states Crossword Puzzles

Early Cold War 2025-04-14

Early Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. 40th president of the United States
  2. Had a communist revolution in Cuba
  3. Limits the United States nuclear exchange by targeting only enemy military forces.
  4. program that provided economic aid to Western Europe after World War II.
  5. One of the biggest and most powerful nations in the world
  6. A failed attempt by the United States to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro in Cuba
  7. 35th president of the United States
  8. Often involving the U.S. and Soviet Union supporting opposing sides, like the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
  9. Implemented the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
  10. Competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability
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  1. Conflict between North korea and south korea
  2. Contained the spread of communism and promoted democracy globally
  3. Leader of communist North Vietnam
  4. U.S. support to nations resisting communist subjugation
  5. Started on March 12, 1947.
  6. British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  7. A hysteria over the supposed threat posed by the Communists in the United States.
  8. Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
  9. A military and political alliance between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European
  10. A military alliance of 32 countries from Europe and North America

20 Clues: Started on March 12, 1947. • Leader of communist North Vietnam • Had a communist revolution in Cuba • 40th president of the United States • 35th president of the United States • Conflict between North korea and south korea • Implemented the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan • U.S. support to nations resisting communist subjugation • ...

A Time of Conflict Lesson 3 2024-03-18

A Time of Conflict Lesson 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. United States Secretary of State
  2. a period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812.
  3. a federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states to prevent expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it
  4. United states Representative
  5. 4th president of the U.S
  6. to transfer control of something
  7. tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
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  1. a market were there is only one provider
  2. very strong
  3. rivalry based on special interests of different areas
  4. economic activity taking place between two or more states
  5. Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  6. within the country

13 Clues: very strong • within the country • 4th president of the U.S • United states Representative • United States Secretary of State • to transfer control of something • a market were there is only one provider • rivalry based on special interests of different areas • economic activity taking place between two or more states • ...

Civil War 2023-05-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. became the president of the northern states
  2. a man who wanted to stop slavery by force
  3. became the president of the southern states
  4. name of the southern states
  5. states torn between two sides
  6. refused to fight against his home state of Virginia
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  1. name of the northern states
  2. war between people in the same country
  3. Lincoln's opponent
  4. battle that began the Civil War
  5. a government storehouse filled with guns
  6. large mounted guns
  7. another word for leave
  8. an important issue in the presidential election of 1860

14 Clues: Lincoln's opponent • large mounted guns • another word for leave • name of the northern states • name of the southern states • states torn between two sides • battle that began the Civil War • war between people in the same country • a government storehouse filled with guns • a man who wanted to stop slavery by force • became the president of the northern states • ...

Lovell G. Ch.19 Crossword 2024-12-13

Lovell G. Ch.19 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Won the 1856 election
  2. The name of the person who made Uncle Tom's Cabin
  3. A famous book showing the wickedness of slavery, made by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  4. The name of a constitution that people couldn't vote against, they could only vote for or against slavery
  5. The part of the United States that was against slavery
  6. The year Bleeding Kansas spattered blood on the floor of the Senate
  7. The year that Lincoln became president
  8. The year that the Lincoln-Doughlas debates were arranged
  9. The year that Uncle Tom's Cabin was made
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  1. Won most of the votes in the southern states in the 1860 election
  2. Caused in 1857 by the panic of 1857, responding to pressures from the South
  3. The 16th president of the United States
  4. The newest part United States that was against slavery
  5. A panic that created a clamor for higher tariff rates in 1857
  6. The part of the United States that wanted to keep slavery
  7. The state that Lincoln was born in
  8. He seized the federal arsenal in October of 1859
  9. The year that Alabama created a government known as the Confederate States of America

18 Clues: Won the 1856 election • The state that Lincoln was born in • The year that Lincoln became president • The 16th president of the United States • The year that Uncle Tom's Cabin was made • He seized the federal arsenal in October of 1859 • The name of the person who made Uncle Tom's Cabin • The newest part United States that was against slavery • ...

US History crossword 2020-10-29

US History crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Canal a canal in New York that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System.
  2. parts parts that are, for practical purposes, identical.
  3. of Tears a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.
  4. of the United States a national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791.
  5. of 1816 also known as the Dallas Tariff, is notable as the first tariff passed by Congress with an explicit function of protecting U.S. manufactured items from overseas competition.
  6. Jackson an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
  7. Clay an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House.
  8. System an economic plan that played an important role in American policy during the first half of the 19th century.
  9. Whitney an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.
  10. Van Buren the eighth President of the United States
  11. of Abominations a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the Northern United States.
  12. Treaty a 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.
  13. Party a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States.
  14. system a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives as a reward.
  15. Webster an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress
  16. of 1837 a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression, which lasted until the mid-1840s.
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  1. Doctrine a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the Americas.
  2. v Maryland a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power
  3. Party an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s.
  4. Removal Act The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands.
  5. Tyler an English religious leader who served as the third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887.
  6. Road the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government.
  7. an idea and movement that promotes the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland.
  8. C. Calhoun one of the leading War Hawks who maneuvered the unprepared United States into war with Great Britain in 1812.
  9. Revolution the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
  10. gin a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds
  11. production the production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process.
  12. Compromise federal legislation that admitted Maine to the United States as a free state, simultaneously with Missouri as a slave state, thus maintaining the balance of power between North and South in the US Senate.
  13. Quincy Adams the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
  14. Henry Harrison American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States

30 Clues: Van Buren the eighth President of the United States • parts parts that are, for practical purposes, identical. • Quincy Adams the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. • gin a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds • Doctrine a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the Americas. • ...

coins in the world 2023-06-01

coins in the world crossword puzzle
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  1. The currency of Russia, divided into 100 kopeks
  2. The currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa
  3. The basic unit of currency in many countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia
  4. The currency of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other countries
  5. The currency of several countries, including Mexico, the Philippines, and Argentina
  6. The former currency of France, replaced by the euro in 2002
  7. A coin worth twenty-five cents in the United States
  8. A coin worth five cents in the United States
  9. The currency of Thailand, divided into 100 satang
  10. The currency of Japan, divided into 100 sen
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  1. The currency of China, also known as the renminbi
  2. The official currency of the European Union, used by 19 of its 27 member states
  3. The currency of several countries, including Sweden, Norway, and Iceland.
  4. A coin worth ten cents in the United States
  5. The former currency of Italy, replaced by the euro in 2002
  6. The currency of the United Kingdom, divided into 100 pence
  7. The former currency of Spain, replaced by the euro in 2002
  8. The currency of Indonesia, divided into 100 sen
  9. The smallest unit of currency in many countries, including the United States and United Kingdom

19 Clues: A coin worth ten cents in the United States • The currency of Japan, divided into 100 sen • A coin worth five cents in the United States • The currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa • The currency of Russia, divided into 100 kopeks • The currency of Indonesia, divided into 100 sen • The currency of China, also known as the renminbi • ...

HS US History: Unit 2 - The Civil War: Lesson 2 2021-11-28

HS US History: Unit 2 - The Civil War: Lesson 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. the freeing of someone from slavery
  2. a person in support of ending slavery
  3. withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
  4. contrary to or failing to comply with a constitution
  5. elected president of the Confederate States of America
  6. supreme power or authority
  7. given by Alexander Stephens explaining why southern states left the union
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  1. of America the group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States
  2. 15th president of the U.S.; president when the first states seceded from the union
  3. elected vice president of the Confederate States of America
  4. 16th president of the U.S.; his election led to southern states seceding from the union
  5. northernmost slave states that chose to remain in the union
  6. located in S. Carolina; the first shots of the Civil War happened here

13 Clues: supreme power or authority • the freeing of someone from slavery • a person in support of ending slavery • contrary to or failing to comply with a constitution • elected president of the Confederate States of America • elected vice president of the Confederate States of America • northernmost slave states that chose to remain in the union • ...

10 2021-11-12

10 crossword puzzle
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  1. where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon
  2. the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
  3. – 1865) - The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union
  4. election Southern states seceded from the Union. -
  5. in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
  6. eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
  7. of 1850.
  8. position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the
  9. machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton
  10. - important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia
  11. - Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
  12. in the United States.
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  1. (1850) - act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught
  2. (1820) - compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and
  3. as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20’ line of latitude.
  4. act of making legally null and void.
  5. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the
  6. and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.).
  7. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal

19 Clues: of 1850. • in the United States. • act of making legally null and void. • in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act. • election Southern states seceded from the Union. - • - important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia • the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves. • ...

Allied Leaders and Generals 2023-02-16

Allied Leaders and Generals crossword puzzle
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  1. General Patton led the _______ division in Northern Africa
  2. What is the name of the ship General MacArthur was aboard when Japan signed the surrender papers?
  3. Prime Minister Churchill used what method of communication to reach the British people?
  4. What Prime Minister led Great Britain to fight against the Axis Powers until the end of WWII?
  5. General Eisenhower later became a United States _______.
  6. What event brought the United States into the war?
  7. Which General led the troops in Europe?
  8. President de Gaulle led what country?
  9. Which General led troops at Calais, France?
  10. What year was the war over...194_____
  11. What islands did MacArthur leave but promised to come back and help?
  12. Which general led the United States troops in the Pacific Theater of war?
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  1. What island continent did General MacArthur go save from the Axis Powers?
  2. Which side of the war did the United States belong to after December 7, 1941?
  3. Field Marshall Montgomery led the Allied troops to what small island off the coast of Italy?
  4. What was the title given to General MacArthur as leader of the Pacific?
  5. What is the name of the Act in which the United States gave military supplies to our allies?
  6. Field Marshall Montgomery had a big victory in what city in Egypt?
  7. Who led the British troops in Africa?
  8. Who was president of the United States during WWII?

20 Clues: President de Gaulle led what country? • Who led the British troops in Africa? • What year was the war over...194_____ • Which General led the troops in Europe? • Which General led troops at Calais, France? • What event brought the United States into the war? • Who was president of the United States during WWII? • General Eisenhower later became a United States _______. • ...

Noah Revolutionary War 2022-05-12

Noah Revolutionary War crossword puzzle
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  1. won the revolutionary war against britain.
  2. part of the declaration of independence that declares the states becoming independent from britain.
  3. the colonists had no representation in this branch of government
  4. statement issued by king george that prohibits the colonists from moving west over the appalachian mountains.
  5. a devastating lose for the patriots.
  6. established group affilaited with the sons of liberty that opposed the stamp act.
  7. the first form of government accepted into the united states.
  8. the document stating the reasons for the states to declare their independence from england.
  9. this law taxed all paper documents of the colonists
  10. part of the declaration of independence that declares that states have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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  1. this country helped support the states during the revolutionary war
  2. king______ signed the proclamation of 1763
  3. this group of people supported britain during the revolutionary war
  4. the colonist had no say in their government taxes, this was called _______ without representation.
  5. this group of people supported the states during the revolutionary war.
  6. increased taxes on the colonists after the french and indian war.
  7. the list of complaints the colonist had with britain.
  8. a suprise attack on the british led by elijah clarke
  9. the war fought between the british and the french over fur trade.
  10. replaced the articles of confederation.

20 Clues: a devastating lose for the patriots. • replaced the articles of confederation. • won the revolutionary war against britain. • king______ signed the proclamation of 1763 • this law taxed all paper documents of the colonists • a suprise attack on the british led by elijah clarke • the list of complaints the colonist had with britain. • ...

Our Puzzling Government 2022-11-18

Our Puzzling Government crossword puzzle
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  1. powers that the national government requires to carry out the powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution
  2. allows the powers of Congress to stretch
  3. acts and treaties of the United States supreme
  4. or organization of government administrators
  5. or laws relating to disputes between individuals, groups, or with the state
  6. or the power to assume responsibility for a state government function
  7. a requirement set by Congress
  8. that is, return to a state
  9. require periodic checks of government agencies
  10. course of action a government takes in response to some issue or problem
  11. powers that the national government may exercise
  12. ability of state and local governments to make their own policies
  13. presided during McCulloch (John Marshall)
  14. main way the national government provides money to the states
  15. favors national action in dealing with these matters.
  16. clause- allows the powers of Congress to stretch
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  1. The Constitution also reserves certain powers strictly to the states
  2. prohibiting public officials from holding closed meetings
  3. written agreements between two or more states
  4. enables the people of the territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution
  5. that is, return to a state
  6. a federal order requiring states to provide a service
  7. major source of money for the national government
  8. favors state and local action in dealing with the problem
  9. those powers that both the national government and the states have

25 Clues: that is, return to a state • that is, return to a state • a requirement set by Congress • allows the powers of Congress to stretch • presided during McCulloch (John Marshall) • or organization of government administrators • written agreements between two or more states • acts and treaties of the United States supreme • require periodic checks of government agencies • ...

PD 2025-01-02

PD crossword puzzle
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  1. / Special day of celebration or remembrance
  2. / Author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. president
  3. / Name of our nation, also known as the United States
  4. / Lincoln's proclamation that declared slaves in rebel states to be free
  5. / Ability to guide and direct others
  6. / War for American independence from Britain
  7. / Study of past events
  8. / President who led the nation during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  9. / Young Washington supposedly chopped it down and couldn't tell a lie about it
  10. / Site of famous Civil War battle and Lincoln's address
  11. / First president of the United States and commander of the Continental Army
  12. / Supreme law of the United States, written in 1787
  13. / Way citizens choose their representatives
  14. / Month when Presidents' Day is celebrated
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  1. / President's role as head of military forces
  2. / Government by the people, for the people
  3. / Process of choosing a president through voting
  4. / A country and its people
  5. / Leader of the United States
  6. / Person who loves and supports their country
  7. / Only president to serve more than two terms, led during Great Depression and WWII
  8. / Legislative branch of U.S. government
  9. / Men who established the United States
  10. / Freedom and independence
  11. / Official residence and workplace of the U.S. President
  12. / American conflict between the North and South (1861-1865)
  13. / Relating to the national government

27 Clues: / Study of past events • / A country and its people • / Freedom and independence • / Leader of the United States • / Ability to guide and direct others • / Relating to the national government • / Legislative branch of U.S. government • / Men who established the United States • / Government by the people, for the people • / Month when Presidents' Day is celebrated • ...

Articles of Confederation 2025-10-28

Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. Country that closed the Lower Mississippi
  2. Under the 3/5ths Compromise every 5 slaves counts as how many people
  3. a duty of the government in the Articles of Confederation
  4. English Philosopher who advocated contracts between governments and citizens
  5. The man who led a rebellion because of taxes on farmers
  6. What printing more money causes
  7. The number of states that ignored the 1786 call for change
  8. State whose plan favored large states
  9. a duty of the government in the Articles of Confederation-they can solve disputes between
  10. What Britain closed after the way
  11. What states can say to the National Government if they ask for soldiers or money
  12. What the New Jersey plan was based on
  13. What Britain raised after the war
  14. The state that tried to pay off debt by taxing land
  15. What the Virginia Plan was based on
  16. State who suggested a compromise
  17. one of the things the federal government has to ask states for
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  1. a duty of the government in the Articles of Confederation
  2. State whose plan favored small states
  3. The location of the 1787 meeting
  4. Chamber based on population
  5. a duty of the government in the Articles of Confederation
  6. one of the things the federal government has to ask states for
  7. The chamber of congress based on equality
  8. A federalist system is designed to be
  9. French Philosopher who advocated separation of powers
  10. Number of houses or chambers of Congress
  11. the number of delegates to the national government in the Articles of Confederation

28 Clues: Chamber based on population • What printing more money causes • The location of the 1787 meeting • State who suggested a compromise • What Britain closed after the way • What Britain raised after the war • What the Virginia Plan was based on • State whose plan favored small states • State whose plan favored large states • A federalist system is designed to be • ...

Civil War 2023-01-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
  2. territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
  3. Another name for the confederate states of the south and north.
  4. was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
  5. was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861.
  6. A name given to confederate states of America or the confederacy.
  7. American politician and lawyer from Illinois
  8. political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
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  1. was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War.
  2. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the US government.
  3. The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.
  4. were slave states that did not secede from the Union.
  5. 16th president in 1861
  6. short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854
  7. Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization

15 Clues: 16th president in 1861 • American politician and lawyer from Illinois • were slave states that did not secede from the Union. • Another name for the confederate states of the south and north. • A name given to confederate states of America or the confederacy. • The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the US government. • ...

Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2017-11-15

Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Laws passed by Democrat-controlled Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War to restrict African Americans' freedom
  2. Crow A black man portrayed by a white man in minstrel shows
  3. The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
  4. Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and West Virginia in the Civil War
  5. To set free from something
  6. The period after the Civil War in American history
  7. This amendment was passed in 1868
  8. The 1st of the Reconstruction Amendments
  9. To divide or seperate
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  1. Making something officially valid
  2. Southern States during the Civil War
  3. A synonym of "fairness"
  4. The northern states during the Civil War
  5. Section 1- "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
  6. ________ v. Sandford case of 1857
  7. "Neither slavery nor involuntary _______, except as a punishment..."
  8. The Constitution guarantees many types of civil _____
  9. Begins with "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union..."
  10. He was arrested for sitting in a white car on a train even though he was only 1/8ths black
  11. He _____ the ruling the judge had declared
  12. An antonym of "acceptance"
  13. Inherent to all human beings according to the UN

22 Clues: To divide or seperate • A synonym of "fairness" • To set free from something • An antonym of "acceptance" • Making something officially valid • ________ v. Sandford case of 1857 • This amendment was passed in 1868 • Southern States during the Civil War • The northern states during the Civil War • The 1st of the Reconstruction Amendments • ...

Constitution Unit Crossword 2021-01-08

Constitution Unit Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. government can’t take property without pay
  2. amendment one, freedom of
  3. a jury, normally of twenty-three jurors, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial.
  4. sets the number of state ratifications necessary in order for the Constitution to take effect and prescribes the method through which the states may ratify it.
  5. amendment two, the right to
  6. A group of people selected from each of the states to cast votes in presidential electionsfederalism U.s. system of government in which power is distributed betweena central government and individual states.
  7. stating that all laws made furthering the Constitution and all treaties made under the authority of the United States are the
  8. enforce laws
  9. printed lies
  10. Checks and B_____es a system established by the constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
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  1. provides framework for government in united states states
  2. official changes, corrections, or addition to law or constitution
  3. laws apply to all
  4. Congress can only make laws that the constitution gives them direct authority over
  5. makes laws
  6. bill of ___ the first 10 amendments to the constitution
  7. first ten amendments
  8. A set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government.
  9. the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods
  10. the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation

20 Clues: makes laws • enforce laws • printed lies • laws apply to all • first ten amendments • amendment one, freedom of • amendment two, the right to • government can’t take property without pay • bill of ___ the first 10 amendments to the constitution • provides framework for government in united states states • official changes, corrections, or addition to law or constitution • ...

Gov/Civ Review 2024-05-14

Gov/Civ Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of the United States
  2. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
  3. What stops one branch of government from being too powerful?
  4. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  5. Who is the "father of our country"?
  6. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
  7. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes president?
  8. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
  9. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
  10. Ocean on the WEST coast of the United States
  11. Another name for the first ten amendments
  12. Who was President during World War 1?
  13. Ocean on the EAST coast of the United States
  14. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
  15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
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  1. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
  2. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
  3. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War 2?
  4. A change/addition to the Constitution
  5. In what month do we vote for the President?
  6. What is the supreme law of the land?
  7. When was the Constitution written?
  8. The highest court in the United States
  9. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
  10. Longest river in the United States

25 Clues: Capital of the United States • When was the Constitution written? • Longest river in the United States • Who is the "father of our country"? • What is the supreme law of the land? • A change/addition to the Constitution • Who was President during World War 1? • The highest court in the United States • Another name for the first ten amendments • ...

Early Republic Review Puzzle 2026-01-23

Early Republic Review Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Federalist leader who strongly supported a national bank
  2. Northern states passed these in response to the Fugitive Slave Act
  3. This doubled the size of the United States
  4. The cause of the Missouri Compromise
  5. Chief Justice who decided Marbury v. Madison
  6. British and French interference with U.S. trade that led to this 1807 law
  7. Major reason the United States went to war with Great Britain in 1812
  8. The Missouri Compromise established that any states added north of the 36/30 line would be ________.
  9. Explorers who explored the Louisiana Territory
  10. This foreign policy prohibited European countries from colonizing North America
  11. George Washington warned against this in his Farewell Address
  12. One major effect of the War of 1812, including increased pride in the nation
  13. This cause of the War of 1812 was Americans wanting to claim British Canada
  14. Political party that supported a national bank to stabilize the U.S. economy
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  1. Foreign policy crisis that increased tensions between the United States and France
  2. Leader of the Democratic-Republican Party
  3. This forced America to begin manufacturing its own goods
  4. Event that proved the federal government could enforce its laws
  5. Pollitical party that believed states should have more power than the federal government
  6. This is the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
  7. Economic system adopted to protect the rights or businesses

21 Clues: The cause of the Missouri Compromise • Leader of the Democratic-Republican Party • This doubled the size of the United States • Chief Justice who decided Marbury v. Madison • Explorers who explored the Louisiana Territory • This forced America to begin manufacturing its own goods • Federalist leader who strongly supported a national bank • ...

Fourth of July Crossword Challenge 2024-06-27

Fourth of July Crossword Challenge crossword puzzle
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  1. Public procession that might occur on July Fourth.
  2. Famous signer of the Declaration of Independence: John __________.
  3. National bird of the United States.
  4. Number of original colonies that declared independence.
  5. Cooking outdoors on a grill.
  6. Founding Father and third President of the United States.
  7. Light show often seen on the 4th of July.
  8. Patriotic song often sung on Independence Day: Yankee _________.
  9. Symbol of freedom located in the New York City Harbor: Statue of _________.
  10. Open air meal popular on July Fourth
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  1. National anthem of the United States: The Star-Spangled ___________.
  2. First President of the United States.
  3. American President who was born on July 4th, Calvin ________.
  4. Nickname for the American flag, stars and _________.
  5. Fight for American independence: The ___________ War.
  6. Month in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
  7. Founding document of the United States: The Declaration of _______________.
  8. Commonly consumed food on July 4th
  9. City in which the Declaration of Independence was signed.
  10. The day of the month on which America declared its independence.
  11. Red, white and _______.

21 Clues: Red, white and _______. • Cooking outdoors on a grill. • Commonly consumed food on July 4th • National bird of the United States. • Open air meal popular on July Fourth • First President of the United States. • Light show often seen on the 4th of July. • Public procession that might occur on July Fourth. • Nickname for the American flag, stars and _________. • ...

The Civil War Crossword 2023-03-01

The Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Before the War
  2. The last name of the 16th president of the United States
  3. The first state to secede from the Union
  4. The war
  5. An judgment made about someone before facts are known
  6. President was Jefferson Davis
  7. A name for people from the North
  8. Blocking off a place preventing things or people from leaving or entering
  9. The first battle of the American Civil War
  10. The snake plan
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  1. Made up of 23 Free States
  2. To be set free and be your own person without the control of another
  3. These states were slave states that did not leave the Union but supported the confederates
  4. Led 100,000 men into Atlanta
  5. A formerly enslaved person
  6. A battle fought between July 1-3, 1863
  7. Argued breaking away from the union was the only way with or without other states
  8. Last name of the man who led the Confederate Army Of Virginia throughout the civil war
  9. A name for southern whites who supported the Republican Party
  10. Escaped to the North in a confederate ship

20 Clues: The war • Before the War • The snake plan • Made up of 23 Free States • A formerly enslaved person • Led 100,000 men into Atlanta • President was Jefferson Davis • A name for people from the North • A battle fought between July 1-3, 1863 • The first state to secede from the Union • The first battle of the American Civil War • Escaped to the North in a confederate ship • ...

Gobin Hill Government Crossword 2024-04-10

Gobin Hill Government Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. principal of government that favors a government with separate branches
  2. what James Madison is trying to persuade about in Federalist 51
  3. branch of government that is responsible for creating laws
  4. only one thing required of a United States citizen
  5. branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws
  6. the reason as to why some states have more House representation than others
  7. form of government that describes the United States
  8. two parts to our United States Congress
  9. to deny a law
  10. executive department that administers and regulates travel into and out of the United States
  11. branch of government responsible for the court system
  12. The governing body of a nation
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  1. amendment that gave freedom to slaves
  2. considered to be the most important aspect of a democratic society
  3. amendment that allows for freedom of speech
  4. length of Supreme Court Justice terms
  5. formal change to the Constitution
  6. executive head of a state form of government
  7. commonly known as the Bill of Rights
  8. a formal organized choice by vote

20 Clues: to deny a law • The governing body of a nation • formal change to the Constitution • a formal organized choice by vote • commonly known as the Bill of Rights • amendment that gave freedom to slaves • length of Supreme Court Justice terms • two parts to our United States Congress • amendment that allows for freedom of speech • executive head of a state form of government • ...

Civil War 2022-09-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. union general who was fired after he wouldn't attack
  2. compromise in 1820 that added two new states
  3. president during civil war
  4. reason California was added to the union so quickly
  5. last name of the writer of Uncle Tom's cabin
  6. Union general who led the army at the end of the war
  7. state which contained the capital of the Confederacy
  8. the union's first ironclad ship
  9. slave who sued for his freedom
  10. time after the Civil war in which southern states were brought back into the union
  11. Major battle in SE Pennsylvania
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  1. president of the confederate states of america
  2. Battle site meaning "place of peace"
  3. major crop of the southern states
  4. man responsible for raiding the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA
  5. first major battle of the war just outside Washington DC
  6. confederate who led an ill-fated charge at Gettysburg
  7. name for the southern states who seceded
  8. _ kansas; period of violence between pro and anti slavery factions
  9. head of Confederate army
  10. last name of the man who shot and killed the president

21 Clues: head of Confederate army • president during civil war • slave who sued for his freedom • the union's first ironclad ship • Major battle in SE Pennsylvania • major crop of the southern states • Battle site meaning "place of peace" • name for the southern states who seceded • compromise in 1820 that added two new states • last name of the writer of Uncle Tom's cabin • ...

Chapter 7 2026-01-15

Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. farmer rebellion over the Whiskey Tax
  2. Acts that violated the first amendment
  3. Pinckey's Treaty set the border between the United States and ___________________.
  4. This document stated that the United States would stay out of the war and not support either side.
  5. country who became angry with the United States after Jay's Treaty
  6. number of electoral votes Indiana has
  7. total number of electors
  8. A state's electoral votes are based on __________________________.
  9. in order to win the presidency a candidate needs ________ electoral votes.
  10. event where French officially asked for bribes
  11. the election of 1796 was the __________ presidential election
  12. party that John Adams was apart of
  13. number of terms Washington served as president
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  1. tasked with solving the national debt
  2. a group of people with similar political goals and opinions.
  3. a group of people who cast each state's official vote of president and vice president.
  4. first President of the United States
  5. number of candidates who ran for president in the election of 1796
  6. Adams' vice president
  7. Jay's Treaty was signed with this country.
  8. 2nd president of the United States

21 Clues: Adams' vice president • total number of electors • 2nd president of the United States • party that John Adams was apart of • first President of the United States • tasked with solving the national debt • farmer rebellion over the Whiskey Tax • number of electoral votes Indiana has • Acts that violated the first amendment • Jay's Treaty was signed with this country. • ...

american12 2024-06-07

american12 crossword puzzle
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  1. Problematic due to weak navy.
  2. Treaty under Articles.
  3. Lacked this branch.
  4. Changes requiring unanimous approval.
  5. Major postwar issue.
  6. Remained in American territory.
  7. Convention calling for a new system.
  8. Loose connection of states.
  9. Poorly managed under Articles.
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  1. Each state's power.
  2. Soldier unrest due to unpaid wages.
  3. Taxes on imports, ineffective.
  4. Lacked uniform laws.
  5. Inconsistent policies among states.
  6. Describes the government.
  7. Lacked this branch.
  8. States imposed individually.
  9. Type of commerce poorly managed.
  10. Concept weak in Articles.
  11. Type of instability.

20 Clues: Each state's power. • Lacked this branch. • Lacked this branch. • Lacked uniform laws. • Major postwar issue. • Type of instability. • Treaty under Articles. • Describes the government. • Concept weak in Articles. • Loose connection of states. • States imposed individually. • Problematic due to weak navy. • Taxes on imports, ineffective. • Poorly managed under Articles. • ...

Unit 4 US History Constitution 2016-10-11

Unit 4 US History Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. freedom of speech
  2. decided to weak and gave states too much power
  3. favored small states
  4. favored states and individual rights
  5. first ten amendments to the constitution
  6. favored states with larger populations
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  1. sharing of power between the states
  2. right to bear arms
  3. government is subject to the will of the people
  4. each branch of government has power to check or control other branches
  5. where the first continental congress took place
  6. congress would be bicameral
  7. state ability to nullify a federal law
  8. favored strong national government

14 Clues: freedom of speech • right to bear arms • favored small states • congress would be bicameral • favored strong national government • sharing of power between the states • favored states and individual rights • state ability to nullify a federal law • favored states with larger populations • first ten amendments to the constitution • decided to weak and gave states too much power • ...

history 2023-12-19

history crossword puzzle
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  1. Post-war rebuilding period.
  2. Sites of major conflicts.
  3. Bloodiest single-day battle.
  4. Notable Confederate general
  5. Union general and later President.
  6. Escape route for slaves.
  7. Pivotal battle in Pennsylvania.
  8. Compulsory military service.
  9. Abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor.
  10. 16th President during the war.
  11. Fought to preserve the United States.
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  1. Freed enslaved individuals.
  2. Surrender site for Lee.
  3. Root cause of the conflict.
  4. First shots fired location.
  5. Warships with iron plates.
  6. Notable Civil War nurse.
  7. Southern states' withdrawal.
  8. Southern states that seceded.
  9. Skilled Confederate general.

20 Clues: Surrender site for Lee. • Notable Civil War nurse. • Escape route for slaves. • Sites of major conflicts. • Warships with iron plates. • Freed enslaved individuals. • Post-war rebuilding period. • Root cause of the conflict. • First shots fired location. • Notable Confederate general • Bloodiest single-day battle. • Southern states' withdrawal. • Compulsory military service. • ...

civil war 2024-05-03

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. Institution Root cause of the war.
  2. Court House Surrender Where Confederate forces gave up.
  3. Locations Sites of major conflicts.
  4. Period Rebuilding the nation post-war.
  5. Battle Turning point in the war.
  6. Northern states Opposed secession.
  7. Proclamation Declaration Freed slaves.
  8. Rights Belief Southern stance on governmental authority.
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  1. Southern states Fought for states' rights.
  2. Advocate Against slavery.
  3. Withdrawal Southern states seceding from the Union.
  4. Railroad Network Secret routes to help slaves escape.
  5. Sumter Fortification Start of the Civil War.
  6. March Military campaign Devastating Union advance in the South.
  7. Amendments Legislation Amendments to ensure equality post-war.

