states Crossword Puzzles

Greek City States 2024-02-20

Greek City States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. conquered the Mycenaeans
  2. the first European civilization
  3. name of the sea that the Greeks dominated
  4. paintings in watercolor done on wet plaster.
  5. how the Greeks got their riches
  6. one of the greatest Greek poets
  7. the famous Minoan palace
  8. the name of the peninsula Greece in on
Down
  1. dominated the Aegean Sea from about 1400 BCE to 1200 BCE
  2. a city that controls the surrounding villages
  3. building on top of a polis that is dedicated to different god or goddess
  4. island the Minoans settled on
  5. a poem written by Homer that tells about the Dorian invasion
  6. the war between Troy and the Mycenaeans
  7. name the Greeks gave city states

15 Clues: conquered the Mycenaeans • the famous Minoan palace • island the Minoans settled on • the first European civilization • how the Greeks got their riches • one of the greatest Greek poets • name the Greeks gave city states • the name of the peninsula Greece in on • the war between Troy and the Mycenaeans • name of the sea that the Greeks dominated • ...

States of Matter 2024-02-09

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the amount of space that a substance or object takes up
  2. a property that can be observed,measured,or changing the matter itself
  3. a way of measuring how hot or cold something is;measured using either the Fahrenheit (F) or Celsius (C) scale
  4. the forms matter can take,such as solid liquid, and gas
  5. state of matter which substance expands and takes both shape and volume of container
  6. a state of matter that has a constant size but does not have a constant shape
  7. a container with measured markings used to measure the volume of liquids
  8. how much mass a substance has in relation to the amount of space it takes up
Down
  1. the decimal measuring system based on the meter,litter,and gram as units of length,volume(capacity),and weight or mass
  2. any substance that has mass and takes up space
  3. the force over a unit of area caused by the weight of the atmosphere pushing down on Earth
  4. the amount of matter in something
  5. is a tool used to measure masses very precisely
  6. a state of matter with a constant shape and size
  7. a force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move

15 Clues: the amount of matter in something • any substance that has mass and takes up space • is a tool used to measure masses very precisely • 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 • a force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move • ...

U.S. States Crossword 2023-10-20

U.S. States Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. My name is the Spanish word for mountains.
  2. There are two parts of me.
  3. You can find Las Vegas here.
  4. My capital sounds like a month of the year.
  5. I am next to Maryland.
  6. You can find Seattle here.
  7. I am a peninsula.
  8. My capital is Salt Lake City.
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  1. I am named after a big river.
  2. My capital has the same name as me.
  3. I am under Tennessee.
  4. My name has a silent "c" in it.
  5. My name rhymes with Alaska.
  6. I am next to Illinois.
  7. I am next to New York.

15 Clues: I am a peninsula. • I am under Tennessee. • I am next to Illinois. • I am next to New York. • I am next to Maryland. • There are two parts of me. • You can find Seattle here. • My name rhymes with Alaska. • You can find Las Vegas here. • I am named after a big river. • My capital is Salt Lake City. • My name has a silent "c" in it. • My capital has the same name as me. • ...

States of Matter 2024-04-03

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Particles closely packed together
  2. What a solid does to turn into a liquid
  3. when particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
  4. When an object collapses in on itself
  5. When a salute is suspended in a solvent
  6. What a liquid does to turn into a solid
  7. Has no fixed volume
  8. When a solid skips the liquid phase and goes straight to a gas
Down
  1. When you mix a solid into a liquid and it disappears
  2. it forms after a solid has melted
  3. The amount of space an object takes up
  4. The stage when a liquid forms into a gas
  5. A set of instructions telling you how to do something
  6. Particles vibrate faster and push each other apart when thermal energy is added, causing solids, liquids, and gasses to expand (get bigger) when heated.
  7. 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 • ...

States of Matter 2024-04-29

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Building blocks of matter.
  2. The phase change of going from a solid to a liquid.
  3. A state of matter with particles moving freely and far apart, filling any container.
  4. The phase change of going from a gas to a solid.
  5. The forces that hold together the molecules in a substance.
  6. A state of matter with no definite shape but definite volume.
Down
  1. The phase change of going from a solid to a gas.
  2. The phase change of going from a gas to a liquid.
  3. Adding or removing heat to change the physical state of something.
  4. The phase change of going from a liquid to a gas.
  5. The overall measurement of kinetic energy, related to motion of particles.
  6. Something that takes up space and has a measurable mass.
  7. How much space something takes up
  8. The phase change of going from a liquid to a solid.
  9. A state of matter with definite shape and volume.

15 Clues: Building blocks of matter. • How much space something takes up • The phase change of going from a solid to a gas. • The phase change of going from a gas to a solid. • The phase change of going from a gas to a liquid. • The phase change of going from a liquid to a gas. • A state of matter with definite shape and volume. • ...

Physical States & Emotions 2024-11-06

Physical States & Emotions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Kesepian = .....
  2. Murka = .....
  3. ..... = Dissapointed
  4. ..... = Dipermalukan
  5. Haus = .....
  6. ..... = Cold
  7. Jijik = .....
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  1. Sangat lelah = .....
  2. Bosan = .....
  3. Sengsara = .....
  4. Mengantuk = .....
  5. ..... = Worried
  6. ..... = Upset
  7. ...... = Full
  8. ..... = Afraid

15 Clues: Haus = ..... • ..... = Cold • Bosan = ..... • Murka = ..... • ..... = Upset • ...... = Full • Jijik = ..... • ..... = Afraid • ..... = Worried • Kesepian = ..... • Sengsara = ..... • Mengantuk = ..... • Sangat lelah = ..... • ..... = Dissapointed • ..... = Dipermalukan

Unit 12 Vocabulary 2019-04-23

Unit 12 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a document signed by a large number of people demanding or asking for some action from the government or another authority
  2. order an order, having the same authority as a law, issued by the President of the United States
  3. the specific physical features of an area of land, especially as considered with reference to its military advantages.
  4. a person who is involved in a secret plan to do something harmful or illegal
  5. obtaining of materials and supplies , especially with care or effort
  6. generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering
  7. to give orders, or tell someone exactly what they must do, with total authority
  8. the period 1865–77 following the Civil War, during which former Confederate states were controlled by federal government a
  9. a tenant farmer, someone who works land that's rented from its owner (payment usially with part of the harvest)
  10. when two-thirds of the House and Senate approve of an amendment proposal and send it to the states for a vote; 3/4 of the states must approve
  11. a group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group
  12. so clear or obvious that no proof or explanation is needed
  13. to start to include more different types or things
  14. is a lying, no-good rascal; during Reconstruction -were white Southerners acting in support of the reconstruction governments
  15. occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
  16. to cut off supplies, war material or communications by surrounding a port, harbor, or city with hostile ships or troops.
  17. the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
  18. a state or country is independent and not under the authority of any other country
  19. desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness
  20. make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely
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  1. the states that did not separate from the United States, was operated by the US federal government
  2. surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender
  3. states slave holding states of the upper South, that chose not to secede from the Union. These states included Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri.
  4. score is twenty so … four times twenty is eighty
  5. separate from the country or larger group to which it belongs; stop being a member of
  6. 1. the act of freeing a person from another person's control; 2. the process of giving people social or political freedom and rights
  7. a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel
  8. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  9. (military) – extra personnel sent to increase the strength of an army or similar force
  10. A republic formed in 1861, and composed of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in order to preserve slavery and states' rights
  11. put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect
  12. take or seize (someone's property) with authority
  13. formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
  14. an agreement between a group of countries, political parties, or people who want to work together because of shared interests or aims
  15. an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler
  16. the process of coming into being, or of becoming important or prominent
  17. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity

37 Clues: score is twenty so … four times twenty is eighty • take or seize (someone's property) with authority • to start to include more different types or things • put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect • an official ban on trade or other commercial activity • so clear or obvious that no proof or explanation is needed • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary 2018-02-03

Unit 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  2. The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington
  3. a 1795 treaty between the United States and Great Britain that averted war, resolved issues remaining since the Treaty of Paris of 1783
  4. a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain
  5. It ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country and limited strategic parcels of land to the north and west.
  6. actions that a nation takes in relation to other nations
  7. patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.
  8. group of officials who head government departments and advise the president
  9. The Battle of New Orleans was a series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812 American combatants
  10. The XYZ Affair was a political/diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798 involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to an undeclared war called the Quasi-War
  11. political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
  12. a landmark case by the United States Supreme Court which forms the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States
  13. a stated sum or other valuable consideration paid by one sovereign or state to another in acknowledgment of subjugation or as the price of peace, security, protection, or the like.
  14. a 1789 law that created the structure of the supreme court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation
  15. restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being
  16. The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823
  17. the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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  1. John Marshall was an American politician and the fourth Chief Justice of the United States
  2. the act of taking men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice
  3. a number of young and outspoken members who were foes of Great Britain and supporters of expansion by the United States
  4. make legally null and void; invalidate.
  5. The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, in what is now Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh
  6. The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803
  7. It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports
  8. The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
  9. They made it harder for an immigrant to become a citizen, allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens who were deemed unconstitutional
  10. supporters of the constitution that wanted a stronger federal government`
  11. the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States
  12. announcement that declared the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain
  13. an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
  14. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.

31 Clues: make legally null and void; invalidate. • patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts. • actions that a nation takes in relation to other nations • It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports • supporters of the constitution that wanted a stronger federal government` • group of officials who head government departments and advise the president • ...

Federalism Vocab!! 2016-04-27

Federalism Vocab!! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The right of a state to be free from a lawsuit unless it gives permission to the suit. Under the Eleventh Amendment all states are considered sovereign.
  2. Made senators directly elected by the people; removed their selection from state legislatures.
  3. Type of government where the national government derives its powers from the states; a league of independent states.
  4. Contracts between states that carry the force of law; generally now used as a tool to address multistate policy concerns.
  5. System of government where the local and regional governments derive all authority from: strong national government.
  6. The intertwined relationship between the national, state and local governments that began with the New Deal. (Marble Cake Federalism).
  7. Portion of Article VI mandating that national law is supreme to all other laws passed by the states or any other subdivision of government.
  8. Section of Article IV of the Constitution that ensures judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in any other state.
  9. The basic principle of of federalism stating: “The powers not delegated to the United States by Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states , are reserved to the Stets, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
  10. Law that makes an act punishable as a crime even if the action was legal at the time it was committed.
  11. Broad grant with few strings attached; given to states by the federal government for general categories of activity, such as secondary education or health services.
  12. Powers reserved to the states by the Tenth Amendment that lie at the foundation of a state’s right to legislate for the public health and welfare of its citizens.
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  1. A concept derived from the Constitution’s supremacy clause that allows the national government to override or preempt state or local actions in certain areas.
  2. Authorized Congress to enact a national income tax.
  3. National laws that direct state or local governments to comply with federal rules or regulations (such as clean air or water standards) but contain little or no federal funding to defray the cost of meeting these requirements.
  4. Specific powers granted to Congress under Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution; these powers include taxation, coinage of money, regulation of commerce, and the authority to provide for a national defense.
  5. grants that allocated federal funds to states for a specific purpose.
  6. The final paragraph of Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution, which gives Congress the authority to pass all laws necessary and proper” to carry out the enumerated powers specified in the Constitution; also called the elastic clause.
  7. A law declaring an act illegal without a judicial trial.
  8. Powers derived from enumerated powers and the necessary and proper clause. These powers are not stated specifically but are considered to be reasonably implied through the exercise of delegated powers.
  9. Part of Article IV of the constitution that requires states to extradite, or return, criminals to states where they have been convicted or are to stand trial.
  10. Federal-state relationship proposed by Reagan administration during the 1980s; hallmark is returning administrative powers to the state governments.
  11. System of government where the national government and state governments share power, derive all authority from the people, and the powers of the government are specified in a constitution.
  12. Authority possessed by both the state and national governments that may be exercised concurrently as long as that power is not exclusively within the scope of national power or in conflict with national law.
  13. The belief that having separate and equally powerful levels of government is the best arrangement. (Layer Cake Federalism)

25 Clues: Authorized Congress to enact a national income tax. • A law declaring an act illegal without a judicial trial. • grants that allocated federal funds to states for a specific purpose. • Made senators directly elected by the people; removed their selection from state legislatures. • ...

civil war 2022-03-10

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Forcing people to do labour
  2. Edmunds/ A field nurse who served in the war
  3. Houston/ He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas
  4. Hamilton/ United States Army officer who served with distinction during the Mexican–American War
  5. the United States led by President Abraham Lincoln
  6. rights/ the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government
  7. someone who didn't agree with secession
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  1. of Sabine/ a failed Union Army attempt to invade the Confederate state of Texas
  2. Lincoln/ 16th president
  3. the withdrawal of 11 slave states
  4. /Confederate States of America
  5. of Galveston/ a naval and land battle of the American Civil War
  6. someone who used to be a slave
  7. a ruler

14 Clues: a ruler • Lincoln/ 16th president • Forcing people to do labour • /Confederate States of America • someone who used to be a slave • the withdrawal of 11 slave states • someone who didn't agree with secession • Edmunds/ A field nurse who served in the war • the United States led by President Abraham Lincoln • of Galveston/ a naval and land battle of the American Civil War • ...

Civil War 2021-11-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. War between the North and South.
  2. President of the United States of America during the Civil War`
  3. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  4. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  5. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  6. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
  7. General for the South; got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle
  8. A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.
  9. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
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  1. ship made of iron
  2. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket.
  3. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
  4. people that are wounded or killed
  5. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia
  6. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware).

15 Clues: ship made of iron • War between the North and South. • people that are wounded or killed • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • President of the United States of America during the Civil War` • ...

Causes of The Civil War by Juan 2022-03-10

Causes of The Civil War by Juan crossword puzzle
Across
  1. state that is against slavery
  2. something that involves ownership of someone else
  3. small war between pro slavery and anti slavery states fought in 1854-1859
  4. where you pick a side between the south and the north
  5. was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
  6. repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
  7. upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
  8. moving west is known as...
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  1. best cash crop the south grew
  2. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860
  3. factories vs agriculture
  4. states arguing about how much power the federal government should have
  5. state that supports slavery
  6. the 16th president
  7. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.

15 Clues: the 16th president • factories vs agriculture • moving west is known as... • state that supports slavery • best cash crop the south grew • state that is against slavery • something that involves ownership of someone else • where you pick a side between the south and the north • the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 • ...

Era of Good Feelings 2024-03-06

Era of Good Feelings crossword puzzle
Across
  1. German and Irish citizens move to America fleeing political trouble in their home nations
  2. A Protestant religious revival in the early 1800s
  3. An agreement between the United States and Spain that divided North America and gave the United States Florida
  4. The first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, giving the Western states a route to trade with the Eastern states
  5. A machine that separates cotton fibers from their seeds, which helped transform the Southern economy
  6. The belief that organized religion and political parties harm the goodness of the individual
  7. A system devised by Henry Clay in which the East will help to construct new roads and canals in exchange for Western support of the protective tariff
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  1. The first federal highway in the United States that helped to unify the country
  2. As a result of industrialization and the factory system, many people have flocked to the bustling economy in cities
  3. A term coined by politicians who observed the new importance of the cotton crop to the American economy
  4. Introduced Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance of representation
  5. A United States foreign policy that prevents European nations from colonizing the Americas
  6. The Supreme Court in the United States from 1801 to 1835 led by Chief Justice John Marshall
  7. The sixth president of the United States and Secretary of State to President Monroe
  8. A financial crisis in the United States created by the excessive bank loans of the National Bank

15 Clues: A Protestant religious revival in the early 1800s • The first federal highway in the United States that helped to unify the country • The sixth president of the United States and Secretary of State to President Monroe • German and Irish citizens move to America fleeing political trouble in their home nations • ...

