states Crossword Puzzles
States and Countries 2024-01-23
15 Clues: Pizza • Big Ben • Pyramids • Volcanoes • Great Wall • Alligators • Crocodiles • Eiffel Tower • Grand Canyon • Grizzly Bear • Boston RedSox • Home of Lobsters • Amazon Rainforest • Canobie Lake Park • Cristiano Ronaldo
United States Government 2024-02-01
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- a type of government where people vote for leaders
- person chosen to speak for others
- count of the population
- branch that makes laws
- leader of a local community
- branch that enforces, or carries out laws
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- local group that makes law
- money that is spent to provide services for people
- Made of two parts: Senate and House of Representatives
- branch that makes sure the laws are fair
- an idea to become law
- freedom
- a group of advisors to the president
- head of the state’s executive branch
- reject
15 Clues: reject • freedom • an idea to become law • branch that makes laws • count of the population • local group that makes law • leader of a local community • person chosen to speak for others • a group of advisors to the president • head of the state’s executive branch • branch that makes sure the laws are fair • branch that enforces, or carries out laws • ...
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
INDIAN STATES/UT 2024-05-09
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- Very recent UT of India
- Least Population state/UT in india
- State/UT which has a boundary with Myanmar as well as Bangladesh
- The first Indian state/UT to have three capitals
- Which is the largest State/UT in India
- State/UT which has the longest international border
- State/UT which tops in spices in india
- State/UT known as Land of Five Rivers
- The largest coal producing state/UT in the country
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- Very recent state/Newly added Stat of India
- STATE/UT which has the second largest Literacy rate
- Which southern State/UT has the shortest coastline
- The state/UT which was the first site for oil drilling in Asia
- State/UT which sole producer of diamonds in India
- The state/UT has the longest coastline in India
15 Clues: Very recent UT of India • Least Population state/UT in india • State/UT known as Land of Five Rivers • Which is the largest State/UT in India • State/UT which tops in spices in india • Very recent state/Newly added Stat of India • The state/UT has the longest coastline in India • The first Indian state/UT to have three capitals • ...
Greek City States 2024-02-20
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- conquered the Mycenaeans
- the first European civilization
- name of the sea that the Greeks dominated
- paintings in watercolor done on wet plaster.
- how the Greeks got their riches
- one of the greatest Greek poets
- the famous Minoan palace
- the name of the peninsula Greece in on
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- dominated the Aegean Sea from about 1400 BCE to 1200 BCE
- a city that controls the surrounding villages
- building on top of a polis that is dedicated to different god or goddess
- island the Minoans settled on
- a poem written by Homer that tells about the Dorian invasion
- the war between Troy and the Mycenaeans
- name the Greeks gave city states
15 Clues: conquered the Mycenaeans • the famous Minoan palace • island the Minoans settled on • the first European civilization • how the Greeks got their riches • one of the greatest Greek poets • name the Greeks gave city states • the name of the peninsula Greece in on • the war between Troy and the Mycenaeans • name of the sea that the Greeks dominated • ...
States of Matter 2024-02-09
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- the amount of space that a substance or object takes up
- a property that can be observed,measured,or changing the matter itself
- a way of measuring how hot or cold something is;measured using either the Fahrenheit (F) or Celsius (C) scale
- the forms matter can take,such as solid liquid, and gas
- state of matter which substance expands and takes both shape and volume of container
- a state of matter that has a constant size but does not have a constant shape
- a container with measured markings used to measure the volume of liquids
- how much mass a substance has in relation to the amount of space it takes up
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- the decimal measuring system based on the meter,litter,and gram as units of length,volume(capacity),and weight or mass
- any substance that has mass and takes up space
- the force over a unit of area caused by the weight of the atmosphere pushing down on Earth
- the amount of matter in something
- is a tool used to measure masses very precisely
- a state of matter with a constant shape and size
- a force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move
15 Clues: the amount of matter in something • any substance that has mass and takes up space • is a tool used to measure masses very precisely • a state of matter with a constant shape and size • the amount of space that a substance or object takes up • the forms matter can take,such as solid liquid, and gas • a force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move • ...
U.S. States Crossword 2023-10-20
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- My name is the Spanish word for mountains.
- There are two parts of me.
- You can find Las Vegas here.
- My capital sounds like a month of the year.
- I am next to Maryland.
- You can find Seattle here.
- I am a peninsula.
- My capital is Salt Lake City.
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- I am named after a big river.
- My capital has the same name as me.
- I am under Tennessee.
- My name has a silent "c" in it.
- My name rhymes with Alaska.
- I am next to Illinois.
- I am next to New York.
15 Clues: I am a peninsula. • I am under Tennessee. • I am next to Illinois. • I am next to New York. • I am next to Maryland. • There are two parts of me. • You can find Seattle here. • My name rhymes with Alaska. • You can find Las Vegas here. • I am named after a big river. • My capital is Salt Lake City. • My name has a silent "c" in it. • My capital has the same name as me. • ...
States of Matter 2024-04-03
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- Particles closely packed together
- What a solid does to turn into a liquid
- when particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
- When an object collapses in on itself
- When a salute is suspended in a solvent
- What a liquid does to turn into a solid
- Has no fixed volume
- When a solid skips the liquid phase and goes straight to a gas
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- When you mix a solid into a liquid and it disappears
- it forms after a solid has melted
- The amount of space an object takes up
- The stage when a liquid forms into a gas
- A set of instructions telling you how to do something
- Particles vibrate faster and push each other apart when thermal energy is added, causing solids, liquids, and gasses to expand (get bigger) when heated.
- The amount of force gravity has on an object
15 Clues: Has no fixed volume • Particles closely packed together • it forms after a solid has melted • When an object collapses in on itself • The amount of space an object takes up • What a solid does to turn into a liquid • When a salute is suspended in a solvent • What a liquid does to turn into a solid • The stage when a liquid forms into a gas • ...
States of Matter 2024-04-29
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- Building blocks of matter.
- The phase change of going from a solid to a liquid.
- A state of matter with particles moving freely and far apart, filling any container.
- The phase change of going from a gas to a solid.
- The forces that hold together the molecules in a substance.
- A state of matter with no definite shape but definite volume.
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- The phase change of going from a solid to a gas.
- The phase change of going from a gas to a liquid.
- Adding or removing heat to change the physical state of something.
- The phase change of going from a liquid to a gas.
- The overall measurement of kinetic energy, related to motion of particles.
- Something that takes up space and has a measurable mass.
- How much space something takes up
- The phase change of going from a liquid to a solid.
- A state of matter with definite shape and volume.
15 Clues: Building blocks of matter. • How much space something takes up • The phase change of going from a solid to a gas. • The phase change of going from a gas to a solid. • The phase change of going from a gas to a liquid. • The phase change of going from a liquid to a gas. • A state of matter with definite shape and volume. • ...
U.S. States Crossword 2025-11-25
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- Surf's up!
- Claire would love to visit this state
- We live here
- The Big Apple! (But also a state)
- Football team is The Cowboys
- Brrr...This state is cold!
- Our old nanny's name
- Mommy went to college here (Undergrad, I think?)
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- Where Claire's favorite place is!
- Dee likes it here
- Where one of my cheer competitions will be this year!
- This state is famous for its cheese
- In the Wizard of Oz
- Famous for peaches
- We visited this state Summer 2025
15 Clues: Surf's up! • We live here • Dee likes it here • Famous for peaches • In the Wizard of Oz • Our old nanny's name • Brrr...This state is cold! • Football team is The Cowboys • Where Claire's favorite place is! • The Big Apple! (But also a state) • We visited this state Summer 2025 • This state is famous for its cheese • Claire would love to visit this state • ...
Find The States! 2026-04-10
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- What state is east of California?
- What state is west of Alabama, and east of Louisiana
- What state is south of South Dakota?
- What state is northwest of New Mexico?
- What state is east of Missouri, and west of Indiana?
- What state is north of Missouri?
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- What state is northwest of Washington
- What state is west of Kansas?
- What state is to the west of California?
- What state is northeast of Maine?
- What state is southwest of West Virginia?
- What ocean is to the east of the United States?
- What state is north of California?
- What state is east of Indiana?
- What state is southeast from New Mexico?
15 Clues: What state is west of Kansas? • What state is east of Indiana? • What state is north of Missouri? • What state is northeast of Maine? • What state is east of California? • 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 to the west of California? • ...
Physical States & Emotions 2024-11-06
15 Clues: Haus = ..... • ..... = Cold • Bosan = ..... • Murka = ..... • ..... = Upset • ...... = Full • Jijik = ..... • ..... = Afraid • ..... = Worried • Kesepian = ..... • Sengsara = ..... • Mengantuk = ..... • Sangat lelah = ..... • ..... = Dissapointed • ..... = Dipermalukan
States of Matter 2025-02-21
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- Get smaller, shrink
- The measurement of how hot a substance is
- Changing from a solid to a liquid
- Changing from a gas to a liquid
- Particles are compact together
- Particles are full of energy and are far apart
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- Changing from a liquid to a gas
- The amount of space an object takes up
- Particles that make up all physical substances, they have mass and take up space
- A type of energy
- The amount of matter in an object
- Particles slide past each other
- How heavy something is
- Get bigger, increase in size
- The space taken up by something
- The ability to do physical things such as move or change
16 Clues: A type of energy • Get smaller, shrink • How heavy something is • Get bigger, increase in size • Particles are compact together • Changing from a liquid to a gas • Particles slide past each other • The space taken up by something • Changing from a gas to a liquid • The amount of matter in an object • Changing from a solid to a liquid • The amount of space an object takes up • ...
States of Matter 2025-01-30
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- Change of state from a gas to a liquid.
- Process in which a solid changes directly into a gas.
- Change of a substance from one physical state to another.
- Temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas.
- Physical forms of matter
- Definite volume but not a definite shape.
- Change of state in which a solid becomes a liquid by adding heat.
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- Amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given quantity of water.
- Temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid.
- Does not have a definite volume or shape.
- A measure of how hot or cold something is
- The volume and shape of a substance are fixed.
- Change of state from a liquid to a gas.
- Resistance an object has to any change in motion
- Conversion of a liquid to a vapor
15 Clues: Physical forms of matter • Conversion of a liquid to a vapor • Change of state from a gas to a liquid. • Change of state from a liquid to a gas. • Does not have a definite volume or shape. • A measure of how hot or cold something is • Definite volume but not a definite shape. • The volume and shape of a substance are fixed. • ...
States of Matter 2025-04-24
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- measures masses
- f* and c*
- the amount of matter
- has a size but no shape
- has its own shape and size
- three states of matter solid,liquid,and _____?
- solids,liquids, and gasses
- a dessimal system
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- the amount of space something takes up
- measure ONLY liquids
- something that can change,but not the matter of itself
- a caused by weight
- mass a substance has in relation to the amount of space
- a forse that pulls stuff together
- HAS to have mass and take up space
15 Clues: f* and c* • measures masses • a dessimal system • a caused by weight • measure ONLY liquids • the amount of matter • has a size but no shape • has its own shape and size • solids,liquids, and gasses • a forse that pulls stuff together • HAS to have mass and take up space • the amount of space something takes up • three states of matter solid,liquid,and _____? • ...
STATES OF MATTER 2025-05-26
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- DRY ICE
- A TOOL USED TO DO INTERCONVERSION
- LIGUID TURNING TO VAPOUR
- A FIXED TEMPERATURE WHEN LIGUID CHANGES ITS STATE
- FORCE BETWEEN THE PARTICLES
- A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN SUBLIMATE
- GAS UNDERGOES THIS UPON COOLING
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- OCCURS AT ALL TEMPERATURE
- SALT AND WATER
- Na ,Cu , H ,O ETC
- A FACTOR GOVERNING EVAPORATION
- SUBLIMATION
- TWO SAME ELEMENTS TOGETHER
- A STATE FOUND IN STARS
- NaCl , H2O , CO2 ETC
15 Clues: DRY ICE • SUBLIMATION • SALT AND WATER • Na ,Cu , H ,O ETC • NaCl , H2O , CO2 ETC • A STATE FOUND IN STARS • LIGUID TURNING TO VAPOUR • OCCURS AT ALL TEMPERATURE • TWO SAME ELEMENTS TOGETHER • FORCE BETWEEN THE PARTICLES • A FACTOR GOVERNING EVAPORATION • A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN SUBLIMATE • GAS UNDERGOES THIS UPON COOLING • A TOOL USED TO DO INTERCONVERSION • ...
