states Crossword Puzzles
States of Matter 2023-03-06
Across
- - mass of a unit volume of a material substance
- -The transition from the gas phase to the liquid phase
- -The transition from the solid to the liquid phase
- - a type of matter with specific properties that make it less rigid than a solid but more rigid than a gas
- -The transition from the liquid phase to the gas phase
- - a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of every atom
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- - a complex arrangement of negatively charged electrons arranged in defined shells about a positively charged nucleus.
- -The transition from the liquid phase to the solid phase
- - The smallest particle of a substance that has all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance
- Point - the temperature at which its vapor pressure is equal to the pressure of the gas above it
- - the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms
- Point - the temperature at which the substance changes from a solid to a liquid
- - a negatively charged subatomic particle that can be either bound to an atom or free
- - subatomic particles found inside the nucleus of every atom
- - A state of matter with no definite shape or volume
- - a state of matter that retains its shape and density
16 Clues: - mass of a unit volume of a material substance • -The transition from the solid to the liquid phase • - the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms • - A state of matter with no definite shape or volume • -The transition from the gas phase to the liquid phase • - a state of matter that retains its shape and density • ...
States of Matter 2023-03-06
Across
- - mass of a unit volume of a material substance
- -The transition from the gas phase to the liquid phase
- -The transition from the solid to the liquid phase
- - a type of matter with specific properties that make it less rigid than a solid but more rigid than a gas
- -The transition from the liquid phase to the gas phase
- - a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of every atom
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- - a complex arrangement of negatively charged electrons arranged in defined shells about a positively charged nucleus.
- -The transition from the liquid phase to the solid phase
- - The smallest particle of a substance that has all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance
- Point - the temperature at which its vapor pressure is equal to the pressure of the gas above it
- - the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms
- Point - the temperature at which the substance changes from a solid to a liquid
- - a negatively charged subatomic particle that can be either bound to an atom or free
- - subatomic particles found inside the nucleus of every atom
- - A state of matter with no definite shape or volume
- - a state of matter that retains its shape and density
16 Clues: - mass of a unit volume of a material substance • -The transition from the solid to the liquid phase • - the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms • - A state of matter with no definite shape or volume • -The transition from the gas phase to the liquid phase • - a state of matter that retains its shape and density • ...
States of Matter 2024-04-03
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- The amount of force gravity has on an object
- when particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
- When a salute is suspended in a solvent
- What a solid does to turn into a liquid
- The stage when a liquid forms into a gas
- When you mix a solid into a liquid and it disappears
- A set of instructions telling you how to do something
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- Particles closely packed together
- When an object collapses in on itself
- When a solid skips the liquid phase and goes straight to a gas
- Particles vibrate faster and push each other apart when thermal energy is added, causing solids, liquids, and gasses to expand (get bigger) when heated.
- Has no fixed volume
- What a liquid does to turn into a solid
- It forms after a solid has melted
- The amount of space an object takes up
15 Clues: Has no fixed volume • Particles closely packed together • It forms after a solid has melted • When an object collapses in on itself • The amount of space an object takes up • When a salute is suspended in a solvent • What a solid does to turn into a liquid • What a liquid does to turn into a solid • The stage when a liquid forms into a gas • ...
United States Vocab 2024-05-03
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- the idea that the country should expand across the continent
- where individuals and businesses make the majority of buying and selling decisions
- people whose beliefs differed from the official religion in their country
- the process of making decisions through discussion
- a good that is shipped to different areas of the world
- goods brought to the United States
- places where people do particular kinds of work
- cities that are geographically close together
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- moderate
- a movement for equality
- the process of moving from one place to another
- crops grown mainly for sale to other colonies or countries
- very large farms
- the number of people who live in one area
- the average temperature and precipitation over a long period of time
15 Clues: moderate • very large farms • a movement for equality • goods brought to the United States • the number of people who live in one area • cities that are geographically close together • the process of moving from one place to another • places where people do particular kinds of work • the process of making decisions through discussion • ...
States and Countries 2024-05-16
Across
- biggest country in the world by size
- mt Fuji
- prestige in wine production
- became a state in 1876.
- Hollywood
- 69 Different Languages Are Spoken
- 50 states
- over 1,600 types of cheese
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- walt Disney
- the equality state
- new Orleans jazz
- the lone star state
- the only U.S. state that grows coffee
- grand canyon
- the largest moose population in the world
15 Clues: mt Fuji • Hollywood • 50 states • walt Disney • grand canyon • new Orleans jazz • the equality state • the lone star state • became a state in 1876. • over 1,600 types of cheese • prestige in wine production • 69 Different Languages Are Spoken • biggest country in the world by size • the only U.S. state that grows coffee • the largest moose population in the world
states of matter 2022-08-31
Across
- boiling
- firm and stable in shape
- ice freezing
- heat or cool
- Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
- point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt
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- water turning into a solid
- evaporation
- process where water vapor becomes liquid
- Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
- an electric and magnetic feild
- Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
- made up of mass
- point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
- water and other things not made up of mass
15 Clues: boiling • evaporation • ice freezing • heat or cool • made up of mass • firm and stable in shape • water turning into a solid • an electric and magnetic feild • process where water vapor becomes liquid • water and other things not made up of mass • point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt • Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal. • ...
states of matter 2022-08-31
Across
- boiling
- firm and stable in shape
- ice freezing
- heat or cool
- Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
- point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt
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- water turning into a solid
- evaporation
- process where water vapor becomes liquid
- Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
- an electric and magnetic feild
- Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
- made up of mass
- point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
- water and other things not made up of mass
15 Clues: boiling • evaporation • ice freezing • heat or cool • made up of mass • firm and stable in shape • water turning into a solid • an electric and magnetic feild • process where water vapor becomes liquid • water and other things not made up of mass • point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt • Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal. • ...
States of Matter 2022-11-23
Across
- Below 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point.
- In which atoms, ions, or molecules that make up the solid exist in a regular well-defined arrangement.
- The change of the state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase: the opposite or reverse of vaporization.
- The rapid vaporization of a liquid which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point.
- The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state.
- The temperature at which a given solid will melt
- The temperature at which a liquid boils and turns into vapor.
- A substance that has no fixed shape an yields easily to external pressure; a gas or (especially) a liquid.
- A state of matter that retains it's shape and density when not confined. Molecules are tightly packed together and contain the least amount of kinetic energy.
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- The process by which a liquid turns into a gas/vapor.
- A phase transition from the liquid phase vapor. There are two types of vaporization: evaporation and boiling.
- And noncrystalline solid in which the atoms and molecules are not organized in a definite lattice pattern.
- Or a fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid.
- A substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.
- A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid)
15 Clues: The temperature at which a given solid will melt • The process by which a liquid turns into a gas/vapor. • The temperature at which a liquid boils and turns into vapor. • The rapid vaporization of a liquid which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point. • ...
States of Matter 2022-11-22
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- ransition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state
- water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
- substance that flows freely
- conversion of a substance from the liquid or solid phase into the gaseous phase
- bringing a liquid to the temperature at which it turns to vapor
- below 32°F (0°C)
- highly defined arrangements of molecular chains
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- any noncrystalline solid in which the atoms and molecules are not organized in a definite pattern
- temperature at which it starts to change into steam or vapor
- process of turning from liquid into vapor
- the temperature at which a given solid will melt
- substance that has no fixed shape
- firm and stable shape
- expands freely to fill the whole of a container
- becoming liquefied by heat
15 Clues: below 32°F (0°C) • firm and stable shape • becoming liquefied by heat • substance that flows freely • substance that has no fixed shape • process of turning from liquid into vapor • expands freely to fill the whole of a container • highly defined arrangements of molecular chains • the temperature at which a given solid will melt • ...
States of matter 2025-05-19
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- The amount of space an object occupies
- he amount of matter in an object
- Increasing in size or volume.
- Movement of particles from high to low concentration
- ionized gas, found in stars
- liquid to solid
- Decreasing in size or volume.
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- Random movement of particles in a fluid.
- Flows easily and takes the shape of its container.
- liquid to gas
- A state of matter with fixed shape and volume.
- Mass per unit volume
- Pushes or pulls that can change motion
- State of matter that expands to fill its container.
- The arrangement of parts in a substance.
15 Clues: liquid to gas • liquid to solid • Mass per unit volume • ionized gas, found in stars • Increasing in size or volume. • Decreasing in size or volume. • he amount of matter in an object • The amount of space an object occupies • Pushes or pulls that can change motion • Random movement of particles in a fluid. • The arrangement of parts in a substance. • ...
Emotions & Mental States 2025-06-27
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- Temporary emotional state
- Extreme tiredness of body or mind
- Inability to remember past information
- Practice of calming the mind
- Knowledge or perception of a situation
- Thinking too much about something
- Strong feeling like joy, anger, or sadness
- Prolonged feeling of sadness or hopelessness
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- The reason one has for acting or behaving
- Mental or emotional strain
- Idea or opinion produced by thinking
- State of active, open attention on the present
- Clearness of thought or expression
- Feeling of worry or nervousness
- State of being unclear or uncertain
15 Clues: Temporary emotional state • Mental or emotional strain • Practice of calming the mind • Feeling of worry or nervousness • Extreme tiredness of body or mind • Thinking too much about something • Clearness of thought or expression • State of being unclear or uncertain • Idea or opinion produced by thinking • Inability to remember past information • ...
United States Revolution 2024-12-03
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- This man was voted the leader of the Continental Army
- The number of troops the British sent in June 1776
- This was the first major battle
- This was the major result of the Revolutionary War and resulted in American Independence
- These were passed by the parliament in an attempt to restore order in the colonies
- This war led to the independence of Americans
- When the battle of Princeton was won
- The second Continental Congress was supposed to be held in this month
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- This war caused new taxes such as the Stamp Act to be placed on the colonies
- The famous saying related to the Revolutionary War
- overthrow of a government or special power
- This man sounded the alarm over British troops marching through Boston
- The year of the first Continental Congress
- Where the British troops marched
- The army that George Washington led
15 Clues: This was the first major battle • Where the British troops marched • The army that George Washington led • When the battle of Princeton was won • overthrow of a government or special power • The year of the first Continental Congress • This war led to the independence of Americans • The famous saying related to the Revolutionary War • ...