States 2022-08-25

States crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I border Mexico and Arizona
  2. I have a panhandle and I’m next to Teaxs
  3. I am the closest state to Cuba
Down
  1. I I’m land locked and have a city named hairrmen
  2. I border Canada and Oregon
  3. I hold the nations capital I border Delaware

6 Clues: I border Canada and Oregon • I border Mexico and Arizona • I am the closest state to Cuba • I have a panhandle and I’m next to Teaxs • I hold the nations capital I border Delaware • I I’m land locked and have a city named hairrmen

states 2022-05-24

states crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - There are a lot of billboards.
  2. - It only snows a little bit there.
Down
  1. - It has no animals that can kill you.
  2. - There are a lot of mexican people.
  3. - you can go to disney there.
  4. - It is very warm there.

6 Clues: - It is very warm there. • - you can go to disney there. • - There are a lot of billboards. • - It only snows a little bit there. • - There are a lot of mexican people. • - It has no animals that can kill you.

Optional & Other Health Insurance Provisions 2024-07-03

Optional & Other Health Insurance Provisions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This provisions states all amounts payable shall be adjusted to the amount the premium paid would have purchased at the correct age. The insurer will adjust benefits to increase of insured is younger than stated in the application or reduce benefits if the insured is older than stated in the application.
  2. This provisions states if a premium is due at the time a claim is made under a policy, the amount of the premium will be deducted from the benefit payable under the claim.
  3. Also know as Right to Examine, stating the insured has the right to look over the policy and decide wether or not to keep it. The most common health insurance time frame for this is 10days. However, long-term care insurance & Medicare supplements have 30 days.
  4. This provisions states the insurer may cancel a policy at any time by giving the insured 5days written notice. Cancellation is effective when written notice is received by the insurer.Unearned premium will be returned to the insured on a pro rata basis.
  5. The more favorable this provision is to the insured, the higher the premium.
  6. This provisions states if an insured's total disability income benefits exceeds the greater of the insured's earnings at the time of disability or the insured's average monthly earnings for the past two years, the benefit payable is reduced and the premium paid for the excess coverage is refunded to the insured.
  7. This provisions states each insurance company pays a proportionate share when providing benefits for the same loss and excess premiums are refunded to the policyowner.
  8. This provisions states the insurer shall not be liable for any loss sustained by the insuredwhile under the influence of alchol or a narcotic unless it was taken under the advice of a physician.
  9. This provisions states the insurer can cancel it at any time.
  10. This provisions states the insurer cannot cancel coverage (except for non-payment of premium) or raise premiums.
  11. This provisions states if an insured has more than one policy of a similar type with an insurance company, the insurer can limit the amount of benefits that will be paid under all contracts. Excess premiums are refunded over a specified amount.
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  1. This provision automatically amends any policy provision to conform to the minimum requirements of the insured's state of residence.
  2. Under this provision, coverage is temporarily suspended if the insured is serving in the military. Coverage is reactivated when the insured leaves military service.
  3. The insurer's promise to pay under the conditions described in the policy. It also identifies the type of loss covered by the contract.
  4. This provisions states the policy cannot be canceled except for non-payment of premium, and premiums may increase on a renewal date if the insurer has raised premiums for all insureds in that coverage classification.
  5. This provisions states the insurer has the option to renew or not for any reason on a premium due or anniversary date.
  6. This provisions states the insurer will not be liable for any loss that was caused by the insured's commission of or attempt to commit a felony. Also the insurer is not liable for a loss caused by the insured engaging in an illegal occupation.
  7. An exchange of value & is a necessary element of a legal contract.
  8. This provisions states the insurer may terminate coverage but only for reasons not based on the insured's health such as reaching a certain age.
  9. The insurance company may make changes to the premiumrates or benefits, when the insured does this.

20 Clues: This provisions states the insurer can cancel it at any time. • An exchange of value & is a necessary element of a legal contract. • The more favorable this provision is to the insured, the higher the premium. • The insurance company may make changes to the premiumrates or benefits, when the insured does this. • ...

America's House 2014-12-09

America's House crossword puzzle
Across
  1. worker
  2. Adams
  3. employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
  4. act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
  5. by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
  6. President of the United States (1735-1826)
  7. President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
Down
  1. Wilson
  2. (someone) to hold public office or some other position by voting
  3. vice president and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933)
  4. Coolidge
  5. President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826)
  6. Jefferson
  7. politically organized body of people under a single government
  8. President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
  9. chief executive of a republic

16 Clues: Adams • Wilson • worker • Coolidge • Jefferson • chief executive of a republic • President of the United States (1735-1826) • by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules • politically organized body of people under a single government • (someone) to hold public office or some other position by voting • ...

Building a New Nation 2020-04-02

Building a New Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
  2. The battle of 1812 took place here.
  3. Tax that is paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  4. Served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
  5. Support for the political independence of a particular nation or people.
  6. Lemhi Shoshone woman who net and helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
  7. Spain controlled the peninsula of this state in 1812.
  8. The taking of men into military or naval force by compulsion.
  9. Writer of the Star Spangled Banner.
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  1. Served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
  2. Served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States.
  3. Admitted to the union in 1812.
  4. The National anthem of the United States, written on September 14,1814.
  5. First major improved highway built between 1811 and 1837.
  6. Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom to limit naval armaments on the Great Lakes.

15 Clues: Admitted to the union in 1812. • The battle of 1812 took place here. • Writer of the Star Spangled Banner. • Spain controlled the peninsula of this state in 1812. • Served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. • First major improved highway built between 1811 and 1837. • Tax that is paid on a particular class of imports or exports. • ...

Building a New Nation 2020-04-02

Building a New Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
  2. America’s ally when fighting against the British in the war of 1812.
  3. advocacy of or support for the political independence of a particular nation or people.
  4. America’s main enemy in the war of 1812.
  5. a tropical state that Spain has ceded to America.
  6. a procedure by which a court can review an administrative action.
  7. purchased by America and it also doubled the size of our country.
Down
  1. America’s national anthem.
  2. a general embargo on all foreign nations enacted by the United States Congress.
  3. The United States Military Academy.
  4. The fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
  5. the second vice president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.
  6. pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa.
  7. a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S.
  8. the U.S. capital.

15 Clues: the U.S. capital. • America’s national anthem. • The United States Military Academy. • America’s main enemy in the war of 1812. • a tropical state that Spain has ceded to America. • pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa. • The fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. • the second vice president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. • ...

APHUMANGEO 4.8 2024-02-19

APHUMANGEO 4.8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is another factor that leads to the devolution of states?
  2. Physical geography has led to devolution in the country of?
  3. What is the process in which regions within a state demand and gain political strength?
  4. What is one example of terrorism that is caused by a want for devolution?
  5. What is one last factor that leads to the devolution of states?
  6. What is one different factor that leads to the devolution of states?
Down
  1. What is one other factor that leads to the devolution of states?
  2. What is one factor that leads to the devolution of states?
  3. What is one last aspect of autonomy?
  4. When distance increases between two locations, interactions decrease, what is this called?
  5. One extreme example of ethnic cleansing is?
  6. What is another aspect of autonomy?
  7. What is one aspect of autonomy?
  8. What is one more factor that leads to the devolution of states?
  9. One example of devolution in the UK is?

15 Clues: What is one aspect of autonomy? • What is another aspect of autonomy? • What is one last aspect of autonomy? • One example of devolution in the UK is? • One extreme example of ethnic cleansing is? • What is one factor that leads to the devolution of states? • Physical geography has led to devolution in the country of? • ...

Causes of The Civil War 2022-03-10

Causes of The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
  2. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860
  3. small war between pro slavery and anti slavery states fought in 1854-1859
  4. something that involves ownership of someone else
  5. where you pick a side between the south and the north
  6. state that is against slavery
  7. factories vs agriculture
Down
  1. state that supports slavery
  2. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
  3. repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
  4. states arguing about how much power the federal government should have
  5. moving west is known as...
  6. upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
  7. the 16th president
  8. best cash crop the south grew

15 Clues: the 16th president • factories vs agriculture • moving west is known as... • state that supports slavery • best cash crop the south grew • state that is against slavery • something that involves ownership of someone else • where you pick a side between the south and the north • the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 • ...

Causes of The Civil War 2022-03-10

Causes of The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
  2. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860
  3. small war between pro slavery and anti slavery states fought in 1854-1859
  4. something that involves ownership of someone else
  5. where you pick a side between the south and the north
  6. state that is against slavery
  7. factories vs agriculture
Down
  1. state that supports slavery
  2. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
  3. repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
  4. states arguing about how much power the federal government should have
  5. moving west is known as...
  6. upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
  7. the 16th president
  8. best cash crop the south grew

15 Clues: the 16th president • factories vs agriculture • moving west is known as... • state that supports slavery • best cash crop the south grew • state that is against slavery • something that involves ownership of someone else • where you pick a side between the south and the north • the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 • ...

TEST PREP - PD.7 2021-09-30

TEST PREP - PD.7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In a __________ such as Iran religious leaders are in charge.
  2. The social contract theory as applied to the Declaration of Independence most directly reflects the ideas of __________.
  3. The term __________ is best defined as the division of power between the states and the national government.
  4. In an absolute __________, such as Saudi Arabia, a king or queen has all the power, but in a Constitutional __________, such as Great Britain, the power of king or queen is limited.
  5. In 1790, the first census of the United States was taken in order to determine each state’s __________ in Congress.
  6. Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances are constitutional principles that reduce the __________ of governmental power.
  7. According to the United States Constitution, the federal __________ is used to determine the apportionment of members in the House of Representatives.
  8. A form of government where one person has all the power.
  9. To prevent tyranny, the authors of the Constitution drew on Montesquieu’s concept of separation of __________.
  10. The United States Constitution corrected a weakness of the Articles of Confederation by creating three __________ of government.
  11. One way in which the Declaration of Independence and the original United States Constitution are similar is that both promote the idea of the __________ of the governed.
  12. The authors of the United States Constitution established a __________ legislature primarily because they reached a compromise between the large states and the small states over representation.
  13. In a __________ dictatorship the government has almost total control over people’s lives.
Down
  1. The __________ powers belong to the United States Government.
  2. Senate Rejects Supreme Court Nominee; Supreme Court Declares National Recovery Act (NRA) Unconstitutional; Congress Overrides Truman Veto of Taft Hartley Act Each of these headlines illustrates the use of __________.
  3. __________ of President Donald Trump by the US House of Representatives is an example of the use of checks and balances.
  4. “Congress shall have power . . . to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . . ” This statement from the United States Constitution is referred to as the __________ clause.
  5. During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the plans for __________ proposed by delegates from New Jersey and Virginia differed mainly over the issue of equal state representation or proportionate state representation.
  6. I The structure of the legislative branch of government is set out in __________ of the Constitution.
  7. A fundamental principle of a republican form of government is that legislation must be passed by the __________ representatives of the people.
  8. European __________ thinkers and writers of the 17th and 18th centuries such as John Locke influenced America’s colonial development by providing ideas about self-government and political Rights.
  9. The Preamble to the United States Constitution illustrates the principle that __________ are the true source of political power.
  10. A form of government where a small group has most of the power.
  11. A __________form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people.
  12. The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed to provide adequate powers for the __________ government.

25 Clues: A form of government where one person has all the power. • The __________ powers belong to the United States Government. • In a __________ such as Iran religious leaders are in charge. • A form of government where a small group has most of the power. • In a __________ dictatorship the government has almost total control over people’s lives. • ...

Unit 5 Vocab 2018-01-26

Unit 5 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plan of action by a nation toward other nations
  2. the practice of forcing people into military service
  3. a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States
  4. the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
  5. at the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and U.S. forces, led by Andrew Jackson, that ended in a victory for the United States
  6. the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional
  7. a devotion to one's nation and its interests
  8. a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812
  9. a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that settled differences and put off a threat of military conflict between the two nations
  10. a member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson, favored states' rights
  11. an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
  12. laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
  13. the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
  14. in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
  15. a law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation
Down
  1. an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow
  2. President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America
  3. the treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio
  4. loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country
  5. an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
  6. explorers that traveled through the Louisiana Purchase from 1804-1806
  7. the members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
  8. an 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States
  9. the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
  10. a 1793 statement by President Washington that declared the United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict
  11. a payment by a weaker party to a stronger party in return for protection
  12. a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships
  13. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government

28 Clues: a devotion to one's nation and its interests • a plan of action by a nation toward other nations • the practice of forcing people into military service • an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade • an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow • loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country • ...

Maine 2017-05-01

Maine crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Augusta is the most ______ capital city in the United States
  2. In Wilton there's a cannery that imports and cans only __________ greens
  3. Aroostook County at 6,453 square miles covers an area greater than the combined size of _________ and Rhode Island
  4. Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one
  5. Bath is known as the City of ____
  6. Mount ________ is the state's highest point at 5,268 feet above sea level
  7. 90% of the country's ________ supply is produced in Maine
  8. became the nation's first incorporated city in 1642
Down
  1. The ______ Mountain National Forest covers nearly 800,000 acres, the forest covers a landscape ranging from hardwood forests to the largest alpine area east of the Rocky Mountains
  2. was the first Veteran's Hospital in the United States. The facility was founded in 1866
  3. was first temporarily selected as the state capital. In 1832 the capital was moved to the centrally located site of Augusta
  4. Maine produces 99% of all the ______ in the country making it the single largest producer in the United States
  5. is the official state insect
  6. the official state bird
  7. National Park is the second most visited national park in the United States
  8. is the most eastern city in the United States. The city is considered the first place in the United States to receive the rays of the morning sun.
  9. Approximately ______ million pounds (nearly 90 percent) of the nation's lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine.

17 Clues: the official state bird • is the official state insect • Bath is known as the City of ____ • became the nation's first incorporated city in 1642 • 90% of the country's ________ supply is produced in Maine • Augusta is the most ______ capital city in the United States • Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one • ...

Amato 2024-03-27

Amato crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Information or ideas spread to influence public opinion.
  2. Curtain The symbolic division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War.
  3. weapons Powerful explosives that use atomic reactions, capable of causing massive destruction.
  4. wars Conflicts where two superpowers supported opposing sides without directly fighting each other.
  5. Countries that joined together to support and defend each other during the Cold War.
  6. A policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism.
  7. The practice of spying, gathering secret information from other countries.
  8. arms control Efforts to limit the number and use of nuclear weapons.
  9. A period of improved relations and reduced tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  10. Wall A wall built by East Germany to separate East and West Berlin during the Cold War.
  11. race A competition between nations to develop and acquire more advanced weapons.
Down
  1. Scare A period of intense fear of communism in the United States during the Cold War.
  2. A policy of not aligning with either the United States or the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
  3. airlift A massive airlift operation to supply West Berlin during the Soviet blockade.
  4. War A period of political tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
  5. theory The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would also fall.
  6. race A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve milestones in space exploration.
  7. coexistence The idea that the United States and the Soviet Union could peacefully coexist despite their ideological differences.
  8. The United States and the Soviet Union, the two dominant countries during the Cold War.
  9. fallout Radioactive particles released into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion.

