

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle

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Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
this was the name of Russia during the cold war
this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools
War on _______________.
45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia

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A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.
Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
bringing together people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights.
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
this person was a Mexican American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.

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

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-27

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this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
War on _______________.
This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
bringing together people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights.
Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II

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this person was a Mexican American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.
this was the name of Russia during the cold war
Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.
A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools

Texas Revolution 2020-04-15

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The United States claimed the border was at the ___ Grande River.
Santa Anna tried to _____ American settlement in Texas.
In 1846, the President of the United States, James Polk, sent an army to the Rio Grande River to ______ the border.
The Mexican government was taken over by General__________.
In February of 1847, the armies of the United States and Mexico fought the Battle of Buena Vista which resulted in the ______ of the Mexican army.
What did many settlers bring with them that was illegal in Mexico?

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Where did most of the settlers come from?
Mexico agreed to hand over a huge amount of land in the west and southwest to the United States. The United States paid $15 _______ for the land.
By how much did Americans outnumbered Mexicans?
______ became an independent nation.
Mexico claimed the border was further north at the _____ River.
Texas declared their _________ and set up their own government.
Many _____ were invited to settle in Texas.
What state was owned by Mexico?
The Texans used an old mission building in San Antonio called the ______ as a fort.

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

Government Chapter 2 Crossword 2025-02-10

Government Chapter 2 Crossword crossword puzzle

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Compromise between the New Jersey Plan and the Viginia Plan
Passed to protect individual rights and appease the anti-federalists
Document that was written to govern the United States but had many weaknesses. Eventually replaced by the Constitution
Document that was written as a blueprint for modern democracy
Compromise designed to keep the southern states in the Union. gave them more political power due to the increase in population numbers.
The idea from the Athenians that people should put the public good over their private interests
Idea from Locke that humans have natural rights that pre-date any government, especially a newly created one
Continental Congress that passed made the Constitution

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Great Charter of 1215
Someone who did not want to adopt the Constitution
Tax on all paper and legal documents
Someone who did want to adopt the COnstitution
Plan that was favored by small states because it sought representation equally among the states
Plan that was supported by the larger states because it sought representation by population only

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

4th of July 2024-06-20

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the color of the stars on the USA flag
the national animal of the USA
the first president of the United States of America
the symbol on the flag that represents the 13 original colonies
The Declaration of ___________
the building where the USA congress meets
the color of the sky
the official leader of the USA
the capital of the United States of America

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people use these at night on the 4th of July to celebrate America's independence
the first color of the rainbow
the day in July when the USA celebrates independence
the symbol that represents the USA and was made by Betsy Ross
where the president lives
the symbol on the flag that represents the 50 states
the month in which we celebrate the independence of the USA
The United States of ___________

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

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

Unit 7 Important People, Places, and Events crossword puzzle

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Last name of the 18th president of the United States; Union General during the Civil War
Last battle of the Civil War fought in Texas
Last name of the president during the Civil War; saved the union
Civil War battle; Confederate victory in which Davis' Guards repulsed an invasion of Union gunboats
Last name of the person who killed Abraham Lincoln
Civil War battle where the Confederates recaptured the city from Union control
Date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas
A machine that removed seeds from cotton fibers; created by Eli Whitney in 1793

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Civil War plan created by Winfield Scott, called for the blockade of the southern coast
____________ Republicans- a group that believed the south should be punished harshly after the Civil War
Last name of the 17th President of the United States; became president after Lincoln was killed
Civil War Battle where Union troops captured the city and cut off the supply route Texans were using
the election of eighteen ___________, number of southern states secede due to the results
Freedmen's ____________ Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom
______________ States of America; A republic formed and composed out of eleven southern states that seceded from the union
Proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln, declared all slaves in the Confederate States would be free

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

Influential Women in History 2021-03-15

Influential Women in History crossword puzzle

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was an American aviation pioneer and author
an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district
was an American abolitionist and political activist
was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center
an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.
was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico

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Franklin an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist
an American politician who is serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
she was the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department
an American attorney and author who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president

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

A Just Right Government 2020-11-30

A Just Right Government crossword puzzle

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The branch of government that makes laws(legislates).
One problem was that states charged these on goods from other states.
In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on the size of it's...
A group of individuals united together for a purpose.
Fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution.
One of the two things people were afraid states might lose because of the constitution.
One of the two things people were afraid states might lose because of the constitution.
The Articles of Confederation was America's first plan for...
These were the "individuals" in the "confederation" created by the Articles.

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The branch of government that carries out (executes) laws.
Under the Articles of Confederation, America did not have this important, present role to lead their country.
Under the New Jersey Plan, these states would have more power.
The branch of government that interprets (judges) laws.
States send these folks to congress to represent them.
Unlike the Constitution which has three (3), the Articles of Confederation only had one (1).
The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation.
Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power.
Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore said laws.
Early americans had something in common with this fictional character!
According to the Constitution, any law passed by congress is _____ to any state laws.
The chamber of Congress where each state, regardless of population, gets two votes.
Under the Articles of Confederation, congress was not allowed to create this.

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

Vocabulary Review 2025-11-12

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Each party (Democrat and Republican) choosing a candidate to represent their party in the run for president
Something that is proposed that could be a law if it is passed (an idea for a law)
the ruler has complete control over the citizens
overthrowing one form of government or one leader and starting a new one
organizations that pressure elected officials (members of Congress, state lawmakers, the mayor) to pass laws that favor their cause
the votes that count towards winning the presidency–each state gets electors who vote on behalf of their state
a convention that acts like a primary election in some states, but involves debating and nominating a candidate instead of everyone in the state voting
Supreme Court case where Maryland tried to protest against a national bank. The court ruled that a National Bank was Constitutional
a form of protest banning relationships or the use of goods from a certain group
the candidate chosen to represent their party in the election
The President, Vice President, and the Cabinet. The role of the executive branch is to enforce laws
when the government taxes people but does not allow them to vote for what they want
the document that explains how the U.S. government will work and how laws are made

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groups of people with similar ideas who compete in elections
dividing power into three branches of government so that one branch does not become too powerful
Authoritarian, one leader makes all decisions, this form of government makes decisions the fastest
States that might go either way on who they vote for–the state is split, so they have a chance of voting for a Republican or a Democrat pretty equally. Most states always vote a certain way, so these states are important for candidates to try to win.
The final run for president where each nominee from each party runs against each other to try to win the presidency
how power is shared between states and the national government
Citizens get a vote in their government
Individual votes by citizens for the president. These are counted up by state to determine how the electoral vote will go
the first document listing rules for the United States, gave individual states a lot of power, but the national government was weak
when the president denies or says no to a bill becoming a law.
organized attempts to influence lawmakers
federal courts and judges. They have the power to interpret laws and the Constitution
The lawmaking branch of government (aka legislative branch)
a planned set of activities leading up to election day designed to get a candidate to win the election
A contest between candidates for a job within the government

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

AP GOV PROJECT 2024-12-12

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exercise, protects individuals right to practice their religion without government interference
Clause, gives Congress the power to regulate commerce Supremacy Clause, constitution is law of the land.
United v. Federal Election Commission, A case in which The Court held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
Incorporation, the legal doctrine where the Supreme Court applies individual rights from the Bill of Rights to state governments on a case-by-case-basis
a previous court decision that is used as a guiding principle to decide similar cases in the future Nine, how many supreme court judges are there?
PACs, committees that may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor unions and other PACs for the purpose of financing independent expenditures and other independent political activity.
v. Yoder, dealt with the balance between state interests and individual religious freedoms.
York Times Co. v. United States, dealt with the First Amendment and the freedom of press.
v. Maryland, addressed the balance of power between the federal government and the states.
v. Wade, addressed the issue of abortion rights in the United States.
clause, prohibits the government from establishing a religion or favoring one religion over another
powers, are powers of the United States government that are not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but are suggested to be applicable in some or all cases.
opinion, a written opinion by a judge who agrees with the majority decision in a case, but provides different reasoning or justification for reaching that decision
v. United States, dealt with limited speech.
v. Vitale, This case addressed the issue of state-sponsored prayer in public schools.
the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
v. Carr, established the "one person, one vote doctrine, gave federal courts power to hear redistricting cases.
clause, gives Congress the power to create laws that are not explicitly listed in the Constitution.
States v. Lopez, dealt with the limits of Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.

