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History Vocab 2020-09-30

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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
state constitutional provisions mandated the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains between white and black people
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside
the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a dominant group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group
a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France
series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade
a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention
political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston
comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
This royal proclamation, issued on October 7, 1763, closed down colonial expansion westward beyond Appalachia
First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies

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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
formally known as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, was 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
authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots
pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery
Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state
a series of forced relocation's of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850
a slave who sued for freedom but was denied for being considered property
small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War, which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey
joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown
an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor
a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy
an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents)
was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29
belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its allies

31 Clues: belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. • political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston • comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • a slave who sued for freedom but was denied for being considered property • an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents) • ...

Civil War 2015-04-30

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Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
Fort attacked by South Carolina starting the Civil War. (April 12, 1861)
warship covered with protective iron plates
Amendment It states that no state can make or enforce any law which deprives any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Also, states could not deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. This was passed to help blacks since the Civil Rights laws were not being enforced.
withdraw from an organization or communion
a Union general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
Last name of the President of the Confederacy
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
The constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.
an American stage actor who, as part of a conspiracy plot, assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
Tax paid to the state, federal, and local governments based on income earned over the past year.

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Civil War battle in which the North suceedeed in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. Was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualties
Law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
1863 Union army's blockade of Vicksburg, Mississippi, that led the city to surrender during the Civil War
Lincoln 16th President of the United States
where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 1865
a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War (Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia)
This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare
1857 Supreme Court decision that stated that slaves were not citizens; that living in a free state or territory, even for many years, did not free slaves; and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
a constitutional amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
general whose march to sea caused destruction to the south
"Squeeze" and "Choke" the South out of its resources through blockades of bodies of water
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict.
nation formed by the states that did not secede
nation formed by states that seceded

29 Clues: nation formed by states that seceded • withdraw from an organization or communion • warship covered with protective iron plates • Last name of the President of the Confederacy • Lincoln 16th President of the United States • nation formed by the states that did not secede • general whose march to sea caused destruction to the south • ...

Unit 4: Key Terms 2024-11-08

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Plan proposed at the 1787 Constitutional Convention for creating a national bicameral, two body, legislature.
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution describing citizen’s rights that the new federal government must protect.
Conference of state delegates at Annapolis, Maryland call for a meeting at Philadelphia to consider fundamental changes for the new Republic.
This first tariff, tax on imported goods, was intended to raise revenue and not protect American manufacturers from foreign competition.
Group of leaders in the 1780s loyal to American nationality working to replace the Articles of Confederation.
Treaty of 1795 in which Native Americans in the Northwest Territories were forced to cede most of the present state of Ohio to the U.S.
Collective name given to the four acts passed by Congress in 1798 that curtailed freedom of speech and the liberty of foreign residents in the U.S.
Act of Congress that implemented the judiciary clause of the Constitution by establishing the Supreme Court & a system of lower federal courts.
Opponents of the Constitution in the debate over its ratification, demanding a weak central government & more power delegated to individual states.
Diplomatic incident in 1789 in which Americans were outraged by the demand of the French for a bribe as a condition for negotiating with American diplomats.
Party headed by Thomas Jefferson that formed in opposition to financial & diplomatic policies of the Federalist Party, favoring limited government and giving more power to the states.
The sharing of powers between governments with the national government having certain authority over the states but also preserving some power to the states.
Basic law passed by Congress in 1790 which stated that the U.S. would regulate trade & interaction with Native Americans tribes.

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Written document creating a weak confederation, or group, of states form the first national government of the United States.
Law that provided the authority to survey and sell land in the west to the Mississippi River to U.S. citizens.
A bill authored by Thomas Jefferson establishing religious freedom in Virginia ultimately being added to the Bill of Rights.
An armed movement of debt-ridden farmers in western Massachusetts in the winter of 1786-1787 rising up to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor.
Favoring the rights of individual states over rights claimed by the national government.
The written document that created a new form of centralized government over the states and replacing the Articles of Confederation.
Treaty with Britain negotiated in 1794 in which the U.S. made major concessions to avert a war over British seizures of American ships.
Proposal of the New Jersey delegation for a strengthened national government in which all states would have an equal representation in a unicameral, single body, legislature.
Chartered government territory, currently the Midwest, that created a framework for states to join the newly formed Union and listed a bill of rights.
Undeclared naval war of 1797 to 1800 between the United States and France.
A power implied in the Constitution that gives federal courts the right to review and determine the constitutionality of acts passed by Congress and state legislatures.
Supporters of the Constitution who favored ratification, demanding a strong central government that oversees smaller state governments.
Proposal calling for a national legislature in which the states would be represented according to population.
The right to vote in a political election.

27 Clues: The right to vote in a political election. • Undeclared naval war of 1797 to 1800 between the United States and France. • Favoring the rights of individual states over rights claimed by the national government. • Plan proposed at the 1787 Constitutional Convention for creating a national bicameral, two body, legislature. • ...

TEST PREP - US Imperialism & WWI 2021-05-25

TEST PREP - US Imperialism & WWI crossword puzzle

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California Gold Rush, Homestead Act, and the Completion of transcontinental railroad all factors that contributed to Westward _________________.
_________________ telegram was part of an effort to enlist Mexican support for Germany if the United States declared war.
construction of the _________________ become more important to the United States after the Spanish-American War because the navy needed a faster way to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Renewal of unrestricted _________________ warfare by Germany was one of the events that influenced President Woodrow Wilson’s decision to enter World War I
Securing land for the Panama Canal and military interventions in Latin America are examples of Roosevelt's use of the "________________" diplomacy.
_________________ companies sold land in the West for very low price.
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.
As a result of low land prices and the Homestaed Act many farmers moved West and the Native American Indians on the Great Plains were forced onto _________________.
_________________ policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, interception of the Zimmermann Note, and American loans to Allied nations led to United States entry into World War I.
____________________ bonds were used during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to help finance (pay for) the war effort.
Some of the major reasons for United States _________________ included: the desire for markets and raw materials; closing of the western frontier; missionary spirit; belief in the White Man's Burden.
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 ___________________.
President Theodore Roosevelt's __________________ strengthened the Monroe Doctrine by establishing the policy that the United States would intervene in Latin America to prevent European interference.

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The United States tried to avoid involvement in World War I by following a policy of _________________.
President Theodore Roosevelt’s commitment to the proverb, “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far,” was most clearly shown when he intervened in _________________ affairs.
The primary goal of the _________________ of 1887 regarding Native American Indians was to assimilate Native American Indians into mainstream American life.
_________________ Offered free 160 acres of land in the West to anyone willing to live on it for 5 years.
The disclosure of the Zimmerman document contributed to the entry of the United States into _________________.
During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson outlined the ___________________ suggesting a peace plan to prevent future wars.
The federal government supported rail road construction by giving rail road companies _________________ grants.
One of the major characteristics of American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was acquiring _________________ to promote economic and strategic interests.
A major result of the _________________ War (1898) was that the United States assumed a more prominent role in world affairs.
American newspapers used yellow journalism to build public support for the war against _________________.
Secretary of State John Hay sent his Open Door Notes (1899–1900) to world powers to gain equal access to _________________ markets.
The Homestead Act and grants of land to railroads were used to encourage settlement of the _________________.
Exaggerated, sensational newspaper headlines and articles are often referred to as __________________ journalism.
The establishment of the Open Door policy (1899–1900) and the response to the _________________ Rebellion (1900) showed that the United States wanted to protect American trading interests in China.

27 Clues: _________________ companies sold land in the West for very low price. • The United States tried to avoid involvement in World War I by following a policy of _________________. • _________________ Offered free 160 acres of land in the West to anyone willing to live on it for 5 years. • ...

TEST PREP PERIOD 9 - US Imperialism & WWI 2021-05-25

TEST PREP PERIOD 9 - US Imperialism & WWI crossword puzzle

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California Gold Rush, Homestead Act, and the Completion of transcontinental railroad all factors that contributed to Westward _________________.
_________________ telegram was part of an effort to enlist Mexican support for Germany if the United States declared war.
construction of the _________________ become more important to the United States after the Spanish-American War because the navy needed a faster way to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Renewal of unrestricted _________________ warfare by Germany was one of the events that influenced President Woodrow Wilson’s decision to enter World War I
Securing land for the Panama Canal and military interventions in Latin America are examples of Roosevelt's use of the "________________" diplomacy.
_________________ companies sold land in the West for very low price.
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.
As a result of low land prices and the Homestaed Act many farmers moved West and the Native American Indians on the Great Plains were forced onto _________________.
_________________ policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, interception of the Zimmermann Note, and American loans to Allied nations led to United States entry into World War I.
____________________ bonds were used during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to help finance (pay for) the war effort.
Some of the major reasons for United States _________________ included: the desire for markets and raw materials; closing of the western frontier; missionary spirit; belief in the White Man's Burden.
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 ___________________.
President Theodore Roosevelt's __________________ strengthened the Monroe Doctrine by establishing the policy that the United States would intervene in Latin America to prevent European interference.

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The United States tried to avoid involvement in World War I by following a policy of _________________.
President Theodore Roosevelt’s commitment to the proverb, “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far,” was most clearly shown when he intervened in _________________ affairs.
The primary goal of the _________________ of 1887 regarding Native American Indians was to assimilate Native American Indians into mainstream American life.
_________________ Offered free 160 acres of land in the West to anyone willing to live on it for 5 years.
The disclosure of the Zimmerman document contributed to the entry of the United States into _________________.
During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson outlined the ___________________ suggesting a peace plan to prevent future wars.
The federal government supported rail road construction by giving rail road companies _________________ grants.
One of the major characteristics of American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was acquiring _________________ to promote economic and strategic interests.
A major result of the _________________ War (1898) was that the United States assumed a more prominent role in world affairs.
American newspapers used yellow journalism to build public support for the war against _________________.
Secretary of State John Hay sent his Open Door Notes (1899–1900) to world powers to gain equal access to _________________ markets.
The Homestead Act and grants of land to railroads were used to encourage settlement of the _________________.
Exaggerated, sensational newspaper headlines and articles are often referred to as __________________ journalism.
The establishment of the Open Door policy (1899–1900) and the response to the _________________ Rebellion (1900) showed that the United States wanted to protect American trading interests in China.

Cold War Vocabulary 2022-05-18

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- A superpower is a country that is significantly stronger, especially in regards to their military, than most other countries. During the Cold War the Soviet Union and the United States were the two world superpowers.
a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space. Russia got off to a fast start by putting up the first satellite and the first manned flight into orbit. The United States, however, was the first to put a man on the Moon.
A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to manufacture the most nuclear weapons. They also tried to outdo each other in weapons technology and defense.
economic and political philosophy named after its author German philosopher Karl Marx. It is the basis of many communist governments.
A softening or easing of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. It started around 1971 and included President Nixon's visit to Moscow as well as the SALT talks. It ended when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
a movement in Poland to create a trade union that was not controlled by the communist party. It was led by Lech Walesa who became President of Poland in 1990.
a device that uses nuclear forces to create a huge explosion capable of destroying an entire city.
when two sides use third parties to fight rather than fighting each other directly. The United States and the Soviet Union fought proxy wars during the Cold War such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern Europe communist nations
This is the term given to accusations of treason or disloyalty without having evidence. It comes from a time when Senator McCarthy of the US made several accusations of people being communists and traitors during the Cold War.
policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev that allowed for more openness in the Soviet government as well as some level of freedom of speech.

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An economic system based on private ownership (rather than government ownership) and the free market system.
a time of extreme anti-communism in the United States. People were scared that communists had infiltrated the government.
An economic system based on government ownership and control of resources.
an effort to stop the spread of communism. It said that the United States would help countries that were threatened by "armed minorities or outside pressures".
a name given to the Soviet Union and its communist controlled states in Eastern Europe such as Poland, East Germany, and Bulgaria.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. It was when the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear weapons they made.
a descriptive term or symbol used to describe the border between the communist and democratic countries of Europe. The idea of the iron curtain was that it kept information and people from crossing from the communist east to the democratic west.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is an alliance of democratic and western countries including much of Western Europe, Canada, and the United States.
term used by Mikhail Gorbachev to describe a reconstruction of the Soviet economy and industry. It included some private ownership of businesses.
Doctrine stated that a country could ask for military support from the United States if it was threatened by another country. It was based on a speech President Eisenhower gave to Congress and was a warning to the Soviet Union.

21 Clues: An economic system based on government ownership and control of resources. • an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern Europe communist nations • a device that uses nuclear forces to create a huge explosion capable of destroying an entire city. • ...

