states Crossword Puzzles
STATES NIKENAMES 2024-09-18
Government Mid-Term Exam Review 2020-12-02
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- what act helped to fund state universities with the sale of public land given to states by the federal governments
- grants that come with "strings" attached
- keep people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs
- What branch of government is media?
- People who share interests form groups to advance their causes and that some groups have too much power – gridlock
- branch that confirms presidential appointments
- Controls the media, no one may operate radio or TV stations without their license
- How do interest groups get money?
- belong only because the U.S. is sovereign. There are few of these. One is the National Gov’ts ability to regulate immigration.
- A collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence gov’t for specific ends
- the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State (Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution).
- journalists whose sole job is to follow the President
- an act directing people of the territory to frame a proposed constitution
- a system of gov’t in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national gov’t (U.S.) and the State governments (50 States)
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- agreements among states
- ability of the media to draw public attention to certain issues and to ignore other issues
- grants of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, or localities
- commands armed forces
- Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States
- money that goes to local gov’t in areas where there are large federal land holding in lieu of property taxes that the local gov’t can’t collect from the national gov’t
- interprets the Constitution and other laws
- no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
- links people and government, gives voice to people
- assigning certain powers to the National Government and certain powers to the States
- powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
- factions are bad, but a necessary evil
26 Clues: commands armed forces • agreements among states • How do interest groups get money? • What branch of government is media? • factions are bad, but a necessary evil • grants that come with "strings" attached • interprets the Constitution and other laws • branch that confirms presidential appointments • links people and government, gives voice to people • ...
Chapter 10 2021-12-10
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- abolitionist leader.
- favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people
- was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States.
- supported the compromise.
- a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue.
- an amendment of 1846 military appropriations bill, proposing that none of the territory acquired in the war with Mexico would be open to slavery.
- Former United States Attorney General
- a series of congressional measures intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states.
- the formal withdrawal of a state from the union.
- was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder of the New-York Tribune
- a political party formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into U.S. territories.
- the confederate state of America, a confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states after their secession from the union.
- was an explorer of the Western United States
- a system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states.
- 15th president of U.S.
- a law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery.
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- published Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- was the 14th president of the united states
- 21 men were led to it.
- the modern political party that was formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery in the territories.
- statutes, passed in nine northern states in the 1850’s, that forbade the imprisonment of runaways slaves and granted jury trails for fugitive slaves.
- slave from Missouri
- a name given to the American party, formed in 1850’s to curtail the political influence of immigrants
- statutes passed by Congress.
- the idea, expressed by Stephen Douglas in 1858, that any territory could exclude slavery by simply refusing to pass laws supporting it
- picked up the pro-compromise reins.
- republican, 16th president of U.S.
- A name applied to the Kansas territory in the years before the Civil War, when the territory was a battleground between proslavery and antislavery forces
- A best selling novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- on of the most famous conductors
30 Clues: slave from Missouri • abolitionist leader. • 21 men were led to it. • 15th president of U.S. • supported the compromise. • published Uncle Tom’s Cabin • statutes passed by Congress. • on of the most famous conductors • republican, 16th president of U.S. • picked up the pro-compromise reins. • Former United States Attorney General • was the 14th president of the united states • ...
Unit 5 voc 2018-01-18
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- Act Hurt Britain
- Treaty British captured more than 250 American ships
- and Virginia resolutions Has an equal right to judge for itself
- policy A nation’s plan of action toward other nations
- Marshall The Chief Justice of the United States
- and Clark Floated toward the Columbia River
- Leaders in other states were organizing
- Proclamation Not support either side in the war
- Advice and were responsible for directing their departments
- Doctrine a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US
- Law passed by the federal government
- Treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.
- Advocacy of political independence for a particular country.
- Hamilton and his supporters
- rights In American political discourse
- vs Madison Tried before the Supreme court
- Rebellion Thousands marched in protest through the streets
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- and War of 1812
- Presidency an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the fifth President of the United States from 1817 to 1825.
- review The power of the court
- Act of 1789 Supreme Court
- Hawks The Twelfth Congress that met from 1811 to 1813 included a number of young and outspoken members who were foes of Great Britain and supporters of expansion by the United States
- restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being
- Forcing people into service
- Jefferson’s Presidency
- and Sedition Acts Pushed several laws through congress
- Purchase United States took control of the land vast lands west of the Mississippi
- of New Orleans A series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812 American combatants
- of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- of Political Parties pg. 245
- An act or a decision that sets an example for other to follow
- To rulers of the Barbary States such as Tripoli
- Affair Did not deal directly with the Americans
33 Clues: and War of 1812 • Act Hurt Britain • Jefferson’s Presidency • Act of 1789 Supreme Court • Forcing people into service • Hamilton and his supporters • of Political Parties pg. 245 • review The power of the court • Law passed by the federal government • rights In American political discourse • Leaders in other states were organizing • vs Madison Tried before the Supreme court • ...
Peace 2025-03-07
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- only the ___ can hear cases that are legal disputes between states. These cases can only be brought to the court by states. (abbreviate it)
- example of regional, single-issue IO (hint: it focuses on economic cooperation)
- judicial organ of the UN that hears legal disputes between states
- a source of international law: both domestic and international judicial decisions can be cited to create and enforce international law
- law in the absence of central authority that tries to bind states and nonstate actors in their relations with one another
- a source of international law: formal, voluntary, written agreements between states
- idea that IR actors follow international law because they want and expect other actors to follow it
- judicial institution separate from the UN that tries individuals for criminal acts including genocide, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression, and war crimes
- "While the ICC's decisions can be appealed, its decisions are implemented by the court itself as the ICC is the world's law enforcement."
- actions taken by states to punish other states who violate international law is an example of ____ enforcement
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- a source of international law: some laws which are outlawed in most states should also be outlawed in the international system too
- example of global, single-issue IO (hint: it focuses on trade)
- example of global, multiple-issue IO
- the largest and most powerful regional, multiple-issue IO
- a source of international law: eventually, practices that states engage in with each other over time can become international law
- actions taken by IOs to enforce international law is not common, but it is an example of ___ enforcement
- only the ___ can hear cases against individuals that pertain to crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression. The crimes must be committed in the territory of a state in that institution, by a state in that institution, or in the territory of a state that has accepted that institution's jurisdiction. (abbreviate it)
- most common type of international law enforcement
- example of regional, multiple-issue IO (hint: IO similar to UN but focused on one continent)
- "The decisions of the ICJ are binding and cannot be appealed. However, enforcement is up to states."
- event that marks the first state to ever leave the European Union
- states can prosecute violators of international law even if the violator is from another country
- single-issue or multiple-issue refers to the ___ of IOs
23 Clues: example of global, multiple-issue IO • most common type of international law enforcement • single-issue or multiple-issue refers to the ___ of IOs • the largest and most powerful regional, multiple-issue IO • example of global, single-issue IO (hint: it focuses on trade) • judicial organ of the UN that hears legal disputes between states • ...
Reconstruction 2022-11-18
18 Clues: plan • scot • grant • rights • states • policy • Sumter • turner • of 1850 • stephens • platform • slave act • of Atlanta • compromise • tom's cabin • nebraska act • proclamation • of Gettysburg
The Civil War 2020-09-25
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- people owned by other people.
- some states gave up in battle.
- many battle grounds after the war.
- the north wanted to get rid of slavery.
- president of the north.
- money
- used as protection during a battle.
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- southern states
- Proclamation end to slavery.
- northern states.
- Davis president of the south.
- person missing an arm or leg.
- Some states in the north left and went south.
- War, war that happened in the late 1800's
- win or success
15 Clues: money • win or success • southern states • northern states. • president of the north. • Proclamation end to slavery. • Davis president of the south. • person missing an arm or leg. • people owned by other people. • some states gave up in battle. • many battle grounds after the war. • used as protection during a battle. • the north wanted to get rid of slavery. • ...
Social Studies Puzzle - Constitution 2020-12-10
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- changes to the constitution
- the first 10 amendments
- "give me liberty or give me death"
- Slavery compromise
- the first president of the united states
- people in favor of the constitution
- plan in favor of small states
- considered the father of the constitution
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- Makes up judicial branch
- big and small states compromise
- people who were against the constitution
- otherwise known as the legislative branch
- plan in favor of large states
- to approve
- head of the executive branch
15 Clues: to approve • Slavery compromise • the first 10 amendments • Makes up judicial branch • changes to the constitution • head of the executive branch • plan in favor of large states • plan in favor of small states • big and small states compromise • "give me liberty or give me death" • people in favor of the constitution • people who were against the constitution • ...
Civil War Crossword 2022-02-28
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- Former U.S. senator
- Former Governor of Maine
- Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
- Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
- One of the best Confederate Generals
- This battle marked the turning point of the Civil War
- Watie, The only Native American to be fully promoted to the rank of General in the Civil War
- The first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy
- Former United States Secretary of War
- E. Lee American Confederate General
- The deadliest ground of the civil war
- Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1, 1863
- Had a famous nickname
- Run, The very first full-scale battle of the Civil War
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- 18th U.S. President
- Former Commanding General of the United States Army
- Former Governor of Rhode Island
- Farragut, A flag officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War
- The deadliest one-day battle in American military history
- Longstreet, Former United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire
- Ironclad warship built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War
- Sumter, Marked the official beginning of the Civil War
- The Union victory in the largest battle of this campaign
- Was in command of only two battles in the Civil War
- A United States Army officer who became a major general In the Confederate States Army
- Former Governor of New Jersey
- 16th U.S. President
- Plan A military strategy suggested by Union General Winfield Scott early in the Civil War
- Remembered for his defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee
- A strategic location on the Mississippi River made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy
30 Clues: 18th U.S. President • Former U.S. senator • 16th U.S. President • Had a famous nickname • Former Governor of Maine • Former Governor of New Jersey • Former Governor of Rhode Island • One of the best Confederate Generals • E. Lee American Confederate General • Former United States Secretary of War • The deadliest ground of the civil war • ...
Civil War Crossword 2022-02-28
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- Former U.S. senator
- Former Governor of Maine
- Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
- Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
- One of the best Confederate Generals
- This battle marked the turning point of the Civil War
- Watie, The only Native American to be fully promoted to the rank of General in the Civil War
- The first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy
- Former United States Secretary of War
- E. Lee American Confederate General
- The deadliest ground of the civil war
- Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1, 1863
- Had a famous nickname
- Run, The very first full-scale battle of the Civil War
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- 18th U.S. President
- Former Commanding General of the United States Army
- Former Governor of Rhode Island
- Farragut, A flag officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War
- The deadliest one-day battle in American military history
- Longstreet, Former United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire
- Ironclad warship built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War
- Sumter, Marked the official beginning of the Civil War
- The Union victory in the largest battle of this campaign
- Was in command of only two battles in the Civil War
- A United States Army officer who became a major general In the Confederate States Army
- Former Governor of New Jersey
- 16th U.S. President
- Plan A military strategy suggested by Union General Winfield Scott early in the Civil War
- Remembered for his defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee
- A strategic location on the Mississippi River made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy
30 Clues: 18th U.S. President • Former U.S. senator • 16th U.S. President • Had a famous nickname • Former Governor of Maine • Former Governor of New Jersey • Former Governor of Rhode Island • One of the best Confederate Generals • E. Lee American Confederate General • Former United States Secretary of War • The deadliest ground of the civil war • ...