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Court, The pinnacle of the American judicial system. The Court ensures uniformity in interpreting national laws, resolves conflicts among states, and maintains national supremacy in law. it has both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.
v. Chicago, addressed the issue of gun rights in the United States.
opinion, a written statement by one or more judges that disagrees with the majority opinion in a legal case
decisis, A Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand." Most cases reaching appellate courts are settled on this principle.
amendment, freedom of speech
and proper clause, allows congress the ability to make laws or to act where the constitution doesn't give it authority to act. Sometimes thought of as implied powers.
v. Madison, led to the creation of judicial review and reestablished check and balances among the branches of government.
v. Board of Education, created integration for all public schools in America.
laws, resolves conflicts among states, and maintains national supremacy in law. it has both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.
speech, non-verbal actions that are intended to convey a particular message or statement, and are considered protected under the First Amendment as a form of speech
review, review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
rights, the legal rights that law enforcement must inform a suspect of after arresting them Executive privilege, the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government. .
privilege, the authority of the President to withhold documents or information in his possession or in the possession of the Executive Branch from the Legislative or Judicial Branch of the government.
the division of power between the national government and state governments.
rights, legal protections that guarantee equal social opportunities and protection under the law for all people, regardless of their race, religion, or other characteristics.
v. Des Moines, addressed the issue of free speech in public schools.
how many supreme court judges are there?
process, the idea that the government must follow fair procedures before taking away a person's life, liberty, or property.
v. Wainwright, significantly impacted the rights of defendants in criminal cases.
protection clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that requires the law to treat people in similar situations equally. It states that no state can deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under the law.
v. Reno, unconstitutional to segregate voters based on race.
restraint, a government action that prevenis the publication or distribution of speech or information before it is released to the public
protection clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that requires the law to treat people in similar situations equally. It states that no state can deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under the law.

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

Civil War Crossword 2023-01-25

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The 16th president of the United States
the war between the north and south states
The remaining states who stayed united
pro-slavery americans who separated from US
the states who separated from the Union

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The speech given by lincoln to end slavery
The founding document of the US
the states who were against slavery and stayed in the Union
The keeping of humans against their will
the date of slavery being officially ended

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

Influential Women in History 2021-03-15

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an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district
was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president
an American attorney and author who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
an American politician who is serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district

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she was the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department
was an American abolitionist and political activist
an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center
was an American aviation pioneer and author
an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist
was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico
an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.

Civ Unit 9 Crossword 2022-04-05

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Once a year, the president is required to provide the full Congress with a ___ of the Union address.
The President of the United States is the primary negotiator of ___ between the United States and other countries.
The ___ includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments.
___ agencies are not represented in the cabinet and are not part of the Executive Office of the president.
As Chief Maker of ___, the president creates guiding principles for issues that concern Americans.
___ usually implies unelected / appointed officials.
The ___ Reserve is the central bank of the United States. It formulates and administers credit and monetary policy.
___ Departments have been added and split, but are rarely eliminated.
A ___ is when the president rejects a bill passed by a congress.
As Chief ___, the President deals directly with the heads of foreign governments.

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The FBI is the investigative wing of the Department of ___
As Chief ___, the president appoints the heads of the government departments.
The Chief of ___ organizes the President’s overall policy development.
The Vice President also serves as the President of the ___.
As ___ of state, the president symbolizes the authority and power of the United States.
___ is a reward for being a political supporter, like being a cabinet officer, a judge, or an ambassador to a foreign country.
The Civil ___ System tries to allocate government jobs based on merit and skill.
A ___ is an executive order granting clemency for a conviction.
The largest executive Department is the Department of ___.
As ___in Chief, the president is in charge of all national military forces.

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

Texas Constitutions Crossword Puzzle 2016-04-19

Texas Constitutions Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle

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the executive head of a state in the U.S.
An addition to a formal document such as a constitution
A document that outlines fundamental laws and principles of law
Powers a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority
The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries
A list of individual freedoms
The term for the fact that the powers of government are divided into three separate branches
Notes or guarantees issued by the government, promising to repay money it borrows, with interest

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Having to do with the chief officer of a government
A type of government in which powers and duties between the states and the national government are shared
the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies
The judicial branch government, it tries cases involving government and administers justice
one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution
A system where each branch of government has the ability to limit the actions of the other branches
Elected officials who make the laws for the state
The highest judicial court in a country or state

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

Dorothy 2022-02-23

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ears that point down
a female pig who has not has a litter
how to identify a pigs litter and pig number
originated in the united states; Chester county, Pennsylvania
medium in length, black with white points on all feet, nose , and tip of the tail
medium to large size frame, sows about 550 to 750 lbs
originated in the northeastern united states
intact male pig
pigs
female pig who has had a litter

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first imported to the united states in the 1830s
ears that point up
fat cute pig, pet
originated in Ireland, English swine breed
similar in size to the Poland china

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

1750-1800 2023-12-05

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Third president of the United States
Founding Father, political activist,and philosopher
Took the midnight ride
First president of the United States
Who said,"Give me liberty, or give me death."?
Where 9 British troops shot at a crowd of people in Boston
Document that founded the USA
Place where the first shots of the war were fired
Mercantile protest about the tax on tea

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second president of the United States
Climax of the Saratoga campaign
Ratified in 1791, and held the amendments of the USA
Place where the British surrendered
first secretary of the treasury
Battle on Christmas morning led by Washington

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

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary 2017-12-13

Great Depression and New Deal Vocabulary crossword puzzle

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a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II
of a series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the nation, beginning in 1933.
a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley
political leader of the twentieth century, who was president from 1929 to 1933.
Flying mammal
shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.
United States law which sets out various labor regulations regarding interstate commerce employment, including minimum wages, requirements for overtime pay and limitations on child labor.
paper money made legal tender by a government decree.
Man's best friend
an act passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system.
the U.S. corporation insuring deposits in the United States against bank failure. The FDIC was created in 1933 to maintain public confidence and encourage stability in the financial system through the promotion of sound banking practices.
on Washington, in full March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., in 1963 by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress.
a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried, men from relief families as part of the New Deal
is a U.S. government agency that oversees securities transactions, activities of financial professionals and mutual fund trading to prevent fraud and intentional deception.
law enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.

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the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses.
Large marsupial
Flying mammal
company that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds, with power to vote, 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of a public-utility company or of a holding company of any public-utility company
Man's best friend
Likes to chase mice
amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limiting presidential terms to two for any one person, or to one elected term if the person has completed more than two years of another's term.
Has a trunk
system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, for which the currency could be exchanged. The gold standard was generally abandoned in the Depression of the 1930s.
Likes to chase mice

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

The Civil War 2023-03-13

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fierce
difficulty or problems
injured or hurt
people who found out secret information
states that left the Union
states between the Union and the Confederacy

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strong places
armed forces
said firmly
- what is left after buildings fall to pieces
a war between part of the same country
declare the enemy has won to stop the fighting
strengths
led an army into land to take it over

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

Remy Johnson Articles X-word 2024-02-09

Remy Johnson Articles X-word crossword puzzle

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States would print their own ___ even though they weren't supposed to
The constitution made the government ___ so that they couldn't favor other states
Shay's rebelleion convinced American leaders that little protected them from ___
The federalist system of government created a balance of ___
Because the U.S could not ___ they were in dept
Who saw America as a future world power?
Shay's rebellion protested taxes imposed on by ___
After the revolutionary war ended, stats acted more like ___ then as part of the same nation
What city did the delicates meet in?
Because the governtment could not stop Shay's rebellion, a local ___ had to stop it.