The U.S Constitution Pt 2 2023-11-02

The U.S Constitution Pt 2 crossword puzzle

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Each House is the Judges of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its Members. Also may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Member. Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, except parts that they deem as Secrecy.
The Senate of the United States should be made up of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature and each Senator shall have one Vote.
The Congress shall assemble at least once a year, and this should be held on the first Monday in December, or by law change the date. The Times, Places, and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature
The president has all charge of the US Army and the Navy as Commander in Chief. The President has the power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions.
The House of Representatives is voted by the people of every state and if you aren’t above the age of 25 or lived in America for 7 years you cannot be a representative.
It is said at least nine states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to be applied to all of the states.
States, Citizenship, New States
Judicial Branch
All legislative powers are given to Congress, which is made up of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
Ratification

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All debt before this constitution was made was valid against the United States under the Confederation. Religion cannot be used as a test as a requirement for a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the States are to be bound by oath and affirmation.
To amend an Amendment, ⅔ of Congress has to agree to even want a change in the amendment to propose a change. Once proposed ¾ of the States Legislature has to ratify the amendment for it to be ratified.
Every citizen of any State is given all privileges and immunities of citizens of several states. If someone commits a crime in one state but flees to another then that state has the authority to remove that person and be sent back to the original state where the crime was committed to be charged.
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State
The executive power belongs to the President of the United States. President should serve 4 years as 1 term. If the president’s spot is vacant because of unseen circumstances, then all the powers of a president go to the Vice president, making them the president and repeat if that president's spot is vacant again.
Amendment Process
Debts, Supremacy, Oaths, Religious Tests
2 Executive Branch
All Judicial power is given to the Supreme Court and those powers should be extended to all cases
Legislative branch

20 Clues: Ratification • Judicial Branch • Amendment Process • 2 Executive Branch • Legislative branch • States, Citizenship, New States • Debts, Supremacy, Oaths, Religious Tests • All Judicial power is given to the Supreme Court and those powers should be extended to all cases • ...

The European Union 2021-05-05

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consists of 27 judges and 11 independant advocates-general
EU primary legislation
55% of member states must agree, representing at least 65% of EU population
14 out of 27 member states must agree
one or more departments of the European Commission added to a portfolio
31 January 2020
executive body consisting of the heads of state of heads of government of Member States
- an individual can directly enforce EU law against the state, not an individual
- an individual can directly enforce EU law against any other individual in the UK
all member states must agree
executive body who act as "the guardian of EU Treaties"

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has legislative function and passes EU secondary legislation proposed by the European Commission. Presidency changes every 6 months
monarch (or president) with full powers
if monarch has only ceremonial role, this person runs the country
elected law making body with legislative function. Can amend EU Treaties.
secondary legislation setting out EU law in general terms only and is addressed to one or more member states who will then have to amend their national law accordingly
secondary legislation directly applicable to all member states

17 Clues: 31 January 2020 • EU primary legislation • all member states must agree • 14 out of 27 member states must agree • monarch (or president) with full powers • executive body who act as "the guardian of EU Treaties" • consists of 27 judges and 11 independant advocates-general • secondary legislation directly applicable to all member states • ...

Social Studies 2020-09-08

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protect individuals freedoms.
People that criticized the Constitution because it lacked the bill of rights
the system of courts that interprets and applies law in legal cases
Morris an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States
release from slavery.
of Rights a landmark Act in the constitutional law of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown.
Hamilton was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
shays an American soldier, revolutionary, and farmer famous for being one of the leaders and namesake of Shays' Rebellion,
Approved.
and Balances principles of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches
the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
otis warren a published poet, political playwright and satirist during the age of the American Revolution—a time when women were encouraged and expected to keep silent on political matters.
sovereignty the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power
papers a series of 85 essays arguing in support of the United States Constitution
having the power to make laws.
a long and severe recession in an economy or market
Ordinance an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States

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Compromise an agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
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.
having two branches or chambers
of Confederation an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution
people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Anti Federalist Party,
a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
branches of government the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch.
Virginia planter.
having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect.
Sherman American politician whose plan for representation of large and small states prevented a deadlock at the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787

27 Clues: Approved. • Virginia planter. • release from slavery. • protect individuals freedoms. • having the power to make laws. • having two branches or chambers • a long and severe recession in an economy or market • a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority. • having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect. • ...

Review crossword project. 2020-09-30

Review crossword project. crossword puzzle

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was a long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies.
was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War.
Is an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy.
This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico.
was a widely held American imperialist cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
Tobacco, cotton and sugar were grown on large-scale farms called...
was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.
was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters
is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy.
is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.

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was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.
was a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
was a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its allies.
was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803.
was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.
comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
was a 2,170-mile east-west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.
is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance.
was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington
fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.
was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.
was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764.
is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly.
pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by Native American allies.
was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War, which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey.
was the movement to end slavery.
was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.

36 Clues: was the movement to end slavery. • Tobacco, cotton and sugar were grown on large-scale farms called... • comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. • is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. • was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. • ...

APUSH Chapter 20-21 Puzzle Part 2 2021-12-09

APUSH Chapter 20-21 Puzzle Part 2 crossword puzzle

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United States Army officer, defeated Robert E. Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Northern Democrats who obstructed the war effort by attacking Abraham Lincoln.
A coalition party of pro war Republicans and Democrats to defeat antiwar Northern Democrats.
Declared all slaves in rebelling states to be free.
Union Soldier, Unites States Senator
Constitutional amendment prohibiting all forms of slavery.
Major General in the Confederate States Army.
Civil War Union General.

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18th U.S. president.
George B. McClellan's failed effort to seize Richmond.
Assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
William Tecumseh Sherman's destructive march through Georgia.
Commander of the Confederate States Army.
Abraham Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication at the Gettysburg Battlefield.
Brutal clashes between Ulysses S. Grant's and Robert E. Lee's Armies.

15 Clues: 18th U.S. president. • Civil War Union General. • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln. • Union Soldier, Unites States Senator • Commander of the Confederate States Army. • Major General in the Confederate States Army. • Declared all slaves in rebelling states to be free. • George B. McClellan's failed effort to seize Richmond. • ...

Vocabulary/Spelling- Civil War 1 2024-02-02

Vocabulary/Spelling- Civil War 1 crossword puzzle

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The company was ____________ cotton to sell to clothing companies.
The prefix meaning against or opposite.
The word ___________ can mean polite, but in the term _______ War, it means a war inside a country.
_________________________ work is important because it gives us food and materials we need.
The _____________ is about how we make, buy, and sell things, and it changed a lot because of the Civil War.
In 1865, slavery was __________________ and officially ended in the United States.

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The _____________________ states were the 11 southern states that left the United States during the Civil War.
The Civil War had a big _____________ on our country.
________________ was a sad part of our history where people owned other people, mostly in the South.
Some southern states _____________, or left the United States, which started the Civil War.
The _________________ revolution changed the world; we moved from farming to factory work.
The ____________ is what we call the northern states that stayed with the United States during the Civil War.
The prefix meaning away or from.

13 Clues: The prefix meaning away or from. • The prefix meaning against or opposite. • The Civil War had a big _____________ on our country. • The company was ____________ cotton to sell to clothing companies. • In 1865, slavery was __________________ and officially ended in the United States. • ...

TEST PREP PERIOD 4 - US Imperialism & WWI 2021-05-25

TEST PREP PERIOD 4 - US Imperialism & WWI crossword puzzle

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California Gold Rush, Homestead Act, and the Completion of transcontinental railroad all factors that contributed to Westward _________________.
_________________ telegram was part of an effort to enlist Mexican support for Germany if the United States declared war.
construction of the _________________ become more important to the United States after the Spanish-American War because the navy needed a faster way to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Renewal of unrestricted _________________ warfare by Germany was one of the events that influenced President Woodrow Wilson’s decision to enter World War I
Securing land for the Panama Canal and military interventions in Latin America are examples of Roosevelt's use of the "________________" diplomacy.
_________________ companies sold land in the West for very low price.
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.
As a result of low land prices and the Homestaed Act many farmers moved West and the Native American Indians on the Great Plains were forced onto _________________.
_________________ policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, interception of the Zimmermann Note, and American loans to Allied nations led to United States entry into World War I.
____________________ bonds were used during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to help finance (pay for) the war effort.
Some of the major reasons for United States _________________ included: the desire for markets and raw materials; closing of the western frontier; missionary spirit; belief in the White Man's Burden.
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 ___________________.
President Theodore Roosevelt's __________________ strengthened the Monroe Doctrine by establishing the policy that the United States would intervene in Latin America to prevent European interference.

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The United States tried to avoid involvement in World War I by following a policy of _________________.
President Theodore Roosevelt’s commitment to the proverb, “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far,” was most clearly shown when he intervened in _________________ affairs.
The primary goal of the _________________ of 1887 regarding Native American Indians was to assimilate Native American Indians into mainstream American life.
_________________ Offered free 160 acres of land in the West to anyone willing to live on it for 5 years.
The disclosure of the Zimmerman document contributed to the entry of the United States into _________________.
During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson outlined the ___________________ suggesting a peace plan to prevent future wars.
The federal government supported rail road construction by giving rail road companies _________________ grants.
One of the major characteristics of American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was acquiring _________________ to promote economic and strategic interests.
A major result of the _________________ War (1898) was that the United States assumed a more prominent role in world affairs.
American newspapers used yellow journalism to build public support for the war against _________________.
Secretary of State John Hay sent his Open Door Notes (1899–1900) to world powers to gain equal access to _________________ markets.
The Homestead Act and grants of land to railroads were used to encourage settlement of the _________________.
Exaggerated, sensational newspaper headlines and articles are often referred to as __________________ journalism.
The establishment of the Open Door policy (1899–1900) and the response to the _________________ Rebellion (1900) showed that the United States wanted to protect American trading interests in China.

Civil War Crossword Puzzle. 2021-01-20

Civil War Crossword Puzzle. crossword puzzle

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started the war- Confederates bombarded Union soldiers.
War- It was the deadliest war in American history.
Rights: political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government.
Lincoln- the 16th president, declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.3
fight between Slave and Non-Slave State: They fight for equal rights.
In America: where people had slaves in the United States.
Underground Railroad: a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States.
Davis: was president of the Southside
Economic and social differences between the North and the South.
the state of being a slave.
Battle of Gettysburg- July 1 to July 3, 1863, considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War.

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Tecumseh Sherman- American Civil War general and worked on the Union side of the war.
Barton- bring supplies and support to soldiers in the field.
versus federal rights: They want equal rights for every person including colored people.
S. Grant: elected the 18th President of the United States.
Brown: radical abolitionist.
Dred Scott Decision: Dred Scott was a slave.
Halleck-United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer.
B. McPherson: was a career United States Army officer, who served as a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War.
E. Lee : was a Confederate general.challenged Union forces in Antietam and Gettysburg, before surrendering to Union General Ulysses S.

20 Clues: the state of being a slave. • Brown: radical abolitionist. • Davis: was president of the Southside • Dred Scott Decision: Dred Scott was a slave. • War- It was the deadliest war in American history. • started the war- Confederates bombarded Union soldiers. • Halleck-United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. • ...

Constitution and Federalism - Gorman 2023-01-21

Constitution and Federalism - Gorman crossword puzzle

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federal gov't give money/grants to states
the entire set of interactions among national, state and local governments
clause in article IV, requires each state to recognize the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of all other states (ex driver's license)
transferring responsibilities for policies from the federal gov't to state and local gov'ts
organizing a nation into two or more levels of gov't, they share formal authority, but they don't have the same jobs
type of government most nations have where the central gov't holds supreme power
case where federal Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1990 forbade possession of firearms in public schools, exceeded Congress' Constitutional authority to regulate commerce
weak government. power in the country's components, meaning the states are friends basically

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court case where the federal government made the second bank of america in maryland, the state taxed bank $15,000 a year, the bank didn't pay, the cashier McCulloch was sued, the state said the US had no right to make te second bank, SC ruled that the national gov't has supremacy over states and implied powers to do so
national and state governments share powers and policy assignments. todays US form
"state immunity," federal courts can't hear a case where a private party accuses a state officer when what is at issue are basic constitutional rights
states and national gov't remain supreme within their own spheres, each with different powers and policy responsibilities. initial US form
powers listed in the constitution
clause in Article VI that makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws as long as the national gov't is acting within its constitutional rights
powers federal gov't has that was not stated in the constitution as long as it is consistent within the constitution
when states surrenders a person charged with a crime to the state where the crime was alleged to take place
states "powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectfully or to the people"
power given to congress for movement of commercial activity

18 Clues: powers listed in the constitution • federal gov't give money/grants to states • power given to congress for movement of commercial activity • the entire set of interactions among national, state and local governments • type of government most nations have where the central gov't holds supreme power • ...

How well do you know your presidents of the United States? 2023-01-20

How well do you know your presidents of the United States? crossword puzzle

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Who was the 16th President of The United States? (First and lastname)
Who was the 3rd President of The United States? (First and lastname)
Who was the 22nd and 24th President of The United States? (First and lastname)
Who was the 12th President of The United States? (First and lastname)

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Who was the 10th President of The United States? (First and lastname)
Who was the 38th President of The United States? (First and lastname)
Who was the 1st President of The United States? (First and lastname)
Who was the 44th President of The United States? (First and lastname)
Who was the 28th President of The United States? (First and lastname)
Who was the 19th President of The United States? (First and lastname)
Who is the current President of The United States? (First and lastname)

11 Clues: Who was the 1st President of The United States? (First and lastname) • Who was the 3rd President of The United States? (First and lastname) • Who was the 10th President of The United States? (First and lastname) • Who was the 38th President of The United States? (First and lastname) • Who was the 16th President of The United States? (First and lastname) • ...

HSA Review Crossword 2015-05-21

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describes a government in which the people have few rights and little say in how the government is run.
a form of government in which the states hold all of the power.
the principle of government that states that the government is divided into three branches and that each has certain powers.
the principle of government in which the national and state governments share power.
economic system where economic decisions are made based on cultural traditions
the principle of government that states that there are limits on the power of the government.
an economic system where most major economic decisions are made by the government

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the principle of government that states that the government gets all of its power from the people
the principle of government that states that each branch of government has limits it can place on the power of the other branches.
a form of government in which the national and state governments share power.
an economic system that blends features of command economy, market economy, and traditional economy
a form of government in which the national government holds the power
the principle of government that states that the Supreme Court can decide whether or not a law or presidential action is constitutional
describes a government that has total control over peoples’ lives
the principle of government which states that everyone must follow the laws including the wealthy, the powerful, and those in government.
a government ruled by a single leader who has inherited their position from their family and has absolute power.
a government ruled by a small group of people.
a system of government in which the people have power over the government.
an economic system where most economic decisions are made by businesses and individuals

19 Clues: a government ruled by a small group of people. • a form of government in which the states hold all of the power. • describes a government that has total control over peoples’ lives • a form of government in which the national government holds the power • a system of government in which the people have power over the government. • ...