Civil War 2022-05-10
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- Lincoln president during the Civil War
- important statement
- states did not allow slavery
- William T. Sherman Union general who captured Atlanta, GA, then marched through GA to the sea, burning and destroying everything on the way
- Sumter located in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first battle of the Civil War was fought
- first Union ironclad
- gin machine that quickly removed cotton seeds
- War fought between north & south, 1861-1865, also called the War between the States
- states allowed slavery
- Ulysses S. Grant commander of the Union army
- decision to satisfy both sides of an argument
- Robert E. Lee commander of the Confederate army
- Union's move to block major seaports from the south, to prevent them from receiving much needed supplies
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- Johnson president after Lincoln's death
- Davis president of the Confederate States of America
- Court House, Virginia where General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the end of the Civil War
- Wilkes Booth shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in 1865
- battle that was the turning point of the Civil War
- set free
- first Confederate ironclad
- ship covered with thick iron plates to keep cannon balls and gun shells out
- referred to the US during the Civil War
- Proclamation President Lincoln's announcement in 1863, to free slaves
- city captured by the Union army so the north could control the Mississippi River
- States of America name Southern states gave themselves after withdrawing from the Union, to form their own nation
- capital of the Confederate States
- Compromise decision in 1821 to allow Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state & Maine as a free state, to keep the balance represented in Congress
- Whitney man who invented the cotton gin
28 Clues: set free • important statement • first Union ironclad • states allowed slavery • first Confederate ironclad • states did not allow slavery • capital of the Confederate States • Lincoln president during the Civil War • Johnson president after Lincoln's death • referred to the US during the Civil War • Whitney man who invented the cotton gin • ...
Chapter 2 Definition 2023-10-05
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- having a single legislative chamber
- a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
- government based on consent of the people.
- a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
- an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801
- an organization which consists of a number of parties
- a political structure where laws are limited
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- Connecticut is a U.S. state in southern New England that has a mix of coastal cities and rural areas dotted with small towns
- an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism
- the best-known description of the doctrines of English law.
- great charter
- an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, abolitionist
- Daniel Shays was an American soldier, revolutionary and farmer famous for allegedly leading Shays' Rebellion
- an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States.
- a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government
- the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
- a Scottish-born American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, and statesman who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798
- a person sent or authorized to represent others
- a person who shapes or creates a concept, plan, or system.
- an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
20 Clues: great charter • having a single legislative chamber • government based on consent of the people. • a political structure where laws are limited • a person sent or authorized to represent others • an organization which consists of a number of parties • an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, abolitionist • a person who shapes or creates a concept, plan, or system. • ...
School Project on Acronyms 2024-02-20
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- A federal agency that provides housing and community development assistance.
- It is headed by the secretary of transportation, who reports directly to the president of the United States.
- A mortgage insurer that provides insurance on loans for single family.
- Life insurance options for Veterans
- The primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.
- A federal agency that regulates the U.S. securities markets and protects investors.
- Worldwide police cooperation and crime control
- Is a federally owned electric utility.
- The national public health agency of the United States.
- The federal agency responsible for regulating and overseeing the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs.
- An independent agency of the federal government that enforces labor laws
- Body of senior uniformed leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense
- An agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security
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- The federal agency that oversees agriculture, food, nutrition, and rural development.
- Established in the aftermath of World War II
- Keeping access to affordable homeownership and rental housing possible for millions of households.
- A cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people.
- A United States government corporation supplying deposit insurance to depositors in American commercial banks.
- An intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands
- Was a cabinet-level department of the United States government.
- Charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government
- A publicly traded, government-sponsored enterprise, headquartered in Tysons, Virginia.
- A national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska.
- An agency of the United States Department of Justice
- A federal agency that supports small businesses with funding, loans, business counseling.
25 Clues: Life insurance options for Veterans • Is a federally owned electric utility. • Established in the aftermath of World War II • Worldwide police cooperation and crime control • A national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska. • An agency of the United States Department of Justice • The national public health agency of the United States. • ...
CIVIC'S TEST PART 1 2024-02-24
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- What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
- Name one American Indian tribe in the United States
- What is the capital of the United States
- Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
- The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are those words?
- What is the name of the Vice-President of the United States now?
- How many amendments does the Constitution have?
- What is the highest court in the United States?
- What are two Cabinet-level positions?
- What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
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- Who was the first president?
- Name two national U.S. Holidays
- What does the President's cabinet do?
- What are two parts of the U.S. Congress?
- Name one branch or part of the government.
- We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
- Why does the flag have 50 stars?
- What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
- Who is the Commander in chief of the military?
- When do we celebrate Independence Day?
- What is one reason colonists came to America?
- What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
- What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
- We elect a President for how many years?
- What is the political party of the President now?
25 Clues: Who was the first president? • Name two national U.S. Holidays • Why does the flag have 50 stars? • Who does a U.S. Senator represent? • What does the President's cabinet do? • What are two Cabinet-level positions? • When do we celebrate Independence Day? • What are two parts of the U.S. Congress? • What is the capital of the United States • ...
Unit 4 Assessment 1 Review 2024-02-28
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- People in the _____________ Party supported slavery.
- To ______ is to formally leave a group/entity
- Another word for moral/trying to reduce harm
- A _____________ narrative is something that is widely believed in a society.
- Lincoln was against the ___________ of slavery.
- The states' _________ ideology is that individual states should have the power to make decisions for their state (instead of the federal government).
- President ___________ was the head of the Republican Party.
- The ________ Party was against slavery.
- The ___________ Compromised, proposed in 1860, would have made slavery permanent in the southern states.
- When southern states seceded, they formed the __________.
- The ___________-Nebraska Act allowed those two territories to choose whether they would have slavery or not.
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- The ___________ Slave Act was a horrible law that required all people to kidnap people who had escaped slavery.
- Southern states seceded because they wanted to preserve _______.
- After the __________-American War, the US took a lot of land from that other country.
- A ____________ narrative is different from what the majority of people think or assume.
- This US state used to be part of Mexico and seceded from Mexico in large part due to Mexico's abolition of slavery.
- ___________ sovereignty is the idea that individual states could vote on whether they'd have slavery or not.
- Free Soilers were against slavery for ________ reasons.
- Another word for the United States
- Lewis ________ is an example of someone who resisted against pro-slavery laws and tried to protect freedom-seekers in Boston.
- A _________ hunter is someone who made money from kidnapping freedom-seekers.
- When reasoning is focused on efficiency or logic
- In the Supreme Court's decision in the ________ Scott case, the Court ruled that Black people didn't have rights anywhere in the US.
- ________________ were against slavery for ethical reasons.
24 Clues: Another word for the United States • The ________ Party was against slavery. • Another word for moral/trying to reduce harm • To ______ is to formally leave a group/entity • Lincoln was against the ___________ of slavery. • When reasoning is focused on efficiency or logic • People in the _____________ Party supported slavery. • ...
Crossword Cold War 2023-04-23
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- Being on the edge of war without engaging in battle to force an opponent to back down
- Collective name for South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore
- Abbreviation for organization that helps prevent global economic depression and finances money to developing nations
- Stated that the Soviets could invade any socialist country where there's an interest in communism
- Political program by Gorbachev to open up transparency of political processes and give people more social freedoms
- Attempt to improve relations between the Western and Eastern Blocs in Germany
- Abbreviation for Mexican party that won national election in 2000 and that Vicente Fox was a part of
- Non-industrialized, industrializing states
- US sponsored invasion of Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro that failed
- Abbreviation for Mexican party that governed until the 1990's and became corrupt
- Members of a leftist coalition that overthrew the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza in 1979 (Nicaragua)
- Khrushchev's attempt to distance himself from Stalin's atrocities
- Created the arrangement of alliances with states surrounding communist states in hopes of containing communism
- Nation that is industrialized and nuclearized
- Reagan's goal for the US to send satellites into space and shoot down Russia that was propoganda
- Communist, industrialized states
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- Fear that communism was invading the US
- Capitalized, industrialized states
- Economic program by Gorbachev to give businesses in Russia free-enterprise
- Abbreviation for Treaty Organization created in 1949 as a military alliance
- Theory that if one country accepts communism, so will surrounding states
- Abbreviation for American agency that intervened in many countries to attemp to overthrow communist governments
- Doctrine signed in 1947 that provided military and financial assistance to Greece and Turkey
- Name for hostility between two states that don't result in open fire
- Created in 1950 with alliances between the USSR and Eastern European states in response to NATO
- Organization that promoted economic unity between European states and eventually adopted a uniform currency
- Term for conservative governments that would be friendly to US interests and whose economy depended on their exportation of tropical products, mainly bananas
- Local or regional wars in which superpowers armed, trained, or financed the warring nations
- Term coined in Churchill's speech referring to an ideological barrier between communist and democratic countries
- Abbreviation for trade agreement between the US, Canada, and Mexico
30 Clues: Communist, industrialized states • Capitalized, industrialized states • Fear that communism was invading the US • Non-industrialized, industrializing states • Nation that is industrialized and nuclearized • Collective name for South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore • Khrushchev's attempt to distance himself from Stalin's atrocities • ...
chapter 12 terms 2024-06-06
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- landowners allowed tenants to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced
- 19th president of the United States whose election marked the end of Reconstruction
- The right to vote in political elections
- a legislative body levels charges against a government official
- provided assistance to freed slaves and poor whites
- Ratified in 1865, this amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
- Republican Party that advocated for the complete abolition of slavery
- A vocational school for African Americans founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington in Alabama
- declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens
- divided the South into five military districts governed by Union generals
- required 50% of a state's white males take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union
- Courts operated by the military, used during Reconstruction to enforce laws and protect the rights of freedmen in the Southern states.
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- A derogatory term for Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
- Ratified in 1870, this amendment prohibited states from denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
- leader of the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives who was a fierce advocate for the abolition of slavery
- Republican Party who supported some civil rights for African Americans
- Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights of newly freed African Americans and to ensure their availability as a cheap labor force.
- Southerners who opposed Reconstruction policies and sought to restore the pre-Civil War social order
- Ratified in 1868, this amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and provided equal protection under the laws.
- A derogatory term for Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party.
- agreement that ended the disputed 1876 presidential election
- white supremacist group formed in 1865 that used terror and violence to oppose the civil rights of African Americans
- farmers rented land from a landowner and were responsible for their own supplies
- 18th president of the United States and former Union general
- The 17th president of the United States
25 Clues: The 17th president of the United States • The right to vote in political elections • provided assistance to freed slaves and poor whites • agreement that ended the disputed 1876 presidential election • 18th president of the United States and former Union general • declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens • ...
American Civil War 2013-08-29
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- Fort _____: Site of very first conflict in the Civil War at Charleston, South Carolina, essentially initiated warfare
- The Northern States which stayed as part of the United States of America. Slavery was illegal and they fought against the Confederacy in order to reunite all states. Were known as the “Blues” and were led by Abraham Lincoln, the president
- _______Davis:President of the Confederacy
- ___________Proclamation: An Act introduced in 1863 which made slavery illegal in the secessionist states
- A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
- Withdrawing of a state from being part of the United States of America
- Major set of battles which essentially decided defeat for South. Resulted in firing of General McClellan, the introduction of the Emancipation Proclamation and the withdrawal of the British from the Civil War.
- Robert _______: General of Confederacy
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- _____Grant: Commander in chief of the Union armies in the latter part of the war
- The Southern states which withdrew from the United States of America and formed an Independent state. They fought in the Civil War under the common name of the “Reds”. Slavery continued to be legal in these states. President was Jefferson Davis
- Act which outlines the fundamental principles which the laws and governance of a country are based on
- Abraham Lincoln’s political party
- _____ War: A war between citizens of the same country
- Site of first major battle.