20 Clues: A policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism. • Information or ideas spread to influence public opinion. • arms control Efforts to limit the number and use of nuclear weapons. • The practice of spying, gathering secret information from other countries. • race A competition between nations to develop and acquire more advanced weapons. • ...

Unit 6 Vocab 2018-03-07

Unit 6 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Erie Canal is a canal in New York that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System
  2. The Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States
  3. politician that stood for the wants of the west
  4. John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States
  5. the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
  6. the first federal highway
  7. William Henry Harrison Sr. was an American military officer, a principal contributor in the War of 1812, and the ninth President of the United States
  8. append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document
  9. the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
  10. The route over which settlers traveled to Oregon in the 1840s and 1850s; trails branched off from it toward Utah and California
  11. law that authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands
  12. an American soldier and politician
  13. The Mexican Cession is the region in the modern-day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  14. The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America
  15. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government
  16. Brigham Young was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, politician, and a settler in the Western United States
Down
  1. the right to vote in political elections
  2. The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,670-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States purchased in a treaty signed on December 30, 1853
  3. an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina that stood for the wants of the south
  4. the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848, in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo
  5. The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States
  6. an American statesman who served as a diplomat, minister and ambassador to foreign nations, and treaty negotiator
  7. the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution
  8. A mountain man is a male trapper and explorer who lives in the wilderness
  9. an American statesman who served as the eighth President of the United States
  10. Alamo is defined as a mission in San Antonio, Texas that was used as a fort during the Texas revolution
  11. The Nullification Crisis was a United States sectional political crisis in 1832-33, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government
  12. give up (power or territory)
  13. a prospector in the California gold rush of 1849
  14. Stephen Fuller Austin was an American empresario
  15. James Knox Polk was an American politician who served as the 11th President of the United States

31 Clues: the first federal highway • give up (power or territory) • an American soldier and politician • the right to vote in political elections • the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution • politician that stood for the wants of the west • a prospector in the California gold rush of 1849 • Stephen Fuller Austin was an American empresario • ...

Unit 5 Vocab 2018-01-18

Unit 5 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships.
  2. to cancel
  3. explorers that traveled through the Louisiana Purchase from 1804-1806.
  4. an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade.
  5. a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States.
  6. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government.
  7. the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional.
  8. a law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation.
  9. the treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio.
  10. in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory.
  11. a supporter of a strong federal government.
  12. the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
  13. a member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson, favored states' rights.
  14. the members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812.
  15. a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812.
  16. the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional.
  17. an 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States.
Down
  1. a plan of action by a nation toward other nations.
  2. President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America.
  3. the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803.
  4. loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country.
  5. an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional.
  6. at the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and U.S. forces, led by Andrew Jackson, that ended in a victory for the United States.
  7. the practice of forcing people into military service.
  8. a devotion to one's nation and its interests.
  9. a 1793 statement by President Washington that declared the United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict.
  10. the group of officials who head government departments and advise the President.
  11. a payment by a weaker party to a stronger party in return for protection.
  12. laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials.
  13. an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
  14. a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that settled differences and put off a threat of military conflict between the two nations.

31 Clues: to cancel • a supporter of a strong federal government. • a devotion to one's nation and its interests. • a plan of action by a nation toward other nations. • the practice of forcing people into military service. • an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade. • an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow. • ...

American Government Crossword 2019-08-29

American Government Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supported ratification of new Constitution
  2. the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
  3. Governmental decisions are shared by states and central
  4. prohibits states from denying the right to vote based on race.
  5. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
  6. Different states have different laws about different things.
  7. State and local governments hold most power
  8. Congress has the power "to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof"
  9. prohibits states from discriminating against non-state residents.
  10. counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
  11. an inherent weakness of majority rule in which the majority of an electorate can and does place its own interests above, and at the expense of those in the minority.
  12. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  13. Americans threw tea into the harbor! 1773.
  14. First 10 amendments to the Constitution
  15. set up equal protection of the law
  16. Prohibits Slavery
Down
  1. Separation/sharing of power between federal and state governments
  2. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
  3. “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing [sic] in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."
  4. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
  5. legal decisions from one state are to be honored in other states.
  6. Central government holds most power
  7. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
  8. July 4, 1776
  9. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
  10. Rule by the people
  11. Every branch of government has its own responsibilities.
  12. control of a political situation by those outside the conventional or lawful realm, typically involving violence and intimidation.
  13. Opposed ratification of new Constitution
  14. an authoritarian form of government, characterized by a single leader or group of leaders with either no party or a weak party, little mass mobilization, and limited political pluralism.

30 Clues: July 4, 1776 • Prohibits Slavery • Rule by the people • set up equal protection of the law • Central government holds most power • First 10 amendments to the Constitution • Opposed ratification of new Constitution • Supported ratification of new Constitution • Americans threw tea into the harbor! 1773. • State and local governments hold most power • ...

Civil War & Reconstruction Crossword 2023-05-09

Civil War & Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The southern states that seceded from the United States during the Civil War
  2. The laws that were passed after the Civil War to help rebuild the United States
  3. A large farm that usually grows a cash crop
  4. The right of each state to make its own laws
  5. The separation of a state from a nation
  6. The separation of people by race
  7. A conflict between the North & South
  8. To murder someone powerful for political reasons
Down
  1. A person working to end slavery
  2. The right to vote
  3. The freeing of a group from slavery
  4. Bringing charges of wrongdoing against a government official
  5. Concern for regional needs and interests
  6. The northern states of the United States during the Civil War
  7. A set of laws that kept African Americans from voting, owning guns, or taking certain jobs
  8. An area of land granted to an American Indian tribe

16 Clues: The right to vote • A person working to end slavery • The separation of people by race • The freeing of a group from slavery • A conflict between the North & South • The separation of a state from a nation • Concern for regional needs and interests • A large farm that usually grows a cash crop • The right of each state to make its own laws • ...

SS 2018-01-25

SS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. explorers that traveled through the Louisiana Purchase from 1804-1806
  2. practice of forcing people into military service
  3. President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America
  4. a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States
  5. a supporter of a strong federal government
  6. a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812
  7. a plan of action by a nation toward other nations
  8. payment by a weaker party to a stronger party in return for protection
  9. the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional
  10. of Tippecanoe in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
  11. loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country
  12. the members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
  13. Treaty an 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States
  14. the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
  15. the group of officials who head government departments and advise the President
Down
  1. an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
  2. the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
  3. a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships
  4. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  5. the treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio
  6. a law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation
  7. an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow
  8. to cancel
  9. laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
  10. the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
  11. at the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and U.S. forces, led by Andrew Jackson, that ended in a victory for the United States
  12. a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that settled differences and put off a threat of military conflict between the two nations
  13. a 1793 statement by President Washington that declared the United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict
  14. a member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson, favored states' rights
  15. an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
  16. a devotion to one's nation and its interests

31 Clues: to cancel • a supporter of a strong federal government • a devotion to one's nation and its interests • practice of forcing people into military service • a plan of action by a nation toward other nations • an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade • an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow • ...

North America 2024-08-08

North America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 4th longest river in the United States and one of the main rivers in northwest Mexico and Southwest United States
  2. Founded by Spain in 1582, and known as the City of Los Angeles
  3. A major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America
  4. The hottest desert in both Mexico and the United States that stretches from Northwestern states of Mexico to the Southwestern states in the U.S.
  5. Capital of Canada
  6. Capital of the United States of America
Down
  1. Largest and deepest Ocean on Earth
  2. Second largest Ocean in the world
  3. Second longest river and the second largest drainage system in the North America
  4. A system of mountains formed 480 million years ago, that stretch from eastern to northeastern North America
  5. Capital of Mexico
  6. A southeastern coastal state that known for it’s shoreline tropical beaches, marsh like sea islands, Historical Charleston, and Ft. Sumter is located in this state in which is here the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  7. A series of 5 large interconnected freshwater lakes in the central eastern part of the United States and connect to the Atlantic Ocean and are ;located on the U.S.-Canadian borde
  8. Second largest and Most populous city in the United States
  9. A large area of exposed high grade metamorphic rocks. It is split into 4 provinces

15 Clues: Capital of Mexico • Capital of Canada • Second largest Ocean in the world • Largest and deepest Ocean on Earth • Capital of the United States of America • Second largest and Most populous city in the United States • Founded by Spain in 1582, and known as the City of Los Angeles • A major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America • ...

Nic W 4 2023-03-06

Nic W 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what slaves wanted
  2. people in the CSA
  3. baldwin city's county was named after whom
  4. first state governor of Kansas
  5. not in accordance with the constitution
  6. person who was killed for beliefs
  7. escaped slaves
  8. conflict between 2 sides
  9. Invests in stocks
  10. region where slave states were
Down
  1. follower of westward expansion
  2. authority of others while voting
  3. top general of the south
  4. person opposed to slavery
  5. act that added two more states
  6. soldiers of the south
  7. sixteenth president of the US
  8. set free
  9. region where free states were
  10. betraying one's country
  11. sealing off a place

21 Clues: set free • escaped slaves • people in the CSA • Invests in stocks • what slaves wanted • sealing off a place • soldiers of the south • betraying one's country • top general of the south • conflict between 2 sides • person opposed to slavery • sixteenth president of the US • region where free states were • follower of westward expansion • act that added two more states • ...

The Civil War 2015-04-12

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to withdraw from enemy forces
  2. war between the states (1861-1865)
  3. proclamation issued by Pres. Lincoln
  4. Union soldier in Civil War
  5. Commander of the Union Armies
  6. practice of owning slaves
  7. to enlist in armed forces
  8. 16th President of United States
  9. to give assistance
Down
  1. light gun with long barrel
  2. item designed to inflict bodily harm
  3. Lincoln granted all slaves
  4. southern states that seceded from the Union
  5. conflict
  6. highest officer in armed forces
  7. General that led the Confederate Army
  8. successful ending of a war
  9. garment worn by soldiers
  10. strategy to achieve a specific end
  11. feeling of hostility

20 Clues: conflict • to give assistance • feeling of hostility • garment worn by soldiers • practice of owning slaves • to enlist in armed forces • light gun with long barrel • Lincoln granted all slaves • Union soldier in Civil War • successful ending of a war • to withdraw from enemy forces • Commander of the Union Armies • highest officer in armed forces • 16th President of United States • ...

Discovery ed history crossword 2023-05-04

Discovery ed history crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (tool that increased productivity of. Cotton production)
  2. (The side of the war that was against the southern states during the civil war)
  3. (political power should be from the states and the peoples consent)
  4. (congressman who helped sign the Missouri compromise)
  5. (group of pro-slavery southerners)
  6. (Trade between Africa and america for slaves used for labor)
  7. (war between north and the south about slavery)
Down
  1. (signed the emancipation proclamation and was the 16th president)
  2. (a law that made states either free states or slave states
  3. (war between the US and Mexico fought by the border of Texas and Mexico)
  4. (the end of slavery after the 13th amendment)
  5. (and act signed to counteract the Missouri compromise, western states)
  6. (people who were against slavery, and mostly originated in the north)
  7. (a tax on imported goods)

14 Clues: (a tax on imported goods) • (group of pro-slavery southerners) • (the end of slavery after the 13th amendment) • (war between north and the south about slavery) • (congressman who helped sign the Missouri compromise) • (tool that increased productivity of. Cotton production) • (a law that made states either free states or slave states • ...

Federalism 2014-09-25

Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Federal categorical grants given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of mats of application
  2. System of government were both the state and national government remained supreme within on spheres each responsible for some policies
  3. A system of government in which powers and responsibilities are divided into national levels to address national and regional needs
  4. 1819 Supreme Court case that established the supremacy of national government over state government
  5. Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes or categories of state and local spending
  6. clause in article 4 section 8 of Constitution requires each state to recognize official document and civil judgments rendered by the courts of other states
  7. legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by officials and state in which crime is alleged to have been committed
  8. case in 1824 Supreme Court interpreted broadly the clause in article 1 section 8 giving Congress Power to regulate interstate commerce encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity
  9. pattern of spending taxing and providing grants in federal system
  10. Final paragraph in article 1 section 8 which authorizes Congress to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution
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  1. Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad projects in areas like community development and social service
  2. A clause in article 4 section 2 states citizens of each State most of the privileges of citizens of other states
  3. entire set of interactions among national state and local government
  4. System of government where powers and policy assignments are shared between states and national government
  5. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states reserve two states or people
  6. article six of Constitution makes concentration national law and treaties supreme overstate laws when the national government is acting within constitutional limits
  7. Way of organizing nation so all powers your size in central government
  8. an alliance of Independent states creates a central government available to power
  9. Powers of the federal government address specifically in Constitution for Congress powers in article 1 section 8
  10. Power of federal government that go beyond enumerated in the Constitution
  11. Organizes nation so two or more levels of government have more authority over same land and people
  12. Federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or administrative regulation

22 Clues: pattern of spending taxing and providing grants in federal system • entire set of interactions among national state and local government • Way of organizing nation so all powers your size in central government • Power of federal government that go beyond enumerated in the Constitution • ...

key terms, people, and concepts 2015-10-28

key terms, people, and concepts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
  2. This document served as the United States' first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect
  3. a principle of classical liberalism, free market libertarianism, and some tendencies of liberalism and conservatism in the United States
  4. a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing
  5. a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention
  6. rights that which cannot be given away or taken away
  7. the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons
  8. the part of English law this derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes
  9. diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
  10. a trend of thought that favors equality for all people
  11. a system of government in which all the people of a state or polity
  12. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives
  13. an advocate or supporter of federalism
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  1. a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773
  2. a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
  3. the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies
  4. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
  5. a form of government in which sovereignty is actually or nominally embodied in one or several individuals reigning until death or abdication
  6. a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch
  7. an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States
  8. Rights that people supposedly have under natural law
  9. the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  10. a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787
  11. supreme power or authority
  12. belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism

25 Clues: supreme power or authority • an advocate or supporter of federalism • Rights that people supposedly have under natural law • rights that which cannot be given away or taken away • a trend of thought that favors equality for all people • belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism • a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch • ...

