states Crossword Puzzles

Rylee's Chapter 8 Crossowrd Puzzle 2025-04-03

Rylee's Chapter 8 Crossowrd Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a secret network of safe places for slaves to hide
  2. for the people that decided whether they wanted slavery
  3. to not take sides
  4. when someone has the legality to make decisions for you
  5. regional differences on whether a federal or state authority should prevail
  6. states that did not permit slavery
  7. a solution to save the union and solve issues
  8. a member of a small military group
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  1. 7 states formed a government
  2. states that permitted slavery
  3. a subdivision in the army
  4. a position used to help defend against enemies
  5. people against slavery
  6. taxes
  7. states that would break away from the union

15 Clues: taxes • to not take sides • people against slavery • a subdivision in the army • 7 states formed a government • states that permitted slavery • states that did not permit slavery • a member of a small military group • states that would break away from the union • a solution to save the union and solve issues • a position used to help defend against enemies • ...

Civil War Reconstruction 2023-05-17

Civil War Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Enslaved african american man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom the case went to the supreme court
  2. 16th president and was president during the civil war
  3. Referred to as the confederacy maned of the unrecognized country temporarily created by the southern states which seceded from the union
  4. An action of formality withdrawing from a federation
  5. prohibited the denial of the vote bc of race, color or previous servitudeBlackcodes Numerous laws enacted in the former confederate states after the civil war which limited the rights and liberties of african americans
  6. Required all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters and that citizens of free states must cooperate
  7. Abolitionist led attacks in kansas during bleeding kansas planned to arm slaves in revolt
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  1. Secret society that used violence against freedman and their white supporters they practiced violence to intimidate newly freed african americans
  2. abolished slavery
  3. A war between citizens in the same country
  4. The owner of a plot of land lets someone work the land in exchange for ½ or more of the crop it was used to keep newly freed slaves in a cycle
  5. An anti slavery novel, harriet beecher stowe, helped spread the abolishment movement throughout north
  6. Law allowed territories to decide for themselves weather or not to allow slavery by utilizing popular sovereignty
  7. California wanted to join the union as a free state which caused conflict between the north and the south
  8. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the us
  9. Slave states that stayed with the union during the civil war
  10. To be set free, set free all slaves in the confederacy only- abraham lincoln
  11. Numerous laws enacted in the former confederate states after the civil war which limited the rights and liberties of african americans
  12. Division of power between state and federal gov. Civil war started over a fight over these states rights the southern states believed they had the right to decide to keep slavery and not pay tariffs
  13. An action of formality withdrawing from a federation

20 Clues: abolished slavery • A war between citizens in the same country • An action of formality withdrawing from a federation • An action of formality withdrawing from a federation • 16th president and was president during the civil war • Slave states that stayed with the union during the civil war • granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the us • ...

Final Exam Crossword Puzzle 2020-06-02

Final Exam Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. was a meeting in the Pacific Northwest between the United States and sovereign tribal nations
  2. a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the Americas
  3. a mix of European and Indigenous ancestry
  4. a Lemhi Shoshone woman who lead Lewis and clark on their expedetion
  5. a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in West Seattle
  6. otter pelts
  7. a Canadian retail business group
  8. a 19th-century fur trading post that was the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department
  9. was built by the Hudson's Bay Company at Kettle Falls on the Columbia River in 1825
  10. an American explorer, solider, and Indian agent
  11. an international incident and political dispute between the Spanish Empire, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the U.S.
  12. an American career Army officer and politician
  13. best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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  1. a British officer of the Royal Navy
  2. a mountain pass in the northwest United States, through the Cascade Range in Washington
  3. a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and United Kingdom
  4. a widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century
  5. The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves between the United States and the United Kingdom
  6. a conflict between the United States and the Yakama
  7. the first Governor of the U.S. State of Washington
  8. a Suquamish and Duwamish chief
  9. a British explorer, navigator, and cartographer
  10. he encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  11. an entrepreneur and a politician, regarded as a founder of the city of Seattle
  12. was a Greek maritime pilot in the service of the King of Spain

25 Clues: otter pelts • a Suquamish and Duwamish chief • a Canadian retail business group • a British officer of the Royal Navy • a mix of European and Indigenous ancestry • an American career Army officer and politician • a British explorer, navigator, and cartographer • he encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition • an American explorer, solider, and Indian agent • ...

The Reconstruction Era Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-01

The Reconstruction Era Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. members of Congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
  2. a white southerner who collaborated with the northern republicans during Reconstruction
  3. offered southerners amnesty for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion
  4. a period beginning in 1867 when the Republicans, who had control in both houses of Congress, took charge of Reconstruction
  5. an agency providing relief for freed people and certain poor people in the South
  6. a person from the northern states who went South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction
  7. a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements
  8. this secret society opposed civil rights, particularly suffrage, for African Americans
  9. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American War
  10. the process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
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  1. the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union
  2. a special tax that you need to pay in order to vote
  3. the law that put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new constitutions upholding the Fourteenth Amendment
  4. 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated
  5. the forced separation of whites and African Americans in public spaces
  6. an assessment to determine a person's ability to read and write that is required in order to vote
  7. one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans
  8. laws that limited the freedom of African Americans
  9. someone sharing land with a landowner in exchange for labor
  10. an official pardon

20 Clues: an official pardon • one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans • laws that limited the freedom of African Americans • a special tax that you need to pay in order to vote • someone sharing land with a landowner in exchange for labor • the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union • ...

American history crossword. 2022-01-04

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

24 Clues: an educator and reformer, • an organization of employees • dictatorial president of Mexico • a person who works despite an ongoing strike • American South who embraced progressive ideas • Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico • an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama • American white supremacist terrorist hate group • ...

Chapter 18 Reconstruction 2017-09-27

Chapter 18 Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Social organization fromed in 1866 in Tennessee that intimidated African Americans and White Supporters with violent Tactics
  2. Gave African Americans the right to vote
  3. members of congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
  4. Granted equal rights to african americans
  5. Agency that provided relief for freed-people and certain poor people in the South
  6. Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
  7. The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
  8. required states to swear an oath of loyalty to the united states and agree that slavery was illegal
  9. Office holders who were northern-born Republicans who had moved South after the War
  10. Leader of the Radical Republicans
  11. Ulysees S. Grant is elected President, in part, to votes by African Americans in the South
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  1. southern states took advantage of this reconstruction plan as he was from the south
  2. hid in his office after President Johnson attempted to fire him
  3. Forced labor system that required former slaves to enter contracts with white planters to work off debts
  4. made slavery illegal throughout the united states
  5. Requried potential voters to read and explain difficult concepts in order to vote
  6. Fake railroad corporation created by Union Pacific stockholders and paid themselves with grants from the Federal Government
  7. Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials
  8. poor African Americans worked a piece of land and gave land owner 1/3-1/2 of annual crop
  9. Southern whites who became republicans
  10. African Americans rented a piece of land to farm from a land owner
  11. the process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union

22 Clues: Leader of the Radical Republicans • Southern whites who became republicans • Gave African Americans the right to vote • Granted equal rights to african americans • made slavery illegal throughout the united states • Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials • Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans • ...

Chapter 18 Reconstruction 2017-09-27

Chapter 18 Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Granted equal rights to african americans
  2. Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials
  3. Fake railroad corporation created by Union Pacific stockholders and paid themselves with grants from the Federal Government
  4. Gave African Americans the right to vote
  5. southern states took advantage of this reconstruction plan as he was from the south
  6. Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
  7. poor African Americans worked a piece of land and gave land owner 1/3-1/2 of annual crop
  8. the process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union
  9. hid in his office after President Johnson attempted to fire him
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  1. African Americans rented a piece of land to farm from a land owner
  2. Requried potential voters to read and explain difficult concepts in order to vote
  3. required states to swear an oath of loyalty to the united states and agree that slavery was illegal
  4. members of congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
  5. made slavery illegal throughout the united states
  6. Social organization fromed in 1866 in Tennessee that intimidated African Americans and White Supporters with violent Tactics
  7. Office holders who were northern-born Republicans who had moved South after the War
  8. Leader of the Radical Republicans
  9. Agency that provided relief for freed-people and certain poor people in the South
  10. Ulysees S. Grant is elected President, in part, to votes by African Americans in the South
  11. Forced labor system that required former slaves to enter contracts with white planters to work off debts
  12. Southern whites who became republicans
  13. The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official

22 Clues: Leader of the Radical Republicans • Southern whites who became republicans • Gave African Americans the right to vote • Granted equal rights to african americans • made slavery illegal throughout the united states • Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials • Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans • ...

The Makings of American Government 2019-08-30

The Makings of American Government crossword puzzle
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  1. powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
  2. doctrine holding that state and federal governments have almost completely seperate functions
  3. splits powers between nation and state
  4. the branch of government that makes the laws
  5. creator of the Virginia Plan
  6. electors selected to represent the votes of their respective states
  7. The intial governing authority of the United States (1781-88)
  8. keep any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  9. right of states to invalidate acts of congress they believe to be illegal
  10. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the state government
  11. imposed tax on almost all paper products
  12. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the national government
  13. powers expressly granted to congress by the constitution
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  1. rule by the people
  2. required states to return runaway slaves
  3. who proposed the Connecticut Compromise
  4. groups of people sharing similar views and interests in order to win elections
  5. powers retained by the states under the constitution
  6. amendment that prohibits states from denying the right to vote on account of race
  7. required colonists to export certain items only to Britain
  8. to formally withdraw from a nation-state
  9. colonists dump taxed tea into Boston Harbor
  10. powers held by the national and state governments in a federal system
  11. Documents that establish the rules for how society will be governed
  12. those who supported the constitution
  13. list of rights granted to the people that can not be taken away
  14. form of government in which political power is exercised directly by the citizens
  15. makes federal law supreme over state law
  16. form of government where citizens vote for officials to represent them
  17. power that the president has to block legislation

30 Clues: rule by the people • creator of the Virginia Plan • those who supported the constitution • splits powers between nation and state • who proposed the Connecticut Compromise • required states to return runaway slaves • to formally withdraw from a nation-state • makes federal law supreme over state law • imposed tax on almost all paper products • ...

The Makings of American Government 2019-08-30

The Makings of American Government crossword puzzle
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  1. form of government in which political power is exercised directly by the citizens
  2. powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
  3. form of government where citizens vote for officials to represent them
  4. required colonists to export certain items only to Britain
  5. electors selected to represent the votes of their respective states
  6. to formally withdraw from a nation-state
  7. the branch of government that makes the laws
  8. doctrine holding that state and federal governments have almost completely separate functions
  9. imposed tax on almost all paper products
  10. those who supported the constitution
  11. The initial governing authority of the United States (1781-88)
  12. splits powers between nation and state
  13. powers held by the national and state governments in a federal system
  14. Documents that establish the rules for how society will be governed
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  1. powers expressly granted to congress by the constitution
  2. makes federal law supreme over state law
  3. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the state government
  4. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the national government
  5. amendment that prohibits states from denying the right to vote on account of race
  6. groups of people sharing similar views and interests in order to win elections
  7. keep any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  8. creator of the Virginia Plan
  9. who proposed the Connecticut Compromise
  10. right of states to invalidate acts of congress they believe to be illegal
  11. required states to return runaway slaves
  12. list of rights granted to the people that can not be taken away
  13. colonists dump taxed tea into Boston Harbor
  14. powers retained by the states under the constitution
  15. power that the president has to block legislation
  16. rule by the people

30 Clues: rule by the people • creator of the Virginia Plan • those who supported the constitution • splits powers between nation and state • who proposed the Connecticut Compromise • makes federal law supreme over state law • to formally withdraw from a nation-state • required states to return runaway slaves • imposed tax on almost all paper products • ...

The Crisis of Cuba 2015-03-26

The Crisis of Cuba crossword puzzle
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  1. The United States was allowed stored nuclear missiles in this country near the Soviet Union.
  2. The city in Florida where many Cubans tried to travel to to escape their country.
  3. This date in 1962 was when photographs were first released of Cuban missile bases.
  4. A small nation that was invaded by the U.S. and was used for missile storage by the U.S.S.R.
  5. The crisis between the United States against Cuba and the Soviet Union. This involved the placement of nuclear missiles.
  6. Where the United States landed in Cuba while trying to topple the government.
  7. Recently self-appointed Cuban dictator during the crises.
  8. The government organization responsible for conducting the Bay of Pigs operation.
  9. This treaty between the United States and Soviet Union barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere.
  10. Arming a nation for total war including military and nuclear. Kennedy was criticized for using this.
  11. This union was sending nuclear weapons to Cuba.
  12. Leader of the Soviet Union during this crisis.
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  1. This doctrine made by a U.S. President was the reason the U.S. Stored its weapons in Turkey.
  2. What the U.S. Was trying to do to Cuba in order to stop missile carrying ships from entering it.
  3. What Castro relied on when people of Cuba did not agree with him.
  4. A political group blamed for the loss of Cuba.
  5. What the CIA failed at striking in Cuba and reported it sucessful.
  6. What the U.S. tried to do in Cuba to topple the dictator.
  7. These were stored in Turkey and Cuba and would cause major destruction.
  8. United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  9. A dedicated between the United States and Kremlin.

21 Clues: A political group blamed for the loss of Cuba. • Leader of the Soviet Union during this crisis. • This union was sending nuclear weapons to Cuba. • A dedicated between the United States and Kremlin. • United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis. • What the U.S. tried to do in Cuba to topple the dictator. • ...

History Extra Credit 2016-01-04

History Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. War between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South; fought from 1861 to 1865
  2. Type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjourned; it is applied when the chief executive does not formally sign or reject a bill within the time period allowed to do so.
  3. People who travel from place to place, usually following available food sources,instead of living in one location.
  4. Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture.
  5. Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories.
  6. nickname for a white Southern Republican after the Civil War.
  7. A policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants.
  8. The first women's rights convention in United States history, held in 1848.
  9. First major battle of the Civil War, won by the Confederates in July 1861
  10. Required military service
  11. Place where weapons are stored.
  12. To join or attach, as in the joining of a new territory to an existing country
  13. The right to vote
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  1. Regulation that prohibited certain private activities people considered immoral, such as drinking alcohol on Sundays.
  2. A program implemented by the federal government to repair the damage to the South caused by the Civil War and to restore the southern states to the Union.
  3. An official forgiveness of a crime.
  4. Railway extending from coast to coast.
  5. The United States as a national unit; or, during the Civil War, the North.
  6. Procedure that permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election.
  7. In the Civil War, the states between the North and the South.

20 Clues: The right to vote • Required military service • Place where weapons are stored. • An official forgiveness of a crime. • Railway extending from coast to coast. • A policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants. • nickname for a white Southern Republican after the Civil War. • In the Civil War, the states between the North and the South. • ...

Topic 6 Test Review 2024-03-26

Topic 6 Test Review crossword puzzle
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  1. 1830 act that led to the relocation of Native American tribes to the West
  2. Agreement that temporarily resolved the issue of slavery in new states
  3. Pioneers traveled this route to settle in the Pacific Northwest
  4. 1832-1833 conflict over a southern state's refusal to enforce federal tariffs
  5. Political party that opposed President Jackson and the Democrats
  6. 1828 tariff that caused significant discord between northern manufacturers and southern planters
  7. Nickname for those who flocked to California in search of gold
  8. Nickname for Andrew Jackson, reflecting his tough and stubborn personality
  9. Agreement that led to the acquisition of Florida from Spain
  10. A severe economic downturn that began during Jackson's presidency
  11. President known for overseeing significant territorial expansion of the United States
  12. Texas' nickname after winning independence from Mexico in 1836
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  1. Mass migration to California following the discovery of gold in 1848
  2. 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
  3. Supreme Court case regarding Native American sovereignties
  4. The only Native American tribe that successfully resisted removal to the West
  5. Mission in San Antonio, site of a famous battle in the Texas Revolution
  6. War between Mexico and Texan colonists, resulting in Texan independence
  7. 1824 election controversy, hinting at an under-the-table deal
  8. Battle that secured Texas independence from Mexico
  9. Practice of rewarding political supporters with public office
  10. Seventh President of the United States, known for his populist policies
  11. Forced westward migration of Cherokee and other tribes
  12. Jackson's campaign against the Second Bank of the United States
  13. Early explorers of the Western United States, often fur trappers
  14. Sixth President of the United States, played a key role in the 'Corrupt Bargain'

26 Clues: Battle that secured Texas independence from Mexico • Forced westward migration of Cherokee and other tribes • Supreme Court case regarding Native American sovereignties • Agreement that led to the acquisition of Florida from Spain • 1824 election controversy, hinting at an under-the-table deal • Practice of rewarding political supporters with public office • ...