STATES OF MATTER 2025-05-26
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- DRY ICE
- A TOOL USED TO DO INTERCONVERSION
- LIGUID TURNING TO VAPOUR
- A FIXED TEMPERATURE WHEN LIGUID CHANGES ITS STATE
- FORCE BETWEEN THE PARTICLES
- A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN SUBLIMATE
- GAS UNDERGOES THIS UPON COOLING
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- OCCURS AT ALL TEMPERATURE
- SALT AND WATER
- Na ,Cu , H ,O ETC
- A FACTOR GOVERNING EVAPORATION
- SUBLIMATION
- TWO SAME ELEMENTS TOGETHER
- A STATE FOUND IN STARS
- NaCl , H2O , CO2 ETC
15 Clues: DRY ICE • SUBLIMATION • SALT AND WATER • Na ,Cu , H ,O ETC • NaCl , H2O , CO2 ETC • A STATE FOUND IN STARS • LIGUID TURNING TO VAPOUR • OCCURS AT ALL TEMPERATURE • TWO SAME ELEMENTS TOGETHER • FORCE BETWEEN THE PARTICLES • A FACTOR GOVERNING EVAPORATION • A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN SUBLIMATE • GAS UNDERGOES THIS UPON COOLING • A TOOL USED TO DO INTERCONVERSION • ...
States of matter 2025-11-05
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- .... process, the substance only changes its form
- chemical reaction
- the particles in solids and liquids are always ....
- opposite of melting
- some substance are mixed together and change form a new substance
- a solid substance
- .... wood is chemical reaction
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- change of state
- particles move slower and closer together
- all matter is made up of ....
- its particle are always moving
- a substance that is a gas
- the particles are close together but not packed in regular pattern
- in a .... the particles are packed tightly together
- when a liquid loses .... energy the particles slow down and move together
15 Clues: change of state • chemical reaction • a solid substance • opposite of melting • a substance that is a gas • all matter is made up of .... • its particle are always moving • .... wood is chemical reaction • particles move slower and closer together • .... process, the substance only changes its form • the particles in solids and liquids are always .... • ...
Civics Crossword Puzzle 2023-01-19
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- Plan Larger states wanted
- Branch President that enforces laws
- Madison Main author of the US Constitution
- Branch Supreme Court that interprets laws
- Citizens are allowed to participate in Gov’t
- Rules people set up to function as a society
- and Balances How congress limits the power of branches
- Determined by number of states
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- a two house legislature
- Branch Congress that makes laws
- Determined by population of states
- Compromise- Created House and Senate
- the most important branch of Gov’t
- study of rights and responsibilities of citizens
- Jersey Plan Smaller states wanted
15 Clues: a two house legislature • Plan Larger states wanted • Determined by number of states • Branch Congress that makes laws • Determined by population of states • the most important branch of Gov’t • Jersey Plan Smaller states wanted • Compromise- Created House and Senate • Branch President that enforces laws • Branch Supreme Court that interprets laws • ...
Chapter 11 - State Government - Part 1 2016-03-30
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- Part of the Constitution that requires states to respect each other
- Term length for State Representatives
- Number of legislators in the PA General Assembly
- One-part lawmaking body
- Puerto Rico is one of these
- 49 states organize their legislatures this way
- State powers
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- 37 territories became states because of this
- Federal government powers
- City that is the center of PA state government
- Concurrent power
- Lawmakers in PA are part of this group
- State power reference in the U.S. Constitution
- Level of government that protects states from foreign invasions with the military
- Term length for State Senators
15 Clues: State powers • Concurrent power • One-part lawmaking body • Federal government powers • Puerto Rico is one of these • Term length for State Senators • Term length for State Representatives • Lawmakers in PA are part of this group • 37 territories became states because of this • City that is the center of PA state government • State power reference in the U.S. Constitution • ...
History of Civil War 2013-03-13
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- Naval warfare strategy.
- place where Lincoln gave famous speech after battle.
- division among people.
- to remove the president.
- Freed the Slaves.
- The name of the Northern States during the Civil War.
- Thomas Jackson's nickname
- Famous General of the Union would later become President.
- Sumter First battle of the War
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- What the north had many more of to out supply the southern states.
- period for the south after the war.
- killed the president.
- The southern states called themselves during the Civil War.
- Leader of the Union during the Civil War.
- Leader of the Southern States during the Civil War.
- The key product exported out of the South.
- travel with a bag made of carpet.
- What gave the North the ability to travel faster throughout the country more efficiently then the south.
- Leader of the Southern armies.
19 Clues: Freed the Slaves. • killed the president. • division among people. • Naval warfare strategy. • to remove the president. • Thomas Jackson's nickname • Leader of the Southern armies. • Sumter First battle of the War • travel with a bag made of carpet. • period for the south after the war. • Leader of the Union during the Civil War. • The key product exported out of the South. • ...
Lucas J 4th hour 2023-03-06
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- he was against slavery and was the leader and founder of the free states
- the first US Seniter
- John Browns companions
- USA bought from the french
- The heart of america
- people that are against slavery and is pro slavery battle
- thought that he was chosen by god to make every state free
- the state that balance the proslavery and free states
- in the bottom half of the states
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- The trail under oregon trail
- what John Brown did to proslavery people
- above the heart of america
- he was proslavery and a sheiff
- people that are in the south
- people with slavery
- states that don't allow slavery
- the free state by pacific ocean
- the meaning of john brown against slavery
- people that are capture and force to work
- a trail that the end you will get a better life
20 Clues: people with slavery • the first US Seniter • The heart of america • John Browns companions • above the heart of america • USA bought from the french • The trail under oregon trail • people that are in the south • he was proslavery and a sheiff • states that don't allow slavery • the free state by pacific ocean • in the bottom half of the states • ...
Unit 7 Vocab 2023-04-04
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- Armored naval vessel
- confederate soldiers so called because of opposition to the established government
- Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people
- Withdrawal from the union
- to leave or withdrawal
- Camera that used a glass plate to take photos
- war of all aspects of the enemy's life
- rights and powers independent of the federal government
- Union soldier
- States between North and South that were divided whether to stay in the union or confederacy
- To free from slavery
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- Military person killed, wounded, or captured
- Led union armies to victory
- Tended to wounded and dying during the battle
- conflicts between opposing groups of citizens of some country
- United States of America of the Union
- Confederate States of America
- President of the United States of America during the time of the civil war
- Reunite the country following the American civil war.
19 Clues: Union soldier • Armored naval vessel • To free from slavery • to leave or withdrawal • Withdrawal from the union • Led union armies to victory • Confederate States of America • United States of America of the Union • war of all aspects of the enemy's life • Military person killed, wounded, or captured • Tended to wounded and dying during the battle • ...
Government Crossword 2024-11-15
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- all three levels of government have the power to collect these
- only the national government has the power to declare this
- there are three of these: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
- the introduction to the Constitution
- this type of government is in charge of the country
- where the Judicial Branch works
- to deny a bill or law; a power of the President
- the first postmaster of the United States
- where the president lives
- The first three words of the Preamble
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- the agreement reached by the states at the Constitutional Convention
- the leader of a state
- this type of government is in charge of states
- this type of government is in charge of cities
- the first president of the United States
- the leader of a city or town
- the number of judges in the supreme court
- to charge someone in power with misconduct
- where congress works
19 Clues: where congress works • the leader of a state • where the president lives • the leader of a city or town • where the Judicial Branch works • the introduction to the Constitution • The first three words of the Preamble • the first president of the United States • the number of judges in the supreme court • the first postmaster of the United States • ...
The Antebellum South 2023-01-13
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- had nine new slave states enter between 1789 adn 1860.
- an owner of slaves.
- what the slave states were known as.
- of free blacks were light skinned women.
- known for use of slavery.
- the state of being a slave.
- a boat powered by steam.
- Planters projected the amount of cotton they could harvest based on the number of slaves under their control.
- a person who is owned and has no rights,
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- led the 2nd rebellion.
- what most slaves were used for.
- extension of the states territory by encroaching on that of the other nations.
- people against slavery.
- banned the further importation of slaves beginning in 1808.
- formally put an end to the system, practice, or institution.
- wrote Uncle Toms Cabin.
- people for slavery.
- any southern states in the US in which slavery was legal before the civil war.
- a person who is killed for religious beliefs
19 Clues: an owner of slaves. • people for slavery. • led the 2nd rebellion. • people against slavery. • wrote Uncle Toms Cabin. • a boat powered by steam. • known for use of slavery. • the state of being a slave. • what most slaves were used for. • what the slave states were known as. • of free blacks were light skinned women. • a person who is owned and has no rights, • ...
Egbert's TX History Crossword puzzle 2021-05-04
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- One cause of the Great Depression
- Period of time with unemployment and poverty
- JR. Civil Rights leader during the 60s
- Created the first map of the Texas Coast
- 16th president of the United States
- Deadliest natural disaster in the history of the U.S
- The first map of the Texas coast created by Pineda in 1519
- The first explorer to step foot in Texas
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- deadliest war in human history
- Texas gaining independence from Mexico
- Northern states during the Civil War
- Spanish Mission in San Antonio
- Cloud of dust that spread across the great plains
- Leader of the Texan Army and first president of Texas
- European War between 1914-1918
- Equal rights for all citizens
- Southern states that left the United States in 1861
- The war between the Union and the Confederacy
18 Clues: Equal rights for all citizens • deadliest war in human history • Spanish Mission in San Antonio • European War between 1914-1918 • One cause of the Great Depression • 16th president of the United States • Northern states during the Civil War • Texas gaining independence from Mexico • JR. Civil Rights leader during the 60s • Created the first map of the Texas Coast • ...
Civil War Crossword 2020-02-27
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- City in Mississippi
- Lee A confederate general who led the South’s attempt at separating during the Civil War.
- Governor of Rhode Island
- 16th President of the United States
- Replaced Robert E. Lee as a lieutenant colonel
- lieutenant general in the Confederate Army
- partially blamed for the defeat of Gettysburg
- Executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln
- known as the battle of Sharpsburg
- Aggressive Union General
- Battle in the Western Theater of the Civil War
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- A leader of the Cherokee Nation
- Steam frigate which was known as the hull
- Town in Pennsylvania
- First President of the Confederate States
- Jackson forged a reputation of braveness during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
- participated in the Battle of Gettysburg
- Major land battle of the Civil War
- Sea Fort in South Carolina
- Capital of Georgia
- Only United States senator to ever die in a military engagement
- Warship built for the Union Navy
- A prison in Georgia
- One of the most famous Union generals of the Civil War
- U.S. Army Engineer
- 18th President of the United States
- Plan to defeat the Confederate side
- known for “Sherman’s March”
- Flag officer of the United States Navy
- Known for Picketts Charge
- Town in Virginia
31 Clues: Town in Virginia • Capital of Georgia • U.S. Army Engineer • City in Mississippi • A prison in Georgia • Town in Pennsylvania • Governor of Rhode Island • Aggressive Union General • Known for Picketts Charge • Sea Fort in South Carolina • known for “Sherman’s March” • A leader of the Cherokee Nation • Warship built for the Union Navy • known as the battle of Sharpsburg • ...
Civil War 2021-10-07
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- Ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
- troops trained to fight on horseback
- A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
- Large caliber firearms like canons and mortars
- A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
- related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
- Line A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
- A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were slaves.
- Term meaning "before war"
- Nickname for the south
- Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
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- the act of governing or exercising authority
- Soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
- An army of citizens used during emergencies.
- When someone is murdered for political reasons.
- Term used to describe people who supported the union.
- An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
- of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
- The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- an offensive against an enemy
21 Clues: Nickname for the south • Term meaning "before war" • an offensive against an enemy • A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • troops trained to fight on horseback • Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • the act of governing or exercising authority • An army of citizens used during emergencies. • Large caliber firearms like canons and mortars • ...
Reconstruction 2023-05-17
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- These people wanted a better approach to Reconstruction.
- Period of time after the Civil War where the states wanted to rebuild its society.
- General of the Confederate Army.
- This states that if you were born in the U.S. you were a citizen and have the same rights as a citizen.
- U.S. President at the time.
- People tortured African Americans by hanging them. This was called _______.
- This is when one human being was owned by another and was forced to work..