Logan Green Articles X-Word 2024-02-09

Logan Green Articles X-Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _________ sent home their soldiers, disbanding the army because _________ could not pay them for their service.
  2. Because the Articles of Confederation gave all trading power and regulation to each individual states, there were economic winners and _______.
  3. Represantatives of Congress tried to fix their debt/money problem with two _________s that made states pay taxes to the government but both failed since not all of the states agreed. (All states had to approve an amendment which is different than a bill being passed.
  4. Noah Webster wrote an American _______ book.
  5. Alexander Hamilton hated congress, the world and the fools in it, and most surprisingly, h_______.
  6. Alexander Hamilton saw the U.S. as a future ______ ______.
  7. Congress fixed many issues written in the Articles of Confederation such as only allowing Congress to ____ money because States previously ____(ed) too much money which caused the money to become less valuable.
  8. Where did the delegates meet to revise the Articles of Confederation in May of 1787? P_________
  9. The land west of the Appalachian Mountains was turned into states by a law called the Northwest _______ of 1787
  10. How many states had to approve the bill for it to be passed? (_____ out of 13)
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  1. The Articles of Confederation created a national government centered on the (legislative branch), which was comprised of a ______ house.
  2. Congress wrote a new constitution at ______ ______ because the Articles of Confederation were flawed.
  3. What rebellion almost caused a civil war in Massachusetts?
  4. The Articles of Confederation made it so that only _______ could levy/impose taxes while the government had no power to impose taxes and had to request money from the states because they were bankrupt. (Underlying Crisis)
  5. Mostly _______ inhabited the boundaries of the “Western Land” which was won in the Treaty of Paris from England.
  6. Passed during the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation was the first U.S. __________.
  7. Shays' rebellion was made up of angry _______s because many of them could not pay their debts and were thrown in jail for this or the government took their land.
  8. Who realized that they were powerless because the continental army had been disbanded and the federal government had no money for new recruits. (A person who makes laws)
  9. Natural resources, __________, and isoltation from wars, were the advantages that the U.S. had that made this foreign born illegitimate, Alexander Hamilon see us as a future......
  10. After the war was over, some loyalists went to England while others went to _______. However, they felt like they did not really fit in.

20 Clues: Noah Webster wrote an American _______ book. • What rebellion almost caused a civil war in Massachusetts? • Alexander Hamilton saw the U.S. as a future ______ ______. • How many states had to approve the bill for it to be passed? (_____ out of 13) • Where did the delegates meet to revise the Articles of Confederation in May of 1787? P_________ • ...

THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION 2024-12-08

THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a law in 1787 that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union
  2. supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government
  3. the branch of government that administers and enforces the laws
  4. a document, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States
  5. a government in which the citizens rule through elected representatives
  6. a group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress
  7. an opponent of a strong central government
  8. the branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution
  9. a key figure in the Great Compromise, which established the structure of the United States Congress, the plan ultimately resolved a deadlock between large and small states over how legislative voting should work
  10. a political system in which a national government and constituent units, such as state governments, share power
  11. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms
  12. the Constitutional Convention's agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house
Down
  1. the branch of government that makes laws
  2. an alliance permitting states or nations to act together on matters of mutual concern
  3. a series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
  4. the provisions in the U.S. Constitution that prevent any branch of the U.S. government from dominating the other two branches
  5. believed the Articles of Confederation had several weaknesses, including a weak central government, an inability to conduct foreign policy, and a lack of structure to serve the new democracy
  6. the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people
  7. an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers protesting increased state taxes in 1787
  8. the official approval of the Constitution, or of an amendment, by the states
  9. the Constitutional Convention's agreement to count three-fifths of a state's slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation
  10. a law in 1785 that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains

22 Clues: the branch of government that makes laws • an opponent of a strong central government • the branch of government that administers and enforces the laws • supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government • the branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution • ...

ACW Revision 2024-04-28

ACW Revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The act of setting someone free from enslavement.
  2. A white Northern American who settled in the South after the ACW.
  3. The withdrawal of the Southern states.
  4. Which amendment confirmed the Emancipation Proclamation had abolished slavery?
  5. A large estate where cotton was typically grown.
Down
  1. Someone who wanted to eradicate slavery.
  2. The .... Era after the ACW?
  3. Those Southern States who left the Union in 1861.
  4. Which amendment guaranteed all American Citizens equality in law?
  5. The Northern states during the ACW.
  6. The Reconstruction .... had to be implemented by confederate states before they could be re-admitted to the union.
  7. The ....-Nebraska Act ended the Missouri Compromise?
  8. The .... system is where central government decides subjects that affect all states?
  9. Which amendment gave all black men the right to vote?
  10. A .... state where slavery does not occur.
  11. A tax put on goods brought into the US.

16 Clues: The .... Era after the ACW? • The Northern states during the ACW. • The withdrawal of the Southern states. • A tax put on goods brought into the US. • Someone who wanted to eradicate slavery. • A .... state where slavery does not occur. • A large estate where cotton was typically grown. • Those Southern States who left the Union in 1861. • ...

Citizenship/Civics 2024-05-30

Citizenship/Civics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
  2. What is one reason colonists came to America?
  3. The third President of the United States
  4. Washington D.C. was formed from land belonging to Virginia and _____
  5. The second President of the United States
  6. The ___________ sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic rights of Americans
Down
  1. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
  2. Capital of Massachusetts
  3. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
  4. What month is Independence Day?
  5. Who makes federal laws?
  6. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
  7. a change (to the Constitution), an addition (to the Constitution)
  8. We elect a President for how many years?
  9. Susan B. __________ fought for civil rights and the women's right to vote.
  10. A system of _______ and balances exits to make sure no branch has too much power.

16 Clues: Who makes federal laws? • Capital of Massachusetts • What month is Independence Day? • Who is the “Father of Our Country”? • The third President of the United States • We elect a President for how many years? • The second President of the United States • Name one problem that led to the Civil War. • What is one reason colonists came to America? • ...

Powers of Congress (Filmonchik, M.) 2017-03-09

Powers of Congress (Filmonchik, M.) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. raise and support (land)
  2. promoting the progress of this core subject
  3. make this rule about becoming citizens
  4. taking money from the citizens for public use
  5. make these that or like the supreme court but inferior
  6. take money from other states and return it
  7. make this with other nations
  8. necessary and _______
  9. fix a standard of _____ and measurements
Down
  1. do this to felons
  2. suspending ____ ____ in case of rebellion and invasion
  3. mail travels along
  4. make this makeshift army
  5. remove the president from office
  6. provide and maintain (water)
  7. sends mail
  8. regulate _____ with nations and states
  9. coin ______
  10. declare _____
  11. accepting these into the country

20 Clues: sends mail • coin ______ • declare _____ • do this to felons • mail travels along • necessary and _______ • raise and support (land) • make this makeshift army • provide and maintain (water) • make this with other nations • remove the president from office • accepting these into the country • make this rule about becoming citizens • regulate _____ with nations and states • ...

Bill of Rights Crossword Puzzle 2017-01-12

Bill of Rights Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What the Bill of Rights was written on
  2. Makes a change
  3. Individuals who fought for the Constitution
  4. Chief Executive
  5. Opposite of slavery
  6. First to rule
  7. Congress, Senate, and Supreme Court
  8. Used to write with
  9. What our Founding Fathers wore
  10. An agreement between countries or states
  11. Another word for a law
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  1. Opposite to the Senate
  2. Where the President stays
  3. Louisiana Purchase
  4. Used with cannon balls
  5. Fights for what is right
  6. United States
  7. Writer of the Bill of Rights
  8. Supreme law of the United States
  9. Flintlock
  10. Someone sent to a convention to represent a state

21 Clues: Flintlock • United States • First to rule • Makes a change • Chief Executive • Louisiana Purchase • Used to write with • Opposite of slavery • Opposite to the Senate • Used with cannon balls • Another word for a law • Fights for what is right • Where the President stays • Writer of the Bill of Rights • What our Founding Fathers wore • Supreme law of the United States • ...

Constitution Crossword Review 2022-10-18

Constitution Crossword Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The president that presided over the Constitutional Convention.
  2. Calls for two house legislature based on population (favored by large states).
  3. The 2nd house in congress that has equal representation.
  4. The policy that outlined westward expansion for future states.
  5. Extended voting rights beyond church members.
  6. The 1st house in congress that is based on population.
  7. A riot organized by farmers that proved the A.O.C. was too weak.
  8. The policy for counting slaves as a part of population for tax purposes.
  9. The author of the Great Compromise.
  10. The solution to how the states should be represented.
Down
  1. First legislative body in the colonies.
  2. The governing document created after the American Revolution; Had a weak central government.
  3. The governing document used in the United States today.
  4. The town where the Constitutional Convention was held.
  5. A social contract that established self-government.
  6. Calls for one house legislature and equal representation (favored by small states).
  7. Father of the U.S. Constitution.

17 Clues: Father of the U.S. Constitution. • The author of the Great Compromise. • First legislative body in the colonies. • Extended voting rights beyond church members. • A social contract that established self-government. • The solution to how the states should be represented. • The town where the Constitutional Convention was held. • ...

Dylan = 2nd hour 2023-03-06

Dylan = 2nd hour crossword puzzle
Across
  1. betray
  2. started after Lincoln became president.
  3. allowing residents to vote.
  4. someone who believes in expansion.
  5. an investor.
  6. repealed the Missouri compromise and aloud the people to vote.
  7. created an imaginary line to split the country.
  8. first territorial governor of Kansas.
  9. states that are anti slavery
Down
  1. president during the civil war.
  2. died for his cause
  3. an investor.
  4. areas that are not yet states.
  5. something that can be worse than a crime.
  6. a crop produced for commercial value.
  7. some who is anti slavery.
  8. states that are pro slavery
  9. to attack.
  10. became governor of Kansas.
  11. a person that dies for their beliefs.
  12. barrier.

21 Clues: betray • barrier. • to attack. • an investor. • an investor. • died for his cause • some who is anti slavery. • became governor of Kansas. • states that are pro slavery • allowing residents to vote. • states that are anti slavery • areas that are not yet states. • president during the civil war. • someone who believes in expansion. • a crop produced for commercial value. • ...

Calvins World War 2 Crossword 2021-04-27

Calvins World War 2 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. soviet union, France, united states, and great britain
  2. Germany, Japan, Italy
  3. Entered WWII on September 27th 1940
  4. major battle in the pacific theater
  5. "lightning war"
  6. religion that was centered around the
  7. led the united states 3rd army
  8. country responsible for world war 2
  9. flew suicide attacks for japan
  10. 33rd president of the united states
  11. Italian dictator
  12. Hitlers wife
Down
  1. Japanese city that was bombed
  2. length of the Battle of Guadalcanal
  3. "enemy aliens"
  4. organized the New Deal
  5. secret police stealing jews
  6. Normandy invasion
  7. first battle in history to be fought in the air
  8. German general

20 Clues: Hitlers wife • "enemy aliens" • German general • "lightning war" • Italian dictator • Normandy invasion • Germany, Japan, Italy • organized the New Deal • secret police stealing jews • Japanese city that was bombed • led the united states 3rd army • flew suicide attacks for japan • length of the Battle of Guadalcanal • Entered WWII on September 27th 1940 • ...

Government 2023-10-20

Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. right to bear arms
  2. political authority is with the people
  3. to right to speak with no harm
  4. made up of a prime minister and a member of a party
  5. powers not delegated to national gov. or denied to the states ,but reserved to the states.
  6. power divided between central government and local government
  7. judicial branch
  8. written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
  9. single and centralized government
Down
  1. having to do with praising
  2. government where power is held by a small group
  3. legislative branch
  4. alliance of independence states
  5. executive branch
  6. absolute and unchallengeable authority over people
  7. government where single person holds unlimited political power

16 Clues: judicial branch • executive branch • legislative branch • right to bear arms • having to do with praising • to right to speak with no harm • alliance of independence states • single and centralized government • political authority is with the people • government where power is held by a small group • absolute and unchallengeable authority over people • ...

Building a new nation 2020-05-12

Building a new nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
  2. Who was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States?
  3. Who was the ninth president of the United States?
  4. What is the oldest continuously occupied military post in America?
  5. Who was the third president of the United States?
  6. where is our nations capital located?
  7. Who was the seventh president of the United States?
  8. What state became a state in 1803 buy a purchase?
Down
  1. What is America’s National anthem?
  2. Who was the fourth president of the United States?
  3. What state became a US territory in 1821?
  4. This is a city in Louisiana.
  5. What is a word that means to impose a tax?
  6. Who defined the role of the First Lady?
  7. This is the waterway that connects to the Hudson River.

15 Clues: This is a city in Louisiana. • What is America’s National anthem? • Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner? • where is our nations capital located? • Who defined the role of the First Lady? • What state became a US territory in 1821? • What is a word that means to impose a tax? • Who was the ninth president of the United States? • ...

Civil war crossword puzzle 2021-03-29

Civil war crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This color represents the union states.
  2. Union war strategy that consisted of a naval blockade.
  3. The first shots were fired here and civil war began at this location.
  4. Capital of the confederate states of America.
  5. slave states that did not secede from the union.
  6. This color represented the confederates.
  7. served as a nurse during the civil war.
  8. the blue States that were united and no slavery.
  9. President of the confederate states of America.
Down
  1. Capital of the union.
  2. Voted to secede from the Union in 1860.
  3. Issued the Emancipation proclamation
  4. ships that were used by the confederates to break through the union's blockade.
  5. Led troops to victory in Tennessee and Mississippi.
  6. A war between two groups from the same country or state.

15 Clues: Capital of the union. • Issued the Emancipation proclamation • Voted to secede from the Union in 1860. • This color represents the union states. • served as a nurse during the civil war. • This color represented the confederates. • Capital of the confederate states of America. • President of the confederate states of America. • ...

Performance_Assessment 2023-12-04

Performance_Assessment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Reconstruction (1866-1867
  2. Legislators
  3. Abraham (1809 – 1865
  4. Compromise
  5. of 1850
  6. Amendment (1870)
  7. Slave Act (1850)
  8. Platform
  9. of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863
  10. scot case
Down
  1. Convention
  2. gin
  3. Rights
  4. Codes
  5. of 1860
  6. Reconstruction
  7. of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863
  8. Compromise
  9. States
  10. Amendment (1868
  11. Klux Klan

21 Clues: gin • Codes • Rights • States • of 1860 • of 1850 • Platform • Klux Klan • scot case • Convention • Compromise • Compromise • Legislators • Reconstruction • Amendment (1868 • Amendment (1870) • Slave Act (1850) • Abraham (1809 – 1865 • Reconstruction (1866-1867 • of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863 • of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863

Government Unit 2012-10-22

Government Unit crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An assembly to conduct judicial business
  2. Bill passed to a house of congress; bill gets majority of votes in both houses; president can then pass bill into law or veto it. If vetoed, bill must attain 2/3 majority in both houses to become law.
  3. The central government the unties the states today.
  4. The power to execute, enforce, and administer law.
  5. The upper house of the Untied States Congress
  6. Vote against
  7. of the Untied States Head of state
  8. The way in which changes are added to the constitution
  9. A member of the democratic Party
Down
  1. Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
  2. The lower Legislative house of the Untied States Congress
  3. Representatives
  4. The government of a local area
  5. The branch of Untied States Government that has power over legislating
  6. The act of officially naming a candidate
  7. Election in which voters choose the candidates from each party who will run in the General Election
  8. Not dependent on or conditions by or relative to anything else

17 Clues: Vote against • Representatives • The government of a local area • A member of the democratic Party • of the Untied States Head of state • An assembly to conduct judicial business • The act of officially naming a candidate • The upper house of the Untied States Congress • The power to execute, enforce, and administer law. • The central government the unties the states today. • ...