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The constitution was based on ___
The continental congress could pass laws, but they weren't good at ___ them
Shay was NOT a ___ landowner, and thats why he rebelled against the government of Massachuwsetts
The western land was filled with ___ tribes
What book did Noah Webster write
What power was held only by the National Government?
What river borders the western lands won by the Americans in the revelation?
The U.S army nearly ___ because they couldn't tax the states.
States ___ goods manufactured in other states
Nine-thirteenths of congress had to agree to pass a new ___

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

A Just Right Government 2025-09-30

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The only branch of government under the Articles.
The Articles joined the 13 states into this.
Meeting where delegates debated and wrote the Constitution.
Congress could pass these, but could not enforce them.
Under the Articles, most power was held at this level.
The only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
Large state that wanted more votes in Congress.
Position that did not exist under the Articles.
Congress could not control this between the states or with other nations.
Last name of the farmer who led a rebellion showing the weakness of the Articles.
A group of individuals united together for a purpose.

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The new plan of government written in 1787.
Power Congress lacked to make states follow laws.
Representative sent by a state to the Congress of the Confederation.
Type of agreement needed from all 13 states to change the Articles.
Each state was this under the Articles.
Another branch missing under the Articles.
The first plan of government for the United States.
Power Congress did not have under the Articles.
City where the Constitutional Convention was held.
Took four years to do this to the Articles.
The main quality of the government created under the Articles.

Vocab 4, Apoorva S, P3 2020-02-05

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African American poet who described the rich culture of African American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music
1920's painter, most famous paintings were of the Great Migration
United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies
Leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians
the central bank of the United States
A general term used to describe all transactions involving the buying and selling of stock shares issued by a company
President of the United States during most of the Depression and most of World War II
African American blues singer who played an important role in the Harlem Reniassance
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader
a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s

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an artist known for urban scenes and later paintings of the Southwest
A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression
novelist who explored the reality of the American dream of wealth, success, and emotional fulfillment
the number of people who are actively looking for work but aren't currently employed
Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs
A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
Composer who wrote uniquely American music
the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the US and other countries, starting in the 1920s and continuing through most of the 1930s
the excessive and risky investment in stocks, in the hopes of making money quickly A major cause of the Great Depression
A share of ownership in a corporation
A tax on imported goods

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

SS20 Related Issue 3 Study Guide 2023-12-08

SS20 Related Issue 3 Study Guide crossword puzzle

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Previously argued over by Canada and Denmark in the Arctic. An agreement was made to split in 2022.
The belief that the world is being integrated on unequal terms usually with the domination of one group over another nation or nation-state
Involves nations putting aside their differences to work with each other for the common or global good
Preventing further conflict between parties after the implementation of a ceasefire
Dealt with the economic, political, and social rights of Indigenous peoples, along with land and resource retention. This organization disbanded in 1996.
Peaceful intervention to avoid further conflict or create a ceasefire
Two nations or nation-states cooperating to pursue their national interests
An international organization founded in 1945 to maintain peace after the failures of the league of nations
When various nations or nation-states cooperate to pursue their interests and goals beyond their national borders

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Created to promote cooperation with all nations with a stake in the Arctic
The belief that through interaction and cooperation, common goals can be achieved such as creating wealth and peace internationally
An organization that does not work with a government to focus on issues such as disaster relief, animal rights, climate change, and more
A belief in common humanity and helping others thrive
An organization that works with a government to focus on issues such as disaster relief, animal rights, climate change, and more.
A course of action that sovereign nations make with other nation-states international governments
In the United Nations, comprising of 193 member states to create policy internationally.
The belief that international factors and alliances determine conflicts within society and is not very common in modern societies
Originally an organization created to promote French language and culture internationally
In the United Nations, it has 5 permanent members, and 10 rotating members to maintain global security and peace
The principle of cooperation among nations for the promotion of their common good

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

gov redo puzzle 2026-09-16

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Guarantees trial by jury in civil court cases.
Grants Washington, D.C. electors in the Electoral College.
Limits the President to two terms in office.
Protects rights to due process, protects against double jeopardy and self-incrimination.
Restricts federal court lawsuits against states by citizens of another state/country.
Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections.
Details the constitutional amendment process.
Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude.
Authorizes a national federal income tax.
Establishes the Supremacy Clause and rules on debts and oaths.
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Establishes procedures for presidential succession and disability.
Sets presidential inauguration to Jan 20 and congressional term start to Jan 3.
Establishes the Executive Branch.

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Delays congressional pay raises from taking effect until after the next election.
Reserves non-delegated powers to the states or the people.
Banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (Prohibition).
Protects freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
Outlines relations among the states and federal guarantees.
Grants women the right to vote.
Establishes the Legislative Branch.
Establishes direct popular election of US Senators.
Requires separate Electoral College ballots for President and Vice President.
Grants citizenship, equal protection, and due process to all persons born or naturalized in the US.
Prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel or unusual punishment.
Repeals the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition.
States that unenumerated rights belong to the people.
Outlines procedure for ratification of the Constitution.
Guarantees the right to a speedy, public trial by jury in criminal cases.
Protects the right to keep and bear arms.
Establishes the Judicial Branch.
Lowers the voting age to 18 years.
Prohibits denying voting rights based on race, color, or previous servitude.
Prohibits quartering of soldiers in private homes without consent.

34 Clues: Grants women the right to vote. • Establishes the Judicial Branch. • Establishes the Executive Branch. • Lowers the voting age to 18 years. • Establishes the Legislative Branch. • Protects the right to keep and bear arms. • Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections. • Authorizes a national federal income tax. • Limits the President to two terms in office. • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2026-03-14

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Address-an 1863 speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln
person who wants to end slavery,
commemorate the loss of life at the Battle of Gettysburg,
Railroad-A network of people who worked together to help African Americans escape from slavery,
effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War,

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Proclamation- an 1863 document issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed all slaves living in Confederate territory,
States- state that bordered both the Union and Confederate states,
ending of slavery,
a member of the constitutional union party,
murder for political reasons,
Ship-a ship armored with iron plates to protect it from cannon fire,
southern states that seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America,

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

HISTORY KEY TERMS LIST 05 2019-01-06

HISTORY KEY TERMS LIST 05 crossword puzzle

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First case in which the Supreme Court used Judicial Review.
The name given to the Lewis and Clark expediton to the West between 1803 and 1806
How the United States deals with foreign countries.
The Heads of Executive Departments of the United States and presidential advisers.
A meeting of New England Federalist politicians between December 15, 1814 and January 5, 1815 in which they threatened to leave the Union to protest the War of 1812.
A ceremony in which the President formally takes the Oath of Office and takes power.
Law that set up the first American Court System.
The November 7, 1811 battle near Lafayette, Indiana in which American forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated Indians under the leadership of Tecumseh and ended Indian resistance in Indiana.
The belief that all people should be totally equal.
An incident in 1793 when a French Minister attempted to raise an American Army to fight in the French Revolution.
Not taking sides in a war.
1807 law that forbade Americans from engaging in trade with foreign countries.
The American war ship, the USS Constitution, that won several battles in the War of 1812.

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Term meaning the money the government takes in through taxation.
A series of laws passed by the Federalist Party in 1798 to limit immigration and prevent people from lying about the government.
Believing in one's country and putting the interests of the entire country above the local interests.
A 1794 rebellion in Pennsylvania against a tax imposed on Whiskey.
The amount of money the United States government owes.
The men who founded the United States.
Undeclared naval conflict between the United States and France between 1798 and 1800.
The Process of determining if a law is constitutional by the Supreme Court.
The first major highway built by the Federal Government between 1811 and 1834. It originally connected Virginia with the Ohio Valley.
A 1797 incident in which French diplomats demanded bribes from American diplomats before they would negotiate.
The Act of the British Navy of taking American Sailors from American ships and forcing them to serve in the Royal Navy.
An act that serves as an example for others to follow.