- This was 3 requirements a state had to make in order to rejoin the Union.
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- Laws that were passed to free newly freed African Americans.
- Northerners who traveled south to "help" with Reconstruction, but really wanted to scam them.
- This was created to assist African Americans adjust to their life after being a slave.
- These laws divided the former Confederate states into five military sections.
- Abolished slavery in the United States.
- The amendment that granted African American men the right to vote.
- 10% of the voters within the Confederate states swear allegiance to the Union.
- Dishonest or illegal actions.
- African Americans and white people were separated. This was called _________.
- General of the Union Army.
- Southerners who supported the north during the civil war.
- The forgiveness of any crime committed.
20 Clues: General of the Union Army. • U.S. President at the time. • Dishonest or illegal actions. • General of the Confederate Army. • Abolished slavery in the United States. • The forgiveness of any crime committed. • These people wanted a better approach to Reconstruction. • Southerners who supported the north during the civil war. • ...
civil war 2023-10-23
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- Manufacturing goods from raw materials
- Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States.
- To rush towards the enemy.
- An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
- Escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection.
- Also called the South or the Confederate States of America
- War A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War.
- States The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri
- The largest organizational group of soldiers
- A smooth bore firearm fired from the shoulder. Thrust from exploding powder shoots the bullet forward like a chest pass in basketball.
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- The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
- The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories.
- The science of growing crops or raising livestock, farming.
- To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds.
- Freedom from slavery.
- A branch of the military mounted on horseback.
- A flag identifying a regiment or army.
- Round container used to carry water made of wood or tin and carried over the shoulder by a strap.
- A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
- A hollow projectile shot from a cannon
20 Clues: Freedom from slavery. • To rush towards the enemy. • Manufacturing goods from raw materials • A flag identifying a regiment or army. • A hollow projectile shot from a cannon • The largest organizational group of soldiers • A branch of the military mounted on horseback. • Escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection. • ...
Remy Johnson Articles X-word 2024-02-09
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- States would print their own ___ even though they weren't supposed to
- The constitution made the government ___ so that they couldn't favor other states
- Shay's rebelleion convinced American leaders that little protected them from ___
- The federalist system of government created a balance of ___
- Because the U.S could not ___ they were in dept
- Who saw America as a future world power?
- Shay's rebellion protested taxes imposed on by ___
- After the revolutionary war ended, stats acted more like ___ then as part of the same nation
- What city did the delicates meet in?
- Because the governtment could not stop Shay's rebellion, a local ___ had to stop it.
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- The constitution was based on ___
- The continental congress could pass laws, but they weren't good at ___ them
- Shay was NOT a ___ landowner, and thats why he rebelled against the government of Massachuwsetts
- The western land was filled with ___ tribes
- What book did Noah Webster write
- What power was held only by the National Government?
- What river borders the western lands won by the Americans in the revelation?
- The U.S army nearly ___ because they couldn't tax the states.
- States ___ goods manufactured in other states
- Nine-thirteenths of congress had to agree to pass a new ___
20 Clues: What book did Noah Webster write • The constitution was based on ___ • What city did the delicates meet in? • Who saw America as a future world power? • The western land was filled with ___ tribes • States ___ goods manufactured in other states • Because the U.S could not ___ they were in dept • Shay's rebellion protested taxes imposed on by ___ • ...
A Just Right Government 2025-09-30
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- The only branch of government under the Articles.
- The Articles joined the 13 states into this.
- Meeting where delegates debated and wrote the Constitution.
- Congress could pass these, but could not enforce them.
- Under the Articles, most power was held at this level.
- The only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
- Large state that wanted more votes in Congress.
- Position that did not exist under the Articles.
- Congress could not control this between the states or with other nations.
- Last name of the farmer who led a rebellion showing the weakness of the Articles.
- A group of individuals united together for a purpose.
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- The new plan of government written in 1787.
- Power Congress lacked to make states follow laws.
- Representative sent by a state to the Congress of the Confederation.
- Type of agreement needed from all 13 states to change the Articles.
- Each state was this under the Articles.
- Another branch missing under the Articles.
- The first plan of government for the United States.
- Power Congress did not have under the Articles.
- City where the Constitutional Convention was held.
- Took four years to do this to the Articles.
- The main quality of the government created under the Articles.
22 Clues: Each state was this under the Articles. • Another branch missing under the Articles. • The new plan of government written in 1787. • Took four years to do this to the Articles. • The Articles joined the 13 states into this. • Power Congress did not have under the Articles. • Large state that wanted more votes in Congress. • ...
Unit 3 Quiz 3 Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams 2026-03-09
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- The 2nd President of the United States.
- Thomas Jefferson believed the national government should be ______.
- A person who buys and sells goods for trade.
- Hamilton served as Secretary of the ______ in Washington’s cabinet.
- The first president whose cabinet included both Jefferson and Hamilton.
- The political party that supported a strong national government during the early years of the United States.
- The state where Thomas Jefferson inherited farmland.
- The law passed by Jefferson that stopped all trade between the United States and other countries. (2 words)
- John Adams had previously served as Washington’s ______. (2 words)
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- A ban on trade with other countries.
- The political party that supported states having more power than the national government. (2 words)
- The economic system Alexander Hamilton believed America should focus on, including factories and businesses.
- Alexander Hamilton was born in the ______.
- When a country refuses to take sides in a war, it is called staying ______.
- An economic situation where businesses fail and trade slows down is called an economic ______.
- This president wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- Jefferson served as Secretary of ______ in Washington’s cabinet.
- Hamilton created the first ______ Bank of the United States.
- Jefferson believed the American economy should be based on ______.
- British ships capturing American sailors and forcing them to work in the British navy.
20 Clues: A ban on trade with other countries. • The 2nd President of the United States. • Alexander Hamilton was born in the ______. • A person who buys and sells goods for trade. • The state where Thomas Jefferson inherited farmland. • This president wrote the Declaration of Independence. • Hamilton created the first ______ Bank of the United States. • ...
Constitutional Crossword 2025-04-24
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- A group who believed that the Constitution was a good idea.
- Elected official ranking just below the president.
- The Presiding Judge in the Supreme Court.
- Elected Head of USA
- How the USA begins fighting another country. Only the Legislative branch can do this. Specifically congress.
- 45th and 47th president.
- Chief Justice's name.
- Court The highest Judicial court in the state.
- Interprets and makes laws and solves legal disputes. Branch.
- A plan also from one of the states that benefited small states.
- A group who didn't think the constitution was a good idea.
- The President can give this out to a person in prison to clear their criminal charges.
- To prevail over.
- Responsible for making laws.
- A cities way to keep track of people and how many live in one house.
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- A plan from one of the states that benefited the big states.
- President and Vice Presidents branch. Carries out laws made by other branches.
- Betrayal of the USA
- Presidents way of Declining a bill.
- Secretary of Defense.
- 45th President of the United states
- Smaller upper assembly in congress.
- Female who ran for President in 2024
- Giving formal consent to a law.
- Vice Presidents name.
25 Clues: To prevail over. • Elected Head of USA • Betrayal of the USA • Secretary of Defense. • Chief Justice's name. • Vice Presidents name. • 45th and 47th president. • Responsible for making laws. • Giving formal consent to a law. • Presidents way of Declining a bill. • 45th President of the United states • Smaller upper assembly in congress. • Female who ran for President in 2024 • ...
week 15 spelling words 2021-03-16
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- this states nick name is the golden state
- this state is known for wild west past
- this states nickname is the grand canyon
- this states capital is olympia
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- this states nickname is equality state
- this states flower is western meadowlark
- this states capital is gem state
- this states flower is blue columbine
- this states bird is mountain blue bird
- mexico this state capital is santa fe
10 Clues: this states capital is olympia • this states capital is gem state • this states flower is blue columbine • mexico this state capital is santa fe • this states nickname is equality state • this states bird is mountain blue bird • this state is known for wild west past • this states flower is western meadowlark • this states nickname is the grand canyon • ...
Global Cold War 2024-04-19
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- Waterway that was a source of a Cold War conflict in 1956
- Claimed by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II
- After _____ years, United States forces withdrew from the conflict in Vietnam
- The United States aided the _____ as they fought against communist rebels and communist North Vietnam
- North American country that is a member of NATO
- Number of military casualties in the Korean War
- The United States organized a group of rebels, who attacked from neighboring _____ and overthrew the popular president of Guatemala
- First Cold War victory by the United States in 1948-1949
- The Korean War ended in this
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- Revolted and demanded the withdrawal of all Soviet troops in 1956
- One of the most violent conflicts of the Cold War
- Jacobo Arbenz Guzman was the president of this country in 1952
- North Vietnam had the assistance of China and the _____
- When Egypt’s president Nasser recognized communist _____ and improved relations with the Soviet Union, the United States dropped its offer to fund an important energy project in Egypt
- Its aim was containing communist expansion became the fundamental Cold War foreign policy of the United States
- Workers in Poland rioted against Communist rule because of the suppression of the Poles' strong _____ faith
- Ground zero of the Cold War
17 Clues: Ground zero of the Cold War • The Korean War ended in this • North American country that is a member of NATO • Number of military casualties in the Korean War • One of the most violent conflicts of the Cold War • Claimed by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II • North Vietnam had the assistance of China and the _____ • ...
The Cold War 2021-02-24
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- Curtain, a political boundary that divided Europe into two separate areas
- Keeps communism within its existing borders.
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during this time.
- Plan, Grants and loans given to Western Europe from the United States
- Atlantic Treaty Organization, Provided military alliance to counter Soviet expansions.
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- Soviet Union leader during this time
- Doctrine, A promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements
- Airlift, United States provided West Berlin with food, fuel, medical supplies, and clothing through airlifts.
- States, Eastern European states controlled by the Soviet Union
- Pact, Soviet Union and its satellite states formed a rival military alliance.
- War, Worldwide rivalry between United States and the Soviet Union
- United States President during this time
12 Clues: Soviet Union leader during this time • United States President during this time • Keeps communism within its existing borders. • Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during this time. • States, Eastern European states controlled by the Soviet Union • War, Worldwide rivalry between United States and the Soviet Union • ...
American West 2023-10-10
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- An event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened to homestead on a first-arrival basis
- The act that regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States
- A United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior
- An American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders
- The given name of many cemeteries, chiefly in the Western United States
- Several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead
- A group of wagons traveling together
- The trail that was used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads
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- The cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America
- A ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems proper practice of the dance would reunite the living with spirits of the dead, bring the spirits to fight on their behalf, end American Westward expansion, and bring peace, prosperity, and unity to Native American peoples throughout the region
- An area of land held and governed by a U.S. federal government-recognized Native American tribal nation, whose government is semi-sovereign
- An agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation, following the failure of the first Fort Laramie treaty
- The process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses
- A private security guard and detective agency established around 1850 in the United States
- An ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government
- Regiments formed during the 19th century to serve on the American frontier that primarily comprised African Americans
16 Clues: A group of wagons traveling together • A United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior • The given name of many cemeteries, chiefly in the Western United States • An American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders • The act that regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States • ...
4th of July Good Shepherd Puzzle 2025-06-12
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- Light show often seen on the 4th of July.
- Doodle Patriotic Song often sung on Independence Day.
- Number of original colonies.
- Red, white, and blue banner.
- Eagle National Bird of the United States.
- George ____ first president of United States.
- Soldiers fight for our ____.
- Color of sky or Sea.
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- Someone who loves and supports America.
- Head of the executive branch.
- The 4th of July is ___ Day.
- United States of ____.
- Color of Clouds.
- John ____ was the first vice-president of United States.
14 Clues: Color of Clouds. • Color of sky or Sea. • United States of ____. • The 4th of July is ___ Day. • Number of original colonies. • Red, white, and blue banner. • Soldiers fight for our ____. • Head of the executive branch. • Someone who loves and supports America. • Light show often seen on the 4th of July. • Eagle National Bird of the United States. • ...
unit 5 vocabulary 2018-01-18
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- President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America
- an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
- the heads of these departments made up the president’s cabinet
- Onis Treaty-an 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States
- a member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson, favored states' rights
- the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional States’ rights
- the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
- explorers that traveled through the Louisiana Purchase from 1804-1806
- the practice of forcing people into military service
- a payment by a weaker party to a stronger party in return for protection
- it called for the Supreme Court to consist of one chief justice and five associate justices
- a supporter of a strong federal government
- loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country
- to cancel
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- the power of Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
- a nation’s plan of action toward other nations.