15 Clues: Advocate Against slavery. • Battle Turning point in the war. • Institution Root cause of the war. • Northern states Opposed secession. • Locations Sites of major conflicts. • Period Rebuilding the nation post-war. • Proclamation Declaration Freed slaves. • Southern states Fought for states' rights. • Sumter Fortification Start of the Civil War. • ...

unit 3 vocab 2023-10-25

unit 3 vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. of 1800-Federalist incumbent John Adams ran against the rising Republican Thomas Jefferson. The extremely partisan and outright nasty campaign failed to provide a clear winner because of a constitutional quirk.
  2. Spangled Banner-the Star-Spangled Banner. 1. the national anthem of the United States of America. 2. another term for the Stars and Stripes.
  3. Washington-1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
  4. Court-he highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedences over all other courts in the nation.
  5. and Clark-a U.S. military expedition, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark, to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest
  6. Affair-a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War
  7. v. Madison-established the principle of judicial review—the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional.
  8. of New Orleans-fought on January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson
  9. body of advisers to a head of state who also serve as the heads of government departments.
  10. Jefferson-an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).
  11. act of cancelling something
  12. Parties-collective entities that organize competitions for political offices.
  13. by force
  14. Rebellion-the first test of federal authority in the United States.
  15. Adams-A political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers
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  1. state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
  2. Party-a conservative and nationalist American political party and the first political party in the United States. Under Alexander Hamilton, it dominated the national government from 1789 to 1801.
  3. Monroe-was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
  4. opposition political party in the United States
  5. of Ghent-agreement in Belgium between Great Britain and the United States to end the War of 1812 on the general basis of the status quo antebellum (maintaining the prewar conditions).
  6. Pirates-any of the Muslim pirates operating from the coast of North Africa, at their most powerful during the 17th century but still active until the 19th century.
  7. College-a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
  8. of Good Feelings-marked a period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812.
  9. Hamilton-Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury. He was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system.
  10. Address-a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place.
  11. Madison-America's fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.
  12. Andrew Jackson-served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
  13. and Sedition Acts-tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government.
  14. Purchase-the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France by the United States in 1803.
  15. of 1812-The War of 1812 was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its own indigenous allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It began when the United States declared war on 18 June 1812

30 Clues: by force • act of cancelling something • opposition political party in the United States • Rebellion-the first test of federal authority in the United States. • Address-a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place. • Parties-collective entities that organize competitions for political offices. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-14

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Known as the North, referring to united states governed by federal government
  2. capital of confederate states of america during the civil war
  3. Delaware,Kentucky,Maryland,Missori & West Virginia all in the Civil War's middle ground
  4. this declared "that all persons held as slaves within rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free"
  5. naval battle between confederate & union soldiers that catalyzed a new era of naval warfare
  6. Fought between northern united states & southern confederate states
  7. Marked as the first major battle of the Civil War,July 21,1861
  8. president who issued the emancipation proclamation
  9. mandatory enlistment into the military; conscription
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  1. where North Virginia's Army surrendered signaling the end of the civil war
  2. one of the deadliest day battles that showed the union's determination
  3. commanding general who led union armies to victory and was elected as US president
  4. turning point of the civil war that stopped confederate momentum north and boosted union morale
  5. method employed by confederacy to coerce great britain & france to side with the confederates by creating a cotton trade embargo
  6. this disgruntled actor assassinated the president at a theater
  7. union general who led forces marching through the south including georgia and the carolinas
  8. leading confederate general
  9. capitol of the US
  10. Also called the Southern Army, 11 states that seceded from the Union

19 Clues: capitol of the US • leading confederate general • president who issued the emancipation proclamation • mandatory enlistment into the military; conscription • capital of confederate states of america during the civil war • this disgruntled actor assassinated the president at a theater • Marked as the first major battle of the Civil War,July 21,1861 • ...

4.3 Constitution review 2023-02-01

4.3 Constitution review crossword puzzle
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  1. The Branch that has the power to make laws.
  2. Powers taken using the necessary and proper clause are known as what type of powers.
  3. Philosopher who said a government should have different branches and that these branches should have different powers.
  4. Branch that has the power to apply and interpret the laws.
  5. Period in history where classical Liberalism emerged.
  6. The act of returning a criminal to the state where he/she committed that crime.
  7. Type of Government that is the central authority in a system formed by the union of states.
  8. Amendment which says that any powers that are not granted to the federal government are reserved for the states.
  9. Amendment that allowed women to vote.
  10. Amendment which prohibited Alcohol.
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  1. believed that creating a common market among the states would benefit both the country and individual states.
  2. Who is the head of the Executive branch.
  3. Branch that has the power to carry out and enforce laws.
  4. Which Amendment allowed women to vote.
  5. This house is based off state population.
  6. The division of power between the national government and the States.
  7. The introduction of the Constitution.
  8. This amendment states that people have more rights than those listed in the Constitution.
  9. An act which established the U.S. mint and instructed it to make coins.
  10. Includes two senators from each state.

20 Clues: Amendment which prohibited Alcohol. • The introduction of the Constitution. • Amendment that allowed women to vote. • Which Amendment allowed women to vote. • Includes two senators from each state. • Who is the head of the Executive branch. • This house is based off state population. • The Branch that has the power to make laws. • ...

Creation of the Constitution 2017-09-18

Creation of the Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. This group was in favor of the new Constitution.
  2. What were the delegates supposed to do to the Articles of Confederation?
  3. This is the name of the meeting where the Constitution was written.
  4. This English document was specifically written to limit the power of the King.
  5. This compromise said we would only tax imports, not exports.
  6. The only branch that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
  7. This group was against the new Constitution.
  8. The plan of government that created a bicameral legislature.
  9. How many states had to agree to change the Articles of Confederation?
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  1. The event that convinced the delegates that changes in the Articles of Confederation were needed.
  2. The plan of government favored by the large states.
  3. The name of the war in which the colonies freed themselves from British rule.
  4. This English document served as a model for the United States' Bill of Rights.
  5. John Locke's theory that government was established by the people voluntarily.
  6. Name of the meeting where the Declaration of Independence was written.
  7. Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation?
  8. This compromise was over the importation of Africans to the states.
  9. This compromise settled the debate on how to count slaves.
  10. The plan of government favored by small states.

19 Clues: This group was against the new Constitution. • The plan of government favored by small states. • This group was in favor of the new Constitution. • The plan of government favored by the large states. • This compromise settled the debate on how to count slaves. • Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation? • ...

CIVICS 2020-09-27

CIVICS crossword puzzle
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  1. no one is above the law
  2. two rights in the Declaration of Independence
  3. what we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance
  4. one reason colonists came to the United States
  5. one right for a US CITIZEN
  6. number of branches of government
  7. one of your states' US Senator NOW
  8. what was the main concern of the United States during the Cold War
  9. they lived in the US before the Europeans arrived
  10. Ocean on the West Coat of the United States
  11. Chief Justice of the United States NOW
  12. one US territory
  13. the Legislative Branch of the US Government
  14. capital of our State
  15. Supreme Law of the Land
  16. Supported the passage of the US Constitution
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  1. one part of Congress
  2. first ten amendments to the US Constitution
  3. can veto bills
  4. General in WW II and President
  5. Ocean on the East Coast of the United States
  6. change or addition to the Constitution
  7. years a president is elected for
  8. Abraham Lincoln signed it freeing the slaves
  9. one war fought in the 1900's
  10. first three words of the Constitution meaning self-government
  11. has 100 members
  12. one right in the First Amendment
  13. one state that borders Mexico
  14. a promise
  15. the number of Justices on the Supreme Court

31 Clues: a promise • can veto bills • has 100 members • one US territory • one part of Congress • capital of our State • no one is above the law • Supreme Law of the Land • one right for a US CITIZEN • one war fought in the 1900's • one state that borders Mexico • General in WW II and President • years a president is elected for • number of branches of government • one right in the First Amendment • ...

asdfe 2026-03-21

asdfe crossword puzzle
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  1. Wealthy Cubans leaving after Castro’s rise to power
  2. Expedition encouraging westward exploration and settlement
  3. Treaty ending war and expanding United States southwest territory
  4. Major entry point for immigrants in New York
  5. Document required for international travel identification
  6. Land gained from Britain in Pacific Northwest region
  7. Forced movement of Indigenous peoples from ancestral lands
  8. Chinese system restricting internal migration rights and resources
  9. Cultural movement celebrating African American art and literature
  10. 1980 migration of Cubans seeking economic opportunity
  11. Laws enforcing racial segregation and inequality in southern states
  12. 1994 Cuban migration crisis after Soviet Union collapse
  13. Movement of people shaping societies, governments, and institutions
  14. Neighborhood where a specific cultural group is concentrated
  15. Movement of African Americans from South to North
  16. Transcontinental system enabling faster westward migration and trade
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  1. Movement of African Americans back to southern cities
  2. Border-free travel zone across European countries
  3. 1803 land deal doubling United States territory size
  4. Economic growth supported by immigrant labor supply
  5. Movement of people from rural areas into cities
  6. Organized flights bringing Cuban migrants to United States
  7. Belief United States meant to expand across North America
  8. Division of India causing mass migration and violence
  9. People forced to flee due to conflict or danger
  10. Westward movement reshaping United States territories and culture
  11. Migration driven by discovery of valuable natural resources

27 Clues: Major entry point for immigrants in New York • Movement of people from rural areas into cities • People forced to flee due to conflict or danger • Border-free travel zone across European countries • Movement of African Americans from South to North • Wealthy Cubans leaving after Castro’s rise to power • Economic growth supported by immigrant labor supply • ...

Unit 7 Vocabulary 2023-11-29

Unit 7 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the right to vote
  2. Amendment granted citizenship to all former slaves
  3. withdraw from enemy forces
  4. a tenant farmer who receives a portion of the crop
  5. an organization of people formed for a particular purpose, especially of the Confederate States
  6. concern for regional needs and interests
  7. the imposition of laws by a military authority, generally in defeated territories
  8. the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group
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  1. Amendment abolished slavery in the United States
  2. the act of giving someone freedom
  3. income
  4. blocking off an area to keep supplies from getting in or out
  5. Amendment granted African American men the right to vote
  6. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  7. the group of states that remained part of the United States after 11 southern states seceded in 1860 and 1861 and formed the Confederacy
  8. the act of rebuilding, generally refers to the rebuilding of the Union following the Civil War
  9. a large house used for agricultural needs usually worked by enslaved labor
  10. to withdraw, including the withdrawal of states from the Union

18 Clues: income • the right to vote • withdraw from enemy forces • the act of giving someone freedom • concern for regional needs and interests • Amendment abolished slavery in the United States • Amendment granted citizenship to all former slaves • a tenant farmer who receives a portion of the crop • Amendment granted African American men the right to vote • ...

Unit 7 - Civil War Review 2024-03-04

Unit 7 - Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This law drew an imaginary horizontal line across the U.S. dividing the states into North and South.
  2. Location (state) where the Battle of Gettysburg occurred.
  3. Name of the Union plan to “strangle” the Confederate states.
  4. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed the horrors of slavery.
  5. An attack at this location is considered the start of the Civil War.
  6. Goal of the Northern forces at the start of the Civil War.
  7. Abolitionist who led a raid on a federal armory to arm African-Americans.
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  1. President of the United States of America.
  2. Military leader of the Confederate Army.
  3. First state to secede after the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
  4. Last name of slave who sued for his freedom.
  5. This law used “popular sovereignty” to determine slavery status for the states.
  6. Last name of Union General who defeated Robert E. Lee in the Civil War.
  7. The economy of the Northern states was based on this.
  8. The Battle of Vicksburg took place in this state.
  9. President of the Confederate States of America.
  10. The location of the courthouse where Confederate forces surrendered.
  11. Battle considered the turning point of the Civil War.

18 Clues: Military leader of the Confederate Army. • President of the United States of America. • Last name of slave who sued for his freedom. • President of the Confederate States of America. • The Battle of Vicksburg took place in this state. • The economy of the Northern states was based on this. • Battle considered the turning point of the Civil War. • ...

1812 / Good Feelings 2026-03-03

1812 / Good Feelings crossword puzzle
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  1. A national bank created to stabilize the American economy.
  2. Pride in and loyalty to one’s country.
  3. The growth of the United States through new land and states.
  4. An agreement that kept the balance between free and slave states.
  5. Strong loyalty to one region of a country instead of the whole nation.
  6. A tax placed on imported goods.
  7. A government order that stops trade with another country.
  8. A war between the United States and Britain caused by trade issues and frontier conflicts.
  9. The agreement that ended the War of 1812 and restored peace.
  10. A meeting where Federalists opposed the War of 1812 and discussed limiting federal power.
  11. The decision to remain out of a conflict between other countries.
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  1. The edge of settled land where pioneers moved west.
  2. A treaty in which Spain gave Florida to the United States.
  3. The lawmaking branch of the United States government.
  4. A group of citizen soldiers who can be called to fight in emergencies.
  5. A time of political unity and national pride after the War of 1812.
  6. The act of forcing sailors to serve in another country’s navy.
  7. A policy warning European countries not to interfere in the Americas.

18 Clues: A tax placed on imported goods. • Pride in and loyalty to one’s country. • The edge of settled land where pioneers moved west. • The lawmaking branch of the United States government. • A government order that stops trade with another country. • A treaty in which Spain gave Florida to the United States. • A national bank created to stabilize the American economy. • ...

Slavery 2019-06-11

Slavery crossword puzzle
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  1. The first person to own slaves in the United States
  2. States that supported slavery but stayed with the Union when War broke out
  3. Slaves were often punished with this if they misbehaved
  4. Woman who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin and angered the south.
  5. The year where slavery most likely started in the United States
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  1. The last name of a famous runaway slave who assisted dozens of other slaves to freedom
  2. A massive farm that many slaves worked on
  3. A plant that slaves often picked on plantations
  4. A popular path for escaping slaves
  5. The states that opposed slavery
  6. The continent most slaves are taken from
  7. The skin color of most slaves
  8. The year slavery was officially abolished in the United States
  9. A person forced to work for someone without pay
  10. The states that supported slavery

15 Clues: The skin color of most slaves • The states that opposed slavery • The states that supported slavery • A popular path for escaping slaves • The continent most slaves are taken from • A massive farm that many slaves worked on • A plant that slaves often picked on plantations • A person forced to work for someone without pay • ...

Reconstruction Era 2023-04-03

Reconstruction Era crossword puzzle
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  1. strong sense of loyalty to a state/region rather than a whole country
  2. laws enacted by southern states to restrict social and economic freedoms of formerly enslaved people
  3. states that remained loyal to the U.S.
  4. a war between people of the same country
  5. withdrawl from a union
  6. a disease producing diarrhea with blood and mucus
  7. period of time before a war
  8. reorganization/rebuilding of the former confederate states after the Civil War
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  1. a runaway from justice, an escaped enslaved person
  2. laws enacted by southern states to manipulate/control the African American population, legalized segregation
  3. allowing each territory/state to decide to allow slavery
  4. slave-holding states that did not secede from the Union
  5. states that seceded from the union, formed a loose alliance
  6. agency that helped formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom
  7. to free, to liberate

15 Clues: to free, to liberate • withdrawl from a union • period of time before a war • states that remained loyal to the U.S. • a war between people of the same country • a disease producing diarrhea with blood and mucus • a runaway from justice, an escaped enslaved person • slave-holding states that did not secede from the Union • ...

WWI & 1920's 2022-05-04

WWI & 1920's crossword puzzle
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  1. One way in which the economic principles of Republican presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar is that both believed that government should limit its ___________________ of business activities.
  2. During the 1920s, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, and the Palmer raids demonstrate that ___________________ sentiments were on the rise
  3. The ___________________ trial reflects the conflict in American society between science and religion.
  4. The United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles after World War I because many senators believed that the League of Nations could draw the United States into future ___________________.
  5. The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granted _______________ rights to women.
  6. National Prohibition, as authorized by the ___________________ amendment, stated that the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was banned.
  7. During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson outlined the ___________________ suggesting a peace plan to prevent future wars.
  8. After World War I, a “return to ___________________” was most clearly demonstrated by opposition to joining the League of Nations.
  9. During the 1920s, the Palmer raids, immigration quotas, and the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti resulted from the fear that American values were threatened by ___________________.
  10. The Zimmerman telegram was part of an effort to enlist _______________ support for Germany if the United States declared war.
  11. After World War I, senators who opposed United States participation in the ___________________ argued that American membership in the organization would involve the nation in future world conflicts.
  12. Henry Ford’s use of the ___________________ in the production of automobiles led directly to a decrease in the cost of automobiles.
  13. The Supreme Court decision in Schenck v. United States (1919) supported the position that during a national emergency civil liberties of United States citizens may be _________________.
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  1. The changing image of women during the 1920s was symbolized by the popularity of the _______________ and their style of dress.
  2. The division in public opinion over the Scopes trial and Prohibition demonstrates clash of _____________________ during the 1920’s.
  3. The repeal of national ___________________ in 1933 showed that unpopular laws are difficult to enforce.
  4. United States entry into World War I was a result of Germany’s policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, interception of the ________________ telegram, and the United States economic ties to Allied nations.
  5. During the 1920s, much of the debt accumulated by consumers was due to ___________________ buying of manufactured goods.
  6. Renewal of unrestricted _______________ warfare by Germany influenced President Woodrow Wilson’s decision to enter World War I.
  7. The Great Migration during World War I refers to the movement of ___________________ to northern cities to find work.
  8. The prosperity of the United States in the mid- 1920s resulted in part from increased ___________________ for new consumer goods.
  9. The Supreme Court decision in Schenck v. United States (1919) stated that freedom of ___________________ is not absolute.
  10. By 1920, more Americans lived in _______________ areas then in rural areas.
  11. The “clear and present danger” doctrine established in ___________________ v. United States (1919) concerned the issue of freedom of speech.
  12. ____________________ were used during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to help finance (pay for) the war effort.
  13. The main goal of Americanization schools was to promote ___________________.