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

Civil War by Julie Poffenbarger 2019-12-10

Civil War by Julie Poffenbarger crossword puzzle

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Southern Capital
President during Civil War
Only _____ could fight in the war.
The Union are from the ______ states.
type of ship used in Battle of Monitor and Merrimack
The north had more people and was more _______.
a place where guns are stored
conflict between people of the same country (2 words)
the Southern states' army
Lee surrendered here
There was a lack of this
Lincoln's address was done here
Union army leader
America faced a ______ on slavery.
declared slavery illegal (2 words)
refusal to give in
Confederate President
First battle (2 words)
Africans could only be this in the North
Confederate Army leader
outcome of Battle of Monitor and Merrimack

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The north was more _______.
The Confederates are from the _______ states.
state West Virginia seceded from
ship used by Union
Amendment that ruled out slavery
The south was more _______.
system of selecting people for required military service
ship used by Confederates
took on more roles
the Northern states' army
era after the Civil War
guarantees prisoner the right to go to court (2 words)
Battle in 1862, southern victory
highest ranking Union officer
Country the war took place in
Thomas Jackson's nickname
one human owning another
product in short supply
South Carolina did this to North Carolina

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

Chapter XX, Roselyn Rodriguez 2023-10-25

Chapter XX, Roselyn Rodriguez crossword puzzle

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a power only belonging to the states
legal rules the government must observe before depriving a persons life
oversee the affairs of something
to state the challenge the truth of something
to send something for review by a higher court
to approve something
power that are not listed in the Constitution but are suggested
power that were specifically given to congress in the constitution
to give money to a court to get a person out of jail and return for a trial
money from the sale or taxation of investment
to include something
a minimum of people needs for validity
charging someone with a crime

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when everything is equal no matter the race,religion, political beliefs,ect
when the government powers are restricted by law
a foreigner getting its citizenship
giving each branch of government different types of authority
the right to vote
to judge whether or not the actions of the other branches are constitutional
to authorize for a specified purpose
the only crime the is mentioned in the constitution
powers that are shared by states and federal government
a introduction of a document that states purpose for what follows
believes that the states should get to decide its laws
to charge a leader when they did something wrong and possibly remove the person from the office

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

American Imperialism 2023-12-18

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becomes apart of the United States in 1959
queen of Hawaii who was overthrown
country the United States tried to open for trade in the 1850's but at first refused to agree
when countries send goods to other countries
reason why Hawaii was important to the United States
places where countries can sell their surplus (extra) goods
when countries remove themselves from dealing with other countries
a form of government with either a king or queen as its leader
what happened to Japan after dealing with the US
US Naval commander who made trade agreement with Japan
water, coal, iron, copper are examples that come from nature
possession taken of a piece of land or a country, usually by force or without permission

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he basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group
king of Hawaii who was overthrown
places that are needed for ships to refuel and resupply on a long journey
people doing this activity is a reason why people in the United States heard about Hawaii
the race to create colonies in other parts of the world
to give a position as a king or queen
the belief that the US will extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean
what is needed to protect your trading ships from your enemies and pirates

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

Chapter 5, Lesson 2 2025-10-13

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The national legislative body under the Articles of Confederation.
The first national government of the United States; created a weak central government.
A formal agreement between countries.
A national authority that governs the entire country.
People who owe money.
Currency printed by the states, often without value backing it.
New York delegate who supported revising the Articles of Confederation.
A poor farmer and former soldier who led Shays’s Rebellion.
Trade between two or more states.
A place or system where goods are bought and sold.
Broken up or dissolved (as with the Continental Army).
Goods brought into a country.

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Goods sent out to other countries for sale.
A 1786 meeting that led to calls for the Constitutional Convention.
A rise in prices combined with a decrease in the value of money.
Closed the lower Mississippi River to U.S. shipping in 1784.
The agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
Competition among states or nations setting different trade taxes.
Exchange of goods between nations.
A period of low economic activity and high unemployment.
People who lend money.
An uprising or protest against a government or authority.
Virginia leader who called for a stronger national government.
Taxes on imports or exports.
Financial challenges such as debt, inflation, or lack of trade.

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

unit 8 2022-01-31

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A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
A beetle that feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central Mexico, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American South.
An American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented Georgia in the House from 1914 to 1965.
A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth.
An American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
Lasted from 1914 until 1918, introduced the world to the horrors of trench warfare and lethal new technologies such as poison gas and tanks. The event that sparked the conflagration was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in 1914
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.

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enacted on May 20, 1936, provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States.
A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
Produce too much, price goes down, farmers produce more to try to maintain their income.
This act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States."
A founder and leader of the conservative coalition that dominated Congress from 1937 to 1963, and at his death was the most senior member of the Senate. He was for decades a leader of Southern opposition to the civil rights movement.
A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President FranklinDRoosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.
A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
An attorney and American politician who served three terms as the 67th governor of Georgia, from 1933 to 1937, and then again from 1941 to 1943.
A British ocean liner that was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 and that held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.
Began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3. The war between the U.S.S.R. and Germany began on June 22, 1941, with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

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

U.S. History Crossword 2017-05-24

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An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests
The desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
On Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the base, and the United States entered World War II the following day
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
A plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I
The practice or system of owning slaves.
The period after the Civil War in which the states formerly part of the Confederacy were brought back into the United States
A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers and the Allies
A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies and Central power

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An area of Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas affected by severe soil erosion, caused by windstorms, in the early 1930s
A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare
A war between citizens of the same country
A supporter of the Confederate States of America
The financial and industrial slump of 1929
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
The day when Japan formally surrendered
These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s
The day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy

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

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

Midterm Review Crossword-[Youngju Jang] crossword puzzle

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A philosophy that extended Darwin’s concept to human society.
It became the nickname of the Progressive Party.
Devices that exploded in the air or when they hit something.
The amount of goods and services created in a given period of time.
A method of industrial control which involves the bringing together of many firms in the same business.
A special fee that must be paid before a person was permitted to vote.
Agreements among homeowners not to sell real estate to certain groups of people.
The war between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South.
The act that prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country.

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The first women’s rights convention in United States history.
This act outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce.
The murder of an accused person by a mob without a lawful trial.
Final proclamation that Lincoln issued on New Year’s Day, 1863.
This act regulated the prices that railroads charged to move freight between states, requiring the rates to be set in proportion to the distance traveled.
People who give donations to worthy causes, established private women’s colleges with high academic standards.
A ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Noncitizen
Required military service.
A shop where employees worked long hours at low wages and under poor working conditions.
The right to vote

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

Reconstruction Ava 2023-05-30

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White southern Republicans
An official pardon, for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion
This secret society opposed civil rights
Was the first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate.
It made slavery illegal throughout the United States
wanted the Southern States to change much more than they already had before they could return to the Union
Once 10 percent of voters in a state made these pledges, they could form a new government.
laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
to protect people from civil rights laws from hostile presidents, courts, or future legislators
White southerners used violence to keep African Americans away from the polls during the presidential election

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provided African Americans with the same legal rights as White Americans
The process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states w/o slavery
a leader of the Radical Republicans
The amendment gave African American men throughout the U.S. the right to vote.
These laws divided the south into five districts
Made it much harder for southern states to rejoin the Union that did Lincoln’s plan
Born free in North Carolina and went to college in Illinois
A southerner who opposed Lincoln’s policies.
Provide relief for all poor people—black and white—in the south.
Some northern-born Republicans had moved south after the war
Abraham Lincoln’s Vice president
Put and estimated 2 million people out of work

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

Civil War/Westward Expansion 2025-11-17

Civil War/Westward Expansion crossword puzzle

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Policy that gave 50 acres of land out west to settlers for free
chief editor of the abolitionist paper, The Liberator
Gave black men the right to vote
Drew a line dividing free and enslaved states in the West
When the Union placed the military in the South to oversee Reconstruction
When cotton plantations controlled American society and economics
Battle that was the turning point of the war
disputed military basis that leads to the first conflict of the Civil War
Leader of the Underground Railroad
Made slavery illegal for the entire United States
leading general of the Confederacy
Policy to limit immigration from a particular country
Gave new states the right to determine their own slavery laws