- Site of major Civil War battle and famous Lincoln address
- Product of the south,in which the economy was dependent on
- Abraham_________: President of the Union
17 Clues: Site of first major battle. • Abraham Lincoln’s political party • Robert _______: General of Confederacy • _______Davis:President of the Confederacy • Abraham_________: President of the Union • _____ War: A war between citizens of the same country • Site of major Civil War battle and famous Lincoln address • Product of the south,in which the economy was dependent on • ...
Cold War Cross-World Puzzle 2023-04-16
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- An organization that promotes peace, security, and cooperation among countries
- All production and distribution are owned and controlled by the government.
- A satellite launched by the Soviet Union through the Space Race
- Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop space technology
- Countries that dominate in political and military power.
- This disease spread along trade routes and killed twenty million people, including military troops
- Soviets, Britain, and the United States divided Germany into four zones controlled by each power.
- To spread biased information
- Separates Communist countries in Eastern Europe from Non-communist countries of Western Europe.
- A conflict between North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union, and South Korea, supported by the United States
- A period in the United States where people feared communists and socialists
- Separation of different racial groups
- Countries that remained neutral and independent from the United States and the Soviet Union.
- A conflict between Communists in North Vietnam and South Vietnam, supported by the United States
- Tool used to alter the genetic makeup of an organism
- A policy of openness and transparency that allowed the Soviet cities to discuss problems of their system and solutions
- Discrimination based on race, color, religion, and gender in the USA.
- A concrete wall built in 1961 that stretched across East Germany
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- A theory that believes if one country falls to Communism, the rest will follow
- A meeting with the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union that discussed the end of World War II
- A system of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the government of South Africa.
- A Chinese leader that promoted economic growth and transformed China into a significant economic power.
- Tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II.
- An alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe countries and was a response to NATO
- A war between two dominant countries fighting indirectly.
- An economic system in which prices are determined by Supply and Demand
- The process of opening a country's economy by reducing trade restrictions.
- Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to gain military superiority
- Contain Communism from spreading to other countries
- An Alliance among 30 countries that establish a defense against the Soviet Union
30 Clues: To spread biased information • Separation of different racial groups • Contain Communism from spreading to other countries • Tool used to alter the genetic makeup of an organism • Countries that dominate in political and military power. • A war between two dominant countries fighting indirectly. • A satellite launched by the Soviet Union through the Space Race • ...
5.6 Key Terms 2017-02-22
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- new roads, bridges, and canals
- direct involvement
- loyalty to one’s state or section rather than to the nation as a whole
- includes present-day nations of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala
- spoke for the South
- most skillful speaker of his time
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- describes people born to Spanish parents
- the Supreme Court upheld the power of the federal government to regulate trade between states
- includes present-day nations of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama
- easily defeated the Federalists
- or trade between different states
- called for high tariffs on imports
- United States would not interfere in the affairs of European nations or existing colonies of the European nations
- the Court ruled that states had no right to interfere with federal institutions within their borders
- contained about 1,000 black Seminoles
- Spain agreed to give Florida to the United States in exchange for $5 million
- spoke for the West
17 Clues: direct involvement • spoke for the West • spoke for the South • new roads, bridges, and canals • easily defeated the Federalists • or trade between different states • most skillful speaker of his time • called for high tariffs on imports • contained about 1,000 black Seminoles • describes people born to Spanish parents • ...
American Civil War 2013-08-29
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- LEE General of Confederacy
- RUN Site of first major battle.
- A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
- Abraham Lincoln’s political party
- The Southern states which withdrew from the United States of America and formed an Independent state. They fought in the Civil War under the common name of the “Reds”. Slavery continued to be legal in these states. President was Jefferson Davis.
- Act which outlines the fundamental principles which the laws and governance of a country are based on.
- LINCOLN President of the Union
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- The Northern States which stayed as part of the United States of America. Slavery was illegal and they fought against the Confederacy in order to reunite all states. Were known as the “Blues” and were led by Abraham Lincoln, the president.
- withdrawing of a state from the United States of America
- Fort _____: Site of very first conflict in the Civil War at Charleston, South Carolina, essentially initiated warfare.
- DAVIS President of the Confederacy
- PROCLAMATION An Act introduced in 1863 which made slavery illegal in the secessionist states.
- Site of major Civil War battle and famous Lincoln address.
- Product of the south,in which the economy was dependent on
- WAR A war between citizens of the same country.
- GRANT Commander in chief of the Union armies in the latter part of the war.
- Major set of battles which essentially decided defeat for South. Resulted in firing of General McClellan, the introduction of the Emancipation Proclamation and the withdrawal of the British from the Civil War.
17 Clues: LEE General of Confederacy • LINCOLN President of the Union • RUN Site of first major battle. • Abraham Lincoln’s political party • DAVIS President of the Confederacy • WAR A war between citizens of the same country. • withdrawing of a state from the United States of America • Site of major Civil War battle and famous Lincoln address. • ...
Cold War Cross-Word Puzzle 2023-04-16
Across
- An organization that promotes peace, security, and cooperation among countries
- All production and distribution are owned and controlled by the government.
- A satellite launched by the Soviet Union through the Space Race
- Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop space technology
- Countries that dominate in political and military power.
- This disease spread along trade routes and killed twenty million people, including military troops
- Soviets, Britain, and the United States divided Germany into four zones controlled by each power.
- To spread biased information
- Separates Communist countries in Eastern Europe from Non-communist countries of Western Europe.
- A conflict between North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union, and South Korea, supported by the United States
- A period in the United States where people feared communists and socialists
- Separation of different racial groups
- Countries that remained neutral and independent from the United States and the Soviet Union.
- A conflict between Communists in North Vietnam and South Vietnam, supported by the United States
- Tool used to alter the genetic makeup of an organism
- A policy of openness and transparency that allowed the Soviet cities to discuss problems of their system and solutions
- Discrimination based on race, color, religion, and gender in the USA.
- A concrete wall built in 1961 that stretched across East Germany
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- A theory that believes if one country falls to Communism, the rest will follow
- A meeting with the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union that discussed the end of World War II
- A system of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the government of South Africa.
- A Chinese leader that promoted economic growth and transformed China into a significant economic power.
- Tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II.
- An alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe countries and was a response to NATO
- A war between two dominant countries fighting indirectly.
- An economic system in which prices are determined by Supply and Demand
- The process of opening a country's economy by reducing trade restrictions.
- Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to gain military superiority
- Contain Communism from spreading to other countries
- An Alliance among 30 countries that establish a defense against the Soviet Union
30 Clues: To spread biased information • Separation of different racial groups • Contain Communism from spreading to other countries • Tool used to alter the genetic makeup of an organism • Countries that dominate in political and military power. • A war between two dominant countries fighting indirectly. • A satellite launched by the Soviet Union through the Space Race • ...
Unit 1 Menu Board 2021-02-27
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- a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
- wire, a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands
- of wouned knee, the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops
- commerce act, United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.
- railroad, railway that would link the United States from east to west.
- a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth century
- the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group.
- party, a left-wing agrarian populist late-19th-century political party in the United States.
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- act, several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead.
- point, a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States
- Act, allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
- a type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop, to be given to the landowner at the end of each year.
- a farmers' association organized in 1867
- a system of allowing the unrestricted currency of two metals (e.g. gold and silver) as legal tender at a fixed ratio to each other.
- v ferguson, a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws
- v illinois, a Supreme Court decision that severely limited the rights of states to control or impede interstate commerce.
- act, made it possible for new western states to establish colleges for their citizens.
- wars, the First Nations Wars in Canada and is the collective name for the various armed conflicts that were fought by European governments and colonists
- horse, a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century.
- a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
20 Clues: a farmers' association organized in 1867 • point, a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States • Act, allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands. • horse, a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century. • railroad, railway that would link the United States from east to west. • ...
Bill of Rights & the 7 Principles of Government. 2022-02-15
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- no cruel or unusual punishments
- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes
- protects people from unreasonable searches
- granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights
- requires a person to receive a majority of the electoral votes for vice president for that person to be elected vice president by the Electoral College
- abolished slavery in the United States
- freedoms concerning religion
- first 10 Amendments
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- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution
- the people retain rights absent specific
- right to a jury trial
- forbids the forcible housing of military personnel in a citizen's home
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States
- prohibits the federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states
- right to a grand jury
- rights of criminal defendants
- right of the people to keep and bear arms
17 Clues: first 10 Amendments • right to a jury trial • right to a grand jury • freedoms concerning religion • rights of criminal defendants • no cruel or unusual punishments • abolished slavery in the United States • the people retain rights absent specific • right of the people to keep and bear arms • protects people from unreasonable searches • ...
Influential Leaders! 2013-06-08
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- 23rd President of the United States
- 20th President of the United States
- 24th President of the United States
- 17th President of the United States
- 18th President of the United States
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- 22nd President of the United States
- 25th President of the United States
- 26th President of the United States
- 19th President of the United States
- 21st President of the United States
10 Clues: 22nd President of the United States • 23rd President of the United States • 25th President of the United States • 26th President of the United States • 20th President of the United States • 19th President of the United States • 21st President of the United States • 24th President of the United States • 17th President of the United States • 18th President of the United States
Presidents 2022-11-15
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- 37th President of the United States.
- 36th President of the United States.
- 38th President of the United States.
- 45th President of the United States.
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- 40th President of the United States.
- 41st President of the United States.
- 42nd president of the United States
- 35th President of the United States.
- 44th president of the United States.
- 39th President of the United States.
10 Clues: 42nd president of the United States • 40th President of the United States. • 41st President of the United States. • 35th President of the United States. • 37th President of the United States. • 36th President of the United States. • 44th president of the United States. • 39th President of the United States. • 38th President of the United States. • ...
bill of rights 2025-02-03
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- 8th amdt, allows for ___
- 3rd amdt, soldiers can't live in ur house without ur ___
- BOR was written to protect the rights of __, the accused, and the states
- 2nd amdt, right to ___
- BOR ensures all rights of citizens are ___
- 10th amdt, any power not delegated to the fed gov belongs to the ___
- year BOR was published
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- 4th amdt states authorities must have a search ___
- madison promised the BOR would be added to the ___
- 1st amdt, freedom of __
- 6th amdt, guarantees ___ public trial
- wrote BOR
- 7th amdt, states that ___ can decide civil cases
- 5th amdt protects u from having to ___ at ur own trial
- 9th amdt, states the ___ in constitution are not citizen's only ___
15 Clues: wrote BOR • 2nd amdt, right to ___ • year BOR was published • 1st amdt, freedom of __ • 8th amdt, allows for ___ • 6th amdt, guarantees ___ public trial • BOR ensures all rights of citizens are ___ • 7th amdt, states that ___ can decide civil cases • 4th amdt states authorities must have a search ___ • madison promised the BOR would be added to the ___ • ...
America & WWI Crossword 2021-09-16
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- British and French troops needed relief offered by what forces?
- What was scarce that was needed to bring American troops to Europe?
- World War I provided the United States with valuable what?
- American troops were used to defend against or attack what forces?
- The United States suffered 320,000 what in the First World War?
- The Battle of what helped recover French territory from the German Army?
- St. Miheil was the largest what ever undertaken by the United States Army?