AbolitionofSlavery: To get rid of Slavery. Equalprotection / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Accountofrace / A phrase that meant people of a 2022-05-06

AbolitionofSlavery: To get rid of Slavery. Equalprotection / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Accountofrace / A phrase that meant people of a crossword puzzle
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  1. / Programs that offer job training to those who've dealt with discrimination in the past.
  2. / Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
  3. / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
  4. / The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
  5. / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
  6. / A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
  7. / The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after he got assassinated.
  8. / Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
  9. / The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.
  10. / The enacting of laws.
  11. / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.
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  1. / A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
  2. / The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.
  3. / The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
  4. To get rid of Slavery.
  5. / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  6. / An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
  7. / The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
  8. / A test of reading comprehension and writing skills that people were required to take to vote in southern states.
  9. / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.

20 Clues: To get rid of Slavery. • / The enacting of laws. • / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote. • / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting. • / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South. • / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans. • ...

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-06

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. / Programs that offer job training to those who've dealt with discrimination in the past.
  2. / Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
  3. / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
  4. / The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
  5. / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
  6. / A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
  7. / The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after he got assassinated.
  8. / Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
  9. / The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.
  10. / The enacting of laws.
  11. / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.
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  1. / A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
  2. / The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.
  3. / The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
  4. To get rid of Slavery.
  5. / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  6. / An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
  7. / The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
  8. / A test of reading comprehension and writing skills that people were required to take to vote in southern states.
  9. / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.

20 Clues: To get rid of Slavery. • / The enacting of laws. • / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote. • / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting. • / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South. • / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans. • ...

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-06

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. / The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after he got assassinated.
  2. / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
  3. / A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
  4. / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.
  5. / The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.
  6. / The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
  7. / The enacting of laws.
  8. / To get rid of Slavery.
  9. / Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
  10. / The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
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  1. / The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
  2. / A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
  3. / Programs that offer job training to those who've dealt with discrimination in the past.
  4. / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  5. / An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
  6. / Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
  7. / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.
  8. / The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.
  9. / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
  10. / A test of reading comprehension and writing skills that people were required to take to vote in southern states.

20 Clues: / The enacting of laws. • / To get rid of Slavery. • / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote. • / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting. • / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South. • / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans. • ...

Westward Expansion 2025-04-08

Westward Expansion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fear or hatred of immigrants
  2. mass migration of people seeking fortune, starting in 1848
  3. land the US acquired in 1848 through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, including present-day California, Nevada, and parts of other western states
  4. land bought from Mexico in 1853 to complete the continental United States
  5. European country that controlled Florida before the U.S.
  6. nation that lost about half its territory to the United States in 1848
  7. 1787 law that organized the settlement of western territories and their path to statehood
  8. territory acquired from Spain in 1819
  9. group that faced discrimination while seeking gold in California
  10. a busy trade route and stagecoach line for travel to the west; used by military to haul materials
  11. conflict between 1846-1848 that began over boundary disputes
  12. country that jointly controlled Oregon Territory with the U.S. until 1846
  13. agreement that ended the U.S.-Mexican War
Down
  1. the belief that the United States had a divine right to expand across North America
  2. 1845 addition to the United States
  3. 1803 land purchase from France that doubled the size of the United States
  4. inexpensive farmland, discovery of gold, adventure
  5. location where gold was first discovered in California
  6. Mexico claimed this as Texas’ southern border
  7. system that connected the east and west coasts
  8. a historic route used by pioneers traveling westward to settle new territories, stretching approximately 2,000 miles from Missouri to Oregon
  9. route taken by religious settlers to Utah
  10. the official border between Texas and Mexico after the U.S.-Mexican War
  11. overcrowding of cities, economic depressions, religious persecution
  12. won the presidential election of 1844 by promising the American people he would achieve Manifest Destiny

25 Clues: fear or hatred of immigrants • 1845 addition to the United States • territory acquired from Spain in 1819 • route taken by religious settlers to Utah • agreement that ended the U.S.-Mexican War • Mexico claimed this as Texas’ southern border • system that connected the east and west coasts • inexpensive farmland, discovery of gold, adventure • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle (TX) 2026-03-11

Civil War Crossword Puzzle (TX) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The battle which was the 2nd turning point where the Union gained control of the Mississippi River
  2. Official changes or additions to a law or constitution
  3. The first major battle that made the Union realize this war would be long and costly
  4. A country formed in 1861, composed of Southern states that seceded from the US
  5. The first turning point of the Civil War
  6. The first battle of the Civil War
  7. The battle which led the 16th President to sign the Emancipation Proclamation
  8. The production of cash crops
  9. The only president of the Confederacy
  10. To officially leave or withdraw from a government or a country
  11. A General whose actual middle name was Hiram
  12. The Northern states that chose to remain a part of the United States
  13. The place where the Confederate general surrendered to the Union general
  14. The rights held by individual US states rather than the federal government
  15. Forced labor of people who were considered property by the people in charge of them
Down
  1. The first naval battle between iron warships
  2. Strong concern for a state, rather than the whole nation
  3. The 16th President of US from rural Kentucky
  4. The document that states that all slaves in the rebellious states were free
  5. A speech given by the 16th President to dedicate the soldiers' national cemetery
  6. General of the Confederacy who stayed loyal to his state, Virginia
  7. The troop led by a Union force which destroyed everything useful to the South
  8. A tax to be paid on a certain import or export
  9. Economic activity producing manufactured goods in a factory
  10. The battle which was the second bloodiest days of the war
  11. The act of ending or stopping a system or practice

26 Clues: The production of cash crops • The first battle of the Civil War • The only president of the Confederacy • The first turning point of the Civil War • The first naval battle between iron warships • The 16th President of US from rural Kentucky • A General whose actual middle name was Hiram • A tax to be paid on a certain import or export • ...

U.S. History Review Crossword 2 2026-04-29

U.S. History Review Crossword 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Reform movement seeking to address corruption, labor problems, and social issues.
  2. Supreme Court ruling denying citizenship to enslaved people and increasing sectional conflict.
  3. Cold War confrontation bringing the United States and Soviet Union near nuclear war.
  4. Agreement balancing free and slave states while exposing sectional tensions.
  5. Waterway connecting oceans that increased trade and reflected U.S. global power.
  6. First ten amendments protecting individual freedoms and limiting government power.
  7. Decade of consumerism, cultural change, and economic growth.
  8. Federalist who supported a national bank and a strong central government.
  9. Supreme Court case declaring segregated schools unconstitutional.
  10. 1929 collapse that helped trigger the Great Depression.
  11. Conflict showing Cold War tensions and the policy of containment.
  12. First government plan with a weak central government that revealed the need for a stronger Constitution.
  13. Period of eased Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.
  14. Law banning discrimination in public places, education, and employment.
  15. Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery in the United States.
Down
  1. 1991 conflict where U.S.-led coalition forces expelled Iraq from Kuwait.
  2. Japanese attack that brought the United States into World War II.
  3. Era marked by industrial growth, political corruption, and social inequality.
  4. Policy warning European powers against interference in the Western Hemisphere.
  5. Lincoln order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states during the Civil War.
  6. Policy of expanding influence through military, political, or economic control.
  7. FDR programs of the 1930s designed to provide relief, recovery, and reform.
  8. First president who set important precedents for the executive branch.
  9. Policy promising support to nations resisting communism.
  10. Conflict that increased nationalism and confirmed American independence.

25 Clues: 1929 collapse that helped trigger the Great Depression. • Policy promising support to nations resisting communism. • Decade of consumerism, cultural change, and economic growth. • Japanese attack that brought the United States into World War II. • Supreme Court case declaring segregated schools unconstitutional. • ...

States of matter/phase changes 2021-05-14

States of matter/phase changes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Solid to liquid
  2. Has no definite shape, definite volume
  3. Physical forms in which a substance can exist
  4. Solid to gas
  5. States that energy can neither be created nor destroyed
  6. Gas to liquid
  7. Energy of an object due to its motion
  8. Like a gas,this state lacks a fixed volume and shape
Down
  1. Liquid to gas
  2. Has a definite shape and volume
  3. The rate a temperature changes
  4. A liquid's resistance to flow
  5. States that the pressure of a given mass of gas varies directly with the absolute temperature of the gas when volume is kept constant.
  6. Has no definite shape or volume
  7. States that as the temperature of a gas increases, its volume increases by the same amount
  8. States that as the pressure of a gas increases, its volume decreases by the same amount
  9. The ability to dissolve into another substance
  10. Liquid to solid

18 Clues: Solid to gas • Liquid to gas • Gas to liquid • Solid to liquid • Liquid to solid • A liquid's resistance to flow • The rate a temperature changes • Has a definite shape and volume • Has no definite shape or volume • Energy of an object due to its motion • Has no definite shape, definite volume • Physical forms in which a substance can exist • ...

The 1700's and 1800's 2023-04-21

The 1700's and 1800's crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The war in which the North and South fought each other.
  2. A domestic terrorist organization founded shortly after the Civil War.
  3. The side that had more states during the Civil War.
  4. How many states were there before the Civil war?
  5. The last state that slaves gained freedom in.
  6. The last state to surrender in the Civil War.
  7. What the South was known for.
  8. Something that the North hated and the South loved.
  9. Which amendment allowed black Americans to vote.
Down
  1. The number of years the Civil War lasted.
  2. The state that the Union wanted because of their gold.
  3. Opposed Slavery.
  4. The amendment that abolishes slavery in the United States.
  5. Supported Slavery.
  6. What the slave states were called.
  7. Another reason why the South was angry at the North, other than wanting to end slavery.
  8. The side that won the Civil War.
  9. How many states seceded from the Union?
  10. What the North was known for.
  11. The day the Civil War ended.

20 Clues: Opposed Slavery. • Supported Slavery. • The day the Civil War ended. • What the North was known for. • What the South was known for. • The side that won the Civil War. • What the slave states were called. • How many states seceded from the Union? • The number of years the Civil War lasted. • The last state that slaves gained freedom in. • ...

Math Vocab 2023-09-21

Math Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Can't be written as a fraction and is not repeating
  2. Can be written as a fraction, and is repeating
  3. the inverse that states its a number that is the opposite of what gets you zero
  4. The length around an object
  5. 3 or more numbers in any order
  6. This property states that you have to divide or multiply by the same number
  7. The number in front of the variable
  8. (0, 0)
  9. Answer to a multiplication problem
Down
  1. Add or multiply 2 numbers in any order
  2. This property states that you have to add or subtract the same number from each side
  3. 2 numbers (x, y) that mark a location
  4. The amount of space inside an object
  5. Piece of an expression
  6. The inverse that states it has two numbers that when you multiply it gets you zero
  7. A corner of a grid
  8. Answer to an addition problem
  9. A number with no variable

18 Clues: (0, 0) • A corner of a grid • Piece of an expression • A number with no variable • The length around an object • Answer to an addition problem • 3 or more numbers in any order • Answer to a multiplication problem • The number in front of the variable • The amount of space inside an object • 2 numbers (x, y) that mark a location • Add or multiply 2 numbers in any order • ...

Math Vocab 2023-09-21

Math Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Can't be written as a fraction and is not repeating
  2. Can be written as a fraction, and is repeating
  3. the inverse that states its a number that is the opposite of what gets you zero
  4. The length around an object
  5. 3 or more numbers in any order
  6. This property states that you have to divide or multiply by the same number
  7. The number in front of the variable
  8. (0, 0)
  9. Answer to a multiplication problem
Down
  1. Add or multiply 2 numbers in any order
  2. This property states that you have to add or subtract the same number from each side
  3. 2 numbers (x, y) that mark a location
  4. The amount of space inside an object
  5. Piece of an expression
  6. The inverse that states it has two numbers that when you multiply it gets you zero
  7. A corner of a grid
  8. Answer to an addition problem
  9. A number with no variable

18 Clues: (0, 0) • A corner of a grid • Piece of an expression • A number with no variable • The length around an object • Answer to an addition problem • 3 or more numbers in any order • Answer to a multiplication problem • The number in front of the variable • The amount of space inside an object • 2 numbers (x, y) that mark a location • Add or multiply 2 numbers in any order • ...

Constitution Vocabulary 2022-10-31

Constitution Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives.
  2. an addition to a formal document such as the Constitution
  3. 1st Constitution of the U.S.
  4. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  5. basic rights people are born with, also called unalienable rights
  6. A government in which the people rule.
  7. trade between two or more states
  8. independent power
  9. Formal approval
  10. The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
  11. The US government's power is limited by the US Constitution.
Down
  1. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
  2. A government in which the people rule.
  3. Ordinance a law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union
  4. an agreement between opposing sides
  5. the supreme law of the United States
  6. complaint
  7. an alliance of states created for a common purpose
  8. Two house legislature

19 Clues: complaint • Formal approval • independent power • Two house legislature • 1st Constitution of the U.S. • trade between two or more states • an agreement between opposing sides • the supreme law of the United States • A government in which the people rule. • A government in which the people rule. • an alliance of states created for a common purpose • ...

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 2025-05-07

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Practice of giving government jobs to political supporters
  2. Political party formed to support Jackson
  3. Route taken by Native Americans during forced relocation
  4. Nickname for the 1828 tariff that angered the South
  5. Jackson’s Vice President and advocate for states’ rights
  6. State banks where Jackson deposited federal funds
  7. Public meetings to select party candidates
  8. Belief that states have powers independent of the federal government
  9. Political party formed by Jackson’s opponents
Down
  1. Jackson’s political rival and leader of the Whig Party
  2. Principle that the side with the most votes wins
  3. Financial crisis blamed on Van Buren but caused by Jackson’s policies
  4. Seventh President of the United States
  5. Jackson’s Secretary of State and later President
  6. Forced relocation of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi
  7. Jackson’s informal group of trusted advisers
  8. Idea that states can invalidate federal laws they consider unconstitutional
  9. Ordinary citizens whom Jackson claimed to represent

18 Clues: Seventh President of the United States • Political party formed to support Jackson • Public meetings to select party candidates • Jackson’s informal group of trusted advisers • Political party formed by Jackson’s opponents • Principle that the side with the most votes wins • Jackson’s Secretary of State and later President • ...

Sec 4 crossword project 2023-09-25

Sec 4 crossword project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. law which benefited the Southern states to count 3/5s of every black slave
  2. An increased tax on import goods to raise the purchase of American products
  3. Three branches of the United States of america executive legislative and judicial in which they all monitor each other so no one has a higher power
  4. led a political group called the federalist who who favored a one national government
  5. divided the new land into five new state Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana Ohio
  6. farmers who rebelled against the banks for taking the farms so they burned them down
  7. we’re not equal and only benefited big states with a large population like the south
  8. act put by John adams where he could deport immigrants who disliked or didn’t believe in the same views as him
Down
  1. The United States of America first set of laws which were weak and vague
  2. two states who disagreed with John adams alien and sedition act violating the 1st admendment
  3. General who fought in the revolution and was selected unanimously selected as the first president
  4. first 10 amendments to the new constitution which protected people from the government
  5. politicians who favored a strong national government and believed the wealthy were needed to rule
  6. A political party who believed in a strong state government common man
  7. third president of the United States of America in 1800 who was a dem/rep
  8. believed all states should be equal and have two representatives/Delegates represent them

16 Clues: A political party who believed in a strong state government common man • The United States of America first set of laws which were weak and vague • third president of the United States of America in 1800 who was a dem/rep • law which benefited the Southern states to count 3/5s of every black slave • ...