Gage's Government Crossword 2020-12-03

Gage's Government Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (Three Words) A clause in the Constitution establishes the Constitution and United States laws as the “supreme Law of the Land.”
  2. (Two Words) Powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
  3. (Two Words) Links people and government, gives voice to people.
  4. (Four Words) An election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
  5. (Two Words) An election
  6. (Two Words) A structure within a society that connects the people to the government or other centralized authority
  7. (Three Words) An act creating a new state
  8. in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
  9. (Two Words) Grants given to the states for a specific project, with little to no freedom in how it's spent.
  10. (Three Words) Grants of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, or localities.
  11. (Two Words) Money that goes to local government in areas where there are large federal land holding in lieu of property taxes that the local government can’t collect from the national government.
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  1. (Two Words) Powers found directly within the Constitution.
  2. (Two Words) Powers that are not expressly stated in the Constitution, but are reasonably suggested, or implied by, the expressed powers.
  3. The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
  4. (Two Words) Voting for candidates from multiple parties.
  5. (Two Words) Grants given to states with certain strings attached, limiting what the money could be spent on.
  6. (Two Words) Agreements among States with consent from Congress.
  7. (Two Words) An act directing people of the territory to frame a proposed constitution.
  8. (Two Words) Grants given to the states, in which they could spend it freely.
  9. (Five Words) The Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States.
  10. (Two Words) Citizen participation level and awareness of government decisions
  11. A system of government in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national government and the State governments
  12. (Two Words) Powers that belong only because the U.S. is sovereign. There are few of these. One is the National Gov’ts ability to regulate immigration.
  13. (Two Words) A collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends.
  14. (Two Words) Powers that can be exercised by the National Gov’t alone.
  15. (Two Words) Powers that both National and State Government have.

26 Clues: (Two Words) An election • (Three Words) An act creating a new state • (Two Words) Voting for candidates from multiple parties. • (Two Words) Powers found directly within the Constitution. • (Two Words) Agreements among States with consent from Congress. • (Two Words) Links people and government, gives voice to people. • ...

HOLIDAY 2024-03-05

HOLIDAY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Gras - What holiday, also known as Fat Tuesday, is celebrated with parades, parties, and indulgence before the fasting period of Lent?
  2. - What Jewish holiday is celebrated for eight days and nights, commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem?
  3. - What holiday in the United States, observed on the last Monday of May, honors and remembers military personnel who have died in service?
  4. - What holiday is celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November, traditionally involving a feast with turkey and gratitude?
  5. Year's - What holiday marks the beginning of the new year on January 1st, often celebrated with parties and fireworks?
  6. - What holiday is celebrated on February 14th, focusing on love and affection, often with the exchange of cards and gifts?
  7. de Mayo - What holiday, celebrated mainly in Mexico and the United States on May 5th, commemorates the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla?
  8. - What holiday commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, often celebrated with Easter egg hunts and religious services?
  9. Day - What holiday in the United States, celebrated on the first Monday of September, honors the contributions of workers and the labor movement?
  10. - What French holiday, celebrated on July 14th, commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison during the French Revolution?
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  1. - What holiday in the United States is celebrated on July 4th, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776?
  2. - What Jewish holiday commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt?
  3. - What holiday, celebrated on June 19th, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States?
  4. - What holiday is celebrated on December 25th, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ?
  5. - What Islamic holiday involves fasting from sunrise to sunset for a month, commemorating the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad?
  6. - What Hindu holiday, also known as the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory of light over darkness and good over evil?
  7. - What holiday is celebrated on October 31st with costumes, trick-or-treating, and spooky decorations?
  8. - What holiday, celebrated mainly in the United States, honors African heritage and culture, lasting from December 26th to January 1st?
  9. - What holiday in the United States, observed on November 11th, honors military veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces?
  10. Patrick's - What holiday, celebrated on March 17th, honors Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, often associated with shamrocks and wearing green?

20 Clues: - What holiday is celebrated on December 25th, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ? • - What Jewish holiday commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt? • - What holiday is celebrated on October 31st with costumes, trick-or-treating, and spooky decorations? • ...

vocab crossword 2020-12-15

vocab crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.
  2. was used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to emigrate west.
  3. a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its allies.
  4. in which people decide on policy initiatives directly.
  5. the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803.
  6. an enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife
  7. 1st U.S president
  8. founding father of the United States
  9. outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
  10. British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies.
  11. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
  12. a widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
  13. form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy.
  14. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
  15. conflict fought between Britain and France over new world territory.
  16. an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
  17. This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico.
  18. declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America.
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  1. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
  2. the government would have one legislative house in which each state would have one vote.
  3. imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
  4. Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing.
  5. declared that only English ships would be allowed to bring goods into England.
  6. a colony.
  7. 3rd U.S president.
  8. U.S. history, a document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
  9. King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801.
  10. a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848
  11. trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances.
  12. a series of forced relocations of approximately 46,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.

30 Clues: a colony. • 1st U.S president • 3rd U.S president. • founding father of the United States • the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. • in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. • conflict fought between Britain and France over new world territory. • imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-05-21

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant.
  2. U.S. Supreme Court decision which determined that slaves could not sue in federal court because they did not have the rights of citizenship.
  3. Union general who believed in TOTAL WAR
  4. Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute.
  5. Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy
  6. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia which left a path of almost total destruction. Often cited as the first example of total war.
  7. Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states.
  8. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware).
  9. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  10. To leave or withdraw
  11. General of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time
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  1. Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery to Northerners.
  2. A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state to keep the balance of power.
  3. General for the South; got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle - he held his position like a stone wall.
  4. point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
  5. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  6. ship made of iron
  7. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded, it is considered the bloodiest day of the Civil War.
  8. The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
  9. Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides.The Union blocked the South's coastline and Mississippi River to stop movement of people and supplies in the South.
  10. A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
  11. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  12. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal.
  13. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances/ Helped Union send battle information.
  14. Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.

25 Clues: ship made of iron • To leave or withdraw • Union general who believed in TOTAL WAR • Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute. • point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win. • President of the United States of America during the Civil War • Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states. • ...

Unit 10 Crossword puzzle 2020-03-26

Unit 10 Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Founded in 1933 under the authority of the Banking Act of Banking Act, it is in charge of ensuring bank deposits at eligible banks in the event of a bank's bankruptcy and regulating certain banks.
  2. a series of evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
  3. a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933.
  4. the 32nd president of the United States, the 4th election and established a New Deal policy to cope with the Great Depression and led the country during World War II.
  5. Between 1933 and 1939, Roosevelt in the United States came from a series of programs, public works, financial reforms and regulations enacted by President Franklin D.
  6. the worst economic downturn in industrialized world history that lasted from 1929 to 1939.
  7. an American engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
  8. an American political figure, diplomat and activist.
  9. a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.
  10. the name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s.
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  1. the new name given by the Roosevelt Administration to the Emergency Relief Administration which President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had created in 1933.
  2. an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and was a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935.
  3. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 24.8 percent due to a stock crash that began on October 29, 1929.
  4. was a voluntary public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men.
  5. an independent federal government agency responsible for protecting investors, maintaining fair and orderly functioning of the securities markets, and facilitating capital formation.
  6. contingent on the nature of government
  7. a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.
  8. a law enacted in 1935 to create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.
  9. a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court in order to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation that the Court had ruled
  10. Act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the price will rise.

20 Clues: contingent on the nature of government • an American political figure, diplomat and activist. • a series of evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt • Act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the price will rise. • a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. • ...

Citizenship Puzzle1 2024-01-09

Citizenship Puzzle1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Chief Justice of the United States.
  2. One of the reasons the colonists fought against the British.
  3. Who can veto bills?
  4. One of the Texas Senators.
  5. War between the states.
  6. This office represents only the people of his or her district.
  7. Fear of the United States after World War II.
  8. The Father of Our Country.
  9. One of the reasons some states have more than others.
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  1. One of the original 13 colonies.
  2. Month when we vote for President.
  3. Served as President during the Civil War and freed the slaves.
  4. State that borders Canada.
  5. This is a U.S. territory.
  6. New Speaker of the House.
  7. State that borders Mexico.
  8. How many years does a senator serve?

17 Clues: Who can veto bills? • War between the states. • This is a U.S. territory. • New Speaker of the House. • State that borders Canada. • One of the Texas Senators. • State that borders Mexico. • The Father of Our Country. • One of the original 13 colonies. • Month when we vote for President. • Chief Justice of the United States. • How many years does a senator serve? • ...

amy crossword puzzle 2017-10-20

amy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. - the right of trial by _____ shall be preserved.
  2. - The right of citizens of the United States to ____ shall not be denied.
  3. - All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are _______ of the United States.
  4. - Excessive ____ shall not be required
  5. - certain ______, shall not be construed to deny or disparage.
  6. - The Tenth Amendment reinforces the principles of _________ __ ________.
  7. - the accused shall enjoy the right to a _____ and public trial
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  1. - The senate of the United States shall be composed of ___ _______ from each State,
  2. - The ________ _______ of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law.
  3. - no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise ________ in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
  4. - all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby _______.
  5. - the right of the people to keep and _______ ____, shall not be infringed.
  6. - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of____?
  7. - The Congress shall have power to lay and collect _______ on incomes.
  8. - The _______ shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President.

15 Clues: - Excessive ____ shall not be required • - the right of trial by _____ shall be preserved. • - certain ______, shall not be construed to deny or disparage. • - the accused shall enjoy the right to a _____ and public trial • - The Congress shall have power to lay and collect _______ on incomes. • ...

Jacob 2023-11-30

Jacob crossword puzzle
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  1. a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement
  2. group founded by seven slave states
  3. president of the confederate states of America
  4. Historical period after the civil war
  5. military commander for the confederate states of America
  6. Place of the first White House for the confederate states of America
  7. Confederate States of Americas general during the civil war
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  1. people who standup against slavery
  2. the side that wanted slavery during the civil war
  3. One of the confederates iron clads or ships
  4. machine used to pull cotton fibers from the seed
  5. the act of becoming an independent country
  6. a custom duty or tax levied on imports of merchandise goods
  7. one human being is owned by the other
  8. enslaved black man who sued his masters for freedom

15 Clues: people who standup against slavery • group founded by seven slave states • Historical period after the civil war • one human being is owned by the other • the act of becoming an independent country • One of the confederates iron clads or ships • president of the confederate states of America • machine used to pull cotton fibers from the seed • ...

Jacob 2023-11-30

Jacob crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the confederates iron clads or ships
  2. Place of the first White House for the confederate states of America
  3. a custom duty or tax levied on imports of merchandise goods
  4. president of the confederate states of America
  5. the side that wanted slavery during the civil war
  6. enslaved black man who sued his masters for freedom
  7. group founded by seven slave states
  8. military commander for the confederate states of America
  9. people who standup against slavery
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  1. Confederate States of Americas general during the civil war
  2. machine used to pull cotton fibers from the seed
  3. the act of becoming an independent country
  4. a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement
  5. Historical period after the civil war
  6. one human being is owned by the other

15 Clues: people who standup against slavery • group founded by seven slave states • Historical period after the civil war • one human being is owned by the other • the act of becoming an independent country • One of the confederates iron clads or ships • president of the confederate states of America • machine used to pull cotton fibers from the seed • ...

Civil War 2025-01-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Conductor of the Underground Railroad and Union spy.
  2. – Site where the Confederate Army surrendered to the Union Army.
  3. – General of the Confederate Army.
  4. – Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
  5. – Nurse during the Civil War and founder of the American Red Cross.
  6. – Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
  7. – Location where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  8. – General of the Union Army who later became President.
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  1. – Executive order by Lincoln freeing slaves in Confederate states.
  2. – The 11 southern states that seceded from the Union.
  3. – The northern states that opposed the Confederacy.
  4. – President of the Union during the Civil War.
  5. – Famous 1863 battle and site of Lincoln’s address.
  6. – President of the Confederate States of America.
  7. – Bloodiest single-day battle in American history.

15 Clues: – General of the Confederate Army. • – Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. • – President of the Union during the Civil War. • – President of the Confederate States of America. • – Bloodiest single-day battle in American history. • – The northern states that opposed the Confederacy. • – Famous 1863 battle and site of Lincoln’s address. • ...

THE CIVIL WAR 2017-02-12

THE CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
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  1. STRENGTHS SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T HAVE
  2. SAID FIRMLY;CALLED FOR
  3. SAID NO TO.LINCOLN REFUSED TO LET THE SOUTH SPLIT OFF.
  4. MISSOURI.
  5. MONEY TO BUY THINGS NEEDED
  6. RELATING TO THE ARMED FORCES
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  1. IN GOVERNMENT
  2. THE IDEA THAT STATES HAD JOINED TOGETHER FREELY AND HAD
  3. KNOWN
  4. THE STATES THAT LEFT THE UNION.SEE THE CHART ON THE LEFT.
  5. THE STATES,OR CONDITION,OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.WHEN PEOPLE
  6. STATES UNION STATES THAT ON THE BORDER WITH THE CONFEDERACY:
  7. PEOPLE WHO FIND OUT OR CARRY SECRET INFORMATION IN WARTIME

13 Clues: KNOWN • MISSOURI. • IN GOVERNMENT • SAID FIRMLY;CALLED FOR • MONEY TO BUY THINGS NEEDED • RELATING TO THE ARMED FORCES • STRENGTHS SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T HAVE • SAID NO TO.LINCOLN REFUSED TO LET THE SOUTH SPLIT OFF. • THE IDEA THAT STATES HAD JOINED TOGETHER FREELY AND HAD • THE STATES THAT LEFT THE UNION.SEE THE CHART ON THE LEFT. • ...

The Civil War Chapters 1-2 2020-03-25

The Civil War Chapters 1-2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an unsettled area, or an area where people do not live
  2. another name for the United States
  3. a way to get from one place to another
  4. the practice of owning people and forcing them to work, often without pay
  5. areas of land
  6. people who were against slavery
  7. the states in the southeastern and south-central part of the United States
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  1. all people born around the same time
  2. person or animal in a story
  3. to stay alive
  4. to be forced to work without being paid or having any freedom
  5. the states in the northeastern and north-central part of the United States
  6. things that are wrong and make people suffer
  7. having the power to make your own decisions and to do what you want
  8. ran away from owners

15 Clues: to stay alive • areas of land • ran away from owners • person or animal in a story • people who were against slavery • another name for the United States • all people born around the same time • a way to get from one place to another • things that are wrong and make people suffer • an unsettled area, or an area where people do not live • ...

Building a new nation 2020-05-12

Building a new nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
  2. Who was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States?
  3. Who was the ninth president of the United States?
  4. What is the oldest continuously occupied military post in America?
  5. Who was the third president of the United States?
  6. where is our nations capital located?
  7. Who was the seventh president of the United States?
  8. What state became a state in 1803 buy a purchase?
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  1. What is America’s National anthem?
  2. Who was the fourth president of the United States?
  3. What state became a US territory in 1821?
  4. This is a city in Louisiana.
  5. What is a word that means to impose a tax?
  6. Who defined the role of the First Lady?
  7. This is the waterway that connects to the Hudson River.

15 Clues: This is a city in Louisiana. • What is America’s National anthem? • Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner? • where is our nations capital located? • Who defined the role of the First Lady? • What state became a US territory in 1821? • What is a word that means to impose a tax? • Who was the ninth president of the United States? • ...

