states Crossword Puzzles

American Government Vocab 2016-10-03

American Government Vocab crossword puzzle

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the principle of individual rights established by earlier documents
Brittish soldiers accidentally opening fire on colonists killing 3 and wounding 2
this decided on a bicameral congress. House of Representatives based on state populations and represented by an equal number from each state
intellectual thought
as a result of the Boston tea party, Brittish close port of Boston, enforce quartering of troops
gave presidents a 4 year term with no limit of terms
a document granting the rights such as no taxes without consent and provided for a jury trial
this gave congress the power to borrow money but not tax from any states, declare war but not draft soldiers, and organize post offices
with this states would gain representatives based on the population and was supported by southern states
the idea of representative government
with this all states have an equal vote and states would be thought of as independent. Supported by the small states
one house congress

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two house congress
demonstrated the idea of limited government that the king's power was not absolute
the north and south finally came to an agreement for every 5 slaves, the state would receive a count of 3 people towards their representatives
first ten amendments of the US constitution concerning basic individual rights
opposed the constitution
written by Thomas Paine persuasively made the case to break from England
Brittish impose taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paper so patriots dress up as Indians and dump tea into Boston harbor
supported the constitution
official resolution to declare independence from England written by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson
the brittish fought the French for control of North America
tax on paper goods

23 Clues: two house congress • tax on paper goods • one house congress • intellectual thought • opposed the constitution • supported the constitution • the idea of representative government • gave presidents a 4 year term with no limit of terms • the brittish fought the French for control of North America • the principle of individual rights established by earlier documents • ...

Civil War - Celina Peter 2019-12-02

Civil War - Celina Peter crossword puzzle

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most of the fighting took place in the south, called "________ Advantage"
north had this type of production as an advantage
conflict between the union and the confederacy
provided exemption for owners of 20+ slaves
president of the union (the north)
the south owned 25% of the nation's _____
ensuing engagement was more deadly than that at shiloh; diplomatic victory
freed slaves living in states rebelling against union
important border state because it bordered washington d.c.
created army of potomac
slave states that remained loyal to the union
these states waited for lincoln's call of volunteers to seceed
were responsible for most of the fighting during war
had the disadvantage due to 11 states, lower population and half being slaves

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union forces against confederates; union was initially successful
had the advantage of size and population, 23 states
all men 20-45 eligible for draft, exemptions were allowed, substitutions
lincoln morally opposed _______ and did not support its spread
southern cotton was traded to european nations
fighting took place over three days; bloodiest battle
path of destruction 60 miles wide from atlanta to savannah
south fought to preserve their way of life
called for blockade of southern ports and capture mississippi river
lee retreated from petersburg
common form of medical care for civil war soldiers
similar to the north's "enrollment act"
this man's troops invaded maryland
fell to union troops following a siege
seven countries formed the ___________ states of america
the south's main crop
union forces led by grant; confederates staged surprise attack

31 Clues: the south's main crop • created army of potomac • lee retreated from petersburg • president of the union (the north) • this man's troops invaded maryland • fell to union troops following a siege • similar to the north's "enrollment act" • the south owned 25% of the nation's _____ • south fought to preserve their way of life • provided exemption for owners of 20+ slaves • ...

Jeremy Sheppard Chapter 3 Crossword 2017-09-24

Jeremy Sheppard Chapter 3 Crossword crossword puzzle

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of rights / the name of the first ten amendments
amendment / amendment that states you have the right to a speedy trial
sovereignty / the people are the only source for any and all governmental power
/ division of power among a central government and several regional governments
amendment / amendment that sates the bail, fines, and jail time has to be fair
/ government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
amendment / amendment that says yu have the right to remain silent
amendment / amendment that states you have the right to bear arms
/ the president can react a law
and balances / each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks from the other branches

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of law / government and its officers, in all they do, are always subject to - never above- the law.
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.
amendment / amendment that says you have freedom of speech
of powers / when the power of the government is operated with three branches
review / power of a court to determine the constitutionality of governmental action
amendment / amendment that states that a trial has to be over twenty dollars
government / no government is all powerful
amendment / amendment that says you don't have to let a solider stay in your house
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.
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 • ...

Chapter 18 Reconstruction 2017-09-27

Chapter 18 Reconstruction crossword puzzle

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Leader of the Radical Republicans
Agency that provided relief for freed-people and certain poor people in the South
The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
Ulysees S. Grant is elected President, in part, to votes by African Americans in the South
Granted equal rights to african americans
Office holders who were northern-born Republicans who had moved South after the War
poor African Americans worked a piece of land and gave land owner 1/3-1/2 of annual crop
Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
required states to swear an oath of loyalty to the united states and agree that slavery was illegal
the process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union

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Requried potential voters to read and explain difficult concepts in order to vote
Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials
southern states took advantage of this reconstruction plan as he was from the south
members of congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
made slavery illegal throughout the united states
Fake railroad corporation created by Union Pacific stockholders and paid themselves with grants from the Federal Government
Forced labor system that required former slaves to enter contracts with white planters to work off debts
Southern whites who became republicans
hid in his office after President Johnson attempted to fire him
Gave African Americans the right to vote
African Americans rented a piece of land to farm from a land owner
Social organization fromed in 1866 in Tennessee that intimidated African Americans and White Supporters with violent Tactics

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

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Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
Office holders who were northern-born Republicans who had moved South after the War
African Americans rented a piece of land to farm from a land owner
Granted equal rights to african americans
Leader of the Radical Republicans
Fake railroad corporation created by Union Pacific stockholders and paid themselves with grants from the Federal Government
Forced labor system that required former slaves to enter contracts with white planters to work off debts
Ulysees S. Grant is elected President, in part, to votes by African Americans in the South
poor African Americans worked a piece of land and gave land owner 1/3-1/2 of annual crop
the process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union
members of congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union
Southern whites who became republicans

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made slavery illegal throughout the united states
The process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official
hid in his office after President Johnson attempted to fire him
required states to swear an oath of loyalty to the united states and agree that slavery was illegal
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Limited the president's power to hire and fire officials
Agency that provided relief for freed-people and certain poor people in the South
southern states took advantage of this reconstruction plan as he was from the south
Requried potential voters to read and explain difficult concepts in order to vote
Social organization fromed in 1866 in Tennessee that intimidated African Americans and White Supporters with violent Tactics

Unit 5 Energy and Motion 2023-05-17

Unit 5 Energy and Motion crossword puzzle

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nonsolid states of matter are called this
Pascal is the unit for _____
this type of energy is dependent on the number of particles and the movement of particles
The unit for both work and energy
change in position relative to reference point
The unit for Force
Archimedes' Principle states that this force is equal to the weight of the volume of the displaced fluid
This Newton Law states that an object at rest remains at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force
There are six of these types of machines
Work depends on _____ and distance
how much work is done when a box that weighs 20 N is pushed 1.5 meters?
this type of net force results in movement
velocity depends on speed and ______
an object with a mass of 35 grams and a velocity of 2 m/s has how much momentum?

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states that a fluid in equilibrium exerts a pressure of equal intensity in all directions
the sun's infrared waves are an example of this type of heat transfer
curved path an object takes when thrown
this type of resource forms at a rate that is slower than it is replenished
ice cube melting in a hand is an example of this type of heat transfer
both heat and pressure always transfer from _________
This Newton Law states that F = ma
pressure of a fluid ______ as the fluid's velocity increases
This Newton Law states that for every action force there is a reaction force
combination of all forces acting on an object
speed is distance divided by ______

25 Clues: The unit for Force • Pascal is the unit for _____ • The unit for both work and energy • This Newton Law states that F = ma • Work depends on _____ and distance • speed is distance divided by ______ • velocity depends on speed and ______ • curved path an object takes when thrown • There are six of these types of machines • nonsolid states of matter are called this • ...