Influences on the Constitution 2024-10-23

Influences on the Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thomas Paine argued that the British could not effectively govern the colonies because there was too much __________ between them.
  2. This Enlightenment philosopher believed in monarchy and that people cannot change their government.
  3. John Locke believed all people are entitled to these, and that the government should protect these.
  4. This principle was established in the Magna Carta when there were limitations placed on government power.
  5. This principle states that no one is above the law, including the government.
  6. This concept of people having a voice in government comes from Greek influence.
  7. Jefferson calls for this when government is destructive, and "the people have the right to alter or abolish it."
Down
  1. This principle is present in the Declaration of Independence when it states that power comes from the "consent of the goverened."
  2. The Articles of Confederation failed because the government could not collect these from the states.
  3. This philosopher believed that there should be separation of powers and checks and balances in a government.
  4. This principle states that there should be three branches of government to divide the power.
  5. Another word for power
  6. Under the Articles of Confederation, these held the most power.
  7. How many states it took to make a law under the Articles of Confederation.
  8. The Articles of Confederation was weak because they could not enforce these for the states with other countries.
  9. The Articles of Confederation was weak because they could not raise one of these for protection.

16 Clues: Another word for power • Under the Articles of Confederation, these held the most power. • How many states it took to make a law under the Articles of Confederation. • This principle states that no one is above the law, including the government. • This concept of people having a voice in government comes from Greek influence. • ...

states and emotions 2021-07-14

states and emotions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. karšta
  2. nustebęs
  3. laimingas
  4. piktas
  5. pavargęs
  6. išsigandęs
  7. sergantis
Down
  1. šalta
  2. nuobodžiaujantis
  3. nelaimingas
  4. alkanas
  5. ištroškęs
  6. sveikas
  7. susidomėjęs

14 Clues: šalta • karšta • piktas • alkanas • sveikas • nustebęs • pavargęs • laimingas • ištroškęs • sergantis • išsigandęs • nelaimingas • susidomėjęs • nuobodžiaujantis

States of matter 2022-09-05

States of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When _______ is added, particles have more energy
  2. Particles in a solid _____________ on the spot
  3. The particles in a liquid _________ past each other
  4. Liquid particles move at a medium ______
  5. A state of matter that spreads out
  6. Particles in a gas move very ______
  7. The change of state from liquid to solid
  8. The change of state from gas to liquid
Down
  1. Solid particles move slowly and have low _______
  2. The change of state from a liquid to gas
  3. A state of matter that pours
  4. The change of state from a solid to liquid
  5. A state of matter that holds its shape
  6. When heat is ______, particles have less energy

14 Clues: A state of matter that pours • A state of matter that spreads out • Particles in a gas move very ______ • A state of matter that holds its shape • The change of state from gas to liquid • The change of state from a liquid to gas • Liquid particles move at a medium ______ • The change of state from liquid to solid • The change of state from a solid to liquid • ...

United States Elections 2022-10-25

United States Elections crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the elected head of a city or town
  2. One of two major political parties in the U.S. represented by a donkey
  3. name of the system used to elect the president
  4. the national legislative body that meets at the U.S. Capitol
  5. Where a voter's choice is recorded
  6. someone nominated to run for office
  7. An organized effort to influence voters
Down
  1. the elected head of a state
  2. One of two major political parties in the U.S. represented by an elephant
  3. the rules for a country or community
  4. the day of the week elections are held
  5. the month presidential elections are held on
  6. preliminary elections to select a party's candidate
  7. the elected head of the executive branch

14 Clues: the elected head of a state • the elected head of a city or town • Where a voter's choice is recorded • someone nominated to run for office • the rules for a country or community • the day of the week elections are held • An organized effort to influence voters • the elected head of the executive branch • the month presidential elections are held on • ...

States of Matter 2022-11-22

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An example of a solid?
  2. Solids have atoms that are ______ together?
  3. The amount of space that matter takes up?
  4. A change that can be undone?
  5. A type of gas?
  6. Take the shape of their container
  7. Does not have a definite shape or volume?
  8. As the temperature of liquid rises, the molecules?
Down
  1. Rising temperatures causes molecules to?
  2. In a chemical change, the original materials can not be?
  3. A irreversible change creates a new?
  4. In a physical change, the molecules are?
  5. A chemical change results in a new_____?
  6. Chair and tables are examples of?

14 Clues: A type of gas? • An example of a solid? • A change that can be undone? • Take the shape of their container • Chair and tables are examples of? • A irreversible change creates a new? • Rising temperatures causes molecules to? • In a physical change, the molecules are? • A chemical change results in a new_____? • The amount of space that matter takes up? • ...

States of Matter? 2020-05-12

States of Matter? crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a substance changes from solid matter to liquid matter
  2. when water vapour in the air is changed to liquid water
  3. when a substance changes from liquid matter to solid matter
  4. matter which has no fixed shape or volume
  5. when a liquid turns into a gas
  6. matter which has particles that are stable in shape
Down
  1. movement of particles in matter which is elastic
  2. Theory theory which explains the properties of matter and the way its particles move
  3. something which has mass and occupies space
  4. a measurement of how hot or cold something is
  5. when matter in a liquid state turns into gas
  6. the capacity to do the work required to influence action
  7. energy transferred between two things which are different temperatures
  8. matter which forms into the shape of a container

14 Clues: when a liquid turns into a gas • matter which has no fixed shape or volume • something which has mass and occupies space • when matter in a liquid state turns into gas • a measurement of how hot or cold something is • movement of particles in matter which is elastic • matter which forms into the shape of a container • matter which has particles that are stable in shape • ...

States (38-50) 2020-10-20

States (38-50) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. RhodeIsland
  2. SouthCarolina
  3. Wisconsin
  4. Tennessee
  5. Virginia
  6. Washington
  7. SouthDakota
Down
  1. Utah
  2. Oregon
  3. Pennsylvania
  4. Wyoming
  5. WestVirginia
  6. Vermont
  7. Texas

14 Clues: Utah • Texas • Oregon • Wyoming • Vermont • Virginia • Wisconsin • Tennessee • Washington • RhodeIsland • SouthDakota • Pennsylvania • WestVirginia • SouthCarolina

United States Vocabulary 2014-09-08

United States Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. people who share a common culture, language, or history.
  2. form of government in which citizens chose the nation’s leaders by voting for them.
  3. trade without barriers like tariffs or quotas so that goods flow freely between countries.
  4. huge urban settlement made up of several large cities.
  5. smaller community located in the area surrounding a city.
  6. areas that are joined together inside a common boundary.
  7. to change the basic laws of a government.
Down
  1. reusing materials instead of throwing them away.
  2. economic system that operated on free competition, people start and own businesses with limited government intervention.
  3. fuel formed in the earth, such as coil, oil, or natural gas.
  4. relating to the countryside.
  5. structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals.
  6. relating to the city.
  7. area where trash companies dump the waste they collect.

14 Clues: relating to the city. • relating to the countryside. • to change the basic laws of a government. • reusing materials instead of throwing them away. • huge urban settlement made up of several large cities. • structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals. • area where trash companies dump the waste they collect. • ...

States of Matter 2023-08-30

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. state of matter in which the particles are moving the fastest
  2. the 5th state of matter; super cold
  3. state of matter that can take the shape of its container
  4. a state of matter that is a super heated gas
  5. a property used to define a state of matter; this property is fixed in solids, but not in liquids and gases.
  6. a property used to define a state of matter; this property is fixed in solids and liquids, but not in gases.
Down
  1. energy possessed by moving things
  2. the are three (or five) of these
  3. this is the nickname for kinetic energy given by Raquel
  4. as motion of the particles increases, kinetic energy ____________.
  5. changing states from a gas to liquid or liquid to solid would require a ___________ in temperature.
  6. changing from a solid to liquid or liquid to gas would require an increase in ____________.
  7. state of matter with the least kinetic energy
  8. a state of matter can be defined by the movement of its _________.

14 Clues: the are three (or five) of these • energy possessed by moving things • the 5th state of matter; super cold • a state of matter that is a super heated gas • state of matter with the least kinetic energy • this is the nickname for kinetic energy given by Raquel • state of matter that can take the shape of its container • ...

The 13 states 2025-02-21

The 13 states crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 14
  2. 3
  3. 13
  4. 5
  5. 2
  6. 9
Down
  1. 7
  2. 1
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 4
  6. 8
  7. 10
  8. 6

14 Clues: 7 • 1 • 4 • 3 • 8 • 5 • 6 • 2 • 9 • 14 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 10

States and Nations 2025-08-12

States and Nations crossword puzzle
Across
  1. people living in a territory
  2. philosopher supporting natural rights and government protection
  3. political community with territory and sovereignty
  4. ethnic group without a country
  5. accepted authority recognized as rightful
  6. geographic area controlled by a state
Down
  1. decision making and power within groups
  2. ability to influence or control others
  3. philosopher favoring strong government for order
  4. group sharing culture or history
  5. system that creates and enforces laws
  6. life without government or laws
  7. supreme authority of a state
  8. idea that people are born as blank slates

14 Clues: people living in a territory • supreme authority of a state • ethnic group without a country • life without government or laws • group sharing culture or history • system that creates and enforces laws • geographic area controlled by a state • ability to influence or control others • decision making and power within groups • idea that people are born as blank slates • ...

States of Matter 2024-12-05

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Anything that takes up space and has mass.
  2. State of matter which has no definite volume or shape. The atoms and molecules move freely and spread apart from one another.
  3. The change of state directly from a gas to a solid.
  4. State of matter which has a definite volume but able to change shape by flowing; The atoms and molecules are loosely bonded and they move around but stay close together.
  5. The exact temperature and pressure condition for Boiling to occur.
  6. To change from a liquid state to a gaseous state.
Down
  1. The transition from a liquid state to a solid state.
  2. The change of state from a solid to a liquid.
  3. Smallest unit of matter which is made up on Protons, Neutrons and Electrons.
  4. The exact temperature and pressure condition for Melting to occur.
  5. Form of potential energy which hold atoms together to form molecules.
  6. To change from a solid state directly to the gaseous state without going through a liquid phase.
  7. To change from a gaseous state to a liquid state.
  8. State of matter which is relatively rigid and has a definite volume and shape.

14 Clues: Anything that takes up space and has mass. • The change of state from a solid to a liquid. • To change from a gaseous state to a liquid state. • To change from a liquid state to a gaseous state. • The change of state directly from a gas to a solid. • The transition from a liquid state to a solid state. • ...

States of matter 2024-12-10

States of matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hard, but may break easily
  2. No definite shape
  3. Easily crushed or squeezed
  4. A device used to measure temperature
  5. Light can pass through an object
  6. cannot be seen through
  7. Anything that takes up space
Down
  1. Something that can pour
  2. Something with definite shape
  3. Lacking shine or brightness
  4. An even and regular surface
  5. Able to soak up liquid
  6. Not easily broken
  7. Uneven, raised patches

14 Clues: No definite shape • Not easily broken • Able to soak up liquid • Uneven, raised patches • cannot be seen through • Something that can pour • Hard, but may break easily • Easily crushed or squeezed • Lacking shine or brightness • An even and regular surface • Anything that takes up space • Something with definite shape • Light can pass through an object • ...

States of Matter 2024-10-02

States of Matter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An air like fluid substance that expands to fill any space available, does not have a definite volume. No bonds between molecules, high molecule movement
  2. The ability of a substance to be flattened
  3. The conversion of a gas to a liquid
  4. A property that is observed when a substance undergoes a chemical change
  5. Rising the temperature of a liquid to a steady temperature at which it bubbles and evaporates
  6. Matter that has a definite shape and volume. Molecules vibrate in place and share strong bonds.
Down
  1. To change from a liquid to a gas state
  2. Turning a liquid into a solid by removing heat (0 degrees Celsius, 32 degrees Fahrenheit)
  3. The ability of a substance to undergo a chemical reaction with another substance
  4. An increase in the volume of a substance while its mass remains the same
  5. A decrease in the volume of a substance while its mass remains that same
  6. Turning a solid into a liquid by adding heat
  7. Matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape (takes the shape of a container). Molecule movement, bonds are easily broken between molecules
  8. Flow of thermal energy from matter with a higher temperature to matter with a lower temperature

14 Clues: The conversion of a gas to a liquid • To change from a liquid to a gas state • The ability of a substance to be flattened • Turning a solid into a liquid by adding heat • An increase in the volume of a substance while its mass remains the same • A decrease in the volume of a substance while its mass remains that same • ...

STATES OF MATER 2024-07-19

STATES OF MATER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. AIR
  2. CANGE SHAPES
  3. COLD OR HOT
  4. DIFFERENT FORMS
  5. GETTING COLD
  6. WARMING UP
  7. THE STAGE BETWEEN WATER AND ICE
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  1. HARD
  2. A GAS
  3. LIQUID TO SOLID
  4. HOT WATER
  5. DISOLVING
  6. OVER HEATING
  7. LIQUID

14 Clues: AIR • HARD • A GAS • LIQUID • HOT WATER • DISOLVING • WARMING UP • COLD OR HOT • CANGE SHAPES • OVER HEATING • GETTING COLD • LIQUID TO SOLID • DIFFERENT FORMS • THE STAGE BETWEEN WATER AND ICE

US and Canada Geography 2023-09-25

US and Canada Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. feature on Earth's surface
  2. longest river in the United States
  3. ocean found on western border US and Canada
  4. most populated city in the US
  5. mountains. mountain range found on eastern United States
  6. largest collection of freshwater lakes
Down
  1. ocean found on eastern border US and Canada
  2. mountain range found on western United States and Canada
  3. most populated city in Canada
  4. wide open flat land in central United States and Canada
  5. capital of United States
  6. capital of Canada

12 Clues: capital of Canada • capital of United States • feature on Earth's surface • most populated city in Canada • most populated city in the US • longest river in the United States • largest collection of freshwater lakes • ocean found on eastern border US and Canada • ocean found on western border US and Canada • wide open flat land in central United States and Canada • ...

US and Canada Geography 2023-09-25

US and Canada Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. feature on Earth's surface
  2. longest river in the United States
  3. ocean found on western border US and Canada
  4. most populated city in the US
  5. mountains. mountain range found on eastern United States
  6. largest collection of freshwater lakes
Down
  1. ocean found on eastern border US and Canada
  2. mountain range found on western United States and Canada
  3. most populated city in Canada
  4. wide open flat land in central United States and Canada
  5. capital of United States
  6. capital of Canada

12 Clues: capital of Canada • capital of United States • feature on Earth's surface • most populated city in Canada • most populated city in the US • longest river in the United States • largest collection of freshwater lakes • ocean found on eastern border US and Canada • ocean found on western border US and Canada • wide open flat land in central United States and Canada • ...

Social Studies Final Crossword Puzzle 2022-12-12

Social Studies Final Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Period in time that affected specifically Mexican-Americans.
  2. Several states including Texas that are located among this area within the United States.
  3. A military force that was implemented to protect the settlers.
  4. A coach that was pulled by horses.
  5. Hispanic residents of Texas.
  6. The practice of a policy for separating a certain race, class, or group from the rest of society.
  7. Period in time where drought took place among the Great Plains.
  8. American War between the Norther states and Southern states.
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  1. To break away from
  2. Rights that are given to all Americans to ensure equality is practiced everywhere.
  3. Holiday that is remembered when slaves were freed.
  4. The process of moving to a new country for a better way of life.
  5. The Southern states called themselves this during the Civil War era.
  6. A piece of land set aside by our government to house certain groups of people.
  7. Executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln to end slavery.
  8. Coast that is closest to the Rio Grande Valley.
  9. Process by which certain groups would start learning the dominant culture and characteristics.