- of Greenville the treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio
- the members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
- in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
- the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
- at the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and U.S. forces, led by Andrew Jackson, that ended in a victory for the United States
- a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that settled differences and put off a threat of military conflict between the two nations
- thousands marched in protest through the streets of Pittsburgh, they sang Revolutionary songs and tarred and feathered the tax collectors
- laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
- it stated that the United States would not support either side in the war
- an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
- a devotion to one's nation and its interests
- a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812
- an act or a decision that sets an example for others to follow
- a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships
30 Clues: to cancel • a supporter of a strong federal government • a devotion to one's nation and its interests • a nation’s plan of action toward other nations. • the practice of forcing people into military service • an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade • the power of Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional • ...
Chapter 19: American Empire 2026-01-12
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- US President Taft's policy to use American economic power instead of military force to create stability and exert influence in Latin America.
- Religion that grew dramatically in size in the United States
- Territory gained by the United States during American Imperialism and is a state today
- Immigrants were blamed for killing police officers in a bomb blast
- Satirical commentary of American superiority in the Middle East written by Mark Twain
- Country that was ensured independence by the United States and contained a vital canal zone.
- An affair about a crisis regarding the wrongful arrest of American sailors by the Mexicans.
- Person that assassinated the 25th president of the United States
- Ship that exploded.
- law that banned the entry of convicted criminals, Asian laborers brought involuntarily, and designed for Chinese women
- Fleet that was founded by a US president
- Battle during the Spanish American War in which the Spanish fleet was destroyed
- US President that was concerned with safety of American lives and property in Cuba
- Organization that upheld the right for self-governance.
- the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conscious displays of naval power
- Bill that acquired the United States’s first Pacific territories
- All Western powers had equal access to Chinese markets
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- survival of the fittest within humans
- Group of people who comes to the United States from foreign lands
- a consensus between the United States and Japan
- Territory of the US that has now become a country in Southeast Asia
- Warfare in terrain that were unfamiliar to the Americans. Although an American victory, resistance still continued afterwards.
- Most famous of the US overseas territories today
- Territory that was occupied by the United States but was never annexed
- foreign policy of negotiating peacefully while maintaining a strong military presence
- Person whose naval theories influenced the 26th president of the United States
- Wanted global power. Developed the US military and navy. Latin America became an important area for US foreign policy.
- Most well-known land battle of the Spanish American War
- the first major US law to ban a specific group of people
- Yellow journal that was written by William Randolph Hearst
- Most important battle of the Philippine-American War
- Stated that the US could intervene in Latin America to stop European interference.
- denied admission to people who were not able to support themselves, as well as convicted criminals, people with mental illnesses, etc.
- poorer, spoke non-English languages, typically Catholic and Jewish
- United States defeated Spain, ending Spanish control in the Americas and esbalishing the US as a world power in this treaty.
- Territory of the United States that is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
36 Clues: Ship that exploded. • survival of the fittest within humans • Fleet that was founded by a US president • a consensus between the United States and Japan • Most famous of the US overseas territories today • Most important battle of the Philippine-American War • All Western powers had equal access to Chinese markets • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
vocab 2019-11-07
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- invaded and subsequently became a possession of the United States.
- policy of Dollar Diplomacy
- War A war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898
- Moral diplomacy
- ceded to the United States under the treaty ending the Spanish-American War
- journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration
- 1898 treaty signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, that ended the Spanish American War
- President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy
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- a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy
- structure of their government and school system
- waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean
- an anti-imperialist uprising of peasants in northern China between Autumn 1899
- big stick policy
- a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823
- a form of diplomacy proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson in his 1912 election
- a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
- shaping America's open-door policy toward the Far East
- It exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898 and precipitated U.S. entry into the Spanish American War.
- could not govern themselves
19 Clues: Moral diplomacy • big stick policy • policy of Dollar Diplomacy • could not govern themselves • President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy • structure of their government and school system • shaping America's open-door policy toward the Far East • War A war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898 • ...
Giuseppe Tribuzio Articles x-word 2024-02-09
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- Alexander ______ hated Congress because they didn't share his vision.
- Shays' Rebellion to protest taxes imposed by___.
- what do you need to pass a new law in the Confederation Congress
- Articles are flawed because Congress couldn't _____
- what best describes a federalist system of government?
- Because ___lacked the power to tax the states, it couldn't pay for the supplies
- after the States meet to fix Articles of Confederation Constitution ____.
- what was the biggest obstical facing the Continental Congress
- what happend after United States declares independence.
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- What can you infer about Daniel Shays from the rebellion named after him?
- which power was held exclusively by the national government?
- What factor convinced the framers of the Articles of Confederation to create a weak central government?
- The Declaration of Independence was ___ to shays Rebellion,Articles of Confederation,and Revolutionary War ends.
- Shays' Rebellion convinced American leaders that little protected them from anarchy. What's the best synonym for "anarchy?"
- Constitution was based on.
- what factor prompted the states to consider changing the Articles of Confederation?
- why might one state tax goods manufactured in another state?
- Articles of Confederation Established one-house___.
- The individual states acted in their ownby taxing goods from other states.
- what was established by the Declaration of Independence?
20 Clues: Constitution was based on. • Shays' Rebellion to protest taxes imposed by___. • Articles are flawed because Congress couldn't _____ • Articles of Confederation Established one-house___. • what best describes a federalist system of government? • what happend after United States declares independence. • what was established by the Declaration of Independence? • ...
History Chapter 9 and 10 Test 6 2024-01-23
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- – created an income tax based on how much money a person makes each year
- – American evangelist who started a Sunday School movement in Chicago and founded the Moody Bible Institute
- a person who leaves his own country to make his home in another country
- – laws created to protect children from dangerous jobs and long working hours
- – manufacturing businesses that use factories to produce goods
- – largest passenger liner in the world at the time it sailed sank on its first voyage after hitting an iceberg
- moving platform on which workers add one specific part as a product moves to the next worker
- manmade waterway the United States built across the Isthmus of Panama
- – prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages for several years
- North Carolina – location of the first successful airplane flight
- – the man who brought the steel industry to America
- – 22nd president and 24th President of the United States only president to be elected again after another president has served
- – location of a hurricane in the year 1900 deadliest natural disaster in the United States
- – narrow strip of land that connects North America and South America
- sent by the United States to set up a government for the Philippines 27th President of the United States
- – evangelist who had once been a famous baseball player
- – 20th president of the United States
- California- location of the 1906 earthquake that destroyed most of the city
- president of the United States
- – unproven theory that animals slowly turned into other animals over billions of years instead of being created by God
- – inventor of the gas mask and automatic traffic light made improvements to the sewing machine
- – first car built on Henry Ford’s assembly line
- – inventor of the steamboat
- organization that Clara Barton founded that helps in times of war and natural disaster
- – founded Standard Oil
- – public transportation carrying passengers either above or below ground on a track
- – built and flew the first successful airplane
- – war fought between Spain and the United States to set Cuba free from Spain
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- – allowed for the election of U.S. Senators instead of being appointed by the U.S. State Legislature
- – U.S. East Coast entry port for immigrants from 1892 – 1954
- – famous battle won by the rough riders
- – 25th president of the United States declared war against Spain to help free the nation of Cuba
- – U.S. West Coast entry port for immigrants from 1910 – 1940
- –meeting that established time zones around the world
- – 1889 Pennsylvania flood that took the lives of over 2,000 people
- – leader of the Rough Riders 26th President of the United States
- – the first center of skyscraper architecture
- – 23rd President of the United States; Expanded the U.S. Navy
- – license proving ownership of an invention
- – years between 1900 and 1920 when government focused on being more efficient and better meeting the desires of voters
- – inventor of the telephone
- – inventor of the phonograph
- – helped save the lives of the Panama Canal workers by controlling disease carrying mosquitos
- – leader of the U.S. Navy fleet that destroyed Spanish Pacific naval fleet of Ships during the Spanish American War
- – law passed to keep Chinese laborers out of the United States
- – U.S, Navy ship that sank in Cuba and sparked the beginning of the Spanish American War
- – group of Pacific Islands that the United States helped free from Spain in the Spanish American War
- – group of American soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish American war
- time of great progress and growth in the way goods were made
- – island possessed by Spain until the end of the Spanish American War
- – 28th President of the United States president when the Panama Canal opened
- – built and launched the first successful liquid- fueled rocket
- – inventor who built the first gasoline powered car and developed the assembly line
53 Clues: – founded Standard Oil • – inventor of the telephone • – inventor of the steamboat • – inventor of the phonograph • president of the United States • – 20th president of the United States • – famous battle won by the rough riders • – license proving ownership of an invention • – the first center of skyscraper architecture • – built and flew the first successful airplane • ...
US History 30 terms 2020-10-26
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- Responsible for the Missouri Compromise
- Helped protect Tariff and developed a federal government
- Mostly served to raise income for the national government
- Emerged in 1830 in opposition to President Andrew Jackson
- Eight President of the United States
- Served as the ninth president of the United States
- Warn European nations that the U.S. will not tolerate colonization or monarchy
- Elected seventh President
- Machin that separates cotton fiber from seed
- Political party gives government civil service jobs to its supporters
- Financial crises in the United States that created a major depression
- Establish in 1791 to serve as a repository for federal funds
- Political party's
- U.S. into war with Great Britain and established second bank of the U.S.
- Allowed Missouria to become a slave state and Maine to become a free state in 1854
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- Substitutes one for another
- Gave Congress power to establish a national bank
- Known for his inventing the cotton gin
- Sixth president of the United States
- Made to protect industry in northern U.S.
- Treaty Between the United States and Spain in 1819
- Longest artificial waterway
- Large making of products
- Granted unsettled land west of Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands
- Indian nation forced to give up lands
- transition to new manufacturing processes in U.S.
- Helped define the constitutional power of the federal government
- Road made by Federal government
- Was the tenth president of the United States in 1841
- Idea that promotes the interest of a national group
30 Clues: Political party's • Large making of products • Elected seventh President • Substitutes one for another • Longest artificial waterway • Road made by Federal government • Eight President of the United States • Sixth president of the United States • Indian nation forced to give up lands • Known for his inventing the cotton gin • Responsible for the Missouri Compromise • ...
Sergio Cadena's Articles X-Words 2024-02-09
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- a ___ from each colony who was apart of the Continental Congress
- The states could have their own wars with Native Americans,since congress can't stop them from making their own ___.
- what did the aftermath of shay's rebellion create?
- how many houses of congress did America have?
- Alexander ___ hated Congress because they didn't share his vision.
- what was the name of the rebellion that started in 1785, which a group of farmers revolted in Massachusetts.
- Since congress was bankrupt, British troops where still on American soil, and the UNITED states are divided, what was most likely going to happen to the new nation.
- Another flaw in the articles that specifically almost destroyed economies with other states.
- who lead the protest that almost made Massachusetts go into a civil war?
- Congress is the only ones that can make money because the states made so much that it was usless.
- Since the continental army had been disbanded after the revolutionary war, what did the federal government need, but had no money to buy.
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- What came into effect in 1789?
- Because of shay's rebellion, the legislature (person to tax a state/country) relized that it was ___
- what was the first constitution in America
- A system in which states share power with a strong national government.
- how many years did the revolutionary war last?
- Delegates met in philidalphia because they wanted to help ___ the Articles.
- Articles are flawed because Congress can't____
- how did the states act with one another after the war
- Shay's rebellion showed the ____ of the articles of confedersation.
20 Clues: What came into effect in 1789? • what was the first constitution in America • how many houses of congress did America have? • how many years did the revolutionary war last? • Articles are flawed because Congress can't____ • what did the aftermath of shay's rebellion create? • how did the states act with one another after the war • ...
He is Worthy to Be Praised 2023-08-14
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- He has shown His people the what of His works? (Psalm 111:6)
- The song of the Lamb states, "... for your righteous acts have been what? (Revelation 15:4)
- The LORD is what? (Psalm 111:4) (3 words)
- He sent what to His people? (Psalm 111:9)
- James 5:11, states that the Lord is what and merciful?