26 Clues: By 1920, more Americans lived in _______________ areas then in rural areas. • The main goal of Americanization schools was to promote ___________________. • The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granted _______________ rights to women. • The ___________________ trial reflects the conflict in American society between science and religion. • ...

war vocab 2026-04-30

war vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. states: Slave states that did not secede from the
  2. war A military strategy where an army destroys anything that might be useful to the enemy, including civilian resources like food and infrastructure.
  3. A 19th-century warship protected by iron plating.
  4. To formally sign up for service in the military.
  5. The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.
  6. To occupy a strong defensive position, often by digging ditches or trenches.
  7. A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in action.
  8. A sum of money paid by the government to encourage men to enlist in the military.
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  1. The refusal to accept or comply with something; in this context, opposition to the enemy’s forces or authority.
  2. an unrecognized breakaway republic of 11 Southern U.S. states that seceded to protect the institution of slavery and states' rights
  3. rights The political belief that individual states should have more power than the federal government, often used to justify slavery and secession.
  4. Proclamation An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.
  5. the federal government of the United States and the states that remained loyal to it during the American Civil War (1861–1865)
  6. corpus A legal right that protects individuals from being held in jail without being charged with a crime.
  7. A system of required (compulsory) military service.
  8. The side or edge of a military formation.

16 Clues: The side or edge of a military formation. • To formally sign up for service in the military. • The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union. • states: Slave states that did not secede from the • A 19th-century warship protected by iron plating. • A system of required (compulsory) military service. • ...

Young Republic - US History 2025-02-06

Young Republic - US History crossword puzzle
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  1. Andrew _______________ - an American politician and lawyer who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
  2. seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  3. a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
  4. Battle of ____________________ - a battle fought on January 8, 1815, between the United States and Great Britain during the War of 1812
  5. Articles of __________________ - the first constitution of the United States, establishing the country's national government after it gained independence from Great Britain
  6. a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands.
  7. identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
  8. an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping.
  9. a political movement that aims to end slavery and liberate enslaved people
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  1. 1812 Invasion of _____________ - a series of military campaigns that took place when the United States fought Great Britain for control of British-held Canadian territory
  2. restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
  3. war of ________________-twelve - a conflict between the United States and Great Britain that lasted from 1812 to 1815
  4. the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale.
  5. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
  6. someone who opposed the creation of a strong central government in the United States
  7. Battle of ____________________ - a military engagement fought on November 7, 1811, between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison and a confederacy of Native American tribes primarily under the leadership of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa ("The Prophet")
  8. a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
  9. James ____________ - an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817
  10. the practice of forcing people into military service against their will

19 Clues: a supreme ruler, especially a monarch. • the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale. • seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. • a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. • the practice of forcing people into military service against their will • ...

ELA Project 2022-02-23

ELA Project crossword puzzle
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  1. The master plantation of Douglass’ mater
  2. The states that allowed slavery
  3. The states that did not allow slavery
  4. The people that kept slaves
  5. The weapon slaveholders used against slaves
  6. The people that overlooked the slaves as they worked
  7. The place where slaves worked
  8. One of the major crops made mostly in slave states
  9. The year when Frederick Douglass was about 17
  10. The year Fredrick Douglass got married
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  1. Mother of Frederick Douglass
  2. Douglass’ first master
  3. A thick, heavy stick used as a weapon against slaves
  4. The town where Douglass was born
  5. Douglass’ wife
  6. One of the major crops mostly made in the slave states
  7. The state where Frederick Douglass was born
  8. Where Frederick Douglass got married
  9. One of the major crops made mostly in slave states
  10. When Frederick Douglass got married
  11. About the number of slaves Douglass’ master had

21 Clues: Douglass’ wife • Douglass’ first master • The people that kept slaves • Mother of Frederick Douglass • The place where slaves worked • The states that allowed slavery • The town where Douglass was born • When Frederick Douglass got married • Where Frederick Douglass got married • The states that did not allow slavery • The year Fredrick Douglass got married • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The most common used gun in the civil war
  2. First submarine to sink an enemy ship
  3. The winner of the 1860 election
  4. The official end of the civil war
  5. Freed slaves in Confederate states
  6. President of the confederacy
  7. The most used bullets in the civil war
  8. The type of war the Confederacy was fighting
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  1. First state to secede
  2. First battle of the civil war
  3. The 1st all black regiment in the North
  4. Largest battle of the civil war
  5. Rise in prices
  6. Prevent supplies from coming in or out over the water
  7. Captured Savannah Georgia
  8. The states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia were considered
  9. The Northern states
  10. Prejudice against someone due to their race
  11. The Unions war plan to get the Confederacy to surrender
  12. The Southern slave states

20 Clues: Rise in prices • The Northern states • First state to secede • Captured Savannah Georgia • The Southern slave states • President of the confederacy • First battle of the civil war • Largest battle of the civil war • The winner of the 1860 election • The official end of the civil war • Freed slaves in Confederate states • First submarine to sink an enemy ship • ...

Unit 7 - Civil War Review Crossword 2024-03-05

Unit 7 - Civil War Review Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This law drew an imaginary horizontal line across the U.S. dividing the states into North and South.
  2. Location (state) where the Battle of Gettysburg occurred.
  3. Name of the Union plan to “strangle” the Confederate states.
  4. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed the horrors of slavery.
  5. An attack at this location is considered the start of the Civil War.
  6. Goal of the Northern forces at the start of the Civil War.
  7. Abolitionist who led a raid on a federal armory to arm African-Americans.
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  1. President of the United States of America.
  2. Military leader of the Confederate Army.
  3. First state to secede after the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
  4. Last name of slave who sued for his freedom.
  5. This law used “popular sovereignty” to determine slavery status for the states.
  6. Last name of Union General who defeated Robert E. Lee in the Civil War.
  7. The economy of the Northern states was based on this.
  8. The Battle of Vicksburg took place in this state.
  9. President of the Confederate States of America.
  10. The location of the courthouse where Confederate forces surrendered.
  11. Battle considered the turning point of the Civil War.

18 Clues: Military leader of the Confederate Army. • President of the United States of America. • Last name of slave who sued for his freedom. • President of the Confederate States of America. • The Battle of Vicksburg took place in this state. • The economy of the Northern states was based on this. • Battle considered the turning point of the Civil War. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2024-04-24

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The war strategy that focused on growing cotton for the South.
  2. What is it called for slaves to slow down their pace, stop working, escape.
  3. What was the plan called for the Union to defeat the Confederacy?
  4. The largest group of soldiers were from what occupation?
  5. Peace Democrats who opposed the American Civil War and wanted peace.
  6. The 16th president of the U.S who led the Union during the Civil War.
  7. This state was the first to secede from the Union.
  8. How many total confederacy states were there?
  9. What was a negative effect of the War for the North?
  10. How many total union states were there?
  11. Who was the main speaker at the Gettysburg Address?
  12. How many states left the union before Lincoln took office?
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  1. What were states that did not leave the union but were slave states?
  2. Which amendment to the U.S Constitution abolished slavery?
  3. They won the war by defeating the Confederacy, the Southern states.
  4. Requires men to serve in the military, from the draft.
  5. What is a cash payment for volunteers, canceling your draft called?

17 Clues: How many total union states were there? • How many total confederacy states were there? • This state was the first to secede from the Union. • Who was the main speaker at the Gettysburg Address? • What was a negative effect of the War for the North? • Requires men to serve in the military, from the draft. • The largest group of soldiers were from what occupation? • ...

Building a New Nation 2020-04-02

Building a New Nation crossword puzzle
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  1. The port city in northwest Belgium.
  2. A review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  3. A founding father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817
  4. Taking men into a military or navel force with or without notice.
  5. A treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819.
  6. Served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
  7. identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations
  8. A Louisiana city on the Mississippi River.
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  1. Who was the third U.S. President?
  2. Wife of the president from 1809 to 1817 of the United States of America.
  3. The national anthem of the United States of America.
  4. An American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States in 1841.
  5. An American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835.
  6. The United States capital.
  7. A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

15 Clues: The United States capital. • Who was the third U.S. President? • The port city in northwest Belgium. • A Louisiana city on the Mississippi River. • The national anthem of the United States of America. • A treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819. • Taking men into a military or navel force with or without notice. • ...

Constitutional Convention Crossword 2025-01-31

Constitutional Convention Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The plan for creating a constitution that favored equal representation
  2. The economy of the South was mainly ___________
  3. Small states advocated for _____ representation in government
  4. The "Father of the Constitution"
  5. There were more _____ states than large states
  6. This state did not send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention
  7. The people who were at the Constitutional Convention
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  1. The main arguments in the Constitutional Convention were on this topic
  2. There were 13 ______ during the Constitutional Convention
  3. The two main groups of states were small and _____
  4. The place where the Constitutional Convention was held
  5. Both the New Jersey and Virginia Plans _______ a certain type of state
  6. The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to fix this document
  7. The New Jersey Plan proposed three branches of government, executive, legislative, and ________
  8. Large states wanted these people to count towards their populations

15 Clues: The "Father of the Constitution" • There were more _____ states than large states • The economy of the South was mainly ___________ • The two main groups of states were small and _____ • The people who were at the Constitutional Convention • The place where the Constitutional Convention was held • There were 13 ______ during the Constitutional Convention • ...

Unit 3 Vocabulary 2023-02-24

Unit 3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. case that established that the Constitution grants the federal government implied powers that the states cannot step over
  2. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  3. The government may only do the things the people have allowed it to do.
  4. powers that are granted to the government in the Constitution: expressed, implied, and inherent
  5. those powers that belong to the National Government that are listed in the Constitution
  6. powers that can only be exercised by the National government; they cannot be exercised by the states
  7. government and its officers are always subject to-never above-the law
  8. the name that things are given that overstep a branch’s powers or go against the Constitution
  9. the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
  10. lower federal courts under the Supreme Court
  11. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the federal government, but does not deny to the states
  12. an advisory body to the President
  13. grants of federal money or other resources to the States and their cities, counties, and other local units
  14. the idea that three basic powers are distributed/separated among three distinct branches of government
  15. a pact made by the President directly with a foreign head of state
  16. changes or additions that become apart of the written language of the Constitution
  17. changes to the Constitution
  18. an act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed state constitution
  19. secures that states must accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
  20. an unwritten rule that is closely followed in the Senate
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  1. powers not expressly states in the Constitution, but are suggested
  2. an act creating the a new state
  3. a provision that declares that the Constitution and treaties of the United States rank above all other forms of law in the nation
  4. approval
  5. a legislature made up of two houses
  6. each branch of government is subject to a series of constitutional restraints by other branches of government
  7. Article II of the Constitution that creates the executive branch of government
  8. the body that makes the formal selection of the nation’s President
  9. no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those who happen to live in another state
  10. the President’s power to reject an act of Congress
  11. government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
  12. government’s power comes from the people
  13. the Constitution assigns certain powers to the National Government and reserves others to states
  14. the first 10 amendments in the Constitution
  15. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state can be returned to that state, preventing a person from escaping justice
  16. powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise
  17. agreements among states between themselves and other foreign states
  18. government’s powers are divided among the National and State levels

38 Clues: approval • changes to the Constitution • an act creating the a new state • an advisory body to the President • a legislature made up of two houses • government’s power comes from the people • the first 10 amendments in the Constitution • lower federal courts under the Supreme Court • the President’s power to reject an act of Congress • ...

civil war and reconstruction 2020-02-28

civil war and reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. everyone born in the untied states is automatically american citizen
  2. American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War
  3. Second Inaugural delivered on March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as President of the United States.
  4. authorized the president of the United States to suspend the privilege of the writ
  5. a group of states or nations united into one political body
  6. battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
  7. American soldier and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States
  8. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
  9. first American president to be impeached on March 2–3, 1868
  10. period after the Civil War in which the federal government enacted and attempted to enforce equal suffrage
  11. is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people
  12. was an informal, unwritten deal, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election
  13. last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River; therefore, capturing it completed the second part of the Northern strategy, the Anaconda Plan.
  14. American white supremacist hate group, whose primary target is African Americans.
  15. was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
  16. near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War
  17. executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 2, 1862
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  1. served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee.
  2. actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865
  3. speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War
  4. assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865
  5. he 23rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1876
  6. southern states who fought the northern states in the American Civil War.
  7. President Andrew Johnson implemented a plan of Reconstruction that gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom
  8. established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War
  9. American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army.
  10. fought on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia
  11. was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac
  12. was the period in American history which lasted from 1863 to 1877
  13. war between north and south of America from 1861 to 1865
  14. 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election.
  15. were laws governing the conduct of African Americans

32 Clues: were laws governing the conduct of African Americans • war between north and south of America from 1861 to 1865 • fought on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia • a group of states or nations united into one political body • first American president to be impeached on March 2–3, 1868 • was the period in American history which lasted from 1863 to 1877 • ...

Unit 5- Triple Box Vocabulary 2018-01-10

Unit 5- Triple Box Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. payment by a weaker party to a stronger party in return for protection
  2. of New Orleans-at the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and U.S. forces, led by Andrew Jackson, that ended in a victory for the United States
  3. to a state or section rather than to the whole country
  4. Hawks-the members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
  5. Act of 1789-a law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation
  6. devotion to one's nation and its interests
  7. review-the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
  8. and Virginia resolutions-the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional
  9. vs Madison-an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
  10. act or decision that sets an example for others to follow
  11. rights-the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  12. Marshall-the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
  13. supporter of a strong federal government
  14. Treaty-In 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States
  15. Rebellion-a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States
  16. Affair-a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships
  17. Act-an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
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  1. Purchase-the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
  2. and Sedition Acts-laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
  3. Treaty-a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that settled differences and put off a threat of military conflict between the two nations
  4. Proclamation-a 1793 statement by President Washington that declared the United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict
  5. member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson, favored states' rights
  6. practice of forcing people into military service
  7. group of officials who head government departments and advise the President
  8. cancel
  9. Doctrine-President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America
  10. of Ghent-a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812
  11. policy-a plan of action by a nation toward other nations
  12. and Clark-explorers that traveled through the Louisiana Purchase from 1804-1806

29 Clues: cancel • supporter of a strong federal government • devotion to one's nation and its interests • practice of forcing people into military service • to a state or section rather than to the whole country • policy-a plan of action by a nation toward other nations • act or decision that sets an example for others to follow • ...

Unit 5 The Early Republic 2018-01-29

Unit 5 The Early Republic crossword puzzle
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  1. An 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade.
  2. A devotion to one's nation and its interests.
  3. Orleans At the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and U.S. forces, led by Andrew Jackson, that ended in a victory for the United States.
  4. The vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803.
  5. loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country.
  6. The treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio.
  7. A case decided by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall in 1803.
  8. Was a United States federal statute adopted on September 24, 1789, in the first session of the First United States Congress.
  9. To cancel.
  10. The power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional.
  11. It favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution to restrict the powers of the federal government and emphasizing states' rights.
  12. A peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812.
  13. In 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory.
  14. Was a 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.
  15. The practice of forcing people into military service.
  16. The group of officials who head government departments and advise the President.
  17. The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  18. President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America.
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  1. A government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
  2. The declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional.
  3. A 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships.
  4. John Marshall (1755–1835) was the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
  5. Was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington.
  6. A 1793 statement by President Washington that declared the United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict.
  7. The members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812.
  8. Acts The Federalist-supported laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners.
  9. Jay's Treaty, was a 1795 treaty between the United States and Great Britain that averted war.
  10. A supporter of a strong federal government.
  11. A payment by a weaker party to a stronger party in return for protection.
  12. An act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
  13. Clark A journey made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, to explore the American Northwest, newly purchased from France, and some territories beyond.