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Activist movement that became the women's rights movement
when Southern states left the Union following the Election of 1860
End of the Civil War
religious abolitionist leading the Raid on Harpers Ferry and Bleeding Kansas
Leading Union general
Loyalty to a region than the country as a whole
Invention that led to an increase in slavery
Suffragist who supported racial and gender equality
freed enslaved people in the South
group of people who stepped up while men were at war
President of the Confederacy
Provided citizenship to former enslaved people
Gave America the southwest territory
former enslaved man who was a prominent abolitionist

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

1812 Crossword! 2026-01-15

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A major battle of the War of 1812,
The belief that the United States was meant
French emperor whose wars in Europe affected trade
during the War of 1812.
on July 25, 1814, near Niagara Falls
A 1811 battle where William Henry Harrison fought Indigenous forces
A Canadian heroine who warned British forces of an American
in 1813.
The British practice of forcing sailors (including Americans) into the Royal Navy.
A British general and Canadian hero who helped defend Upper Canada
The 1814 treaty that officially ended the War of 1812.
Wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” after witnessing a British
The 4th President of the United States
The belief that the United States

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An American warship famous for
An American general who surrendered Detroit
role in the War of 1812.
expand west across North America
U.S. Embargo Act of 1807 hurt American trade.
An American general in the War of 1812
A key 1812 battle in Upper Canada where British forces won and
Brock was killed.A key 1812 battle in Upper Canada where British forces won and Isaac Brock was killed.
A government order stopping trade with other countries;
meant to expand west across North America
on Fort McHenry.
The 7th President of the United States
American politicians who strongly supported going to war with Britain
An American naval commander who won the Battle of Lake Erie.
The former name of Toronto; captured and burned by American

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

Civil War 2026-04-17

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Short for Confederate States of America
Virginia's capital, captured by Ulysses S. Grant
_____ address, Lincoln's famous speech
____ states were slave states that didn't secede
lost battle of fort sumter
13th amendment banned this
The union used the ___ plan to block foreign trade with the Confederacy
someone who is against and protests slavery
which fort was famously attacked by the 54th massachusetts regiment

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Northern democrats who favored peace with the south, lincoln's opponent
The president at the time
The Union ___ the war
____ proclamation
_____ charge, 13000 rebel troops ordered to charge and ultimately failed miserably
Battle of ________, the bloodiest single day of the Civil War

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

Countries and capitals 2021-05-12

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The Eiffel Tower
Red Square
the CN Tower

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the White House
Big Ben
Mount Fuji

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

Countries and Capitals 2021-02-28

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Capital of UAE
Country with Muscat as its capital
Capital of Kuwait

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Country with Riyadh as its capital
Country with the capital Doha
Capital of Bahrain

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

Integrated Unit 2 Vocab Review 2023-11-01

Integrated Unit 2 Vocab Review crossword puzzle

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The ability to direct or influence the behavior of others, sometimes by force.
a mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system.
a military force that is raised from the civil population for a regular army in an emergency. The best modern example is the National Guard.
the protections from the abuse of government power.
A court case that reinforced the idea of clear and present danger to limit free speech. The supreme court also supported states rights' to limit free speech when a citizen threatened to overthrow the state/federal government.
An American nonprofit human rights organization that fights "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States".
This Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.

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Powers shared by both the state and federal governments.
a process under which a government's executive, legislative, or any other actions are reviewed by the judicial branch.
The branch of government responsible for interpreting, defending, and applying the law in legal cases.
The branch of government responsible for making the laws, regulating commerce, and declaring war.
This Amendment to the United States Constitution protects all rights of citizens that should be but are not listed in the constitution.
A political system in which power is given to the people (all people get a vote).
The right to give orders and make decisions, usually put in place by a system.
the right to be free from discrimination based on such characteristics as race, disability, color, gender, national origin, and others.
The branch of government responsible for enforcing the law and appointing the head of federal agencies.
This Amendment to the United States Constitution restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.

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

Matter Ashlee W. 2015-03-11

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one of the states of matter that takes on the shape of the container it’s in, and it has some energy
one kind of atom that can’t be broken down into something simpler
one of the states of matter that has little energy
a change that changes how it looks, but doesn’t make a new substance
a vapor changing into a liquid as it cools
the amount of space matter takes up
when a substance changes phases from a liquid to a gas
when a substance changes phases from a solid to a liquid
two or more different elements mixed together to make a new substance
change a change that forms a new substance with different properties
anything that has mass or takes up space

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one of the states of matter that has a lot of energy
a liquid changing to a gas as it gets hot
the amount of matter in the given amount of space
when a substance changes phases from liquid goes to a solid
of matter when matter is in a stage where it’s a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma
when a substance has dissolved in another think of the lemonade
one of the states of matter that has a changeable shape and volume, and it has more energy
two or more parts or elements that are combined
made of combined atoms
the smallest particle of an element, and these are the little things in molecules

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

reconstruction crossword 2023-05-10

reconstruction crossword crossword puzzle

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Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southern state to form its own government after ten percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
Law passed that split up Indian Reservation lands among individual Native Americans and promised them citizenship
A secret society created by white southerners that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights
Bringing together people who were opposed to each other
freed all slaves
All male former slaves could vote
Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom
A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote
someone who fought for slave's rights
the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different races
many immigrants lived in these buildings

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allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before Reconstruction
17th President of the United States
the era after the civil war
Made all former slaves citizens of the United States
Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to advance their own fortunes
A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War
Federal law that gave land to western states to encourage them to build colleges
Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

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

Black History Month 2025-02-21

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was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965
an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions
former Chicago Bulls Player wore number #23
A black jazz player who wrote many famous songs
1st black woman to serve on the supreme court
a famous black boxer
owner of Fenty
famous black rapper that performed at the superbowl
shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers
a famous black talk show host
creator of black history month
was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991
for us by us
It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States.
A celebration of black people and culture

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Cassius Clay
refused to go to the back of the bus.
head of the Executive branch
44th president of the united states
is the largest Black-owned business with $17 billion in annual revenue
a famous black actor
madea
American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
wrote the speech "I have a Dream".
former member of Destiny's Child
treating people the same no matter their gender or race

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

civil war 2025-03-31

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a town in pennslyvania
refers to the slave states (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia) that remained in the Union, despite bordering the Confederate states
any of a number of stout-bodied venomous snakes with coppery-pink or reddish-brown coloration.
(in the past) soldiers who fought on horseback.
a knife for the end of a rifle
the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.
a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
confederate general during civil war

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the ownership of one person by another, where the enslaved person is treated as property and forced to work without pay or freedom
hard dry bread or biscuit, especially as rations for sailors.
a sustained fight between large organized armed forces.
a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.
a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.
a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.
3rd presedent
an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
the action of assassinating someone.
15th presedent

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

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

Aarav Pattani's Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle

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A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery
people that believed slavery was good
16th president of the United states and was president of the union during the civil war.
Southern General
a war between the north and the south over slavery and states rights.
union general and 18th president of the united states.

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a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever
president of confederate states
a fort in ruins after a siege by the south which started the civil war
the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won
People that fought in the civil war against slavery

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

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

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A speech Abe Lincoln made to end Slavery
people that believed slavery was good
16th president of the United states and was president of the union during the civil war.
Southern General
a war between the north and the south over slavery and states rights.
union general and 18th president of the united states.