Josh & jay's puzzle 2022-06-03

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Other southern states that had been occupied by union troops followed louisiana back into the union
How did lincoln's ten percent plan and the wade davis bill treat southerners differentially
What steps did Johnson require southern states to take in order to be readmitted into the union
It defined all people born or naturalized within the United States except American Indians as us citizens
An official pardon for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion
It made slavery illegal throughout the united states
Laws that greatly limited the freedom of african american to sign work contracts
A state had to meet two conditions before it could rejoin the union
this act provided african americans with the same legal rights as a white americans
reuniting the nation rebuilding the southern states without slavery
The process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states without slavery
What did the thirteenth amendment achieve and how did this change the lives of enslaved african americans

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Sneaked into the president's theater box and shot him
To provide relief for all poor people black and white
These laws divided the south into five districts,with a U.S. military commander in control of each district
How did Linclolns assasination affect the nation
What was the purpose of the reconstruction acts and how did they affect the south
How did the freedmen's bureau help to provide educational reform in the south
Wanted the southern states to change much more than they already had before they could return to the union
Vice president __________ _________Was sworn into office that morning
Pennsylvania and Charles Sumner of Massachusetts were the leaders of the radical republican

21 Clues: How did Linclolns assasination affect the nation • It made slavery illegal throughout the united states • Sneaked into the president's theater box and shot him • To provide relief for all poor people black and white • An official pardon for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion • A state had to meet two conditions before it could rejoin the union • ...

American history crossword. 2022-01-04

American history crossword. crossword puzzle

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an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
American South who embraced progressive ideas
Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugee
a person who works despite an ongoing strike
restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans
Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico
dictatorial president of Mexico
American white supremacist terrorist hate group
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.
an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama
a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America
a peace activist and a leader of the settlement house movement in America.

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an organization of employees
Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898
commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812
flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country, the United States could intervene in that country's internal affairs.
House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress
applying the Darwinian theory of evolution to philosophical and historical studies
the economic, military, and cultural influence of the United States on other countries.
an educator and reformer,
protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China
list of persons whose opinions or associations were deemed politically inconvenient or commercially troublesome
the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union
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

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an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
American South who embraced progressive ideas
Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugee
a person who works despite an ongoing strike
restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans
Mexican revolutionary and president of Mexico
dictatorial president of Mexico
American white supremacist terrorist hate group
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.
an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama
a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America
a peace activist and a leader of the settlement house movement in America.

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an organization of employees
Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898
commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812
flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country, the United States could intervene in that country's internal affairs.
House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress
applying the Darwinian theory of evolution to philosophical and historical studies
the economic, military, and cultural influence of the United States on other countries.
an educator and reformer,
protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China
list of persons whose opinions or associations were deemed politically inconvenient or commercially troublesome
the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union
an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist

Reconstruction 2022-01-13

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the election of this president essentially ended the period of Reconstruction
the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v Ferguson upheld segregation and established the principle of --- but equal
created by Congress in 1865 to assist African Americans with medical services, food, clothing, and education
This president's plan to allow Southern states back into the Union required 10% of the voters in a state to take an oath of loyalty to the Union
to end separation of different races
requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specific level, used to prevent African Americans from voting
to pardon
this amendment gave black men the right to vote in the United States
to formally charge a president for wrongdoing
this Supreme Court decision in 1857 ruled that African Americans were not citizens
crops sold for money
a tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote
laws that required the separation of people by race in nearly every public place
putting to death a person by illegal action of a mob

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this amendment guaranteed citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop
the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
laws passed in 1866 meant to control the recently freed African Americans
a northerner who moved to the South after the war
first African American Senator
this amendment abolished slavery in the United States
plans for readmitting the Southern states back into the Union
became President of the United States after the assassination of President Lincoln
a scoundrel or worthless rascal

24 Clues: to pardon • crops sold for money • first African American Senator • a scoundrel or worthless rascal • to end separation of different races • to formally charge a president for wrongdoing • a northerner who moved to the South after the war • putting to death a person by illegal action of a mob • this amendment abolished slavery in the United States • ...

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

13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle

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/ The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
/ Programs that offer job training to those who've dealt with discrimination in the past.
/ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
/ An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
/ An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
/ The enacting of laws.
/ A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
/ A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.
/ The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.

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/ The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
/ Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
/ The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after he got assassinated.
/ A test of reading comprehension and writing skills that people were required to take to vote in southern states.
To get rid of Slavery.
/ A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.
/ A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
/ Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
/ The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
/ A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
/ The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.

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

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/ An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
/ A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
/ The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
/ A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.
/ The enacting of laws.
/ A test of reading comprehension and writing skills that people were required to take to vote in southern states.
/ The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.
To get rid of Slavery.

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/ A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
/ Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
/ Programs that offer job training to those who've dealt with discrimination in the past.
/ The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.
/ The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after he got assassinated.
/ The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
/ The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
/ A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
/ An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
/ Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
/ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
/ A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.

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

13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle

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/ The man who was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln as President after Lincoln got assassinated.
/ An organization set up by republicans to protect African Americans.
/ A clan that had goals of achieving racial segregation and white supremacy.
/ A war fought over Slavery between the North and the South.
/ The process by which the supreme court applied the bill of rights to the states, through the 14th amendment.
/ The first United States federal law to define equal U.S. citizenship
/ The enacting of laws.
/ To get rid of Slavery.
/ Northern people who traveled to the South during Reconstruction to make money
/ The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.

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/ The person who introduced a bill that supported the abolishment of slavery.
/ A law issued by Abraham Lincoln that guaranteed the freedom of enslaved people from all States.
/ Programs that offered job training to those who’ve dealt with discrimination in the past.
/ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits all states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
/ An act that allowed anyone willing to commit to a full-time job, to get employed.
/ Laws that kept African Americans from going about their daily lives in a normal manner.
/ A phrase that meant people of all races could vote.
/ The first ten amendments made to the constitution until it was ratified for others to be added.
/ A legislation that ended racial discrimination in voting.
/ 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. • ...

1-2 Young Republic 2022-08-13

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The Constitution is based on the idea that states and the nation share power, or _____ .
When national legislature was divided into two houses, we called this the ___ compromise.
Supreme Court’s power to declare laws unconstitutional is called ___ ___ , per John Marshall.
The Constitution is based on the idea that people rule themselves, or popular ___ .
___ of ___ was created because people feared the Constitution might remove newspapers & guns.
In the ___ of representatives, the number of representatives depends on state population.
The national government’s ___ powers are listed in the constitution, & banking is not one of them.
Constitution is based on ___ & ___ , so branches of government are not too powerful.
___ wanted the 13 states to approve the Constitution, which would create a national government.

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The structure for a national government (not state) was created with the articles of ____.
Constitution is based on the idea of ___ of ___ , using three branches of government.
The national government’s ___ powers are not in the constitution, but necessary to run a government.
____ is a government where citizens have the power & can vote.
___-___ wanted a national government, but worried the nation would overpower the states.
Articles of Confederation lacked the power to make laws that were ___ upon the ___ .
Argument between northern & southern states was settled with the ___ ___ compromise.
Articles of Confederation created legislative branch, but Constitution created the ___ branch.
Constitutional amendments 1-8 protect ___ , while amendments 9 & 10 protect states.
Articles of Confederation created legislative branch, but Constitution created the ___ branch.
Congress under the articles of confederation could go to war, but it could not ___ ___ .
13 states were brought together under the Articles of Confederation & governed by the ____ .
In the ___ , the number of representatives is the same for every state.