The United States 2025-09-12
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- Destiny: The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across North America.
- Region: An area defined by common economic activities.
- Describes a mild climate, not too hot or cold.
- The movement of people from one place to another.
- Density: The number of people living per unit of area.
- A large farm where crops are grown, often with many workers.
- Rights Movement: Movement for equal rights for African Americans in the 1950s–60s.
- Economy: An economy where decisions are guided by supply and demand.
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- The practice of managing international relations and negotiations.
- A person who disagrees with official or commonly held views.
- Crop: A crop grown mainly for sale rather than for the farmer’s use.
- Area: A large city and its surrounding suburbs.
- Goods sent out to another country for sale.
- Goods brought into a country from abroad.
- The usual weather conditions in a place over a long period.
15 Clues: Goods brought into a country from abroad. • Goods sent out to another country for sale. • Describes a mild climate, not too hot or cold. • Area: A large city and its surrounding suburbs. • The movement of people from one place to another. • Region: An area defined by common economic activities. • Density: The number of people living per unit of area. • ...
States of Matter 2025-10-16
Across
- Hot water makes this…
- Water, milk and oil are…
- We read this…
- We breathe this… (تنفس)
- We write O2 for this…
- Coca Cola has too much of this…
- It is a hot drink and Lisa likes it …
- We cook with this…
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- We drink this and a cow makes this… (بقرة)
- We write N for this…
- It is a big, hot ball of gas…
- We eat this…
- The sun, oxygen and nitrogen are…
- We drink this everyday…
- A book and an apple are…
15 Clues: We eat this… • We read this… • We cook with this… • We write N for this… • Hot water makes this… • We write O2 for this… • We breathe this… (تنفس) • We drink this everyday… • Water, milk and oil are… • A book and an apple are… • It is a big, hot ball of gas… • Coca Cola has too much of this… • The sun, oxygen and nitrogen are… • It is a hot drink and Lisa likes it … • ...
States of Matter 2025-11-18
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- the change of state of a gas to a solid without going through the liquid state
- the change of state from a solid to a gas without going through the liquid state
- the total potential and kinetic energies of an object
- the uneven forces acting on the particles on the surface of a liquid
- the amount of space that a substance or object occupies
- vaporization that occurs only at the surface of a liquid
- a matter that has no definite shape and no definite volume
- a measurement of a liquid's resistance to flow
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- matter that has a definite shape and volume
- the change in state of a liquid into a gas
- the energy an object has due to its motion
- matter with a definite volume but no definite shape
- the external boundary or form of an object
- a measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles in an object
- the change of state from gas to a liquid
- a matter that has no definite shape and no definite volume
16 Clues: the change of state from gas to a liquid • the change in state of a liquid into a gas • the energy an object has due to its motion • the external boundary or form of an object • matter that has a definite shape and volume • a measurement of a liquid's resistance to flow • matter with a definite volume but no definite shape • ...
States of Matter 2025-12-11
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- a tool used to measure mass
- a property that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself
- the smallest unit of matter
- a force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move
- the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas
- A measurement of how warm or cold an object or a substance is
- a state of matter with a constant shape and size
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- a predictable, repeating event
- a tool used to measure the strength of a magnet
- the amount of matter in something
- any substance that has mass and takes up space
- a tool used to measure the temperature of a material or substance
- a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container
- a state of matter with definite volume but no fixed shape
- the ability of a material (or type of matter) to sink or float when placed in water
15 Clues: a tool used to measure mass • the smallest unit of matter • a predictable, repeating event • the amount of matter in something • any substance that has mass and takes up space • a tool used to measure the strength of a magnet • a state of matter with a constant shape and size • the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas • ...
Find The States! 2026-04-10
Across
- What state is west of Alabama, and east of Louisiana
- What state is south of South Dakota?
- What state is west of Kansas?
- What state is southeast from New Mexico?
- What state is east of Missouri, and west of Indiana?
- What state is northwest of Washington
- What state is to the west of California?
- What state is northwest of New Mexico?
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- What state is southwest of West Virginia?
- What state is east of California?
- What state is north of California?
- What state is northeast of Maine?
- What state is north of Missouri?
- What ocean is to the east of the United States?
- What state is east of Indiana?
15 Clues: What state is west of Kansas? • What state is east of Indiana? • What state is north of Missouri? • What state is east of California? • What state is northeast of Maine? • What state is north of California? • What state is south of South Dakota? • What state is northwest of Washington • What state is northwest of New Mexico? • What state is southeast from New Mexico? • ...
States of Matter 2026-09-02
Across
- mass/volume
- liquid to gas
- a very small pieces of something
- This has a fixed shape and volume.
- solid to liquid
- gas to liquid
- This has a fixed volume but not a fixed shape.
- a very small pieces of something
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- -273°C =___________ zero
- How hot something is.
- the smallest piece of anything
- liquid to solid
- This has neither fixed shape nor volume.
- How much material (stuff) is in something.
- Water is so hot it bubbles.
- How much space an object takes up.
16 Clues: mass/volume • liquid to gas • gas to liquid • liquid to solid • solid to liquid • How hot something is. • -273°C =___________ zero • Water is so hot it bubbles. • the smallest piece of anything • a very small pieces of something • a very small pieces of something • This has a fixed shape and volume. • How much space an object takes up. • This has neither fixed shape nor volume. • ...
Citizenship/Civics 2024-05-30
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- Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
- What is one reason colonists came to America?
- The third President of the United States
- Washington D.C. was formed from land belonging to Virginia and _____
- The second President of the United States
- The ___________ sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic rights of Americans
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- Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
- Capital of Massachusetts
- What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
- What month is Independence Day?
- Who makes federal laws?
- Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
- a change (to the Constitution), an addition (to the Constitution)
- We elect a President for how many years?
- Susan B. __________ fought for civil rights and the women's right to vote.
- 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? • ...
Government Unit 2012-10-22
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- An assembly to conduct judicial business
- 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.
- The central government the unties the states today.
- The power to execute, enforce, and administer law.
- The upper house of the Untied States Congress
- Vote against
- of the Untied States Head of state
- The way in which changes are added to the constitution
- A member of the democratic Party
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- Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- The lower Legislative house of the Untied States Congress
- Representatives
- The government of a local area
- The branch of Untied States Government that has power over legislating
- The act of officially naming a candidate
- Election in which voters choose the candidates from each party who will run in the General Election
- 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. • ...
ACW Revision 2024-04-28
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- The act of setting someone free from enslavement.
- A white Northern American who settled in the South after the ACW.
- The withdrawal of the Southern states.
- Which amendment confirmed the Emancipation Proclamation had abolished slavery?
- A large estate where cotton was typically grown.
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- Someone who wanted to eradicate slavery.
- The .... Era after the ACW?
- Those Southern States who left the Union in 1861.
- Which amendment guaranteed all American Citizens equality in law?
- The Northern states during the ACW.
- The Reconstruction .... had to be implemented by confederate states before they could be re-admitted to the union.
- The ....-Nebraska Act ended the Missouri Compromise?
- The .... system is where central government decides subjects that affect all states?
- Which amendment gave all black men the right to vote?
- A .... state where slavery does not occur.
- 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. • ...
Discovery ed history crossword 2023-05-04
Across
- (tool that increased productivity of. Cotton production)
- (The side of the war that was against the southern states during the civil war)
- (political power should be from the states and the peoples consent)
- (congressman who helped sign the Missouri compromise)
- (group of pro-slavery southerners)
- (Trade between Africa and america for slaves used for labor)
- (war between north and the south about slavery)
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- (signed the emancipation proclamation and was the 16th president)
- (a law that made states either free states or slave states
- (war between the US and Mexico fought by the border of Texas and Mexico)
- (the end of slavery after the 13th amendment)
- (and act signed to counteract the Missouri compromise, western states)
- (people who were against slavery, and mostly originated in the north)
- (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 • ...
Nic W 4 2023-03-06
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- what slaves wanted
- people in the CSA
- baldwin city's county was named after whom
- first state governor of Kansas
- not in accordance with the constitution
- person who was killed for beliefs
- escaped slaves
- conflict between 2 sides
- Invests in stocks
- region where slave states were
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- follower of westward expansion
- authority of others while voting
- top general of the south
- person opposed to slavery
- act that added two more states
- soldiers of the south
- sixteenth president of the US
- set free
- region where free states were
- betraying one's country
- 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
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- to withdraw from enemy forces
- war between the states (1861-1865)
- proclamation issued by Pres. Lincoln
- Union soldier in Civil War
- Commander of the Union Armies
- practice of owning slaves
- to enlist in armed forces
- 16th President of United States
- to give assistance
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- light gun with long barrel
- item designed to inflict bodily harm
- Lincoln granted all slaves
- southern states that seceded from the Union
- conflict
- highest officer in armed forces
- General that led the Confederate Army
- successful ending of a war
- garment worn by soldiers
- strategy to achieve a specific end
- 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 • ...
Jacob 2023-11-30
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- a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement
- group founded by seven slave states
- president of the confederate states of America
- Historical period after the civil war
- military commander for the confederate states of America
- Place of the first White House for the confederate states of America
- Confederate States of Americas general during the civil war
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- people who standup against slavery
- the side that wanted slavery during the civil war
- One of the confederates iron clads or ships
- machine used to pull cotton fibers from the seed
- the act of becoming an independent country
- a custom duty or tax levied on imports of merchandise goods
- one human being is owned by the other
- 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
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- One of the confederates iron clads or ships
- Place of the first White House for the confederate states of America
- a custom duty or tax levied on imports of merchandise goods
- president of the confederate states of America
- the side that wanted slavery during the civil war
- enslaved black man who sued his masters for freedom
- group founded by seven slave states
- military commander for the confederate states of America
- people who standup against slavery
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- Confederate States of Americas general during the civil war
- machine used to pull cotton fibers from the seed
- the act of becoming an independent country
- a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement
- Historical period after the civil war
- 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
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- – Conductor of the Underground Railroad and Union spy.
- – Site where the Confederate Army surrendered to the Union Army.
- – General of the Confederate Army.
- – Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
- – Nurse during the Civil War and founder of the American Red Cross.
- – Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
- – Location where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
- – General of the Union Army who later became President.
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- – Executive order by Lincoln freeing slaves in Confederate states.
- – The 11 southern states that seceded from the Union.
- – The northern states that opposed the Confederacy.
- – President of the Union during the Civil War.
- – Famous 1863 battle and site of Lincoln’s address.
- – President of the Confederate States of America.
- – 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. • ...
Ms Bolivar Social Studies Project 2025-01-07
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- – Conductor of the Underground Railroad and Union spy.
- – Site where the Confederate Army surrendered to the Union Army.
- – General of the Confederate Army.
- – Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
- – Nurse during the Civil War and founder of the American Red Cross.
- – Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
- – Location where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
- – General of the Union Army who later became President.
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- – Executive order by Lincoln freeing slaves in Confederate states.
- – The 11 southern states that seceded from the Union.
- – The northern states that opposed the Confederacy.
- – President of the Union during the Civil War.
- – Famous 1863 battle and site of Lincoln’s address.
- – President of the Confederate States of America.
- – 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. • ...
Government 2023-10-20
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- right to bear arms
- political authority is with the people
- to right to speak with no harm
- made up of a prime minister and a member of a party
- powers not delegated to national gov. or denied to the states ,but reserved to the states.
- power divided between central government and local government
- judicial branch
- written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
- single and centralized government
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- having to do with praising
- government where power is held by a small group
- legislative branch
- alliance of independence states
- executive branch
- absolute and unchallengeable authority over people
- 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 • ...
Nation-States Review 2014-03-12
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- Philip II defeated John in the Battle of?(1214)
- aside from England we talked about..
- presided courts and collected taxes, strengthening the government
- Hugh Capet's effective bureaucracy gained him?(Sign)
- He and his minister Jean Baptiste reinforced this
- centralized tax collection; lessened corruption
- gave importance to favoring royal over local justice
- Richard I was considered an absentee because of participation in the?
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- what Henry IV paved the way to.
- The Toleration Act of 1689 was for the..
- French counterparts of Lords
- signed by John; 1215
- After James I lost all his resources, he adopted this
- Established by Oliver Cromwell; Trial Period
- White rose of the War of the Roses; "new" one found in the USA
15 Clues: signed by John; 1215 • French counterparts of Lords • what Henry IV paved the way to. • aside from England we talked about.. • The Toleration Act of 1689 was for the.. • Established by Oliver Cromwell; Trial Period • Philip II defeated John in the Battle of?(1214) • centralized tax collection; lessened corruption • He and his minister Jean Baptiste reinforced this • ...
States of Matter 2014-09-14
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- matter that feels all of the space available to it, it is not very dense
- the upward push of a liquid or gas on an object
- matter changing from a liquid to a gas
- to spread or stretch out
- fourth state of matter that is found in the sun and other stars
- the process of changing from a gas to a liquid
- to change from a liquid to a solid when temperature drops
- to spread or scatter widely or thinly
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- a particle of matter made of two or more atoms joined tightly together
- changing from a solid to a gas without becoming a liquid
- a change in matter that gives off heat, extra heat
- the amount of matter in an object
- the speed of evaporation (changing from a liquid to a gas)
- full of pores (small holes)
- the ability of a substance to flow
15 Clues: to spread or stretch out • full of pores (small holes) • the amount of matter in an object • the ability of a substance to flow • to spread or scatter widely or thinly • matter changing from a liquid to a gas • the process of changing from a gas to a liquid • the upward push of a liquid or gas on an object • a change in matter that gives off heat, extra heat • ...
United States Government 2019-10-31
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- Judicial branch of government
- 435 representatives
- The president is _________ in chief
- This branch includes the Supreme Court
- Congress includes the House of Representatives and the ____
- Carries out laws
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- This branch makes laws
- In charge of executive branch
- one branch doesn't become too powerful
- The president lives here
- Serves under the president
- Number of senators from each state
- The United States has ______ branches of government
- serve as advisors to the president
- The legislative branch is also called ______
15 Clues: Carries out laws • 435 representatives • This branch makes laws • The president lives here • Serves under the president • Judicial branch of government • In charge of executive branch • Number of senators from each state • serve as advisors to the president • The president is _________ in chief • one branch doesn't become too powerful • This branch includes the Supreme Court • ...
States of Matter 2020-11-09
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- In a liquid, molecules are more ___ packed than in a solid.
- __ in solids are very close together.
- Gases have an ___ shape and volume.
- A liquid does not have a definite ___.
- Molecules in a a liquid move more than molecules in a ___.
- A liquid will take the shape of its ___.
- These atoms are the fastest.
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- The study of matter is called this.
- A liquid has definite ___.
- ___ change shape.
- When a liquid is poured from one container into another, it takes up the same about of ___.
- Gas atoms are so far apart that they're ___.
- An ___ is the smallest unit of matter.
- Solids have a ___ shape and a definite volume.
- This is another name for the states of matter.
15 Clues: ___ change shape. • A liquid has definite ___. • These atoms are the fastest. • The study of matter is called this. • Gases have an ___ shape and volume. • __ in solids are very close together. • A liquid does not have a definite ___. • An ___ is the smallest unit of matter. • A liquid will take the shape of its ___. • Gas atoms are so far apart that they're ___. • ...
States and capitals 2020-10-18
15 Clues: Assam • Punjab • Gangtok • Manipur • Tripura • Nagaland • TamilNadu • Karnataka • Meghalaya • WestBengal • Maharashtra • Uttarpradesh • Andhra pradesh • Madhya pradesh • Himachal pradesh
United States Government 2021-05-14
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- branch headed by the U.S. president
- men who attended the Constitutional Convention
- first president of the U.S.
- why we have government
- law of the land in the U.S.
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- difference between state and national govt.
- We the People
- branch that makes the laws
- a change to the Constitution
- number of branches of government
- branch headed by the Supreme Court
- number of amendments in the Bill of Rights
- amendment that promoted right to bear arms
- amendment that promoted freedom of speech
- popular sovereignty
15 Clues: We the People • popular sovereignty • why we have government • branch that makes the laws • first president of the U.S. • law of the land in the U.S. • a change to the Constitution • number of branches of government • branch headed by the Supreme Court • branch headed by the U.S. president • amendment that promoted freedom of speech • number of amendments in the Bill of Rights • ...
STATES IN NIGERIA 2023-09-06
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- - Named after the Niger Delta region
- - Home of the Gobarau Minaret
- River - Named after a river and state
- - Known for the Benin Kingdom
- - The capital of Nigeria
- - Famous for the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
- - The historical Yoruba empire
- - Home to the Olumo Rock
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- - Named after a prominent water feature
- - The "State of Harmony"
- - Known for its ancient city walls
- - Situated in the Niger Delta
- - Known for the Sultan's Palace
- - Nigeria's most populous city
- - The "Coal City" state
15 Clues: - The "Coal City" state • - The "State of Harmony" • - The capital of Nigeria • - Home to the Olumo Rock • - Situated in the Niger Delta • - Home of the Gobarau Minaret • - Known for the Benin Kingdom • - Nigeria's most populous city • - The historical Yoruba empire • - Known for the Sultan's Palace • - Known for its ancient city walls • - Named after the Niger Delta region • ...
United States Government 2023-11-13
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- the process of becoming a citizen of another country.
- sharing power between the federal and state governments.
- law
- a change correction or improvement added to a document.
- special groups or electors to vote for president and vice president.
- a government in which citizen's rule through elected representatives.
- a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases.
- a settlement of a dispute by each partly giving up some demands.
- branch of government that executes or carries out, that law, headed by the president.
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- the belief that the government is subject to the will of the people.
- having two separate lawmaking chambers.
- power belonging only to the states.
- the branch of government that includes the courts that settle disputes and questions of the law.
- to fall in value
- the legal rules and procedures the government must observe before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property.
15 Clues: law • to fall in value • power belonging only to the states. • having two separate lawmaking chambers. • the process of becoming a citizen of another country. • a change correction or improvement added to a document. • sharing power between the federal and state governments. • a settlement of a dispute by each partly giving up some demands. • ...
States and Countries 2024-05-10
15 Clues: Area51 • sun valley • Blue Holes • Black hills • Grand Canyon • full of snow • full of rides • Bethany Beach • DC White House • full of Snakes • lots of spider • Statue of Liberty • Golden gate bridge • The Sunflower State • The largest underground cave in the world
STATES OF MATTER 2023-01-27
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- the amount of matter in an object
- how much space a substance takes up
- basic building unit of life
- matter moves fast with no fixed shape
- when a solid or liquid becomes a gas
- when a gas becomes a liquid
- when a liquid becomes a solid
- particles slide over each other
- how particles move in a substance
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- when a solid changes into a gas
- when a solid becomes a liquid
- when matter is neither created or destroyed
- when a gas becomes a solid
- temperature when liquid becomes a gas
- particles vibrate in place-close together
15 Clues: when a gas becomes a solid • basic building unit of life • when a gas becomes a liquid • when a solid becomes a liquid • when a liquid becomes a solid • when a solid changes into a gas • particles slide over each other • the amount of matter in an object • how particles move in a substance • how much space a substance takes up • when a solid or liquid becomes a gas • ...
States and Capital 2023-04-27
15 Clues: capital of Ohio • capital of Maine • capital of Idaho • capital of Texas • capital of Kansas • capital of Florida • capital of Alabama • capital of Georgia • capital of Montana • capital of New York • capital of Colorado • capital of Nebraska • capital of Pennsylvania • capital of North Dakota • capital of New Hampshire
Swahili States Crossword 2023-03-30
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- Traded accessory
- Explorer who called Kilwa "one of the most beautiful towns in the world"
- Helps with trade and travel
- Well preserved worship place at Kilwa
- Portuguese explorer
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- Tried to gain control over Indian ocean trade network
- Minted currency
- Building material
- A place near an ocean
- Traded shiny metal
- The religion followed
- Divided Communities with different leaders, but in the same relative location
- Number of levels the social structure had
- Worship one god
- One of the 35 city-states
15 Clues: Minted currency • Worship one god • Traded accessory • Building material • Traded shiny metal • Portuguese explorer • A place near an ocean • The religion followed • One of the 35 city-states • Helps with trade and travel • Well preserved worship place at Kilwa • Number of levels the social structure had • Tried to gain control over Indian ocean trade network • ...