History Vocab 2020-09-30

History Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763,
  2. This act, passed on July 1, 1862, provided Federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States.
  3. granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that 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."
  4. the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781
  5. British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses
  6. American political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father
  7. 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.
  8. United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
  9. a tax on the legal recognition of documents
  10. comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  11. form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly.
  12. was a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
  13. American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist.
  14. known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand
  15. was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary
  16. a large-scale estate meant for farming that specializes in cash crops.
  17. were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  18. began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America
  19. was a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848. ... It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845
  20. authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots.
  21. massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29,
  22. was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement
  23. fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9
  24. was a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its allies
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  1. Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln
  2. 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.
  3. signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico
  4. pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
  5. American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father
  6. was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the US Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for black people
  7. belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
  8. was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.
  9. a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston
  10. is 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.
  11. was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham
  12. The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for two houses of Congress, both elected with apportionment according to population.
  13. the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
  14. to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
  15. King of Great Britain and King of Ireland
  16. was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.
  17. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
  18. series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade trade between the imperialist states and the colonial and dependent countries
  19. acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803.
  20. is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy

44 Clues: King of Great Britain and King of Ireland • a tax on the legal recognition of documents • the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781 • was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, • belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. • was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham • ...

Constitution Era 2023-02-22

Constitution Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Form of money for each country
  2. Changes to a Constitution
  3. National laws are the ______ law of the land.
  4. Congress couldn't pay off it's this without taxing.
  5. Place where the Constitutional Convention was held
  6. Branch that creates the laws
  7. Delegate from New York that wanted a strong national government
  8. Plan that larger states supported
  9. This solved the debate between large and small states
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  1. Branch that enforces the laws
  2. These articles were passed as the first form of government for the United States
  3. President of the Convention
  4. Branch that interprets the laws
  5. Father of the Constitution
  6. Leader of the rebellion against Massachusetts
  7. Plan that smaller states supported
  8. The 3/5ths Compromise dealt with this issue

17 Clues: Changes to a Constitution • Father of the Constitution • President of the Convention • Branch that creates the laws • Branch that enforces the laws • Form of money for each country • Branch that interprets the laws • Plan that larger states supported • Plan that smaller states supported • The 3/5ths Compromise dealt with this issue • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2022-03-08

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 16th president
  2. an act that required all citizens to help runaway slaves
  3. someone who is against slavery
  4. a _______ of 1850
  5. a man who sued his owner
  6. A group of states that seceded from the union
  7. a group of states for slavery
  8. the group of states against slavery
  9. what the north sates called themselves
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  1. someone who has more loyalty to a group than there country
  2. the ______ which resulted in Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president
  3. states that got to chose if they were slave or free
  4. in state of owning a slave
  5. Uncle ___ Cabin
  6. part of the ____ compromise
  7. the practice of leaving a group
  8. the last name of a man who raided Harper's ferry Virginia

17 Clues: Uncle ___ Cabin • a _______ of 1850 • the 16th president • a man who sued his owner • in state of owning a slave • part of the ____ compromise • a group of states for slavery • someone who is against slavery • the practice of leaving a group • the group of states against slavery • what the north sates called themselves • A group of states that seceded from the union • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2022-03-08

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 16th president
  2. an act that required all citizens to help runaway slaves
  3. someone who is against slavery
  4. a _______ of 1850
  5. a man who sued his owner
  6. A group of states that seceded from the union
  7. a group of states for slavery
  8. the group of states against slavery
  9. what the north sates called themselves
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  1. someone who has more loyalty to a group than there country
  2. the ______ which resulted in Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president
  3. states that got to chose if they were slave or free
  4. in state of owning a slave
  5. Uncle ___ Cabin
  6. part of the ____ compromise
  7. the practice of leaving a group
  8. the last name of a man who raided Harper's ferry Virginia

17 Clues: Uncle ___ Cabin • a _______ of 1850 • the 16th president • a man who sued his owner • in state of owning a slave • part of the ____ compromise • a group of states for slavery • someone who is against slavery • the practice of leaving a group • the group of states against slavery • what the north sates called themselves • A group of states that seceded from the union • ...

Civil War 2016-03-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the condition of a slave; bondage
  2. the state of being allied
  3. States States between the North and the South -
  4. unloyal to government
  5. be composed of
  6. Holding allowing slavery
  7. region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
  8. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
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  1. Kentucky, and Maryland
  2. War a war between regions within the same country.
  3. Lincoln 16th president
  4. Proclamation Document freeing slaves
  5. Soldier a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
  6. to withdraw formally from an alliance
  7. to get rid of
  8. Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln
  9. sumter Fort in South Carolina where the war began

17 Clues: to get rid of • be composed of • unloyal to government • Kentucky, and Maryland • Lincoln 16th president • Holding allowing slavery • the state of being allied • the condition of a slave; bondage • Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln • Proclamation Document freeing slaves • to withdraw formally from an alliance • States States between the North and the South - • ...

Civics Practice 2021-05-25

Civics Practice crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name of the current Vice-President
  2. Commander in Chief of the U.S. Military
  3. Form of government of the United States where the citizens choose representatives to represent them.
  4. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  5. The governor of Pennsylvania now
  6. Branch that evaluates laws
  7. The Supreme law of the land
  8. In charge of the Executive Branch of Government
  9. What words does the U.S. Constitution start with?
  10. It decides who is elected president
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  1. Capital of Pennsylvania
  2. Includes Secretaries to Federal departments and Agencies, advises the President
  3. Branch that enforces laws
  4. Branch that makes laws
  5. Name of the President of the United States now
  6. Protects the basic rights of people living in the United States
  7. Changes made to the U.S. Constitution.
  8. The economic system of the United States
  9. The words "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" are in what founding document?
  10. Chief Justice of Supreme Court

20 Clues: Branch that makes laws • Capital of Pennsylvania • Branch that enforces laws • Branch that evaluates laws • The Supreme law of the land • Chief Justice of Supreme Court • The governor of Pennsylvania now • Name of the current Vice-President • It decides who is elected president • Changes made to the U.S. Constitution. • Commander in Chief of the U.S. Military • ...

2-3 Articles of Confederation 2022-11-24

2-3 Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Congress could do little if a state refused to pay, because it had no ____
  2. 1786, Daniel Shays closed the ____ in Massachusetts, so farmer kept their property
  3. Articles of Confederation awarded each state one ____ , regardless of population
  4. Articles of Confederation did NOT use a ____ legislature, or two-chambers
  5. Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause
  6. Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____
  7. If farmers didn’t pay tax, they lost property or they went to debtor’s _____
  8. Articles of Confederation issued paper money that was worthless and created ____
  9. This man led the rebellion that changed in the Articles of Confederation
  10. 1787, Northwest Ordinance established a population level for ____
  11. Some states charged merchants in rival states a ____ , which is reserved for countries
  12. States created different ____ , which made trade among them difficult
  13. Articles of Confederation used a weak national government & a strong ____ government
  14. After the Revolutionary War, American ____ who were still unpaid
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  1. This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation
  2. American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____
  3. Articles of Confederation used a ____ legislature, or single-chamber
  4. Congress passed very few laws, because each law required ____ of thirteen states
  5. ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation
  6. Each state decided whether to ____ its citizens & give the money to the national treasury
  7. _____ Ordinance of 1785 allowed the government to divide territory into townships
  8. Shays Rebellion began when Massachusetts increased taxes & disregarded a bad ____
  9. 1787, Articles of Confederation banned ____ in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
  10. Articles of Confederation allowed for no national ____ system
  11. After the Revolutionary War, America owed $40 million to ____ & Spain
  12. Signing of the Treaty of ____ ended war with Britain and enlarging the nation
  13. Some states created conflict by creating independent ____ agreements with other countries
  14. Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not

28 Clues: Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____ • This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation • Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not • ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation • Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause • American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____ • ...

Reconstruction 2022-10-12

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union when 10 percent of its state's voters swore allegiance to the union.
  2. the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress.
  3. an agency of the War Department set up in 1865 to assist formerly enslaved people, freed from slavery by emancipation, in obtaining relief, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education.
  4. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
  5. Hayes was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.
  6. a political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction Era that followed the Civil War.
  7. 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.
  8. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
  9. The action of reconstructing
  10. the right to vote in public, political elections, and referendums.
  11. white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
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  1. abolished slavery.
  2. guaranteed African-American men the right to vote.
  3. a violent terrorist organization to restore white supremacy.
  4. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  5. a Southern Democrat, became president with the assassination of Lincoln.
  6. affirmed the equality of all men before the law and prohibited racial discrimination in public places and facilities such as restaurants and public transportation.
  7. an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S.
  8. is a sizeable historic term used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War.
  9. election.
  10. a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government proposed for the Reconstruction of the South.

21 Clues: election. • abolished slavery. • The action of reconstructing • guaranteed African-American men the right to vote. • the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress. • a violent terrorist organization to restore white supremacy. • an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. • ...

civil war 2019-06-03

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the United States
  2. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  3. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
  4. any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
  5. Sumter Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.
  6. General for the South
  7. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
  8. Document freeing slaves in Union
  9. President of the Confederacy
  10. formal separation from an alliance or federation
  11. a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
  12. Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute.
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  1. Union general who believed in TOTAL WAR
  2. General of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time
  3. Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy
  4. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
  5. A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power
  6. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
  7. A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
  8. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  9. The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army
  10. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
  11. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia
  12. of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
  13. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  14. the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

26 Clues: the United States • General for the South • President of the Confederacy • Document freeing slaves in Union • Union general who believed in TOTAL WAR • formal separation from an alliance or federation • a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought • a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War • ...

civil war project 2019-04-30

civil war project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired.
  2. To rush towards the enemy.
  3. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state by 1861.
  4. A region or area where fighting takes place
  5. Today called mines, Civil War torpedoes were mostly used by the Confederates.
  6. A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for cash
  7. Also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America, or (by Northerners) the Rebel states, the South incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation.
  8. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare.
  9. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf
  10. An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
  11. Also called the Union or the United States the North was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
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  1. Essential to firing a percussion rifle-musket, a cap is a tiny brass shell that holds fulminate of mercury.
  2. The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps.
  3. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
  4. A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War.
  5. Someone who does something because they want to, not because they need to.
  6. This doctrine held the powers of the individual states as greater than the powers of the Federal government.
  7. Blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier.
  8. A branch of the military mounted on horseback.
  9. Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.

20 Clues: To rush towards the enemy. • A region or area where fighting takes place • A branch of the military mounted on horseback. • A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare. • A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War. • The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired. • ...

unit 3 2018-12-17

unit 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the freedom of speech/religion/assembly/publication
  2. nine out of _______ states were needed to ratify the Constitution
  3. ____________ Hamiltion and James Madison were leading federalist
  4. prevents govt. from forcing homeowners to allow soldiers to use their homes
  5. any new territory that became a new state had to be treated ______ to the original 13 states
  6. where they met to rivise the AOC
  7. compromise that made regards to slave trade
  8. created towns that founded education
  9. state that ratified the constitutiongiving nine states the need to become the law of the land
  10. each state had ______ vote
  11. can't be searched without warrant
  12. had the majority of the powers under the AOC
  13. states with large populations wanted the legislative branch to be based on the population count
  14. who could tax the citizens under the AOC
  15. right to a speedy trail
  16. the original intent of the Constitution Convention was to ______ the articles.
  17. what was banned from the North West territory
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  1. after the delagates signed the Constitution, it was sent to the ________ for ratification
  2. extends the right to a jury trail in federal civil cases
  3. the sale of every 16th section of land in each __________ would be reserved for education
  4. ________ would be proportional to each states representation
  5. name of the first US Constitution
  6. unfair procedures and trail
  7. bars excessive bails and fines and cruel and unusual punishment
  8. the right to bear arms
  9. any power that is not given to the federal govt. is given to the people of the states
  10. the federalist wrote to persuade citizens to support ratification of Constitution
  11. person that presided over the Constitutional Convention
  12. listing specific rights in the Constitution does not mean people do not have rights that have not been spelled out
  13. 85 ________ were written

30 Clues: the right to bear arms • right to a speedy trail • 85 ________ were written • each state had ______ vote • unfair procedures and trail • where they met to rivise the AOC • name of the first US Constitution • can't be searched without warrant • created towns that founded education • who could tax the citizens under the AOC • compromise that made regards to slave trade • ...

Unit 1 Vocab 2022-04-22

Unit 1 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A field of political science concerned with examining the definition and meaning of the concept of democracy
  2. system in which both federal government and state governments cooperate in solving problems
  3. requirements imposed on the national government upon the states. Some are unfunded
  4. principle in which ultimate political authority rests with the people
  5. Powers held by the states through the 10th amendment.
  6. Group of 85 essays written by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay for the purpose of persuading the people to adopt the Constitution
  7. principle in which the powers of a government are divided among the branches
  8. Money granted by the federal government to the states for a narrow purpose
  9. 1789 revolt by Massachusetts farmers seeking relief from debt and foreclosure which was a factor in the Constitutional Convention.
  10. powers of the courts to rule on the constitutionality of laws and government actions. Established by Marbury v. Madison
  11. Formal approval and adoption of a document or amendment
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  1. Those held by both Congress and the states
  2. Money granted by the federal government to the states for a broad purpose
  3. emphasizes broad and active citizen participation in politics and civil society.
  4. Gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the states, with foreign nations, and among Indian tribe
  5. those that are specifically granted by the Constitution to the government branches. Also known as expressed power.
  6. A change in the meaning or application, not the wording, of the Constitution
  7. Constitutional system in which power is wielded by both a central government and state government
  8. states the Congress can exercise those powers that are "necessary and proper" for carrying out the enumerated powers
  9. those that are "necessary and proper" to carry out Congress' enumerated powers, and are granted to Congress through the elastic clause
  10. a majority grater than 50+1
  11. Rights that accrue to an individual simply by virtue of existing. The concept comes from John Locke.

22 Clues: a majority grater than 50+1 • Those held by both Congress and the states • Powers held by the states through the 10th amendment. • Formal approval and adoption of a document or amendment • principle in which ultimate political authority rests with the people • Money granted by the federal government to the states for a broad purpose • ...

Federalism Vocab!! 2016-04-26

Federalism Vocab!! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. System of government where the local and regional governments derive all authority from strong national government.
  2. Law that makes an act punishable as a crime even if the action was legal at the time it was committed.
  3. Portion of Article VI mandating that national law is supreme to all other laws passed by the states or any other subdivision of government.
  4. proper clause The final paragraph of Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution, which gives Congress the authority to pass all laws necessary and proper” to carry out the enumerated powers specified in the Constitution; also called the elastic clause.
  5. Contracts between states that carry the force of law; generally now used as a tool to address multistate policy concerns.
  6. The intertwined relationship between the national, state and local governments that began with the New Deal. (Marble Cake Federalism).
  7. The basic principle of of federalism stating “The powers not delegated to the United States by Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states , are reserved to the Stets, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
  8. Authorized Congress to enact a national income tax.
  9. Section of Article IV of the Constitution that ensures judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in any other state.
  10. Made senators directly elected by the people; removed their selection from state legislatures.
  11. Powers reserved to the states by the Tenth Amendment that lie at the foundation of a state’s right to legislate for the public health and welfare of its citizens.
  12. Powers derived from enumerated powers and the necessary and proper clause. These powers are not stated specifically but are considered to be reasonably implied through the exercise of delegated powers.
  13. System of government where the national government and state governments share power, derive all authority from the people, and the powers of the government are specified in a constitution.
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  1. National laws that direct state or local governments to comply with federal rules or regulations (such as clean air or water standards) but contain little or no federal funding to defray the cost of meeting these requirements.
  2. Authority possessed by both the state and national governments that may be exercised concurrently as long as that power is not exclusively within the scope of national power or in conflict with national law.
  3. The belief that having separate and equally powerful levels of government is the best arrangement. (Layer Cake Federalism)
  4. Specific powers granted to Congress under Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution; these powers include taxation, coinage of money, regulation of commerce, and the authority to provide for a national defense.
  5. A concept derived from the Constitution’s supremacy clause that allows the national government to override or preempt state or local actions in certain areas.
  6. Part of Article IV of the constitution that requires states to extradite, or return, criminals to states where they have been convicted or are to stand trial.
  7. Type of government where the national government derives its powers from the states; a league of independent states.
  8. The right of a state to be free from a lawsuit unless it gives permission to the suit. Under the Eleventh Amendment all states are considered sovereign.
  9. Broad grant with few strings attached; given to states by the federal government for general categories of activity, such as secondary education or health services.
  10. grants that allocated federal funds to states for a specific purpose.
  11. A law declaring an act illegal without a judicial trial.
  12. Federal-state relationship proposed by Reagan administration during the 1980s; hallmark is returning administrative powers to the state governments.