- The fear of the LORD is the beginning of what? (Psalm 111:10)
- I will give thanks with my whole what? (Psalm 111:1)
- He has caused His wondrous works to be what? (Psalm 111:4)
- Those who delight in the works of the Lord have _______ them. (Psalm 111:2)
- The LORD provides food for those who what Him? (Psalm 111:5)
- The works of His what are faithful and just? (Psalm 111:7)
- The song of the Lamb states, "For you alone are what? (Revelation 15:4)
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- 1 Peter 2:9 states that we should proclaim the __________ of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Great are the what of the Lord? (Psalm 111:2)
- His what endures forever? (Psalm 111:10)
- The song of the Lamb states, "great and amazing are your what?" (Revelation 15:3)
- What of the LORD's endures forever? (Psalm 111:3)
- The song of the Lamb states, "Just and true are your what?" (Revelation 15:3)
- What is holy and awesome? (Psalm 111:9) (2 words)
- The LORD's work is full of what? (Psalm 111:3)
- His precepts are what? (Psalm 111:7)
21 Clues: His precepts are what? (Psalm 111:7) • His what endures forever? (Psalm 111:10) • He sent what to His people? (Psalm 111:9) • The LORD is what? (Psalm 111:4) (3 words) • Great are the what of the Lord? (Psalm 111:2) • The LORD's work is full of what? (Psalm 111:3) • What of the LORD's endures forever? (Psalm 111:3) • What is holy and awesome? (Psalm 111:9) (2 words) • ...
Presidents Day Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-20
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- The author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States
- The President who led the country during the Civil War
- The President who famously said, "The business of America is business"
- The only President to be elected to four terms
- The actor-turned-President who famously said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
- The first President of the United States
- The Union general who served as President from 1869-1877
- The President who was impeached twice, in 2019 and 2021
- The President who later served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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- The President who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002
- The President who was impeached in 1998
- The fifth President of the United States and author of the Monroe Doctrine
- The fourth President of the United States and the "Father of the Constitution"
- The President who led the country through World War I and helped create the League of Nations
- The President who famously said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"
- The President who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II
- The President whose grandfather, William Henry Harrison, served as President for only 31 days before dying in office
- The President who authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan to end World War II
- The first African-American President of the United States
- The second President of the United States and one of the Founding Fathers
20 Clues: The President who was impeached in 1998 • The first President of the United States • The only President to be elected to four terms • The President who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 • The President who led the country during the Civil War • The President who was impeached twice, in 2019 and 2021 • The Union general who served as President from 1869-1877 • ...
Civics Crossword 2 2021-11-16
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- Established in 1607, this colony became the first permanent English colony in America
- Article _____ of the Constitution tells how the Legislative Branch of government should work
- George ________ was the first president of the United States
- The name given to a clash between British soldiers and Bostonians was the "Boston ______" - several colonists were killed
- John _____ was Vice President under George Washington and the second President of the United States
- July 4th is celebrated as _________ Day
- The duty of the Supreme Court is to ____ laws
- The ______ Continental Congress called for peace, made preparations for war, and declared independence
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- The _____ court is the highest court in the United States
- On July 4th, we celebrate independence from _______ ________
- How many amendments are there to the Constitution?
- The colors of the United States flag are red, white, and ______
- The president is the _____-in-chief of the United States Army and Navy
- Also known as the _______ (or Connecticut) Compromise established that the House of Representatives would be based on population and the Senate would be based on equal representation
- The _______ is the supreme law of the land
- One of the two houses of Congress, historically known as the upper house
- The ______ becomes President of the United States if the current president should die.
- The ______ of the House becomes president if both the current President AND Vice President should die
- The pilgrims came to America for ______ freedom
- Patrick ______ was a Virginia patriot whose eloquent speeches helped to stir up resistance to Britain
- Article _____ of the Constitution tells how the Executive Branch of government should work
21 Clues: July 4th is celebrated as _________ Day • The _______ is the supreme law of the land • The duty of the Supreme Court is to ____ laws • The pilgrims came to America for ______ freedom • How many amendments are there to the Constitution? • The _____ court is the highest court in the United States • On July 4th, we celebrate independence from _______ ________ • ...
Unit 2- A New nation 2024-04-21
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- A compromise that stated the HOR= based off population and Senate= equal in proportion.
- favored large states, representation based on population
- Met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
- The power of the judicial branch to declare laws unconstitutional.
- The supreme law of the United States of America.
- Government that only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution.
- Document that limited the power of the king.
- Established direct democracy, first form of self government in the U.S
- Division of power among different levels of government
- Supported the constitution as is; no need for additional protections
- Each branch has their individual roles and responsibilities
- Ensures one branch does not become too powerful.
- favored the small states in equal representation
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- Rule by the people, consent of the governed
- Wanted additional protections for people and states.
- Written in 1776, declared us independent of Great Britain
- The nation's first constitution; it failed due to giving the states too much power.
- Where we got some ideas for our Bill Of Rights from.
- The governing body that declared us independent of Great Britain
- States no one is above the law
- People directly vote for what they want
- Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person
- The first democratically elected legislative body in the U.S
- Showed the weakness of the Articles; armed rebellion regarding taxes.
24 Clues: States no one is above the law • Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person • People directly vote for what they want • Rule by the people, consent of the governed • Document that limited the power of the king. • The supreme law of the United States of America. • Ensures one branch does not become too powerful. • favored the small states in equal representation • ...
Chapter 10 Vocab Terms 2025-10-20
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- the appeal of art, writing, music and other forms of entertainment to a larger audience
- the right to vote
- movement that fought for more rights to vote for workers and other groups/ presented demands in the People's Charter of 1838
- one of the most popular English Queens/ gave up some power voluntarily
- four year period in the United States where the Northern States fought the Southern states over slavery
- the movement of Jewish people to reestablish their homeland
- separation of blacks and whites in the South following the Civil War
- the idea that over generations, species change through the process of natural selection
- self-governing regions in domestic affairs but still a part of a larger empire (Canada)
- name given to new energy source by Marie Curie
- the idea that the United States had the right and duty to rule the entire North American continent
- the study of human mind and behavior
- a spy controversy involving a Jewish officer in the French Army
- president during the American Civil War
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- declared all slaves in the Southern states were free
- line of workers that would put a single piece onto unfinished cars
- colonies where prisoners from England went to serve their sentences
- unofficial military force seeking independence for Ireland
- man who came up with the theory of evolution
- native groups that were scattered throughout Australia
- republic setup in France that lasted over 60 years
- Polynesian group that was settled in New Zealand
- the term used for states leaving the Union during the Civil War
23 Clues: the right to vote • the study of human mind and behavior • president during the American Civil War • man who came up with the theory of evolution • name given to new energy source by Marie Curie • Polynesian group that was settled in New Zealand • republic setup in France that lasted over 60 years • declared all slaves in the Southern states were free • ...
Civil War Crossword 2022-03-06
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- The first official battle of the Civil War.
- Event (Book about horrors of slavery) that caused/led to the Civil War.
- General of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
- The economy in the ________ states grew quickly after the Civil War.
- William Sherman’s goal to take over the city of Atlanta.
- President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
- Commander of the Union Army during the Civil War.
- President of the United States during the Civil War.
- The battle that ended the Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
- A battle during the Civil War known as the turning point and the deadliest battle.
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- Cause of the Civil War: Northern and Southern states disagreed about.
- William Sherman and his troops marched from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in their path.
- General in the Confederate Army: Known for standing his ground in the First Battle of Bull Run.
- Event (An attempt to take over a federal armory and arm slaves) that caused/led to the Civil War.
- General in the Union Army: Known for the Atlanta Campaign & March to the Sea.
- Cause of the Civil War: Southern States were worried about the government becoming too powerful.
- The ________ states had to rebuild after the Civil War because of destruction.
17 Clues: The first official battle of the Civil War. • Commander of the Union Army during the Civil War. • President of the United States during the Civil War. • General of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. • William Sherman’s goal to take over the city of Atlanta. • The economy in the ________ states grew quickly after the Civil War. • ...
Ani Sci 1 - Unit 3 2022-10-12
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- _______ production is one of the most important agricultural industries in the United States
- Farmland availability is ______
- this place consumes the largest amount of beef
- Since 1990, the number of hog farms in the U.S has declined by more than _____ percent
- NC ranks 5th in the nation, Iowa, Georgia, Ohio are the top 3 producing states of this animal
- The average age of primary farm operators is _______
- _____ precent of households own a pet (dog, cat, bird, fish, pocket pet, reptile,)
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- Approximately, the pet industry brings in roughly ______ million jobs
- This animal group accounts for the largest share of total cash receipts for all agricultural commodities
- NC ranks 12th in the nation and California, Wisconsin, Idaho are the top 3 producing states for this animal
- Government policies have consistently favored ______ farms
- This item is produced in all 50 states
- this is the companion animal most households have
- NC Ranks 10th in this animal production, Nebraska, Texas and Kansas are the top producing states of this animal
- NC ranks 1st in the nation, Georgia, Arkansas, NC are the top 3 producers of this animal
- NC ranks 3rd in the nation, NC, Minnesota, Indiana are the top 3 states that produce this animal
- NC ranks 2nd in the nation, Iowa, Minnesota and NC are the top 3 ranking states for this animal
- Companion animal industries generate more than _____ billion in salary wages and benefits
18 Clues: Farmland availability is ______ • This item is produced in all 50 states • this place consumes the largest amount of beef • this is the companion animal most households have • The average age of primary farm operators is _______ • Government policies have consistently favored ______ farms • Approximately, the pet industry brings in roughly ______ million jobs • ...
Civil War Test 2022-05-06
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- Number of Confederate States
- turning point of war
- freed the slaves in the south
- Number of border states
- Where did lee surrender at johnwilesbooth assassinated lincoln
- winning the first half of war
- who won the war
- bloodiest battle of the war
- General of USA
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- Famous Speech
- Number of Union States.
- Had motivation, experience, better generals
- General of CSA
- What kind of war did Gen Sherman unleash
- President of the USA
- first major battle
- President of the CSA
- first battle
- Had more $$$, weapons, factories, soldiers
19 Clues: first battle • Famous Speech • General of CSA • General of USA • who won the war • first major battle • turning point of war • President of the USA • President of the CSA • Number of Union States. • Number of border states • bloodiest battle of the war • Number of Confederate States • freed the slaves in the south • winning the first half of war • What kind of war did Gen Sherman unleash • ...
Creating the Constitution Vocab Crossword 2024-12-02
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- the idea that decisions approved by more than half of the people in a group or society will be accepted and observed by all of the people
- For purposes of representation and taxation, each person who was enslaved was to be counted as three-fifths of a person.
- Numerous protests led to stop tax collectors from seizing colonial properties. Proof the Articles were weak.
- A proposed that representation in both houses be based on the population of each state. This would give the more populous states more representatives, and thus more influence, than states with smaller populations.
- A series of 85 essays were published over the course of several months and made a strong case for the new plan of government. Some historians have called the publication of these papers one of the most powerful public relations campaigns in history.
- opponents of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the loose association of states established under the Articles of Confederation
- The second type of government the United States adopted and still current.
- the first written plan of government for the United States; ratified in 1781
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- A plan called for a two-house legislature with a different form of representation in each house. In the Senate, states would have equal representation. In the House of Representatives, states would have representation based on their populations.
- In that plan, each state, whether large or small, would have the same vote.
- A list of Rights promised to American citizens in the Constitution
- the belief that governments should operate according to an agreed set of principles, which are usually spelled out in a written constitution
- On May 25, 1787, a meeting between Delegates from all the states except Rhode Island came together at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, which would later be known as Independence Hall to change the Articles of Confederation.
- supporters of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the creation of a strong federal government that shared power with the states.
- a financial status in which a person, company, or government owes money to someone else
- formal approval of an agreement, treaty, or constitution
- the approval of every voting member
17 Clues: the approval of every voting member • formal approval of an agreement, treaty, or constitution • A list of Rights promised to American citizens in the Constitution • The second type of government the United States adopted and still current. • In that plan, each state, whether large or small, would have the same vote. • ...
Unit 4 Academic Vocab 2021-05-20
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- Reporters are allowed to publish fair and accurate accounts of official proceedings, such as a school board meeting, city council meeting or court or judicial proceeding. Because privileges are matters of state law, the names of the privileges vary from state to state.
- printed false statements
- This First Amendment right states you can say things with limitations.
- This First Amendment right states you may peacefully protest.
- acronym for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- This First Amendment right states you can question the government
- blank of privacy law protects individuals from people using their personal info.