States of Matter 2021-11-03
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- Water freezes at what degrees
- Cannot be compressed easily
- Cooling a gas and changing it into a liquid is called
- When a liquid is cooled and changes into a solid
- The state of matter with the most energy
- All particles are made up of these
- An example of a gas we breathe in through respiration
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- Water boils at what degrees
- This state of matter has a definite volume and can flow
- When a liquid is heated and turns to gas
- The fourth state of matter
- When a solid changes to a liquid it is called
- The movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
- dioxide A gas we breathe out through respiration
- This state has no definite volume or shape
- Anything that takes up space and has mass
16 Clues: The fourth state of matter • Water boils at what degrees • Cannot be compressed easily • Water freezes at what degrees • All particles are made up of these • When a liquid is heated and turns to gas • The state of matter with the most energy • Anything that takes up space and has mass • This state has no definite volume or shape • ...
States of Matter 2022-05-16
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- Solid Turning Directly to gas
- Pulls Surface Together
- Particles moving through a small space
- Geometric Solid
- A three-Dimensional arrangement
- Gas turning directly solid
- Gas turning to liquid
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- A system that is uniform
- Liquid or Solid turning to gas
- Opposites occurring at equal rates
- Fits A popular scientific theory
- Particles escaping
- Particles mixing
- Solid Turning to liquid Via Heat
- Process of Liquid turning Solid
15 Clues: Geometric Solid • Particles mixing • Particles escaping • Gas turning to liquid • Pulls Surface Together • A system that is uniform • Gas turning directly solid • Solid Turning Directly to gas • Liquid or Solid turning to gas • Process of Liquid turning Solid • A three-Dimensional arrangement • Fits A popular scientific theory • Solid Turning to liquid Via Heat • ...
states in USA 2022-05-24
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- known for its national parks
- home to yellowstone national
- is known as lone star state
- tea party
- is now for the grand canyon
- home for deer isle and moosehead lake
- home of the pro football hall of fame
- home to the space needle
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- home to the empire state building
- is known for the state of granite
- home to bighorn mountains
- home to mount rushmore
- is known for the northern lights
- home to the theodore roosevelt
- is known for vast farm lands
15 Clues: tea party • home to mount rushmore • home to the space needle • home to bighorn mountains • is known as lone star state • is now for the grand canyon • known for its national parks • home to yellowstone national • is known for vast farm lands • home to the theodore roosevelt • is known for the northern lights • home to the empire state building • is known for the state of granite • ...
States of Matter 2025-02-10
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- The amount of a material that can dissolve in a liquid.
- Three states of matter.
- A system where mass stays the same because nothing can escape.
- Name a property of matter.
- Force that can attract or repel objects such as iron, steel and magnets.
- Observable/Measurable characteristic.
- Gas particles spread through the air.
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- One material such as liquid moves into another.
- A property of a material that describes how well light or sound bounces off its surface.
- Two bad conductors of heat.
- Material that conducts electricity, heat or sound poorly.
- Material that light, electrical, heat or sound energy can pass through
- A good conductor of heat.
- Something that happens when two substances are mixed together.
- A system where mass can escape.
15 Clues: Three states of matter. • A good conductor of heat. • Name a property of matter. • Two bad conductors of heat. • A system where mass can escape. • Observable/Measurable characteristic. • Gas particles spread through the air. • One material such as liquid moves into another. • The amount of a material that can dissolve in a liquid. • ...
States and Countries 2023-11-20
15 Clues: gondolas • 50 stars • hollywood • pine trees • alligators • the outback • maple syrup • the caribbean • salt lake city • the eiffel tower • the cheese state • the biggest state • the lone star state • the most populated country • the home of the french fry
States of Matter 2024-11-15
15 Clues: ice • water • states of • air; 4 gases • water vapour • liquid -> gas • gas -> liquid • example of gas • liquid -> solid • solid -> liquid • example of solid • example of liquid • my favourite class • your favourite teacher • all matter is made of tiny
Southern States/Capitals 2024-11-04
15 Clues: Capital of GA • Capital of MS • Capital of FL • Capital of TX • Capital of WV • Capital of MD • Capital of TN • Capital of VA • Capital of KY • Capital of NC • Capital or AL • Capital of SC • Capital or AR • Capital of OK • Capital of LA
Greek City-States 2025-04-20
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- A famous stand by Spartans against a much larger Persian army.
- Rule by a privileged upper class, often inherited by birth.
- A major Athenian victory over Persia in the first Persian War.
- Citizens vote directly on laws and political decisions.
- Military housing where Spartan boys lived and trained.
- Government ruled by a king or queen from noble families.
- Conquered peoples forced into slavery, especially in Sparta.
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- Government ruled by a small group of wealthy individuals.
- The highest part of a city-state, used for defense and important buildings.
- The Greek word for city-state, a central political unit in ancient Greece.
- An open marketplace and gathering area in Greek city-states.
- A type of Greek warship powered by rowers, used in naval battles.
- A ruler who seized power by force, often with popular support.
- A governing body in Athens selected by lottery to run daily affairs.
- A heavily armed Greek foot soldier.
15 Clues: A heavily armed Greek foot soldier. • Military housing where Spartan boys lived and trained. • Citizens vote directly on laws and political decisions. • Government ruled by a king or queen from noble families. • Government ruled by a small group of wealthy individuals. • Rule by a privileged upper class, often inherited by birth. • ...
States of matter 2024-03-10
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- Ability of substances to mix completely.
- Any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.
- State of matter with fixed shape and volume.
- Measure of a substance's ability to dissolve in another substance.
- State of matter with neither fixed shape nor volume.
- Mixture of two or more immiscible substances.
- Substance capable of dissolving other substances.
- Substance that is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution.
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- Solid material with atoms arranged in a highly ordered, repeating pattern.
- Process where gas or vapor changes into liquid.
- Particles suspended within a medium.
- State of matter with definite volume but takes the shape of its container.
- Substance capable of flowing.
- Transition of a substance directly from solid to gas phase without passing through the liquid phase.
- Process where a liquid turns into vapor at temperatures below its boiling point.
15 Clues: Substance capable of flowing. • Particles suspended within a medium. • Ability of substances to mix completely. • State of matter with fixed shape and volume. • Mixture of two or more immiscible substances. • Process where gas or vapor changes into liquid. • Substance capable of dissolving other substances. • State of matter with neither fixed shape nor volume. • ...
States of Matter 2024-03-15
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- Solids stay sold. Liquids stay liquid. Gases stay _______.
- You cannot see this state of matter, but you can feel it.
- Changing the _______ of water can change its state of matter.
- This type of matter can easily change from a liquid to a gas and back to a solid.
- Even though you cannot see gases, you can still ______ them.
- This state of matter does not change its shape.
- Some solids can feel _________.
- This is a gas that we breathe every day.
- All matter contains ___________.
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- Gases fill up the _______ they're in.
- There are three states of ______.
- There are _____ states of matter.
- Another name for water vapor.
- Maple syrup is an example of this state of matter.
- Liquids take the shape of its ________.
15 Clues: Another name for water vapor. • Some solids can feel _________. • All matter contains ___________. • There are three states of ______. • There are _____ states of matter. • Gases fill up the _______ they're in. • Liquids take the shape of its ________. • This is a gas that we breathe every day. • This state of matter does not change its shape. • ...
States in USA 2022-10-13
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- Mount Hood state
- Keystone State
- state in the Pacific Ocean
- Neighbor of Texas
- US 'North Star State'
- Stockton's US home
- State in SE USA
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- The USA’s second largest state
- 'Sunshine State' of the USA
- 'The Silver State'
- Double N, S, E
- America's 'Gem State'
- Name of first US President
- Portland is here
- State capital is Juneau
15 Clues: Double N, S, E • Keystone State • State in SE USA • Mount Hood state • Portland is here • Neighbor of Texas • 'The Silver State' • Stockton's US home • America's 'Gem State' • US 'North Star State' • State capital is Juneau • state in the Pacific Ocean • Name of first US President • 'Sunshine State' of the USA • The USA’s second largest state
States of Matter 2022-08-30
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- Anything that takes up space
- conversion of substance from liquid to gas
- matter composed of tiny particles
- temperature which liquid goes to solid
- vapor condenses to liquid,no change in substance temperature
- closely packed particles contain least KE
- liquid changes into a vapor
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- temperature at which a sold melts
- no fixed shape and no fixed volume
- the degree of heat presented in substance
- being turned into ice or another solid object
- positive charged particles and negative charged
- define shape but no fixed volume
- becoming liquidfied
- water vapor becomes liquid
15 Clues: becoming liquidfied • water vapor becomes liquid • liquid changes into a vapor • Anything that takes up space • define shape but no fixed volume • temperature at which a sold melts • matter composed of tiny particles • no fixed shape and no fixed volume • temperature which liquid goes to solid • the degree of heat presented in substance • ...
States & Feelings 2 2022-09-07
States and Capitals 2022-10-23
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- The capital of Virginia
- The man that sailed the ocean blue
- The capital of North Carolina
- The capital of New Jersey
- A bird that rises from the ashes
- The _________ Tea Party
- The capital is Indianapolis
- State that is known for peaches
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- The heart of the country music scene
- This state has Yellowstone national park
- The capital of Nebraska and a car brand
- The capital is Salt Lake City
- The lone star state
- The capital of Louisiana
- Capital of Colorado
15 Clues: The lone star state • Capital of Colorado • The capital of Virginia • The _________ Tea Party • The capital of Louisiana • The capital of New Jersey • The capital is Indianapolis • The capital of North Carolina • The capital is Salt Lake City • State that is known for peaches • A bird that rises from the ashes • The man that sailed the ocean blue • ...