Civil War Era 2017-05-23

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Leading general for the Union
Who assassinated Lincoln?
What states were fighting to get rid of slavery?
Turning point of the CW in the east
Name of the slave who sued for his freedom
Lincoln's speech to free slaves in territories of rebellion
Where were most battles fought in the CW?
First state to secede
First African American to receive Medal of Honor
President of the Confederate States during the Civil War
Lincoln's speech in November 1863(named after a battle)
What states were fighting to keep slaves?
Leader of the South's Army
General who was nicknamed "Stonewall"

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Bloodiest battle of the CW
First battle of the Civil War
Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
How many years was the CW?
President of the United States during the Civil War
Turning point of the CW in the west
First Hispanic to receive Medal of Honor
Main reason North and South were fighting
How did Lincoln die?
What country was fighting in the CW?
What did Lincoln want to maintain between the states after the CW?

25 Clues: How did Lincoln die? • First state to secede • Who assassinated Lincoln? • Bloodiest battle of the CW • How many years was the CW? • Leader of the South's Army • Leading general for the Union • First battle of the Civil War • Where did Lee surrender to Grant? • Turning point of the CW in the east • Turning point of the CW in the west • What country was fighting in the CW? • ...

8.3 vocab 2019-03-10

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the right to vote to elect leaders or to vote on policies and laws
an ideal community that exists in unrealistically positive conditions
evangelical preacher in the American colonies
set of ideas that a group of thinkers shared in the 1800s
first women’s rights convention in the United States
to organized efforts to improve specific aspects of society
for opposing slavery
Railroad-a series of escape routes and hiding places used by enslaved people
"showing restraint or moderation."
- he was kidnapped and sold into slavery at about age 11

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most of her life fighting for women’s suffrage
York-a town in west-central New York state.
person of mixed blood, or mixed racial origin
religious revival
leader in the movement for women’s rights in the United States
prominent U.S. abolitionist
was born into slavery in Maryland in about 1820
the first African American freemasons lodge in the United States
second First Lady of the United States
means "doing away with or ending something"
for opposing slavery
codes- laws drafted by individual states and colonies in the South

22 Clues: religious revival • for opposing slavery • for opposing slavery • prominent U.S. abolitionist • "showing restraint or moderation." • second First Lady of the United States • York-a town in west-central New York state. • means "doing away with or ending something" • person of mixed blood, or mixed racial origin • evangelical preacher in the American colonies • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2023-03-30

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle

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first African American U.S. Senator; ________ Rhodes Revels
Union gained control of the Mississippi River
president who gave the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation
amendment that gave freedom to slaves
laws that allowed public places to be segregated; Jim _______ Laws
southern states that seceded from the Union
group that started schools for freed slaves; ______________'s Bureau
river that divided the Confederate states when it was captured by the Union
era in which the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were ratified
bloodiest single day of the Civil War

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amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
president of the Confederate states
end of the Civil War, Lee surrendered to Grant; _____________ Court House
system that kept freed slaves in debt to landowners
Union general
amendment that gave African Americans citizenship and equal protection of the laws
states that stayed with the U.S. instead of seceding
Confederate general
laws that limited the rights and freedoms of freed slaves; Black __________
turning point of the civil war
U.S. war fought over slavery and states' rights
start of the Civil War
group that took over after Lincoln was assassinated; ____________ Republicans

23 Clues: Union general • Confederate general • start of the Civil War • turning point of the civil war • president of the Confederate states • amendment that gave freedom to slaves • bloodiest single day of the Civil War • southern states that seceded from the Union • Union gained control of the Mississippi River • U.S. war fought over slavery and states' rights • ...

Maurizio Coco Articles X-Word 2024-02-09

Maurizio Coco Articles X-Word crossword puzzle

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The Revolutionary War left American states in _____
Daniel _____ followers prevented tax collection in 1786
The plan wrote to govern the new country
To pass a bill, ____ out of thirteen states need to approve it
After 1787s Constitutional Convention, only Congress could print _____
Shays Rebbelion happened in _____________
A system where states share power with a strong national government
Each sates got ___ vote in congress, for a total of 13 votes
Shays Rebellion highlighted a _________ in the Articles of Confederation

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The US Constitution went into effect ________ years after America declared independence
The Articles were more like a _______ organization for states than a set of binding laws
Alexander _______ hated congress, the world, and himself
The new nation was at a point that it seemed like it might _______
The national government included one _____ __ ______
The Articles of Confederation were written and adopted ______ the Revolutionary War
The Articles created the idea of ________ union of states (never ending)
Articles are flawed because congress couldn't ____
Noah _______ wrote a speller (dictionary) for American English
Shays Rebellion had momentous ___________ for the nation
Americans were afraid to give too much _____ to one person

20 Clues: The plan wrote to govern the new country • Shays Rebbelion happened in _____________ • Articles are flawed because congress couldn't ____ • The Revolutionary War left American states in _____ • The national government included one _____ __ ______ • Daniel _____ followers prevented tax collection in 1786 • Alexander _______ hated congress, the world, and himself • ...

Civics crossword 2023-12-15

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The study of rights and duties of citizens
A power that both the states and central gov hold
someone who agrees with uniting under one central government
2 house legislature with proportional representation (favored large states)
When one branch looks over another to prevent corruption
He inspired Thomas Jefferson when writing the declaration of independence
someone who does not believe under uniting under one government
Said there should be checks and balances and separation of powers in a government
One house legislature with equal representation (favored small states)
manipulate the boundaries to control a party

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Where we vote for a representative to make decisions for us in government
Final compromise between the states that wanted the new jersey plan and virginia plan
an insalnley long speech in congress that prevents from voting
A power that is left for the states
All the branches are equal and not one holds power over another
The federal gov is above all other govs such as state govs
A power directly stated in the constitution
A power that is not directly stated in the constitution
Something that a citizen HAS to do
Something a citizen is recommended to do

20 Clues: Something that a citizen HAS to do • A power that is left for the states • Something a citizen is recommended to do • The study of rights and duties of citizens • A power directly stated in the constitution • manipulate the boundaries to control a party • A power that both the states and central gov hold • A power that is not directly stated in the constitution • ...

Jackson fives Government Vocab 2023-10-19

Jackson fives Government Vocab crossword puzzle

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James Madison wrote this
first president of the Nation
provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches
designed to protect the security and power of smaller states
the upper chamber of the United States Congress
the principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people
responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress
The branch that makes the decisions about the laws and those who break them
electors who are selected to elect a candidate to particular offices
established the United States would be allowed two representatives; in the House of Representatives

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strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
known as the Founding Father of the constitution
people who support a strong government
supreme law of the United States of America.
officer next in rank to a president
Branch that holds the President
people who are against a strong government
Branch that makes laws for North Carolina
the plan that allows black Slaves to vote
United States highest court

20 Clues: James Madison wrote this • United States highest court • first president of the Nation • Branch that holds the President • officer next in rank to a president • people who support a strong government • Branch that makes laws for North Carolina • the plan that allows black Slaves to vote • people who are against a strong government • ...

Impacts and the Causes of the Civil War 2024-04-09

Impacts and the Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle

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many kids were left without these.
the sole provider of a typical family back then.
what cause Confecerate money to eventually become worthless.
Balence the representation between free and slave states.
whether or not a slave should be free.
to keep the balence of slave states and free states.
Womens role in the army.
the tariff would be lowered and SC would appeal its nullification.
the job young kids were given when they joined the war.
An entire_____________ grew up suffering the results of the Civil War.
the states joined together and became more powerful than the federal government.
there was a manpower __________ pushing most males in the south into war.

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what women were left to look after when men fought in the war.
candidates include Lincon, Douglass, and Bell.
this hampered many fathers lives.
the name of the Northern Army.
most of the men who fought in in the Civil war recevied this from the government.
To prevent slave from freedom even when they travel in free states.
plantation owners became very wealthy because if this.
percent of the SC men who died in the war.
what slave and free children did on the farms.

21 Clues: Womens role in the army. • the name of the Northern Army. • this hampered many fathers lives. • many kids were left without these. • whether or not a slave should be free. • percent of the SC men who died in the war. • candidates include Lincon, Douglass, and Bell. • what slave and free children did on the farms. • the sole provider of a typical family back then. • ...

Civics Assessment Crossword Review 2024-04-10

Civics Assessment Crossword Review crossword puzzle

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the reason as to why some states have more House representation than others
executive department that administers and regulates travel into and out of the United States
executive head of a state form of government
formal change to the Constitution
only one thing required of a United States citizen
amendment that gave freedom to slaves
length of Supreme Court Justice terms
principal of government that favors a government with separate branches
form of government that describes the United States
commonly known as the Bill of Rights
branch of government that is responsible for creating laws

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Supreme Court case that ended racial segregation in schools
branch of government responsible for the court system
famous Supreme Court case that was overturned in 2022
what James Madison is trying to persuade about in Federalist 51
considered to be the most important aspect of a democratic society
amendment that allows for the burning of the American Flag
person who is given credit for the ideals regarding social contract as used by writers of the Constitution
branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws
two parts to our United States Congress

20 Clues: formal change to the Constitution • 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 • executive head of a state form of government • only one thing required of a United States citizen • form of government that describes the United States • ...

States of Matter 2016-09-21

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Has no definite shape or volume
Particles of a liquid can ______ past each other.
Has a definite volume but no definite shape
Has a definite volume and shape
Particles of a solid still have motion: they _____.
The force that pulls particles together
Kinetic energy is the energy of _____.
Gas particles _____ with each other and their container.

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Anything that has mass is made of ______.
States that all particles of matter are in constant motion
Gas particles are high in _____ ______.
Gas particles like to _________ out.
Has mass and takes up space
In solids and liquids, the particles are ______ together.
A substance that can flow

15 Clues: A substance that can flow • Has mass and takes up space • Has no definite shape or volume • Has a definite volume and shape • Gas particles like to _________ out. • Kinetic energy is the energy of _____. • Gas particles are high in _____ ______. • The force that pulls particles together • Anything that has mass is made of ______. • Has a definite volume but no definite shape • ...

States of Matter 2016-11-30

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state with a definite shape
change of state from a gas to a solid
change of state from a gas to a liquid
change of state from a liquid to a solid
change of state from a solid to a gas
theory that explains the motion and structure of the particles in their different states
a reaction that absorbs heat

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change of state from a liquid to a gas
change of state from a gas to a plasma
state with loosely packed particles that can slide past each other
a reaction that releases heat
change of state from a plasma to a gas
state with fast moving particles that are far apart
change of state from a solid to a liquid
ionized gas

15 Clues: ionized gas • state with a definite shape • a reaction that absorbs heat • a reaction that releases heat • change of state from a gas to a solid • change of state from a solid to a gas • change of state from a liquid to a gas • change of state from a gas to a plasma • change of state from a plasma to a gas • change of state from a gas to a liquid • ...

States of Matter 2012-10-22

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Liquid becoming solid (8)
Exerted by gases on the walls of a container (8)
Solid changing to liquid (7)
_________ water is denser than fresh water (4)
This may happen if a gass cools enough (12)
Takes up space and has mass (6)
Occurs when bubbles of gas escape from a heated liquid (7)

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How gas spreads (9)
A gas that has been heated may become one of these (6)
A liquid that has been heated may become one of these (3)
Brownian __________ is the movement of tiny particles being bumped (6)
Objects usually do this as the become colder (8)
Get bigger (6)
Solid changing to a gas without becoming a liquid (11)
Used to help us understand a phenomenon (5)

15 Clues: Get bigger (6) • How gas spreads (9) • Liquid becoming solid (8) • Solid changing to liquid (7) • Takes up space and has mass (6) • This may happen if a gass cools enough (12) • Used to help us understand a phenomenon (5) • _________ water is denser than fresh water (4) • Exerted by gases on the walls of a container (8) • Objects usually do this as the become colder (8) • ...

States Of Matter 2013-08-27

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found in fluorescent lighting
happens at 100 degrees
a group of atoms is a ______
the capital city of a country is often in a ______ or territory.
water vapour on the outside of a cold glass of water.
a liquid go to gas is when it has _.
a ______ is something you can drink.

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_____ are the smallest unit of matter.
smallest unit of matter
the ______ at which the state changes
group of atoms is a _.
part of the process in which we get rainfall.
happens at zero degrees.
there are 4 states of ______
something that your body can produce.

15 Clues: happens at 100 degrees • group of atoms is a _. • smallest unit of matter • happens at zero degrees. • a group of atoms is a ______ • there are 4 states of ______ • found in fluorescent lighting • a liquid go to gas is when it has _. • a ______ is something you can drink. • the ______ at which the state changes • something that your body can produce. • ...