22 Clues: ____ is a government where citizens have the power & can vote. • In the ___ , the number of representatives is the same for every state. • Constitutional amendments 1-8 protect ___ , while amendments 9 & 10 protect states. • The Constitution is based on the idea that people rule themselves, or popular ___ . • ...

Chapter 4- Federalism 2025-11-18

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a revolt against the government
those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government nor deny to the States
delegated powers of National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers in Constitution
clause no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and persons from another state (3 words)
those powers that can be exercised by the National Government
delegated powers of National government spelled out in the Constitution
congressional act admitting a new state to the Union
specific, listed, identified
implied powers (3 words)
provision in the Constitution that states the Constitution is “Supreme Law of the Land”
legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state
powers granted in the Constitution to the National Government

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program of federal money or other resources to State, cities, local governments (3 words)
grants for specific projects to states, localities, or private agencies who apply for them
government system where power is divided between national and state governments
Constitution’s requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state (4 words)
principle that assigns certain powers to national government and reserves others to the states
formal agreement between or among states
grant made for specific, closely defined, purpose
order that one be sent to another country
grant for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy
those powers that both the National and States possess and exercise
powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National government because it is a sovereign state in a world community
congressional act directing people of a territory to frame a state constitution for admission to the Union

24 Clues: implied powers (3 words) • specific, listed, identified • a revolt against the government • formal agreement between or among states • order that one be sent to another country • grant made for specific, closely defined, purpose • congressional act admitting a new state to the Union • those powers that can be exercised by the National Government • ...

Lesson 4.1 The Articles of Confederation 2025-12-09

Lesson 4.1 The Articles of Confederation crossword puzzle

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The 1787 meeting where leaders decided to write a new plan for a stronger government.
The money used by a country.
OF CONFEDERATION The first set of rules for the entire nation, which ultimately proved to be too weak.
The national government had no money to pay this after the war.
The orderly process of adding new states and settling Western lands.
ORDINANCE This success of the first government created a peaceful plan for new territories to become states and led to orderly expansion.
The group of elected people who make the laws, given more power by early state constitutions.
OF RIGHTS The first ten amendments to the Constitution, added to protect individual freedoms.
What the first government helped the states win from Britain.

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The national government lacked a system of these to settle arguments between states.
A written plan or set of rules for a government.
The city where leaders met for the Constitutional Convention.
State constitutions gave very little power to this state leader.
The national government had no power to collect this, so it had no money to pay debts or run the country.
A type of government where a group of states agrees to be friends, but each state keeps most of its own power
REBELLION This event, led by farmers, showed leaders that the country was falling apart and proved the national government was too weak.
To give up or transfer land, often to the national government.
To transfer something from public to private ownership.
The Articles of Confederation government could not protect the states because it had no national one of these.
CONSTITUTION The completely new plan for a stronger government written at the Constitutional Convention.

20 Clues: The money used by a country. • A written plan or set of rules for a government. • To transfer something from public to private ownership. • The city where leaders met for the Constitutional Convention. • What the first government helped the states win from Britain. • To give up or transfer land, often to the national government. • ...

The Bill of Rights 2024-10-24

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the amendment the states if something was determined by a jury it won't be re examined
the amendment the states The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
the amendment the states no soldier will be quartered with out the consent of the home owner unless in a time of war
the amendment the states freedom of speech, religion, and assembly
the amendment the states no cruel or unusual punishment
the amendment the states speedy and public trial from an impartial jury

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the amendment the states no unreasonable searches no entering you home without consent or a warrant
the amendment the states right to bear arms
the first ten amendments
the amendment the states any power not righten to the government are given to the people
if you get arrested plead the _____ and shut up

11 Clues: the first ten amendments • the amendment the states right to bear arms • if you get arrested plead the _____ and shut up • the amendment the states no cruel or unusual punishment • the amendment the states freedom of speech, religion, and assembly • the amendment the states speedy and public trial from an impartial jury • ...

Revolution and the Constitution 2014-03-11

Revolution and the Constitution crossword puzzle

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wrote the constitution
the place where the Constitutional Convention met. (343)
the branch of government that includes the President
where Washington and his men spent the winter of 1777 (308)
a plan that gave all states equal representation (346)
the branch of government that is known as Congress.
a plan that benefited larger states (346)
how many branches of government in the United States (338)

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the branch of government that is made up of the courts
the treaty that ended The American Revolution (319)
place where Cornwallis surrendered
another word for "representative" (345)
the country that helped The United States in The Revolution
first plan of goverment after The Revolution (338)
the introduction to the constitution
the rapid rise in prices(340)
when each side gives up something to reach an agreement
when the President votes "no" on a bill

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 treaty that ended The American Revolution (319) • ...

Revolution and the Constitution 2014-03-11

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first plan of goverment after The Revolution (338)
place where Cornwallis surrendered
the introduction to the constitution
the branch of government that is made up of the courts
a plan that benefited larger states (346)
when the President votes "no" on a bill
how many branches of government in the United States (338)

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the place where the Constitutional Convention met. (343)
the rapid rise in prices(340)
the country that helped The United States in The Revolution
another word for "representative" (345)
wrote the constitution
the branch of government that includes the President
when each side gives up something to reach an agreement
a plan that gave all states equal representation (346)
the treaty that ended The American Revolution (319)
the branch of government that is known as Congress.
where Washington and his men spent the winter of 1777 (308)

Federalism 2014-10-28

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federalism under President Lyndon Johnson
power held by the national and state at the same time
power that belong to the states
both state and national were equal authorities in their sphere
the idea of returning powers to the states
federalism under the New Deal
power that are logical extensions of expressed powers
Article IV of the Constitution
demands on a state to carry out certain policies
a grant that can only be used for a specific reason
power granted to the national government by the Constitution
the idea that states had the right to cancel national laws

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authority is returned to the state government
money and other resources that the national government provides
the idea that states had the right to separate themselves
a grant that is given for a general purpose
federalism of spending, taxing, and providing aid
power that historically have been recognized as naturally belonging

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 • ...

Delight's 6th grade Crossword 2018-05-24

Delight's 6th grade Crossword crossword puzzle

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An imaginary line that separates the top half of the world from the bottom half of the world
The name for the organization of people who run our nation
Capital of the state of West Virginia
President shot and killed in 1963
Our first president in the United States
The supreme law of the land, drafted in 1892
The mississippi is the largest one of these in the United States
Legal resident of a nation
Capital of the State of Texas

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A large body of fresh water
Capital of the State of South Dakota
Clostest United States state to Africa
Capital of the state of Maine
What our nation declared July 4th, 1776
Mountain range in the western part of the United States
Capital of New York State
A people's surroundings including land,water,mountains,deserts, etc.
An massive body of saltwater that borders multiple continents

18 Clues: Capital of New York State • Legal resident of a nation • A large body of fresh water • Capital of the state of Maine • Capital of the State of Texas • President shot and killed in 1963 • Capital of the State of South Dakota • Capital of the state of West Virginia • Clostest United States state to Africa • What our nation declared July 4th, 1776 • ...