United States Vocab 2022-04-06
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- a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
- a tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source
- cut down and remove every tree from (an area)
- rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes
- an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap
- a tree or shrub that grows in chiefly tropical coastal swamps that are flooded at high tide
- a very large, heavily populated city or urban complex
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- a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms
- the area where an upland region and a coastal plain meet and is typically prominent where rivers cross it, with resulting rapids or waterfalls
- a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
- a method of farming in semiarid areas without the aid of irrigation, using drought-resistant crops and conserving moisture
- (in the southern US) a marshy outlet of a lake or river
- excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen
- an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation
- fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants
15 Clues: cut down and remove every tree from (an area) • a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake • a very large, heavily populated city or urban complex • (in the southern US) a marshy outlet of a lake or river • fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants • a tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source • ...
states of matter 2022-05-10
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- m =
- a gas in contact with liquid or solid phase
- part of a system that has uniform composition and properties
- gas directly to a solid
- physical change processes
- condensation is a ___ change
- gas changes to liquid
- a liquid to a solid
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- change of state from a solid to a gas
- Energy can be ____ or released
- all 3 phases of matter are equal
- the process which a liquid turns to gas
- change of a liquid to a vapor
- two opposing changes occur at equal rates
- The ____ boiling point of a liquid
15 Clues: m = • a liquid to a solid • gas changes to liquid • gas directly to a solid • physical change processes • condensation is a ___ change • change of a liquid to a vapor • Energy can be ____ or released • all 3 phases of matter are equal • The ____ boiling point of a liquid • change of state from a solid to a gas • the process which a liquid turns to gas • ...
States of Matter 2022-09-22
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- Water in the form of a gas is called
- Matter that has a definite shape and volume is in this state.
- On a warm day, the liquid water in a puddle will _____ and turn into a gas.
- When atoms are in this state of matter, they fly around freely.
- Water, in solid form is _____.
- Process of a liquid turning into gas.
- Raindrops are this state of matter.
- Process of a solid turning into a liquid.
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- Process of a gas turning into a liquid.
- Solid matter does not change _____.
- Solid white flakes of water that fall from the sky are known as ____.
- Process of a liquid turning into a solid.
- Liquid matter takes the shape of its ____.
- This is liquid rock that pours out of a volcano.
- The amount of space that matter takes up is its________
15 Clues: Water, in solid form is _____. • Solid matter does not change _____. • Raindrops are this state of matter. • Water in the form of a gas is called • Process of a liquid turning into gas. • Process of a gas turning into a liquid. • Process of a liquid turning into a solid. • Process of a solid turning into a liquid. • Liquid matter takes the shape of its ____. • ...
States of Matter 2022-08-30
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- A sample of matter that takes the shape of a container
- A state of matter that has neither indeenden shape nor volume
- The temperature at which a liquid begins to vaporize
- A degree measured on a definite scale
- Change from a liquid state to a gaseous state
- A theory based on the idea that matter is composed of tiny particles that are always in motion
- Substance made up of various types of particles and has inertia
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- The temperature at which a gas condenses
- The temperature a which a solid melts
- Change from a solid to a liquid
- Change from a gaseous state to a liquid state
- A charged particle
- The temperature at which a liquid freezes
- Change from a liquid state to a solid
- A state of matter that retains its shape and density
15 Clues: A charged particle • Change from a solid to a liquid • The temperature a which a solid melts • Change from a liquid state to a solid • A degree measured on a definite scale • The temperature at which a gas condenses • The temperature at which a liquid freezes • Change from a gaseous state to a liquid state • Change from a liquid state to a gaseous state • ...
states of matter 2022-08-31
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- boiling
- firm and stable in shape
- ice freezing
- heat or cool
- Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
- point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt
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- water turning into a solid
- evaporation
- process where water vapor becomes liquid
- Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
- an electric and magnetic feild
- Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
- made up of mass
- point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
- water and other things not made up of mass
15 Clues: boiling • evaporation • ice freezing • heat or cool • made up of mass • firm and stable in shape • water turning into a solid • an electric and magnetic feild • process where water vapor becomes liquid • water and other things not made up of mass • point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt • Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal. • ...
states of matter 2022-08-31
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- boiling
- firm and stable in shape
- ice freezing
- heat or cool
- Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal.
- point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt
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- water turning into a solid
- evaporation
- process where water vapor becomes liquid
- Point,the temperature at which a vapor condenses into a liquid without a change in the temperature of the substance.
- an electric and magnetic feild
- Molecular, Theory gasses are composed of a large number of particles that behave hard.
- made up of mass
- point,the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.
- water and other things not made up of mass
15 Clues: boiling • evaporation • ice freezing • heat or cool • made up of mass • firm and stable in shape • water turning into a solid • an electric and magnetic feild • process where water vapor becomes liquid • water and other things not made up of mass • point, the temperature at which a given solid will melt • Point,the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal. • ...
States of Conciousness 2025-11-10
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- A powerful hallucinogenic drug, also known as acid
- increases alertness and awakeness, can lead to anxiety and restlessness
- Contains THC which triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations
- A synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen, produces euphoria and social intimacy, has short term health risks and longer-term harm to serotonin-producing neurons and to mood and cognition
- A disinhibitor, slows brain activity that controls judgement and inhibitions
- the major active ingredient in marijuana, triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations
- when someone takes these these their pupils constrict, their breathing slows, and lethargy sets in as pleasurel plesure replaces pain and anxiety
- Also known as tranquilizers, Can be used to induce sleep or reduce anxiety
- Addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels
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- Psychedic drugs, such as LSD, that distorts perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absense of sensory input
- drugs such as methamphetamine, that stimulate neural activity, causing accelerated body functions and associated energy and mood changes
- Drugs such as alchohol, barbiturates, and opiates that calm neural acrtivity and slow body functions
- Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up bodily functions
- One of the most addictive stimulants found in cigarettes and other tobacco products
- A power and addcitive stimulant, derived from coca plant, produces temporarily increased alertness and euphoria
15 Clues: A powerful hallucinogenic drug, also known as acid • Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up bodily functions • increases alertness and awakeness, can lead to anxiety and restlessness • Also known as tranquilizers, Can be used to induce sleep or reduce anxiety • A disinhibitor, slows brain activity that controls judgement and inhibitions • ...
States of Matter! 2026-09-09
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- — Something that can cause particles to move faster or change the state of matter.
- — Anything that has both mass and occupies space.
- — The process in which a liquid changes into a gas.
- — An atom or molecule that has gained or lost electrons and therefore has an electric charge.
- — A state of matter that has a definite volume but changes shape to match its container.
- — The process in which a gas loses energy and changes into a liquid.
- — A measure related to the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance.
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- — The process in which a liquid loses enough thermal energy to become a solid.
- — A state of matter formed when enough energy causes atoms to lose or gain electrons.
- — A change in which particles at the surface of a liquid gain enough energy to become a gas.
- — A state of matter whose particles are widely separated and move freely in all directions.
- — A tiny unit of matter that makes up substances.
- — A state of matter whose particles are tightly packed and mainly vibrate around fixed positions.
- — Describes the type of energy associated with the motion of particles.
- — The change that occurs when a substance gains enough energy to go from solid to liquid.
15 Clues: — Anything that has both mass and occupies space. • — A tiny unit of matter that makes up substances. • — The process in which a liquid changes into a gas. • — The process in which a gas loses energy and changes into a liquid. • — Describes the type of energy associated with the motion of particles. • ...
Quarter II Vocabulary 2017-01-23
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- an adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers
- basic principle of federalism
- 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each to check the actions of others
- grants of federal money or other resources to states, cities, counties, and other local units
- one type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly define area of public policy
- 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"
- Constitution's requirements that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
- the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state
- Those powers that the constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the states
- 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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- formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
- those persons who opposed the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788
- the first ten amendments to the constitution
- Those persons who supported the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788
- those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution
- Plan of government adopted by the continental congress after the American Revolution
- 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
- A formal agreement
- 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
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- Process that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot
- 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
- A system in which the states are sovereign and the national government is allowed to do only that which the states permit
- Supreme or ultimate political power
- Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants
- Idea that the federal and state governments share power in many policy areas
- Government authority shared by national and local governments
- 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
- Procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature
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- Terms set by the national government that states must meet if they are to receive certain federal funds
- The transfer of power from the national government to state and local governments
- Idea that different states can implement different policies, and the successful ones will spread
- A decision by an administrative agency granting some other part permission to violate a law or rule that would otherwise apply to it
- Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport
- A system in which sovereignty is shared
- A system in which sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government
- Money given by the national government to the states
- Local units of government have a specially protected existence and can make some final decisions over some governmental activities
- The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the state's opinion, violates the Constitution
- 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
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- The neighboring country to America’s north that is generally considered to be a Core country
- The world systems theory borrows critical ideas about Capitalism from this German economist
- If an area has territory, sovereignty, a government, and a population, then it is considered a __________
- We haven't studied ______ Theory yet, but it argues states 'do what they do' because they want to "win"
- Examples of this include the strength of a state's army, the stability of its currency, and/or its ability to feed its citizens
- The action a state takes under Constructivism, such as landing people on the Moon or invading another country
- The literal translation of "Cosmopolitan" is ___________ of the World
- This is a key element of states: they are able to govern themselves
- a theory that argues states 'do what they do' because they are exercising their power
- These states under World Systems Theory are the least developed, poorest countries
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- These states under World Systems Theory are the most developed, richest countries
- Constructivism uses this term to describe all of the types of communication
- These types of decisions under Liberalism are considered "the right thing to do"
- This critical theory argues that states typically act to enforce historical patriarchy
- This neighboring state of the U.S. is a semi-peripheral country according to World Systems Theory
- Liberalism is a theory that argues states 'do what they do' because they are trying to create __________ for their people
- 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
- Constructivism highlights ____________, which is a feeling of belonging that citizens have for their countries
- Intersubjectivity is any mass, _________ experience among people (such as watching or attending the Super Bowl)
- 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
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- also known as enumerated powers, these are the ones granted by the Constitution to the national government.
- a proposal to have a one-house legislature with each state being equally represented.
- 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.
- the political party favoring a strong central government.
- the law that established the lower courts, set the number of justices on the Supreme Court, and affirmed the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
- a proposal to have a one-house legislature with representation based on population.
- Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, and the leader of the Federalist Party.