31 Clues: To cancel. • A supporter of a strong federal government. • A devotion to one's nation and its interests. • The practice of forcing people into military service. • A government's strategy in dealing with other nations. • An 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade. • An act or decision that sets an example for others to follow. • ...

Naturalization Test Vocabulary 2025-07-17

Naturalization Test Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Which president emancipated the slaves in the South?
  2. Which country does California share a border with?
  3. When is Presidents' Day?
  4. Canada is ________ of the United States.
  5. What is the largest city in the United States?
  6. What is the name of the second President of the United States?
  7. Who lived in the United States before colonists arrived?
  8. Woodrow Wilson was President during the _______ World War.
  9. Which holiday is often celebrated on the last Thursday of November?
  10. Which holiday is often called Indigenous peoples' day?
  11. Members of the legislative branch can ______ to pass laws.
  12. There are fifty stars on the American flag because the U.S. has fifty _________.
  13. When do U.S. citizens elect the President?
  14. Which holiday celebrates George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?
  15. Alaska is the ______ U.S. state, although it does not have many people.
  16. Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for racial equality ______ the Civil Rights Movement.
  17. How many stars are there on the American Flag?
  18. The ______ fought Germany, Japan, and Italy during WWII.
  19. Franklin Roosevelt was President during the Great Depression and the ________ World War.
  20. A _______ press is guaranteed by the First Amendment.
  21. The Confederacy was made up of states in the American __________.
  22. What was the war between the northern and southern states?
  23. The number of representatives each state gets in the House of Representatives depends on how many ______ there are in the state.
  24. When is Independence Day
  25. Harrisburg is the _________ of Pennsylvania
  26. Each state elects two _______.
  27. What is one right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?
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  1. Where does the President live?
  2. Which national holiday is celebrated on the Fourth of July?
  3. Which national holiday celebrates the workers?
  4. Which state was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
  5. California is the most populous U.S. state, which means it has the ______ people.
  6. What piece of money has a picture of George Washington on it?
  7. Voting is both a _______ and a responsibility.
  8. Who is the chief executive?
  9. What are the colors of the American flag?
  10. ________ is the Father of our Country
  11. What is the capital of the United States?
  12. Which holiday celebrates the adoption of the American flag?
  13. ________ and Hawaii are not connected to the continental United States.
  14. Veterans' Day celebrates all past members of the U.S. military, while _________ only celebrates those who died in service.
  15. Before you chose to come to the United States, you ______ in another country.
  16. In total, how many U.S. Senators are there?
  17. _________ is on the east coast of the United States.
  18. We pay ________ to the U.S. government.
  19. George Washington is often called the________.
  20. Congress makes up the ___________ branch of the Federal government.
  21. _______ have the right to vote in the United States
  22. Washington state borders which country?
  23. Which part of the federal government makes the laws?
  24. When is Flag Day?
  25. In a democracy, the people can ______ their leaders.

52 Clues: When is Flag Day? • When is Presidents' Day? • When is Independence Day • Who is the chief executive? • Where does the President live? • Each state elects two _______. • ________ is the Father of our Country • We pay ________ to the U.S. government. • Washington state borders which country? • Canada is ________ of the United States. • What are the colors of the American flag? • ...

vocab #5 crossword 2022-02-11

vocab #5 crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs
  2. an African-American infantry unit in WWI
  3. an international organization
  4. the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion
  5. the extension of military influence into civilian social, political, and economic spheres
  6. American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States
  7. a British passenger ship that was owned by the Cunard Line
  8. the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921
  9. World War I coalition that consisted primarily of the German Empire and Austria-Hungary
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  1. guide the activities and relationships of one state in its interactions with other states
  2. to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war
  3. an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state
  4. the legal status arising from the abstention of a state from all participation in a war between other states
  5. a last resort to ensure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere fulfilled their obligations to international creditors
  6. a formal agreement between two or more states for mutual support in case of war
  7. a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898
  8. outlining his vision for ending World War I
  9. refers to President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy
  10. powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions
  11. a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others
  12. a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama
  13. a style of newspaper

22 Clues: a style of newspaper • an international organization • an African-American infantry unit in WWI • outlining his vision for ending World War I • refers to President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy • the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 • a British passenger ship that was owned by the Cunard Line • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-02-27

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Former U.S. senator
  2. Former Governor of Maine
  3. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
  4. Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
  5. One of the best Confederate Generals
  6. This battle marked the turning point of the Civil War
  7. Watie, The only Native American to be fully promoted to the rank of General in the Civil War
  8. The first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy
  9. Former United States Secretary of War
  10. E. Lee American Confederate General
  11. The deadliest ground of the civil war
  12. Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1, 1863
  13. Had a famous nickname
  14. Run, The very first full-scale battle of the Civil War
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  1. 18th U.S. President
  2. Former Commanding General of the United States Army
  3. Former Governor of Rhode Island
  4. Farragut, A flag officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War
  5. The deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  6. Longstreet, Former United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire
  7. Ironclad warship built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War
  8. Sumter, Marked the official beginning of the Civil War
  9. The Union victory in the largest battle of this campaign
  10. Was in command of only two battles in the Civil War
  11. A United States Army officer who became a major general In the Confederate States Army
  12. Former Governor of New Jersey
  13. 16th U.S. President
  14. Plan A military strategy suggested by Union General Winfield Scott early in the Civil War
  15. Remembered for his defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee
  16. 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 • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2023-04-27

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Delegates from Texas, Louisiana, Mississppi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina met to form a new nation (4)
  2. Lincoln won the clear majority of the electoral votes even though his name did not appear on the ballots in most Southern states (3)
  3. Withdraw from the Union(1)
  4. The compromise dealt with the newly acquired territory in the southwest after the Mexican-American War (3)
  5. Evened the balance of free and slave states (2)
  6. To officially leave an organization (1)
  7. Gave the "House Divided" Speech (2)
  8. The United States continued to expand __________. (1)
  9. A person who is running away from legal authority (1)
  10. Allowing voters in each territory decide on whether to allow slavery (3)
  11. The novel depicts the reality of slavery in the United States (3)
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  1. John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe were all __________.(1)
  2. States felt that the federal governments had broken their contract (The Constitution) with the Union and had the right to leave the Union (2)
  3. Those who opposed slavery and left their party to form a new party (2)
  4. Known as the Civil War in Kansas (2)
  5. The economies in northern states moved away from farming during the _____________ (2)
  6. Stated that anyone who helped a fugitive would be fined or imprisoned (3)
  7. Armed pro-slavery supporters who crossed the Missouri border just to vote (2)
  8. Sued for his freedom because his owner had taken him to live in territories where slavery was illegal (2)
  9. Led an attack on Harpers Ferry (1)

20 Clues: Withdraw from the Union(1) • Led an attack on Harpers Ferry (1) • Gave the "House Divided" Speech (2) • Known as the Civil War in Kansas (2) • To officially leave an organization (1) • Evened the balance of free and slave states (2) • The United States continued to expand __________. (1) • A person who is running away from legal authority (1) • ...

Creating the Constitution Crossword 2025-10-22

Creating the Constitution Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Someone who opposed ratifying the Constitution
  2. These were the “individuals” in the “confederation” created by the Articles
  3. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore laws
  4. The branch that makes laws
  5. Delegates from the states met at the constitutional _________________ to fix the Articles.
  6. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  7. The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are__________________ to state laws.
  8. The Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one _______________ of government.
  9. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  10. This means to vote for approval
  11. An event in Massachusetts that showed the weakness of the Articles.
  12. The branch that interprets laws
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  1. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
  2. Under the Articles, Congress could not do this
  3. Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
  4. The Anti-federalists were upset there was no _____________ in the new Constitution.
  5. One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
  6. In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on its
  7. Sometimes you can say the federal government, central government or ____________ government and they all mean the same thing.
  8. States send these to Congress
  9. The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
  10. A supporter of ratifying the Constitution as it was
  11. The Articles of Confederation was the first plan for a U.S.__________________.
  12. compromise The agreement that was reached that combined ideas from the Virginia and New Jersey plans
  13. The only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention
  14. Under the Articles, the U.S. did not have one of these (a ________________!)
  15. The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation

27 Clues: The branch that makes laws • States send these to Congress • This means to vote for approval • The branch that interprets laws • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers • Someone who opposed ratifying the Constitution • Under the Articles, Congress could not do this • A supporter of ratifying the Constitution as it was • ...

IX • XV • MMXXI 2022-02-12

IX • XV • MMXXI crossword puzzle
Across
  1. After a Great Hill
  2. A Hollow Sword
  3. ayay ightbray ingthay
  4. Mountain between Horror and Bliss
  5. Roman Language
  6. Only In
  7. You
  8. Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here
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  1. The Devil
  2. Lucifer
  3. The Savior
  4. Being Between States of Body
  5. Singular of Dice
  6. Being Between States
  7. A Majestic American Bird
  8. Between States

16 Clues: You • Lucifer • Only In • The Devil • The Savior • A Hollow Sword • Roman Language • Between States • Singular of Dice • After a Great Hill • Being Between States • ayay ightbray ingthay • A Majestic American Bird • Being Between States of Body • Mountain between Horror and Bliss • Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here

Mid term review 2022-01-03

Mid term review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. limits presidents power to escalate military actions
  2. signed on july 4th
  3. Handing over someone convicted of crime
  4. first ten amendments
  5. stops states from interfering with the federal government
  6. Regulating immigration
  7. where branches check other branches
  8. implied in the Constitution
  9. agreement between two or more states
  10. money granted to states by federal government
  11. system of right or justices
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  1. privilege claimed by the president
  2. entities are accountable to law
  3. Legislative Judicial and Executive
  4. alteration made to a Constitution
  5. Derived from Judicial decision
  6. Not stated in the Constitution
  7. government with limited in power
  8. monarchs receive rule directly from God
  9. give up individual freedom for state protection
  10. Funds for specific states,local program
  11. Life Liberty and Property
  12. International agreement
  13. difficulty in passing a law in the peoples needs

24 Clues: signed on july 4th • first ten amendments • Regulating immigration • International agreement • Life Liberty and Property • implied in the Constitution • system of right or justices • Derived from Judicial decision • Not stated in the Constitution • entities are accountable to law • government with limited in power • alteration made to a Constitution • ...

grammar crossword 2016-06-01

grammar crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. to + verb
  2. a sentence that states a fact
  3. consists a gerund or any modifiers
  4. occurs when it is the beginning of a sentence
  5. consists of an infinitive and any modifiers
  6. a sentence that sates a hope
  7. describes something
  8. occers when evens happen at the same time in the past or in the future
  9. a verb that can be used as an adjective
  10. adding -ing to a word
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  1. expresses an action done by its subject
  2. a sentence that states a possibility
  3. helps the main verb express action
  4. a sentence that states a question
  5. consits of a participle and any modifiers
  6. a person place or a thing
  7. expresses action done to its subject
  8. a sentence that states a command
  9. an action
  10. a word that modifies a verb or an adjective

20 Clues: to + verb • an action • describes something • adding -ing to a word • a person place or a thing • a sentence that sates a hope • a sentence that states a fact • a sentence that states a command • a sentence that states a question • helps the main verb express action • consists a gerund or any modifiers • a sentence that states a possibility • expresses action done to its subject • ...

Government Vocab 2021-01-07

Government Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. supporters of the new Constitution
  2. so no single branch becomes too powerful
  3. compromise to help small & large states
  4. 1st plan of government adopted in the US
  5. 4th president of the United States
  6. 1st ten amendments to the Constitution
  7. group of people who feared the new gov.
  8. belief that monarchs were chosen by God
  9. 1st president of the United States
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  1. the government is not all-powerful
  2. the people are the only source of power
  3. 3rd president of the US
  4. a representative democracy
  5. king/queen controls all aspect of life
  6. french writer who introduced ideas for US
  7. democracy, the protection of individual rights
  8. explains the purposes of the Constitution
  9. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property
  10. sharing power between the gov. and states
  11. helped write the federalist papers

20 Clues: 3rd president of the US • a representative democracy • the government is not all-powerful • supporters of the new Constitution • 4th president of the United States • helped write the federalist papers • 1st president of the United States • king/queen controls all aspect of life • 1st ten amendments to the Constitution • the people are the only source of power • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2017-11-15

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The holding of opinions
  2. Temporary government founded in founded in 1861
  3. Being able to have your own way of life
  4. A request
  5. Codes Restriction of African Americans freedom.
  6. An era from 1863 to 1877
  7. Slavery
  8. The states that remain loyal to the U.S.
  9. Scott This case was decided in 1857.
  10. Amendment The amendment that prohibits slavery.
  11. Crow Enforced racial segregation in southern states of America
  12. Amendment No state should deprive any person of life liberty or property.
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  1. The ______ to bear arms
  2. The state of being equal
  3. Separation of humans because of race or ethnicity
  4. Ratified in 1788
  5. The ____________ Proclimation
  6. Amendment The voting amendment.
  7. States Only states that were allowed to have slaves.
  8. The state of being free
  9. Plessy _______ Vs. Ferguson
  10. Making officially valid.

22 Clues: Slavery • A request • Ratified in 1788 • The ______ to bear arms • The holding of opinions • The state of being free • The state of being equal • An era from 1863 to 1877 • Making officially valid. • Plessy _______ Vs. Ferguson • The ____________ Proclimation • Amendment The voting amendment. • Scott This case was decided in 1857. • Being able to have your own way of life • ...

CROSSWORD (UNIT 4 – AI)-CROSSWORD (UNIT 4 – AI) 2026-04-25

CROSSWORD (UNIT 4 – AI)-CROSSWORD (UNIT 4 – AI) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lowest cost first search
  2. Structure of states
  3. FIFO structure used in BFS
  4. Set of all possible states
  5. Entity that performs actions
  6. Checks goal condition
  7. Moves between states
  8. Depth based search
  9. Sliding tile problem
  10. Function estimating cost to goal
  11. Sequence of states to reach goal
  12. Blind search strategy
  13. Level order search
  14. Structure used in search
  15. Starting point of problem
  16. Defines state transitions
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  1. Situation of system
  2. Level-wise exploration
  3. Basic element of graph
  4. Measurement to reach goal
  5. Final desired outcome
  6. LIFO structure used in DFS
  7. Uses f(n)=g(n)+h(n)
  8. Cleaning agent example
  9. Final answer of problem
  10. Level in search tree
  11. AI explores possible solutions
  12. Generate successors
  13. Cost of a path
  14. Uses heuristic knowledge

30 Clues: Cost of a path • Depth based search • Level order search • Situation of system • Structure of states • Uses f(n)=g(n)+h(n) • Generate successors • Moves between states • Level in search tree • Sliding tile problem • Final desired outcome • Checks goal condition • Blind search strategy • Level-wise exploration • Basic element of graph • Cleaning agent example • Final answer of problem • ...