- invasion of privacy category similar to trespassing
- Two examples of this are slander and libel
- This amendment states you have freedom of speech, religion, press, and to question the government.
- states that require only one person for consent to recording.
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- invasion of privacy category where the person is shown in a negative light
- This will always be a publication’s best defense, which means a legal defense begins at the front end, when gathering facts and information and writing, arranging, editing and checking the facts.
- This First Amendment right states you can practice your beliefs
- This First Amendment right is the only portion that talks directly to the media
- verbal false statements
- invasion of privacy category using someone's image without permission
- acronym for Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- a legal term of art which means it was published either with known falsity or reckless disregard for the truth.
19 Clues: verbal false statements • printed false statements • Two examples of this are slander and libel • invasion of privacy category similar to trespassing • acronym for Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act • This First Amendment right states you may peacefully protest. • states that require only one person for consent to recording. • ...
Jason Nguyen's Constitution Crossword 2021-12-13
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- The part of the Constitution that describes the process of changing the Constitution
- The part of the Constitution that states that a majority of the thirteen states must approve in order for the Constitution to take effect
- The process of how the head of the executive branch is selected
- One of the two houses in Congress that has two senators for every state
- The part of the Constitution that interprets and deals with federal laws
- The introduction of the Constitution that explains the purpose of the new government
- The part of the Constitution that declares United States laws and treaties supreme
- The longest part of the Constitution that creates the legislative branch and Congress
- The part of the Constitution that creates a branch that carries out laws
- An idea that states that a national government shares power with state governments
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- Ten amendments that list specific rights that are not named in the Constitution to satisfy citizens
- One of the two houses in Congress that has the numbers of senators based on population of each state
- The number of ratified changes made to the Constitution
- A type of democracy that elects citizens as leaders
- This court and federal courts deal with national laws and appoint judges
- The number of states needed to ratify for the Constitution to become official
- The head of the executive branch
- A change or addition to the Constitution
- The part of the Constitution that describes interactions between states
19 Clues: The head of the executive branch • A change or addition to the Constitution • A type of democracy that elects citizens as leaders • The number of ratified changes made to the Constitution • The process of how the head of the executive branch is selected • One of the two houses in Congress that has two senators for every state • ...
CH 4 Constitution 2025-09-17
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- Refers to the interactions and relationships among the federal, state, and local governments. This includes informal and formal arrangements, such as compacts and cooperative agreements, and the effectiveness of federalism often depends on the quality of these relationships.
- An advantage of federalism that provides an additional safeguard against tyranny by dispersing governmental authority.
- Powers Powers shared by both the federal and state governments (e.g., taxation, building roads).
- Ensures that laws passed by both levels of government adhere to the Constitution.
- A disadvantage of federalism where overlapping jurisdictions can make it difficult for citizens to understand who is responsible for what.
- a crucial role in interpreting the division of powers between the federal and state governments. Landmark cases have shaped the balance of power, defining the limits of federal and state authority.
- A disadvantage of federalism that can lead to disparities in laws, services, and opportunities across states.
- Efforts to devolve power from the federal government back to the states, particularly since the 1970s.
- Powers not delegated to the federal government nor denied to the states, which are reserved for the states or the people (e.g., regulating intrastate commerce, establishing schools).
- An advantage of federalism where states can serve as "laboratories of democracy" by trying out new policies.
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- Federal funds given to states for specific purposes, often with strict conditions (e.g., Medicaid).
- (Layer Cake) Characterized by distinct spheres of authority for federal and state governments, with little overlap, prevalent from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.
- (Article VI) Establishes that federal laws are supreme when in conflict with state laws, provided they are constitutional.
- A contrasting system where power is centralized.
- An advantage of federalism that allows governments to be more responsive to the specific needs and preferences of their populations.
- Federal funds given to states for broader purposes, with more discretion for states in how they spend the money (e.g., Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). Grants are a major tool for the federal government to influence state policies.
- A contrasting system where power is decentralized among independent states.
- (Marble Cake) Characterized by greater collaboration and shared responsibilities between federal and state governments, emerging during the New Deal era.
- A system of government where power is divided between a national government and state or provincial governments. This division of power is typically outlined in a constitution.
- Primarily establishes federalism in the U.S. Constitution. It enumerates specific powers for the federal government while reserving others for the states.
- Both the national and state governments possess their own spheres of authority. Citizens are subject to the laws of both levels of government, and each level can act directly on the people.
- Powers specifically granted to the federal government (e.g., coining money, declaring war).
22 Clues: A contrasting system where power is centralized. • A contrasting system where power is decentralized among independent states. • Ensures that laws passed by both levels of government adhere to the Constitution. • Powers specifically granted to the federal government (e.g., coining money, declaring war). • ...
Civil War 2021-10-08
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- Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.
- Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal.
- A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
- southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
- Courthouse
- War between the North and South.
- Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery*His three minute speech inspired the North to keep fighting for a united country and the end of slavery.
- A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state to keep the balance of powe
- ship made of iron
- Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides* The Union blocked the South's coastline and Mississippi River to stop movement of people and supplies in the South.
- where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant.
- President of the United States of America during the Civil War; born in Kentucky; helped preserve the United States by leading the country in the defeat of the Confederacy; against slavery; freed slaves; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
- U.S. Supreme Court decision which determined that slaves (Dred Scott) could not sue in federal court because they did not have the rights of citizenship.
- Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery to Northerners.
- Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute.
- Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
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- of Antietam
- General of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time*He was against slavery but didn't want to fight against his home state of Virginia. He also believed in states' rights.
- Proclamation
- The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863, after 48 days of seige
- Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
- Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware).*Lincoln did not call for abolition (free all slaves) at the beginning of the war because these states had slaves and would fight for the Union.
- for the South; got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle - he held his position like a stone wall.
- To leave or withdraw
- War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
- freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
- The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia which left a path of almost total destruction. *It is often cited as the first example of total war.
- United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
28 Clues: Courthouse • of Antietam • Proclamation • ship made of iron • To leave or withdraw • War between the North and South. • War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded • freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states • Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute. • southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
US History Exam #2 Review 2024-01-17
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- Abraham Lincoln became President and the country broke up into Union and Confederacy.
- Conflict between North and South. More than 620,000 people died.
- Created a pathway for new states to join the USA. Took land from Louisiana. Slavery was banned here.
- the idea that God told Americans to move west and take over North America for themselves
- Part of the country that seceded from the United States over slavery. Mostly agricultural economy. Wore gray uniforms.
- Law signed by Jackson that forced Native Americans to move West of the Mississippi River
- Very important Civil War Battle where many soldiers died. Lincoln gave a big speech here.
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- First government document of the United States. Took the ideas of "life, liberty, and" equality from John Locke and the Enlightenment.
- Major body of water that the United States got from France. Helped the United States ship goods to Europe and the East Coast more easily.
- The Civil War begins
- What the North did to make money (economy) and what helped them win the war
- The Civil War ends
- Last battle of the Civil War. General Grant Offers General Lee the opportunity to surrender and not be bothered by the US government.
- Enslaved man that sued for his freedom and lost. The Supreme Court ruled that Black people were not citizens and could not become citizens.
- the Confederacy withdrew from the United States
- Thomas Jefferson got this from France in 1803. Doubled the size of the United States.
- Part of the country that had more resources and was better able to supply its soldiers with food, weapons, and materials. Wore dark blue uniforms.
- President that abused his power by acting like a king and sent Native Americans to the West
18 Clues: The Civil War ends • The Civil War begins • the Confederacy withdrew from the United States • Conflict between North and South. More than 620,000 people died. • What the North did to make money (economy) and what helped them win the war • Abraham Lincoln became President and the country broke up into Union and Confederacy. • ...
Unit 6 Vocabuluary Assignment - Crossword Puzzle 2025-04-23
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- A Northerner who moved to the South after the war, often seen as exploiting the region.
- The period after the Civil War when the Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.
- Abolished slavery, gave African-Americans citizenship, and gave African American men the right to vote.
- The Northern states during the Civil War that remained loyal to the U.S. government.
- A pardon for offenses, such as President Andrew Johnson’s offer of amnesty to many former Confederates
- A system where freedmen rented land from landowners and paid with a portion of their crops, often trapping them in poverty.
- Government agency that helped formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom by providing food, education, and medical care.
- The 1863 declaration by President Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in Confederate states.
- The act of formally withdrawing from an organization or alliance, such as the Southern states leaving the Union.
- The system of forced labor where people were considered property.
- Laws passed in the South to limit the freedom of African Americans after the Civil War.
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- A short speech by Lincoln honoring fallen soldiers and emphasizing national unity.
- The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
- A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
- The group of Southern states that seceded and formed their own government.
- The belief that individual states have the right to govern themselves, often used to justify secession.
- Laws that enforced racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction.
- The Union’s military strategy to defeat the Confederacy by blockading Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River to “squeeze” the South, like an anaconda snake.
18 Clues: A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. • The system of forced labor where people were considered property. • The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. • Laws that enforced racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction. • The group of Southern states that seceded and formed their own government. • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
George Washington 2022-02-27
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- having liberty
- a normal condition, not in war
- leader of the Continental Army and first president of the United States of America
- a paper that is laws for the United States
- the leader of the United States of America
- war between America and Great Britain
- not easily done, hard
- a place where Washington and his soldiers stayed
- had confidence, had faith
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- paper saying the United States of America was a new, free country
- a free country in North America
- the countries of England, Scotland, and Wales
- colonists who wanted to be free from Great Britain
- became a member of an organization
- the American army in the American Revolution
- well-known
16 Clues: well-known • having liberty • not easily done, hard • had confidence, had faith • a normal condition, not in war • a free country in North America • became a member of an organization • war between America and Great Britain • a paper that is laws for the United States • the leader of the United States of America • the American army in the American Revolution • ...
States 2022-08-25
6 Clues: I border Canada and Oregon • I border Mexico and Arizona • I am the closest state to Cuba • I have a panhandle and I’m next to Teaxs • I hold the nations capital I border Delaware • I I’m land locked and have a city named hairrmen
states 2022-05-24
6 Clues: - It is very warm there. • - you can go to disney there. • - There are a lot of billboards. • - It only snows a little bit there. • - There are a lot of mexican people. • - It has no animals that can kill you.
States 2025-06-02
6 Clues: Smallest state • The first state • the state Harvard is in • LeBron was born in this state • The Thunder is their NBA team • Rocky Mountain national park lies mainly in this state
Emotion as a WOK 2023-03-16
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- A scenario where a train conductor is forced to choose between two bad outcomes, usually involving death
- States that most evil is done by those who don't necessarily decide to be evil
- States that rightness and wrongness are determined by morally relevant particularities of the situation
- States that an action is right if it is in-line with a good character
- States that an action is right if it pursues our own interest, emphasizes personal responsibility
- The preliminary assessment of patients in order to determine the urgency of their need for treatment
- States that an action is right if it shows selfless concern for the interest of others
- An idea that an action is right or wrong according to personal belief, there are no moral facts
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- An idea that an action is right or wrong independent of beliefs, suggests that there are universal moral principles
- States that actions are good or bad according to a clear set of rules
- Determines the ethical choice that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
- Proposed by David Hume that an action is only right if it conforms to positive sentiments
- A psychologist at Stanford University, famous for organizing the Stanford Prison Experiment
- States that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences
- States that an action is good if it shows that we care about those we have a connection to
15 Clues: States that actions are good or bad according to a clear set of rules • States that an action is right if it is in-line with a good character • States that most evil is done by those who don't necessarily decide to be evil • States that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences • ...
Civil War Review 2026-03-24
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- Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia and later surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
- First African American to receive the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Civil War at Fort Wagner.
- 1854 law that allowed settlers in new territories to vote on whether slavery would be allowed there.
- The idea that people in a territory should decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.
- 1863 order that declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
- Belief that states had the power to reject or ignore federal laws they disagreed with.
- Growing differences between the North and South in economy, culture, and politics that increased tension before the war.
- President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
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- Union general who became commander of all Union armies and later president of the United States.
- Taxes placed on imported goods that caused conflict between Northern and Southern states.
- Union general known for his “March to the Sea” and total war strategy in the South.
- Union general who trained the Army of the Potomac but was often criticized for being too cautious in battle.
- 16th president of the United States who led the country during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
- Nurse who founded the American Red Cross and cared for wounded soldiers during the Civil War.