17 Clues: To break away from • Hispanic residents of Texas. • A coach that was pulled by horses. • Coast that is closest to the Rio Grande Valley. • Holiday that is remembered when slaves were freed. • Period in time that affected specifically Mexican-Americans. • American War between the Norther states and Southern states. • ...

Jade Winters 2020-02-06

Jade Winters crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The relaxing of tension between the superpowers
  2. A competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to prove their superiority in technology (2 words)
  3. a name given to the Soviet Union and its communist controlled states in Eastern Europe such as Poland, East Germany, and Bulgaria. (2 words)
  4. said that the United States would help countries that were threatened by armed minorities or outside pressures. (2 words)
  5. President during the cold war, 33rd President (2 words)
  6. an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European communist nations. (2 words)
  7. Name for the United States and the Soviet Union in the Cold War.
  8. designed to shoot down ballistic missiles before they reach their targets. (3 words)
  9. Called the red telephone in 1963
  10. An economic theory in which collective ownership of property leads to a classless society.
  11. A nuclear bomb that is either lost, stolen, or accidentally launched that causes a nuclear accident. (2 words)
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  1. The term translates to "restructuring" in Russian.
  2. A threat was intended to prevent, or deter, anyone from attacking. (2 words)
  3. Republican senator from Wisconsin who capitalized on Cold War fears of Communism in the early 1950s (2 words)
  4. a movement in Poland to create a trade union that was not controlled by the communist party.
  5. Describes the growing divide between western democracies and Soviet-influenced states. (2 words)
  6. A crossing point between West Berlin and East Berlin when the Berlin Wall divided the city (2 words)
  7. A policy that allowed for more openness in the Soviet government as well as some level of freedom of speech.
  8. Philosophy named after Karl Marx.
  9. when the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear weapons they made.

20 Clues: Called the red telephone in 1963 • Philosophy named after Karl Marx. • The relaxing of tension between the superpowers • The term translates to "restructuring" in Russian. • President during the cold war, 33rd President (2 words) • Name for the United States and the Soviet Union in the Cold War. • ...

POS124 2014-02-22

POS124 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amendment: ratified in 1797 and reserving powers to the state.
  2. The ability of government to respond effectively to change, make decisions efficiently and responsively, and manage conflict.
  3. This conflict is particularly common in two policy areas very dear to state and local governments.
  4. reducing the size and cost of something, especially government.
  5. This is an unofficial region of the united states, generally compromising the South and the West.
  6. As a rule, state governments prefer to increase user charges, gasoline taxes, and so-called sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco and only reluctantly raises sales and income taxes.
  7. This is an unofficial region of the United States, generally consisting of the Northeast and the Midwest.
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  1. the first state sponsored program to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs in Ireland and Canada
  2. This state gives the police broad power to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally.
  3. What is the United States a nation of?
  4. to citizenship: A federal proposal that sets up a procedure for becoming a legal resident.
  5. system in government in which powers are divided between a national government and state governments.
  6. An anticipatory condition, as opposed to a reactive one.
  7. Wars: These are political conflicts that emerge from deeply held moral values.
  8. A characteristic of a government that is open and understandable, one in which officials are accountable to the public.
  9. Territorial range of government authority.
  10. culture: The attitudes, values, and beliefs that people hold toward government.
  11. day funds: money set aside when a states finances are healthy, for use when state revenues decline.
  12. Mandates: the costly requirements that federal legislation imposes on states and localities.
  13. What is the most intractable problem for states and localities.
  14. Foundation: Each year they sponsor Innovations in American Government.

21 Clues: What is the United States a nation of? • Territorial range of government authority. • An anticipatory condition, as opposed to a reactive one. • amendment: ratified in 1797 and reserving powers to the state. • reducing the size and cost of something, especially government. • What is the most intractable problem for states and localities. • ...

Lillians crossword 2017-02-15

Lillians crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person who invests in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of making a profit.
  2. The act in which men were captured and forced into naval service.
  3. A legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
  4. A tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington.
  5. An impartial or unbiased country or person.
  6. A small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.
  7. Of or belonging to a military enemy.
  8. The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
  9. Founding Fathers of the United States, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States.
  10. Treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just.
  11. He served as General in Chief of the Army and commanded the Legion of the United States.
  12. A person advocating or supporting republican government.
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  1. American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
  2. Belonging to a foreign country or nation.
  3. A person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
  4. A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  5. Make legally null and void; invalidate.
  6. An agreement with legal force, in particular.
  7. Was responsible for all military affairs, including naval affairs.
  8. Was a leader of the American Revolution, and served as the second U.S. president from 1797 to 1801.

20 Clues: Of or belonging to a military enemy. • Make legally null and void; invalidate. • Belonging to a foreign country or nation. • An impartial or unbiased country or person. • An agreement with legal force, in particular. • A person advocating or supporting republican government. • Treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just. • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2018-03-05

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amendment that abolished slavery
  2. the system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region
  3. term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory
  4. The center of the north's economy
  5. drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers
  6. The U.S. had an equal number of slave states as free states so it wouldn't upset the balance in _______________
  7. a member of a volunteer committee organized to punish criminals
  8. the civilian world in wartime
  9. The kind of state found in the North
  10. focus on the interests on one's region
  11. Rights the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their Constitutional powers.
  12. The center of the south's economy
  13. President of the Union during the war, won the election of 1860 which resulted in succession of 11 states
  14. The south paid the about 80% of these
  15. a coarse, loosely woven, homemade fabric
Down
  1. to cause something to continue without changing
  2. using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports
  3. as a whole or in general
  4. Where John Brown hid during his Ferry Raid
  5. the forced enrollment of people into military service
  6. a local law or piece of legislation
  7. a person who supported the Union cause during the Civil War
  8. Carolina First state to secede from the union
  9. free from outside control; self-governing
  10. of central importance
  11. to make payment for something
  12. The group established by the states that seceded
  13. The type of state Texas was
  14. to break apart or fall down suddenly
  15. to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to

30 Clues: of central importance • as a whole or in general • The type of state Texas was • to make payment for something • the civilian world in wartime • Amendment that abolished slavery • The center of the north's economy • The center of the south's economy • a local law or piece of legislation • The kind of state found in the North • to break apart or fall down suddenly • ...

American history crossword. 2022-01-04

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

24 Clues: an educator and reformer, • an organization of employees • dictatorial president of Mexico • a person who works despite an ongoing strike • American South who embraced progressive ideas • Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico • an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama • American white supremacist terrorist hate group • ...

Chapter 7 Lessons 1-2 Review 2023-10-22

Chapter 7 Lessons 1-2 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. proposed the Virginia Plan
  2. "Small-state plan", proposing equal representation in the legislature by state, regardless of population.
  3. a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
  4. having the proper size in relation to other objects or items
  5. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in the legislature.
  6. _______ of Confederation; first government of U.S.
  7. Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
  8. Created in 1787
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  1. a settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands
  2. Father of the Constitution, primary author of Constitution
  3. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
  4. Chosen president of the Constitutional Convention
  5. Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states
  6. A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
  7. A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers.
  8. to fall in value
  9. having two separate lawmaking chambers
  10. law
  11. proposed the New Jersey Plan
  12. a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

20 Clues: law • Created in 1787 • to fall in value • proposed the Virginia Plan • proposed the New Jersey Plan • having two separate lawmaking chambers • Chosen president of the Constitutional Convention • _______ of Confederation; first government of U.S. • Father of the Constitution, primary author of Constitution • having the proper size in relation to other objects or items • ...

Quarter 4 Vocabulary Words 2025-03-23

Quarter 4 Vocabulary Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Document that outlined the first form of government for the new United States; Created a weak central government
  2. Official Approval or acceptance of a document; 9 out of 13 states were needed to ratify the Constitution
  3. Compromise made to determine how slaves would be counted in the population for representation; every 5 slaves would equal 3 people in the population count
  4. The government is limited to the powers given by the Constitution
  5. The first 10 amendments of the Constitution
  6. Solved the issue of representation between large and small states by creating a bicameral Congress
  7. Government is divided into three branches that all have oversight over each other
  8. Sharing power between the national and state governments
  9. proposal favored by large states; representation would be based on population
  10. 2 chambers/houses
  11. Interprets the laws; Judges and Court System
  12. proposal that was favored by small states; all states would have equal representation
  13. “Father of the Constitution”
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  1. Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, and Speech (RAPPS)
  2. People have the final say in the government
  3. For the Constitution; wanted a strong Central government
  4. A meeting in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation; resulted in the writing of the Constitution instead
  5. This is the branch of government that makes the laws; Congress
  6. Enforces laws; President
  7. Against the constitution; feared a strong central government could be dangerous; Wanted a bill of Rights added to the Constitution
  8. People elect representatives to serve in government
  9. Introduction to the Constitution; Establishes the role of the government
  10. Personal freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights

23 Clues: 2 chambers/houses • Enforces laws; President • “Father of the Constitution” • People have the final say in the government • The first 10 amendments of the Constitution • Interprets the laws; Judges and Court System • Personal freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights • People elect representatives to serve in government • ...

Chapter 12.1 Crossword Puzzle 2026-03-26

Chapter 12.1 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The temporary capital of the United States while a new capital was constructed.
  2. The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
  3. The President is chosen by members of the _____.
  4. George Washington's home and plantation in Virginia.
  5. Types of laws intended to protect and encourage the growth of domestic industry.
  6. Original number of executive departments.
  7. Hamilton believed the _____ clause of the Constitution allowed for the creation of a national bank.
  8. In the Presidential election, _____ are selected by voters to cast ballots for the President.
  9. This law created the federal court system.
  10. Number of executive departments that exist today.
  11. The first Attorney General.
  12. Alexander Hamilton wanted to establish a _____ where the government could conduct financial business.
  13. The first President of the United States.
  14. This Constitutional amendment changed the way in which the Vice-President was chosen.
  15. The various executive department secretaries make up the President's _____.
  16. Judges on the Supreme Court are known as _____.
Down
  1. The first Secretary of the Treasury.
  2. The first capital of the United States under the new Constitution.
  3. The first Secretary of War.
  4. The wife of the President is referred to as the _____.
  5. The most senior judge on the Supreme Court.
  6. Each executive department is headed by a _____.
  7. The first Vice-President of the United States.
  8. The first Secretary of State.
  9. Certificates issued by a government to repay borrowed money plus interest.
  10. The purpose-built capital of the United States.
  11. The ability to obtain loans based on the idea the money will be repaid later.
  12. The first First Lady of the United States.

28 Clues: The first Secretary of War. • The first Attorney General. • The first Secretary of State. • The first Secretary of the Treasury. • Original number of executive departments. • The first President of the United States. • This law created the federal court system. • The first First Lady of the United States. • The most senior judge on the Supreme Court. • ...

Civil War Unit Review 2025-05-12

Civil War Unit Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The number of human deaths in the first battle of the Civil War
  2. The main issue of the Civil War
  3. Tru or Fal: President Lincoln wanted to end slavery & was willing to go to war to make it happen
  4. Jefferson ___ was the leader of the Confederacy
  5. Robert E. Lee ended up fighting with the Confederates because his home state of ___ was on their side
  6. States that fought with the Union, but continued slavery
  7. Ya or No: Women were allowed to participate in the Civil War
  8. Name President Lincoln gave southern states
  9. To leave; South Carolina was the first southern states to do this
  10. After the battle at ___, President Lincoln gave a now famous speech to remind & rally Americans why they were fighting this deadly but important war
  11. Which side did Native Americans take
  12. The side in the Civil War that had less food supply to depend on since their main crops were cotton & tobacco
  13. African American soldiers did not have the same experience as white soldiers
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  1. The battle at ___ was & still is the bloodiest day in American history
  2. Control of this river was the importance of the battle at Vicksburg
  3. States that broke away from the U.S., were in the South
  4. The century the Civil War occurred in
  5. States that had ended slavery, were in the North
  6. The number of years the Civil War took
  7. The Confederates surrendered & ended the war at a ___
  8. The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery only in these states
  9. The Confederates mainly played ___ since the Civil War was fought on their land
  10. The side in the Civil War that had more factories & railroads

23 Clues: The main issue of the Civil War • Which side did Native Americans take • The century the Civil War occurred in • The number of years the Civil War took • Name President Lincoln gave southern states • Jefferson ___ was the leader of the Confederacy • States that had ended slavery, were in the North • The Confederates surrendered & ended the war at a ___ • ...

American History Vocab Unit 5 2021-02-22

American History Vocab Unit 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The time period immediately after the War of 1812 - Won the battle of New Orleans, only one political party.
  2. 1829-1837 Hero of the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812), took Florida from Spain, 7th President of the US, democrat, pushed for the removal of Indians off their netive land, killed the national bank, hired unqualified friend for gov’t jobs, vetoed most bills, threatened to kill his vice-president, ignored other branches of government, did what he wanted, expanded voting rights.
  3. tax on imported goods, made to protect American industry or to collect tax money off foreign goods sold in the states.
  4. 1820 - A deal made in Congress to allow Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and it created Maine as a free state to keep an equal balance of free and slave states. It also established the line of latitude where anything above the line would be a free state and everything below, a slave state.
  5. A manager of the National Bank named Mcculloch sued the state of Maryland for being forced to pay taxes. Mcculloch won because a state cannot tax a federal bank.
  6. 1821-1825 a huge canal system that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, 363 miles, cuts the price of shipping goods.
  7. 1838-1839 The forced removal ofabout 15,000 Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole Indians west, a quarter of them dies along the way. They did not have time to prepare for the journey.
  8. “Great Compromiser” - developed the American System, Missouri Compromise, fixed the Nullification Crisis, predicted the annexation of Texas would cause war, and the Compromise of 1850.
  9. A rivalry based on the special interests of different areas (North vs South).
  10. 1830 Debate that started as an issue over land sales and uncovers a huge issue that shows th US is splitting apart -South (Robert Hayne): “states should have power to get rid of federal laws.” -North (Daniel Webster): “Constitution is the supreme law of the land and US should be one unified nation.”
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  1. 1823 - President Monroe issued the doctrine stating that Europe could no longer colonize North or South America, written by John Quincy Adams.
  2. 1825-1829 6th President of the United State; author to the Monroe Doctrine.
  3. In 1816, the Democratic-Republicans in Congress voted in another charter.
  4. Tariff passed in 1828 designed to protect industry in the northern states, the southern states called it this because they disliked them.
  5. 1832 John C Calhoun claimed that states should have the right to nullify or refuse to accept a federal law if it wasn’t in the states best interest.
  6. 1819 - treaty that gave control of Spanish Florida to the United States as well as claims to the Oregon Country. The US gives up parts of Spanish Texas.
  7. To withdraw of break away from a nation of organization: when southern leave the United States during the Civil War.
  8. 1817-1825 5th President of the United States, Democratic-Republican, wanted a strong federal government.
  9. 1830 Law that allowed the Federal gov’t to pay Native Americans to move west.
  10. Had support of Southern states, vice-president to Jackson, led South Carolina to threat secession during the Nullification Crisis, loved state rights over federal government rights

20 Clues: In 1816, the Democratic-Republicans in Congress voted in another charter. • 1825-1829 6th President of the United State; author to the Monroe Doctrine. • 1830 Law that allowed the Federal gov’t to pay Native Americans to move west. • A rivalry based on the special interests of different areas (North vs South). • ...