States of Matter 2021-06-03

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A progress two solids and a gas mix
Reached 100 degrees
Squashed
When one object takes the place of another
Occurs when the removal of heat changes a gas into a liquid
Occurs when the removal of heat changes a liquid into a solid
Molecules that are further spaced

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Occurs when heat changes a solid into a liquid
Heat changing a liquid into a gas
Combined push of gas particles bouncing off the walls of their container
Not able to be compressed or squashed
Moves rapidly on the spot
Molecules that are tightly packed
Molecules that move freely
Forces of attraction that hold particles together to form either a solid or liquid

15 Clues: Squashed • Reached 100 degrees • Moves rapidly on the spot • Molecules that move freely • Heat changing a liquid into a gas • Molecules that are tightly packed • Molecules that are further spaced • A progress two solids and a gas mix • Not able to be compressed or squashed • When one object takes the place of another • Occurs when heat changes a solid into a liquid • ...

Early United States 2021-06-02

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Great Plains people's cone-shaped tent shelter
group of people with something in common
Region of N. America south of the arctic
objects made by people
central plains people's round houses
beads cut from sea shells to tell a story
homes made of ice
an idea based on a study and research

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Iroquois shelters
an early family member
group of people with ways of life, religion, and learning
Navajo homes built miles apart
the movement
walls of tall wooden poles, around their villages
celebration to honor cultural or religious events

15 Clues: the movement • Iroquois shelters • homes made of ice • an early family member • objects made by people • Navajo homes built miles apart • central plains people's round houses • an idea based on a study and research • group of people with something in common • Region of N. America south of the arctic • beads cut from sea shells to tell a story • ...

States of Matter 2021-10-27

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liquids can change ___
to turn a liquid into a gas
when solids are heated, they ___
when water droplets fall back to the earth as rain, sow or hail
all matter is made up of these particles
to turn a gas into a liquid
in this state, particles are close but move around easily

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in this state, particles are spread out and move quickly in all directions
when liquids are cooled, they ___
anything that has mass and takes up space
atoms are made up of electrons, neutrons and ___
gases do not have a fixed shape, but they have a ___
a group of two or more atoms form a ___
water takes this gas form when it is boiled
in this state,the particles in this state are close together

15 Clues: liquids can change ___ • to turn a liquid into a gas • to turn a gas into a liquid • when solids are heated, they ___ • when liquids are cooled, they ___ • a group of two or more atoms form a ___ • all matter is made up of these particles • anything that has mass and takes up space • water takes this gas form when it is boiled • ...

states of matter 2022-08-31

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boiling
firm and stable in shape
ice freezing
heat or cool
Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt

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water turning into a solid
evaporation
process where water vapor becomes liquid
Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
an electric and magnetic feild
Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
made up of mass
point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
water and other things not made up of mass

15 Clues: boiling • evaporation • ice freezing • heat or cool • made up of mass • firm and stable in shape • water turning into a solid • an electric and magnetic feild • process where water vapor becomes liquid • water and other things not made up of mass • point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt • Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal. • ...

states of matter 2022-08-31

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boiling
firm and stable in shape
ice freezing
heat or cool
Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt

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water turning into a solid
evaporation
process where water vapor becomes liquid
Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
an electric and magnetic feild
Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
made up of mass
point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
water and other things not made up of mass

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boiling
firm and stable in shape
ice freezing
heat or cool
Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt

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water turning into a solid
evaporation
process where water vapor becomes liquid
Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
an electric and magnetic feild
Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
made up of mass
point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
water and other things not made up of mass

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boiling
firm and stable in shape
ice freezing
heat or cool
Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt

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water turning into a solid
evaporation
process where water vapor becomes liquid
Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
an electric and magnetic feild
Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
made up of mass
point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
water and other things not made up of mass

States of Matter 2020-05-12

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atoms very close together
has three states
a theory that describes the properties of atoms
atoms close to each other
the amount of heat present
fast movement
the process of which a solid changes to a liquid
atoms spread out a lot

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the process of which a gas changes to a liquid
the point of which a liquid becomes a gas
the process of which a liquid changes to a gas
fast movements
the process of which a liquid changes to a solid
caused by friction
power

15 Clues: power • fast movement • fast movements • has three states • caused by friction • atoms spread out a lot • atoms very close together • atoms close to each other • the amount of heat present • the point of which a liquid becomes a gas • the process of which a gas changes to a liquid • the process of which a liquid changes to a gas • a theory that describes the properties of atoms • ...

States Of Matter 2020-05-12

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When a liquid turns to a solid
A word for continuous little shakes
The vibration of atoms
A small shake+
A different name for hot
When hot water begins to bubble

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Anything that takes up space is made out of
Liquid turning into gas
When a liquid turns to a gas
When a solid turns to a liquid
Name of a hard object
Use a thermometer to measure it
Name for smoke and oxygen
Name for water, milk and oil
Winds convert air into

15 Clues: A small shake+ • Name of a hard object • The vibration of atoms • Winds convert air into • Liquid turning into gas • A different name for hot • Name for smoke and oxygen • When a liquid turns to a gas • Name for water, milk and oil • When a liquid turns to a solid • When a solid turns to a liquid • Use a thermometer to measure it • When hot water begins to bubble • ...

States of Matter 2023-02-21

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a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container
a property that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself
the amount of matter in something
a tool used to measure masses very precisely
a force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move
a container with measured markings used to measure the volume of liquids

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the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas
a way of measuring how hot or cold something is
the force over a unit of area caused by teh weight of the atmosphere pushing down on Earth
how much mass a substance has in relation to the amount of space it takes up
a state of matter with a constant shape and size
the amount of space that a substance or object takes up
a state of matter that has a constant size but does not have a constant shape
any substance that has mass and takes up space
the decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, volume (capacity), and weight or mass

15 Clues: the amount of matter in something • a tool used to measure masses very precisely • any substance that has mass and takes up space • a way of measuring how hot or cold something is • a state of matter with a constant shape and size • the amount of space that a substance or object takes up • the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas • ...

States of Matter 2023-03-06

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- a negatively charged subatomic particle that can be either bound to an atom or free
- The smallest particle of a substance that has all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance
- a complex arrangement of negatively charged electrons arranged in defined shells about a positively charged nucleus.
- a state of matter that retains its shape and density
Point - the temperature at which the substance changes from a solid to a liquid
- the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms
- subatomic particles found inside the nucleus of every atom

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Point - the temperature at which its vapor pressure is equal to the pressure of the gas above it
-The transition from the solid to the liquid phase
-The transition from the gas phase to the liquid phase
- a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of every atom
- mass of a unit volume of a material substance
-The transition from the liquid phase to the gas phase
-The transition from the liquid phase to the solid phase
- a type of matter with specific properties that make it less rigid than a solid but more rigid than a gas
- A state of matter with no definite shape or volume

16 Clues: - mass of a unit volume of a material substance • -The transition from the solid to the liquid phase • - A state of matter with no definite shape or volume • - the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms • -The transition from the gas phase to the liquid phase • -The transition from the liquid phase to the gas phase • ...

States Of Matter 2023-01-24

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This property of a substance does not change during a change of state.
Matter with a definite shape and volume.
The average kinetic energy of particles
Matter with no definite shape or volume
What is added or removed to change a substance's temperature.
The change of state from a solid to a gas.
Matter's mass does not change during phase changes according to the law of _________ of mass.

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Matter with a definite volume but not shape.
The change in state from a gas to a liquid.
If energy is added, particles move ______.
The point when a solid becomes liquid.
Matter with no definite shape or volume and with charged particles
The point at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas.
Temperature goes _____ as energy is added.
For particles to speed up, energy must be _____.

15 Clues: The point when a solid becomes liquid. • The average kinetic energy of particles • Matter with no definite shape or volume • Matter with a definite shape and volume. • If energy is added, particles move ______. • The change of state from a solid to a gas. • Temperature goes _____ as energy is added. • The change in state from a gas to a liquid. • ...

States of Consciousness 2022-12-06

States of Consciousness crossword puzzle

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Irregular sleeping periods or excessive daytime sleepiness
Sleep disorder that causes individuals to temporarily stop breathing while asleep.
Defined as “paradoxical” sleep since the body is externally calm and the brain activity is highly active and aroused.
The most common altered form of consciousness.
These typically occur in REM sleep and are more closely related to dreams.
drugs that cause the user to feel increased alertness, have affected mood and can even boost athletic performance.
Best summarized as panic attacks from the deepest stage of sleep (stages 3-4).
Sleeping disorder where a patient may physically or verbally act out their dreams.

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Common sleep disorder that troubles those who wish to fall asleep or stay asleep for long.
Naturally altered state of consciousness with a heightened state of suggestibility.
Psychological “need” towards a drug. Patients who are dependent often think they need to use a drug.
____ dreaming is where the dreamer has almost or full complete “control” of what happens in a dream.
Patients with sleep Apnea may need this machine to prevent harm.
Painful physical or mental effects usually kick in after a prolonged period from usage of a drug.
Periods of temporary lost awareness that typically lasts a few seconds in most cases.

15 Clues: The most common altered form of consciousness. • Irregular sleeping periods or excessive daytime sleepiness • Patients with sleep Apnea may need this machine to prevent harm. • These typically occur in REM sleep and are more closely related to dreams. • Best summarized as panic attacks from the deepest stage of sleep (stages 3-4). • ...

United States History 2023-09-28

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system that includes federal jobs
used as the basis of the nations currency
connected farmers in the South and West
a Minnesota farmer, businessman, journalist
A currency not backed by gold or silver
first used by President Andrew Jackson
to take in

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giving builders wide stretches of land
Property was not fenced in
The that took place June 1876
led a group of refugees
The 16th president
self-appointed law enforces
specific areas set aside by the government
a group of African- Americans

15 Clues: to take in • The 16th president • led a group of refugees • Property was not fenced in • self-appointed law enforces • The that took place June 1876 • a group of African- Americans • system that includes federal jobs • giving builders wide stretches of land • first used by President Andrew Jackson • connected farmers in the South and West • A currency not backed by gold or silver • ...

United States History 2023-09-28

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connected farmers in the South and West
first used by President Andrew Jackson
giving builders wide stretches of land
specific areas set aside by the government
used as the basis of the nations currency
A currency not backed by gold or silver
Property was not fenced in

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led a group of refugees
to take in
system that includes federal jobs
a Minnesota farmer, businessman, journalist
The that took place June 1876
a group of African- Americans
self-appointed law enforces
The 16th president

15 Clues: to take in • The 16th president • led a group of refugees • Property was not fenced in • self-appointed law enforces • The that took place June 1876 • a group of African- Americans • system that includes federal jobs • first used by President Andrew Jackson • giving builders wide stretches of land • connected farmers in the South and West • A currency not backed by gold or silver • ...

States of Matter 2023-09-12

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A state of matter with a definite shape and volume.
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
A state of matter with no definite shape or volume.
The process of a solid turning directly into a gas.
The amount of matter in an object.
Point The temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas.
Point The temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid.
The amount of space an object occupies.

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Point The temperature at which a solid turns into a liquid.
The process of a gas turning into a liquid.
Anything that takes up space and has mass.
Change A change in matter that results in a new substance being formed.
The process of a liquid turning into a gas.
A state of matter with a definite volume but no fixed shape.
Change A change in matter that does not change its chemical composition.

15 Clues: The amount of matter in an object. • The amount of space an object occupies. • Anything that takes up space and has mass. • A measure of how hot or cold something is. • The process of a gas turning into a liquid. • The process of a liquid turning into a gas. • A state of matter with a definite shape and volume. • A state of matter with no definite shape or volume. • ...

States of Matter 2024-02-11

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a property that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself.
a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container.
the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas.
a tool used to measure masses very precisely.
a container with measured markings used to measure the volume of liquids.
a force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move.

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a state of matter that has a constant size but does not have a constant shape.
a state of matter with a constant shape and size.
the decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter and gram as units of length, volume, and weight or mass.
a way of measuring how hot or cold something is, measured using either the Fahrenheit or Celsius scale.
any substance that has mass and takes up space.
the amount of matter in something.
the force over a unit of area caused by the weight of the atmosphere pushing down on Earth.
the amount of space that a substance or object takes up.
how much mass a substance has in relation to the amount of space it takes up.

15 Clues: the amount of matter in something. • a tool used to measure masses very precisely. • any substance that has mass and takes up space. • a state of matter with a constant shape and size. • the amount of space that a substance or object takes up. • the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas. • ...

15 us states 2024-05-16

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home of the silicon valley
Home to Inupiats and Tlingits
technically, an archipelago
the peach state
Harvard university
The land of cactuses and spring training
What happens in vegas stay in vegas
Get your Ben & Jerry's here
Brigham Young's promised land

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Home to one of the early presidential primaries
"sweet home..."
Purchased by napoleon
famous potatoes,the license plates say
Yankees and mets
literally the "flowered" land

15 Clues: "sweet home..." • the peach state • Yankees and mets • Harvard university • Purchased by napoleon • home of the silicon valley • technically, an archipelago • Get your Ben & Jerry's here • Home to Inupiats and Tlingits • literally the "flowered" land • Brigham Young's promised land • What happens in vegas stay in vegas • famous potatoes,the license plates say • ...

States of Matter 2024-03-27

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an extremely small particle that all matter is made of
a continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it
the amount of matter present in an area
a tiny amount of matter
the condition in which something is in at any one time
the amount of space that a substance occupies
something that doesn't have a fixed shape but also cannot be compressed

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any substance that has a mass and a volume
the change of state from gas into liquid
the amount of matter in any physical shape
the change of state from gas into solid
the change of state from liquid into gas
the change of state from liquid into solid
the change of state from solid into gas
something that has a fixed shape and cannot be compressed

15 Clues: a tiny amount of matter • the change of state from gas into solid • the amount of matter present in an area • the change of state from solid into gas • the change of state from gas into liquid • the change of state from liquid into gas • any substance that has a mass and a volume • the amount of matter in any physical shape • the change of state from liquid into solid • ...