- a proposal in which enslaved Africans would be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation and apportionment of taxes.
- also known as concurrent powers, these are the ones that can be exercised by the national and state governments.
- 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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- laws requiring the non-slave-owning states to assist in the return of runaway slaves.
- the first President of the United States.
- 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.
- the political party favoring greater power for the states.
- the beginning of the Constitution, which states the purpose of the document.
- Washington’s Secretary of State, and the leader of the Democratic-Republican Party.
- created by Hamilton to stabilize the finances of the new nation.
- the concept that power is divided (separated) among the three branches of government.
- the first ten amendments to the Constitution.George Washington--the first President of the United States.
- 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
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- In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population
- three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives
- These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years
- chartered a government for the Northwest Territory
- an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
- having two branches or chambers
- condemned the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional and claimed that because these acts overstepped federal authority under the Constitution
- Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph
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- was the French envoy to the United States appointed
- a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war
- outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
- Founding Father of the United States
- a meeting incipiently aimed at constructing uniform parameters to regulate trade between states
- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech
- a violent tax protest
- granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers
- 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
- set the first uniform rules for the granting of United States citizenship by naturalization
- person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
- was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties
- 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 • ...
3.7 2025-10-10
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- a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had extended the First Amendment's provisions protecting freedom of speech and freedom of the press to apply to the governments of U.S. states
- defined obscenity limits
- landmark 2008 Supreme Court case that ruled the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for self-defense
- landmark 1833 Supreme Court case that established that the Bill of Rights does not apply to state governments
- freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly
- fundamental liberty protected by the first amendment
- states cannot tax federal institutions
- constitutional principle found in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
- describes the movement opposing a powerful national government and favoring decentralized power during the US Constitution's ratification debates
- by case process of applying most protections in the bill of rights
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- protecting an individual's right to practice any religion they choose, or to have no religion at all, without government interference
- known as the Father of the Constitution
- struck down child labor law
- a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court under which prior restraint on publication was found to violate freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment
- only congress regulates interstate commerce
- a system of government where power is divided between a central national government and smaller regional governments, such as states or provinces
- U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies to state and local governments through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
- non profit civil rights organization
- granted citizenship to all people who naturalize in United States and guaranteed all citizens "equal protection of the laws" and "due process of law" from the states
- requiring the government to pay the "fair market value" of private property when it takes that property for public use through the power of eminent domain.
20 Clues: defined obscenity limits • struck down child labor law • non profit civil rights organization • states cannot tax federal institutions • known as the Father of the Constitution • only congress regulates interstate commerce • freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly • fundamental liberty protected by the first amendment • ...
Geography, Science, and Civics Crossword Challenge 2026-06-02
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- What is the capital city of Brazil?
- What is the largest planet in our solar system?
- What is the main language spoken in Brazil?
- What is the supreme law of the land?
- What is the largest country in the world by land area?
- What ship brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620?
- What is the largest U.S. state by area?
- What country is Hawaii part of?
- What is the largest ocean on Earth?
- Who appoints federal judges?
- What is the capital of Canada?
- What is the longest river in the world?
- What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
- What is the freezing point of water in degrees Celsius?
- What country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
- What is the smallest continent?
- What is the only U.S. state that starts with the letter L?
- What is the capital of France?
- What is the largest mammal on Earth?
- What continent do we live in?
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- What process do plants use to make food from sunlight?
- What gas do plants absorb from the air?
- What is the tallest mountain in the world?
- What is another word for 1,000 years?
- What country is south of the United States?
- What continent is Japan in?
- What continent is Egypt in?
- What ocean is on the east coast of the United States?
- What is the capital of the United States?
- How many states are in the United States?
- What is the only U.S. state that ends with the letter K?
- What is the largest continent?
- What is the capital of Japan?
- What desert covers much of northern Africa?
- What planet do we live on?
- Which branch of government makes laws?
- What is the currency used in the United States?
- What line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
- What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
39 Clues: What planet do we live on? • What continent is Japan in? • What continent is Egypt in? • Who appoints federal judges? • What is the capital of Japan? • What continent do we live in? • What is the largest continent? • What is the capital of Canada? • What is the capital of France? • What country is Hawaii part of? • What is the smallest continent? • ...
Civil War & Reconstruction Crossword 2023-05-09
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- The southern states that seceded from the United States during the Civil War
- The laws that were passed after the Civil War to help rebuild the United States
- A large farm that usually grows a cash crop
- The right of each state to make its own laws
- The separation of a state from a nation
- The separation of people by race
- A conflict between the North & South
- To murder someone powerful for political reasons
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- A person working to end slavery
- The right to vote
- The freeing of a group from slavery
- Bringing charges of wrongdoing against a government official
- Concern for regional needs and interests
- The northern states of the United States during the Civil War
- A set of laws that kept African Americans from voting, owning guns, or taking certain jobs
- 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 • ...
amy crossword puzzle 2017-10-20
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- - the right of trial by _____ shall be preserved.
- - The right of citizens of the United States to ____ shall not be denied.
- - All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are _______ of the United States.
- - Excessive ____ shall not be required
- - certain ______, shall not be construed to deny or disparage.
- - The Tenth Amendment reinforces the principles of _________ __ ________.
- - the accused shall enjoy the right to a _____ and public trial
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- - The senate of the United States shall be composed of ___ _______ from each State,
- - The ________ _______ of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law.
- - 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.
- - all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby _______.
- - the right of the people to keep and _______ ____, shall not be infringed.
- - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of____?
- - The Congress shall have power to lay and collect _______ on incomes.
- - 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. • ...
Early Republic Crossword 2025-03-27
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- Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
- Political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, favoring states' rights and limited government
- Political party led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, advocating for a strong central government and a loose interpretation of the Constitution
- Protects against self-incrimination and guarantees due process
- First president of the United States and commander-in-chief during the American Revolution
- Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
- The British practice of forcing American sailors into the Royal Navy
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- Period of U.S. history from 1789 to 1824, marked by the formation of political institutions
- Fourth president of the United States and "Father of the Constitution"
- Second president of the United States and a key figure in the American Revolution
- European ally during the American Revolution and later a challenge during the Napoleonic Wars
- Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
- European power involved in conflicts with the United States during the Early Republic Era
- Conflict between the United States and Britain, partly over impressment
- Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States
15 Clues: Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures • Protects against self-incrimination and guarantees due process • The British practice of forcing American sailors into the Royal Navy • Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition • Fourth president of the United States and "Father of the Constitution" • ...
Federalism Vocab!! 2016-04-26
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- System of government where the local and regional governments derive all authority from strong national government.
- Law that makes an act punishable as a crime even if the action was legal at the time it was committed.
- Portion of Article VI mandating that national law is supreme to all other laws passed by the states or any other subdivision of government.
- 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.
- Contracts between states that carry the force of law; generally now used as a tool to address multistate policy concerns.
- The intertwined relationship between the national, state and local governments that began with the New Deal. (Marble Cake Federalism).
- 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.”
- Authorized Congress to enact a national income tax.
- 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.
- Made senators directly elected by the people; removed their selection from state legislatures.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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- 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.
- 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.
- The belief that having separate and equally powerful levels of government is the best arrangement. (Layer Cake Federalism)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Type of government where the national government derives its powers from the states; a league of independent states.
- 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.
- 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.
- grants that allocated federal funds to states for a specific purpose.
- A law declaring an act illegal without a judicial trial.
- 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. • ...
Building a new nation 2020-05-12
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- Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
- Who was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States?
- Who was the ninth president of the United States?
- What is the oldest continuously occupied military post in America?
- Who was the third president of the United States?
- where is our nations capital located?
- Who was the seventh president of the United States?
- What state became a state in 1803 buy a purchase?
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- What is America’s National anthem?
- Who was the fourth president of the United States?
- What state became a US territory in 1821?
- This is a city in Louisiana.
- What is a word that means to impose a tax?
- Who defined the role of the First Lady?
- 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? • ...
The Civil War Chapters 1-2 2020-03-25
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- an unsettled area, or an area where people do not live
- another name for the United States
- a way to get from one place to another
- the practice of owning people and forcing them to work, often without pay
- areas of land
- people who were against slavery
- the states in the southeastern and south-central part of the United States
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- all people born around the same time
- person or animal in a story
- to stay alive
- to be forced to work without being paid or having any freedom
- the states in the northeastern and north-central part of the United States
- things that are wrong and make people suffer
- having the power to make your own decisions and to do what you want
- 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 • ...
Aubrey McCarthy 2025-05-16
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- The fort where the 1st battle of the Civil War took place
- The 16th president of the United States
- Iron warships
- A law that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to be slave states or not
- The General of the Union
- The Confederate General
- A small village where the Confederacy surrendered to the Union
- The 7th president of the United States
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- A march through the South where Union soldiers destroyed everything
- A person who wants to stop slavery
- A law that decided if new US states would be slaves states or not
- Declared that all enslaved people in the Confederacy are free
- Laws that limited free African American's rights
- The government's power comes from the people
- Separate from a group or country
15 Clues: Iron warships • The Confederate General • The General of the Union • Separate from a group or country • A person who wants to stop slavery • The 7th president of the United States • The 16th president of the United States • The government's power comes from the people • Laws that limited free African American's rights • ...
Causes of the Civil War 2022-03-08
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- the 16th president
- an act that required all citizens to help runaway slaves
- someone who is against slavery
- a _______ of 1850
- a man who sued his owner
- A group of states that seceded from the union
- a group of states for slavery
- the group of states against slavery
- what the north sates called themselves
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- someone who has more loyalty to a group than there country
- the ______ which resulted in Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president
- states that got to chose if they were slave or free
- in state of owning a slave
- Uncle ___ Cabin
- part of the ____ compromise
- the practice of leaving a group
- 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
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- the 16th president
- an act that required all citizens to help runaway slaves
- someone who is against slavery
- a _______ of 1850
- a man who sued his owner
- A group of states that seceded from the union
- a group of states for slavery
- the group of states against slavery
- what the north sates called themselves
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- someone who has more loyalty to a group than there country
- the ______ which resulted in Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president
- states that got to chose if they were slave or free
- in state of owning a slave
- Uncle ___ Cabin
- part of the ____ compromise
- the practice of leaving a group
- 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
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- the condition of a slave; bondage
- the state of being allied
- States States between the North and the South -
- unloyal to government
- be composed of
- Holding allowing slavery
- region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
- the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
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- Kentucky, and Maryland
- War a war between regions within the same country.