- The act of Southern states leaving the United States to form their own nation.
15 Clues: President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. • 1863 order that declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free. • The act of Southern states leaving the United States to form their own nation. • Union general known for his “March to the Sea” and total war strategy in the South. • ...
Causes of the Civil War 2022-03-03
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- abraham lincoln becomes 16th president opposing the spread of slavery
- admitted missouri as a slave state and maine as a non slave state
- 16th president of the united states
- he sued his master for freedom, court rules slaves are not legal citizens and cant bring court cases before the supreme court
- african americans who worked on plantations in the south with no pay
- wilmot proviso suggested all lands from mexican cession had no slaves
- an American Confederate general best known for his service to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, during which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.
- some states thought they could leave the union if they didnt like the laws being passed by federal government
- northern abolitionist launched a slave revolt in 1859, was crushed, tried, and executed
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- required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves
- 11 southern states leave the union and become the confederacy
- the new states would vote if their state would be admitted as a free or slave state.
- an anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
- john brown and others overran the federal arsenal
- greater loyalty to your own section rather than country as a whole
16 Clues: 16th president of the united states • john brown and others overran the federal arsenal • required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves • an anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • 11 southern states leave the union and become the confederacy • admitted missouri as a slave state and maine as a non slave state • ...
Civil War 2024-04-30
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- No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.
- An agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a state that allowed enslavement and Maine was admitted as a state that banned enslavement.
- A Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
- Confederacy another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union.
- A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
- An agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed Black Americans.
- An act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories.
- The period after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union as the federal government addressed the impact of slavery.
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- A speech by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg in memory of the Union soldiers who had died trying to protect the ideals of freedom upon which the nation was founded.
- The rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law.
- An order issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring people enslaved in the Confederate states to be free.
- A series of political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, who were candidates in the Illinois race for U.S. senator, in which slavery was the main issue.
- The United States as one nation united under a single government. During the Civil War, “the Union” came to mean the government and armies of the North.
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
- The agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a state in which slavery was illegal. These agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the trade of enslaved people in Washington, D.C., and creating a stronger law targeting fugitives from slavery.
- Laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
- The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
17 Clues: A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country. • The rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law. • An agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed Black Americans. • ...
Jack Kwartowitz 2nd Hour Gov. Final Project 2022-01-07
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- gov. power limited by the constitution
- Powers denied by states
- makes the money and collects taxes
- states send these to congress
- Troops lead by the commander in chief
- A singed agreement
- Ruled by 1
- Countrys actions towards other countries
- tally of all the votes cast
- Broad powers kept by states
- two chambers
- "to assign"
- The U.S. document that holds the concept of federalism
- principles, rules, or laws influenced by parties
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- the branch that makes laws
- to promote or support
- favoring one view or the other
- the branch that interprets laws
- things inside the United States
- the person that is chosen to run as a candidate in the national convention
- less serious crimes that can be less than a year in jail or just a fine
- Rule by a few
- agreements between countries
- serious crimes that are a punishment for more than a year in jail
24 Clues: Ruled by 1 • "to assign" • two chambers • Rule by a few • A singed agreement • to promote or support • Powers denied by states • the branch that makes laws • tally of all the votes cast • Broad powers kept by states • agreements between countries • states send these to congress • favoring one view or the other • the branch that interprets laws • things inside the United States • ...
Chapter 5 Vocab 2018-10-25
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- These are 85 essays defending Constitution
- Supporters of the constitution
- Leader of Virginia, him and Alexander Hamilton called a meeting of state
- It's an alliance but also another form of government that delegates call
- Make laws
- Divided power between the national and states government
- Fifths Compromise, 3/5 of a state's slaves to be counted as population
- Prevents one state from dominating the other
- Plan for surveying the land
- Procedure for dividing the land is called the
- Farmers protested and it caused panic and dismay throughout the nation
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- The idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people, meant different things to different Americans
- Official approval, requires 9 states
- Group of electors chosen by states
- Set of laws
- Interpret the law
- Opponents, against Constitution
- 12 amendments submitted to the legislature
- Political Leader from Connecticut
- Carry out laws
- Offered a two-house congress to satisfy both small and big states
- A government in which citizens rule through the representatives
22 Clues: Make laws • Set of laws • Carry out laws • Interpret the law • Plan for surveying the land • Supporters of the constitution • Opponents, against Constitution • Political Leader from Connecticut • Group of electors chosen by states • Official approval, requires 9 states • These are 85 essays defending Constitution • 12 amendments submitted to the legislature • ...
The Constitution;Donna 2019-04-25
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- the branch that interprets the laws and Constitution
- The idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people
- A loose alliance of states
- Delegate who developed the Great Compromise
- Power given to separate branches
- Official approval of the Constitution
- the branch that enforce the laws
- A law that sets up a plan for surveying land west of the Appalachian Mountains
- Agreement that allowed states by the Constitutional Convention
- The division between federal and state governments
- Law that organized the Northwest Territories
- Anti-tax protest by farmers
- set of amendments
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- people opposed to ratification
- Supporters
- Agreement that allowed states to count three-fifths of their slave population
- A group selected to elect the president
- the branch that makes laws
- One of the leaders of the Constitutional Conversation
- essay written by federalists
- the set of laws that established the first government of the United States
- A government in which the people elect representatives to govern
22 Clues: Supporters • set of amendments • A loose alliance of states • the branch that makes laws • Anti-tax protest by farmers • essay written by federalists • people opposed to ratification • Power given to separate branches • the branch that enforce the laws • Official approval of the Constitution • A group selected to elect the president • Delegate who developed the Great Compromise • ...
Civil War 2015-04-30
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- A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon
- Land within the mainland boundaries
- Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force
- Troops like the national guard
- The south or Confederate States of America
- African Americans who were owned by other people
- Someone who does something because they want too
- The Confederate States of America
- Freedom from slavery
- Party A political party who were generally against slavery
- The cruel killing of a number of people
- To rush towards the army
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- The science of growing crops
- The term used to describe new soldiers
- Actively attacking someone
- Someone who wishes to get rid of slavery
- Resisting or protecting from an attack
- A branch of the Military
- Loyal to the government of the United States
- Loyal to the Confederacy
- Promoting the interests of a section or region
- The North or the United States
- To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
- The lowest rank in the army
- An organization of soldiers
25 Clues: Freedom from slavery • A branch of the Military • Loyal to the Confederacy • To rush towards the army • Actively attacking someone • The lowest rank in the army • An organization of soldiers • The science of growing crops • Troops like the national guard • The North or the United States • The Confederate States of America • Land within the mainland boundaries • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-02-23
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- How many Union states were there?
- First battle of war with combat
- If they didn't die in the war then they died from
- Who was the first state to leave the Union?
- The first battle of the Civil War?
- To formally withdraw from membership in a political state
- States States that allowed slavery but were still in the Union
- What invention did Eli Whitney make?
- This means before war
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- This helped slaves escape to the North
- Battle of bull run is also known as
- President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
- The Union general who made Robert Lee surrender
- The first major battle of the Civil War
- Who was the president of the Union?
- What year did The Civil War start?
- What was the South's name in the war?
- What was the North's name in the war?
- What did they call Southern Soldiers
- How many confederate states were there?
20 Clues: This means before war • First battle of war with combat • How many Union states were there? • What year did The Civil War start? • The first battle of the Civil War? • Battle of bull run is also known as • Who was the president of the Union? • What did they call Southern Soldiers • What invention did Eli Whitney make? • What was the South's name in the war? • ...
Reconstruction Vocab 6 2022-11-18
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- the violent abolitionist that gave slaves guns at harpers ferry
- slave who led a rebellion
- leader of the black legislators
- equal slave to free states
- the act of making legally null and void
- new general of the union army
- terrorist group that wanted to stop black men from voting
- states where slavery is legal
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- most deadlist battle
- 17th president
- position supported by several prominent georgia politicans who supported the Compromise of 1850
- wrote uncle toms cabin
- site where a general abused his soldiers by not feeding them
- largest battle fought in georgia
- compromise where california was brought in as a free state
- states where slavery is not legal
- 16th president
- machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton fibers
- the belief that a states sovereignity is more important than that of the national goverment
- general of the confederate army
- group that wants to punish the south
21 Clues: 17th president • 16th president • most deadlist battle • wrote uncle toms cabin • slave who led a rebellion • equal slave to free states • new general of the union army • states where slavery is legal • leader of the black legislators • general of the confederate army • largest battle fought in georgia • states where slavery is not legal • group that wants to punish the south • ...
Honors Gov. Anthony Valentine 2023-05-17
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- disliked a strong federal government
- service a civic duty to be drafted
- Old Party The old name for Republicans
- This agreement helped southern states have greater representations in the house
- The first ten amendments of the Constitution
- Jeopardy Cannot be tried for the same crime twice
- You cannot do this under the 5th amendment
- obligations under citizenship of the United States
- the constitution rules over all
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- represents the states by population in congress
- The smallest geographical unit for voting
- a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by state and federal level
- An oath to be loyal and do right by the US govenrment
- Created the bicameral legislature in the US
- represents the states more equally with two from each state in congress
- Where the party announces their lead candidates for the general election
- Any means of casting a vote
- Powers not specified in the constitution
- Allows for commerse to regulate interstate trade
- A group of dictators
20 Clues: A group of dictators • Any means of casting a vote • the constitution rules over all • service a civic duty to be drafted • disliked a strong federal government • Old Party The old name for Republicans • Powers not specified in the constitution • The smallest geographical unit for voting • You cannot do this under the 5th amendment • ...
Early Republic 2024-11-21
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- A from of tax applied on imports from other countries
- 7th president of the United States
- an economic system characterized by private ownership
- First President of the United States.
- prohibited U.S. from trading with foreign nations
- The overemphasized political, economic and social loyalty
- Invernted the cotton gin in 1783
- The character of a good participant in a system of government
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- was the person who started the United states military expidition
- commander and chief during the war of 1812
- Appointed secretary of State by John Qiuncy
- Avoided the war with france Lawyer and population
- The right to determine whether a law violates the constitution
- Propogandist and journalis; wrote the pamphlet of "Common Sense"
- was fought between the United states and England
- mostly young politicians from hailing the west and south
- the practice of forcing scamen to serve the British Royal Navy
- a form of civic, ethnic, culture, and econimic influence
- Author of Monroe Doctrine
- role to advise President
20 Clues: role to advise President • Author of Monroe Doctrine • Invernted the cotton gin in 1783 • 7th president of the United States • First President of the United States. • commander and chief during the war of 1812 • Appointed secretary of State by John Qiuncy • was fought between the United states and England • Avoided the war with france Lawyer and population • ...
The Civil War 2024-12-17
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- Union leader who took chances and wore a rumpled uniform
- states that remained in the Union but had slavery
- Confederate victory but they lost Stonewall Jackson
- single bloodiest day of the war
- winner of the Civil War
- president of the Confederate States
- Grant took control of part of the Mississippi and a railroad hub
- final battle and surrender
- Union general who marched to the sea
- first major battle of the war
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- slaves were freed in _____ states through the Emancipation Proclamation
- food item commonly made and consumed by soldiers
- main Confederate leader
- strategic plan of the Union
- general who led the Union at the Battle of Gettysburg
- capital of the Confederate States
- first name of general who led the Union at the Battles of Shiloh and Vicksburg
- war between opposing citizens of the same country
- turning point in Northern territory
- first shots fired
- issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- cautious Union leader fired by President Lincoln
22 Clues: first shots fired • main Confederate leader • winner of the Civil War • final battle and surrender • strategic plan of the Union • first major battle of the war • single bloodiest day of the war • capital of the Confederate States • president of the Confederate States • turning point in Northern territory • issued the Emancipation Proclamation • ...
global politics exam 2 2026-04-07
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- of underdevelopment – Rich states keep poor ones poor
- foreign policy – Put women at the diplomacy table
- circulation – China’s “domestic + export” model
- Trade makes war too costly
- – Global trade-rule referee
- of geopolitics – States re-assert power rivalry
- – Border taxes on imports
- Western depictions of the East as exotic/inferior
- – Crisis lender to states
- humanitarian emergencies – War-famine-refugee crises
- drones – One-way explosive UAVs
- oil shocks – OPEC price hikes rattled globe
- of care – Feminist IR empathy lens
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- of the commons – Shared resource over-use ruin
- revolution – Nukes freeze big-war calculus
- masculinity – Dominant “manly” state ideal
- revolution – Early-modern military-tech leap
- myth – Tariffs “save” domestic jobs claim
- trap – Each step drags you deeper
- – Overlapping oppressions matrix
- vs. markets – Government–business tug-of-war
- – Free-market, privatize, deregulate
- theory – Question power structures
- Bank – Long-term dev-bank for projects
- and hegemonic tasks – Super-power peace-keeping jobs
25 Clues: – Border taxes on imports • – Crisis lender to states • Trade makes war too costly • – Global trade-rule referee • drones – One-way explosive UAVs • – Overlapping oppressions matrix • trap – Each step drags you deeper • theory – Question power structures • of care – Feminist IR empathy lens • – Free-market, privatize, deregulate • Bank – Long-term dev-bank for projects • ...