States of Matter 2024-04-03

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The amount of space an object takes up
When a solid skips the liquid phase and goes straight to a gas
Particles closely packed together
What a liquid does to turn into a solid
Has no fixed volume
Particles vibrate faster and push each other apart when thermal energy is added, causing solids, liquids, and gasses to expand (get bigger) when heated.
it forms after a solid has melted
when particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
The stage when a liquid forms into a gas

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When an object collapses in on itself
What a solid does to turn into a liquid
When a salute is suspended in a solvent
When you mix a solid into a liquid and it disappears
A set of instructions telling you how to do something
The amount of force gravity has on an object

15 Clues: Has no fixed volume • Particles closely packed together • it forms after a solid has melted • When an object collapses in on itself • The amount of space an object takes up • What a solid does to turn into a liquid • When a salute is suspended in a solvent • What a liquid does to turn into a solid • The stage when a liquid forms into a gas • ...

Chapter 12 Vocabulary Worksheet Tim Felt 2013-02-25

Chapter 12 Vocabulary Worksheet Tim Felt crossword puzzle

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SI unit for force
law that states that the volume of gases involved in a chemical change can be represented by the ratio of small whole numbers
imaginary gas whose particles are infinitely small and do not interact with each other
movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density
passage of a gas under pressure through a tiny opening
law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant temperature the volume of the gas increases as the pressure of the gas decreases and the volume of the gas decrease as the pressure of the gas increases
law that states that the pressure of a gas at a constant volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature
the pressure of each gas in a mixture

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theory that explains that the behavior of physical systems depends on the combined actions of the molecules constituting the system
law that states that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the component gases
law that states that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules
the temperature of 0°C and 1 atm
the amount of force exerted per unit area of surface
SI unit of pressure
law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a temperature of the gas increases and the volume of the gas decreases as the temperature of the gas decreases
law that states the mathematical relationship of pressure, volume, temperature, the gas constant, and the number of moles of a gas
law that states that the rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the gas density

17 Clues: SI unit for force • SI unit of pressure • the temperature of 0°C and 1 atm • the pressure of each gas in a mixture • the amount of force exerted per unit area of surface • passage of a gas under pressure through a tiny opening • movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density • ...

Chapter 12 Vocabulary Worksheet Tim Felt 2013-02-25

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the pressure of each gas in a mixture
law that states that the volume of gases involved in a chemical change can be represented by the ratio of small whole numbers
law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a temperature of the gas increases and the volume of the gas decreases as the temperature of the gas decreases
passage of a gas under pressure through a tiny opening
movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density
the amount of force exerted per unit area of surface
law that states that the pressure of a gas at a constant volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature

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law that states that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the component gases
imaginary gas whose particles are infinitely small and do not interact with each other
theory that explains that the behavior of physical systems depends on the combined actions of the molecules constituting the system
SI unit of pressure
law that states the mathematical relationship of pressure, volume, temperature, the gas constant, and the number of moles of a gas
law that states that the rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the gas density
the temperature of 0°C and 1 atm
law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant temperature the volume of the gas increases as the pressure of the gas decreases and the volume of the gas decrease as the pressure of the gas increases
law that states that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules
SI unit for force

American Civil War Crossword 2022-05-04

American Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle

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What the Southern states were called
The name of a cowardly Union general
The Capital of the Confederacy
New Warships
The Capital of the Union
Famous Union General
Site of the first battle in the Civil War
Famous Confederate General

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President of the Union during the war
The President of the Confederacy
Most deadly battle of the Civil War
Name of the Union's battle strategy
Rifles that shot more than once
What the Northern states were called
states States that connected the Union and the Confederacy

15 Clues: New Warships • Famous Union General • The Capital of the Union • Famous Confederate General • The Capital of the Confederacy • Rifles that shot more than once • The President of the Confederacy • Most deadly battle of the Civil War • Name of the Union's battle strategy • What the Southern states were called • The name of a cowardly Union general • ...

AMENDMENTS 11-27 OF THE CONSTITUTION 2023-02-16

AMENDMENTS 11-27 OF THE CONSTITUTION crossword puzzle

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Abolished the sale or manufacture of alcohol in the United States. This amendment was later repealed (taken back/erased).
Requires that any law that increases the pay of legislators may not take effect until after an election
Ensures that race cannot be used as the criterion for voting.
Even further clarifies the line of succession to the Presidency and establishes rules for a President who cannot perform his duties while in office.
Redefines how the Electoral College chooses the President and Vice-President, making the two positions cooperative rather than first and second-highest vote-getters.
Clearly defines the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction concerning a suit brought against a state by a citizen of another state.
Abolished slavery in the United States.
Limits the number of times a President could be elected - two four-year terms
Ensured that all citizens of all states had not only rights on the federal level but on the state level, too. It removed the three-fifths counting of slaves in the census. It ensured that the United States would not pay the debts of rebellious states.

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Authorizes the United States to collect income tax without regard to the states' population.
Ensured no tax could be charged to vote for any federal office.
Ensures that gender cannot be used as the criterion for voting. Simply said: women can now vote.
Guarantees that any person 18 or over may vote.
Repealed the 18th Amendment.
Shifted the choosing of Senators from the state legislatures to the people of the states.
Grants the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) the right to three electors in Presidential elections.
Set new start dates for the terms of the Congress and the President, and clarified how the deaths of Presidents before swearing-in would be handled.

17 Clues: Repealed the 18th Amendment. • Abolished slavery in the United States. • Guarantees that any person 18 or over may vote. • Ensures that race cannot be used as the criterion for voting. • Ensured no tax could be charged to vote for any federal office. • Limits the number of times a President could be elected - two four-year terms • ...

The Civil War 2014-11-11

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War The war in which the North fought for the freedom of slaves in the southern states of the United States
The number one staple crop produced by the South
Nickname used in the South to call a Union soldier
This source of transportation was a great advantage to the North as it's economy was based on commercial manufacturing.
A person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the United States
The act of withdrawing from an organization, union, military alliance or especially a political entity
State A southern state of the United States in which slavery was legal
E. Lee The General of the Confederate Army

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Often referred to as the North and the Federal Government
This side of the United States believed they needed to own slaves to work their crops in order to keep their plantations afloat
The southern soldiers who were also called the rebels
Soldiers or military units that fight on foot, typically with guns and grenades
S. Grant He served as the Commander in Chief for the Union Army. He later served as the 18th president of the United States.
The isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit
The act of owning a person to do labor
The side of the United States believed that even if slavery should not be immediately banished, they felt that southern states had absolutely no right to secede and that the Union must be preserved
An act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed position

17 Clues: The act of owning a person to do labor • E. Lee The General of the Confederate Army • The number one staple crop produced by the South • Nickname used in the South to call a Union soldier • The southern soldiers who were also called the rebels • Often referred to as the North and the Federal Government • ...

REVOLUTIONARY/1812 WAR MANDY HOFER CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2022-11-03

REVOLUTIONARY/1812 WAR MANDY HOFER CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle

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who originally owned the long islands(2 words)
22th president of the united states(2 words)
general of the colonists at the battle
a sweet soft red fruit with a seed studded surface
slimy finned animal under water
17th president of the united states(2 words)
led the battle of long island (2 words)
where battle of new orleans took place
won the war of 1812
who won eight super bowls in the nfl (2 words)
a book where you look what the meaning of a word is
1776 (2 words)
third president of the united states(2 words)
the second president of the united states (2 words)
largest mammal

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tiny pieces of sparkling material used for decoration
where did the battle of long island take place (3 words)
a country singer that sang GOOD TIMES (2 words)
smiling out loud
this person wrote our national anthem(3 words)
a building for human habitation
first president
a person who controls a flight
fourth president of the united states(2 words
a nfl team that won the super bowl in 2021
a vegetable that is orange on the bottom and green on the top
falls of the trees in the fall
won the battle of long island
30th president of the united states (2 words)
usually served at the meal

30 Clues: 1776 (2 words) • largest mammal • first president • smiling out loud • won the war of 1812 • usually served at the meal • won the battle of long island • a person who controls a flight • falls of the trees in the fall • slimy finned animal under water • a building for human habitation • general of the colonists at the battle • where battle of new orleans took place • ...

Joe Vuono Articles of Confederation XWord 2024-02-13

Joe Vuono Articles of Confederation XWord crossword puzzle

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Who was the primary writer of the article of confederation?
The ______ was the name of the new governing document
These people either fled, went to Canada, or England after the Revolutionary War
While voting in the United States in Congress assembled, each state shall have _____ vote.
Under the _________, the Confederation Congress was given the power to deal with foreign countries and manage the Revolutionary War
Who hated congress, the world, and himself?
Who wrote "American English?"
A plan to govern the new country was written and adopted during the ________

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A new country was established by the _________
The Articles of Confederation concentrated its power in the _____
Population and isolation were two ______ that the United States had to become a future world power.
When Congress passes a law when it does not have the constitutional authority to do so, it is _______
Alexander Hamilton saw the United States as a future world ____
The Treaty of _____ was signed in 1783 which ended the American Revolution
To pass a new ____ in the Confederation Congress, you needed nine-thirteenths of the delegates to agree
The Continental Congress struggled with enforcing ____
Who did Nathaniel Gorham approach to become king of the united states? Prince ______ Of Prussia
Who mostly lived in the "Western Land" won by Great Britain in the Treaty of Paris?
When the constitution said "all men are created equal," who were they referring to?
Because the United States was bankrupt it was the most "underlying ______"

20 Clues: Who wrote "American English?" • Who hated congress, the world, and himself? • A new country was established by the _________ • The ______ was the name of the new governing document • The Continental Congress struggled with enforcing ____ • Who was the primary writer of the article of confederation? • Alexander Hamilton saw the United States as a future world ____ • ...

Geography Crossword Puzzle 2021-06-08

Geography Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle

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The largest state in the United States.
The continent we live on.
The number of states in our country.
The country that is above the United States.
The county we live in.
The country that is below the United States.
The second largest state in the United States.
The state that is above us.
The location of the statue of liberty.

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The capital of our state.
The country we live in.
The state we live in.
The state that is next to us that starts with the letter "a".
The state that is next to us that starts with the letter "n".

14 Clues: The state we live in. • The county we live in. • The country we live in. • The capital of our state. • The continent we live on. • The state that is above us. • The number of states in our country. • The location of the statue of liberty. • The largest state in the United States. • The country that is above the United States. • The country that is below the United States. • ...

amendments 2015-04-25

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Papers/A collection of articles and essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution
Constitution/A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
of Confederation/The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781
Amendment: Right to be free from discrimination in states to have due process of law, to have equal protection of the law
Carta/A document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
of Versailles/It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers
of Rights/The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791
Amendment/Abolition of poll taxes
Amendment/Black Suffrage
Amendment/Election of National Senators

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of Independence/The fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776.
Points/Statement given on January 8, 1918 by United States President Woodrow Wilson
Doctrine/United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from authoritarian forces.
Bill of Rights/An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
Amendment/Abolition of slavery Outlawed
Amendment/18 year olds given the right to vote
Amendment/Individual Income Tax
Amendment/Women's Suffrage

18 Clues: Amendment/Black Suffrage • Amendment/Women's Suffrage • Amendment/Individual Income Tax • Amendment/Abolition of poll taxes • Amendment/Abolition of slavery Outlawed • Amendment/Election of National Senators • Amendment/18 year olds given the right to vote • of Confederation/The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781 • ...

Karlie Heeney- Chapter 4 2020-12-01

Karlie Heeney- Chapter 4 crossword puzzle

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demands on states to carry out certain policies as a condition of receiving grant money
money and other resources that the national government provides to pay for state and local activities
powers not specifically listed in the Constitution
powers held by the national government and state governments at the same time
belong to the states because the Constitution neither delegates these powers nor prohibits them to the states
both national and state governments are equal authorities operating within their own spheres of influence
the idea that states had the right to separate themselves from the Union
the form in which federal aid is distributed to the states
the idea of returning power to states

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ensures that extradition can take place
powers granted to the national government
a system of spending,taxing,and providing aid in the federal system
the era of returning authority to state governments
the right to nullify national laws that they believed contradicted or clashed with state interests
powers that have been historically recognized as naturally belonging to all governments that conduct the business of a sovereign nation
used by state and local governments to address broad policy areas from the national government
federalism under the New Deal
Johnson approach to solving national problems

18 Clues: federalism under the New Deal • the idea of returning power to states • ensures that extradition can take place • powers granted to the national government • Johnson approach to solving national problems • powers not specifically listed in the Constitution • the era of returning authority to state governments • the form in which federal aid is distributed to the states • ...

Progressives/Imperialism/World War I Vocabulary 2022-11-21

Progressives/Imperialism/World War I Vocabulary crossword puzzle

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the idea to solve everything with the United States Military to expand and the belief that a strong military is needed.
connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
A person that tries to expose corruption especially in politics.
allowed voters to directly elect a senator.
Gave women the right to vote.
Allowed the congress to enforce a tax on any source of income.
Strong belief of cultural or Economic influences in the United States.
Important event that led to WW1 where a German submarine shot torpedoes at an American cruise ship.
Minimized the use of the United States Military and instead solve it with economic power.

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Worldwide organization whose purpose was to maintain world peace.
Incorporating something into a larger area such as Texas annexing into the United States.
War fought between Spain and the United States in 1898.
Banned the manufacture and distribution of Alcohol.
An American party that split from the Republican Party.
Protected the rights of all countries to trade equally with China.
Book that was written to expose the harsh conditions of the meatpacking industry.
secret telegram stating if America was to join the war Mexico would be asked to join as a German ally.
the influence of the United States on other Countries.