Revolutionary Characters 2017-10-11

Revolutionary Characters crossword puzzle
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  1. Political party formed by Andrew Jackson
  2. The union of the thirteen states
  3. Thomas Jefferson wanted to have slavery
  4. Samuel Adams was a
  5. The third Vice President of the United States
  6. Took place on May 14, 1787
  7. Used to be in control of the colonies
  8. wrote "The Political Depravity of the Founding Fathers"
  9. Battles were fought over slavery in this part of the United States
  10. The first American political party
  11. Written by Thomas Paine
  12. A synonym for a signature
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  1. Opposed a strong Federal government
  2. The first president of the United States
  3. Represents political freedom
  4. created by the founding fathers
  5. Form of government with a royal family
  6. The founder of the Federalist party
  7. Includes the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago
  8. Died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson

20 Clues: Samuel Adams was a • Written by Thomas Paine • A synonym for a signature • Took place on May 14, 1787 • Represents political freedom • created by the founding fathers • The union of the thirteen states • The first American political party • Opposed a strong Federal government • The founder of the Federalist party • Used to be in control of the colonies • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2017-11-15

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Codes Restriction of African Americans freedom.
  2. States Only states that were allowed to have slaves.
  3. Plessy _______ Vs. Ferguson
  4. Being able to have your own way of life
  5. The ______ to bear arms
  6. Separation of humans because of race or ethnicity
  7. The ____________ Proclimation
  8. Ratified in 1788
  9. Amendment No state should deprive any person of life liberty or property.
  10. Slavery
  11. The holding of opinions
  12. Making officially valid.
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  1. The states that remain loyal to the U.S.
  2. A request
  3. The state of being equal
  4. Temporary government founded in founded in 1861
  5. The state of being free
  6. An era from 1863 to 1877
  7. Amendment The voting amendment.
  8. Crow Enforced racial segregation in southern states of America
  9. Amendment The amendment that prohibits slavery.
  10. Scott This case was decided in 1857.

22 Clues: Slavery • A request • Ratified in 1788 • The state of being free • The ______ to bear arms • The holding of opinions • The state of being equal • An era from 1863 to 1877 • Making officially valid. • Plessy _______ Vs. Ferguson • The ____________ Proclimation • Amendment The voting amendment. • Scott This case was decided in 1857. • Being able to have your own way of life • ...

Government Crossword 2024-12-10

Government Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. only happened to Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump
  2. president trusts them with advice
  3. president stopping a bill
  4. the beginning of the Constitution
  5. delays action in Congress
  6. states required to call a constitutional convention
  7. divides power between levels of government
  8. influences legislature decisions
  9. this theory states that interest groups stop the government from functioning
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  1. seeks re-election
  2. stops abuse from one branch of government
  3. stops debate over a bill
  4. requirement from federal government on the states
  5. who to thank for the Bill of Rights
  6. hated for creating “red tape”
  7. proposed law
  8. clause stated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution
  9. ruled by few powerful people
  10. supreme court of the United States branch
  11. disagree with the majority
  12. gives funding to candidates

21 Clues: proposed law • seeks re-election • stops debate over a bill • president stopping a bill • delays action in Congress • disagree with the majority • gives funding to candidates • ruled by few powerful people • hated for creating “red tape” • influences legislature decisions • president trusts them with advice • the beginning of the Constitution • who to thank for the Bill of Rights • ...

Civil War 2013-04-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the movement to get women the right to vote
  2. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers.
  3. A political party created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories.
  4. Also called the North or the United States
  5. Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern.
  6. a series of safe houses that slaves used to escape from slavery
  7. pride in your part of the country
  8. A boundary surveyed in the 1760s that ran between Pennsylvania to the North and Delaware, Maryland and (West) Virginia to the South. It became a symbolic division between free states and slave states.
  9. The area that is now Oklahoma
  10. was Douglas' campaign platform
  11. A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for cash --not grown for food like corn or wheat.
  12. The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps.
  13. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. Also, Union, Federal, or Northern.
  14. the North's war plan
  15. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
  16. To formally approve or sanction.
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  1. the name the south gave itself during the war
  2. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
  3. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron.
  4. the President in the North that governed during most of the civil war.
  5. The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri.
  6. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  7. the souths war plan
  8. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America
  9. A large group of soldiers usually led by a brigadier general.
  10. Freedom from slavery.
  11. Also called the Union or the United States, was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  12. The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories.
  13. said that states should have more power than the federal government
  14. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state by 1861.

30 Clues: the souths war plan • the North's war plan • Freedom from slavery. • The area that is now Oklahoma • was Douglas' campaign platform • To formally approve or sanction. • pride in your part of the country • Also called the North or the United States • the movement to get women the right to vote • the name the south gave itself during the war • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2023-03-16

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. a place where guns are stored
  2. national, belonging to the whole country
  3. Land owned by the United States, but not owned by a state
  4. the act of withdrawing from the Union
  5. strong feelings for your country
  6. to withdraw from a union
  7. refers to the Confederate States of America
  8. a strong feeling for your region of the country instead of the country as a whole
  9. to reach an agreement by both sides giving something up
  10. People who snuck into Kansas and voted illegally
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  1. person who wants to abolish slavery
  2. the new country founded by the Southern states when they left the United States.
  3. right to vote
  4. a runaway
  5. North, U.S. Republic, Federals- All refer to the United States or North
  6. Act of giving something up
  7. a war between groups in the same country

17 Clues: a runaway • right to vote • to withdraw from a union • Act of giving something up • a place where guns are stored • strong feelings for your country • person who wants to abolish slavery • the act of withdrawing from the Union • national, belonging to the whole country • a war between groups in the same country • refers to the Confederate States of America • ...

Government Crossword 2022-01-06

Government Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. had a strong influence on thomas jefferson
  2. the division of power in our government
  3. 3rd president of the united states
  4. the distribution of power between the national government and states within the union
  5. the belief that monarchs were chosen by god
  6. a french writer that introduced the idea of the separation of powers
  7. believed that in order to live in groups you must give up some of your freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural rights
  8. helped write the federalist papers
  9. 4th president of the united states
  10. in order to live in groups you must give up some of your freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural rights
Down
  1. a compromie between slave states and free states
  2. the 1st plan of government adopted by the US
  3. the 1st president of the united states
  4. explains the purposes of the constitution and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the united states
  5. a group who feared the new government created by the constitution gave too much power to the national government
  6. they control all aspects of life social economical, and political

16 Clues: 3rd president of the united states • helped write the federalist papers • 4th president of the united states • the 1st president of the united states • the division of power in our government • had a strong influence on thomas jefferson • the belief that monarchs were chosen by god • the 1st plan of government adopted by the US • ...

states of matter vocab 2022-09-13

states of matter vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when matter changes states from gas to liquid
  2. when energy is taken in and gains heatexthermicchange when energy is realesed and loses heat
  3. when matter changes states from a liquid to solid form
  4. matter that has enough energy to overcome not just the attarctive forces between its particles
  5. the exact temperture that liquid matter changes states to a gas form
  6. when matter changes states from a liquid to a gas form
  7. when matter changes states from a liquid to a gas form
  8. the force exerted per unit area
  9. when matter changes states from a solid to a gas form
Down
  1. an increase or decrease in the size of a substane
  2. a change in chemical properties or composition of a substance reulting in the formation of atleast one new substances
  3. the exact tempeture that liquid matter changes states from a solid matter
  4. object still has the same compositions and is repersented in a diffrent form
  5. the resistance of a fluid to flowing
  6. The change of a substance from one physical state to another
  7. when matter changes states from a solid to a liquid form
  8. the abilty of a fluid, liquid or gas to exact an upward force on an object immersed in it

17 Clues: the force exerted per unit area • the resistance of a fluid to flowing • when matter changes states from gas to liquid • an increase or decrease in the size of a substane • when matter changes states from a solid to a gas form • when matter changes states from a liquid to solid form • when matter changes states from a liquid to a gas form • ...

states of matter 2023-11-10

states of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. change from a solid to a liquid when temp rises
  2. most dense state of matter
  3. positive charged large particle found in the nucleus of an atom
  4. that takes place at the surface of a liquid
  5. density is between solids and gasses, closer to solids
  6. change from gas to a liquid
  7. large particle with no charge found in the nucleus of an atom
  8. a substance that cannot be broken down into other substances
  9. the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of the element
Down
  1. change from a solid to a gas
  2. small negative charged particle orbiting the nucleus
  3. change from a liquid to a gas
  4. least dense state of matter
  5. change from a liquid to a solid
  6. rapid vaporization- change from a liquid to a gas
  7. anything that has mass and takes up space

16 Clues: most dense state of matter • least dense state of matter • change from gas to a liquid • change from a solid to a gas • change from a liquid to a gas • change from a liquid to a solid • anything that has mass and takes up space • that takes place at the surface of a liquid • change from a solid to a liquid when temp rises • rapid vaporization- change from a liquid to a gas • ...

States of Matter 2023-11-12

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Take the shape of the container they are in
  2. Change from a liquid to a solid.
  3. Change from a solid to a liquid when energy is added and temperature rises.
  4. The amount of matter in a object.
  5. Superheated matter.
  6. Rapid vaporization changes from liquid to gas.
  7. Slower vaporization that takes place at the surface.
  8. Most dense state of matter.
  9. The amount of force of gravity on an object.
  10. Change from a liquid to a gas.
  11. Anything that has mass and takes up space.
Down
  1. When matter is heated it expands, when it cools it contracts.
  2. Change from a gas to a liquid.
  3. All matter is made up of particles which are in constant motion.
  4. The physical form matter takes.(Solid, liquid, or gas.)
  5. Least dense state of matter.

16 Clues: Superheated matter. • Most dense state of matter. • Least dense state of matter. • Change from a gas to a liquid. • Change from a liquid to a gas. • Change from a liquid to a solid. • The amount of matter in a object. • Anything that has mass and takes up space. • Take the shape of the container they are in • The amount of force of gravity on an object. • ...

States of Matter 2020-06-06

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a gas turns directly into a solid
  2. anything with volume and mass
  3. this has to be absorbed or released in order for a phase change to happen
  4. how much space a substance can take
  5. phase change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
  6. when a solid changes directly into a gas
  7. substance with definite shape, definite volume
  8. the unit for mass that you record when you use the balance
Down
  1. the amount of matter in a substance
  2. a change from a gas to a liquid
  3. phase change from a liquid to a solid
  4. a state of matter that can be compressed
  5. the amount of spaces an object occupies
  6. phase of matter with no definite shape, but has a fixed volume
  7. phase change from a solid to a liquid
  8. tiny particles present in matter

16 Clues: anything with volume and mass • a change from a gas to a liquid • tiny particles present in matter • the amount of matter in a substance • how much space a substance can take • phase change from a liquid to a solid • phase change from a solid to a liquid • when a gas turns directly into a solid • the amount of spaces an object occupies • ...

States of matter 2020-01-21

States of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amount of force used on an object
  2. solid directly to gas
  3. gas to liquid
  4. definite volume and indefinite shape
  5. indefinite shape and volume
  6. ionized gas with no definite shape or volume
  7. how hot or cold something is
Down
  1. matter an object has
  2. gas directly to solid
  3. liquid to gas
  4. definite volume and shape
  5. unit of temperature
  6. space an object takes up
  7. liquid to solid
  8. word for high temperature
  9. solid to liquid

16 Clues: liquid to gas • gas to liquid • liquid to solid • solid to liquid • unit of temperature • matter an object has • gas directly to solid • solid directly to gas • space an object takes up • definite volume and shape • word for high temperature • indefinite shape and volume • how hot or cold something is • amount of force used on an object • definite volume and indefinite shape • ...

States of Matter 2020-01-21

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. particles that are packed tightly as possible
  2. no definite shape or volume
  3. a measure of the amount of space filled up by some kind of substance or perhaps a subject.
  4. point is the temperature at which a liquid's vapor pressure is equal to the pressure around the liquid
  5. an electrically charged gas
  6. measure of how hot or cold an object is
  7. the process of changing a substance or product from a liquid or solid to a vapor
  8. certain volume but no define shape
  9. Molecular Theory The theory of kinetic-molecular is a theory that explains the state of matter
  10. point the temperature a solid transforms into a liquid at
Down
  1. temperature scale designed to define zero degrees K
  2. process in which a gas directly shifts to a solid without having to pass through liquid state.
  3. the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase
  4. the phase of turning a solid into a liquid state
  5. point temperature at which water changes phase from a liquid to a solid
  6. point the point at which two phases of a substance become initially indistinguishable from each other

16 Clues: no definite shape or volume • an electrically charged gas • certain volume but no define shape • measure of how hot or cold an object is • particles that are packed tightly as possible • the phase of turning a solid into a liquid state • temperature scale designed to define zero degrees K • point the temperature a solid transforms into a liquid at • ...

States of Matter 2020-04-16

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. If you weigh a balloon then fill it with air and weigh it again, the weight will increase. This shows that air has _____ and takes up space
  2. When a liquid is heated and turns into a gas
  3. Gases tend to _____ the entire space of their container
  4. When water is a gas, it is known as water v_______r
  5. Particles have energy and are always doing what?
  6. A state of matter where particles are close together and vibrating
  7. Steam is ____ a gas state of water because it is visible
  8. Adding heat makes particles gain what?
  9. Oobleck (slime) acts as _______ a solid and a liquid
  10. Solids have fixed shapes because the particles are held ___________
Down
  1. Particles make up all _________
  2. A state of matter in which particles move freely but remain close
  3. When we heat something so that it turns from a solid to a liquid
  4. A state of matter which can be compressed
  5. If water has changed from a liquid state to a solid state, it has __________
  6. You can see solid and liquid water, but water vapour is ___________

16 Clues: Particles make up all _________ • Adding heat makes particles gain what? • A state of matter which can be compressed • When a liquid is heated and turns into a gas • Particles have energy and are always doing what? • When water is a gas, it is known as water v_______r • Oobleck (slime) acts as _______ a solid and a liquid • ...

STATES OF MATTER 2024-05-07

STATES OF MATTER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the SI unit of pressure
  2. lacks an ordered internal structure
  3. used to measure atmospheric pressure
  4. a change straight from a solid to a gas (vapor)
  5. result of collisions of atoms in air
  6. gives conditions of temp. and pressure where a substance exists in different states
Down
  1. conversion of a liquid to a gas that is not boiling
  2. conversion of a liquid to a gas
  3. the result of collisions of particles
  4. the boiling point of a liquid at a pressure of 101.3 kPa
  5. where all three phases exist in equilibrium
  6. the energy an object has due to motion
  7. when vapor pressure of a liquid equals external pressure
  8. all matter is in constant motion
  9. empty space with no particles and pressure
  10. the particles are arranged in an orderly pattern

16 Clues: the SI unit of pressure • conversion of a liquid to a gas • all matter is in constant motion • lacks an ordered internal structure • used to measure atmospheric pressure • result of collisions of atoms in air • the result of collisions of particles • the energy an object has due to motion • empty space with no particles and pressure • ...

States of matter 2024-11-18

States of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The smallest particle of a element
  2. Olaf you're turning from a solid to a liquid
  3. A toy car is a type of ____
  4. Elsa can turn a liquid into a solid
  5. particles never stop moving
  6. Two atoms joined together
  7. Positive charged big particle
  8. the process of a chemical change
  9. Oxygen is a type of___
Down
  1. when a substances changes and gets new properties
  2. when a subsatnce changes by shape or size
  3. water is a type of ____
  4. A substance that can't be broken down
  5. large particle with no charge
  6. small negative charged particle
  7. when a liquid turns into a gas

16 Clues: Oxygen is a type of___ • water is a type of ____ • Two atoms joined together • A toy car is a type of ____ • particles never stop moving • large particle with no charge • Positive charged big particle • when a liquid turns into a gas • small negative charged particle • the process of a chemical change • The smallest particle of a element • Elsa can turn a liquid into a solid • ...

Lancer Veterans - States 2025-05-14

Lancer Veterans - States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Home to blue crabs, the Chesapeake Bay, and the U.S. Naval Academy.
  2. The only U.S. state made entirely of islands.
  3. The Land of Lincoln and home to deep-dish dreams.
  4. From country music in Nashville to Elvis in Memphis.
  5. Known for its Rocky Mountain highs—literally and figuratively.
  6. Second-largest state by both area and population, and very proud of it.
  7. Home of the Grand Canyon and saguaro cacti.
  8. Known for sunshine, oranges, and alligator-related headlines.
  9. Famous for peaches, southern charm, and Atlanta traffic.
Down
  1. The largest U.S. state by area, and home to more moose than people.
  2. Birthplace of Starbucks and the grunge scene.
  3. Where American revolutionaries once dumped tea and started history.
  4. Where Vegas lives and the desert dominates.
  5. Home of jazz, jambalaya, and Mardi Gras.
  6. Home to Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and more national parks than any other state.
  7. Home to the city that never sleeps—and Niagara Falls.