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- How many million men served in the United States Army?
- AEF stands for American Expeditionary _______
- What did Germany sign on November 11, 1918?
- Where in France did the AEF enter the trenches?
- The United States sent who abroad to defend foreign soil?
- Who did America declare war against in on April 6, 1917?
- Where was the first United States victory?
- Who was named supreme commander of the American army in France?
15 Clues: Where was the first United States victory? • What did Germany sign on November 11, 1918? • AEF stands for American Expeditionary _______ • Where in France did the AEF enter the trenches? • How many million men served in the United States Army? • Who did America declare war against in on April 6, 1917? • The United States sent who abroad to defend foreign soil? • ...
Andrew Jackson Crossword 2023-10-18
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- A political party that supported John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential election
- A conservative political party that supported aristocratic families
- State banks that received deposits of federal money
- Land the United States reserved for the forced resettlement of Native Americans
- The law of forcefully exchanging land with Native Americans
- The forced displacement of about 60,000 Native Americans
- The fourth chief justice of the United States
- The ninth president of the United States
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- The Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations
- A Native American tribe located in modern-day Oklahoma
- The right to vote in political elections
- A person selected to represent a group of political peoples in the United States
- The eighth president of the United States
- Nickname of the seventh president of the United States
- A practice in which after winning an election, a political party offers government jobs to its supporters
15 Clues: The right to vote in political elections • The ninth president of the United States • The eighth president of the United States • The fourth chief justice of the United States • State banks that received deposits of federal money • A Native American tribe located in modern-day Oklahoma • Nickname of the seventh president of the United States • ...
Unit 1 Crossword 2023-05-11
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- The ________ property states that the opposite of a number cancels it out
- The ________ Property states that the placement of parentheses does not matter for multiplication and addition.
- No negative numbers or decimals
- ______ refer to all numbers
- If B = R then R = B
- The _____ property states that you distribute a value if it is outside a=of parenthesis
- The ______ states that a value always equals itself
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- _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat
- Multiplying by zero always equals zero
- Whole numbers excluding zero
- Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat
- No decimals
- if L = N And N = Z, then L = X
- The______ property states that when a value is multiplied by 1 of added to 0, it will stay the same
- The ________ property states that the order of value does not make a difference
15 Clues: No decimals • If B = R then R = B • ______ refer to all numbers • Whole numbers excluding zero • if L = N And N = Z, then L = X • No negative numbers or decimals • Multiplying by zero always equals zero • Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat • The ______ states that a value always equals itself • _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat • ...
Unit 1 Crossword 2023-05-11
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- The ________ property states that the opposite of a number cancels it out
- The ________ Property states that the placement of parentheses does not matter for multiplication and addition.
- No negative numbers or decimals
- ______ refer to all numbers
- If B = R then R = B
- The _____ property states that you distribute a value if it is outside a=of parenthesis
- The ______ states that a value always equals itself
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- _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat
- Multiplying by zero always equals zero
- Whole numbers excluding zero
- Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat
- No decimals
- if L = N And N = Z, then L = X
- The______ property states that when a value is multiplied by 1 of added to 0, it will stay the same
- The ________ property states that the order of value does not make a difference
15 Clues: No decimals • If B = R then R = B • ______ refer to all numbers • Whole numbers excluding zero • if L = N And N = Z, then L = X • No negative numbers or decimals • Multiplying by zero always equals zero • Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat • The ______ states that a value always equals itself • _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat • ...
The Great Migration 2024-12-18
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- The year The Great Migration took place
- An outbreak of racial violence that occurred in 1919
- The ethnic population that migrated
- work, especially hard physical work.
- The movement of a person or people from one country, locality, place of residence, etc., to settle in another
- One of the States in the United States were they migrated to
- A paid position of regular employment.
- The area of the United States where they migrated from
- One of the states in the United States where they migrated to
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- The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
- One way of transportation they used to migrate
- Laws that mandated segregation of schools, parks, libraries, drinking fountains, restrooms, buses, trains, and restaurants.
- The area of the United States where they migrated to
- Serious human rights violations, including a threat to life or freedom
- Discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity
15 Clues: The ethnic population that migrated • work, especially hard physical work. • A paid position of regular employment. • The year The Great Migration took place • One way of transportation they used to migrate • An outbreak of racial violence that occurred in 1919 • The area of the United States where they migrated to • ...
Simone Thornton-Chapter 4 2020-12-02
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- A system of spending, taxing, and providing aid
- Historical powers that conduct the business of a sovereign nation
- The power to collect taxes
- The idea that states had the right to separate themselves from the Union
- A way federal aid is distributed
- both state and national governments were equal authorities operating
- Federal grants that are given for more general purposes
- Logical powers possessed by the national government
- Releasing national funds, to state and local communities, to achieve national goals
- states had the right to nullify national laws that they believed contradicted with state interests
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- Powers granted to the national government
- A system of spending, taxing, and providing aid
- Federalism under the New Deal
- Ensures that extradition can take place
- Constitution neither delegates powers to the national government nor prohibits them to the states.
- Demands on states to carry out certain policies as a condition of receiving grant
- Authority to state governments
- Returning power to states
18 Clues: Returning power to states • The power to collect taxes • Federalism under the New Deal • Authority to state governments • A way federal aid is distributed • Ensures that extradition can take place • Powers granted to the national government • A system of spending, taxing, and providing aid • A system of spending, taxing, and providing aid • ...
Unit #5- Manifest Destiny, pre-causes of the Civil War 2020-02-21
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- State in which slavery was legal.
- Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848, in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo.
- Were forces that fought principally on horseback, armed with carbines, pistols, and sabers. Only a small percentage of Civil War forces met this definition—primarily Union mounted forces in the Eastern Theater during the first half of the war.
- Is a treaty between Great Britain and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C.
- An organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon.
- Was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
- Was a U.S. state in which the practice of slavery was legal at a particular point in time and the other was one in which slavery was prohibited.
- Waged between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, helped to fulfill America's "manifest destiny" to expand its territory across the entire North American continent.
- Is the administrative action and concept in international law relating to the forcible acquisition of one state's territory by another state and is generally held to be an illegal act.
- A river in North America, rising in SW Colorado and flowing southeast to the Gulf of Mexico, forming the border between the US and Mexico.
- Is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
- A year later with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2nd, 1848. ... The frenzy of the California Gold Rush drew in hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world and propelled California into becoming a state in 1850.
- Polk called for expansion that included Texas, California, and the entire Oregon territory. The northern boundary of Oregon was the latitude line of 54 degrees, 40 minutes.
- Compromise was the legislation that provided for the admission of Maine to the United States as a free state along with Missouri as a slave state.
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- Was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War.
- Was the 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.
- Was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that the Constitution of the United States was not meant to include American citizenship.
- Was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.
- Was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849.
- Was a politician who served as the 14th vice president of the United States and as a Confederate general during the Civil War
- Was the 12th president of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850.
- Played a major role in formulating the three landmark sectional compromises of his day: the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Tariff Compromise of 1833, and the Compromise of 1850.
- A state of the US in which slavery was illegal.
- Was an 1859 effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in Southern states by taking over a United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
- Is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
- Was a series of violent civil confrontations in the United States between 1854 and 1861 which emerged from a political and ideological conflict over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas.
- Was a widely held belief in the 19th-century United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America.
- Was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing the Texian and immigrant occupiers.
- Was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
- Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Missouri Territory.
- Was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant.
31 Clues: State in which slavery was legal. • A state of the US in which slavery was illegal. • Was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. • Is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. • Was the 12th president of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. • ...
Louisiana Purchase(States) 2014-05-05
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- /a state of the west-central United States内布拉斯加州
- /a state of the central United States 堪萨斯州
- /a state of the northern United States明尼苏达州
- /a state in the southwestern United States得克萨斯州
- /a state of the central United States 爱荷华州
- /a state of the west-central United States科罗拉多州
- /a state of the northwest United States蒙大拿州
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- /a state of the south-cnetral United States 阿肯色州
- /a state of the western United States怀俄明州
- /a state of the central United States 密苏里州
- /a state of the south-central United States 俄克拉何马州
11 Clues: /a state of the western United States怀俄明州 • /a state of the central United States 堪萨斯州 • /a state of the central United States 密苏里州 • /a state of the central United States 爱荷华州 • /a state of the northern United States明尼苏达州 • /a state of the northwest United States蒙大拿州 • /a state in the southwestern United States得克萨斯州 • /a state of the west-central United States科罗拉多州 • ...
Properties of Math 2023-05-07
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- The ________ property states that the opposite of a number cancels it out
- The ________ Property states that the placement of parentheses does not matter for multiplication and addition.
- No negative numbers or decimals
- ______ refer to all numbers
- If B = R then R = B
- The _____ property states that you distribute a value if it is outside a=of parenthesis
- The ______ states that a value always equals itself
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- _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat
- Multiplying by zero always equals zero
- Whole numbers excluding zero
- Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat
- No decimals
- if L = N And N = Z, then L = X
- The______ property states that when a value is multiplied by 1 of added to 0, it will stay the same
- The ________ property states that the order of value does not make a difference
15 Clues: No decimals • If B = R then R = B • ______ refer to all numbers • Whole numbers excluding zero • if L = N And N = Z, then L = X • No negative numbers or decimals • Multiplying by zero always equals zero • Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat • The ______ states that a value always equals itself • _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat • ...
Unit 1 Crossword 2023-05-11
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- The ________ property states that the opposite of a number cancels it out
- The ________ Property states that the placement of parentheses does not matter for multiplication and addition.
- No negative numbers or decimals
- ______ refer to all numbers
- If B = R then R = B
- The _____ property states that you distribute a value if it is outside a=of parenthesis
- The ______ states that a value always equals itself
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- _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat
- Multiplying by zero always equals zero
- Whole numbers excluding zero
- Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat
- No decimals
- if L = N And N = Z, then L = X
- The______ property states that when a value is multiplied by 1 of added to 0, it will stay the same
- The ________ property states that the order of value does not make a difference
15 Clues: No decimals • If B = R then R = B • ______ refer to all numbers • Whole numbers excluding zero • if L = N And N = Z, then L = X • No negative numbers or decimals • Multiplying by zero always equals zero • Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat • The ______ states that a value always equals itself • _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat • ...
USA 2022-03-14
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- This river was used by Lewis and Clark on their exploration of the west
- Mountain range along the border between California and Nevada
- Island state
- This is the body of water south of Louisiana
- This Canyon was carved out by the Colorado River
- Ocean to the west of the United States
- Ocean to the east of the United States
- National bird and animal of the United States
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- This river flows across the middle of the United States from Minnesota to Louisiana
- Large area of flat land in the Midwest portion of the United States
- California, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona border this country
- Largest state by population
- What is the name of the Mojave that is located in Southern California, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona
- The total amount of deserts in the USA
- lowest point in the United States
15 Clues: Island state • Largest state by population • lowest point in the United States • The total amount of deserts in the USA • Ocean to the west of the United States • Ocean to the east of the United States • This is the body of water south of Louisiana • National bird and animal of the United States • This Canyon was carved out by the Colorado River • ...
Vocabulary Review 2023-05-17
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- The political idea that all property should be publicly owned by a central government.
- Collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and satellite states of Eastern Europe
- Motivated by fears that a conventional war between the United States and the Soviet Union would result in nuclear disaster
- At the Yalta Conference, the Soviet Union, US and the Great Britain agreed to start an international organization to keep peace
- A conflict between communist North Korea hoping to unify the country under a Communist government and democratic South Korea. North Korea was allied with the Chinese, and South Korea was allied with UN forces led by the United States.