American History Unit 5 Vocab 2021-02-22

American History Unit 5 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In 1816, the Democratic-Republicans in Congress voted in another charter.
  2. 1825-1829 6th President of the United State; author to the Monroe Doctrine.
  3. 1832 John C Calhoun claimed that states should have the right to nullify or refuse to accept a federal law if it wasn’t in the states best interest.
  4. 1838-1839 The forced removal ofabout 15,000 Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole Indians west, a quarter of them dies along the way. They did not have time to prepare for the journey.
  5. 1823 - President Monroe issued the doctrine stating that Europe could no longer colonize North or South America, written by John Quincy Adams.
  6. A rivalry based on the special interests of different areas (North vs South).
  7. To withdraw of break away from a nation of organization: when southern leave the United States during the Civil War.
  8. 1817-1825 5th President of the United States, Democratic-Republican, wanted a strong federal government.
  9. A manager of the National Bank named Mcculloch sued the state of Maryland for being forced to pay taxes. Mcculloch won because a state cannot tax a federal bank.
  10. 1830 Law that allowed the Federal gov’t to pay Native Americans to move west.
  11. “Great Compromiser” - developed the American System, Missouri Compromise, fixed the Nullification Crisis, predicted the annexation of Texas would cause war, and the Compromise of 1850.
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  1. 1819 - treaty that gave control of Spanish Florida to the United States as well as claims to the Oregon Country. The US gives up parts of Spanish Texas.
  2. 1821-1825 a huge canal system that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, 363 miles, cuts the price of shipping goods.
  3. The time period immediately after the War of 1812 - Won the battle of New Orleans, only one political party.
  4. 1820 - A deal made in Congress to allow Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and it created Maine as a free state to keep an equal balance of free and slave states. It also established the line of latitude where anything above the line would be a free state and everything below, a slave state.
  5. Tariff passed in 1828 designed to protect industry in the northern states, the southern states called it this because they disliked them.
  6. Had support of Southern states, vice-president to Jackson, led South Carolina to threat secession during the Nullification Crisis, loved state rights over federal government rights
  7. tax on imported goods, made to protect American industry or to collect tax money off foreign goods sold in the states.
  8. 1829-1837 Hero of the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812), took Florida from Spain, 7th President of the US, democrat, pushed for the removal of Indians off their netive land, killed the national bank, hired unqualified friend for gov’t jobs, vetoed most bills, threatened to kill his vice-president, ignored other branches of government, did what he wanted, expanded voting rights.
  9. 1830 Debate that started as an issue over land sales and uncovers a huge issue that shows th US is splitting apart -South (Robert Hayne): “states should have power to get rid of federal laws.” -North (Daniel Webster): “Constitution is the supreme law of the land and US should be one unified nation.”

20 Clues: In 1816, the Democratic-Republicans in Congress voted in another charter. • 1825-1829 6th President of the United State; author to the Monroe Doctrine. • A rivalry based on the special interests of different areas (North vs South). • 1830 Law that allowed the Federal gov’t to pay Native Americans to move west. • ...

Unit 5 Early Republic By:Fetume teklu 2018-01-17

Unit 5 Early Republic By:Fetume teklu crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -John Marshall (1755–1835) was the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
  2. -to cancel
  3. -the vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
  4. -a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States
  5. -an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional
  6. -a peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States in 1814 to end the War of 1812
  7. -the declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional
  8. -a member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson
  9. -the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
  10. -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
  11. -a devotion to one's nation and its interests
  12. -a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that settled differences and put off a threat of military conflict between the two nations
  13. a payment by a weaker party to a stronger party in return for protection
  14. -the practice of forcing people into military servic
Down
  1. -the members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
  2. -The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States.
  3. -an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
  4. -a supporter of a strong federal government
  5. -loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country
  6. -a plan of action by a nation toward other nations
  7. -the group of officials who head government departments and advise the President
  8. -a law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation
  9. -President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America
  10. -the treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio
  11. -a 1793 statement by President Washington that declared the United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict
  12. -the Federalist-supported laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
  13. -in 1811, a battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
  14. -the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  15. -a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships
  16. -Onis Treaty-an 1821 treaty between Spain and the United States in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States
  17. -an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow

31 Clues: -to cancel • -a supporter of a strong federal government • -a devotion to one's nation and its interests • -a plan of action by a nation toward other nations • -the practice of forcing people into military servic • -an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade • -a member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson • ...

AP Exam Review Gov 2023-04-24

AP Exam Review Gov crossword puzzle
Across
  1. trading votes to gain support for a bill
  2. Two-House legislature
  3. Essay, primarily concerned with factions, argues that in a large republic factions would need to compromise to achieve their goals
  4. Last name of the president who signed the Welfare Reform Act into law
  5. Legislative attempt to limit the power of the president during wartime
  6. Place in the Constitution that discusses the Judicial Branch
  7. primary concern of Federalist 51
  8. Term that means states are to return fugitives (or runaway slaves) to states were the crime was committed
  9. Right claimed by states who attempted to declare federal law null and void
  10. Defined as one who claims that the Constitution should be interpreted literally
  11. Before the Constitution could become the law of the land, states had to complete this process.
  12. Clause that is at the core of the US v. Lopez case
  13. Powers not specifically listed in the Constitution but deriving from the elastic clause
  14. Amendment III states that the government could not do this(hint: Housing Soldiers)
  15. the way House members can get a bill stalled in committee onto the floor for a vote
  16. Known as the "reserved powers Amendment"
  17. Opposed a strong central government
  18. Those on the Supreme Court who disagree with the Majority write one of these.
  19. non-germane amendments to a bill
  20. Distribution of representatives following a census
  21. Madison's work, which became the agenda at the Constitutional Convention
  22. The most powerful person in Congress
  23. Sharing power between states and a central authority
  24. Primary presidential concern of the 25th Amendment
  25. The strings attached to categorical grants
Down
  1. Decides the presidential election
  2. established a two-house legislature where one house would be based on population and the other would be based on equal representation
  3. The 17th Amendment allows us to directly elect these people
  4. The nickname of the Affordable Care Act
  5. One of the authors of the Federalist papers and first Supreme Court Chief Justice
  6. After 9/11 the president signed this bill into law that significantly hindered civil liberties
  7. If the president sets a bill aside and Congress adjourns before the bill is signed
  8. A federal directive that states must comply with
  9. Term used to describe the flow of money to interest groups, states, and local governments
  10. Also known as Rule 22, it can stop a filibuster
  11. Member in the House who is in charge of party discipline.
  12. Powers held by both states and federal government
  13. Balanced North/South population in the House of Representatives during the Constitutional Convention
  14. System of government prior to the Constitution that gave states all of the power
  15. The House can vote to start a trial of the president. This is called:
  16. Place in the Constitution that discusses the Legislative Branch
  17. giving more power to the states
  18. Joint committee where members resolve differences in a bill
  19. Acronym for the most costly of the unfunded mandates
  20. Last name of the president who interned Americans during WWII
  21. the 16th Amendment allowed the Federal government to collect this
  22. the name for stalling action on a bill in the Senate by talking
  23. Author of the Declaration of Independence
  24. Father of the Constitution
  25. Opening of the Constitution... starts with "We the people"

50 Clues: Two-House legislature • Father of the Constitution • giving more power to the states • primary concern of Federalist 51 • non-germane amendments to a bill • Decides the presidential election • Opposed a strong central government • The most powerful person in Congress • The nickname of the Affordable Care Act • trading votes to gain support for a bill • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2022-09-26

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million
  2. Polk: The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the Mexican War and sought to expand the United States
  3. Kansas: a sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
  4. Ferry: john Brown's scheme to invade the South with armed slaves, backed by sponsoring, northern abolitionists; seized the federal arsenal; Brown and remnants were caught by Robert E. Lee and the US Marines; Brown was hanged
  5. the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
  6. Slave Act: a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
  7. territory acquired by the Pierce administration to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad and completed the lower 48 States
  8. ruled that Dred Scott was the property of Sanford and, as a slave, was prohibited from suing in court. Chief Justice Taney gives his opinion that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Decision adds to sectionalism between North and South that will lead to the Civil War.
  9. political party- anti slavery roots
  10. expansion of slavery
  11. Election 1860:lincoln wins, southern states begin to secede
  12. States of America: the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
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  1. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  2. the belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority, belief that because the states created the United States, individual states have the power to nullify federal laws
  3. of 1850: includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
  4. Party 1850's:
  5. Nebraska Act: this Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare.
  6. Compromise 1820: Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory (1820)
  7. Scott v Sanford 1857:
  8. Purchase
  9. Douglas Debates: 1858 Senate Debate, Lincoln forced Douglas to debate issue of slavery, Douglas supported pop-sovereignty, Lincoln asserted that slavery should not spread to territories, Lincoln emerged as strong Republican candidate but lost senate election
  10. American War: 1846 - 1848 - President Polk declared war on Mexico over the dispute of land in Texas. At the end, American ended up with 55% of Mexico's land.
  11. Proviso: Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
  12. Brown violent abolitionist who murdered slaveholders in Kansas and Missouri (1856-1858) before his raid at Harpers Ferry (1859), hoping to incite a slave rebellion; he failed and was executed, but his martyrdom by northern abolitionists frightened the South.
  13. party, unite regional political ideas

25 Clues: Purchase • Party 1850's: • expansion of slavery • Scott v Sanford 1857: • political party- anti slavery roots • party, unite regional political ideas • Election 1860:lincoln wins, southern states begin to secede • the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. • Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole • ...

Chapter 18 Reconstruction 2017-09-27

Chapter 18 Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
  2. members of congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
  3. Southern whites who became republicans
  4. Agency that provided relief for freed-people and certain poor people in the South
  5. Leader of the Radical Republicans
  6. Granted equal rights to african americans
  7. the process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union
  8. required states to swear an oath of loyalty to the united states and agree that slavery was illegal
  9. Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
  10. Fake railroad corporation created by Union Pacific stockholders and paid themselves with grants from the Federal Government
  11. Requried potential voters to read and explain difficult concepts in order to vote
  12. African Americans rented a piece of land to farm from a land owner
  13. Social organization fromed in 1866 in Tennessee that intimidated African Americans and White Supporters with violent Tactics
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  1. Office holders who were northern-born Republicans who had moved South after the War
  2. Forced labor system that required former slaves to enter contracts with white planters to work off debts
  3. made slavery illegal throughout the united states
  4. Gave African Americans the right to vote
  5. Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials
  6. southern states took advantage of this reconstruction plan as he was from the south
  7. Ulysees S. Grant is elected President, in part, to votes by African Americans in the South
  8. hid in his office after President Johnson attempted to fire him
  9. poor African Americans worked a piece of land and gave land owner 1/3-1/2 of annual crop

22 Clues: Leader of the Radical Republicans • Southern whites who became republicans • Gave African Americans the right to vote • Granted equal rights to african americans • made slavery illegal throughout the united states • Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials • Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans • ...

New Republic Review 2021-02-04

New Republic Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first president of the United States
  2. first Democratic-Republican president
  3. English Navy would force American sailors into service
  4. Hero of the Battle of New Orleans and Horseshoe Bend
  5. 1st Secretary of Treasury
  6. the Supreme Court case that made the judicial branch an equal branch of the government
  7. example for others to follow
  8. Farmers in western Pennsylvania rebelled angry over this tax
  9. National government took over all states' debt from the American Revolution
  10. political party of the "have nots", headed by Thomas Jefferson
  11. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions tried to establish this power for the states
  12. France demanded money to talk to the United States
  13. The power of the Supreme Court to rule if a law is unconstitutional
  14. treaty that ended the War of 1812
  15. poem written by Francis Scott Key during the Battle of Baltimore (Fort McHenry)
Down
  1. presidency called the "Era of Good Feelings"
  2. This closed the Western Hemisphere to new colonization
  3. tax on imports
  4. George Washington's foreign policy
  5. where the Federalist convention was held when New England threatened to secede if the War of 1812 did not end quickly
  6. the expedition by Lewis and Clark to map the route from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast
  7. 2nd president of the United States
  8. Compromise to settle slavery in the Louisiana Territory
  9. law that took away freedom of the press nd speech
  10. treaty that ceded Florida to the United States for $5 million
  11. the political party of the rich elite
  12. land bought from France for $15 million
  13. advisors to the President
  14. president during the War of 1812

29 Clues: tax on imports • 1st Secretary of Treasury • advisors to the President • example for others to follow • president during the War of 1812 • treaty that ended the War of 1812 • George Washington's foreign policy • 2nd president of the United States • first president of the United States • first Democratic-Republican president • the political party of the rich elite • ...

American history crossword. 2022-01-04

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

24 Clues: an educator and reformer, • an organization of employees • dictatorial president of Mexico • a person who works despite an ongoing strike • American South who embraced progressive ideas • Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico • an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama • American white supremacist terrorist hate group • ...

American history crossword. 2022-01-04

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

24 Clues: an educator and reformer, • an organization of employees • dictatorial president of Mexico • a person who works despite an ongoing strike • American South who embraced progressive ideas • Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico • an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama • American white supremacist terrorist hate group • ...

American history crossword. 2022-01-04

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

24 Clues: an educator and reformer, • an organization of employees • dictatorial president of Mexico • a person who works despite an ongoing strike • American South who embraced progressive ideas • Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico • an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama • American white supremacist terrorist hate group • ...

Chapter 4 | Our Puzzling Government 2022-11-18

Chapter 4 | Our Puzzling Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The principal way in which states may do this is to negotiate
  2. course of action a government takes in response to some issue or problem
  3. reserved powers strictly to the states
  4. laws relating to disputes between individuals, groups, or with the state
  5. every portion of every meeting of an agency shall be open to public observation
  6. powers directly expressed or stated in the Constitution by the Founders
  7. A government tax on peoples incomes
  8. return to a state
  9. the Constitution makes the acts and treaties of the United States supreme
  10. periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed
Down
  1. organization of government administrators
  2. a requirement set by Congress that prohibits a local or state government from exercising a certain power
  3. the power to assume responsibility for a state government function, in order to gain authority over a state
  4. powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government
  5. mandates that take away the ability of state and local governments to make their own policies
  6. powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government
  7. favors state and local action in dealing with problems
  8. powers that both the national government and the states have
  9. favors national action
  10. forbidding racial discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and restaurants
  11. a federal order requiring states to provide a service
  12. powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution
  13. sums of money given to state or local governments to be spent for a variety of specific purposes
  14. enables the people of the territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution
  15. allows the powers of Congress to stretch

25 Clues: return to a state • favors national action • A government tax on peoples incomes • reserved powers strictly to the states • allows the powers of Congress to stretch • organization of government administrators • a federal order requiring states to provide a service • powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution • ...

Jade Winters 2020-02-06

Jade Winters crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The relaxing of tension between the superpowers
  2. A competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to prove their superiority in technology (2 words)
  3. a name given to the Soviet Union and its communist controlled states in Eastern Europe such as Poland, East Germany, and Bulgaria. (2 words)
  4. said that the United States would help countries that were threatened by armed minorities or outside pressures. (2 words)
  5. President during the cold war, 33rd President (2 words)
  6. an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European communist nations. (2 words)
  7. Name for the United States and the Soviet Union in the Cold War.
  8. designed to shoot down ballistic missiles before they reach their targets. (3 words)
  9. Called the red telephone in 1963
  10. An economic theory in which collective ownership of property leads to a classless society.
  11. A nuclear bomb that is either lost, stolen, or accidentally launched that causes a nuclear accident. (2 words)
Down
  1. The term translates to "restructuring" in Russian.
  2. A threat was intended to prevent, or deter, anyone from attacking. (2 words)
  3. Republican senator from Wisconsin who capitalized on Cold War fears of Communism in the early 1950s (2 words)
  4. a movement in Poland to create a trade union that was not controlled by the communist party.
  5. Describes the growing divide between western democracies and Soviet-influenced states. (2 words)
  6. A crossing point between West Berlin and East Berlin when the Berlin Wall divided the city (2 words)
  7. A policy that allowed for more openness in the Soviet government as well as some level of freedom of speech.
  8. Philosophy named after Karl Marx.
  9. when the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear weapons they made.