Civil War 2026-05-07
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- The primary general for the Confederate army
- Unit of soldiers who fought on horseback
- The most common surgery, took under 10 minutes
- A large gun used to fire heavy balls
- The states that stayed in the Union
- A major fight between large groups of soldiers
- To formally break away from a country
- Name of the group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union
- The 16th President of the United States
- A long gun used by soldiers
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- The act of setting someone free from slavey
- A hard, square cracker that was a staple food for soldiers
- To officially put an end to something
- The branch of the army responsible for cannons
- The practice of owning people as property
- What people fought for during the war
- States that wanted slavery
- A common nickname for Union soldiers
- People who cared for wounded soldiers
- The portable shelter where soldiers slept
20 Clues: States that wanted slavery • A long gun used by soldiers • The states that stayed in the Union • A large gun used to fire heavy balls • A common nickname for Union soldiers • To officially put an end to something • To formally break away from a country • What people fought for during the war • People who cared for wounded soldiers • The 16th President of the United States • ...
States of Matter/Changing 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 ___. • ...
AP Government Chapter 2 2016-05-02
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- person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Antifederal Party, which opposed extension of the powers of the federal government
- an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
- proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. States with a large population, like Virginia, would thus have more representatives than smaller states.
- government gets all its power from the people
- court order to a person (prison warden) or agency (institution) holding someone in custody to deliver the imprisoned individual to the court issuing the order
- proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
- agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution
- formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
- proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women.
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- document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. It was drafted by the Constitutional Convention and later supplemented by the Bill of Rights and other amendments.
- The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress, in this case the Judiciary Act of 1789.
- used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch
- name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt
- a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
- United States' first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect
- a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics
- The power of the courts to determine whether acts of Congress, and by implication the executive, are in accord with the U.S. Constitution.
- state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
- first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
- collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution
20 Clues: government gets all its power from the people • first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch • a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics • an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
Constitution Crossword 2024-01-03
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- Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
- A guide on how to alter the constitution.
- Protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Article which included the instructions to ratify the constitution into law.
- Right to bear arms.
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- Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- Treason against the United States shall be punished. The criteria of this is discussed in which article.
- Restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
- The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
- Guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed.
- Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- We the People
- Relation between the states and the federal government.
- When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins.
18 Clues: We the People • Right to bear arms. • A guide on how to alter the constitution. • Relation between the states and the federal government. • Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. • Limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. • When state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law always wins. • ...
Unit 3 Crossword 2014-01-09
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- first engagement of the Civil War that took place on April 12 and 13, 1861.
- United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
- a battle in which the Union gains control of Mississippi, meaning the confederacy was split in half
- American Stage actor who shot Lincoln at Ford's theater in Washington D.C. on April 14, 1865
- a hate group founded in Tennessee that mainly targeted blacks, their goal being to restore white supremacy
- farmers in the South who maintained their wealth through planting crops and slavery
- new states could take a vote to decide whether the state would join the Union as a free state or slave state
- Lincoln freed all slaves in the South with this document, but did not free slaves in the border states in which he actually had control over
- In 1859 John Brown seized this US arsenal, planning to end slavery by giving slaves weapons and massacring the slave owners
- the political group that wished to punish the South for its succession by pushing for measurements that would give political rights for freed blacks
- Republican: Abraham Lincoln, Democrat: Stephen A Douglas & John C. Breckenridge; Lincoln was elected as the president which was the final straw to Southerners, leading to the secession of Southern states
- strip of land purchased in 1853 from Mexico for 10 million dollars
- Southerner from Tennessee, was the V.P for Lincoln; he became the president when Lincoln was killed but was unpopular with both Republicans and Democrats, leading to Congress's attempt to impeach him
- Commander of the Confederate States Army, who proved himself to be a very effective military leader
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- an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe; published in 1852, the novel helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War
- an escaped slave who became a leader of the abolitionist movement, known for being a writer and orator, and his several influential autobiographies
- in 1854, this act repealed the Missouri Compromise; people of Kansas and Nebraska would decide if they were slave or free state
- another name for slavery
- political party that formed in 1854 by anti-slavery Whigs, democrats and free soilers, they wanted exclude slavery from new territories
- Union general who lead the victory against the South and later became president of the United States
- admitted California as a free state and people from Utah and New Mexico would decide if they were slave or free state, settled the Texas-New Mexico border dispute, ended slave trade in Washington DC, and gave southern states a stronger Fugitive slave act
- Secretary of State William H. Sewards signed a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million, which was ridiculed in Congress
- secret network that helped slaves escape to North and Canada
- United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
- a battle fought on July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; the battle involved the largest number of casualties and was a turning point of the Civil War
- Dred Scott sued for his freedom after his master died, but the Supreme Court ruled that he couldn’t sue because he was property not citizen
- the belief that Americans had a God-given right to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean
- a battle that took place in 1862; ended Lee’s efforts to invade the Northern states
- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri; these states were important because if the seceded to confederacy, Washington would’ve been surrounded by confederate states
- Mexican territory added to US after the Mexican War: California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, most of Arizona
- passed by all Southern state legislatures, this set of regulations limited movement by blacks, prohibited interracial marriage, and insisted that blacks obtain special certificates to hold certain jobs
- in 1861, this man was elected as the president of the Confederate States
- a constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery and any other form of involuntary servitude in the Southern states
- the process by which Congress can vote a president out of office for a federal crime
- the amendment to the Constitution that stated that all people that reside in the United States can be United States citizens, and must have their rights upheld
35 Clues: another name for slavery • secret network that helped slaves escape to North and Canada • strip of land purchased in 1853 from Mexico for 10 million dollars • in 1861, this man was elected as the president of the Confederate States • first engagement of the Civil War that took place on April 12 and 13, 1861. • ...
Civil War Puzzle by Camryn Stanley 2023-11-21
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- The seceded states formed this.
- People against slavery.
- This ship was sunk in June 1898.
- General of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
- A machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
- The process of rebuilding the south.
- Abolitionist leader
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- A slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom.
- Tax on imports.
- Coin money
- When people are forced to do work and are owned by someone else.
- Nickname for the commander of the Confederate States of America.
- President of the seceded states.
- People who seceded from the United State of America.
- General in the Confederate States Army or the capital of Alabama.
- When a state separates from a country.
16 Clues: Coin money • Tax on imports. • Abolitionist leader • People against slavery. • The seceded states formed this. • This ship was sunk in June 1898. • President of the seceded states. • The process of rebuilding the south. • When a state separates from a country. • A machine for separating cotton from its seeds. • A slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom. • ...
Early U.S. Government Vocabulary 2026-03-03
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- Things people are allowed to do.
- A rule people must follow
- The first president of the United States
- The men who started the United States
- The leader of a country
- A place where judges make decisions.
- A leader who helped write the Constitution
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- The first plan for the U.S. government
- People who make laws.
- A leader who helped start the country
- The plan for the U.S. government today
- Being able to make your own choices
- Parts of a country. The U.S. has many states.
- The people who make rules for a country
- An idea for what to do
- A place where people live together.
16 Clues: People who make laws. • An idea for what to do • The leader of a country • A rule people must follow • Things people are allowed to do. • Being able to make your own choices • A place where people live together. • A place where judges make decisions. • A leader who helped start the country • The men who started the United States • The first plan for the U.S. government • ...
American History Before The Civil War 2023-11-17
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- The location of a major Women's Rights Meeting in 1848.
- The law that created a line where North of the line would have no slaves and South would have slaves.
- The President who won the 1860 Election.
- The second President of the United States.
- The people who wanted to end slavery.
- The third President of the United States.
- The President who wanted to move Native Americans out of the country.
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- The name of a slave who tried to gain freedom through the court system.
- The law that allowed the new states to decide for themselves if they should have slavery.
- The first President of the United States.
- The country that the United States bought Louisiana from.
- The country that originally owned the United States.
- Where the final battle of the American Revolution happened.
- The idea that Women should be able to vote.
14 Clues: The people who wanted to end slavery. • The President who won the 1860 Election. • The first President of the United States. • The third President of the United States. • The second President of the United States. • The idea that Women should be able to vote. • The country that originally owned the United States. • ...
History Crossword 2022-04-04
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- outlined a strong national government with three branches
- a body of people representing the states of the US
- the arrangement of and relations
- The branch that makes all laws, declares war, and regulates interstate.
- Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States
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- This branch interprets the law and determine the constitutionality of the law.
- counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated
- an agreement between the large and small states during the Constitutional Convention
- comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
- the federal principle or system of government.
- a person who supports a system of government in which states unite under a central authority.
- a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
- provided for a bicameral federal legislature that used a dual system of representation
- This branch carries out and enforces laws.
14 Clues: the arrangement of and relations • This branch carries out and enforces laws. • the federal principle or system of government. • a body of people representing the states of the US • outlined a strong national government with three branches • a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2026-04-19
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- Capital of the Confederate States of America
- U.S. President during Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
- Central cause of the war
- The group of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. during the Civil War
- First shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort
- Northern democrats who were opposed to the war and wanted peace with Confederate states
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- Union victory where the Northern states gained the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy
- Union General known for his "March to the Sea"
- Where the First Battle of Bull Run, or first Civil War battle took place
- The name of the Union's plan and strategy against the South
- Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
- These type of states (Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri) had slavery but stayed in the Union
- The group of Northern states that won the Civil War
14 Clues: Central cause of the war • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Capital of the Confederate States of America • Union General known for his "March to the Sea" • The group of Northern states that won the Civil War • First shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort • Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia • ...
Civil War puzzle 2022-03-05
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- a person who did not support slavery
- going in and out.
- states that are also called the union
- not law
- nickname was given to the people who lived in the south but supported the south.
- nickname for thee northerners who were against Civil War
- attempt to stop people money supplies
- nickname for the south
- people who supported the union
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- warship that is fully covered and protected but iron cladding.
- when states leave the U.S
- confederate states of the U.S
- crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers
- the states that stayed loyal to the U.S government
- person who is legal property of another person
- Scott this decision said that Congress
16 Clues: not law • going in and out. • nickname for the south • when states leave the U.S • confederate states of the U.S • people who supported the union • a person who did not support slavery • crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers • states that are also called the union • attempt to stop people money supplies • Scott this decision said that Congress • ...
Cold War Crossword 2014-03-04
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- United States' political system
- United States' economic system
- Commander of UN forces in Korean War and oversaw Japanese occupation
- international peace organization created in Yalta Conference
- Plan that gave $13 billion in loans to Western European countries
- symbolic line between communist and democratic countries in Europe
- Money to veterans for scholarships, farms, houses, and businesses
- Alliance between Soviet Union and satellites
- The dividing line between North and South Korea is the 38th _________
- Doctrine that gave aid to Greece and Turkey to resist communism
- 1945 conference that divided Germany into four zones
- _________ Korea invaded South Korea in 1950
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- ideological war between Soviet Union and United States
- Event in which U.S. airlifted supplies after the Berlin Blockade
- Congressional act against labor unions
- Temporary loans to support war effort
- Truman gave labor unions higher minimum wage and expanded Social Security benefits
- Political system of North Korea
- Senator who led investigations on federal employees
- Alliance between United States, Iceland, Canada, and Western Europe
20 Clues: United States' economic system • United States' political system • Political system of North Korea • Temporary loans to support war effort • Congressional act against labor unions • _________ Korea invaded South Korea in 1950 • Alliance between Soviet Union and satellites • Senator who led investigations on federal employees • ...