18 Clues: Gave women the right to vote. • connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans • allowed voters to directly elect a senator. • Banned the manufacture and distribution of Alcohol. • the influence of the United States on other Countries. • War fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. • An American party that split from the Republican Party. • ...

Civil War 2021-11-21

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Battle that started the war.
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
of 1850, Compromise set to make the north and south happy by making CA a free state
E. Lee, General of the Confederacy
state, state that doesn't allow slavery
a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.
whether enslaved or free you have no rights.
Slave Act, passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.
Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.
War, fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
the state of being united or joined.

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a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
Davis, an American politician who was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Mississippi, the 23rd U.S. Secretary of War, and the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
Compromise, Compromise set where Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state.
was a confederation of secessionist American states existing from 1861 to 1865
People opposed to slavery
Scott Case, landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African
Kansas, A violent crisis that enveloped Kansas after Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854.
Sovereignty, The idea that citizens in the West should vote to determine whether their respective territories would become free states or slave states upon admission to the Union.

21 Clues: People opposed to slavery • Battle that started the war. • E. Lee, General of the Confederacy • the state of being united or joined. • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War. • state, state that doesn't allow slavery • whether enslaved or free you have no rights. • was a confederation of secessionist American states existing from 1861 to 1865 • ...

Civil War 2021-11-21

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a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
Davis, an American politician who was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Mississippi, the 23rd U.S. Secretary of War, and the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.
Scott Case, landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African
whether enslaved or free you have no rights.
Slave Act, passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.
Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.
Compromise, Compromise set where Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state.
E. Lee, General of the Confederacy
Battle that started the war.

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was a confederation of secessionist American states existing from 1861 to 1865
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
Kansas, A violent crisis that enveloped Kansas after Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854.
War, fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.
Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
of 1850, Compromise set to make the north and south happy by making CA a free state
the state of being united or joined.
People opposed to slavery
state, state that doesn't allow slavery
Sovereignty, The idea that citizens in the West should vote to determine whether their respective territories would become free states or slave states upon admission to the Union.

Chapter 9 - Civil War and Reconstruction - myWorld Social Studies 2023-01-25

Chapter 9 - Civil War and Reconstruction - myWorld Social Studies crossword puzzle

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Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to start businesses and make money
a barrier of troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in and out of an area
the right of each U.S. state to make its own local laws
the period when laws were passed that sought to rebuild and heal the northern and southern regions of the United States after the Civil War
the separation of a state from nation
an official announcement
a group of laws passed in the late 1800s that denied African American men the right to vote, kept African Americans from owning guns or taking certain types of jobs
a person who works to end or get rid of something, especially slavery
together, the Southern states that left the United States and formed their own nation; the Confederate States of America
the division of groups of people, usually by race

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before the Civil War, a series of secret routes out of the South along which escaped slaves traveled to freedom in the North
to murder someone famous or powerful, usually for political reasons
the freeing of a group from slavery
a situation when groups on each side of an issue each give in a little to reach an agreement
a change or improvement
a large farm, especially in the southern United States, that usually grows one kind of crop
the celebration of the day when enslaved African Americans were freed during the Civil War
to join the military
a military blockade and extended attack designed to make a city or other location surrender
a method of warfare that seeks to destroy civilian as well as military targets to force a surrender
a system in which someone who owns land lets someone else "rent" the land to farm it
the bringing of charges of wrongdoing against an elected official by the House of Representatives
the United States; also the Northern States that remained part of the nation and fought against the Confederacy in the Civil War

23 Clues: to join the military • a change or improvement • an official announcement • the freeing of a group from slavery • the separation of a state from nation • the division of groups of people, usually by race • the right of each U.S. state to make its own local laws • to murder someone famous or powerful, usually for political reasons • ...

Unit 8 & 9 Key Terms 2024-05-01

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A major confrontation in 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in Cuba
Mass protest against the bus system of Montgomery
A United States prompted war after the 9-11 terrorist attack in order to remove al-Qaeda from the region
A period of economic, political and military tension between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991
A surprise attack on almost every provincial capital and American base in South Vietnam
A fortified barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989
The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States
An armed conflict between a United States-led coalition force against the regime of Saddam Hussein from 2003 to 2011
The unequal distribution of income and opportunity between different groups in society
Push back against racism in policing and empower Black Americans

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War to weed out terrorist operatives and their supporters throughout the world
An illegal break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in 1972 by members of President Nixon's reelection campaign staff
An update of the 1965 Immigration Act and outlawed the hiring of undocumented immigrants
The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration
A set of domestic programs in the United States aiming to eliminate poverty and racial injustice
Fought between 1950 and 1953 between North Korea and its Soviet and Chinese allies and South Korea and United Nations' forces directed by the United States
When businesses begin to operate internationally
Activism that sought to secure full political, social, and economic rights for African Americans in the period from 1946 to 1968
Conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States
A method of coercion that utilizes or threatens to utilize violence in order to spread fear and thereby attain political or ideological goals

20 Clues: When businesses begin to operate internationally • Mass protest against the bus system of Montgomery • The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration • Push back against racism in policing and empower Black Americans • War to weed out terrorist operatives and their supporters throughout the world • ...

History Quiz 18 Due May 22nd 2024-05-16

History Quiz 18 Due May 22nd crossword puzzle

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– Islamic terrorist group led by Osama Bin Laden
– powerful telescope released into space by the United States to send images from space to earth
space station
– United States naval ship attacked by al-Qaeda
– 1993 meeting between the leaders of Palestine and Israel to bring about peace
one who believes the original wording of the Constitution is clear and should be followed in all decisions of the court
U.S. space shuttle that docked with Mir
Clinton – 42nd president of the United States helped form peaceful agreement between Palestine and Israel
the first internet browser
North American Free Trade Agreement – agreement in which Mexico the United States and Canada agreed not to charge fees or tariffs (Taxes) to trade with each other

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– treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union to stop producing chemical weapons and destroying existing ones
Supreme Court justice appointed by George H.W. Bush
– the first military action of the Persian Gulf War
– Dictator of Iraq
– world’s largest internet company
– first female to serve as secretary of state
– NASA rover sent to the surface of Mars to gather and send photos and data back to the earth first land rover to explore a neighboring planet
– the leader of an Islalmic terrorist group called al-Qaeda
– president of the Russian Republic after the Soviet Union collapsed
– domestic terrorist attack in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed in 1995
– first Black American to serve as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
– War between Iraq and US. led forces that began when Iraq invaded Kuwait over oil production
Schwarzkopf- U.S. general appointed to lead troops during the Persian Gulf War
the year 2000
– spacecraft launched by NASA to carry the Sojourner rover to Mars
Commonwealth of Independent States- group of free former Soviet republics
– first female attorney general of the United States
– bill stating that the United States should support efforts to remove Saddam Hussein from power and help Iraq form a democratic government
– the main internet browser
second female to serve as Supreme Court Justice

30 Clues: space station • the year 2000 • – Dictator of Iraq • the first internet browser • – the main internet browser • – world’s largest internet company • U.S. space shuttle that docked with Mir • – first female to serve as secretary of state • – United States naval ship attacked by al-Qaeda • second female to serve as Supreme Court Justice • ...

The United States Gets More Land 2022-11-30

The United States Gets More Land crossword puzzle

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Sugar cane grew on ___________.
What does Alaska have that makes cars run and helps us make electricity.
Hawaii became the ________ state.
Due to owning a lot more land, the United States became a strong ______.
Many Americans didn't want the United States to buy Alaska because they thought it was just an ______.
______ is a large piece of land near northwestern Canada.
The United States owned land from the Atlantic Ocean to the _______ Ocean.
Today the Philippines are a _______ country.

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American was interested in ________.
What was the name of the war that occurred between the United States, Spain, and Cubans?
Queen _________ ruled Hawaii.
_______ means one country rules other counties or colonies.
Alaska became the _________ state.
No one knew why the ______ blew up.
Cuba wanted their country to be ________.
Who surrendered to the United States?

16 Clues: Queen _________ ruled Hawaii. • Sugar cane grew on ___________. • Hawaii became the ________ state. • Alaska became the _________ state. • No one knew why the ______ blew up. • American was interested in ________. • Who surrendered to the United States? • Cuba wanted their country to be ________. • Today the Philippines are a _______ country. • ...

U.S. History 2021-01-03

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war, a war that occurred in 1775 - 1783
American War, an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico
Hidalgo, a peace treaty that ended the war between the United States and Mexico
York City, the most populous city in the United States
annexation
destiny, the belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America

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Canal, a waterway that was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
a state in the southeastern region in the U.S.
Purchase, a land deal that was made between the United States and France in the year 1803
the ability to move things from one place to another by boat
treaty, a peace agreement made between two parties
compromise, an agreement passed by the U.S. Congress in 1820
states, the 13 states that permitted slavery between 1820 and 1860
and Clark expedition, an expedition used to find a waterway from the US to the Pacific Ocean
War, a war lead by Napoleon Bonaparte
expansion, an extension of a state's territory

16 Clues: annexation • War, a war lead by Napoleon Bonaparte • war, a war that occurred in 1775 - 1783 • a state in the southeastern region in the U.S. • expansion, an extension of a state's territory • York City, the most populous city in the United States • treaty, a peace agreement made between two parties • the ability to move things from one place to another by boat • ...

Crossword Unit 1 2024-01-30

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The longest river in the United States.
The state where we live; also, a state that borders Mexico.
A territory of the United States.
The ocean on the West Coast of the United States.
A country north of the United States.
The number of states in the U.S. and the number of stars on the flag.

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The second longest river in the United States.
The largest state in the U.S.; also, a state that borders Canada.
The ocean on the East Coast of the United States.
A country south of the United States.
The capital of California.

11 Clues: The capital of California. • A territory of the United States. • A country south of the United States. • A country north of the United States. • The longest river in the United States. • The second longest river in the United States. • The ocean on the East Coast of the United States. • The ocean on the West Coast of the United States. • ...

Unit 4 Terms 2020-11-01

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of Good Feelings, National purpose and a desire for unity
Party, The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States
Treaty, an agreement between the United States and Spain signed in 1819 which established the southern border of the Louisiana Purchase
Doctrine, North and South America were no longer open to colonization
Cotton Kingdom”, A cotton-producing region of the southern United States up until the Civil War
Mill System, The Lowell mill girls were young female workers who came to work in industrial corporations in Lowell
of 1828 Significance, Re-match of the 1824 election, as President John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party faced Andrew Jackson
Period, Southern United States from the late 18th century until the start of the American Civil War in 1861
Slater, An English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"
Codes, Any of the set of rules based on the concept that enslaved persons were property, not persons
Compromise, In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
Marshall, chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law
Fulton, Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a successful steamboat

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The process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities
Parts, One such part can freely replace another, without any custom fitting, such as filing
Road, first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government
Revolution, The beginning of better transportation ways in America including the steamboat, train, and better roads and canals.
Tariff, imported goods cost more than equivalent goods produced domestically
Party, The Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States
Bargain, Three events in American political history have been called a corrupt bargain
River School, First native school of painting in the United States
Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company
of 1824 Significance, John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 by garnering more electoral votes through the House of Representatives
McCormick, American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
loyalty or support of a particular region or section of the nation, rather than the United States as a whole
Jackson, 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815
Morse, American inventor and painter
Canal, 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York
System, The American System was an economic plan that played an important role in American policy during the first half of the 19th
Clay, A Political leader of the early nineteenth century known for his efforts to keep the United States one nation

30 Clues: Morse, American inventor and painter • of Good Feelings, National purpose and a desire for unity • River School, First native school of painting in the United States • Doctrine, North and South America were no longer open to colonization • Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company • ...

Civil War 2025-01-13

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This place was attacked by the Confederacy and this battle marked the start of the Civil War.
The president of the United States elected in 1860.
These states opposed slavery.
The first state to secede from the union.

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The president of the Confederacy.
Created by Eli Whitney. Increased slave labor.
The southern states biggest export in the 1800's.
To seperate. 11 states did this from the Union.
City area
The southern states seceded because they wanted to keep this
These states supported slavery.
Country area

12 Clues: City area • Country area • These states opposed slavery. • These states supported slavery. • The president of the Confederacy. • The first state to secede from the union. • Created by Eli Whitney. Increased slave labor. • To seperate. 11 states did this from the Union. • The southern states biggest export in the 1800's. • The president of the United States elected in 1860. • ...

Articles of Confederation Crossword 2017-09-20

Articles of Confederation Crossword crossword puzzle

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U.S. had a weak _________
Military base; England had them in the United States after Revolutionary War
The United States didn't have a common _____________
Name of one house legislature in Articles of Confederation
When money loses its value
Congress had no power to __________ trade
Congress had no power to _______ or collect taxes
Event that led to the Articles of Confederation being replaced
No national __________ system
The number of states needed to agree to pass a law

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Number of states needed to approve an amendment
Branch that makes laws
Replaced Articles of Confederation
Branch that interprets the laws
Number of Branches the Articles of Confederation had
Branch that enforces laws
Each state had their own __________
Congress had no power to __________ laws
Colonists did not want a _______________ central government

19 Clues: Branch that makes laws • U.S. had a weak _________ • Branch that enforces laws • When money loses its value • No national __________ system • Branch that interprets the laws • Replaced Articles of Confederation • Each state had their own __________ • Congress had no power to __________ laws • Congress had no power to __________ trade • ...