The States 2022-10-30

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It is a state in the USA and also a coutry which is our neghbour
a place from the Middle Atlantic States
The largest city in Pennsylvania
a place from the American South -West states
an important econmic centre
the capital of Massachusettes

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Pennsylvania produces it
a country from New England States
a place from the South Atlantic States

9 Clues: Pennsylvania produces it • an important econmic centre • the capital of Massachusettes • The largest city in Pennsylvania • a country from New England States • a place from the South Atlantic States • a place from the Middle Atlantic States • a place from the American South -West states • It is a state in the USA and also a coutry which is our neghbour

Indian states 2022-02-16

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A union territory and the capital of 2 states
the capital of the original Telugu
Capital of the State where the third highest peak of the world, Mt. Kanchenjenga, is located
Capital of the state called 'God's Own Country'

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Newest Indian State
Egg Bowls of Asia
Capital of the Eastern-most state of India
Capital city also called the 'City of Joy'
State which has its capital named after the proponent of 'Satyagraha' and 'ahimsa'

9 Clues: Egg Bowls of Asia • Newest Indian State • the capital of the original Telugu • Capital of the Eastern-most state of India • Capital city also called the 'City of Joy' • A union territory and the capital of 2 states • Capital of the state called 'God's Own Country' • State which has its capital named after the proponent of 'Satyagraha' and 'ahimsa' • ...

The States 2024-06-08

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Hibiscus
Mountains

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Desert
Space needle
Hollywood
Fried chicken
Old people
Yeehaw
Potato

9 Clues: Desert • Yeehaw • Potato • Hibiscus • Hollywood • Mountains • Old people • Space needle • Fried chicken

Tucker and Stefan 2023-01-11

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- Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
- A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
was a essential water highway for trading goods
- A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.

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- A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
- An army of citizens used during emergencies.
- Northern states o f the United States also called the Union
- someone that owns slaves
- nickname for the Confederate States of America or also known as the confederacy
gin - separates cotton fibers from their seeds
- someone that owned by someone

11 Clues: - someone that owns slaves • - someone that owned by someone • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • was a essential water highway for trading goods • gin - separates cotton fibers from their seeds • - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • - Northern states o f the United States also called the Union • ...

states of matter 2014-04-16

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diagram/ A diagram representing the limits of stability of the various phases in the chemical system at equilibrium
point/ Temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid changes into vapor
point/ The temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled
forces/ Are forces of attraction which act between neighboring particles.
the rapid change of water into steam
Pressure/ Pressure exerted by a gas
point/ The temperature at which a given solid will melt
Boiling point/ Temperature at which a liquids vapor pressure equals one atom

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Theory/ The body of theory that explains the physical properties of matter
Any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
point/ The temperature and pressure at which the three phases of the substance co-exist in thermodynamic equilibrium
force/ Is any force that hold together the atoms making up a molecule or compound
Is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
pressure/ The pressure of vapor in contact with its liquid or solid form

14 Clues: Pressure/ Pressure exerted by a gas • the rapid change of water into steam • Any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure • point/ The temperature at which a given solid will melt • Is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor. • point/ The temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled • ...

States of Matter 2020-09-13

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Most matter is space is the fourth state of matter that is a high energy electrically charged gas.
The particle motion in a liquid is ____ than a solid.
Anything with mass and volume.
These have both and indefinite shape and indefinite volume.
The particle motion in a liquid is ____ than a gas.
A measure of a substances resistance to flow is
All particles have random ____.

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The gas state of a substance that is usually a solid or liquid at room temperature.
The attraction of the molecules in a solid are _____ than in liquids or gases.
Particle motion and particle forces determine the substances ______.
Molecules at the surface of a liquid have surface ____ which holds them together.
The attraction of the molecules in a gas are ____ than in liquids or solids.
These have a definite shape and a definite volume.
These have an indefinite shape but a definite volume.

14 Clues: Anything with mass and volume. • All particles have random ____. • A measure of a substances resistance to flow is • These have a definite shape and a definite volume. • The particle motion in a liquid is ____ than a gas. • The particle motion in a liquid is ____ than a solid. • These have an indefinite shape but a definite volume. • ...

States of Matter 2023-09-10

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The amount of matter something contains is its
A gas turning into a liquid is
At 0 degrees celcius, water
On a warm day, liquid water will
liquid matter takes the shape of its
The tiny particles that matter is made of are

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The state of matter of raindrops
This is liquid rock that pours out of a volcano
atoms that float around freely
Solid matter does not change
The amount of space that matter takes up is its
Water in solid form
Water in the form of a gas is called
Solid white flakes of water that fall from the sky

14 Clues: Water in solid form • At 0 degrees celcius, water • Solid matter does not change • atoms that float around freely • A gas turning into a liquid is • The state of matter of raindrops • On a warm day, liquid water will • Water in the form of a gas is called • liquid matter takes the shape of its • The tiny particles that matter is made of are • ...

STATES OF MATER 2024-07-19

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AIR
CANGE SHAPES
COLD OR HOT
DIFFERENT FORMS
GETTING COLD
WARMING UP
THE STAGE BETWEEN WATER AND ICE

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HARD
A GAS
LIQUID TO SOLID
HOT WATER
DISOLVING
OVER HEATING
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

States of USA 2021-11-17

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Yale University, and being the home of ESPN
is the second smallest state
and steel natural resources and civil war
Golden Gate Bridge, Disneyland, and Hollywood
Chicago and the Willis tower!
Potatoes! and the capital is boise
like a movie called something Jones! and basketballs
more volcanoes than any other state

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colorado springs and denver as it big cities
its not a country! its a state hint: atlanta
grand Canyon and Phoenix as it capital
southern most state and the alligators
Known for corns and corns and sliced breads
beautiful lakes, and no.1 rice production

14 Clues: is the second smallest state • Chicago and the Willis tower! • Potatoes! and the capital is boise • more volcanoes than any other state • grand Canyon and Phoenix as it capital • southern most state and the alligators • and steel natural resources and civil war • beautiful lakes, and no.1 rice production • Yale University, and being the home of ESPN • ...

States of Matter 2021-12-15

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solid to gas
individual molecules moving off the surface of a liquid into the air above
the smallest unit of matter which retains all the properties of that element
solid to liquid
a state of matter where the atoms slide over and around each other
anything that has mass and takes up space
how particles change position or arrangement

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liquid to gas
gas to liquid
a state of matter where the atoms or molecules are held very closely together
a state of matter where the molecules are high energy and move freely
the everyday term for thermal energy
collections of atoms forming a new, stable substance
liquid to solid

14 Clues: solid to gas • liquid to gas • gas to liquid • solid to liquid • liquid to solid • the everyday term for thermal energy • anything that has mass and takes up space • how particles change position or arrangement • collections of atoms forming a new, stable substance • a state of matter where the atoms slide over and around each other • ...

The 13 states 2025-02-21

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Above Iowa
Above Louisiana
Above South Dakota
Next to Texas and Mississippi
Under Montana

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Above Kansas
Above Oklahoma
Above Arkansas
Above Wyoming
Under Wyoming
Below Kansas
Below North Dakota
Under Colorado
Above Missouri

14 Clues: Above Iowa • Above Kansas • Below Kansas • Above Wyoming • Under Wyoming • Under Montana • Above Oklahoma • Above Arkansas • Under Colorado • Above Missouri • Above Louisiana • Below North Dakota • Above South Dakota • Next to Texas and Mississippi

States of Matter 2024-12-03

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To make or become solid, firm, hard or compact.
The process of turning from a solid to a liquid.
The outline or the boundary of an object.
An extremely small piece or tiny fragment.
The fluid form of a substance in which it can expand indefinitely and completely fill its container or scatter; form that is neither liquid nor solid.
The process by which water vapour in the air is changed into liquid water.
To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss. of heat.