20 Clues: Called the red telephone in 1963 • Philosophy named after Karl Marx. • The relaxing of tension between the superpowers • The term translates to "restructuring" in Russian. • President during the cold war, 33rd President (2 words) • Name for the United States and the Soviet Union in the Cold War. • ...

Unit IV Vocabulary Leandro Montarroyos 2020-11-29

Unit IV Vocabulary Leandro Montarroyos crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Black American slave who led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion
  2. 7th U.S. President
  3. landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional
  4. series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans
  5. Transcontinental Treaty
  6. the 11th president of the United States
  7. from 1846 to 1848.
  8. also known as the Dallas Tariff
  9. Americans went to the polls in the fall of 1824.
Down
  1. region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla, which took effect on June 8, 1854
  2. used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid 1800s to emigrate west.
  3. American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States
  4. "Father of Texas"
  5. Peace treaty Between USA and Mexico
  6. federal legislation that admitted Maine to the United States as a free state
  7. admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845
  8. machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation
  9. known for inventing the cotton gin
  10. the 15th presidential election
  11. unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War

20 Clues: "Father of Texas" • 7th U.S. President • from 1846 to 1848. • Transcontinental Treaty • the 15th presidential election • also known as the Dallas Tariff • known for inventing the cotton gin • Peace treaty Between USA and Mexico • the 11th president of the United States • Americans went to the polls in the fall of 1824. • ...

Westward Expansion 2025-04-08

Westward Expansion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fear or hatred of immigrants
  2. mass migration of people seeking fortune, starting in 1848
  3. land the US acquired in 1848 through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, including present-day California, Nevada, and parts of other western states
  4. land bought from Mexico in 1853 to complete the continental United States
  5. European country that controlled Florida before the U.S.
  6. nation that lost about half its territory to the United States in 1848
  7. 1787 law that organized the settlement of western territories and their path to statehood
  8. territory acquired from Spain in 1819
  9. group that faced discrimination while seeking gold in California
  10. a busy trade route and stagecoach line for travel to the west; used by military to haul materials
  11. conflict between 1846-1848 that began over boundary disputes
  12. country that jointly controlled Oregon Territory with the U.S. until 1846
  13. agreement that ended the U.S.-Mexican War
Down
  1. the belief that the United States had a divine right to expand across North America
  2. 1845 addition to the United States
  3. 1803 land purchase from France that doubled the size of the United States
  4. inexpensive farmland, discovery of gold, adventure
  5. location where gold was first discovered in California
  6. Mexico claimed this as Texas’ southern border
  7. system that connected the east and west coasts
  8. a historic route used by pioneers traveling westward to settle new territories, stretching approximately 2,000 miles from Missouri to Oregon
  9. route taken by religious settlers to Utah
  10. the official border between Texas and Mexico after the U.S.-Mexican War
  11. overcrowding of cities, economic depressions, religious persecution
  12. won the presidential election of 1844 by promising the American people he would achieve Manifest Destiny

25 Clues: fear or hatred of immigrants • 1845 addition to the United States • territory acquired from Spain in 1819 • route taken by religious settlers to Utah • agreement that ended the U.S.-Mexican War • Mexico claimed this as Texas’ southern border • system that connected the east and west coasts • inexpensive farmland, discovery of gold, adventure • ...

Unit 3: New Nation 1800-1877 2025-12-08

Unit 3: New Nation 1800-1877 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  2. 1803 land deal that doubled the sized of the United States
  3. Lincoln ´ s order freeing enslaved people in rebel states
  4. When Southern states broke away from the Union to form the Confederacy
  5. Southern Laws that restricted the rights of freedmen
  6. The belief that states should have more power than the federal government
  7. New communication invention using electric signals
  8. One of the leaders of the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory
  9. Conflict with Britain that boosted American nationalism
  10. Loyalty to a region rather than the whole nation
  11. ¨ Father of the constitution and president ¨ during the War of 1812
  12. Agreement that tried to balance free and slave states
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  1. Former president who fought strongly against slavery in Congress
  2. A major slave uprising in Virginia that increased Southern fear and stricter slave laws
  3. forced removal of Cherokee people from their land
  4. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  5. Partner of Lewis on the western expedition
  6. Machine that increased cotton production and slavery
  7. Deal that included the Fugitive Slave Act
  8. War that led to the U.S. gaining the Southwest
  9. Major conflict between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
  10. Improved river travel and trade
  11. Union general who later became president
  12. Belief that the U.S. was meant to expand west
  13. President known for the ¨common man¨
  14. Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
  15. President who created a doctrine warning Europe to stay out of the Americas
  16. Main Confederate general during the Civil War
  17. Movement to end slavery in the United States
  18. Major transportation system that expanded westward

30 Clues: Improved river travel and trade • President known for the ¨common man¨ • Wrote the Declaration of Independence • Union general who later became president • Deal that included the Fugitive Slave Act • Partner of Lewis on the western expedition • Movement to end slavery in the United States • Belief that the U.S. was meant to expand west • ...

Unit 5 | Texas Republic and Early Statehood | Vocab | Crossword Puzzle | Vol. III 2022-01-20

Unit 5 | Texas Republic and Early Statehood | Vocab | Crossword Puzzle | Vol. III crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The river that México believed was the southern border of Texas.
  2. The city that the US military captured ended the Mexican-American War
  3. military hero of the Mexican War who became the Whigs' last presidential candidate in 1852
  4. Caused the United States to nearly double in size in the early 1800s.
  5. a general and national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812, was elected the 12th U.S. President,
  6. a militia was originally formed by Stephen F. Austin in 1823 to protect the territory of Texas
  7. an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
  8. addition of new territory to an existing country
  9. a disagreement, argument, or debate.
  10. The river that the United States believed was the southern border of Texas.
  11. A democratic president that ran on a platform of expanding the US to the Pacific Ocean.
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  1. Captain of the Texas Rangers in 1840 He fought Mexican troops during the Mexican-American War.
  2. September of 1842, Texas Victory forced the Mexicans to retreat out of Texas
  3. Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah
  4. undeveloped land that lies beyond the border of settled territory
  5. an agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories
  6. an area, region, or piece of land
  7. an agreement between two or more states or sovereigns a peace treaty.
  8. becoming a state in the United States
  9. a deal between different parties

20 Clues: a deal between different parties • an area, region, or piece of land • a disagreement, argument, or debate. • becoming a state in the United States • addition of new territory to an existing country • The river that México believed was the southern border of Texas. • undeveloped land that lies beyond the border of settled territory • ...

American history crossword. 2022-01-04

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

24 Clues: an educator and reformer, • an organization of employees • dictatorial president of Mexico • a person who works despite an ongoing strike • American South who embraced progressive ideas • Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico • an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama • American white supremacist terrorist hate group • ...

American history crossword. 2022-01-04

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

24 Clues: an educator and reformer, • an organization of employees • dictatorial president of Mexico • a person who works despite an ongoing strike • American South who embraced progressive ideas • Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico • an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama • American white supremacist terrorist hate group • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-01

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The forced separation of people of different races in public places
  2. A clause exempting certian classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affection their previous rights, privileges, or practies
  3. A person from the Northern States who went to the South to profit from Reconstruction
  4. Farmers who worked land on other peoples farms in exchange for crops.
  5. The period following the Civil War when the U.S. government worked to reunite the nation and rebuild the Southern states
  6. Military officer who served as 18th President
  7. Laws passed in southern states during Reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans
  8. Became President after Abraham Lincoln was assinated
  9. A white Southner who collaborated with northern Republicans often for personal profit
  10. Member of United States House of Reps from Pennsylvania
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  1. Period of time where Radical Republicans toke control of Reconstruction
  2. Test that assesse a person's literacy skills given by the goverment.
  3. The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public offical.
  4. Offical Pardon for people that have been convicted of political offences
  5. Agency established by congress in 1865 to help poor people throught the south
  6. The laws that put the Southern States under U.S. military command and required them to draft new constitutions upholding the 14th Amendment
  7. A special tax that a person had to pay in order to vote.
  8. Members of congress who felt that Southern States needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
  9. A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining Civil rights
  10. Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction

20 Clues: Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction • Military officer who served as 18th President • Became President after Abraham Lincoln was assinated • Member of United States House of Reps from Pennsylvania • A special tax that a person had to pay in order to vote. • The forced separation of people of different races in public places • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-01

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Agency established by congress in 1865 to help poor people throught the south
  2. Farmers who worked land on other peoples farms in exchange for crops.
  3. Member of United States House of Reps from Pennsylvania
  4. A person from the Northern States who went to the South to profit from Reconstruction
  5. Offical Pardon for people that have been convicted of political offences
  6. The laws that put the Southern States under U.S. military command and required them to draft new constitutions upholding the 14th Amendment
  7. A clause exempting certian classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affection their previous rights, privileges, or practies
  8. Members of congress who felt that Southern States needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
  9. Laws passed in southern states during Reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans
  10. Military officer who served as 18th President
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  1. The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public offical.
  2. Test that assesse a person's literacy skills given by the goverment.
  3. A white Southner who collaborated with northern Republicans often for personal profit
  4. Period of time where Radical Republicans toke control of Reconstruction
  5. Became President after Abraham Lincoln was assinated
  6. A special tax that a person had to pay in order to vote.
  7. Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction
  8. The forced separation of people of different races in public places
  9. The period following the Civil War when the U.S. government worked to reunite the nation and rebuild the Southern states
  10. A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining Civil rights

20 Clues: Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction • Military officer who served as 18th President • Became President after Abraham Lincoln was assinated • Member of United States House of Reps from Pennsylvania • A special tax that a person had to pay in order to vote. • The forced separation of people of different races in public places • ...

From Slavery to Civil War 2020-08-20

From Slavery to Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The nickname given to Harriet Tubman by many slaves and abolitionists
  2. The state Harriet Tubman was born in
  3. The states that were in the South, supported slavery, and seceded during the Civil War
  4. The economy in the North was based on ______.
  5. to break away from
  6. Large agricultural fields on which slave labor was used to grow cash crops in the South
  7. People who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  8. This novel, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, vividly described the violence and cruelty of slavery. As a result, it inspired feelings of antislavery in the North and angered slave owners in the South
  9. This conductor of the Underground Railroad helped fugitive slaves traveling through Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He interviewed the slaves he met and recorded their stories
  10. The states that were in the North, opposed slavery, and fought to preserve the United States during the Civil War
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  1. Treating someone differently or unfairly based on something other than individual merit, such as race or gender
  2. In 1850, this act forced citizens to return any runaway slaves, and anyone who helped a runaway slave could be punished with a $1,000 fine or six months in prison
  3. A loose network of routes, hiding places, and people who helped enslaved African Americans escape from southern states to freedom
  4. The border state located above Tennessee
  5. Slave states that did not secede from the Union
  6. the President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863
  7. People who made a living by tracking fugitives and returning runaway slaves to their owners
  8. a type of war fought between citizens of the same country
  9. People who guided or transported slaves to the next "station" of the Underground Railroad
  10. A cash crop grown on Southern plantations

20 Clues: to break away from • The state Harriet Tubman was born in • The border state located above Tennessee • A cash crop grown on Southern plantations • The economy in the North was based on ______. • Slave states that did not secede from the Union • People who wanted to end slavery in the United States • a type of war fought between citizens of the same country • ...

The Crisis of Cuba 2015-03-26

The Crisis of Cuba crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Leader of the Soviet Union during this crisis.
  2. What the U.S. Was trying to do to Cuba in order to stop missile carrying ships from entering it.
  3. The government organization responsible for conducting the Bay of Pigs operation.
  4. This doctrine made by a U.S. President was the reason the U.S. Stored its weapons in Turkey.
  5. The city in Florida where many Cubans tried to travel to to escape their country.
  6. The crisis between the United States against Cuba and the Soviet Union. This involved the placement of nuclear missiles.
  7. A small nation that was invaded by the U.S. and was used for missile storage by the U.S.S.R.
  8. This union was sending nuclear weapons to Cuba.
  9. This treaty between the United States and Soviet Union barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere.
  10. The United States president during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  11. Recently self-appointed Cuban dictator during the crises.
  12. The United States was allowed stored nuclear missiles in this country near the Soviet Union.
Down
  1. Arming a nation for total war including military and nuclear. Kennedy was criticized for using this.
  2. These were stored in Turkey and Cuba and would cause major destruction.
  3. What Castro relied on when people of Cuba did not agree with him.
  4. What the U.S. tried to do in Cuba to topple the dictator.
  5. What the CIA failed at striking in Cuba and reported it sucessful.
  6. This date in 1962 was when photographs were first released of Cuban missile bases.
  7. A political group blamed for the loss of Cuba.
  8. Where the United States landed in Cuba while trying to topple the government.
  9. A phone line dedicated between the United States and Kremlin.

21 Clues: Leader of the Soviet Union during this crisis. • A political group blamed for the loss of Cuba. • This union was sending nuclear weapons to Cuba. • What the U.S. tried to do in Cuba to topple the dictator. • Recently self-appointed Cuban dictator during the crises. • The United States president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. • ...

Noah's Gov project 2023-01-10

Noah's Gov project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tax on certain goods that people buy like alcohol, cigarettes, jewelry, and gasoline (2 words)
  2. The department of blank tries to enforce federal laws, prevent crime, and punish those convicted of crimes
  3. The department of blank provides funding to public schools and help students pay for colleges
  4. A tax taken to provide retired people with income
  5. The Department includes all parts of the us military to protect the us citizens
  6. the Department of blank is responsible for federal highways, the railroads and driver safety
  7. Under the virginia plan these states would have more power
  8. the branch that interprets laws
  9. Agreement with other nations
  10. an election to try to remove an elected official from office before his term has ended
  11. under the new jersey plan these states would have more power
  12. States sends these to congress
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  1. The document that replaced the Article of confederation
  2. Fraction of states that must agree to change the constitution
  3. The actual document that voters cast their vote on
  4. The Department of blank the makes money, tries to help the economy and collects taxes
  5. one problem was that states charged these goods from other states
  6. a tax on the income of businesses make (2 words)
  7. Actions towards other countries
  8. president's title as head of the military (3 words)
  9. when the government raises more money than it spends
  10. The branch that carries out laws
  11. the government’s plan for taxing and spending for the year
  12. A percentage tax on the money you earn. The more money you earn the more money you pay
  13. vote if the citizens to approve or reject of a law of the legislature

25 Clues: Agreement with other nations • States sends these to congress • Actions towards other countries • the branch that interprets laws • The branch that carries out laws • A tax taken to provide retired people with income • The actual document that voters cast their vote on • a tax on the income of businesses make (2 words) • ...

Interactions Among Branches of Government 2023-01-24

Interactions Among Branches of Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two or more levels of government share formal authority over the same area and people.
  2. The cornerstone of the national government's relations with state and local governments.
  3. Required each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of all other states.
  4. The interactions among national, state, and local governments
  5. The national government and the states share powers and policy assignments.
  6. The Supreme Court held that school segregation was unconstitutional.
  7. The national government is weak, and most or all power is in the hands of the country's components
  8. A central government that holds supreme power in a nation.
  9. The transferring of responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments.
  10. States,“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.”
  11. A legal process whereby a state surrenders a person charged with a crime to the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed.
  12. Makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws
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  1. Powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution.
  2. Authorizes Congress to pass all laws “necessary and proper”.
  3. Established the supremacy of the national government over state governments.
  4. Support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services.
  5. Defined the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce as encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity.
  6. Powers specifically listed in Article I of the Constitution.
  7. Required state and local law enforcement officials to conduct background checks on people attempting to purchase handguns.
  8. The main source of federal aid to state and local governments.