U.S. Geography 2024-06-19

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One of the original 13 colonies/states and home to the Statue of Liberty
It's what the stars represent on the U.S. flag
Opened the original immigration to the Americas
The biggest mountain range in the U.S.
One of the original 13 colonies/states that also borders Canada
The longest river in the U.S.
State with the longest border with Canada
Ocean along the east coast of the U.S.

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Capital of the U.S.
State that borders with Mexico
The first of the original 13 colonies/states
How the original 13 colonies/states are represented on the U.S. flag
Capital of California
One of the 5 American territories
Ocean along the west coast of the U.S.

15 Clues: Capital of the U.S. • Capital of California • The longest river in the U.S. • State that borders with Mexico • One of the 5 American territories • The biggest mountain range in the U.S. • Ocean along the west coast of the U.S. • Ocean along the east coast of the U.S. • State with the longest border with Canada • The first of the original 13 colonies/states • ...

TEST PREP PERIOD 6 - US Imperialism & WWI 2021-05-25

TEST PREP PERIOD 6 - US Imperialism & WWI crossword puzzle

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California Gold Rush, Homestead Act, and the Completion of transcontinental railroad all factors that contributed to Westward _________________.
_________________ telegram was part of an effort to enlist Mexican support for Germany if the United States declared war.
construction of the _________________ become more important to the United States after the Spanish-American War because the navy needed a faster way to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Renewal of unrestricted _________________ warfare by Germany was one of the events that influenced President Woodrow Wilson’s decision to enter World War I
Securing land for the Panama Canal and military interventions in Latin America are examples of Roosevelt's use of the "________________" diplomacy.
_________________ companies sold land in the West for very low price.
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.
As a result of low land prices and the Homestaed Act many farmers moved West and the Native American Indians on the Great Plains were forced onto _________________.
_________________ policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, interception of the Zimmermann Note, and American loans to Allied nations led to United States entry into World War I.
____________________ bonds were used during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to help finance (pay for) the war effort.
Some of the major reasons for United States _________________ included: the desire for markets and raw materials; closing of the western frontier; missionary spirit; belief in the White Man's Burden.
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 ___________________.
President Theodore Roosevelt's __________________ strengthened the Monroe Doctrine by establishing the policy that the United States would intervene in Latin America to prevent European interference.

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The United States tried to avoid involvement in World War I by following a policy of _________________.
President Theodore Roosevelt’s commitment to the proverb, “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far,” was most clearly shown when he intervened in _________________ affairs.
The primary goal of the _________________ of 1887 regarding Native American Indians was to assimilate Native American Indians into mainstream American life.
_________________ Offered free 160 acres of land in the West to anyone willing to live on it for 5 years.
The disclosure of the Zimmerman document contributed to the entry of the United States into _________________.
During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson outlined the ___________________ suggesting a peace plan to prevent future wars.
The federal government supported rail road construction by giving rail road companies _________________ grants.
One of the major characteristics of American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was acquiring _________________ to promote economic and strategic interests.
A major result of the _________________ War (1898) was that the United States assumed a more prominent role in world affairs.
American newspapers used yellow journalism to build public support for the war against _________________.
Secretary of State John Hay sent his Open Door Notes (1899–1900) to world powers to gain equal access to _________________ markets.
The Homestead Act and grants of land to railroads were used to encourage settlement of the _________________.
Exaggerated, sensational newspaper headlines and articles are often referred to as __________________ journalism.
The establishment of the Open Door policy (1899–1900) and the response to the _________________ Rebellion (1900) showed that the United States wanted to protect American trading interests in China.

Chapter 12 - Reconstruction 2024-06-06

Chapter 12 - Reconstruction crossword puzzle

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guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
the process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing
promoted a social liberal platform that includes support for Social Security and unemployment insurance. The New Deal attracted strong support for the party from recent European immigrants but diminished the party's pro-business wing.
believed they should be given equal rights and have the same opportunities as white people. They also wanted the leaders of the Confederate States of America to be punished for any part they played in the Civil War.
an American white supremacist hate group. It was started in Pulaski, Tennessee on December 24, 1865
an American military officer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.
the 17th President of the United States, assumed office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and faced significant challenges during the Reconstruction era, fought with Congress over the integration of Southern states and the rights of freed slaves. His opposition to the Radical Republicans' policies led to his impeachment by the House, though he was acquitted by a single vote in the Senate.
would also have abolished slavery, but it required that 50 percent of a state's White males take a loyalty oath to the United States (and swear they had never assisted the Confederacy) to be readmitted to the Union.
an American politician and lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, being one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s.
led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States
a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era.
granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,”
declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude.”
outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states.

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military courts designed to judicially try members of enemy forces during wartime, operating outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil proceedings.
abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories
The right to vote in presidential elections
the first institution of higher learning for African Americans
an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management
restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
someone who is dishonest and untrustworthy
a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
provided assistance to tens of thousands of formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the Southern States and the District of Columbia in the years following the war
Republicans that might vote democratic
a person who tries to take advantage of a group by joining it only for his own personal benefit.

25 Clues: Republicans that might vote democratic • someone who is dishonest and untrustworthy • The right to vote in presidential elections • the first institution of higher learning for African Americans • outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states. • abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories • ...

The Formative Years 2014-04-27

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document formally ending the American Revolutionary War
an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787, caused by aggressive tax and debt collection
battle of the American Revolution, which ended the war
an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution
Supreme Court ruling, declaring the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional
Eli Whitney invented this in 1793

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chief justice appointed by John Adams
invented the steamboat
a collection of articles, written in opposition to the ratification of the 1787 United States Constitution
prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri
the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention
Rebellion a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington
the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana, more than doubling the current size of the United States

14 Clues: invented the steamboat • Eli Whitney invented this in 1793 • chief justice appointed by John Adams • battle of the American Revolution, which ended the war • document formally ending the American Revolutionary War • Supreme Court ruling, declaring the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional • ...

States of Matter 2021-05-29

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Is the regular arrangement of atoms in a network.
Is the substance that has fixed shape and volume.
Is the temperature at which a solid melts.
Is a substance with fixed volume, taking a container's shape.
Is the amount of space a substance occupies.
Is the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid.
Is the measure of the amount of matter in an object or substance.
Are the attractive forces that hold atoms together.

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Is the temperature at which a liquid boils into a gas.
Is a group of atoms bonded together.
Is what substances and objects are made of.
Is a substance that has no fixed shape and fills containers.
Are particles that form the building blocks of matter.
Measures how hot or cold an object is.
Describes a substance that is able to be squashed.

15 Clues: Is a group of atoms bonded together. • Measures how hot or cold an object is. • Is the temperature at which a solid melts. • Is what substances and objects are made of. • Is the amount of space a substance occupies. • Is the regular arrangement of atoms in a network. • Is the substance that has fixed shape and volume. • ...

THE U.S. STATES 2021-11-12

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this state is the second most populous state in America.
this state is home to mount Rushmore
this state is known for the largest metal sculpture in the U.S.
the Grand Canyon is in this state.
this state has a large population of grizzly bears.
this state is home to Yellowstone National Park.
this state's state song is home on the range

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Hollywood is in this state.
kool-aid was invented in this state
the only state named after a us president.
Vegas is in this state.
the rocky mountains reside in this state.
this states flag has a beaver on the back.
This state grows one-third of America's potatoes.
salt lake city is in this state.

15 Clues: Vegas is in this state. • Hollywood is in this state. • salt lake city is in this state. • the Grand Canyon is in this state. • kool-aid was invented in this state • this state is home to mount Rushmore • the rocky mountains reside in this state. • the only state named after a us president. • this states flag has a beaver on the back. • ...

States of Matter 2018-03-28

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Solids, Liquids and Gases all have different _______
When a solid turns into a gas
When a gas turns into a liquid, usually seen as vapour
When a gas turns into a solid
When a liquid turns into a gas at 100 Degrees Celsius

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Only exists at above 6000 Degrees Celsius
Small particales of matter which form all that we have today
Everything is made up of this substance
When a liquid (Water) turns into a gas before the boiling point
Molecules are free and can move very fast
When a liquid turns into a solid
Molecules are closely packed
Molecules are spread apart and this subtance flows. It is measure with viscosity and also pays a role in buoyancy
A reaction which happens when a solid turns into a liquid
Forces of attraction that hold particales together

15 Clues: Molecules are closely packed • When a solid turns into a gas • When a gas turns into a solid • When a liquid turns into a solid • Everything is made up of this substance • Only exists at above 6000 Degrees Celsius • Molecules are free and can move very fast • Forces of attraction that hold particales together • Solids, Liquids and Gases all have different _______ • ...

States of Matter 2016-11-30

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change of state from a liquid to a gas
change of state from a solid to a liquid
change of state from a plasma to a gas
change of state from a gas to a liquid
ionized gas
a reaction that absorbs heat
state with loosely packed particles that can slide past each other

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change of state from a solid to a gas
theory that explains the motion and structure of the particles in their different states
change of state from a liquid to a solid
state with a definite shape
state with fast moving particles that are far apart
a reaction that releases heat
change of state from a gas to a solid
change of state from a gas to a plasma

15 Clues: ionized gas • state with a definite shape • a reaction that absorbs heat • a reaction that releases heat • change of state from a solid to a gas • change of state from a gas to a solid • change of state from a liquid to a gas • change of state from a plasma to a gas • change of state from a gas to a liquid • change of state from a gas to a plasma • ...

States of Matter 2013-03-01

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temperature where some of a liquid begins to enter the gaseous state
thermal energy that flows from higher temperature to lower temperature
the term referring to mass divided by volume
the process by which individual particles of liquid escape from the surface and form a gas
the ability to do work or cause change
tells you whether a material is a solid, liquid or gas
anything that takes up space and has mass
the process by which particles move slowly enough for their attraction to bring them together to form a droplet of liquid
the temperature at which attractive forces begin to trap particles here and there, and crystals begin to form
when a liquid changes to a gas
the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid

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the upward force of displaced fluid causing flotation
When an object is placed in a fluid, the object weighs less by an amount equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
the kinetic and potential energy of the particles of a substance
the amount of force applied per unit of area

15 Clues: when a liquid changes to a gas • the ability to do work or cause change • anything that takes up space and has mass • the term referring to mass divided by volume • the amount of force applied per unit of area • the upward force of displaced fluid causing flotation • tells you whether a material is a solid, liquid or gas • ...

United States Imperialism 2011-11-30

United States Imperialism crossword puzzle

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Economic and political domination of a strong nation over a weaker one
A main reason the U.S. wanted to enter an imperialistic role in the world
Territory controlled by Spain who the U.S. was trying to help set free
A territory where the locals were allowed to stay in power, but the rulers had to listed to the country that imperialized them
Country the U.S. attempted to trade with, but they were turned away at first
Wrote a book about the importance of sea power
Exaggerated news stories
To attach or add, as in incorporating a territory

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Naval commander who led an expedition to Japan
Queen of Hawaii
Name of the conference in which the U.S. invited Latin America to in order to convince them to trade
Name given to the ships sent to Japan. They were called this due to the smoke the cannons gave off
President of the U.S. who was anti-imperialism
The idea that English-speaking nations had superior character, ideas and systems of government
Name to the U.S. ship that mysteriously exploded off the coast of Cuba

15 Clues: Queen of Hawaii • Exaggerated news stories • Naval commander who led an expedition to Japan • President of the U.S. who was anti-imperialism • Wrote a book about the importance of sea power • To attach or add, as in incorporating a territory • Economic and political domination of a strong nation over a weaker one • ...

States Of Matter 2013-08-27

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water vapour on the outside of a cold glass of water.
the capital city of a country is often in a ______ or territory.
a liquid go to gas is when it has _.
smallest unit of matter
happens at 100 degrees
group of atoms is a _.

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found in fluorescent lighting
a group of atoms is a ______
part of the process in which we get rainfall.
the ______ at which the state changes
_____ are the smallest unit of matter.
there are 4 states of ______
happens at zero degrees.
a ______ is something you can drink.
something that your body can produce.

Greek City States 2013-10-05

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Greek city state
military formation of the Spartans
Rule by a few
Merchants and artisans
Spartans, owned the land, but lived in the center of the Polis
Gerousia
Trained from 7-19, 20 become Spartan Soldiers

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A fortified hill
Sparta,Athens,Thebes,Argos,Corinth
Geographic and political center of Greek Life, CITY CENTER
Job was to work out and get strong to make strong babies
Group of five elder men that made sure everyone followed the laws
2 members of the Council of Elders
Slaves
Vote, Defend the Polis, Take part in government

15 Clues: Slaves • Gerousia • Rule by a few • Greek city state • A fortified hill • Merchants and artisans • military formation of the Spartans • Sparta,Athens,Thebes,Argos,Corinth • 2 members of the Council of Elders • Trained from 7-19, 20 become Spartan Soldiers • Vote, Defend the Polis, Take part in government • Job was to work out and get strong to make strong babies • ...

Greek City States 2013-10-05

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Greek city state
Spartans, owned the land, but lived in the center of the Polis
Sparta,Athens,Thebes,Argos,Corinth
Gerousia
military formation of the Spartans
Merchants and artisans
Geographic and political center of Greek Life, CITY CENTER

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Group of five elder men that made sure everyone followed the laws
Job was to work out and get strong to make strong babies
2 members of the Council of Elders
Rule by a few
A fortified hill
Slaves
Vote, Defend the Polis, Take part in government
Trained from 7-19, 20 become Spartan Soldiers

15 Clues: Slaves • Gerousia • Rule by a few • Greek city state • A fortified hill • Merchants and artisans • 2 members of the Council of Elders • Sparta,Athens,Thebes,Argos,Corinth • military formation of the Spartans • Trained from 7-19, 20 become Spartan Soldiers • Vote, Defend the Polis, Take part in government • Job was to work out and get strong to make strong babies • ...