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A state that keep its form rather than to flow or spread out and is usually firm or compact.
Describes an object that can bend without breaking or is easily adjusting to change.
The process of turning from a liquid into gas.
the state of matter in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow and little or no tendency to scatter.
The smallest building blocks of matter that make up everything.
Anything that has weight and takes up space.
To move as a liquid does.

14 Clues: To move as a liquid does. • The outline or the boundary of an object. • An extremely small piece or tiny fragment. • Anything that has weight and takes up space. • The process of turning from a liquid into gas. • To make or become solid, firm, hard or compact. • The process of turning from a solid to a liquid. • ...

States of Matter 2025-04-29

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A fluid that doesn't follow the usual rules of viscosity
When a solid changes directly into a gas
The smallest unit of matter
Anything that has mass and takes up space
A process where a solid turns into a liquid
The process where a liquid becomes a solid
A state of matter with a definite shape and volume

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The process when a gas turns directly into a solid
A liquid turning into a gas
Describes the energy of moving particles
The amount of matter in an object
The change of gas to liquid
A state of matter that flows but has a fixed volume
A state of matter with no fixed shape or volume

14 Clues: A liquid turning into a gas • The smallest unit of matter • The change of gas to liquid • The amount of matter in an object • Describes the energy of moving particles • When a solid changes directly into a gas • Anything that has mass and takes up space • The process where a liquid becomes a solid • A process where a solid turns into a liquid • ...

States of Matter 2022-11-09

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the energy an object has while in motion
orderly repeating pattern portrayed by crystalline solids
as energy is added to a substance, what happens to the distance between the particles?
an example of an amorphous solid that is a fusion of inorganic molecules all with different melting points
space occupied by an object, solids and liquids are unchanging

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same substance that exists as multiple forms
state of matter where particles have a definite shape but not a definite volume
state of matter in which particles are the most disorderly
diamond and graphite are both forms of ___
the temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid
what must be added to a liquid to turn it into a gas?
most solid substances are classified as ___
solids that lack an orderly internal structure
state of matter where particles are tightly packed

14 Clues: the energy an object has while in motion • diamond and graphite are both forms of ___ • most solid substances are classified as ___ • same substance that exists as multiple forms • solids that lack an orderly internal structure • state of matter where particles are tightly packed • the temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid • ...

United States Constitution 2025-09-05

United States Constitution crossword puzzle

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hundred The number of US Senators
The Constitution has how many Articles?
hundred thirty-five The number of members in the House of Representatives?
Which word means to charge with a crime?
What is the collective name for the House of Representatives and Senate?
How many amendments are there to the Constitution?
The only amendment to be repealed?

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What are the first ten amendments called?
171787 When was the Constitution signed?
Which amendment allows women to vote?
Which amendment lowers the voting age from 21 to 18?
Where is the original Constitution today?
How many people signed the Constitution?
Which amendment ended slavery in 1865?

14 Clues: hundred The number of US Senators • The only amendment to be repealed? • Which amendment allows women to vote? • Which amendment ended slavery in 1865? • The Constitution has how many Articles? • 171787 When was the Constitution signed? • How many people signed the Constitution? • Which word means to charge with a crime? • What are the first ten amendments called? • ...

The 50 States 2025-08-19

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people went there on a trial in covered wagons.
has a lot of lakes.
cold and its a large state.
has a lot of cheese.
very cold long winters.
very hot and has cacti.

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has really good pineapples.
has Mt Rushmore.
is known for all the potatoes.
doesn't have a lot of rain.
pretty windy and has lots of snow.
has really good peaches.
has a great salt city.
York has the statue of liberty.

14 Clues: has Mt Rushmore. • has a lot of lakes. • has a lot of cheese. • has a great salt city. • very cold long winters. • very hot and has cacti. • has really good peaches. • has really good pineapples. • cold and its a large state. • doesn't have a lot of rain. • is known for all the potatoes. • York has the statue of liberty. • pretty windy and has lots of snow. • ...

States of Matter 2025-10-15

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during freezing energy is ____
this means the same as thermic
particles of solid ____ in place
when the particles change from liquid to gas
particles of liquid ____ past each other
this state changes shape to match its container

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when the particles change from gas to liquid
when the particles change from liquid to solid
when the particles change from solid to liquid
this type of energy causes phase changes
this state changes shape to fill up the whole container
this state has a definite shape that doesn't change
during melting energy is ____
particles of gas move ____ in all directions

14 Clues: during melting energy is ____ • during freezing energy is ____ • this means the same as thermic • particles of solid ____ in place • this type of energy causes phase changes • particles of liquid ____ past each other • when the particles change from gas to liquid • when the particles change from liquid to gas • particles of gas move ____ in all directions • ...

Bellwork puzzle 2020-09-30

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required printed material in the colonies to be produced by stamped paper in London
war between countries of British american and new France
an american social reformer, abolitionist, writer, and statesman
made sure the colonist get their sugar from Britain
peaceful protest held by the sons of liberty in December 16,1776
a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and democracy
a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
presidential proclamation issued by the United States
was king of Britain during the American Revolution
a proposal for the structure of the U.S. government
an are that only grows one type of crop
the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution

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didn't allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachians
a proposal to establish a bicameral legislature in the newly formed United States
a document written by the 13 colonies declaring freedom from Great Britain
was the first president of the united states
was a founding father who served as the third president of the United States
was a military commander, statesman, and founding father
the surrender at Yorktown
a country gains welt through trade with other countries
Parliament restricted colonial trade
was a small but private battle that took place December 26, 1776

22 Clues: the surrender at Yorktown • Parliament restricted colonial trade • an are that only grows one type of crop • was the first president of the united states • was king of Britain during the American Revolution • made sure the colonist get their sugar from Britain • a proposal for the structure of the U.S. government • presidential proclamation issued by the United States • ...

Constitution Review 6th-7th 2022-02-03

Constitution Review 6th-7th crossword puzzle

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A process of approving a formal document
Kept in control by the checks and balances in the Constitution, so no single branch can have control over everything
Describes how the first US Constitution was at keeping the 13 states working together
Written to support the ratification of the new constitution
Did not support the idea of a strong central government, but rather let states have more power and decisions
A branch of government that makes laws, also called Congress
of Representatives, where each state receives votes based on population
An agreement to create a bicameral legislature, with one based on population and the other with equal representation
One writer of the Federalist Papers
An idea that supported a legislature based on population

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A Meeting in the summer of 1787 to discuss changes to the first US Constitution
The 3/5 Compromise determined how to count slaves as part of the ________________.
The framework of government
An idea that supported a legislature based equal representation for all states
A branch of government lead by the president
Supporters of a strong national government
The first constitution of the United States
Equal representation among states, with each getting two votes
The national government could not get this money under the first US Constitution
A branch of government dealing with the court system

20 Clues: The framework of government • One writer of the Federalist Papers • A process of approving a formal document • Supporters of a strong national government • The first constitution of the United States • A branch of government lead by the president • A branch of government dealing with the court system • An idea that supported a legislature based on population • ...