- Failed invasion led by the CIA to overthrow Castro's communist government
- US president during the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Term coined by Winston Churchill to symbolize the political division between communist countries and democratic countries during the Cold War.
- The collapse of the _____ ____ came in 1989 after years of economic weakness, military overspending, and growing resistance from satellite states
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- Conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces that began in 1955. The United States was heavily involved in the war. Afterward, the nation became united under a Communist government.
- the closest the world has ever been to nuclear warfare
- Mao's policy of purging the Communist Party of his opponents & instill revolutionary values in younger generations.
- Students & workers protested here to address corruption in the Chinese Communist Party
- Leader of the Communists in China’s Civil War
- American policy to help European states rebuild after WWII
- Mao's plan to grow more food & allow more people to work in industry.
- Collective defense treaty of the US & other western-allied states
- The period of tension between the US and the USSR
- Soviet leader who took over after Stalin & narrowly avoided nuclear war over Cuba, he conducted successful negotiations with the United States to reduce Cold War tensions
19 Clues: US president during the Cuban Missile Crisis • Leader of the Communists in China’s Civil War • The period of tension between the US and the USSR • the closest the world has ever been to nuclear warfare • American policy to help European states rebuild after WWII • Collective defense treaty of the US & other western-allied states • ...
US States 2017-11-03
10 Clues: Badger State • The golden state • The Empire State • Capital of Montana • The Pine Tree State • Capital of Virginia • Its capital is Salem • Its capital is Phoenix • Capital of South Dakota • Capital of Massachusetts
US States 2017-11-03
10 Clues: Badger State • The golden state • The Empire State • Capital of Montana • Capital of Virginia • The Pine Tree State • Its capital is Salem • Its capital is Phoenix • Capital of South Dakota • Capital of Massachusetts
50 States 2014-08-26
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- What is the capital of Idaho?
- What is the capital of New Jersey?
- What is the capital of Florida?
- What is the capital of California?
- What is the capital of New York?
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- What is the capital of Massachusetts?
- What is the capital of Delaware?
- What is the capital of Georgia?
- What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
- What is the capital of Texas?
10 Clues: What is the capital of Idaho? • What is the capital of Texas? • What is the capital of Georgia? • What is the capital of Florida? • What is the capital of Delaware? • What is the capital of New York? • What is the capital of New Jersey? • What is the capital of California? • What is the capital of Pennsylvania? • What is the capital of Massachusetts?
Indian States 2023-11-21
10 Clues: - CSBS 2nd Year • God's own country • : D.Roshakpradeepan • Land of five rivers • Heart of the country • Paradise of Botanists • Biggest exporter of rice • Cultural capital of India • Having numerous automobiles industries in India • Second largest flim producing industry of India
Indian states 2024-01-15
10 Clues: Largest state • Land of 5 rivers • known for rasgulla • Capital city Kohima • known for tea production • known as God's Own Country • Staple food :Fish,rice & currry • state with the least population • state having the longest coastline • pradesh state with most forest cover
united states 2024-08-13
US States 2023-08-20
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- Known as the evergreen state and named after a president of the US
- Known as the lone state and it has one star its flag
- Known as the great lakes state and it borders four of the five great lakes
- Called the beaver state and Salem is the capital city
- The aloha state
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- Known as the pelican state and famous for its Creole cuisine
- The golden state
- Known as the gem state and famous for potato production
- York Known as the big apple
- Known as the sunshine state and famous for its warm weather and beaches
10 Clues: The aloha state • The golden state • York Known as the big apple • Known as the lone state and it has one star its flag • Called the beaver state and Salem is the capital city • Known as the gem state and famous for potato production • Known as the pelican state and famous for its Creole cuisine • Known as the evergreen state and named after a president of the US • ...
U.S states 2022-11-22
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- Big republican state
- its hot here and has Disney land
- The name of a specific Tea
- where we are right now
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- A place that reminds me of pencils
- might have a huge Earth quake one day
- known for their blue craps
- is the name of a city and a state
- same name as the first president
- An island with clear water popular vacation
10 Clues: Big republican state • where we are right now • known for their blue craps • The name of a specific Tea • same name as the first president • its hot here and has Disney land • is the name of a city and a state • A place that reminds me of pencils • might have a huge Earth quake one day • An island with clear water popular vacation
big states 2022-05-04
Us states 2024-10-30
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- "Land of Lincoln and home to deep-dish pizza"
- "Lone Star State, known for its big cities and bigger pride"
- "Sunshine State famous for oranges and theme parks"
- "Big Sky Country with vast plains and mountains"
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- "Golden State with Hollywood dreams"
- "Pacific Island state known for beaches and volcanoes"
- "The Last Frontier and largest U.S. state by area"
- "Silver State, home to Las Vegas and desert landscapes"
- "Grand Canyon State with a hot desert climate"
- "Empire State where you’ll find the Big Apple"
10 Clues: "Golden State with Hollywood dreams" • "Land of Lincoln and home to deep-dish pizza" • "Grand Canyon State with a hot desert climate" • "Empire State where you’ll find the Big Apple" • "Big Sky Country with vast plains and mountains" • "The Last Frontier and largest U.S. state by area" • "Sunshine State famous for oranges and theme parks" • ...
U.S. States 2024-12-18
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- Known for Hollywood, tech hubs, and stunning coastlines.
- U.S. island state known for its tropical beauty and volcanoes.
- Known for its forests, coastline, and progressive politics.
- Known for its desert landscape and the city of Las Vegas.
- U.S. state famous for its wilderness, wildlife, and glaciers.
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- Famous for its beaches and theme parks like Disney World.
- York State that is home to the Statue of Liberty and the Big Apple.
- Home to the Grand Canyon and desert landscapes.
- Famous for its mountains, national parks, and wildlife.
- The second-largest U.S. state, known for its size and cowboy culture.
10 Clues: Home to the Grand Canyon and desert landscapes. • Famous for its mountains, national parks, and wildlife. • Known for Hollywood, tech hubs, and stunning coastlines. • Famous for its beaches and theme parks like Disney World. • Known for its desert landscape and the city of Las Vegas. • Known for its forests, coastline, and progressive politics. • ...
US States 2025-04-22
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- The Grand Canyon is a huge hole in the ground in this state.
- Abraham Lincoln was born in this state.
- This state is known for potatoes!
- This state is famous for Hollywood and sunshine.
- This state looks like a mitten and is near the Great Lakes.
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- This state is very cold and has lots of polar bears and glaciers.
- The Statue of Liberty lives here!
- You can find Disney World in this warm and sunny state.
- This is the only U.S. state made up of islands.
- This state has lots of cowboys and is really big.
10 Clues: The Statue of Liberty lives here! • This state is known for potatoes! • Abraham Lincoln was born in this state. • This is the only U.S. state made up of islands. • This state is famous for Hollywood and sunshine. • This state has lots of cowboys and is really big. • You can find Disney World in this warm and sunny state. • ...
Civil war 2021-10-05
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- the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
- the theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
- the crisis based on territory
- a sustained fight between large organized armed forces.
- a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
- president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
- a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
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- American president in the civil war
- an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole
- states in north
- a native or citizen of the United States
- a state of the US in which slavery was illegal
- states in south
- the state of being a slave
- the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
15 Clues: states in north • states in south • the state of being a slave • the crisis based on territory • American president in the civil war • a native or citizen of the United States • a state of the US in which slavery was illegal • a sustained fight between large organized armed forces. • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • ...
Unit 1 Crossword 2023-05-11
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- The ________ property states that the opposite of a number cancels it out
- The ________ Property states that the placement of parentheses does not matter for multiplication and addition.
- No negative numbers or decimals
- ______ refer to all numbers
- If B = R then R = B
- The _____ property states that you distribute a value if it is outside a=of parenthesis
- The ______ states that a value always equals itself
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- _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat
- Multiplying by zero always equals zero
- Whole numbers excluding zero
- Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat
- No decimals
- if L = N And N = Z, then L = X
- The______ property states that when a value is multiplied by 1 of added to 0, it will stay the same
- The ________ property states that the order of value does not make a difference
15 Clues: No decimals • If B = R then R = B • ______ refer to all numbers • Whole numbers excluding zero • if L = N And N = Z, then L = X • No negative numbers or decimals • Multiplying by zero always equals zero • Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat • The ______ states that a value always equals itself • _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat • ...
Unit 1 Crossword 2023-05-11
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- The ________ property states that the opposite of a number cancels it out
- The ________ Property states that the placement of parentheses does not matter for multiplication and addition.
- No negative numbers or decimals
- ______ refer to all numbers
- If B = R then R = B
- The _____ property states that you distribute a value if it is outside a=of parenthesis
- The ______ states that a value always equals itself
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- _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat
- Multiplying by zero always equals zero
- Whole numbers excluding zero
- Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat
- No decimals
- if L = N And N = Z, then L = X
- The______ property states that when a value is multiplied by 1 of added to 0, it will stay the same
- The ________ property states that the order of value does not make a difference
15 Clues: No decimals • If B = R then R = B • ______ refer to all numbers • Whole numbers excluding zero • if L = N And N = Z, then L = X • No negative numbers or decimals • Multiplying by zero always equals zero • Fractions and decimals that do end or repeat • The ______ states that a value always equals itself • _______ refer to decimals that have no end and do not repeat • ...
US History Final Ch 16 Section 1 Vocab 2025-04-22
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- – A system of required military service.
- Plan – Union strategy to blockade the South and control the Mississippi River.
- Sumter – The site of the first shots of the Civil War.
- – The southern states that seceded from the Union.
- – An organized resistance against authority or government.
- Law – Military rule over a civilian population.
- Davis – President of the Confederate States of America.
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- – A military force made up of ordinary citizens.
- Lincoln – President of the United States during the Civil War.
- – Someone who freely offers to join the military.
- – The use of naval forces to stop goods or people from entering or leaving an area.
- – A plan of action designed to achieve a major goal.
- – The northern states during the Civil War, loyal to the U.S. government.
- – To formally withdraw from a country or organization.
- States – Slave states that remained in the Union (e.g., Kentucky, Maryland).
15 Clues: – A system of required military service. • Law – Military rule over a civilian population. • – A military force made up of ordinary citizens. • – Someone who freely offers to join the military. • – The southern states that seceded from the Union. • – A plan of action designed to achieve a major goal. • Sumter – The site of the first shots of the Civil War. • ...
States' Rights 2018-02-13
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- The first state to secede from the Union.
- The new republic that formed out of the Union through secession.
- The part of the Union that was the southern part and mainly supported slavery.
- The main issue that split the Union in half.
- The part of the Union that was the northern part and mainly supported anti-slavery and anti-secession.
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- President of the Confederate States of America.
- A person who is against slavery.
- President of the United States of America.
- Withdrawing or leaving from a country or confederation.
- The idea that regional governments of states shall be under a federal government and constitution and all states having equal power to a certain extent.Also the reason why the South justified their reason to secede.
10 Clues: A person who is against slavery. • The first state to secede from the Union. • President of the United States of America. • The main issue that split the Union in half. • President of the Confederate States of America. • Withdrawing or leaving from a country or confederation. • The new republic that formed out of the Union through secession. • ...