20 Clues: A central government that holds supreme power in a nation. • Authorizes Congress to pass all laws “necessary and proper”. • Powers specifically listed in Article I of the Constitution. • The interactions among national, state, and local governments • The main source of federal aid to state and local governments. • ...

Chapter 18 Reconstruction 2017-09-27

Chapter 18 Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. African Americans rented a piece of land to farm from a land owner
  2. Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
  3. hid in his office after President Johnson attempted to fire him
  4. Office holders who were northern-born Republicans who had moved South after the War
  5. Agency that provided relief for freed-people and certain poor people in the South
  6. The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
  7. made slavery illegal throughout the united states
  8. required states to swear an oath of loyalty to the united states and agree that slavery was illegal
  9. Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials
  10. southern states took advantage of this reconstruction plan as he was from the south
  11. Ulysees S. Grant is elected President, in part, to votes by African Americans in the South
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  1. Gave African Americans the right to vote
  2. Southern whites who became republicans
  3. Leader of the Radical Republicans
  4. Forced labor system that required former slaves to enter contracts with white planters to work off debts
  5. the process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union
  6. Requried potential voters to read and explain difficult concepts in order to vote
  7. poor African Americans worked a piece of land and gave land owner 1/3-1/2 of annual crop
  8. members of congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
  9. Granted equal rights to african americans
  10. Social organization fromed in 1866 in Tennessee that intimidated African Americans and White Supporters with violent Tactics
  11. Fake railroad corporation created by Union Pacific stockholders and paid themselves with grants from the Federal Government

22 Clues: Leader of the Radical Republicans • Southern whites who became republicans • Gave African Americans the right to vote • Granted equal rights to african americans • made slavery illegal throughout the united states • Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials • Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans • ...

Chapter 18 Reconstruction 2017-09-27

Chapter 18 Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Forced labor system that required former slaves to enter contracts with white planters to work off debts
  2. members of congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
  3. Leader of the Radical Republicans
  4. Agency that provided relief for freed-people and certain poor people in the South
  5. Requried potential voters to read and explain difficult concepts in order to vote
  6. African Americans rented a piece of land to farm from a land owner
  7. Granted equal rights to african americans
  8. Fake railroad corporation created by Union Pacific stockholders and paid themselves with grants from the Federal Government
  9. required states to swear an oath of loyalty to the united states and agree that slavery was illegal
  10. Ulysees S. Grant is elected President, in part, to votes by African Americans in the South
  11. made slavery illegal throughout the united states
  12. Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
  13. hid in his office after President Johnson attempted to fire him
  14. Social organization fromed in 1866 in Tennessee that intimidated African Americans and White Supporters with violent Tactics
Down
  1. The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
  2. Office holders who were northern-born Republicans who had moved South after the War
  3. Gave African Americans the right to vote
  4. Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials
  5. the process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union
  6. Southern whites who became republicans
  7. poor African Americans worked a piece of land and gave land owner 1/3-1/2 of annual crop
  8. southern states took advantage of this reconstruction plan as he was from the south

22 Clues: Leader of the Radical Republicans • Southern whites who became republicans • Gave African Americans the right to vote • Granted equal rights to african americans • made slavery illegal throughout the united states • Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials • Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans • ...

Jeremy Sheppard Chapter 3 Crossword 2017-09-24

Jeremy Sheppard Chapter 3 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of rights / the name of the first ten amendments
  2. amendment / amendment that states you have the right to a speedy trial
  3. sovereignty / the people are the only source for any and all governmental power
  4. / division of power among a central government and several regional governments
  5. amendment / amendment that sates the bail, fines, and jail time has to be fair
  6. / government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
  7. amendment / amendment that says yu have the right to remain silent
  8. amendment / amendment that states you have the right to bear arms
  9. / the president can react a law
  10. and balances / each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks from the other branches
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  1. of law / government and its officers, in all they do, are always subject to - never above- the law.
  2. amendment / amendment that says that the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
  3. amendment / amendment that says you have freedom of speech
  4. of powers / when the power of the government is operated with three branches
  5. review / power of a court to determine the constitutionality of governmental action
  6. amendment / amendment that states that a trial has to be over twenty dollars
  7. government / no government is all powerful
  8. amendment / amendment that says you don't have to let a solider stay in your house
  9. amendment / amendment that says that 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.
  10. amendment / amendment that says a police officer needs a warrant to search you or your house

20 Clues: / the president can react a law • government / no government is all powerful • of rights / the name of the first ten amendments • amendment / amendment that says you have freedom of speech • amendment / amendment that states you have the right to bear arms • amendment / amendment that says yu have the right to remain silent • ...

Jess Evans - Chapter 4 2020-12-01

Jess Evans - Chapter 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a series of initiatives aimed at eliminating poverty and social inequality.
  2. were equal authorities operating within their own spheres of influence
  3. include money and other resources that the national government provides to pay for state and local activities.
  4. Constitution lists powers granted to the national government.
  5. governments that conduct the business of a sovereign nation.
  6. The contract was a
  7. nullify national laws that they believed contradicted or clashed with
  8. this trend by returning authority to state governments.
  9. to achieve specific goals within 100 days of taking office.Central to the Contract with America was the idea of returning power to states
  10. Today the power of the national government to influence state policies occurs
  11. or a power held by the national government and the state governments at the same time
  12. 1981, as part of a major revision of the federal budget, Congress combined many categorical grants into nine
  13. many political leaders worked to
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  1. interests.
  2. ensures that extradition can take place.
  3. These grants can only be used for a specific purpose, or category, of state and local spending, such as the building of a new airport or crime-fighting in a certain area.
  4. Since the national and state governments worked together to meet the crisis, federalism under the New Deal was known as
  5. or powers that historically have been recognized as naturally belonging to
  6. Politicians in some southern states believed that states had the right
  7. implied powers are not specifically listed in the Constitution, but they are logical extensions of
  8. the belong to the states because the Constitution neither delegates these powers to the national government nor prohibits them to the states.
  9. The idea that states had the right to separate themselves from the Union
  10. powers.
  11. both state and national

24 Clues: powers. • interests. • The contract was a • both state and national • many political leaders worked to • ensures that extradition can take place. • this trend by returning authority to state governments. • governments that conduct the business of a sovereign nation. • Constitution lists powers granted to the national government. • ...

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-06

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after he got assassinated.
  2. / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
  3. / A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
  4. / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.
  5. / The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.
  6. / The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
  7. / The enacting of laws.
  8. / To get rid of Slavery.
  9. / Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
  10. / The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
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  1. / The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
  2. / A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
  3. / Programs that offer job training to those who've dealt with discrimination in the past.
  4. / Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  5. / An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
  6. / Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
  7. / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.
  8. / The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.
  9. / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
  10. / A test of reading comprehension and writing skills that people were required to take to vote in southern states.

20 Clues: / The enacting of laws. • / To get rid of Slavery. • / A phrase that meant people of all races could vote. • / A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting. • / A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South. • / An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans. • ...

American Civil War 2019-10-16

American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American abolitionist who advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States
  2. 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865
  3. Made 13 missions to rescue around 70 enslaved people
  4. Only President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865
  5. Town in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is known for Gettysburg National Battlefield
  6. Type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized bullet for rifled muskets
  7. An American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.
  8. One of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee
  9. Side known as the North in the American Civil War
  10. the art or practice of communicating news by photographs, especially in magazines
  11. 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
  12. Also known as the first battle of Manassas, was the first battle of the American Civil War
  13. Steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century
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  1. Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was fought April 6-7 1862
  2. Author of of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  3. Largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States
  4. Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was fought September 17, 1862
  5. Pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross
  6. African-American abolitionist and women's right activist
  7. General in the Union Army during the American Civil War
  8. Escaped slavery in Maryland and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York
  9. Commander of the Confederate States Army
  10. City in western Mississippi, known as the site of the key Civil War battle

23 Clues: Author of of Uncle Tom's Cabin • Commander of the Confederate States Army • Side known as the North in the American Civil War • Pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross • Made 13 missions to rescue around 70 enslaved people • 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 • 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877 • ...

Civil War 2019-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
  2. something formed by two or more things
  3. an American abolitionist and political activist
  4. also called field surgery and later combat casualty care
  5. is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates
  6. American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army
  7. was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author
  8. served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War
  9. the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States
  10. was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician
  11. is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area
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  1. It’s known as the site of a key Civil War battle
  2. a borough and town in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
  3. an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist
  4. served as the 16th president of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865
  5. he first major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate victory
  6. an American abolitionist and author
  7. an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman
  8. also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the southern United States
  9. a particular form of journalism that employs images in order to tell a news story
  10. a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized bullet for rifled muskets
  11. served as the only President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865
  12. also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
  13. an American abolitionist
  14. pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross

25 Clues: an American abolitionist • an American abolitionist and author • something formed by two or more things • also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing • an American abolitionist and political activist • It’s known as the site of a key Civil War battle • a borough and town in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania • is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area • ...

The Fight to End Slavery 2024-04-03

The Fight to End Slavery crossword puzzle
Across
  1. someone who opposes the ending of slavery, a person who wishes slavery shall continue
  2. a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, normally fleeting from persecution.
  3. a war between the citizens of the same country
  4. states that made slavery illegal and were above the Missouri compromise line.
  5. a network of secret routes and paths that was established to help slaves escape to free states.
  6. an event where people who opposed slavery made a constitution to ban slavery, making anti-abolitionists fight against them in the state of Kansas
  7. a violent public disturbance usually created by a large group.
  8. he was an abolitionist who led bleeding Kansas and began killing anti abolitionists.
  9. states that allows slavery and that were below the Missouri compromise line
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  1. the line created during the Missouri compromise to decide which states were free states or slave states.
  2. a formal act of where a state proclaims its authority or power over territory
  3. to officially end or stop something such as a law.
  4. the refusal to accept or comply with something, in this unit context is to try and refuse slavery.
  5. obtaining, transporting, and selling human beings as slaves
  6. an engagement that is settled by each side making an adjustment or forfeit.
  7. rules set in place to define and enforce a procedure or show how one must act
  8. a body of fundamental principles that established the basis for an organization or polity
  9. a territory that is considered as an organized political community in one government
  10. a person needed for exhausting labor or has restricted freedom.
  11. a man who chose to sue his slave owner because he claimed he should be free because he had lived in areas where slavery was illegal.

20 Clues: a war between the citizens of the same country • to officially end or stop something such as a law. • obtaining, transporting, and selling human beings as slaves • a violent public disturbance usually created by a large group. • a person needed for exhausting labor or has restricted freedom. • ...

Juliet Kelly Articles X-Word 2024-02-09

Juliet Kelly Articles X-Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The states raised more cash by ______ eachothers goods
  2. The Articles of Confederation was the U.S. first ____________
  3. For the new constitution to be approved and accepted, it had to be accepted by the country as a "_____"
  4. The new constitution was a "________" because it wasn't accepted yet.
  5. The Article of Confederation was written over a ______ after America declared it's independence
  6. How many states are needed to ratify the constitution to be the law of the land?
  7. The people who were against the new constitution were called...
  8. Each state worried that the national government might favor other states, so they made a solution by making the government "too ____ to favorite anyone"
  9. State representatives met in 1787 to discus changing the articles of confederation, and wanted to make a new document based on __________
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  1. Due to a debt upcrisis, Shays _________ had happened-a fight
  2. The new constitution was ___ instead of being bad for a period of time. (Opposite of bad)
  3. The delegates planned to completely scrap the Articles of Confederation. They have written a blueprint for a "___ ______"
  4. The government couldn't ___ which led to them not having much money
  5. Some states started making their own type of _____, for people to use to buy stuff
  6. It seemed like the new nation would ________ because they had no money and were all fighting eachother
  7. After the war was won, the states started being ______, and not likking eachother
  8. Samuel Adams thought instead of voting they should continue their ______
  9. If not enough states ratify, what would happen?
  10. Because congress couldn't levy taxes, so in the winter the army _______ because they had no money
  11. One main reason the 13 colonies wanted to come to together was to deafeat the _______.

20 Clues: If not enough states ratify, what would happen? • The states raised more cash by ______ eachothers goods • Due to a debt upcrisis, Shays _________ had happened-a fight • The Articles of Confederation was the U.S. first ____________ • The people who were against the new constitution were called... • ...

Kaleb Fannin mini project 1st period 2024-08-28

Kaleb Fannin mini project 1st period crossword puzzle
Across
  1. three-day battle in the American Civil War between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in Pennsylvania.
  2. the first major battle of the American Civil War.
  3. American Stage actor who is widely known as the guy who killed the 16th president.
  4. The capture of __________ ultimately led to the Confederacy being split into two, cutting off some western Confederate states
  5. declares "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  6. The rifle-_____ was first manufactured in the United States in 1855 and quickly replaced earlier smoothbore guns.
  7. The place Where president Lincoln was shot and killed
  8. operations carried on by small independent forces, generally in the rear of the enemy, with the objective of harassing, delaying, and disrupting military operations of the enemy.
Down
  1. The Current U.S. capital
  2. Married to Harriet and was involved in a famous court case against stanford in 1857
  3. condition in which one human being was owned by another
  4. 16th President
  5. The battle between the Union and the Confederate states.
  6. Confederate General who surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
  7. Made up of Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon
  8. formed by the secession of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas
  9. the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity
  10. also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place on September 17, 1862,
  11. South Carolina militia It ended with its surrender by the United States Army
  12. beloved Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War.

20 Clues: 16th President • The Current U.S. capital • the first major battle of the American Civil War. • The place Where president Lincoln was shot and killed • condition in which one human being was owned by another • The battle between the Union and the Confederate states. • the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity • ...

Westward Expansion 2026-04-01

Westward Expansion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fear or hatred of immigrants
  2. agreement that ended the U.S.-Mexican War
  3. nation that lost about half its territory to the United States in 1848
  4. location where gold was first discovered in California
  5. land the US acquired in 1848 through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, including present-day California, Nevada, and parts of other western states
  6. land bought from Mexico in 1853 to complete the continental United States
  7. route taken by religious settlers to Utah
  8. a historic route used by pioneers traveling westward to settle new territories, stretching approximately 2,000 miles from Missouri to Oregon
  9. 1787 law that organized the settlement of western territories and their path to statehood
  10. Mexico claimed this as Texas’ southern border
  11. conflict between 1846-1848 that began over boundary disputes
  12. 1803 land purchase from France that doubled the size of the United States
  13. overcrowding of cities, economic depressions, religious persecution
  14. system that connected the east and west coasts
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  1. country that jointly controlled Oregon Territory with the U.S. until 1846
  2. won the presidential election of 1844 by promising the American people he would achieve Manifest Destiny
  3. territory acquired from Spain in 1819
  4. mass migration of people seeking fortune, starting in 1848
  5. inexpensive farmland, discovery of gold, adventure
  6. the belief that the United States had a divine right to expand across North America
  7. a busy trade route and stagecoach line for travel to the west; used by military to haul materials
  8. the official border between Texas and Mexico after the U.S.-Mexican War
  9. European country that controlled Florida before the U.S.
  10. group that faced discrimination while seeking gold in California
  11. 1845 addition to the United States

25 Clues: fear or hatred of immigrants • 1845 addition to the United States • territory acquired from Spain in 1819 • agreement that ended the U.S.-Mexican War • route taken by religious settlers to Utah • Mexico claimed this as Texas’ southern border • system that connected the east and west coasts • inexpensive farmland, discovery of gold, adventure • ...