16 Clues: Home of jazz, jambalaya, and Mardi Gras. • Where Vegas lives and the desert dominates. • Home of the Grand Canyon and saguaro cacti. • Birthplace of Starbucks and the grunge scene. • The only U.S. state made entirely of islands. • The Land of Lincoln and home to deep-dish dreams. • From country music in Nashville to Elvis in Memphis. • ...

States Of Consciousness 2025-11-10

States Of Consciousness crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A tranquilizer, can be used to induce sleep or reduce anxiety. In larger doses they can impair memory and judgement.
  2. A disinhibitor, slows brain activity that controls judgement and inhibitions also decreases helpful tendencies.
  3. A powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with speeded up body functions associated with energy and mood changes.
  4. Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions.
  5. A synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen, and produces euphoria and social intimacy.
  6. The major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers multiple effects including hallucinations.
Down
  1. A users pupil constrict,dangerous because a person may have a gnawing craving for another fix.
  2. Contains THC which triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations
  3. A powerful hallucinogenic drug: AKA acid
  4. The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing an addictive drug or behavior.
  5. drugs, such as methetamine, that stimulate neural activity, causing accelerated body functions and associated energy and mood changes.
  6. A powerful and addictive stimulant, derived from cocoa plant, produces temporarily increased alertness and euphoria.
  7. One of the most addictive stimulants found in cigarettes and other tobacco products.
  8. Drugs such as alcohol, barbiturates and opiates that calm neural activity and slow body functions.
  9. Psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, distorts perceptions and evokes sensory images in the absence of sensory input.
  10. The diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drugs effect.

16 Clues: A powerful hallucinogenic drug: AKA acid • Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. • Contains THC which triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations • The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing an addictive drug or behavior. • One of the most addictive stimulants found in cigarettes and other tobacco products. • ...

States of Matter 2025-11-12

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Anything that has mass and takes up space
  2. a measure of how hot or cold something is
  3. The amount of mass per volume
  4. Matter changes from a liquid to a solid
  5. Matter changes from a gas to a liquid
  6. The amount of matter or “stuff” in a substance
  7. the transfer of heat through a material by direct touch
Down
  1. Doesn’t have its own shape or its own volume
  2. a form of energy that transfers from a hotter to a colder object due to a temperature difference.
  3. Matter changes from a solid to a liquid
  4. Matter changes from a liquid to a gas
  5. The amount of space a substance takes up
  6. energy that travels in waves or particles
  7. the transfer of heat through the movement of a fluid
  8. Doesn’t have its own shape and has its own volume
  9. Has its own shape and volume

16 Clues: Has its own shape and volume • The amount of mass per volume • Matter changes from a liquid to a gas • Matter changes from a gas to a liquid • Matter changes from a solid to a liquid • Matter changes from a liquid to a solid • The amount of space a substance takes up • Anything that has mass and takes up space • a measure of how hot or cold something is • ...

States of Matter 2026-03-05

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. — has a fixed shape
  2. — moves easily from one place to another
  3. — spread out and take up more space
  4. — anything that has mass and takes up space
  5. — spreads out to fill all available space
  6. — stiff and keeps its shape
  7. — how hot or cold something is
  8. — can be squeezed into a smaller space
Down
  1. — flows and takes the shape of its container
  2. — the form of an object
  3. — a tiny piece of matter
  4. — become smaller
  5. — how tightly packed the particles are
  6. — the amount of matter in something
  7. — force pushing on something
  8. — the amount of space something takes up

16 Clues: — become smaller • — has a fixed shape • — the form of an object • — a tiny piece of matter • — stiff and keeps its shape • — force pushing on something • — how hot or cold something is • — spread out and take up more space • — the amount of matter in something • — how tightly packed the particles are • — can be squeezed into a smaller space • ...

UNIT VI Reconstruction & Opportunity 2021-12-14

UNIT VI Reconstruction & Opportunity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election.
  2. granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved
  3. a citizen's "privileges and immunities," as protected by the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment against the states.
  4. a person who farms rented land.
  5. the Constitution of the United States that formally abolished slavery.
  6. a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used.
  7. the 19th president of the United States.
  8. a leader of the Free-Soil element among New York Democrats.
  9. law forbidding the president to remove civil officers without senatorial consent
  10. a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America.
  11. a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.
Down
  1. Radical Republican congressional leader during Reconstruction (1865–77).
  2. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States
  3. a violent secret fraternal society founded in 1915.
  4. was elected the seventh president of the United States in 1828.
  5. giving a part of each crop as rent.
  6. must pledge allegiance to the Union before reunification.
  7. a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
  8. a group of politicians who formed a faction within the Republican party.
  9. provide practical aid to 4,000,000 newly freed African Americans
  10. restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans.
  11. became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate (1870–71)
  12. the act or process of rebuilding something
  13. a number of laws requiring racial segregation in the United States.
  14. charge with a crime or misconduct specifically

25 Clues: a person who farms rented land. • giving a part of each crop as rent. • the 19th president of the United States. • the act or process of rebuilding something • charge with a crime or misconduct specifically • a violent secret fraternal society founded in 1915. • a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used. • ...

Constitution crossword 2021-10-25

Constitution crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what were the first ten amendments called
  2. article 5
  3. how many branches of national government did it create
  4. counted every 5 slaves as 3 free people for representation
  5. is known as the father of constituion
  6. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  7. what month was the constitution written
  8. Article 2
  9. Article 3
  10. We the_____
  11. article 1
  12. amendment that provides due process to persons accused of crimes
  13. aritcle 7
  14. how many amendments are there
  15. Amendment that protects powers reserved for the states
  16. Great Compromise created this type of legislature
  17. Who was called the "Expounder of the Constitution"?
  18. Article 4
  19. freedom of speech, religion, & press is protected by this amendment
  20. small state that wanted equal representation
  21. Who presented the Virginia Plan?
Down
  1. who was called a sage of conventional constitution
  2. person who wants individual rights, supports states’ rights
  3. who drafted the first ten amendments
  4. what convention was the author
  5. article 6
  6. how many signatures did it receive
  7. person that supported a strong govt., tariffs, & a national bank
  8. papers 81 essays to encourage ratification of the Constitution
  9. 9th amendment protects the rights of the
  10. Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?
  11. formal approval of a document
  12. The vote of how many States was necessary to ratify the Constitution?
  13. large state that wanted proportional representation
  14. feds and states share powers
  15. the amendment that protects us from unlawful search & seizure of property
  16. each state gets two of these
  17. It takes how many States to block an amendment?
  18. How many members of the Constitutional Convention had been members of the Continental Congress?
  19. how many articles
  20. how many states ratified the constitution

41 Clues: article 5 • article 6 • Article 2 • Article 3 • article 1 • aritcle 7 • Article 4 • We the_____ • how many articles • feds and states share powers • each state gets two of these • formal approval of a document • how many amendments are there • what convention was the author • Who presented the Virginia Plan? • how many signatures did it receive • who drafted the first ten amendments • ...

1920s 2013-12-18

1920s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An illicit night club or liquor store
  2. Flagpole sitting, marathon dances, crossword games, radio, jazz, and etc.
  3. Teacher in Tennessee who violated state law by teaching evolution
  4. Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921
  5. Jazz composer and Piano Player
  6. Owner of GM in the 1920s
  7. Old fashion term for country music
  8. Art and Literature in blacks community in 1920s
  9. The movement of African Americans from the southern portion of the United States to the Northern and Western parts
  10. Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
  11. Most impact of any household appliance
  12. Someone who makes, sells or smuggles liquor
  13. An act to carry the 18th Amendment
  14. A racist group of people who attacked blacks
  15. United States Blues Singer
Down
  1. National Association for the Advancements of Colored People
  2. A bribery incident that took place from 1920-1923 when Harding was President
  3. First Pilot who flew across the Atlantic Ocean with out stopping in 1927
  4. Creater of assembly line
  5. United States gangster
  6. A famous trial of a teacher who was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act
  7. Pioneering trumpet player and bandleader
  8. 30th President of the United States
  9. The plan to make payments by Installment
  10. 29th President of the United States
  11. An author in the 1920s
  12. An American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance
  13. The right for woment to vote
  14. Executive for the NAACP
  15. Industrial Workers of the World
  16. Repealed 18th amendment
  17. Popular music including saxophones, trumpets, flutes, and etc.
  18. Communists that were living in the U.S.
  19. United States writer
  20. American Artist
  21. Famous baseball player and hero in 1920s

36 Clues: American Artist • United States writer • United States gangster • An author in the 1920s • Executive for the NAACP • Repealed 18th amendment • Creater of assembly line • Owner of GM in the 1920s • United States Blues Singer • The right for woment to vote • Jazz composer and Piano Player • Industrial Workers of the World • Old fashion term for country music • ...

10th grade civil war 2019-07-03

10th grade civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Legal buying and selling of Africans and African Americans as human chattel
  2. President during the Civil War, known as the Great Emancipator
  3. Site of two battles where the first shots of the war were fired in Charleston, South Carolina
  4. Slave states that did not join the Confederacy
  5. Speech delivered by President Lincoln in Pennsylvania
  6. The post-war era in which Confederate States were brought back into the union
  7. To do away with
  8. The leaving of the union by Confederate States
  9. A military attack or blockade of a city
  10. An Act that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether they would allow slavery
  11. Compulsory enrollment in the army
  12. Land where battles are fought
  13. A state where slavery is illegal
  14. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln following the Civil War
  15. The last battle of the American Civil War
Down
  1. Executive order that freed slaves in the United States
  2. A kind of conflict rising in the 1800s involving large conscripted armies
  3. The seceding slave-states during the Civil War
  4. The freeing of the slaves
  5. Commander of the Confederate States Army
  6. The states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C., as well as coastal seaports of North Carolina
  7. Soldiers of the Confederacy
  8. Famous battle fought in Tennessee
  9. Happened at Appomattox Courthouse and ended the war
  10. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history
  11. Federal army during the Civil War that fought against the Confederacy
  12. Large farms, often specializing in cotton or tobacco, usually worked by African slaves
  13. To release from slavery
  14. A person who performs events from history, particularly wars and battles
  15. Prominent Union Army general and later U.S. president

30 Clues: To do away with • To release from slavery • The freeing of the slaves • Soldiers of the Confederacy • Land where battles are fought • A state where slavery is illegal • Famous battle fought in Tennessee • Compulsory enrollment in the army • A military attack or blockade of a city • Commander of the Confederate States Army • The last battle of the American Civil War • ...

Civil War 2024-05-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tru or Fal: The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in the United States.
  2. Where the first shots were fired to begin the Civil War
  3. Law that required able-bodied men between ages of 20 & 45 to serve in the military if they were called.
  4. Tru or Fal: African Americans fought in the Civil War.
  5. The first state to leave the Union
  6. These were dug to escape gun fire
  7. A tax on this was created to help pay for the war.
  8. What the southern states who left the Union were called
  9. The river the Union wanted control of to separate the South & cut off a supply route
  10. The reason southern states left the Union
Down
  1. A common fighting tactic was to attack in straight ___.
  2. The location where the Confederacy surrendered & marked the end of the Civil War.
  3. The number of years the Civil War was fought.
  4. Became the Union General (last name only) & his plan to end the war was to wage total war.
  5. States were slavery was banned
  6. Was elected President of the United States in 1860 (last name only)
  7. The Union had the ___ Plan to suffocate the South
  8. Type of states that allowed slavery to continue but were on the Union side
  9. The Battle of ___ was a huge victory for the Union that would be the turning point the of war.
  10. Ya or No: Women fought in the Civil War.
  11. The president of the Confederate States of America
  12. Capturing this city helped the Union control the Mississippi River.
  13. A leading cause of death due to poor sanitary conditions, lack of understanding on germs & adequate clothing, hunger

23 Clues: States were slavery was banned • These were dug to escape gun fire • The first state to leave the Union • Ya or No: Women fought in the Civil War. • The reason southern states left the Union • The number of years the Civil War was fought. • The Union had the ___ Plan to suffocate the South • A tax on this was created to help pay for the war. • ...

POSI Test 1 Crossword 2024-02-06

POSI Test 1 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Branches have the ability to veto or amend acts in order to protect from tyranny
  2. Favored large states; proposed a bicameral legislature
  3. Most popular form of government in the world; America's first system of government
  4. AKA the Great Compromise; proposed a bicameral legislature, one house by population and one that was equal
  5. The Constitution specifies powers granted and restricted in order to insure against unnecessary government interference in peoples lives
  6. Constitutional division of power between the national government and the states in which they each enforce their laws directly on the people, but neither party can alter the arrangements
  7. Powers not directly stated in the constitution
  8. Powers not given specifically to the national government; They are therefore given to the states
  9. The number of amendments in the Constitution
Down
  1. The court case that broadened congressional power and national supremacy; states cannot double tax federal banks
  2. Type of government in which power flows between the national government and the states; America's current form of government
  3. Powers are split between the three branches so they all have individual duties and purpose
  4. The court case that established Judicial Review; gave the Judiciary branch a lot more power
  5. Event that led to the Constitutional Convention; showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
  6. Powers shared by the national and state governments
  7. Political authority held in the hands of the people.
  8. Favored the Constitution; Hamilton, Madison, Jay
  9. Type of government in which power flows from the states to the federal government; America's second form of government
  10. Powers that are given only to the national government
  11. Did not want the Constitution; only allowed it to pass after adding the Bill of Rights
  12. Favored small states; proposed a unicameral legislature

21 Clues: The number of amendments in the Constitution • Powers not directly stated in the constitution • Favored the Constitution; Hamilton, Madison, Jay • Powers shared by the national and state governments • Political authority held in the hands of the people. • Powers that are given only to the national government • Favored large states; proposed a bicameral legislature • ...

Cold War 2024-11-25

Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs when two or more groups compete in military superiority
  2. small independent group taking part in irregular fighting
  3. domination by outsiders
  4. a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement
  5. conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975
  6. period of global geopolitical tension
  7. commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states
  8. The United States transferred $13.3 billion in economic recovery
  9. armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea
  10. racial segregation under the all-white government of South Africa
  11. enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries
  12. an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states
  13. form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise
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  1. North American Free Trade Agreement
  2. military exerts total control of a country
  3. collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland
  4. the time the SOVIET UNION and the UNITED STATES WERE THE NEAREST TO A WAR
  5. if a noncommunist state falls it would precipitate the fall of noncommunist governments in neighbouring states.
  6. policy to prevent the spread of communism after the end of WWII
  7. political metaphor used to describe the political and later physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas
  8. an economy organized with some free-market elements and some socialistic elements
  9. failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by the United States of America
  10. order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
  11. concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989
  12. way to unify the economies of Europe and reduce tensions that could lead to war

25 Clues: domination by outsiders • North American Free Trade Agreement • period of global geopolitical tension • military exerts total control of a country • form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise • collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland • small independent group taking part in irregular fighting • an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states • ...

Civics Test Prep (1) 2021-02-23

Civics Test Prep (1) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Highest court in the United States
  2. Stops one branch of govt. from becoming too powerful
  3. Name of a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
  4. The Constitution does this
  5. Economic system of the United States
  6. Month of the presidential election
  7. Person who serves if President can't
  8. One part of U.S. Congress
  9. Why some states have more Representatives than others
  10. Supreme law of the land
  11. Branch that makes federal laws
  12. U.S. flag has 50
Down
  1. Number of amendments to the Constitution
  2. Freed the slaves
  3. President during WWII
  4. One part of U.S. Congress
  5. First three words of the Constitution
  6. Number of years in a Representative's term
  7. Person with the ability to veto bills
  8. Name of a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
  9. Current president of the United States
  10. Change to the Constitution
  11. Number of U.S. Senators
  12. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  13. Writer of the Declaration of Independence

25 Clues: Freed the slaves • U.S. flag has 50 • President during WWII • Number of U.S. Senators • Supreme law of the land • One part of U.S. Congress • One part of U.S. Congress • The Constitution does this • Change to the Constitution • Branch that makes federal laws • Highest court in the United States • Month of the presidential election • Economic system of the United States • ...