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a system that allows people to sell and buy whatever
president of confederate states
a fort in ruins after a siege by the south which started the civil war
the civil wars most bloody battle which the Union won
People that fought in the civil war against slavery

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

Chapter 23 The Coming Of War 1931-1942 Estrada 2 crossword puzzle

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Japanese prime minister
policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace
agreement made between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France in 1938 that sacrificed the Sudetenland to preserve peace.
man who created the fascist party
World War II battle that took place between Japan and America aircraft carriers
a theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economy, social and cultural lives of its people.
event where 7000 American and Filipino troops died
commander of the United States Army Forces in Asia
Former prime minister of Britain
group of countries led by Britian, France, The United States and the Soviet Union that fought the axis powers in World War II
American military base attacked by Japan on the seventh of December 1941.
prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people.
Womens Army Course

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agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan during World War II
union of Germany and Austria in 1933
act that allowed nations at war to buy goods and arms in the United States if they payed cash and carried merchandise on their own ships.
joint declaration made by Great Britain and the United Stated during World War II that endorsed national self determination and international system of general security
man who took place of the communist party.
Lightning war that emphasized the use of speed and fire power to penetrate deep into the enemy's rear territory
War nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco rebelled against the democratic republican government of Spain
act passed in 1941 that allowed president Roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defenses he considered vital to the safety of the United States
famous dictator
group of countries led by Germany, Italy and Japan that fought the allies in World War II.

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

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

The Constitution Part 1 - Vocabulary List 1 crossword puzzle

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one who opposed a strong central for fear it would take away Americans' and states' rights
called the "Father of the Consitution", wrote the Virginia Plan, and coauthored the Federalist Papers
a proposal for the new government that featured a strong, three-branch government (legislative, executive, and judicial) and a bicameral (two-house) legislature where representation was based on each state's population
an armed uprising by indebted farmers and veterans in western Massachusetts (1786-1787) protesting high taxes, economic hardship, and foreclosures
he was the leader of the Constitutional Convention and became the first President of the United States
the branch of government that executes the laws and includes the president and vice president
a two-house legislature
the branch of government that makes the laws
created by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, this territory was located north of the Ohio River, south of the Great Lakes, and east of the Mississippi River, and included what would become the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota
the number of people who signed the Constitution
one who supported the Constitution's strong central government
led by George Washington during the Revolutionary War

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the idea that the power of the government comes from the consent of the people
the first government of the United States
when people elect officials, like mayors, senators, or the president, to make decisions and speak for them in the government
the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice
took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787
the government is divided into three branches, each with its own powers
this assures that no one particular person, group, or government agency has too much power
any laws, procedures, or acts that directly violate the constitution
taxes on imported goods

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

stuff 2022-11-22

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Queen Liliuokalani the last sovereign of Hawai'i.
is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over
Amendment stipulated the conditions for U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs and permitted the United States to lease or buy lands for the purpose of establishing naval bases (the main one was Guantánamo Bay) and coaling stations in Cuba.
Matthew C. Perry headed an expedition that forced Japan in 1853–54 to enter into trade and diplomatic relations with the West after more than two centuries of isolation.
of influence a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.
Roosevelt, prioritized conservation and established national parks, forests, and monuments to preserve the nation's natural resources. In foreign policy, he focused on Central America, where he began construction of the Panama Canal.
Randolph Hearst American newspaper publisher who built up the nation's largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism.
Corollary stated that not only were the nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to colonization by European powers, but that the United States had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those countries.
Joseph Pulitzer the Pulitzer Prizes
protectorate a state that is controlled and protected by another.

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break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement).
Treaty giving the United States exclusive rights to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average.
T. Mahan The Influence of Sea Power Upon History,José Martí, is considered one of the great turn-of-the-century Latin American intellectuals. His written works include a series of poems, essays, letters, lectures, a novel, and a children's magazine.
the principle or advocacy of political or commercial and cultural cooperation among all the countries of North and South America.
jingoism extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.
Door policy,indicates to employees that a supervisor or manager is open to an employee's questions, complaints, suggestions, and challenges.
journalism journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
Cabot Lodge was an American diplomat and Republican United States senator from Massachusetts in both Senate seats in non-consecutive terms of service and a United States ambassador
Anglo-Saxonism the quality, qualities, traits, or outlook regarded as distinctive of the English or of the people of English descent.
Rebellion, an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler. Boxer family dog.
White Fleet White Fleet was the popular nickname for the group of United States Navy battleships which completed a journey around the globe

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

Cold War Definitions Crossword 2021-03-01

Cold War Definitions Crossword crossword puzzle

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The period of the easing Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the USSR (1967-1979)
the imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence, and symbolizes efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.
a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
A military alliance between many Western European and North American nations in order to safeguard the Allies' freedom and security by political and military means.
a collective defense treaty signed between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955.
strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States beginning in the late 1940s in order to check the expansionist policy of the Soviet Union.

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This Strategic Defense Initiative was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons
The principle established by President Harry S. Truman that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
A U.S. sponsored initiative in which America would provide aid to European Nations destroyed in WWII in order to stop the spread of Communism.
The U.S. idea that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow
an organization of States that did not seek to formally align themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union, but sought to remain independent or neutral.
the act of pushing a situation to the verge of war, in order to threaten and encourage one's opponent to back down.

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

THE cold war 2025-08-29

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The Conference that had Potsdam
The war that happened in Vietnam
an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
a 1947 U.S.foreign policy initiative by President Harry S.
Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
the relaxation of strained relations, especially political ones, through verbal communication.

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a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
The war that happened in Korea
Russia's Old name
the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
a Soviet Union attempt from June 24, 1948, to May 12, 1949, to force the Western Allies out of Berlin by cutting off all land and water access to the city, which lay deep within Soviet-controlled East Germany.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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

Unit 2 2026-02-16

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- The bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history, 12 hours of fighting in Maryland.
Rush - A mass migration to California for gold being discovered there.
Trail - The route followed by Mormons led by Brigham Young to settle in Utah.
Beecher Stowe - Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an anti-slavery novel that increased support for abolition in the North.
Trail - A major route used by settlers traveling west to Oregon in the mid-1800s.
Codes - Laws passed in Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the freedom and rights of former slaves.
Proclamation - Lincoln’s order declaring enslaved people in Confederate states free.
Movement - A reform movement aimed at reducing or banning alcohol consumption.
Bureau - A federal agency that helped formerly enslaved people with education, jobs, and legal assistance.
of 1850 - Meant to ease tensions between North and South, including a stricter Fugitive Slave Act for California being a free state.
- The Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group, intimidated black citizens and terrorized them.
Plan - The Union’s strategy to defeat the Confederacy by blockading Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River.
- A Northerner who moved South during Reconstruction, often viewed negatively by Southerners.
Amendment - Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race.
Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and wanted peace.

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- The movement to end slavery in the United States.
- A movement favoring native-born Americans over immigrants.
Act - An act that allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.
Sovereignty - The idea that citizens of a territory/state should decide on choices like slavery.
Brown - A radical American abolitionist, believing God told him to free slaves, fought for abolition through violence.
Amendment - Granted citizenship to all born in the U.S. and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
- To acquire new land and make it part of another country like California or Texas
Destiny - The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward by God.
Amendment - Amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States
- The withdrawal of Southern states from the Union after Lincoln’s election.
Lincoln - President during the Civil War who worked to preserve the Union and later pushed to end slavery, 16th president.
Falls Convention -The first women’s rights convention in U.S. history (1848), with activists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susann B. Anthony.
Tubman - African American woman who helped hundreds of enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
Movements of the 1800s - A wave of movements seeking social change, including abolition, women’s rights, and temperance.
Ferry - John Brown’s attack on a federal arsenal in Virginia, which increased tensions before the Civil War.