US States 2021-02-16
10 Clues: Capital Columbus • The biggest state • shaped like a mitten • Contains the Shenandoah Valley • Takes up most of the west coast • one of the most tropical states • Home of Nashville country music • Home of New Orleans and Mardi Gras • has a famous musical named after it • shares a name with a city inside it
INDIAN STATES 2020-08-15
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- KOLKATA IS THE CAPITAL OF WHICH STATE?
- THE CAPITAL OF KERALA
- THE LARGEST STATE IN INDIA
- DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM WAS BORN & BROUGHT UP IN THIS STATE
- THE CAPITAL CITY OF TAMILNADU
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- THE CAPITAL OF ODISHA
- LUCKNOW IS THE CAPITAL OF WHICH STATE?
- WHICH STATE IS CALLED AS GOD'S OWN COUNTRY?
- UNION TERRITORY, AS WELL AS CAPITAL OF PUNJAB & HARYANA
- THE CAPITAL OF INDIA
10 Clues: THE CAPITAL OF INDIA • THE CAPITAL OF ODISHA • THE CAPITAL OF KERALA • THE LARGEST STATE IN INDIA • THE CAPITAL CITY OF TAMILNADU • KOLKATA IS THE CAPITAL OF WHICH STATE? • LUCKNOW IS THE CAPITAL OF WHICH STATE? • WHICH STATE IS CALLED AS GOD'S OWN COUNTRY? • UNION TERRITORY, AS WELL AS CAPITAL OF PUNJAB & HARYANA • DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM WAS BORN & BROUGHT UP IN THIS STATE
US States 2016-12-13
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- This tropical paradise is off the mainland of the US.
- This state has the Whitehouse.
- Orlando and Miami is in this state.
- This state is next to Ohio.
- This state has Atlanta in it.
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- This state is off the mainland of the US.
- Phoenix is the capital.
- LA is a city in this state.
- Boise is this capital of this state.
- Austin is the capital.
10 Clues: Austin is the capital. • Phoenix is the capital. • LA is a city in this state. • This state is next to Ohio. • This state has Atlanta in it. • This state has the Whitehouse. • Orlando and Miami is in this state. • Boise is this capital of this state. • This state is off the mainland of the US. • This tropical paradise is off the mainland of the US.
US States 2016-12-13
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- Austin is the capital.
- This state is off the mainland of the US.
- LA is a city in this state.
- Boise is this capital of this state.
- Phoenix is the capital.
- Orlando and Miami is in this state.
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- This state is next to Ohio.
- This state has Atlanta in it.
- This state has the Whitehouse.
- This tropical paradise is off the mainland of the US.
10 Clues: Austin is the capital. • Phoenix is the capital. • This state is next to Ohio. • LA is a city in this state. • This state has Atlanta in it. • This state has the Whitehouse. • Orlando and Miami is in this state. • Boise is this capital of this state. • This state is off the mainland of the US. • This tropical paradise is off the mainland of the US.
States & Capitols 2021-09-20
US States 2022-06-02
Border states 2022-05-19
10 Clues: Fried chicken • virginia but not • number of border states • USA during the civil war • the capitol is annapolis • home of oversized objects • between free and slave areas • second smallest state in the USA • southerners during the civil war • A northerner during the civil war
US states 2022-11-11
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- "you are not in... anymore, Dorothy"
- which was last to join to USA?
- motherstate of jazz
- in which state is Harvard located?
- in which state is Mount Rashmore located?
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- in which state is "City of Angles" located?
- with which state ajoin D.C?
- land of cowboys
- in which state is Niagara Falls located?
- in which state is Grand Canyon located?
10 Clues: land of cowboys • motherstate of jazz • with which state ajoin D.C? • which was last to join to USA? • in which state is Harvard located? • "you are not in... anymore, Dorothy" • in which state is Grand Canyon located? • in which state is Niagara Falls located? • in which state is Mount Rashmore located? • in which state is "City of Angles" located?
U.S States 2023-01-28
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- home to Yellowstone national park
- famous for cheese
- the capital is known as "the mile high city"
- has the largest population than any other
- the biggest state in the US
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- the only island state (unless you count Puerto Rico!)
- the largest city in the country by population is in this state
- peninsula state with a national park
- famous for the great lakes, one of the lakes has the name of this state
- state that borders Mexico, capital is Phoenix
10 Clues: famous for cheese • the biggest state in the US • home to Yellowstone national park • peninsula state with a national park • has the largest population than any other • the capital is known as "the mile high city" • state that borders Mexico, capital is Phoenix • the only island state (unless you count Puerto Rico!) • ...
US states 2023-03-13
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- This is the only state to only border one other state 5
- Largest state by area 6
- This state is bordered by two of the world’s largest lakes 9
- Least populous state 7
- This state shares its name with a country in Europe 7
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- This large state is home to the Golden Gate Bridge 10
- The capital of this state is Santa Fe 3,6
- The only state that begins with the letter D 8
- This is the only state named after a US president 10
- The only state whose flag is not rectangular 5
10 Clues: Least populous state 7 • Largest state by area 6 • The capital of this state is Santa Fe 3,6 • The only state that begins with the letter D 8 • The only state whose flag is not rectangular 5 • This is the only state named after a US president 10 • This large state is home to the Golden Gate Bridge 10 • This state shares its name with a country in Europe 7 • ...
American States 2024-03-01
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- relating to a particular area
- a young human being
- a body of fundamental principles
- people chose to act or speak for others
- buildings containing collections of books
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- a New World songbird
- political and administrative divisions of states
- having an obligation to do something
- the governing body of a nation, state, or community
- relating to a nation
10 Clues: a young human being • a New World songbird • relating to a nation • relating to a particular area • a body of fundamental principles • having an obligation to do something • people chose to act or speak for others • buildings containing collections of books • political and administrative divisions of states • the governing body of a nation, state, or community
Scrambled States 2025-01-26
Malaysia Day Crossword Puzzle 2024-09-19
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- How many federal states does Malaysia have right now?
- How many years after its independence did Malaysia officially adopt its current name?
- How many states does Malaysia have right now?
- What was Malaysia known as before 16th September 1983
- North Borneo was also known as what before 16th September of 1983
- One of the 11 states in the federation of Malaya
- The country that was formed from the merging of the federation of Malaya, Singapore, and Borneo peninsular.
- Malaysia was granted independence from whom?
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- Which Prime Minister delivered the Proclamation of Malaysia?
- The proclamation ceremony of our independence was held at which stadium?
- How many points does the star on the Stripes of Glory flag?
- How old is Malaysia as a country?
- One of the three states that joined Malaysia on the 16th September 1983
- One of the states designated as federal territories.
- One of the three states that joined Malaysia on the 16th September 1983
- One of the three federal states in Malaysia.
16 Clues: How old is Malaysia as a country? • One of the three federal states in Malaysia. • Malaysia was granted independence from whom? • How many states does Malaysia have right now? • One of the 11 states in the federation of Malaya • One of the states designated as federal territories. • How many federal states does Malaysia have right now? • ...
Election Day 2020-11-02
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- Person casting the deciding vote in the event of a tied vote in the Senate
- The first President of the United States
- Number of amendments to the Constitution
- Title of the National Anthem of the United States
- The President is also known as this
- Colors found on the flag of the United States
- One of the two houses of the United States Congress
- Time period that passes between presidential elections
- City in which the Constitutional Convention was held
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- Whats the 13 red and white stripes on the flag represent
- Document that includes the ten amendments known as the Bill of Rights
- Length of term for Supreme Court justices
- The White House is also called this
- Year the Constitution was changed to give women the right to vote
- Number of senators allowed to represent each state in Congress
- Constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery
- The President can issue this to reject a bill passed by the Congress
- Bird found on the Great Seal of the United States
18 Clues: The White House is also called this • The President is also known as this • The first President of the United States • Number of amendments to the Constitution • Length of term for Supreme Court justices • Colors found on the flag of the United States • Constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery • Title of the National Anthem of the United States • ...
US Constitution 2024-03-05
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- Famous Federalist who worked alongside Hamilton
- Famous federalist who wanted the capital in NY
- The highest court in the United States
- When there are 2 houses in the legislature it is known as
- The 3/5s compromise revolved around the populations count of what group of people
- The first state to ratify the constitution
- The sharing of power between state and federal governments
- This states constitution had a large impact as a model for the US Constitution
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- This is a guaranteed list of rights (First 10 Amendments)
- This plan for voting used proportional representation and helped the large states
- to approve
- This house of legislature provides every states with 2 representatives and helps the small states
- This group makes laws for the country
- This state did not send any delegates to the constitutional convention
- The Articles of Confederation had a ______ national government
- Changes that are made to the constitution are called
- Only congress can declare
- Anti-Federalist who wanted an agrarian society
18 Clues: to approve • Only congress can declare • This group makes laws for the country • The highest court in the United States • The first state to ratify the constitution • Famous federalist who wanted the capital in NY • Anti-Federalist who wanted an agrarian society • Famous Federalist who worked alongside Hamilton • Changes that are made to the constitution are called • ...
Jonathan's Puzzle 2023-10-18
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- a person sent or authorized to represent others
- 8th president of the United States
- the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States
- a member of A North American people originally of the south eastern u.s
- a conservative political party that existed in the United States during the mid 19th century
- a time when the united states forcefully removed the southeastern native Americans from their homeland and relocated them to islands on Indian territory
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- an act where a federal commission was tasked with creating final rolls for the five civilized tribes of Oklahoma
- The 9th President of the United States
- the vice president of the united states from 1825-1832
- the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
- State banks in which Jackson deposited federal funds after he withdrew them from the bank
- a nickname for Andrew Jackson
- all land lying west of the Mississippi
- the struggle to gain the right to vote
- a financial crisis in the united states that triggered a multi year economic depression
15 Clues: a nickname for Andrew Jackson • 8th president of the United States • The 9th President of the United States • all land lying west of the Mississippi • the struggle to gain the right to vote • a person sent or authorized to represent others • the vice president of the united states from 1825-1832 • a member of A North American people originally of the south eastern u.s • ...
Final Exam 2020-06-03
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- an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor
- an American career Army officer and politician, who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857
- an American businessman, real estate developer, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family
- the first Governor of the U.S. State of Washington
- The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves between the United States and the United Kingdom, also known as the London Convention and Anglo-American Convention
- a Canadian retail business group
- a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking people of the Northwest Plateau, then part of Washington Territory, and the tribal allies of each
- a U. S. Army post in the Washington Territory
- an entrepreneur and a politician, regarded as a founder of the city of Seattle
- a widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America
- a Suquamish and Duwamish chief
- a meeting in the Pacific Northwest between the United States and sovereign tribal nations of the Cayuse, Nez Perce, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Yakama
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- a 19th-century fur trading post that was the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department, located in the Pacific Northwest
- a Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest
- a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island and the State of Washington.
- a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, at age 16, met and helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory
- North West Company. Founded in 1779, the North West Company was a major force in the fur trade from the 1780s to 1821
- a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy
- the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country near the mouth of the Columbia River during the winter of 1805-1806
- a breed of otter
- a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the West Seattle district of Seattle, Washington
- a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the Americas. It began in 1823
- a multiancestral indigenous group whose homeland is in Canada and parts of the United States between the Great Lakes region and the Rocky Mountains
- a United States statute that permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America, as well as the splitting of Territory of Dakota into two states: North Dakota and South Dakota
- a mountain pass in the northwest United States, through the Cascade Range in Washington
25 Clues: a breed of otter • a Suquamish and Duwamish chief • a Canadian retail business group • a U. S. Army post in the Washington Territory • a Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest • the first Governor of the U.S. State of Washington • an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor • ...