- Lincoln 16th president
- Proclamation Document freeing slaves
- Soldier a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
- to withdraw formally from an alliance
- to get rid of
- Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln
- 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 - • ...
Constitution Era 2023-02-22
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- Form of money for each country
- Changes to a Constitution
- National laws are the ______ law of the land.
- Congress couldn't pay off it's this without taxing.
- Place where the Constitutional Convention was held
- Branch that creates the laws
- Delegate from New York that wanted a strong national government
- Plan that larger states supported
- This solved the debate between large and small states
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- Branch that enforces the laws
- These articles were passed as the first form of government for the United States
- President of the Convention
- Branch that interprets the laws
- Father of the Constitution
- Leader of the rebellion against Massachusetts
- Plan that smaller states supported
- 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 • ...
The Progressive Era 2016-02-21
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- Name given to US journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and business in the early 20th century.
- Ring an American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall
- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- is an important amendment that allows the federal (United States) government to levy (collect) an income tax from all Americans.
- was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books and other works across a number of genres.
- was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer
- a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States
- was a New York City political organization founded in 1786
- he ability to assess and initiate things independently.
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- the action of conserving something, in particular.
- a law passed in 1906 to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture
- to the United States Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states
- is an independent agency of the United States government
- is defined as the time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly
- is a United States Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food
- One that seeks to prosecute or dissolve business trusts.
- the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.
- a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses
- a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.
- 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
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- Proclamation Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
- War channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort
- unfair treatment of particular groups
- Plan a Union military plan for defeating the South by dividing the Confederacy in two
- murder of a public figure by surprise attack
- Northern states
- The ideas that states, not federal government, should make final decisions that affect them.
- Tom's Cabin
- War A war between people of the same country.
- A system of required military service
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- 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.
- 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.
- Compromise of 1850 (The Great Compromise) California enters as a a free state
- someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end slavery
- A closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
- 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.
- 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.
- tax on imported goods
- loyalty to one part of the country
- overeignty the right of people to make political decisions for themselves
- series of escape routes and hiding places to bring slaves out of the South
- Slave Law this law required that northern states forcibly returned escaped slaves to their owners.
- 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
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- What was the name of the agreement that tried to resolve the issue of slavery in the new territories?
- What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?
- What was the central issue of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
- Which act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the legality of slavery?
- What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?
- Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
- Which state’s admission to the Union as a free state was a key issue in the Missouri Compromise?
- What was the title of the influential anti-slavery book by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
- Who wrote “The Impending Crisis of the South”?
- What was the primary economic system in the Southern states before the Civil War?
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- What did the term “states’ rights” refer to in the pre-Civil War era?
- Who was the President of the United States when the Southern states began to secede?
- What was the main political party opposing the expansion of slavery in the 1850s?
- Which Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans could not be citizens?
- What was the main focus of the abolitionist movement?
- What was the primary source of tension between the North and South regarding state powers?
- What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow settlers to decide?
- What was the main reason for the Southern states' secession from the Union?
- Who was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
- What issue did the Compromise of 1850 address?
- What was the name of the Southern states’ political alliance before the Civil War?
- What economic factor contributed to the South’s desire to maintain slavery?
- What was the primary goal of the movement to end slavery?
- 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? • ...
Civil War Review 2025-03-21
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- A federal fort in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
- Confederate General during the Civil War.
- Definite Union victory during the Civil War that divided the Confederacy in half.
- The Courthouse where the Confederacy surrendered, officially ending the Civil War.
- Supreme Court case in 1857 that ruled slaved were not considered U.S citizens, and therefore could not sue in federal court.
- This political party advocated for States' Rights.
- Presidential order, made my President Lincoln, declaring all slaves free in the rebelling states.
- Important speech given by President Lincoln to encourage the Union to continue fighting to preserve the Union.
- Law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 that helped slave holders recapture runaway slaves, and forcing free northern states to return escaped slaves to their southern owners.
- The winner of the Election of 1860.
- A period of violence and political turmoil in the Kansas Territory caused by disagreements over the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
- The ______ States of America was formed on February 4, 1861.
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- 20 years.
- Union General during the Civil War.
- Gettysburg Address : ______ 19, 1863.
- Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse : ______ 2, 1865.
- ______ Compromise : Law passed in 1820 that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
- The First state to secede from the Union.
- President of the Confederate States of American during the Civil War.
- The Battle of ______ : The first battle in Union territory, resulting in the single bloodiest day of the Civil War.
- ______ Act of 1854 : Law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to choose whether to allow slavery.
- Major victory for the Union and a turning point of the war : Battle of ______.
- This political party advocated for abolition.
- This officially started the Civil War.
- The ______ : The most deadly war in United States history.
- President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
26 Clues: 20 years. • Union General during the Civil War. • The winner of the Election of 1860. • Gettysburg Address : ______ 19, 1863. • This officially started the Civil War. • Confederate General during the Civil War. • The First state to secede from the Union. • This political party advocated for abolition. • This political party advocated for States' Rights. • ...
American Government: Chp. 10 - American Federalism 2022-11-28
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- Mandates that are required, but do not provide adequate monies for their costs.
- General purpose grants that allow states to have more jurisdiction in how to use the funds.
- Monies that the national government gives to states or local governments for some designated purpose.
- Belief that a state could ignore a law if they deemed it unconstitutional.
- Powers not expressly stated in the Constitution.
- Case which banned Congress from policing local school zones.
- Amendment to the Constitution that instituted the income tax.
- System where the local units possesses all political power & delegates select powers.
- Federalism where Congress issues more penalties than incentives.
- political arrangement in which power is divided between the federal and state governments
- Surrendering of an accused or convicted felon to the state from which he fled.
- System that divides political power between the national government and the state government.
- Orders that have become increasingly burdensome to the states.
- Conflict between Southern states and the federal government (1861-1865).
- When a federal law supersedes or overrides a similar state law.
- Rules that govern the use of money given to states through federal grants.
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- Powers which are reserved by the Constitution for the states or the people.
- Type of republic that America is.
- Powers given by the Constitution to both the national and the state governments.
- Federalism that central government began to work with states.
- Conditions of aid given or provided.
- Special rights and protections guaranteed to the citizens of a state.
- System where the central government possesses all of the power.
- Laws that seek punish someone retroactively.
- Grants that are for a more specific purpose.
- Has to do with the division of power among the governments within a nation.
- Powers stated in the Constitution.
- Powers given to the national government by the Constitution.
- Federalism that attempted to return more decision-making power to the states.
- Tax mandated by the 16th amendment.
30 Clues: Type of republic that America is. • Powers stated in the Constitution. • Tax mandated by the 16th amendment. • Conditions of aid given or provided. • Laws that seek punish someone retroactively. • Grants that are for a more specific purpose. • Powers not expressly stated in the Constitution. • Case which banned Congress from policing local school zones. • ...
American history crossword. 2022-01-04
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- an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama
- a person who works despite an ongoing strike
- a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America
- the tactic of withholding employment
- an organization of employees
- flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country, the United States could intervene in that country's internal affairs.
- Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico
- Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898
- a peace activist and a leader of the settlement house movement in America.
- an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
- an educator and reformer,
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- was the 20th president of the United States,
- Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugee
- dictatorial president of Mexico
- an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist
- protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China
- applying the Darwinian theory of evolution to philosophical and historical studies
- American South who embraced progressive ideas
- House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress
- 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.
- list of persons whose opinions or associations were deemed politically inconvenient or commercially troublesome
- the economic, military, and cultural influence of the United States on other countries.
- the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union
- restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans
- commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812
- 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
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- A nationalist Chief Justice; presided during McCulloch
- federal order requiring states to provide a service or undertake an activity in a manner that meets minimum national standards set by Congress
- 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.
- The Constitution also reserves certain powers strictly to the states.
- powers that both the national government and the states have
- return to a state
- powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution
- laws relating to disputes between individuals, groups, or with the state.
- written agreements between two or more states.
- the power to assume responsibility for a state government function, in order to gain authority over a state
- allows the powers of Congress to stretch
- requirement set by Congress that prohibits a local or state government from exercising a certain power
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- levied on individual earnings has become the major source of money for the national government
- Supreme Court ruled on a conflict between a state government and the national government.
- Those powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government
- favors national action in dealing with these matters
- are those powers directly expressed or stated in the Constitution by the Founders
- The course of action a government takes in response to some issue or problem
- forbiding segregation in public places
- The main way the national government provides money to the states is
- favors state and local action in dealing with problems.
- imposing mandates that take away
- powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government.