Pre-Constitution Review 2023-10-31

Pre-Constitution Review crossword puzzle

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tru or fal: those at the Constitutional Convention were mainly rich & older and all were white & men
the name of the legislative branch
the way the states were under the Articles of
the amount of power the national government had under the Articles of Confederation
these states primarily depended on slavery
the first constitution of the United States
changes to a document; a weakness of the Articles of Confederation because it took all 13 states to approve these
the # of members for each state in the Senate

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the compromise that set up the national government
what happened to an enslaved person who had escaped & was caught in a free state
the national government had no power to collect ___ under the Articles of Confederation
was chosen as the leader of the Constitutional
a plan or playbook for the government
in the House of Representatives, the # of members for each state was based on ___
the only branch of government that existed under the Articles of Confederation
ya or no: they decided to improve the Articles of Confederation at the Constitutional Convention
the # of branches created for the national government
ya or no: at the Constitutional Convention, they agreed to let the slave trade continue
lrg or sml: the House of Representatives favored these states
___ out of 5 enslaved people would be counted toward a state's population
what happened at the Constitutional Convention was kept ___

21 Clues: the name of the legislative branch • a plan or playbook for the government • these states primarily depended on slavery • the first constitution of the United States • the way the states were under the Articles of • the # of members for each state in the Senate • was chosen as the leader of the Constitutional • the compromise that set up the national government • ...

Ch. 16/17 2024-01-25

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a careful plan for solving a problem or achieving a goal
to formally withdraw from membership in an organization or group
the act of formally separating from or leaving an organization or government
a person injured, killed, or missing during a accident, or disaster
war strategy of destroying the enemy’s mean of survival
a place where weapons are kept
a war in which groups of people from the same country fight against each other
a payment made (often by authorities) as a reward
to enroll in a group such as the military

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promissory notes issued during the civil war, with green ink giving them their nicknames
to strengthen or support
slave-owned states that stayed in the U.S.
an order issued by president Lincoln in 1863 that freed all the slaves in the confederate states
to firmly fix or establish
a river or stream that flows into a larger river
to give a good reason for something; to show something is right or reasonable
concept that laws should be made by each states and not by the federal government
a person who is running from something, usually legal authorities
a forecast the opposes or slows motion
a person who suffers or dies because of his or hers beliefs or actions

20 Clues: to strengthen or support • to firmly fix or establish • a place where weapons are kept • a forecast the opposes or slows motion • to enroll in a group such as the military • slave-owned states that stayed in the U.S. • a river or stream that flows into a larger river • a payment made (often by authorities) as a reward • ...

Foundations of goevernment 2024-02-12

Foundations of goevernment crossword puzzle

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Document in american history that presented the idea of human liberty and consent of the governed
When french and Indian war began
Relations between states and the relation between states and the federal government
established the ideas of representaative democracy limited government and constitutional government
Basic system of laws added as more settlers came
Constitution is the law of the land; judges take an oath; no official required to take any religion
Part of the constitution that has information about the judicial branch
social contract; freedom of speech; seperation of powers;checks and balances; ETC
When the Tea Act took place
Americas first formal constAmericanMayflowercompact The plan the government established by the pilgrims upon settling Plymount was
power that is not specifically stated but can be inferred
how many people lived in the 13 states on the atlantic coast

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A loose union of an independent state
Part of the constitution that has information about the executive branch
plan that provides rules for the government
Sentence that states the goal of the constitution
part of the constitution that has information about the legislative branch
How to amend the constitution
A power of government that is spestatedly statede in the constitution such as the power to tax
States required to ratify the constitution
Change of the constitution

21 Clues: Change of the constitution • When the Tea Act took place • How to amend the constitution • When french and Indian war began • A loose union of an independent state • States required to ratify the constitution • plan that provides rules for the government • Basic system of laws added as more settlers came • Sentence that states the goal of the constitution • ...

Layla S. =3rd Hour 2023-03-06

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Battle which took place near Baldwin City and was the start of the civil war..
A settler who believed Kansas should not allow slavery.
Required all Us citizens to help recover runaway enslaved people.
Operation run by abolotionists which brought escaped slaves north through safehouses.
An event in which John Brown was enraged by the attack on Lawrence and the caning of Senator Sumner.
Compromise in which all states north of a specified line would be free states, all territories south of the line would enter the nation as slave states.
an action that goes against one's country.
First territorial govener of the Kansas territory.
Well known abolitionist who was deeply religious and believed in the equality of all man.
To revoke or annul.

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Concerned with the principles of right or wrong behavior.
runaway slave who is able to read and write.
The fight over slavery in Kansas which eventually led to deaths and loss of property.
Person who believed in equality of everybody and fought for it.
16th president of the United States.
wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
A place where weapons are held.
The capital city of Kansas.
A popular place other than Canada which the underground railroad led slaves to.
The 34th state of the United States of America.

20 Clues: To revoke or annul. • The capital city of Kansas. • A place where weapons are held. • 16th president of the United States. • an action that goes against one's country. • runaway slave who is able to read and write. • The 34th state of the United States of America. • First territorial govener of the Kansas territory. • ...

Contemporary Period Crossword 2023-05-30

Contemporary Period Crossword crossword puzzle

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successor of Barack Obama
Soviet politician who led from 1924 to 1953
study of genes
the system of segregation that was once active in South Africa
the process of states becoming independent from a colony
the political ideology derived by Karl Marx
the first President of South Africa
founder of People's Republic of China
produces a very narrow beam of light
what split North and South Korea
United States President assassinated in 1963
dictator of Germany
active military alliance from 1949
the target of a Russian invasion in 2022
period of tension between the Eastern and Western Blocs
social movement regarding sexuality in the western world

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led China through a series of economic reforms
alliance formed by the Eastern Bloc that ended 1991
attack on the world trade center
United States and Soviet Union fight over the moon
global network of billions of devices
recent pandemic of international concern
a source of energy that is naturally replenished in a human lifetime
the first African-American President of the United States
the incumbent President of Russia
war in Vietnam, Laos
the location olympics where terrorists killed 12 victims
state formed in 1948
a war of the ongoing conflict of Arab and Israeli peoples
the incumbent President of the United States

30 Clues: study of genes • dictator of Germany • war in Vietnam, Laos • state formed in 1948 • successor of Barack Obama • attack on the world trade center • what split North and South Korea • the incumbent President of Russia • active military alliance from 1949 • the first President of South Africa • produces a very narrow beam of light • global network of billions of devices • ...

Chapter 2 Cross Word 2022-09-29

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to withdraw from
To rebell.
document which stated that the united states will no longer tolerate foreign affiliations
preference for native-born people
a system which would give people jobs based on loyalty and support.
of Tears- trails which natives that were forced to leave homes were forced to walk
the largest land acquisition worth $11.25 million consisted of all land west of Mississippi to pay war debts
1st president of the united states
A most famous escaped slave who wrote
closed meeting in congress.
the political party made by John Adams and Henry Clay.

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freeing of enslaved peoples
a compromise which took place when both Missouri and Maine wanted to become states Missouri would be a slave state Maine would not
Unions- group of workers who press for better working conditions and wages
powers specifically mentioned in the constitution
moderation of consumption of alcohol
powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution
Sovereignty- Idea that states should chose if they want to be a slave state
to end immediately
the power to decide if laws are constitutional or not
Railroad- Well organized group of abolishest who would help free slaves
a group who advise
Flag Republic- California territory name
Revolution- a revolution which occurred in business and industry
Destiny- The idea that the United States should spread to pacific

25 Clues: To rebell. • to withdraw from • to end immediately • a group who advise • freeing of enslaved peoples • closed meeting in congress. • preference for native-born people • 1st president of the united states • moderation of consumption of alcohol • A most famous escaped slave who wrote • Flag Republic- California territory name • powers specifically mentioned in the constitution • ...