Interin Word Review 2023-11-30

Interin Word Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Battle of Jan 8, 1815
  2. Bicameral
  3. Helped Lewis and Clark
  4. A violent upbringing in Massachusetts
  5. Recruited sailors by force
  6. Convention A government meeting in Philidelphia
  7. Land deal with the United States and France
  8. Wars continued the wars of the French revolution
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  1. group of people who wrote it wanted a strong federal government
  2. Is it constitutional?
  3. The Fort Star Spangled Banner is about
  4. The official method of adding states to the union
  5. Action to begin a uprising
  6. To urge New Yorkers to approve the US constitution
  7. National Anthem
  8. First 10 amendments
  9. Ordinances Cadastral survey and a plan to add states to the union
  10. of Confederation First attempt at a constitution
  11. A case that established the Judicial Review
  12. Established clear boundaries between Canada and the United States

20 Clues: Bicameral • National Anthem • First 10 amendments • Is it constitutional? • Battle of Jan 8, 1815 • Helped Lewis and Clark • Action to begin a uprising • Recruited sailors by force • A violent upbringing in Massachusetts • The Fort Star Spangled Banner is about • A case that established the Judicial Review • Land deal with the United States and France • ...

Cold War Crossword 2025-02-05

Cold War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. non communist/aligned with the United States
  2. launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
  3. a military alliance in 1949
  4. divides North and South Korea
  5. people have power
  6. defence treaty
  7. provide protection against bombs
  8. a method of protection
  9. imaginary curtain that divided states
  10. independent with strong influence
  11. Soviet politician
  12. hatred between the US and Russia
  13. U.S senator
  14. took place in 1948-1949
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  1. nation that supports democracy and freedom
  2. occured between the United States and Soviet Union in 1960
  3. communist country aligned with Soviet Union
  4. communist contry that’s back up by Soviet Union and China
  5. controlling or limiting
  6. created in 1938
  7. provided goods
  8. control is in one persons hands
  9. the Soviet union
  10. 26th president of the United States
  11. help to pervent communism to spread

25 Clues: U.S senator • defence treaty • provided goods • created in 1938 • the Soviet union • people have power • Soviet politician • a method of protection • controlling or limiting • took place in 1948-1949 • a military alliance in 1949 • divides North and South Korea • control is in one persons hands • provide protection against bombs • hatred between the US and Russia • ...

Italian 2026-03-02

Italian crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who was the major foreign power before Italian unification?
  2. Who got together the Southern Campaigns?
  3. What was the capital city added in 1870?
  4. Who was in charge of 1 of the 3 independent states (P)
  5. Why did Italians want unification?
  6. Outcome of Garibaldi?
  7. When did Italy unify?
  8. Who got Northern Italy to unify?
  9. Outcome of Mazzini ?
Down
  1. Early nationalism and revolutions was created by who?
  2. What was the impact on Europe?
  3. Outcome of Cavour?
  4. Who was in charge of 1 of the 3 independent states (F)
  5. When was Italy controlled by people and kings?
  6. What type of government did Italy have after unification?
  7. What was the role of Count Cavour?
  8. Who did they share Italian culture with?
  9. 3 independent states controlled by?
  10. What state led the unification movement?
  11. Who supported Garibaldi?

20 Clues: Outcome of Cavour? • Outcome of Mazzini ? • Outcome of Garibaldi? • When did Italy unify? • Who supported Garibaldi? • What was the impact on Europe? • Who got Northern Italy to unify? • What was the role of Count Cavour? • Why did Italians want unification? • 3 independent states controlled by? • Who got together the Southern Campaigns? • What was the capital city added in 1870? • ...

Fun Facts 2025-09-19

Fun Facts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ukrainian decorated Easter eggs
  2. national flower of United States
  3. last name of brothers who made the first successful airplane flight
  4. number of wives Henry VIII had
  5. number of grandchildren Judy has
  6. Europe’s largest country
  7. longest river in Europe
  8. national flower of Ukraine
  9. state where Disneyworld is located
  10. country where Greenpeace was founded
  11. popular soup made with beets
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  1. first President of the United States
  2. longest river in the United States
  3. musical genre originating in New Orleans
  4. what the color yellow represents on the Ukrainian flag
  5. tallest mountain peak in Ukraine
  6. what the stripes represent on the American flag
  7. name of the ship that discovered America
  8. large storm that forms in warm ocean waters
  9. country thay has won the most Eurovision Song Contest titles
  10. tallest mountain peak in the United States

21 Clues: longest river in Europe • Europe’s largest country • national flower of Ukraine • popular soup made with beets • number of wives Henry VIII had • Ukrainian decorated Easter eggs • national flower of United States • tallest mountain peak in Ukraine • number of grandchildren Judy has • longest river in the United States • state where Disneyworld is located • ...

The War Of The Rebellion 2026-05-07

The War Of The Rebellion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Government formed by the Southern states
  2. Northern Democrats
  3. The side or "end" of a military line
  4. The formal withdrawal of eleven Southern states
  5. Extreme loyalty to the interests of one's own region
  6. Pre-war policy
  7. A military person lost through death
  8. Paper currency issued by the Union
  9. A conical-shaped lead bullet
  10. "The draft"
Down
  1. President Lincoln’s executive order
  2. Strategy to use the Navy to close off Southern ports
  3. Slave states that did not secede from the Union
  4. An individual who worked to end the institution of slavery
  5. A simple, rock-hard cracker
  6. A legal right protecting against unlawful imprisonment
  7. A strategy of destroying
  8. 19th-century warship
  9. The complex period after the war
  10. The period in the South before the war

20 Clues: "The draft" • Pre-war policy • Northern Democrats • 19th-century warship • A strategy of destroying • A simple, rock-hard cracker • A conical-shaped lead bullet • The complex period after the war • Paper currency issued by the Union • President Lincoln’s executive order • The side or "end" of a military line • A military person lost through death • ...

A More Perfect Union 2014-11-10

A More Perfect Union crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / A change or addition to a document
  2. / The Massachusetts farmers' uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protect states from popular unrest
  3. / The idea that each branch of government has specific ways to limit the power of the other branches
  4. / The branch of government that is a system of courts set up to interpret the laws
  5. / Set up the 3-step processor admitting new states
  6. / The plan that called for 1 house legislature branch with each state being equally represented
  7. / Decided how slaves would be counted for states' population
  8. / President of the Constitutional Convention
  9. / Against the Constitution and favored states having more power than the central government
  10. / The meeting of delegates in which the Articles of Confederation were scrapped in favor of a new US Constitution
  11. / The branch of government that makes laws
  12. / Supported the Constitution is favored a strong central, or national, government
  13. / The branch of government that enforces the laws
  14. / The division of government between the central government and the constituent units, as in the national government and the states
  15. / To approve something formally
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  1. / The US' 1st written plan for government
  2. / Framer of the Constitution from Pennsylvania who believed common people
  3. / Often called the "Father of the Constitution"
  4. / Person who officially represents their states
  5. / Framer of the Constitution from Connecticut who believed common people could not be an integral part of the government decision making
  6. / A document stating the rules under which a government will operate
  7. / The plan that called for the legislative branch of the central government to made up of 2 houses with the representation for states based on their population
  8. / A period when business activity shows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises

23 Clues: / To approve something formally • / A change or addition to a document • / The US' 1st written plan for government • / The branch of government that makes laws • / President of the Constitutional Convention • / Often called the "Father of the Constitution" • / Person who officially represents their states • / The branch of government that enforces the laws • ...

A More Perfect Union 2014-11-10

A More Perfect Union crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Against the Constitution and favored states having more power than the central government
  2. / Often called the "Father of the Constitution"
  3. / The idea that each branch of government has specific ways to limit the power of the other branches
  4. / A document stating the rules under which a government will operate
  5. / Framer of the Constitution from Connecticut who believed common people could not be an integral part of the government decision making
  6. / The division of government between the central government and the constituent units, as in the national government and the states
  7. / Person who officially represents their states
  8. / The branch of government that is a system of courts set up to interpret the laws
  9. / A period when business activity shows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises
  10. / To approve something formally
  11. / Set up the 3-step processor admitting new states
  12. / The meeting of delegates in which the Articles of Confederation were scrapped in favor of a new US Constitution
  13. / President of the Constitutional Convention
  14. / The plan that called for the legislative branch of the central government to made up of 2 houses with the representation for states based on their population
  15. / The branch of government that enforces the laws
Down
  1. / The US' 1st written plan for government
  2. / Supported the Constitution is favored a strong central, or national, government
  3. / The plan that called for 1 house legislature branch with each state being equally represented
  4. / The branch of government that makes laws
  5. / Decided how slaves would be counted for states' population
  6. / A change or addition to a document
  7. / The Massachusetts farmers' uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protect states from popular unrest
  8. / Framer of the Constitution from Pennsylvania who believed common people

23 Clues: / To approve something formally • / A change or addition to a document • / The US' 1st written plan for government • / The branch of government that makes laws • / President of the Constitutional Convention • / Often called the "Father of the Constitution" • / Person who officially represents their states • / The branch of government that enforces the laws • ...

Chapter 6 Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-11

Chapter 6 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the codename for the atomic bomb?/
  2. Who was the person that directed Project Y?/
  3. What is Sputnik?/
  4. When the United States started to join in WW1 congress put out an act that asked for men that were from the ages of 21 to 30 to join the military. What was the name of this act?/
  5. The United States and the Soviet Union didn’t fight, but instead they fought by which other method?/
  6. What is another word for diversity?
  7. What was the location where the military and scientists decided to develop atomic bombs in New Mexico?/
  8. An organization of workers who join together to achieve common goals is called what?/
  9. At the end of the Cold War which country became known as the biggest superpower?/
  10. What is the legal separation of race called?/
  11. The United States didn’t trust the Soviet Union because they were what?/
Down
  1. In September 1939, the president of the United States received a letter from someone, and the letter was a warning about Germany making an atomic bomb. Who Was the person who sent the president the letter?/
  2. What made many Mexican migrants come to the United States for work?/
  3. The first major victory for a civil rights movement happened because of a ____ decision?/
  4. What was the name of the missile range in New Mexico?/
  5. On which side did the United States join in WW1?/
  6. What was the name of the telegram that Germany sent to Mexico?/
  7. Who was the president of the United States during the attack of Pancho Villa?/
  8. Who was the president of the US who decided to bomb Japan to end the war?/
  9. The economic depression is also known as what?/

20 Clues: What is Sputnik?/ • What is another word for diversity? • What was the codename for the atomic bomb?/ • Who was the person that directed Project Y?/ • What is the legal separation of race called?/ • The economic depression is also known as what?/ • On which side did the United States join in WW1?/ • What was the name of the missile range in New Mexico?/ • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-02-25

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sherman,
  2. Davis, Former United States Secretary of War
  3. Sheridan, Former Commanding General of the United States Army
  4. Run, The very first full-scale battle of the Civil War
  5. Ironclad warship built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War
  6. Watie, The only Native American to be fully promoted to the rank of General in the Civil War
  7. The Union victory in the largest battle of this campaign
  8. Hooker, Remembered for his defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee
  9. Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1, 1863
  10. McClellan, Former Governor of New Jersey
  11. This battle marked the turning point of the Civil War
  12. Thomas, Was in command of only two battles in the Civil War
  13. Baker, Former U.S. senator
  14. Lincoln, 16th U.S. President
  15. The deadliest ground of the civil war
  16. Longstreet, Former United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire
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  1. Burnside, Former Governor of Rhode Island
  2. Grant, 18th U.S. President
  3. Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
  4. The first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy
  5. Stuart, One of the best Confederate Generals
  6. A strategic location on the Mississippi River made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy
  7. Farragut, A flag officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War
  8. Plan, A military strategy suggested by Union General Winfield Scott early in the Civil War
  9. Pickett, A United States Army officer who became a major general In the Confederate States Army
  10. E. Lee, American Confederate General
  11. Sumter, Marked the official beginning of the Civil War
  12. Stonewall Jackson, Had a famous nickname
  13. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
  14. The deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  15. Chamberlain, Former Governor of Maine

31 Clues: Sherman, • Grant, 18th U.S. President • Baker, Former U.S. senator • Lincoln, 16th U.S. President • E. Lee, American Confederate General • Chamberlain, Former Governor of Maine • The deadliest ground of the civil war • McClellan, Former Governor of New Jersey • Stonewall Jackson, Had a famous nickname • Burnside, Former Governor of Rhode Island • ...

10th grade civil war 2019-07-03

10th grade civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Soldiers of the Confederacy
  2. Happened at Appomattox Courthouse and ended the war
  3. Speech delivered by President Lincoln in Pennsylvania
  4. Federal army during the Civil War that fought against the Confederacy
  5. The freeing of the slaves
  6. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history
  7. Land where battles are fought
  8. To release from slavery
  9. Commander of the Confederate States Army
  10. Site of two battles where the first shots of the war were fired in Charleston, South Carolina
  11. The last battle of the American Civil War
  12. An Act that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether they would allow slavery
  13. The leaving of the union by Confederate States
  14. The states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C., as well as coastal seaports of North Carolina
  15. Compulsory enrollment in the army
Down
  1. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln following the Civil War
  2. Executive order that freed slaves in the United States
  3. The post-war era in which Confederate States were brought back into the union
  4. To do away with
  5. A state where slavery is illegal
  6. Slave states that did not join the Confederacy
  7. President during the Civil War, known as the Great Emancipator
  8. Prominent Union Army general and later U.S. president
  9. A person who performs events from history, particularly wars and battles
  10. A military attack or blockade of a city
  11. The seceding slave-states during the Civil War
  12. Large farms, often specializing in cotton or tobacco, usually worked by African slaves
  13. A kind of conflict rising in the 1800s involving large conscripted armies
  14. Legal buying and selling of Africans and African Americans as human chattel
  15. Famous battle fought in Tennessee

30 Clues: To do away with • To release from slavery • The freeing of the slaves • Soldiers of the Confederacy • Land where battles are fought • A state where slavery is illegal • Famous battle fought in Tennessee • Compulsory enrollment in the army • A military attack or blockade of a city • Commander of the Confederate States Army • The last battle of the American Civil War • ...

The Fight over Slavery 2024-11-24

The Fight over Slavery crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People who advocated for the immediate end of slavery.
  2. A proposal to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico.
  3. A law that created two new territories and allowed residents to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty.
  4. The president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  5. The violent conflict in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions.
  6. The act of formally withdrawing from the Union.
  7. A political party formed in the 1850s to oppose the expansion of slavery into western territories.
  8. A series of laws passed to resolve the conflict over California's statehood and the issue of slavery.
  9. A series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas over the issue of slavery.
  10. Stephen Douglas's argument that slavery could not exist without local laws to protect it.
Down
  1. The idea that people in a territory should decide whether slavery should be allowed.
  2. The United States, particularly the Northern states during the Civil War.
  3. A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed for their capture in free states.
  4. The system in which people are forced to work without pay and are considered property.
  5. The presidential election in which Abraham Lincoln won, leading to the secession of Southern states.
  6. An 1820 agreement that regulated slavery in the western territories, maintaining a balance between slave and free states.
  7. The government formed by Southern states that seceded from the Union.
  8. The 1857 Supreme Court ruling that declared African Americans were not citizens and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
  9. The location of an 1859 raid led by John Brown to arm enslaved people.
  10. U.S. Senator from Illinois who supported the idea of popular sovereignty and proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

20 Clues: The act of formally withdrawing from the Union. • People who advocated for the immediate end of slavery. • A proposal to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico. • The government formed by Southern states that seceded from the Union. • The location of an 1859 raid led by John Brown to arm enslaved people. • ...