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

Geography Vocabulary Pt. 3 2019-10-14

Geography Vocabulary Pt. 3 crossword puzzle

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a war between groups of people who belong to the same country, such as the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)
the group of northern and western states in the U.S. Civil War
the order in which events happened
a long, organized journey often through an unexplored area
to break away from or leave
a high area of flat land

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a list of important events usually in chronological order
Spanish soldiers and explorers who conquered much of North and South America for Spain between the 15th and 17th century
a political movement that began in the early 1800s to abolish slavery in the United States and its territory
the group of southern states that left the United States to establish their own country
a kind of living area made from stone or mud bricks
a large dry region
to attack a city by surrounding it and preventing anyone from getting in or out
a high area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs; smaller than a plateau

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

Studies Weekly Week 12 Vocabulary 2023-11-01

Studies Weekly Week 12 Vocabulary crossword puzzle

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In the ____________, each of state would have two senators, giving both large states and small states equal power.
this plan gave Congress more power over the states.
established the money system that we still use today
known as the "Father of Our Country"
In the House of ________________, the number of representatives would be determined by population.
known as the "Father of the Constitution"
people who wanted a strong central government with more power than the people or states

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three out of every five, or three-fifths, of the enslaved people would be counted in the population
mighty
a series of essays that supported the new government
those who favored a weaker federal government that gave more power to the states and people
Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights which influenced the content of the Declaration of Independence.
friendship
this plan said that each state, no matter the size, would have the same number of representatives in Congress
during his presidency, the US more than doubled in size through the Louisiana Purchase

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

U.S. Constitution Study Guide 2026-04-16

U.S. Constitution Study Guide crossword puzzle

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What document did each state write after gaining independence from Britain?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
What was the Great Compromise? One house of Congress would base membership on state _________ while the other would grant the
A federal system of government is a system in which power is ______ between different levels of government
to bring formal charges against a government official
number of members to each state.
to think about and discuss issues before reaching a decision
What did the Second Continental Congress do? Run the ______ and write the Articles of Confederation
In 1787, what rights did the Congress guarantee to settlers of the Northwest Territory? The same _______ as people in the 13 states
having the power to make laws
a group of states joined together by a formal agreement
Which objection did the Anti-Federalists NOT make? The Constitution provides for a ____, ineffective chief executive.
Which statement most accurately describes the Constitution of 1787? It provides the _______ for government
How many states had to ratify the Constitution for it to become law?

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having the power to carry out and enforce laws
unable to be taken away or denied
having the power to decide questions of law
What idea in the Virginia Plan caused the most disagreement? The central government should have ______ powers than the states in certain areas
the ability of the people in a country to decide their own government
when each side in a disagreement gives up some of what they want to reach an agreement
Why didn’t Patrick Henry attend the Grand Convention of the States in 1787? He didn't want to ______ the central government
Who led the fight for a bill of rights after the Constitution took effect?
Religious freedom means that you have the right to _______ as you wish
The Articles of Confederation gave the central government too _______ power to be effective
What freedom did most state governments protect under law? ___ of the above
A limited government depends on the ________ of the people.
Which power DOES NOT belong to the federal government of the United States? The power to make _______ and divorce laws
What was the stated purpose, according to the Congress, of the Grand Convention of the States in 1787? To recommend ________ to the Articles of Confederation
a law or a government rule

29 Clues: a law or a government rule • having the power to make laws • number of members to each state. • unable to be taken away or denied • Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? • having the power to decide questions of law • having the power to carry out and enforce laws • to bring formal charges against a government official • ...

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

Some of famous places to visit in NYC and WDC crossword puzzle

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is a island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States
is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
is a transcontinental country located primarily in North America.
is the 46th and current president of the United States.
is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan

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is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
is the capital city and federal district of the United States
is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.
is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.

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

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

Life at the turn of the 20th century crossword puzzle

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was an American author and humorist
was an american innovator and entreprenur who founded the kodak company
was an African-American educator and advisor to Republican Presidents
racial segregation, especially in schools, that happens “by fact” rather than by legal requirement
invented and build the world's first successful airplane
co-founder of the NAACP and founded the Ntional women's trade union league
state and local laws in the United States. "separate but equal"
she documented lynching in the United States
was one of the co-founder of the NAACP in 1909
was an American lawyer, Publicist and civil rights leader
it was used as a facto or implicit preconditon of the exercice of the ability to vote
you could only vote if your grandfather had voted

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segregation that is imposed by law
he was famous for co-designing many well known urban parks
it was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905
African-American civil Rigts organization in the United States
a landmark U.S Supremecourt decision
was an American newspaper publisher who built the nations largert newspaper chain
a National figure in the Democratic party and was elected governor of NYC
a person pledge of their labor or service as a repayment for a loan or debt

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

Constitution Review 2021-10-13

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No ________________ of Troops is Amendment Three.
People who believed in the Constitution and wanted to ratify it.
The Supreme Court is the leader of this Branch.
This branch contains Congress and makes the laws.
This state's plan set the foundation for our new government.
A collection of essays written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison in an attempt to get people to support the Constitution.
Amendment 1 protects freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition and _____________.
This branch is made up of the President, Vice President, and Cabinet
The leader of the Constitutional Convention and our first president.
checks and _____________ is the idea that each branch can control each other
This amendment is the "right to bear arms".
To sign or agree.

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This word means two-house Congress.
The number of amendments we currently have.
Farmers who were angry against the taxes imposed by the states under the Articles of Confederation.
This amendment protects you against "cruel and unusual punishment."
______-Federalists were people who disliked the Constitution.
You have the right to a speedy ____________ trial in Amendment 7.
This state's plan favored small states.
The Articles of __________________ was the first government.
The Constitutional Convention was held in this city.
Representation here is based on equality. All states have 2 members.

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

beef 2021-10-14

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_____type of cattle in the United States are classified as either British or European breeds.
cattle came to the United States,
cattle originated in France
were hunted for food.
is a certificate or diagram of an animal’s ancestry.
describes an animal’s ability to gain weight quickly and efficiently,
who is known as the first great improver of cattle

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which cattle originated in northern England
cattle originated in Hereford County England
The second option is to sell cattle by ______ weight.
cattle were developed in the southwestern part of the united States
Angus cattle originated in
sale barns are popular because of their convenience to sellers and buyers.
another ______in marketing cattle is to sell them directly.
Simmental breed originated in Switzerland,
breeds are known for growing fast and being heavy muscled.
There are how many main types of beef production operations
animals do not absorb as much heat as black ones,
Purebred ____ is one way of marketing your beef cattle.

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

Civil War 2016-12-19

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States wedged between the North and the South
The man who led the Union Navy
The name for the South
Union general who was hesitant to attack
Union general that was bold and restless
The location where the first major battle of the Civil War took place
General that was rumored to be scared of nothing
The river that the North wanted to control in the West

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First Battle of the Civil War
The location where citizens had to eat dogs, horses, and rats
The name the Union gave to their war strategy
Southern general that Lincoln wanted to lead the North
The first state to secede the Union
Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
The president of the United States during the Civil War
The president of the Confederate States during the Civil War
The largest city of the Confederacy
The name for the North
Ships heavily armored with iron

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

Unit#3 Division Notes 2025-12-08

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This port city at the mouth of the Hudson river benefited socially, politically and economically from the Eerie Canal.
Allowed voters in Kansas to decide through a popular vote if they would enter the union as a free or slave state.
________ were primarily employed to work in the early textile factories in the Northeastern United States in the 1800s. Many would join labor causes and other social reform efforts, instrumental to changes taking place in the 1800s in the U.S.
This supreme court decision answered the question of freedom and state lines for slaves. It declared that a former slave ________could not be free regardless of where he lived as it would deny his slave holders right to his property. Also, declared the Missouri Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional. Politically, it meant there was no point or room for further compromise between free state and slave states in Congress.
This man was the 1860 nominee from the newly created Republican party. His candidacy was so opposed in the south, that his name was not even on the ballot in numerous states.
With increased demand and profitability of cotton production and westward migration did tension between free states and slave states increased or decreased? Pick one.
He became a prominent leader in the abolitionist movement: Meeting with elected officials, writing and publishing an abolitionist newspaper, making speeches and organizing supporters.