Compromise Review 2024-12-11

Compromise Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the idea that a state didn't have to listen to federal rules (particularly tariffs)
  2. the government wanted to create a __________ of power between slave and free states
  3. the nickname given to the Kansas-Nebraska act when violence broke out
  4. the idea that a state could decide on big issues themselves, southern states feared this would be taken away
  5. depended on manufacturing/factories
  6. the slave who sued for his freedom just to be told that slaves were not citizen and slaves everywhere
  7. the direction cotton expanded
  8. the idea that a state could vote on if they would allow slavery or not
  9. 5 parts that included the fugitive slave act, california being free, and two states getting popular sovereignty
  10. state that did not allow slavery
  11. the _______________ purchase we got from the French
  12. state that allowed slavery
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  1. what happened to slavery after the invention of the cotton gin
  2. the big issue dividing the nation in the antebellum period
  3. the idea that the United States had the right to expand west
  4. the new cash crop in the South
  5. last name of the person who won the election of 1860
  6. before the war
  7. depended on slavery/agriculture
  8. the land that asked to be a part of the United States
  9. a tax on imports
  10. the compromise that created a line where above the line did not allow slavery and below the line did allow slavery, missouri a slave state, and maine a free state
  11. the controversial act that required people to return runaway slaves
  12. the division of the United States into regions based on economy and ideas

24 Clues: before the war • a tax on imports • state that allowed slavery • the direction cotton expanded • the new cash crop in the South • depended on slavery/agriculture • state that did not allow slavery • depended on manufacturing/factories • the _______________ purchase we got from the French • last name of the person who won the election of 1860 • ...

First 5 Presidents 2024-12-13

First 5 Presidents crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 3rd President of the United States
  2. Monroe's Presidency was known as the "Era of ..." (no spaces)
  3. Jefferson's Foreign Policy that cut off trade with European countries(no spaces)
  4. Number of terms John Adams served as President
  5. 1st President of the United States
  6. The Alien and Sedition Acts made it a ___ for Americans to speak or write against the government.
  7. Madison was the first president to ask ___ to declare war
  8. The policy of separating and not participating in international relationships.
  9. John Adams' Foreign Policy (no spaces)
  10. Adams' position after the Election of 1789 (no spaces)
  11. The act of forcing someone into service for an organization or government
  12. The system that allows for small/personal businesses without government interference (no spaces)
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  1. The cost of the Louisiana Purchase
  2. The Alien and Sedition Acts allowed the U.S government to imprison or deport French ___.
  3. A statement that recognized Latin American countries in the Western Hemisphere as free and independent nations (no spaces)
  4. A political system in which representatives are responsible for governing
  5. The Louisiana Purchase ___ the size of the United States
  6. This supreme court case led to the establishment of the principle of Judicial Review (no spaces)
  7. Inciting people to rebel against authority.
  8. Washington warned ___ political parties
  9. The precedent established by Washington
  10. 5th President of the United States
  11. 2nd President of the United States
  12. Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Charles Pinckney all considered themselves to be ___.
  13. Groups of people sharing a common political philosophy and support for candidates with that philosophy (no spaces)
  14. 4th President of the United States
  15. The role of a cabinet member is to ___ the president

27 Clues: The cost of the Louisiana Purchase • 3rd President of the United States • 5th President of the United States • 1st President of the United States • 2nd President of the United States • 4th President of the United States • John Adams' Foreign Policy (no spaces) • Washington warned ___ political parties • The precedent established by Washington • ...

An Age of Democracy and Progress 2025-05-19

An Age of Democracy and Progress crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movement A popular movement arose among the workers and other groups who still could not vote to press for more rights
  2. The idea that the United States had the right and duty to rule North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
  3. as Europeans later called the native peoples.
  4. declaring that all slaves in the Confederate states were free.
  5. became a battleground for these opposing forces
  6. a line of workers who each put a single piece on unfinished cars as they passed on a moving belt.
  7. A machine that sent messages instantly over wires.
  8. an unofficial military force seeking independence for Ireland, staged a series of attacks against British officials in Ireland.
  9. a conflict between the United States (the "Union") and the Confederate States of America, formed by Southern states that seceded over issues like slavery and states' rights.
Down
  1. or prejudice against Jews, also played a role in this scandal.
  2. Darwin’s idea of change through natural selection
  3. a Polynesian people who had settled in New Zealand around AD 800.
  4. The figure who presided over all this historic change
  5. President who had promised to stop the spread of slavery.
  6. Canada was self-governing in domestic affairs but remained part of the British Empire.
  7. the right to vote
  8. A greater number of Irish
  9. was a place where convicts were sent to serve their sentences
  10. The long history of exile and persecution convinced them to work to reestablish their ancient homeland
  11. France remained divided
  12. withdraw, from the Union
  13. scientific idea of modern times aroused more controversy than the work of English naturalist

22 Clues: the right to vote • France remained divided • withdraw, from the Union • A greater number of Irish • as Europeans later called the native peoples. • became a battleground for these opposing forces • Darwin’s idea of change through natural selection • A machine that sent messages instantly over wires. • The figure who presided over all this historic change • ...

Final Review 2 2025-03-26

Final Review 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Our House of Representative member
  2. In what month do we vote for President?
  3. How many House of Rep members are there?
  4. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
  5. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
  6. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
  7. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
  8. Who is our current Vice President?
  9. What is the highest court in the United States?
  10. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
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  1. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
  2. What does the judicial branch do?
  3. Who vetoes bills?
  4. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
  5. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
  6. We elect a President for how many years?
  7. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
  8. Who is our current President?
  9. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
  10. Who signs bills to become laws?

20 Clues: Who vetoes bills? • Who is our current President? • Who signs bills to become laws? • What does the judicial branch do? • Our House of Representative member • Who does a U.S. Senator represent? • Who is our current Vice President? • What are two Cabinet-level positions? • What does the President’s Cabinet do? • In what month do we vote for President? • ...

Revolutionary Characters 2019-06-27

Revolutionary Characters crossword puzzle
Across
  1. John Adam's career choice
  2. location that northern states wanted capital
  3. "The Indispensable Man"
  4. revolutionary, believed he was underrated, neglected
  5. father of the Bill of Rights
  6. Hamilton's way of gaining support
  7. type of government Paine supported
  8. America's first secretary of treasury
  9. cruel use of power
  10. Alexander Hamilton's wife (last name)
  11. pseudonym the authors of Federalist papers use
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  1. richest colony turned state 1776
  2. River on which southern states wanted capital
  3. Hamilton's rank in NY artillery
  4. war that Paine served in
  5. reserved, self-possessed, and incurably optimistic
  6. Connecticut Compromise allowed each state two ___________
  7. inherited property by eldest son
  8. location that middle states wanted capital
  9. Third Vice President of US

20 Clues: cruel use of power • "The Indispensable Man" • war that Paine served in • John Adam's career choice • Third Vice President of US • father of the Bill of Rights • Hamilton's rank in NY artillery • richest colony turned state 1776 • inherited property by eldest son • Hamilton's way of gaining support • type of government Paine supported • America's first secretary of treasury • ...

Federalism 2014-10-28

Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. demands on a state to carry out certain policies
  2. a grant that can only be used for a specific reason
  3. power granted to the national government by the Constitution
  4. power that historically have been recognized as naturally belonging
  5. both state and national were equal authorities in their sphere
  6. the idea that states had the right to separate themselves
  7. power held by the national and state at the same time
  8. federalism of spending, taxing, and providing aid
  9. federalism under President Lyndon Johnson
  10. a grant that is given for a general purpose
  11. power that are logical extensions of expressed powers
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  1. Article IV of the Constitution
  2. money and other resources that the national government provides
  3. the idea that states had the right to cancel national laws
  4. the idea of returning powers to the states
  5. federalism under the New Deal
  6. authority is returned to the state government
  7. power that belong to the states

18 Clues: federalism under the New Deal • Article IV of the Constitution • power that belong to the states • federalism under President Lyndon Johnson • the idea of returning powers to the states • a grant that is given for a general purpose • authority is returned to the state government • demands on a state to carry out certain policies • ...

chapter five vocab 2021-05-06

chapter five vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a storage place for weapons
  2. war - a conflict between citiznes of the same countries
  3. soverighty- allowing people to decide issues for themselves.
  4. refers to a union soldier
  5. runner- refers to a confederate ship that sailed in and out of closed southern ports.
  6. describes when a military
  7. ruffians-proslavery supporters from Missouri who traveled in armed groups and crossed into Kansas to vote in the 1855 election.
  8. means withdrawal from the union
  9. to free enslaved people
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  1. rights- the theory that says states are independent powers with the right to make decisions
  2. exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country
  3. -a person who runs away from the law
  4. war- a war on all aspects of the enemeies life
  5. a ship covered with iron plates
  6. a person who called who dies for a great cause
  7. states- the four states that allowed slavery yet remained in the union
  8. leave the union
  9. to go on the attack
  10. to cast votes

19 Clues: to cast votes • leave the union • to go on the attack • to free enslaved people • refers to a union soldier • describes when a military • a storage place for weapons • a ship covered with iron plates • means withdrawal from the union • -a person who runs away from the law • war- a war on all aspects of the enemeies life • a person who called who dies for a great cause • ...

Girl Scouts Day at the Statehouse 2026-03-04

Girl Scouts Day at the Statehouse crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The ___ of Representatives is part of the legislative branch of government
  2. Leader of the executive branch of government
  3. Which branch of government enforces our laws?
  4. These exist to maintain peace, protect individual rights, uphold justice
  5. Washington D.C. is the ____ of the United States
  6. Which branch of government makes our laws?
  7. This document is the highest form of law in the United States
  8. Which branch of government interprets laws, primarily within the Supreme Court?
  9. What every citizen should do during elections
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  1. Another name for the legislative branch of the United States government
  2. United States of _____
  3. The legislative branch (aka Congress) is comprised of the House of Representative and the _____
  4. How many years does a Presidential term last?
  5. When people vote, it is called an _____
  6. Person who presides over the court
  7. A bill hopes to become this someday
  8. When the President won't sign in a law
  9. DOE is the Department of ____

18 Clues: United States of _____ • DOE is the Department of ____ • Person who presides over the court • A bill hopes to become this someday • When the President won't sign in a law • When people vote, it is called an _____ • Which branch of government makes our laws? • Leader of the executive branch of government • How many years does a Presidential term last? • ...

Revolution and the Constitution 2014-03-11

Revolution and the Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the country that helped The United States in The Revolution
  2. where Washington and his men spent the winter of 1777 (308)
  3. the branch of government that is made up of the courts
  4. the place where the Constitutional Convention met. (343)
  5. another word for "representative" (345)
  6. wrote the constitution
  7. the rapid rise in prices(340)
  8. the branch of government that is known as Congress.
  9. a plan that gave all states equal representation (346)
  10. the treaty that ended The American Revolution (319)
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  1. the branch of government that includes the President
  2. a plan that benefited larger states (346)
  3. first plan of goverment after The Revolution (338)
  4. how many branches of government in the United States (338)
  5. when the President votes "no" on a bill
  6. when each side gives up something to reach an agreement
  7. the introduction to the constitution
  8. place where Cornwallis surrendered

18 Clues: wrote the constitution • the rapid rise in prices(340) • place where Cornwallis surrendered • the introduction to the constitution • another word for "representative" (345) • when the President votes "no" on a bill • a plan that benefited larger states (346) • first plan of goverment after The Revolution (338) • the branch of government that is known as Congress. • ...

States of matter/phase changes 2021-05-14

States of matter/phase changes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States that as the pressure of a gas increases, its volume decreases by the same amount
  2. Liquid to gas
  3. States that the pressure of a given mass of gas varies directly with the absolute temperature of the gas when volume is kept constant.
  4. Like a gas,this state lacks a fixed volume and shape
  5. Energy of an object due to its motion
  6. States that as the temperature of a gas increases, its volume increases by the same amount
  7. The ability to dissolve into another substance
  8. The rate a temperature changes
  9. States that energy can neither be created nor destroyed
  10. Has no definite shape or volume
  11. Liquid to solid
  12. Solid to gas
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  1. Has a definite shape and volume
  2. Has no definite shape, definite volume
  3. Physical forms in which a substance can exist
  4. A liquid's resistance to flow
  5. Gas to liquid
  6. Solid to liquid

18 Clues: Solid to gas • Liquid to gas • Gas to liquid • Solid to liquid • Liquid to solid • A liquid's resistance to flow • The rate a temperature changes • Has a definite shape and volume • Has no definite shape or volume • Energy of an object due to its motion • Has no definite shape, definite volume • Physical forms in which a substance can exist • ...

WW2 Battles Crossword 2018-01-12

WW2 Battles Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
  2. a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II.
  3. the second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  4. the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
  5. the British-United States invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War
  6. a major naval battle fought, about 500 miles northeast of Australia, between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States and Australia.
  7. the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state.
  8. a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944 to June 5, 1944.
  9. the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater.
  10. an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13,000,000,000 in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European
  11. an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.
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  1. a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
  2. the first major international crises of the Cold War.
  3. the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union.
  4. created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
  5. the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.
  6. the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
  7. a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
  8. an American statesman who served as the 33rd President of the United States taking the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  9. a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. These were nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union.
  11. a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured this island

22 Clues: the first major international crises of the Cold War. • the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state. • the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union. • the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. • ...

Laws and Amendments 2024-06-04

Laws and Amendments crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Established the framework of one of the most controversial branches of government during the ratification of the constitution.
  2. The act authorized the construction of six frigates at a total cost of $688,888.82. These ships were the first ships of what eventually became the present-day United States Navy.
  3. notable as the first tariff passed by Congress with an explicit function of protecting U.S. manufactured items from overseas competition
  4. first national park created.
  5. An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain ____.
  6. was in responds to the post office act of 1872 because of the illegal activity the post office was inversely supporting.
  7. Established and clarified that paper money was real.
  8. established land grant universities.
  9. passed to spite the Mormons in Utah.
  10. Act passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War to provide fresh manpower for the Union Army
  11. An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.
  12. 28th US Congress passed "An act to establish a uniform time for holding elections for electors of President and Vice President in all the States of the Union." The act selected "the Tuesday after the first Monday in November" as the day on which all states must appoint electors.
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  1. An Act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon Distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon Spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same.
  2. directed that a corps of engineers be established and "stationed at West Point in the state of New York, and shall constitute a Military Academy" whose primary function was to train expert engineers loyal to the United States and alleviate the need to employ them from foreign countries.
  3. Established for the first time who could be considered a citizen of the U.S.A beyond the state level.
  4. created the United States dollar as the country's standard unit of money, established the United States Mint, and regulated the coinage of the United States.
  5. Answered the question of what/how do people who break the law get punished.
  6. some argue this is the first Federal individual mandate levied on individuals for health insurance,[2] preceding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), passed in early 2010, by nearly 212 years; An Act for the relief of sick and disabled _____.
  7. An act to revise the judiciary of Utah and those entrusted to enforce U.S. laws in Utah.
  8. An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts.

20 Clues: first national park created. • established land grant universities. • passed to spite the Mormons in Utah. • An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts. • Established and clarified that paper money was real. • An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain ____. • Answered the question of what/how do people who break the law get punished. • ...

History 2023-05-04

History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this state decided in the civil war
  2. the devide between slave states and Free states
  3. These states wanted slavery
  4. these debates led towards the Lincoln stopping slavery
Down
  1. slaves were mainly taken from this country
  2. these leaders sold their enemies for weaponry
  3. this was a war that ended slavery
  4. This book influenced the civil war
  5. These people wanted slavery
  6. this invention raised slavery rates
  7. These states wanted to abolish slavery
  8. Many Slaves Used The ______ to Escape
  9. these people wanted to abolish slavery
  10. This shaped Americas economy

14 Clues: These people wanted slavery • These states wanted slavery • This shaped Americas economy • this was a war that ended slavery • This book influenced the civil war • this state decided in the civil war • this invention raised slavery rates • Many Slaves Used The ______ to Escape • These states wanted to abolish slavery • these people wanted to abolish slavery • ...