Civil War crossword Puzzle 2021-03-26
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- is a woman severd fornurses.
- was the first state to secede from the Union in December 1860.
- is a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait.
- served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for almost the whole of the American Civil War.
- led tros to victory in tennessee and mississippi.
- army resorted to material law.
- commander of the confederate
- comander of western forces.
- of the date 1861-1865.
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- government for the North
- was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States.
- is the union war strategy.
- of America elected Jefferson dives as their presidnet and established their capital in Virginia.
- is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor.
- was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States.
- States border that occupies 4 states; Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
- is a color of the South.
- is a color for the North.
18 Clues: of the date 1861-1865. • government for the North • is a color of the South. • is a color for the North. • is the union war strategy. • comander of western forces. • is a woman severd fornurses. • commander of the confederate • army resorted to material law. • led tros to victory in tennessee and mississippi. • is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor. • ...
Citizenship/Naturalization 2023-04-25
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- _________ is the current U.S. Representative for South Dakota.
- The Declaration of Independence was written to free us from which Country?
- There are ______ U.S. Senators
- This branch of government is made up of Congress.
- This person was the first President of the United States.
- This person is the leader of the Executive Branch
- How many states are in the United States?
- A senator serves for _____ years.
- The abbreviation for the highest court in the United States
- What month is a President inaugurated?
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- This is a group of special advisors to the President.
- Who is the current President of the United States?
- A president serves for _____ years.
- We have 27 of these in our Constitution?
- What month do we elect a President?
- The first three words of the Constitution, which establishes our idea of self government.
- This is the "Supreme Law of the Land
- Who is the current governor of South Dakota?
18 Clues: There are ______ U.S. Senators • A senator serves for _____ years. • A president serves for _____ years. • What month do we elect a President? • This is the "Supreme Law of the Land • What month is a President inaugurated? • We have 27 of these in our Constitution? • How many states are in the United States? • Who is the current governor of South Dakota? • ...
Holidays 2023-04-10
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- Day A holiday observed on the last Monday in May in the United States, honoring those who have died in military service.
- A Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, usually observed in the spring.
- A Jewish holiday celebrated for eight days and nights in December, also known as the Festival of Lights.
- Patrick's Day A holiday celebrated on March 17th that is associated with Irish culture and heritage.
- Gras A holiday celebrated on the day before Ash Wednesday, associated with parades, costumes, and revelry.
- Year's Day A holiday celebrating the start of a new year, observed on January 1st.
- Day A holiday celebrated in the United States on July 4th, commemorating the country's independence from Great Britain.
- Claus A character associated with Christmas who delivers gifts to children.
- A holiday celebrated on October 31st that involves costumes, trick-or-treating, and spooky decorations.
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- Day A holiday celebrated on the second Monday in October in the United States, commemorating Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas.
- A Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25th.
- Day A holiday observed on the first Monday in September in the United States, celebrating the contributions of workers.
- of July Another name for Independence Day, celebrated in the United States on July 4th.
- Day A holiday celebrated on February 14th that is associated with love and romance.
- A holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November, traditionally associated with giving thanks and feasting.
- Day A holiday observed on November 11th in the United States, honoring military veterans.
- Bunny A character associated with Easter who delivers eggs and treats to children.
- A week-long holiday celebrated in the United States and other countries in late December, focused on African American heritage and culture.
- de Mayo A holiday celebrated on May 5th that commemorates the Mexican army's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
- A Hindu holiday celebrated in the fall, also known as the Festival of Lights.
20 Clues: Claus A character associated with Christmas who delivers gifts to children. • A Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25th. • A Hindu holiday celebrated in the fall, also known as the Festival of Lights. • Bunny A character associated with Easter who delivers eggs and treats to children. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2021-10-15
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- Brutal Union general, employed scorched earth policy
- Commander of Confederate States Army
- AKA Battle of Hampton Roads, at Hampton Roads, Virginia, first naval battle between ironclad warships
- AKA First Battle of Bull Run, Confederate victory
- Confederate strategy to withhold cotton from Europe to force European countries to support Confederacy
- Known as “the North,” fought for reunification in the Civil War
- Commander of Union Army 18th president of United States
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- Issued by President Abraham Lincoln, that delcared all slaves rebelling against the Union were free, shifted focus of Civil War from preserving Union to ending slavery
- 16th president of United States, Issued Emancipation Proclamation
- Conscription act that called for males 20-45 years old to register for war
- Site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
- Confederate secret agent, assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford Theater on April 14, 1865
- Capital of Confederate States, provided weapons and supplies
- Naval blockade of Confederate littoral, did not end the war but weakened the South
- War in the United States caused by the differing views on slavery between the free states and slave states
15 Clues: Commander of Confederate States Army • AKA First Battle of Bull Run, Confederate victory • Brutal Union general, employed scorched earth policy • Commander of Union Army 18th president of United States • Site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant • Capital of Confederate States, provided weapons and supplies • ...
Civil War 2023-10-12
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- - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
- - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South.
- - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
- - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
- - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
- - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
- - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
- Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
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- - A nickname for the South.
- - A term meaning "before war"
- - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
- - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket.
- - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
- - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
- - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union
15 Clues: - A nickname for the South. • - A term meaning "before war" • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery • - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. • - A term used to describe people who supported the Union. • ...
Crossword Puzzle 2024-05-01
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- the rights held by U.S. states to govern themselves beyond the control of the federal government.
- slave states that border with the free states
- The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania
- The term used to describe new soldiers.
- America refers to the different lifestyles, social structures, customs, and the political values of the North and the South.
- Warships designed to be impervious to enemy shot.
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- Aimed at reorganizing the Southern states after the Civil War.
- An alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose.
- forces that fought principally on horseback, armed with pistols and sabers.
- “A war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory
- the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
- A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War.
- Foot-soldiers who fought primarily with small arms and carried the brunt of the fighting
- the withdrawal of 11 slave states
- That all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
15 Clues: the withdrawal of 11 slave states • The term used to describe new soldiers. • slave states that border with the free states • A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War. • The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania • Warships designed to be impervious to enemy shot. • Aimed at reorganizing the Southern states after the Civil War. • ...
SOCCER WORLD CUP PAST HOST NATIONS CROSSWORD 2021-10-18
20 Clues: 2006 • 2022 • 1970 • 1958 • 1954 • 1966 • 1978 • 2014 • 1982 • 2018 • 1962 • 1986 • 1934, 1990 • 1938, 1998 • 1950, 2014 • Korea: 2002 • Africa: 2010 • States: 1994 • Germany: 1974 • United States, and Mexico: 2026
Early Republic 2024-12-05
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- The 3rd President of the United States
- R.A.P.P.S.
- No quartering troops
- The 2nd President of the United States
- Told European countries to keep their hands off the western hemisphere;no new colonizations or reestablishing Spanish rule
- No cruel or unusual punishments;no excessive bail
- George Washington's foreign policy; NO foreign alliances or involvement in foreign wars/affairs
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- No illegal search or seizures
- The 4th President of the United States
- During George Washington's presidency;A protest on a whiskey tax
- Purchased under Thomas Jefferson;doubled the size of the U.S.
- The 5th President of the United States
- Alexander Hamilton believed creating this would help stabilize the economy of the U.S.
- The 1st President of the United States
- During James Monroe's presidency;the U.S. gained Florida
- During John Adams' presidency;France demanded a bribe of $10 Million to stop impressing U.S. sailors
- This treaty ended the War of 1812
- During James Madison's presidency;the U.S. declared war on Great Britain
18 Clues: R.A.P.P.S. • No quartering troops • No illegal search or seizures • This treaty ended the War of 1812 • The 4th President of the United States • The 3rd President of the United States • The 5th President of the United States • The 1st President of the United States • The 2nd President of the United States • No cruel or unusual punishments;no excessive bail • ...
Unit 2: Government Vocab 2023-02-16
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- a formal agreement between two of more sovereign states
- form of federal monetary aid under which congressgave a share of federal tax revenue with virtually no restrictions, to the states, cities counties, and townships
- those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out in the constitution
- a congressional act directing the people of a united states territory to frame a proposed state constitution as a step towards admission to the union
- those powers that can be exercised by the national government alone
- States' pacts with foreign governments and other limits on states' power to engage in foreign affairs
- those delegated powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers.
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- those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise
- those powers expressed, implied por inherent, granted to the national government by the constitution
- powers delegated to the national government because it is the government of a sovereign state within a world community
- basic principle of federalism, the constitutionalprovisions of which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis
- the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state, is returned to that state
- A change in, or addition to a constitution of law
- A congressional act admitting a new state to the union
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
15 Clues: A change in, or addition to a constitution of law • A congressional act admitting a new state to the union • a formal agreement between two of more sovereign states • those powers that can be exercised by the national government alone • those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise • ...
Court Cases 2023-10-10
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- a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, due to violation of the First Amendment
- a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own
- the First Amendment applied to public schools, and school officials could not censor student speech unless it disrupted the educational process
- a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917
- established the principle of judicial review
- United States Supreme Court found that Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade
- signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle
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- a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that redistricting qualifies as a justiciable question under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
- a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states
- a landmark case of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning affirmative action in student admissions
- United a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- the Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers
- a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that public school curricular student newspapers that have not been established as forums for student expression
- public school must conduct a hearing before subjecting a student to suspension. Also, a suspension without a hearing violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution
- a landmark United States Supreme Court case in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering
15 Clues: established the principle of judicial review • a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 • a landmark United States Supreme Court case in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering • the Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers • ...
Unit 5 key terms crossword 2021-02-23
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- A deal made in Congress to allow Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and it created Maine as a free state to keep an equal balance of free and slave states.
- To withdraw or break away from a nation or organization
- To collect tax money off of foreign goods
- The forced removal of about 15,000 Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole Indians west
- created to help the national treasury out of its uncomfortable financial situation and to regulate the currency.
- Hero of the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812), took Florida from Spain, 7th President of the United States
- A HUGE canal system that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean; 363 miles; cuts the price of shipping goods.
- The time period IMMEDIATELY after the War of 1812
- Debate that starts as issue over land sales in west and uncovers a HUGE issue that shows the U.S. is splitting apart.
- Developed the American System(tariffs, bank and internal improvements), Missouri Compromise, fixed the Nullification Crisis, predicted the annexation of Texas would cause war, and the Compromise of 1850.
- Mexico gained it’s independence from Spain. Spain and it’s allies threatened to take back over a lot of Latin America.
- Law that allowed the federal gov’t to pay Native Americans to move west
- in the states.
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- This establishes that the U.S. has powers that aren’t in the Constitution and that the Constitution is supreme over state laws.
- Made for two reasons
- protect American industry
- John C. Calhoun claimed that states have the right to nullify, or refuse to accept, a federal law if it wasn’t in the state’s best interest.
- 1819 Treaty that gave control of Spanish Florida to the United States...as well as claims to the Oregon Country. The U.S. gives up parts of Spanish Texas.
- 1817-1825 5th President of the United States, Democratic-Republican; wanted a strong federal government
- 6th President of the United States; Author of Monroe Doctrine
- Tariff passed in 1828 designed to protect industry in the northern states.
- A rivalry based on the special interests of different areas (North vs. South)
- Had support in Southern states; vice-president to Jackson
23 Clues: in the states. • Made for two reasons • protect American industry • To collect tax money off of foreign goods • The time period IMMEDIATELY after the War of 1812 • To withdraw or break away from a nation or organization • Had support in Southern states; vice-president to Jackson • 6th President of the United States; Author of Monroe Doctrine • ...