25 Clues: Authorized Congress to enact a national income tax. • A law declaring an act illegal without a judicial trial. • grants that allocated federal funds to states for a specific purpose. • Made senators directly elected by the people; removed their selection from state legislatures. • ...

Colorado Trip 2022-10-19

Colorado Trip crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / state bird
  2. / president born in this state
  3. / State colors
  4. / State fish
  5. / State flower
  6. / State nickname
Down
  1. / States Tree
  2. / states animal
  3. / a store with 2 x's
  4. / State motto
  5. / a state in the United States
  6. / A store with a bullseye on the front of the building
  7. / star before the name of the store
  8. / Capital of Colorado
  9. / Mountain in Colorado

15 Clues: / state bird • / State fish • / States Tree • / State motto • / State colors • / State flower • / states animal • / State nickname • / a store with 2 x's • / Capital of Colorado • / Mountain in Colorado • / a state in the United States • / president born in this state • / star before the name of the store • / A store with a bullseye on the front of the building

Articles of Confederation P. 2016-09-26

Articles of Confederation P. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Massachusetts farmer who led a rebellion due to economic depression
  2. number of states out of 13 needed to pass a law under the Articles
  3. political disorder
  4. an agreement prohibiting trade
  5. ________ government, a system in which the power of the government is not absolute
  6. Under the Articles there was no ______ branch
  7. single chambered congress
  8. Colonists wanted a _____ government
  9. an agreement with another country
  10. consent of all 13 states were needed to amend the Articles
  11. money a government collects from taxes or fees
  12. According to the Articles, the main purpose of Congress was foreign affairs and ____.
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  1. to approve
  2. Trade among states is known as interstate ________.
  3. to yield territory claims
  4. said governments should be divided into 3 branches
  5. not sanctioned by law
  6. Northwest _________, procedure written in the Articles to add new states
  7. 1st elected lawmaking body in the English colonies

19 Clues: to approve • political disorder • not sanctioned by law • to yield territory claims • single chambered congress • an agreement prohibiting trade • an agreement with another country • Colonists wanted a _____ government • Under the Articles there was no ______ branch • money a government collects from taxes or fees • said governments should be divided into 3 branches • ...

Ava Wyatt's TX history CWP 2021-05-03

Ava Wyatt's TX history CWP crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Power is divided between national and state government
  2. A historical building where there was a battle between Mexico and Texas
  3. An agreement between two nations
  4. The separation between the north south and wet states
  5. To fight or what someone believes in, in a non-violent way
  6. Government ruled by one person with unlimited power
  7. Abolishes and prohibits slavery
  8. Texas is split up into 4 different sections based off of climate
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  1. Small towns moving to big cities
  2. Southern states that let the united states in 1861
  3. The action of adding territory or land to a country
  4. State of being under its own control
  5. The idea to stop segregation
  6. Number one cash crop in the south during the 1800’s
  7. The idea of moving west
  8. The northern states during the civil war
  9. Texas is split up into 4 different sections based off of climate
  10. To leave or withdraw from a place
  11. Mexico gained their independence in...
  12. A tax on imported goods

20 Clues: The idea of moving west • A tax on imported goods • The idea to stop segregation • Abolishes and prohibits slavery • Small towns moving to big cities • An agreement between two nations • To leave or withdraw from a place • State of being under its own control • Mexico gained their independence in... • The northern states during the civil war • ...

civil war 2024-04-12

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate general during the American Civil War
  2. where was the confederate capital
  3. secede from something
  4. wanted too stop slavery
  5. side that did not slavery
  6. tried to prevent any goods, troops, and weapons from entering the southern states
  7. did not support slavery
  8. required that slaves be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state
  9. slave states that border with the free states during the civil war
  10. first republican too become president
  11. supported slavery
  12. side that supported slavery
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  1. all slaves in rebel states be free
  2. who won the civil war
  3. this is how slaves would escape
  4. the act of using a person as a workforce without consent
  5. an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker
  6. he burned down nearly all of atlanta
  7. first battle in the civil war
  8. soldiers whom were killed

20 Clues: supported slavery • secede from something • who won the civil war • wanted too stop slavery • did not support slavery • side that did not slavery • soldiers whom were killed • side that supported slavery • first battle in the civil war • this is how slaves would escape • where was the confederate capital • all slaves in rebel states be free • he burned down nearly all of atlanta • ...

Causes of The Civil War 2022-03-10

Causes of The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
  2. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860
  3. small war between pro slavery and anti slavery states fought in 1854-1859
  4. something that involves ownership of someone else
  5. where you pick a side between the south and the north
  6. state that is against slavery
  7. factories vs agriculture
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  1. state that supports slavery
  2. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
  3. repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
  4. states arguing about how much power the federal government should have
  5. moving west is known as...
  6. upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
  7. the 16th president
  8. best cash crop the south grew

15 Clues: the 16th president • factories vs agriculture • moving west is known as... • state that supports slavery • best cash crop the south grew • state that is against slavery • something that involves ownership of someone else • where you pick a side between the south and the north • the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 • ...

week 15 spelling words 2021-03-16

week 15 spelling words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this states nick name is the golden state
  2. this state is known for wild west past
  3. this states nickname is the grand canyon
  4. this states capital is olympia
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  1. this states nickname is equality state
  2. this states flower is western meadowlark
  3. this states capital is gem state
  4. this states flower is blue columbine
  5. this states bird is mountain blue bird
  6. mexico this state capital is santa fe

10 Clues: this states capital is olympia • this states capital is gem state • this states flower is blue columbine • mexico this state capital is santa fe • this states nickname is equality state • this states bird is mountain blue bird • this state is known for wild west past • this states flower is western meadowlark • this states nickname is the grand canyon • ...

The Progressive Era 2016-02-21

The Progressive Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name given to US journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and business in the early 20th century.
  2. Ring an American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall
  3. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  4. is an important amendment that allows the federal (United States) government to levy (collect) an income tax from all Americans.
  5. was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books and other works across a number of genres.
  6. was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer
  7. a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States
  8. was a New York City political organization founded in 1786
  9. he ability to assess and initiate things independently.
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  1. the action of conserving something, in particular.
  2. a law passed in 1906 to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture
  3. to the United States Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states
  4. is an independent agency of the United States government
  5. is defined as the time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly
  6. is a United States Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food
  7. One that seeks to prosecute or dissolve business trusts.
  8. the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.
  9. a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses
  10. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.
  11. A supporter of the rights and power of the people.

20 Clues: the action of conserving something, in particular. • A supporter of the rights and power of the people. • he ability to assess and initiate things independently. • is an independent agency of the United States government • One that seeks to prosecute or dissolve business trusts. • was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 • ...

Causes of Civil War 2023-10-13

Causes of Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Proclamation Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
  2. War channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort
  3. unfair treatment of particular groups
  4. Plan a Union military plan for defeating the South by dividing the Confederacy in two
  5. murder of a public figure by surprise attack
  6. Northern states
  7. The ideas that states, not federal government, should make final decisions that affect them.
  8. Tom's Cabin
  9. War A war between people of the same country.
  10. A system of required military service
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  1. Compromise "Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
  2. Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
  3. Compromise of 1850 (The Great Compromise) California enters as a a free state
  4. someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end slavery
  5. A closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
  6. Cotton cotton and cotton-growing considered, in the pre-Civil War South, as a vital commodity, the major factor not only in the economy but also in politics.
  7. 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.
  8. tax on imported goods
  9. loyalty to one part of the country
  10. overeignty the right of people to make political decisions for themselves
  11. series of escape routes and hiding places to bring slaves out of the South
  12. Slave Law this law required that northern states forcibly returned escaped slaves to their owners.
  13. To leave or withdraw

23 Clues: Tom's Cabin • Northern states • To leave or withdraw • tax on imported goods • loyalty to one part of the country • unfair treatment of particular groups • A system of required military service • murder of a public figure by surprise attack • War A war between people of the same country. • someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end slavery • ...

Unraveling the Causes of the American Civil War: Crossword Puzzles 2024-08-09

Unraveling the Causes of the American Civil War: Crossword Puzzles crossword puzzle
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  1. What was the name of the agreement that tried to resolve the issue of slavery in the new territories?
  2. What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?
  3. What was the central issue of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
  4. Which act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the legality of slavery?
  5. What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?
  6. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
  7. Which state’s admission to the Union as a free state was a key issue in the Missouri Compromise?
  8. What was the title of the influential anti-slavery book by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
  9. Who wrote “The Impending Crisis of the South”?
  10. What was the primary economic system in the Southern states before the Civil War?
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  1. What did the term “states’ rights” refer to in the pre-Civil War era?
  2. Who was the President of the United States when the Southern states began to secede?
  3. What was the main political party opposing the expansion of slavery in the 1850s?
  4. Which Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans could not be citizens?
  5. What was the main focus of the abolitionist movement?
  6. What was the primary source of tension between the North and South regarding state powers?
  7. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow settlers to decide?
  8. What was the main reason for the Southern states' secession from the Union?
  9. Who was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
  10. What issue did the Compromise of 1850 address?
  11. What was the name of the Southern states’ political alliance before the Civil War?
  12. What economic factor contributed to the South’s desire to maintain slavery?
  13. What was the primary goal of the movement to end slavery?
  14. What did the term “Bleeding Kansas” refer to?

24 Clues: What did the term “Bleeding Kansas” refer to? • What issue did the Compromise of 1850 address? • Who wrote “The Impending Crisis of the South”? • What was the result of the Dred Scott decision? • What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act? • Which state was the first to secede from the Union? • What was the main focus of the abolitionist movement? • ...

Quarter II Vocabulary 2017-01-23

Quarter II Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. an adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers
  2. basic principle of federalism
  3. 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
  4. system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each to check the actions of others
  5. grants of federal money or other resources to states, cities, counties, and other local units
  6. one type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly define area of public policy
  7. a provision of the US constitution that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the United States are the "Supreme Law of the Land"
  8. Constitution's requirements that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
  9. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state
  10. Those powers that the constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the states
  11. A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional government like states
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  1. formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
  2. those persons who opposed the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788
  3. the first ten amendments to the constitution
  4. Those persons who supported the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788
  5. those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution
  6. Plan of government adopted by the continental congress after the American Revolution
  7. basic principle of American government, which states that government is restricted in what it may do and each individual has rights that government cannot take away
  8. A formal agreement
  9. a change in, or addition to a constitution

20 Clues: A formal agreement • basic principle of federalism • a change in, or addition to a constitution • the first ten amendments to the constitution • 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court • an adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers • those persons who opposed the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788 • ...

Chapter 3 Terms 2018-10-14

Chapter 3 Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. Process that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot
  2. Section of the constitution allowing Congress to pass all laws needed to benefit the greater good, and that has permitted Congress to exercise powers not specifically give to it by the Constitution
  3. A system in which the states are sovereign and the national government is allowed to do only that which the states permit
  4. Supreme or ultimate political power
  5. Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants
  6. Idea that the federal and state governments share power in many policy areas
  7. Government authority shared by national and local governments
  8. Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in its sphere, the states are supreme in theirs, and the two spheres should be kept separate
  9. Procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature
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  1. Terms set by the national government that states must meet if they are to receive certain federal funds
  2. The transfer of power from the national government to state and local governments
  3. Idea that different states can implement different policies, and the successful ones will spread
  4. A decision by an administrative agency granting some other part permission to violate a law or rule that would otherwise apply to it
  5. Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport
  6. A system in which sovereignty is shared
  7. A system in which sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government
  8. Money given by the national government to the states
  9. Local units of government have a specially protected existence and can make some final decisions over some governmental activities
  10. The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the state's opinion, violates the Constitution
  11. Procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office

20 Clues: Supreme or ultimate political power • A system in which sovereignty is shared • Money given by the national government to the states • Government authority shared by national and local governments • Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport • Procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office • ...

International Relations vocabulary 2024-03-18

International Relations vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The neighboring country to America’s north that is generally considered to be a Core country
  2. The world systems theory borrows critical ideas about Capitalism from this German economist
  3. If an area has territory, sovereignty, a government, and a population, then it is considered a __________
  4. We haven't studied ______ Theory yet, but it argues states 'do what they do' because they want to "win"
  5. Examples of this include the strength of a state's army, the stability of its currency, and/or its ability to feed its citizens
  6. The action a state takes under Constructivism, such as landing people on the Moon or invading another country
  7. The literal translation of "Cosmopolitan" is ___________ of the World
  8. This is a key element of states: they are able to govern themselves
  9. a theory that argues states 'do what they do' because they are exercising their power
  10. These states under World Systems Theory are the least developed, poorest countries
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  1. These states under World Systems Theory are the most developed, richest countries
  2. Constructivism uses this term to describe all of the types of communication
  3. These types of decisions under Liberalism are considered "the right thing to do"
  4. This critical theory argues that states typically act to enforce historical patriarchy
  5. This neighboring state of the U.S. is a semi-peripheral country according to World Systems Theory
  6. Liberalism is a theory that argues states 'do what they do' because they are trying to create __________ for their people
  7. A social ________ is an idea that a society has come to believe is real, such as paper money, pink is a color for baby girls, or beauty
  8. Constructivism highlights ____________, which is a feeling of belonging that citizens have for their countries
  9. Intersubjectivity is any mass, _________ experience among people (such as watching or attending the Super Bowl)
  10. These types of decisions under Liberalism are considered logical and smart

20 Clues: This is a key element of states: they are able to govern themselves • The literal translation of "Cosmopolitan" is ___________ of the World • These types of decisions under Liberalism are considered logical and smart • Constructivism uses this term to describe all of the types of communication • ...