States of Matter 2023-03-06

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- mass of a unit volume of a material substance
-The transition from the gas phase to the liquid phase
-The transition from the solid to the liquid phase
- a type of matter with specific properties that make it less rigid than a solid but more rigid than a gas
-The transition from the liquid phase to the gas phase
- a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of every atom

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- a complex arrangement of negatively charged electrons arranged in defined shells about a positively charged nucleus.
-The transition from the liquid phase to the solid phase
- The smallest particle of a substance that has all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance
Point - the temperature at which its vapor pressure is equal to the pressure of the gas above it
- the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms
Point - the temperature at which the substance changes from a solid to a liquid
- a negatively charged subatomic particle that can be either bound to an atom or free
- subatomic particles found inside the nucleus of every atom
- A state of matter with no definite shape or volume
- a state of matter that retains its shape and density

16 Clues: - mass of a unit volume of a material substance • -The transition from the solid to the liquid phase • - the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms • - A state of matter with no definite shape or volume • -The transition from the gas phase to the liquid phase • - a state of matter that retains its shape and density • ...

States of Matter 2023-03-06

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- mass of a unit volume of a material substance
-The transition from the gas phase to the liquid phase
-The transition from the solid to the liquid phase
- a type of matter with specific properties that make it less rigid than a solid but more rigid than a gas
-The transition from the liquid phase to the gas phase
- a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of every atom

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- a complex arrangement of negatively charged electrons arranged in defined shells about a positively charged nucleus.
-The transition from the liquid phase to the solid phase
- The smallest particle of a substance that has all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance
Point - the temperature at which its vapor pressure is equal to the pressure of the gas above it
- the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms
Point - the temperature at which the substance changes from a solid to a liquid
- a negatively charged subatomic particle that can be either bound to an atom or free
- subatomic particles found inside the nucleus of every atom
- A state of matter with no definite shape or volume
- a state of matter that retains its shape and density

States of Matter 2024-04-03

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The amount of force gravity has on an object
when particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
When a salute is suspended in a solvent
What a solid does to turn into a liquid
The stage when a liquid forms into a gas
When you mix a solid into a liquid and it disappears
A set of instructions telling you how to do something

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Particles closely packed together
When an object collapses in on itself
When a solid skips the liquid phase and goes straight to a gas
Particles vibrate faster and push each other apart when thermal energy is added, causing solids, liquids, and gasses to expand (get bigger) when heated.
Has no fixed volume
What a liquid does to turn into a solid
It forms after a solid has melted
The amount of space an object takes up

15 Clues: Has no fixed volume • Particles closely packed together • It forms after a solid has melted • When an object collapses in on itself • The amount of space an object takes up • When a salute is suspended in a solvent • What a solid does to turn into a liquid • What a liquid does to turn into a solid • The stage when a liquid forms into a gas • ...

United States Vocab 2024-05-03

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the idea that the country should expand across the continent
where individuals and businesses make the majority of buying and selling decisions
people whose beliefs differed from the official religion in their country
the process of making decisions through discussion
a good that is shipped to different areas of the world
goods brought to the United States
places where people do particular kinds of work
cities that are geographically close together

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moderate
a movement for equality
the process of moving from one place to another
crops grown mainly for sale to other colonies or countries
very large farms
the number of people who live in one area
the average temperature and precipitation over a long period of time

15 Clues: moderate • very large farms • a movement for equality • goods brought to the United States • the number of people who live in one area • cities that are geographically close together • the process of moving from one place to another • places where people do particular kinds of work • the process of making decisions through discussion • ...

States and Countries 2024-05-16

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biggest country in the world by size
mt Fuji
prestige in wine production
became a state in 1876.
Hollywood
69 Different Languages Are Spoken
50 states
over 1,600 types of cheese

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walt Disney
the equality state
new Orleans jazz
the lone star state
the only U.S. state that grows coffee
grand canyon
the largest moose population in the world

15 Clues: mt Fuji • Hollywood • 50 states • walt Disney • grand canyon • new Orleans jazz • the equality state • the lone star state • became a state in 1876. • over 1,600 types of cheese • prestige in wine production • 69 Different Languages Are Spoken • biggest country in the world by size • the only U.S. state that grows coffee • the largest moose population in the world

states of matter 2022-08-31

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boiling
firm and stable in shape
ice freezing
heat or cool
Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt

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water turning into a solid
evaporation
process where water vapor becomes liquid
Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
an electric and magnetic feild
Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
made up of mass
point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
water and other things not made up of mass

states of matter 2022-08-31

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boiling
firm and stable in shape
ice freezing
heat or cool
Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt

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water turning into a solid
evaporation
process where water vapor becomes liquid
Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
an electric and magnetic feild
Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
made up of mass
point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
water and other things not made up of mass

States of Matter 2022-11-23

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Below 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point.
In which atoms, ions, or molecules that make up the solid exist in a regular well-defined arrangement.
The change of the state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase: the opposite or reverse of vaporization.
The rapid vaporization of a liquid which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point.
The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state.
The temperature at which a given solid will melt
The temperature at which a liquid boils and turns into vapor.
A substance that has no fixed shape an yields easily to external pressure; a gas or (especially) a liquid.
A state of matter that retains it's shape and density when not confined. Molecules are tightly packed together and contain the least amount of kinetic energy.

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The process by which a liquid turns into a gas/vapor.
A phase transition from the liquid phase vapor. There are two types of vaporization: evaporation and boiling.
And noncrystalline solid in which the atoms and molecules are not organized in a definite lattice pattern.
Or a fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid.
A substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.
A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid)

15 Clues: The temperature at which a given solid will melt • The process by which a liquid turns into a gas/vapor. • The temperature at which a liquid boils and turns into vapor. • The rapid vaporization of a liquid which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point. • ...

States of Matter 2022-11-22

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ransition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state
water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
substance that flows freely
conversion of a substance from the liquid or solid phase into the gaseous phase
bringing a liquid to the temperature at which it turns to vapor
below 32°F (0°C)
highly defined arrangements of molecular chains

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any noncrystalline solid in which the atoms and molecules are not organized in a definite pattern
temperature at which it starts to change into steam or vapor
process of turning from liquid into vapor
the temperature at which a given solid will melt
substance that has no fixed shape
firm and stable shape
expands freely to fill the whole of a container
becoming liquefied by heat

15 Clues: below 32°F (0°C) • firm and stable shape • becoming liquefied by heat • substance that flows freely • substance that has no fixed shape • process of turning from liquid into vapor • expands freely to fill the whole of a container • highly defined arrangements of molecular chains • the temperature at which a given solid will melt • ...

United States Revolution 2024-12-03

United States Revolution crossword puzzle

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This man was voted the leader of the Continental Army
The number of troops the British sent in June 1776
This was the first major battle
This was the major result of the Revolutionary War and resulted in American Independence
These were passed by the parliament in an attempt to restore order in the colonies
This war led to the independence of Americans
When the battle of Princeton was won
The second Continental Congress was supposed to be held in this month

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This war caused new taxes such as the Stamp Act to be placed on the colonies
The famous saying related to the Revolutionary War
overthrow of a government or special power
This man sounded the alarm over British troops marching through Boston
The year of the first Continental Congress
Where the British troops marched
The army that George Washington led

15 Clues: This was the first major battle • Where the British troops marched • The army that George Washington led • When the battle of Princeton was won • overthrow of a government or special power • The year of the first Continental Congress • This war led to the independence of Americans • The famous saying related to the Revolutionary War • ...

Social Studies - Ch. 12 Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-12

Social Studies - Ch. 12 Vocab Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle

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Practice of rewarding one’s political supporters with government jobs.
Presidential statement that declared that North and South America were off-limits to future colonization by any foreign power.
Agency created by Congress to oversee federal policy toward American Indians.
Law passed by Congress that authorized the removal of American Indians who lived east of the Mississippi River.
Originally made up of people who supported Andrew Jackson in the presidential election of 1828.
Meeting whose purpose is to select a political party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the federal government, not the states, had authority over the Cherokee.

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First federal road project in the United States, which began construction in 1815.
Large canal project that ran from Albany to Buffalo, New York.
Treaty that limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the United States and Great Britain.
President Andrew Jackson’s trusted advisors.
Treaty in which Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
Agreement between the United States and Canada that gave the United States fishing rights off parts of the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts and established the border between the United States and Canada at the 49th parallel, as far west as the Rocky Mountains.
Plan for using high tariffs to pay for internal improvements in the United States.
Financial crisis that led to severe economic depression.

15 Clues: President Andrew Jackson’s trusted advisors. • Financial crisis that led to severe economic depression. • Treaty in which Spain ceded Florida to the United States. • Large canal project that ran from Albany to Buffalo, New York. • Practice of rewarding one’s political supporters with government jobs. • ...

The Age Of Jackson!! 2018-01-31

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went all the way to the U.S. Suprem Court.
Calhoun warned that states had the right to rebel if their rights were violated.
"To the victor belong the valued goods of the enemy."
Many people who backed president Adams began calling themselves National Republicans.
these were a public meeting to select the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates.
an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, and the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
The members sometimes meet in the wight house kitchen.
an American politician who twice served in the United States House of Representatives, representing New Hampshire and Massachusetts, served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.

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Not everyone gained greater political power, however.
Was one of Jacksons strongest allies in his official cabinet.
a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.
a general from the battle of tippecanoe.
political powers reserved for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment.
this crisis led to a severe economic depression.
political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States. Four United States Presidents belonged to the party while in office.

15 Clues: a general from the battle of tippecanoe. • went all the way to the U.S. Suprem Court. • this crisis led to a severe economic depression. • Not everyone gained greater political power, however. • "To the victor belong the valued goods of the enemy." • The members sometimes meet in the wight house kitchen. • ...

Causes of and events leading to the Civil War 2023-10-12

Causes of and events leading to the Civil War crossword puzzle

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- A soldier that is wounded or killed during bInfantry - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot
- Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
- A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
- A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
- When a person is murdered for political reasons.
- An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
- The side of an army or military unit.

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- A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
- A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
- A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
- The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
- A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
- A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
- The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.

15 Clues: - The side of an army or military unit. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union. • - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party. • ...

The Development of Canada 2013-11-27

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The former name of Nova Scotia.
The treaty which transferred the lands of New France to Britain.
The British colonies that declared their independence in 1776 to become the original states of the United States of America.
The term used by settlers in the Thirteen Colonies to describe acts passed by the British Parliament prior to the American Revolution.
People loyal to Britain who migrated from the United States to Ontario and the Maritimes following American independence in 1776.
The name given to the territories granted to the Hudson Bay Company in 1670.
In New France, the administrator responsible for finance and justice.
Hostilities between Britain and France that broke out in 1756.
The unfavourable treatment of a person or group of people based on prejudice about race, age, or gender.
Independence in exercising power or authority.
A union of a group of people, states, or countries for a common purpose.

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To add territory, especially without permission.
This created two countries: by design it gave brith to the United States, and by circumstance it sowed the seeds for the future nation of Canada.
The difference between the birth rate and the death rate.
The British act of Parliament in 1867 that created the Dominion of Canada.
A person who is bound by contract to serve another person.
The constitutional rights of people to vote and have equal treatment and protection under the law.
A secret transportation network in Canada and the United States before the American Civil War set up to help slaves escape to freedom in the northern states and Canada.
The term used by Acadians in reference to their deportation from Nova Scotia by the British in 1755.

19 Clues: The former name of Nova Scotia. • Independence in exercising power or authority. • To add territory, especially without permission. • The difference between the birth rate and the death rate. • A person who is bound by contract to serve another person. • Hostilities between Britain and France that broke out in 1756. • ...

Early Statehood 2022-12-09

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Texas was allowed to be a _________ state in the compromise of 1850.
The treaty that ended the Mexican American war
the believe that the United States should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Texas lost land to __________ in the compromise of 1850
The United States President when Texas was annexed
the river that the United States claimed as the border to Mexico

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agreement that dealt with slavery in 1850
Texas was not annexed the first time they asked because the United States was afraid of the ________ of slavery
the author of the Compromise of 1850
The land given to the United States by Mexico
The first governor of Texas
Texas was __________ to the United States in 1845.
The President of Texas when Texas was annexed
Texas received $10 ______ for their land in the Compromise of 1850.

14 Clues: The first governor of Texas • the author of the Compromise of 1850 • agreement that dealt with slavery in 1850 • The land given to the United States by Mexico • The President of Texas when Texas was annexed • The treaty that ended the Mexican American war • Texas was __________ to the United States in 1845. • The United States President when Texas was annexed • ...

Wanted: A Just Right Government Puzzle 2024-09-13

Wanted: A Just Right Government Puzzle crossword puzzle

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The branch that carries out laws
In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on its
Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution
The only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention
Under the Virginia plan, these states would have more power
The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation

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The branch that interprets laws
The Articles of Confederation was the first plan for a US
The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
One of the two things people were afraid states might lose
The branch that makes laws
The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are to state laws
One problem was that states charged these on goods from other states

14 Clues: The branch that makes laws • The branch that interprets laws • The branch that carries out laws • The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes • The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation • The Articles of Confederation was the first plan for a US • One of the two things people were afraid states might lose • ...

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