Constitutional Convention Crossword 2025-01-16

Constitutional Convention Crossword crossword puzzle

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The first form of government in the United States (first constitution)
the meetings of the delegates from the thirteen colonies that united in support of the american revolution
an article signed on September 17, 1787
the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
the state where the constitutional convention was held
the "father of the constitution"
the method used to elect a president in the United States
people get most of the power
opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful
the most important anti federalist, inspiring many to also believe in it
made slaves equalto 3/5 of one person

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a plan that called for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
the place where the constitution was made
a plan designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation
the person who was chosen as president of the constitutional convention
central government gets most of the power
the first political party in the United States
the state that did not attend the constitutionalconvention
a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses
these states would dominate both houses of congress under the Virginia plan

20 Clues: people get most of the power • the "father of the constitution" • made slaves equalto 3/5 of one person • an article signed on September 17, 1787 • the place where the constitution was made • central government gets most of the power • the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution • the first political party in the United States • ...

Great Depression Crossword 2021-01-26

Great Depression Crossword crossword puzzle

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This american photographer helped show the world what the depression looked like in the United States
Forming of a theory without strong evidence
The amendment that put a ban on alcohol in the United States
Borrowing some money to buy things, like stocks
A large group of WWI veterans that demanded some money after they served
She was the wife of FDR
He was an americna physican
A type of auction where people bid money for a chance to win something
A time period of severe storms

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A poor run down man made town within the city during the Great Depression
He was the 32nd president of the United States
An idea that is inspired from dictatorship and far-right ideals
A corporation that tried to aid the united states during the Great Depression
A law that helped farmers by raising prices of high crops by 20%
He wrote 'Of Mice and Men'
To "agree" to a possible financial risk
Pact An agreement where signatory states agreed to not use aggression in disputes

17 Clues: She was the wife of FDR • He wrote 'Of Mice and Men' • He was an americna physican • A time period of severe storms • To "agree" to a possible financial risk • Forming of a theory without strong evidence • He was the 32nd president of the United States • Borrowing some money to buy things, like stocks • The amendment that put a ban on alcohol in the United States • ...

Great Depression Crossword 2021-01-26

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He was the 32nd president of the United States
Borrowing some money to buy things, like stocks
This american photographer helped show the world what the depression looked like in the United States
An idea that is inspired from dictatorship and far-right ideals
A poor run down man made town within the city during the Great Depression
To "agree" to a possible financial risk
He wrote 'Of Mice and Men'
She was the wife of FDR

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He was an americna physican
The amendment that put a ban on alcohol in the United States
A law that helped farmers by raising prices of high crops by 20%
A time period of severe storms
A corporation that tried to aid the united states during the Great Depression
A type of auction where people bid money for a chance to win something
A large group of WWI veterans that demanded some money after they served
Pact An agreement where signatory states agreed to not use aggression in disputes
Forming of a theory without strong evidence

CIVIL WAR PROJECT - ENTREE PART 2022-01-06

CIVIL WAR PROJECT - ENTREE PART crossword puzzle

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Color of Confederates uniform
ankle-high shoe worn by soldiers in the war
when a person gets murdered for political reasons
An army of citizens to be put in the war at any moment
someone that can talk to someone with got communication skills
When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
where the president was shot

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to get ride of something
A term that is used to describe the people that support the union
The nickname that is given the people fighting the war for the northern states
An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
A warship that was fully covered in iron
Color of the union uniforms
when someone of white-colored skin takes in an African American to make them be in labor with very little money
The northern states
A Nickname given to people that support the southern countries during the war
The southern states

17 Clues: The northern states • The southern states • to get ride of something • Color of the union uniforms • where the president was shot • Color of Confederates uniform • A warship that was fully covered in iron • ankle-high shoe worn by soldiers in the war • when a person gets murdered for political reasons • An army of citizens to be put in the war at any moment • ...

war of 1812 2023-02-03

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Hull / an American politician and military commander who is best remembered for the surrender of Detroit during the War of 1812
/ that closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain.
/ a 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy.
lane / Also known as the battle of Niagra Falls
/ is known throughout Canada as a heroine of the War of 1812 for her 20-mile journey to warn the British.
/ Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands
/ was fought between American soldiers and Native American warriors
/ the oldest person to assume the American presidency, the ninth president

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destiny / a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God
/ defeat Americans under General Stephen Van Rensselaer at the Battle of Queenstown Heights
/ seventh President of the United States
/ President of the United States during the
perry / helped the US end the War of 1812 by beating the Royal Navy in the Battle of Lake Erie.
Key / , American lawyer, best known as the author of the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.
/ ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain
Heights / extensive hillside area on the Niagara escarpment
/ A university in Toronto

17 Clues: / A university in Toronto • / seventh President of the United States • / President of the United States during the • lane / Also known as the battle of Niagra Falls • Heights / extensive hillside area on the Niagara escarpment • / was fought between American soldiers and Native American warriors • ...

Road to the Civil War Part 2 2021-04-15

Road to the Civil War Part 2 crossword puzzle

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An American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, cultural, constitutional, and political crisis.
Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War".
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South.
Either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
A raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or Tragic Prelude to, the Civil War.
Commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy, was an unrecognized breakaway state in existence from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865, that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War.
Military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory, as distinguished from limited war. Throughout history, limitations on the scope of warfare have been more economic and social than political.
In U.S. history, the period (1865–77) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded at or before the outbreak of war.
Occurred from May 23 and continued until May 26, 1856, with the killings occurring on the night of May 24 and the morning of May.
An American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He led the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.
In the American Civil War, site in Virginia of the surrender of the Confederate forces to those of the North on April 9, 1865. ... Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, thus effectively ending the Civil War.
Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862.
A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.

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Was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives before the American Civil War.
An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
Referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The party opposed the expansion of slavery before 1861 and led the fight to destroy the Confederate States of America (1861–1865).
Was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning and trying escaped slaves.
An enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision"
An American military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Department and worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans.
An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.
Was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.
Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of November 19, 1863.
Was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
Were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
Also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
An island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War (1861-65). ... Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, kicking off the battle.
Refers to the diplomatic methods employed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to coerce the United Kingdom and France to support the Confederate war effort by implementing a cotton trade embargo against the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.

29 Clues: Were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. • Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization. • Either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. • ...

Unit 3 Vocabulary 2017-09-27

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at the request of President Thomas Jefferson, led an expedition to survey the land West of the Mississippi, known as Louisiana Territory, that had been purchased from France in 1803.
A series of agreements passed by congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.
A 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats.
A 1903 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional; this power came to be known as Judicial review.
is a party system where two major political parties dominate the government.
was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington.
was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution.
Was a Native American Shawnee warrior and chief, who became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribal confederacy in the early years of the nineteenth century.
was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who is known for her help to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
The 1814 treaty that ended the War of 1812.
The American System was an economic plan that played a prominent role in American policy during the first half of the 19th century.
Great Britain was locked in a long and bitter conflict with Napoleon Bonaparte's France. In an attempt to cut off supplies from reaching the enemy, both sides attempted to block the United States from trading with the other.

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These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.
The 1803 purchase by the United States of France’s Louisiana territory-extending from the Mississippi river to the rocky mountains-- for 15 Million.
A policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced by President Monroe in 1823.
is a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional.
One of the members of Congress who favored war with Britain in the early 19th century.
One of the judges appointed by John Adams in the last hours of his administration.
the right to vote in political elections.
An American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States.

21 Clues: the right to vote in political elections. • The 1814 treaty that ended the War of 1812. • is a party system where two major political parties dominate the government. • A 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats. • One of the judges appointed by John Adams in the last hours of his administration. • ...