History A L4 2023-04-29

History A L4 crossword puzzle
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  1. also known as enumerated powers, these are the ones granted by the Constitution to the national government.
  2. a proposal to have a one-house legislature with each state being equally represented.
  3. the concept that each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other two, and thus keep one branch from becoming too powerful.
  4. the political party favoring a strong central government.
  5. the law that established the lower courts, set the number of justices on the Supreme Court, and affirmed the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
  6. a proposal to have a one-house legislature with representation based on population.
  7. Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, and the leader of the Federalist Party.
  8. a proposal in which enslaved Africans would be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation and apportionment of taxes.
  9. also known as concurrent powers, these are the ones that can be exercised by the national and state governments.
  10. also known as the Connecticut Plan, it was a proposal to have a two-house legislature, with one based on population, and the other based on equal representation from each state.
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  1. laws requiring the non-slave-owning states to assist in the return of runaway slaves.
  2. the first President of the United States.
  3. these are the powers not forbidden to states or granted only to the national government. They are not specifically named, but are based on the language of the Tenth Amendment.
  4. the political party favoring greater power for the states.
  5. the beginning of the Constitution, which states the purpose of the document.
  6. Washington’s Secretary of State, and the leader of the Democratic-Republican Party.
  7. created by Hamilton to stabilize the finances of the new nation.
  8. the concept that power is divided (separated) among the three branches of government.
  9. the first ten amendments to the Constitution.George Washington--the first President of the United States.
  10. Vice-President under Washington, and the second President of the United States.

20 Clues: the first President of the United States. • the political party favoring a strong central government. • the political party favoring greater power for the states. • created by Hamilton to stabilize the finances of the new nation. • the beginning of the Constitution, which states the purpose of the document. • ...

extra credit #4 test 2022-11-04

extra credit #4 test crossword puzzle
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  1. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population
  2. three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives
  3. These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years
  4. chartered a government for the Northwest Territory
  5. an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
  6. having two branches or chambers
  7. condemned the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional and claimed that because these acts overstepped federal authority under the Constitution
  8. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph
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  1. was the French envoy to the United States appointed
  2. a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war
  3. outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
  4. Founding Father of the United States
  5. a meeting incipiently aimed at constructing uniform parameters to regulate trade between states
  6. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech
  7. a violent tax protest
  8. granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers
  9. designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress as under the Articles of Confederation
  10. set the first uniform rules for the granting of United States citizenship by naturalization
  11. person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
  12. was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties
  13. an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.

21 Clues: a violent tax protest • having two branches or chambers • Founding Father of the United States • chartered a government for the Northwest Territory • was the French envoy to the United States appointed • was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties • These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years • ...

American history crossword. 2022-01-04

American history crossword. crossword puzzle
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  1. an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama
  2. a person who works despite an ongoing strike
  3. a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America
  4. the tactic of withholding employment
  5. an organization of employees
  6. flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country, the United States could intervene in that country's internal affairs.
  7. Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico
  8. Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898
  9. a peace activist and a leader of the settlement house movement in America.
  10. an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
  11. an educator and reformer,
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  1. was the 20th president of the United States,
  2. Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugee
  3. dictatorial president of Mexico
  4. an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist
  5. protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China
  6. applying the Darwinian theory of evolution to philosophical and historical studies
  7. American South who embraced progressive ideas
  8. House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress
  9. stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions.
  10. list of persons whose opinions or associations were deemed politically inconvenient or commercially troublesome
  11. the economic, military, and cultural influence of the United States on other countries.
  12. the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union
  13. restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans
  14. commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812
  15. American white supremacist terrorist hate group

26 Clues: an educator and reformer, • an organization of employees • dictatorial president of Mexico • the tactic of withholding employment • was the 20th president of the United States, • a person who works despite an ongoing strike • American South who embraced progressive ideas • Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico • an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama • ...

Our Puzzling Gov.|Chapter 4 2022-11-18

Our Puzzling Gov.|Chapter 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. A nationalist Chief Justice; presided during McCulloch
  2. federal order requiring states to provide a service or undertake an activity in a manner that meets minimum national standards set by Congress
  3. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof, and all treaties made . . . under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby.
  4. The Constitution also reserves certain powers strictly to the states.
  5. powers that both the national government and the states have
  6. return to a state
  7. powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution
  8. laws relating to disputes between individuals, groups, or with the state.
  9. written agreements between two or more states.
  10. the power to assume responsibility for a state government function, in order to gain authority over a state
  11. allows the powers of Congress to stretch
  12. requirement set by Congress that prohibits a local or state government from exercising a certain power
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  1. levied on individual earnings has become the major source of money for the national government
  2. Supreme Court ruled on a conflict between a state government and the national government.
  3. Those powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government
  4. favors national action in dealing with these matters
  5. are those powers directly expressed or stated in the Constitution by the Founders
  6. The course of action a government takes in response to some issue or problem
  7. forbiding segregation in public places
  8. The main way the national government provides money to the states is
  9. favors state and local action in dealing with problems.
  10. imposing mandates that take away
  11. powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government.
  12. require periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed

24 Clues: return to a state • forbiding segregation in public places • imposing mandates that take away • allows the powers of Congress to stretch • written agreements between two or more states. • favors national action in dealing with these matters • powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution • A nationalist Chief Justice; presided during McCulloch • ...

Clone of 2-3 Articles of Confederation 2023-10-17

Clone of 2-3 Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. Congress could do little if a state refused to pay, because it had no ____
  2. 1786, Daniel Shays closed the ____ in Massachusetts, so farmer kept their property
  3. Articles of Confederation awarded each state one ____ , regardless of population
  4. Articles of Confederation did NOT use a ____ legislature, or two-chambers
  5. Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause
  6. Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____
  7. If farmers didn’t pay tax, they lost property or they went to debtor’s _____
  8. Articles of Confederation issued paper money that was worthless and created ____
  9. This man led the rebellion that changed in the Articles of Confederation
  10. 1787, Northwest Ordinance established a population level for ____
  11. Some states charged merchants in rival states a ____ , which is reserved for countries
  12. States created different ____ , which made trade among them difficult
  13. Articles of Confederation used a weak national government & a strong ____ government
  14. After the Revolutionary War, American ____ who were still unpaid
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  1. This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation
  2. American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____
  3. Articles of Confederation used a ____ legislature, or single-chamber
  4. Congress passed very few laws, because each law required ____ of thirteen states
  5. ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation
  6. Each state decided whether to ____ its citizens & give the money to the national treasury
  7. _____ Ordinance of 1785 allowed the government to divide territory into townships
  8. Shays Rebellion began when Massachusetts increased taxes & disregarded a bad ____
  9. 1787, Articles of Confederation banned ____ in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
  10. Articles of Confederation allowed for no national ____ system
  11. After the Revolutionary War, America owed $40 million to ____ & Spain
  12. Signing of the Treaty of ____ ended war with Britain and enlarging the nation
  13. Some states created conflict by creating independent ____ agreements with other countries
  14. Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not

28 Clues: Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____ • This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation • Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not • ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation • Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause • American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____ • ...

2-3 Articles of Confederation 2023-10-17

2-3 Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. Congress could do little if a state refused to pay, because it had no ____
  2. 1786, Daniel Shays closed the ____ in Massachusetts, so farmer kept their property
  3. Articles of Confederation awarded each state one ____ , regardless of population
  4. Articles of Confederation did NOT use a ____ legislature, or two-chambers
  5. Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause
  6. Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____
  7. If farmers didn’t pay tax, they lost property or they went to debtor’s _____
  8. Articles of Confederation issued paper money that was worthless and created ____
  9. This man led the rebellion that changed in the Articles of Confederation
  10. 1787, Northwest Ordinance established a population level for ____
  11. Some states charged merchants in rival states a ____ , which is reserved for countries
  12. States created different ____ , which made trade among them difficult
  13. Articles of Confederation used a weak national government & a strong ____ government
  14. After the Revolutionary War, American ____ who were still unpaid
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  1. This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation
  2. American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____
  3. Articles of Confederation used a ____ legislature, or single-chamber
  4. Congress passed very few laws, because each law required ____ of thirteen states
  5. ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation
  6. Each state decided whether to ____ its citizens & give the money to the national treasury
  7. _____ Ordinance of 1785 allowed the government to divide territory into townships
  8. Shays Rebellion began when Massachusetts increased taxes & disregarded a bad ____
  9. 1787, Articles of Confederation banned ____ in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
  10. Articles of Confederation allowed for no national ____ system
  11. After the Revolutionary War, America owed $40 million to ____ & Spain
  12. Signing of the Treaty of ____ ended war with Britain and enlarging the nation
  13. Some states created conflict by creating independent ____ agreements with other countries
  14. Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not

28 Clues: Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____ • This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation • Virginia paid off its war ____ , but many states did not • ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation • Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause • American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____ • ...

Chapter 8 crossword puzzle 2021-02-17

Chapter 8 crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A state without a direct outlet to the sea. It depends on neighbors for imports and exports.
  2. what fits the definition "Manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class"
  3. where are unitary states most common
  4. what is one participate in the security council
  5. A political boundary that separates different cultures
  6. A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances
  7. independence from the control of its internal affairs by other states.
  8. what does England control of India give an example of?
  9. A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being completely independent
  10. what has the purpose of being a military alliance for 16 democratic states
  11. what is one of the states that joined the "superpowers" based on economic success
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  1. A example of a landlocked state, starts with an A
  2. an example of a relic boundary
  3. what is one characteristic of a frontier
  4. control of a territory already occupied
  5. what type of boundary has a natural barrier like mountains or rivers
  6. what kind of state is the United States
  7. what is the acronomyn for the Organization on Security & Cooperation in Europe
  8. what state slipped from the "powers"

19 Clues: an example of a relic boundary • where are unitary states most common • what state slipped from the "powers" • control of a territory already occupied • what kind of state is the United States • what is one characteristic of a frontier • what is one participate in the security council • A example of a landlocked state, starts with an A • ...

Articles of Confederation 2024-02-15

Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle
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  1. what was the biggest obstacle facing the continental congress
  2. this treaty was signed in 1783 its called the ___________
  3. who was the primary writer of the articles of confederation
  4. who lacked power to tax the states
  5. what describes the federalist system of government
  6. what war concluded on September 3 1783
  7. there was _____ states involved in creating the articles of confederation
  8. the articles of confederation was ____ by the states in 1781
  9. best synonym for anarchy
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  1. what was seen as the first constitution of the united states
  2. what was the first state to sign the articles of confederation
  3. the amount of sections the articles was split up into was _____
  4. what treaty ended the war?
  5. lord Cornwallis brought his read coats to ____ in 1781
  6. who were the articles of confederation adopted by
  7. one of the american soldiers who led the fight with England was general ________
  8. the warticles of confederation failed because states refused to _____ the articles
  9. what was established by the signing of the decloration of independence
  10. how many years did it take for the ratification of the articles of confederation
  11. what was held exclusively by the national government under the articles of confederation
  12. the battle that ended October 19th 1781 was the surrender of _______

21 Clues: best synonym for anarchy • what treaty ended the war? • who lacked power to tax the states • what war concluded on September 3 1783 • who were the articles of confederation adopted by • what describes the federalist system of government • lord Cornwallis brought his read coats to ____ in 1781 • this treaty was signed in 1783 its called the ___________ • ...

States 2024-09-13

States crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. state known as the "Sunshine State"
  2. U.S. state known for Hollywood
  3. U.S. state known for the Rocky Mountains
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  1. U.S. state with the Great Lakes coastline
  2. U.S. state known for Hollywood
  3. Largest state by area
  4. U.S. state famous for the Grand Canyon

7 Clues: Largest state by area • U.S. state known for Hollywood • U.S. state known for Hollywood • U.S. state famous for the Grand Canyon • U.S. state known as the "Sunshine State" • U.S. state known for the Rocky Mountains • U.S. state with the Great Lakes coastline

TEST PREP [Types of Government & Major Constitutional Principles] 2021-09-30

TEST PREP [Types of Government & Major Constitutional Principles] crossword puzzle
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  1. In a __________ such as Iran religious leaders are in charge.
  2. The social contract theory as applied to the Declaration of Independence most directly reflects the ideas of __________.
  3. The term __________ is best defined as the division of power between the states and the national government.
  4. In an absolute __________, such as Saudi Arabia, a king or queen has all the power, but in a Constitutional __________, such as Great Britain, the power of king or queen is limited.
  5. In 1790, the first census of the United States was taken in order to determine each state’s __________ in Congress.
  6. Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances are constitutional principles that reduce the __________ of governmental power.
  7. According to the United States Constitution, the federal __________ is used to determine the apportionment of members in the House of Representatives.
  8. A form of government where one person has all the power.
  9. To prevent tyranny, the authors of the Constitution drew on Montesquieu’s concept of separation of __________.
  10. The United States Constitution corrected a weakness of the Articles of Confederation by creating three __________ of government.
  11. One way in which the Declaration of Independence and the original United States Constitution are similar is that both promote the idea of the __________ of the governed.
  12. The authors of the United States Constitution established a __________ legislature primarily because they reached a compromise between the large states and the small states over representation.
  13. In a __________ dictatorship the government has almost total control over people’s lives.
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  1. The __________ powers belong to the United States Government.
  2. Senate Rejects Supreme Court Nominee; Supreme Court Declares National Recovery Act (NRA) Unconstitutional; Congress Overrides Truman Veto of Taft Hartley Act Each of these headlines illustrates the use of __________.
  3. __________ of President Donald Trump by the US House of Representatives is an example of the use of checks and balances.
  4. “Congress shall have power . . . to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . . ” This statement from the United States Constitution is referred to as the __________ clause.
  5. During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the plans for __________ proposed by delegates from New Jersey and Virginia differed mainly over the issue of equal state representation or proportionate state representation.
  6. I The structure of the legislative branch of government is set out in __________ of the Constitution.
  7. A fundamental principle of a republican form of government is that legislation must be passed by the __________ representatives of the people.
  8. European __________ thinkers and writers of the 17th and 18th centuries such as John Locke influenced America’s colonial development by providing ideas about self-government and political Rights.
  9. The Preamble to the United States Constitution illustrates the principle that __________ are the true source of political power.
  10. A form of government where a small group has most of the power.
  11. A __________form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people.
  12. The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed to provide adequate powers for the __________ government.

25 Clues: A form of government where one person has all the power. • The __________ powers belong to the United States Government. • In a __________ such as Iran religious leaders are in charge. • A form of government where a small group has most of the power. • In a __________ dictatorship the government has almost total control over people’s lives. • ...

Roberson Chapter 9 2013-06-09

Roberson Chapter 9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Defendant has a right to pretrial _________.
  2. ________ conference
  3. ______ v. United States discussed plea bargaining.
  4. People v. ______ stated that purpose of trial was to determine the truth of what happened.
  5. Motion to determine __________
  6. Discussed in the Williams case
  7. ________ v. Florida concerned the alibi defense.
  8. Motion to _________ evidence
  9. ____ v. United States concerned joiner of offenses.
Down
  1. Motion for __________ of offenses
  2. ________ v. Adamson
  3. United States v. ________ involved mail fraud.
  4. _________ self-incrimination is unconstitutional.
  5. ____ v. Ohio
  6. Motion to _______ charges
  7. ____ v. Lockhart
  8. ____ negotiations

17 Clues: ____ v. Ohio • ____ v. Lockhart • ____ negotiations • ________ conference • ________ v. Adamson • Motion to _______ charges • Motion to _________ evidence • Motion to determine __________ • Discussed in the Williams case • Motion for __________ of offenses • Defendant has a right to pretrial _________. • United States v. ________ involved mail fraud. • ...