- 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
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- Congress could do little if a state refused to pay, because it had no ____
- 1786, Daniel Shays closed the ____ in Massachusetts, so farmer kept their property
- Articles of Confederation awarded each state one ____ , regardless of population
- Articles of Confederation did NOT use a ____ legislature, or two-chambers
- Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause
- Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____
- If farmers didn’t pay tax, they lost property or they went to debtor’s _____
- Articles of Confederation issued paper money that was worthless and created ____
- This man led the rebellion that changed in the Articles of Confederation
- 1787, Northwest Ordinance established a population level for ____
- Some states charged merchants in rival states a ____ , which is reserved for countries
- States created different ____ , which made trade among them difficult
- Articles of Confederation used a weak national government & a strong ____ government
- After the Revolutionary War, American ____ who were still unpaid
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- This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation
- American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____
- Articles of Confederation used a ____ legislature, or single-chamber
- Congress passed very few laws, because each law required ____ of thirteen states
- ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation
- Each state decided whether to ____ its citizens & give the money to the national treasury
- _____ Ordinance of 1785 allowed the government to divide territory into townships
- Shays Rebellion began when Massachusetts increased taxes & disregarded a bad ____
- 1787, Articles of Confederation banned ____ in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
- Articles of Confederation allowed for no national ____ system
- After the Revolutionary War, America owed $40 million to ____ & Spain
- Signing of the Treaty of ____ ended war with Britain and enlarging the nation
- Some states created conflict by creating independent ____ agreements with other countries
- 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
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- Congress could do little if a state refused to pay, because it had no ____
- 1786, Daniel Shays closed the ____ in Massachusetts, so farmer kept their property
- Articles of Confederation awarded each state one ____ , regardless of population
- Articles of Confederation did NOT use a ____ legislature, or two-chambers
- Group of equally-sovereign states united for a common cause
- Articles of Confederation allowed for no ____
- If farmers didn’t pay tax, they lost property or they went to debtor’s _____
- Articles of Confederation issued paper money that was worthless and created ____
- This man led the rebellion that changed in the Articles of Confederation
- 1787, Northwest Ordinance established a population level for ____
- Some states charged merchants in rival states a ____ , which is reserved for countries
- States created different ____ , which made trade among them difficult
- Articles of Confederation used a weak national government & a strong ____ government
- After the Revolutionary War, American ____ who were still unpaid
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- This led to changes to the Articles of Confederation
- American leaders thought a weak government might lead to ____
- Articles of Confederation used a ____ legislature, or single-chamber
- Congress passed very few laws, because each law required ____ of thirteen states
- ____ was the main author of the Articles of Confederation
- Each state decided whether to ____ its citizens & give the money to the national treasury
- _____ Ordinance of 1785 allowed the government to divide territory into townships
- Shays Rebellion began when Massachusetts increased taxes & disregarded a bad ____
- 1787, Articles of Confederation banned ____ in lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
- Articles of Confederation allowed for no national ____ system
- After the Revolutionary War, America owed $40 million to ____ & Spain
- Signing of the Treaty of ____ ended war with Britain and enlarging the nation
- Some states created conflict by creating independent ____ agreements with other countries
- 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 ____ • ...
Civil War and Reconstruction Crossword 2026-05-05
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- Confederate prison camp known for harsh conditions and high death rates
- set of laws that attempted to balance free and slave states and ease tensions
- belief that states can declare federal laws unconstitutional and ignore them
- Plan to reunite the nation quickly with lenient terms
- Supreme Court case that ruled enslaved people were not citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in territories
- Group that used violence to oppose rights for African-Americans/Blacks
- Georgia’s statement supporting the Compromise of 1850 while warning against limiting slavery further
- agency that helped formerly enslaved people with education and jobs
- Farming system where farmers rented land and paid with cash or crops
- system where farmers worked land for a share of the crops
- Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law
- idea that states have the power to make their own decisions over the federal government
- Plan that caused conflict with Congress
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- Union effort to capture Atlanta and weaken the Confederacy
- Campaign destroying resources from Atlanta to Savannah
- Proclamation order that freed enslaved people in Confederate states
- Northern strategy to block Southern ports and cut off supplies
- major Civil War battle in Georgia with a Confederate victory
- conflict between the North and South from 1861 to 1865
- Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
- Amendment giving African-American men the right to vote
- period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
- election where Lincoln won, leading Southern states to begin seceding
- 16th U.S. president who led the Union during the Civil War
- act of Southern states leaving the Union
- Reconstruction Plan plan placing the South under military control with stronger protections for freedmen
- system where people were treated as property and forced to work without pay
27 Clues: Plan that caused conflict with Congress • act of Southern states leaving the Union • period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War • Plan to reunite the nation quickly with lenient terms • Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States • Campaign destroying resources from Atlanta to Savannah • conflict between the North and South from 1861 to 1865 • ...
THE CIVIL WAR 2017-02-12
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- STRENGTHS SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T HAVE
- SAID FIRMLY;CALLED FOR
- SAID NO TO.LINCOLN REFUSED TO LET THE SOUTH SPLIT OFF.
- MISSOURI.
- MONEY TO BUY THINGS NEEDED
- RELATING TO THE ARMED FORCES
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- IN GOVERNMENT
- THE IDEA THAT STATES HAD JOINED TOGETHER FREELY AND HAD
- KNOWN
- THE STATES THAT LEFT THE UNION.SEE THE CHART ON THE LEFT.
- THE STATES,OR CONDITION,OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.WHEN PEOPLE
- STATES UNION STATES THAT ON THE BORDER WITH THE CONFEDERACY:
- 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. • ...
TEST PREP [Types of Government & Major Constitutional Principles] 2021-09-30
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- In a __________ such as Iran religious leaders are in charge.
- The social contract theory as applied to the Declaration of Independence most directly reflects the ideas of __________.
- The term __________ is best defined as the division of power between the states and the national government.
- 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.
- In 1790, the first census of the United States was taken in order to determine each state’s __________ in Congress.
- Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances are constitutional principles that reduce the __________ of governmental power.
- According to the United States Constitution, the federal __________ is used to determine the apportionment of members in the House of Representatives.
- A form of government where one person has all the power.
- To prevent tyranny, the authors of the Constitution drew on Montesquieu’s concept of separation of __________.
- The United States Constitution corrected a weakness of the Articles of Confederation by creating three __________ of government.
- 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.
- 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.
- In a __________ dictatorship the government has almost total control over people’s lives.
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- The __________ powers belong to the United States Government.
- 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 __________.
- __________ of President Donald Trump by the US House of Representatives is an example of the use of checks and balances.
- “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.
- 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.
- I The structure of the legislative branch of government is set out in __________ of the Constitution.
- A fundamental principle of a republican form of government is that legislation must be passed by the __________ representatives of the people.
- 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.
- The Preamble to the United States Constitution illustrates the principle that __________ are the true source of political power.
- A form of government where a small group has most of the power.
- A __________form of government is described as one in which representatives are elected by the people.
- 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. • ...
Articles of Confederation P. 2016-09-26
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- Massachusetts farmer who led a rebellion due to economic depression
- number of states out of 13 needed to pass a law under the Articles
- political disorder
- an agreement prohibiting trade
- ________ government, a system in which the power of the government is not absolute
- Under the Articles there was no ______ branch
- single chambered congress
- Colonists wanted a _____ government
- an agreement with another country
- consent of all 13 states were needed to amend the Articles
- money a government collects from taxes or fees
- According to the Articles, the main purpose of Congress was foreign affairs and ____.
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- to approve
- Trade among states is known as interstate ________.
- to yield territory claims
- said governments should be divided into 3 branches
- not sanctioned by law
- Northwest _________, procedure written in the Articles to add new states
- 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
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- Power is divided between national and state government
- A historical building where there was a battle between Mexico and Texas
- An agreement between two nations
- The separation between the north south and wet states
- To fight or what someone believes in, in a non-violent way
- Government ruled by one person with unlimited power
- Abolishes and prohibits slavery
- Texas is split up into 4 different sections based off of climate
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- Small towns moving to big cities
- Southern states that let the united states in 1861
- The action of adding territory or land to a country
- State of being under its own control
- The idea to stop segregation
- Number one cash crop in the south during the 1800’s
- The idea of moving west
- The northern states during the civil war
- Texas is split up into 4 different sections based off of climate
- To leave or withdraw from a place
- Mexico gained their independence in...
- 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
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- Confederate general during the American Civil War
- where was the confederate capital
- secede from something
- wanted too stop slavery
- side that did not slavery
- tried to prevent any goods, troops, and weapons from entering the southern states
- did not support slavery
- required that slaves be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state
- slave states that border with the free states during the civil war
- first republican too become president
- supported slavery
- side that supported slavery
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- all slaves in rebel states be free
- who won the civil war
- this is how slaves would escape
- the act of using a person as a workforce without consent
- an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker
- he burned down nearly all of atlanta
- first battle in the civil war
- 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 • ...
Building a new nation 2020-05-12
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- Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
- Who was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States?
- Who was the ninth president of the United States?
- What is the oldest continuously occupied military post in America?
- Who was the third president of the United States?
- where is our nations capital located?
- Who was the seventh president of the United States?
- What state became a state in 1803 buy a purchase?
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- What is America’s National anthem?
- Who was the fourth president of the United States?
- What state became a US territory in 1821?
- This is a city in Louisiana.
- What is a word that means to impose a tax?
- Who defined the role of the First Lady?
- 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
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- This color represents the union states.
- Union war strategy that consisted of a naval blockade.
- The first shots were fired here and civil war began at this location.
- Capital of the confederate states of America.
- slave states that did not secede from the union.
- This color represented the confederates.
- served as a nurse during the civil war.
- the blue States that were united and no slavery.
- President of the confederate states of America.
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- Capital of the union.
- Voted to secede from the Union in 1860.
- Issued the Emancipation proclamation
- ships that were used by the confederates to break through the union's blockade.
- Led troops to victory in Tennessee and Mississippi.
- 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. • ...
Slightly Less Early America Vocab 2025-12-18
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- a plan to blockade the south
- the only successful slave rebellion
- a belief shared among most Americans in the 19th century
- the states that ended up bordering the states that left the union
- the election the made lincoln the president
- a radical American abolitionist
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- the 6th president of the United States
- the 18th president of the United States
- Which Amendment gave women the right to vote
- a slave rebellion that killed 55 white people
- Riots caused by the unfairness of the draft
- the forcible removal of Native Americans from their homes
- the 16th President of the United States
- a tribe of Native Americans from the Great Lakes region
- the Territory's people get to decide if they would be a slave state or a free state
15 Clues: a plan to blockade the south • a radical American abolitionist • the only successful slave rebellion • the 6th president of the United States • the 18th president of the United States • the 16th President of the United States • Riots caused by the unfairness of the draft • the election the made lincoln the president • Which Amendment gave women the right to vote • ...
Citizenship Puzzle1 2024-01-09
Across
- Chief Justice of the United States.
- One of the reasons the colonists fought against the British.
- Who can veto bills?
- One of the Texas Senators.
- War between the states.
- This office represents only the people of his or her district.
- Fear of the United States after World War II.
- The Father of Our Country.
- One of the reasons some states have more than others.
Down
- One of the original 13 colonies.
- Month when we vote for President.
- Served as President during the Civil War and freed the slaves.
- State that borders Canada.
- This is a U.S. territory.
- New Speaker of the House.
- State that borders Mexico.
- 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? • ...