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Prior to the Civil War, there were this many slaves in the United States of America
Many states in the South did this after Lincoln wins the election of 1860. Slave holding border states of: Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri all stay in the union.
He led a raid on the federal weapons depot at Harper’s Ferry that ultimately failed. He was eventually put on trial and executed. Opinion of his actions further divide the nation.
an extremely unpopular part of the Compromise of 1850 in the North, that saw California join the union as a free state. Allowed Southern slave holders to hire bounty hunters to find and imprison African Americans in the North.
Due to increased demand and increased efficiency cotton became the United State’s most valuable_______________. (when you send good for sale to another country).
In the 1800s, the most widely used form of lamp oil and machinery oil was __________.
Gin This machine was invented by Eli Whitney and mechanized the process of sorting the seeds out of cotton. Efficiency in cotton harvesting was greatly increased, thereby increasing its profitability
This public construction project link the Hudson river by water with Lake Eerie.

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

Momentum and Its Conservation 2018-02-04

Momentum and Its Conservation crossword puzzle

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A system which does not gain or lose any mass
A wheel or a disk that spins rapidly around one axis while being free to rotate around one or two other axes
States that the momentum of any closed, isolated system does not change
Velocity, momentum, force, and impulse are all ______ quantities
Equation for Impulse
During a _________ two or more objects exert a force on each other
States that the angular impulse on an object is equal to the object’s final angular momentum minus the object’s initial angular momentum
Is equal to the product of the average force on an object and the time interval over which it acts
Equation for Momentum

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States that if no net external torque acts on a system, then the angular momentum is conserved
Equation for the Angular Impulse-Angular Momentum Theorem
States that the impulse on an object is equal to the object’s final momentum minus the object’s initial momentum
A closed system with a net external force of zero
Is used to solve momentum-conservation problems in two dimensions
Equation for Angular Momentum
Equation for the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum
Equation for the Law of Conservation of Momentum
Is equal to the product of a rotating object’s moment of inertia and angular velocity
Equation for the Impulse-Momentum Theorem
Is equal to the product of the object’s mass and the object’s velocity

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

Boston Tour, August 2023 2022-12-05

Boston Tour, August 2023 crossword puzzle

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_____ _____ Library- The first large free municipal library in the United States
_____ ________ Trail- a 1.6-mile walking tour that explores the history of Boston's 19th century African American community
_______ Trail- A 2.5 mile trail through Boston’s historic neighborhoods that tells the story of the American Revolution
MLB team that calls Boston home
Salem _____ _______- A series of investigations in the 1600s that convicted 19 “witches”
______ Market- a festival marketplace filled with eateries and shops
One of the most expensive streets in the world
The airport in Boston
The capital city of Massachusetts
The oldest city park in the United States
Harvard ______ - A shopping area near Harvard University

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the oldest commissioned ship in the United States Navy
A soup made with clams, onions and potatoes.
______ ____ Monument- the first public obelisk in the United States designed to commemorate the Battle of the same name
___ ______ Church- Boston’s oldest surviving church building, built in 1723.
_________ and _______- The first battle of the Revolutionary War
A word meaning really
Boston ____ _______- A protest against “taxation without representation”
House of the _____ ______- A house made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel
A tour on an amphibious bus
__________ Memorial- this memorial is designed to inspire remembrance, reflection, and hope
Green ________- The nickname for the left field wall at Fenway Park
______ Park- A baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts
A seaport in northeastern Massachusetts, known for its witch hunt in the 1600s

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

reconstruction crossword 2023-05-10

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Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
freed all slaves
All male former slaves could vote
Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southern state to form its own government after ten percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War
allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before Reconstruction
Bringing together people who were opposed to each other
A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to advance their own fortunes
A secret society created by white southerners that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights

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someone who fought for slave's rights
Law passed that split up Indian Reservation lands among individual Native Americans and promised them citizenship
Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom
A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote
Made all former slaves citizens of the United States
many immigrants lived in these buildings
the era after the civil war
the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different races
Federal law that gave land to western states to encourage them to build colleges
17th President of the United States

World War II 2022-05-12

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Only president to be elected for three terms.
Victory ___ were planted to help stop a shortage of food
A very well-known concentration camp
June 6, 1944, a fleet of Allied ships invaded France
____ Camps were where Hitler kept the people he intended to kill
____ Einstein helped create the atomic bomb along with other United States scientist
An alliance between Great Britain, France, Soviet Union,the United States, and China.
The Nuremberg ____ were held to prosecute people who helped Hitler of War Crimes
The people mostly attacked by Hitler
German Soldiers known for killing Jews and Saluting Hitler

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The Japanese attack on United States Naval base in Pearl ___.
____ Airmen were African American fighter pilots that trained in Tuskegee, Alabama
Battle of ____ where the United States Navy won a stunning victory
The country most known for the Holocaust and the Nazis
A dictator that killed Jews because he didn't like them
____ Bombs were used at the end of World War II to end the war
One of the last countries to join the War.
An alliance between Germany, Japan, Italy.
___ camps that were another type of concentration camps. Known for systematically killing people
Battle of the ___ is where Germany stated a counter attack on the Allied soldiers
A form of combat used during World War II.

21 Clues: A very well-known concentration camp • The people mostly attacked by Hitler • One of the last countries to join the War. • An alliance between Germany, Japan, Italy. • A form of combat used during World War II. • Only president to be elected for three terms. • June 6, 1944, a fleet of Allied ships invaded France • The country most known for the Holocaust and the Nazis • ...

History Crossword 4 2022-02-11

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An artificial 82 kilometer waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
an organization striving for world peace after WWI.
warns Europe that they won’t tolerate more colonies
The act of expanding a countries power using diplomacy or military.
A ship carrying 173 tons of war supplies sunk by Germany.
A ship that unknowingly exploded.
the 28th president.
(WWI meaning) the group consisting of Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
States that the U.S. is allowed to intervene in Latin-American affairs if they do anything wrong.
An American new publication found in 1970.
The act of building up your military.

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A secret letter to Mexico to fight the United States.
The 36th regiment which is believed to spend the most time in combat.
Doesn’t participate in the conflict or doesn’t join one side or the other.
Something to do with “Speak softly and carry a big stick”.
(WWI meaning) the group consisting of the United States, Great Britain, France, etc.
Multiple groups (or countries) working to defeat a common enemy.
The support for your own country.
A country with a lot of power in the international rule.
the 26th president of the United States.
a speech given by Woodrow Wilson highlighting the reconstruction after WWI.
News that exaggerate or deprive of the truth.

22 Clues: the 28th president. • A ship that unknowingly exploded. • The support for your own country. • The act of building up your military. • the 26th president of the United States. • An American new publication found in 1970. • News that exaggerate or deprive of the truth. • an organization striving for world peace after WWI. • ...

Andrew Jackson 2023-02-13

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Tariff sought to protect northern and western agricultural products from competition with foreign imports.
One of the two major political parties in the U.S that was behind Andrew Jackson.
An American political party formed in the 1830s to oppose President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats.
A movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s.
Individuals who represent their state at national party conventions.
Theory that a state has the choice to not follow a federal law or judicial decision they dislike.
The withdrawal of states.
The right to vote or the right to be heard.
A financial crisis in the U.S. that left a major depression, which lasted until the mid-1840s
Wife of Andrew Jackson.

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Financier who was president of the Second Bank of the U.S.made it the first effective central bank in U.S.
Political parties each select a nominee to unite behind.
One of the most influential figures in Cherokee history.
The fourth chief justice of the United States.
The Senate's most prominent states' rights advocate
The second federally authorized national bank in the United States.
People of different speech
A piece of land set aside by Americans for the relocation of the Native Americans.
Forced westward migration of American Indian tribes from the South and Southeast
The U.S. Department of Treasury to receive leftover Treasury funds in 1833.

20 Clues: Wife of Andrew Jackson. • The withdrawal of states. • People of different speech • The right to vote or the right to be heard. • The fourth chief justice of the United States. • The Senate's most prominent states' rights advocate • Political parties each select a nominee to unite behind. • One of the most influential figures in Cherokee history. • ...

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