Cold War Cross-World Puzzle 2023-04-16
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- An organization that promotes peace, security, and cooperation among countries
- All production and distribution are owned and controlled by the government.
- A satellite launched by the Soviet Union through the Space Race
- Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop space technology
- Countries that dominate in political and military power.
- This disease spread along trade routes and killed twenty million people, including military troops
- Soviets, Britain, and the United States divided Germany into four zones controlled by each power.
- To spread biased information
- Separates Communist countries in Eastern Europe from Non-communist countries of Western Europe.
- A conflict between North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union, and South Korea, supported by the United States
- A period in the United States where people feared communists and socialists
- Separation of different racial groups
- Countries that remained neutral and independent from the United States and the Soviet Union.
- A conflict between Communists in North Vietnam and South Vietnam, supported by the United States
- Tool used to alter the genetic makeup of an organism
- A policy of openness and transparency that allowed the Soviet cities to discuss problems of their system and solutions
- Discrimination based on race, color, religion, and gender in the USA.
- A concrete wall built in 1961 that stretched across East Germany
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- A theory that believes if one country falls to Communism, the rest will follow
- A meeting with the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union that discussed the end of World War II
- A system of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the government of South Africa.
- A Chinese leader that promoted economic growth and transformed China into a significant economic power.
- Tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II.
- An alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe countries and was a response to NATO
- A war between two dominant countries fighting indirectly.
- An economic system in which prices are determined by Supply and Demand
- The process of opening a country's economy by reducing trade restrictions.
- Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to gain military superiority
- Contain Communism from spreading to other countries
- An Alliance among 30 countries that establish a defense against the Soviet Union
30 Clues: To spread biased information • Separation of different racial groups • Contain Communism from spreading to other countries • Tool used to alter the genetic makeup of an organism • Countries that dominate in political and military power. • A war between two dominant countries fighting indirectly. • A satellite launched by the Soviet Union through the Space Race • ...
Cold War Cross-World Puzzle 2023-04-16
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- An organization that promotes peace, security, and cooperation among countries
- All production and distribution are owned and controlled by the government.
- A satellite launched by the Soviet Union through the Space Race
- Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop space technology
- Countries that dominate in political and military power.
- This disease spread along trade routes and killed twenty million people, including military troops
- Soviets, Britain, and the United States divided Germany into four zones controlled by each power.
- To spread biased information
- Separates Communist countries in Eastern Europe from Non-communist countries of Western Europe.
- A conflict between North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union, and South Korea, supported by the United States
- A period in the United States where people feared communists and socialists
- Separation of different racial groups
- Countries that remained neutral and independent from the United States and the Soviet Union.
- A conflict between Communists in North Vietnam and South Vietnam, supported by the United States
- Tool used to alter the genetic makeup of an organism
- A policy of openness and transparency that allowed the Soviet cities to discuss problems of their system and solutions
- Discrimination based on race, color, religion, and gender in the USA.
- A concrete wall built in 1961 that stretched across East Germany
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- A theory that believes if one country falls to Communism, the rest will follow
- A meeting with the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union that discussed the end of World War II
- A system of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the government of South Africa.
- A Chinese leader that promoted economic growth and transformed China into a significant economic power.
- Tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II.
- An alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe countries and was a response to NATO
- A war between two dominant countries fighting indirectly.
- An economic system in which prices are determined by Supply and Demand
- The process of opening a country's economy by reducing trade restrictions.
- Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to gain military superiority
- Contain Communism from spreading to other countries
- An Alliance among 30 countries that establish a defense against the Soviet Union
30 Clues: To spread biased information • Separation of different racial groups • Contain Communism from spreading to other countries • Tool used to alter the genetic makeup of an organism • Countries that dominate in political and military power. • A war between two dominant countries fighting indirectly. • A satellite launched by the Soviet Union through the Space Race • ...
10:1-3 Vocab Puzzle 2025-02-13
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- Chosen by Andrew Jackson to be his vice presidential running mate.
- Where party members choose the party’s candidates instead of the party leaders.
- the Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force. The Court also stated that only the federal government, not the states, had authority over Native Americans.
- (1828) was the nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it
- Period of expanding democracy, its ideas, and influences, in the 1820s and 1830s.
- A leader named Osceola called upon his people to resist with force, and the Second Seminole War began. They were captured and soon died in prison.
- To manage Indian removal to western lands, Congress approved the creation of a new government agency,
- a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of Andrew Jackson
- used 86 characters to represent Cherokee syllables to create a writing system for their own complex language.
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- Whigs united against the weakened Van Buren to standbehind one candidate
- U.S.Supreme Court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional
- the practice of giving government jobs to political backers
- Pres. Andrew Jackson’s group of informal advisers; so called because they often met in the White House kitchen
- Formed to support Jackson’s candidacy.
- Secretary of State and one of Jackson’s strongest allies in his official cabinet.
- states’ rights doctrine the belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government
- Hawk, a leader of the Fox and the Sauk Indians, led his people in a struggle to protect their lands in Illinois.
- (1838–39) an 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people
- of Massachusetts argued that the United States was one nation, not a pact among independent states. He believed that the welfare of the nation should override that of individual states.
- (1830) a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
- a financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression
- a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution
22 Clues: Formed to support Jackson’s candidacy. • the practice of giving government jobs to political backers • a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of Andrew Jackson • Chosen by Andrew Jackson to be his vice presidential running mate. • (1828) was the nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it • ...
English Practice 2019-09-22
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- red crunchy fruit that grows on a tree
- north, _____, east, west
- I'm _____ the United States. What about you?
- number of months in a year
- country north of the United States
- the first month of the new year
- the first meal of the day
- the language that you're studying now
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- you can eat these scrambled or fried
- the hottest season in the United States
- 100 pennies equals one _____ (in the United States)
- salt and _____ (on the kitchen table)
- the month after this one
- what you ask when you don't understand
- How _____ you?
- _____ do you work?
16 Clues: How _____ you? • _____ do you work? • north, _____, east, west • the month after this one • the first meal of the day • number of months in a year • the first month of the new year • country north of the United States • you can eat these scrambled or fried • salt and _____ (on the kitchen table) • the language that you're studying now • red crunchy fruit that grows on a tree • ...
Extra Credit 2023-11-03
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- 2nd president of the United States
- State Washington was born in
- 1st president of the United States
- Branch of government that interprets laws
- Conflict with French diplomats over a bribe
- Heads the Federalist party
- Belief in strong central government
- Branch of government that enforces laws
- Framework for the United States government
- protects nature rights of citizens
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- Group that supported adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution
- Branch of government that creates laws
- Item taxed during Washington's presidency
- Made it illegal to talk poorly of the government
- Our legislature.
- Gave president the power to deport dangerous foreigners
- System of picking a president in the United States
- Heads the democratic-republican party
18 Clues: Our legislature. • Heads the Federalist party • State Washington was born in • 2nd president of the United States • 1st president of the United States • protects nature rights of citizens • Belief in strong central government • Heads the democratic-republican party • Branch of government that creates laws • Branch of government that enforces laws • ...
States & Capitals 2020-09-10
10 Clues: Capital of Bihar • Capital of Tripura • Capital of Meghalaya • Capital of Tamilnadu • Capital of Jharkhand • Capital of Rajasthan • Capital of Maharashtra • Capital of Uttar Pradesh • Capital of Madhya Pradesh • Capital of Himachal Pradesh
24 states 2013-05-16
10 Clues: shaped like an L • home of salt lake • Montgomery is the capital • shaped like a coy boy hat • LittleRock is the capital. • Tallahassee is the capital • JeffersonCityis the capital • lone star state is the nickname • the sooner state is the nickname • the biggest state in the united states
Southern States 2023-01-30
Indian States 2020-12-10
big states 2022-05-04
states crossword 2022-05-16
10 Clues: new yorks nickname • capital of new york • new york state colors • new york state flower • population of new york • when new york became a state • new york citys original name • tallest building in new york • where the statue of liberty is located • what city in new york opened the first pizzeria
Us states 2022-11-19
10 Clues: bed of nails • were Denali is • the Empire State • were gateway arch • is the peach state • were Disneyland is • were disneyworld is • were liberty bell is • were French quartet is • is where Gregory was born
U.S. States 2023-05-23
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- ___'s capital is Nashville
- ___ is the home to Yosemite National Park
- Many people go to ___ to visit the Grand Canyon
- ___ is the home to the Empire State Building
- Many people go to ___ to visit Mount Rushmore
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- ___ is known for its oil
- ___ is known for its chicken
- Many people go to ___ to visit the Golden Gate Bridge
- ___ is nicknamed sooner state
- ___ is the northernmost U.S. state
10 Clues: ___ is known for its oil • ___'s capital is Nashville • ___ is known for its chicken • ___ is nicknamed sooner state • ___ is the northernmost U.S. state • ___ is the home to Yosemite National Park • ___ is the home to the Empire State Building • Many people go to ___ to visit Mount Rushmore • Many people go to ___ to visit the Grand Canyon • ...
Indian States 2023-09-10
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- The classical dance form of this state is called Oddisi
- I am very famous for the Hyderabadi Biryani
- I have three large National Parks of India
- I have the highest rainfall in India
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- My Chief Minister's name is Eknath Shinde
- I am the most populated state in India
- People visit me to have fun and party
- I am famous for deserts.
- I am the only home of one-horned Rhinoceros
- My capital's name is the longest of all the capital names in India
10 Clues: I am famous for deserts. • I have the highest rainfall in India • People visit me to have fun and party • I am the most populated state in India • My Chief Minister's name is Eknath Shinde • I have three large National Parks of India • I am very famous for the Hyderabadi Biryani • I am the only home of one-horned Rhinoceros • ...
U.S. States 2023-09-25
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- The most populous U.S. state on the West Coast.
- A state in the Rocky Mountains with stunning landscapes.
- A southwestern state known for the Grand Canyon.
- Home to Las Vegas, a state known for entertainment and deserts.
- A group of islands in the Pacific Ocean known for its beauty.
- Known for its rainy climate and the city of Seattle.
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- The largest U.S. state, located in the far north with vast wilderness.
- A southern state famous for its Creole culture and cuisine.
- The "Sunshine State" famous for its beaches and theme parks.
- A state known for its diverse landscapes, including forests, coastline, and the city of Portland.
10 Clues: The most populous U.S. state on the West Coast. • A southwestern state known for the Grand Canyon. • Known for its rainy climate and the city of Seattle. • A state in the Rocky Mountains with stunning landscapes. • A southern state famous for its Creole culture and cuisine. • The "Sunshine State" famous for its beaches and theme parks. • ...
US States 2024-10-27
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- The state where Taylor Swift was born
- This state is right next to New York.
- This state is home to lots of alligators - and Disney characters.
- The state which is nichknamed "The Lone Star State"
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- This state borders 4 of the 5 Great Lakes.
- A tiny state located on the east coast
- Its capital is the birthplace of Martin Luther King - and Coca Cola.
- This state is located in the middle of the US.
- This state's capital is Salem.
- The northwesternmost state
10 Clues: The northwesternmost state • This state's capital is Salem. • The state where Taylor Swift was born • This state is right next to New York. • A tiny state located on the east coast • This state borders 4 of the 5 Great Lakes. • This state is located in the middle of the US. • The state which is nichknamed "The Lone Star State" • ...