Top 25 Gov Vocab 2024-05-10

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When the Supreme Court applies rights and freedoms to states as outlined in the Bill of Rights
A governing document that created a union of 13 sovereign states in which the states, not the union, were supreme
A theory that widespread participation is essential for Democratic government
Authority specifically granted to a branch of the government in the Constitution
Supreme Court case that made the national government stronger by supporting the Supremacy Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause
Federalist paper that advocated for a strong executive with its own branch of government
The departments and agencies within the executive branch that carry out the laws of the nation
Supreme Court case that ruled that Congress may not use the Commerce Clause to make posession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime
The sharing of powers between the national government and the states
Amendment that states that powers that are not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, are reserved to those respective states

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A popular uprising against the government of Massachusetts
Clause of the Constitution that states that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
The experiences and factors that shape an individual's political values, attitudes, and behaviors
A powerful committee that determines when a bill will be subject to debate and vote on the House floor, how long the debate will last, and whether amendments will be allowed on the floor
A theory of governance in which the government only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution
The executive branch office that assists the president in setting national spending priorities
The essential function through which legislators determine whether current laws and appropriations are achieving intended results
Clause of the Constitution granting Congress the powers necessary to carry out its enumerated powers
A constitutionally required process for selecting the president through states of electors chosen in each state, who are pledged to vote for a nominee in the presidential election
The authority of the Supreme Court to strike down a law or executive action if it conflicts with the Constitution
Federalist paper that advocated for separation of powers and checks and balances
The intentional use of redistricting to benefit a specific interest or group of voters
Clause of the Constitution that establishes the Constitution and the laws of the federal government passed under its authority as the highest laws of the land
Supreme Court case that set the precedent that students still have constitutional rights while they're at school
Comprises the 1st ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution

25 Clues: Comprises the 1st ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution • A popular uprising against the government of Massachusetts • The sharing of powers between the national government and the states • A theory that widespread participation is essential for Democratic government • Authority specifically granted to a branch of the government in the Constitution • ...

Unit 2: Federalism and the Arizona Government 2025-08-18

Unit 2: Federalism and the Arizona Government crossword puzzle

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State-level constitution that guarantees rights and allows direct democracy
Government that manages currency, war, treaties, and border security
Constitutional clause giving Congress power to regulate trade between states
States that powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states
Government of Native nations recognized as separate political entities
System dividing power between national and state governments
Government with authority over schools, elections, and state laws
Process where citizens can propose new laws through petitions and voting
Official count of the population used to determine representation and funding

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Part of the Constitution that makes federal law the “supreme law of the land”
National government must protect states from invasion and guarantee republican government
Powers set aside for the states, such as education and elections
City and county governments that provide services like policing and zoning
Supreme Court case that expanded federal power to regulate interstate commerce
Duties such as voting, serving on juries, and paying taxes
Right of Native American tribes to govern themselves within U.S. borders
Process where citizens vote directly to approve or reject laws passed by the legislature
Process allowing citizens to remove elected officials before their term ends

18 Clues: Duties such as voting, serving on juries, and paying taxes • System dividing power between national and state governments • Powers set aside for the states, such as education and elections • Government with authority over schools, elections, and state laws • Government that manages currency, war, treaties, and border security • ...

Vocab #4 2020-02-04

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all the shares into which ownership of the corporation is divided
Famous for his innovative methods of playing the trumpet and cornet
Programs that helped improve the lives of people suffering from the events of depresion
An American fiction writer, whose works helped illustrate the flamboyance and excess of the jazz age
An American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist
The 32nd president of the United States
A stock change
African American painter known for his portrayal of African American life

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A culture movement in the United States
A tax on imports and exports between sovereign states
When people above a specific age are not in paid employment or self-employment
The movement of 6 million African Americans out of the southern United States
To assume an excessive amount of buisness risk in speculating on something
A severe worldwide economic depression
Known for his broadway musicals as well as his world famous orchestral compositions
The central banking system of the United States of America
American composer in the 1920s
An American writer best known for his novel about social consequences of the great depression in America
A famous American artist in the 1920s
One of the most popular and successful blues singers of the 1920s
Played a large part in the evolution of jazz

21 Clues: A stock change • American composer in the 1920s • A famous American artist in the 1920s • A severe worldwide economic depression • A culture movement in the United States • The 32nd president of the United States • Played a large part in the evolution of jazz • A tax on imports and exports between sovereign states • ...

SpencerCochranMyGoat 2026-02-19

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Attorney General of the United States. page 16-17
Laws made to legalize race segregation. page 16-17
Former President of Venezuela. page 7-10
Female Black Rapper. page 7-10
Who is the director of ICE? page 4-6
President of Israel
The amount of immigrants arrested by ICE.
Prime Minister of Ireland. page 7-10
The current age of the United States. page 16-17
Retired Mechanic from Toledo, Spain. page 20-21
Vice President of the United States. page 7-10
Minneapolis protestor who was shot. page 4-6
President of the United States. page 16-17
'Today Show' anchor. page 7-10

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Sheikh of the Arabs. page 16-17
First President of the United States. page 16-17
An international bridge located in Ontario, Canada. page 7-10
An HR executive who went viral for kissing her boss at a Coldplay concert during a kiss cam. page 4-6
Lieutenant General in Moscow, Russia. page 7-10
48% to 28% oppose the US of taking action against this country. page 16-17
Owner of the most notorious files out there. page 4-6
18-month-old child who was detained by ICE in Texas. page 7-10
Sultan of the United Arab Emirates. page 4-6
Current First Lady. page 16-17
Founder of Amazon. page 4-6

25 Clues: President of Israel • Founder of Amazon. page 4-6 • Female Black Rapper. page 7-10 • Current First Lady. page 16-17 • 'Today Show' anchor. page 7-10 • Sheikh of the Arabs. page 16-17 • Who is the director of ICE? page 4-6 • Prime Minister of Ireland. page 7-10 • Former President of Venezuela. page 7-10 • The amount of immigrants arrested by ICE. • ...

ACT 35 Review 2024-05-07

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A US Senator is elected for how many years?
The term of office for the President of the United States is how many years?
The current Vice President of the United States is (First & Last name)?
Who is in charge of the Executive Branch?
How many amendments does the US Constitution have?
Who was President during the Civil War (last name?
Colonists fought the ____ to gain their independence.
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
How many US Senators are there?
In what month is the President elected?
There are how many stars on the US flag, each representing a state?

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The Declaration of Independence announced our separation from whom?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the US Constitution?
The President is inaugurated (takes office) during which month?
The current President of the United States is (Last name)?
The idea of self-government is established in the first three words of the US Constitution. What are these three words?
Individuals from ____ were taken to America and sold as slaves.
In what month does the United States celebrate Independence Day?
There were how many original colonies?
What is the supreme law of the United States?
Making laws is the main responsibility of which branch of government?
The number of Senators each state receives in the US Senate is...

22 Clues: How many US Senators are there? • There were how many original colonies? • In what month is the President elected? • Who is in charge of the Executive Branch? • A US Senator is elected for how many years? • What is the supreme law of the United States? • Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? • How many amendments does the US Constitution have? • ...

End of the Civil War 1863-1865 2025-01-14

End of the Civil War 1863-1865 crossword puzzle

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Battle known as the turning point for the Union in 1863
Term for states that seceded from the Union
Lincoln's plan for reunifying the nation was called the _______ Plan
Proclamation that freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
Union victory that secured control of the Mississippi River
River where the last major Confederate army surrendered
Union strategy to blockade Southern ports
Site of General Lee’s surrender to General Grant
- President of the United States during the Civil War
The 13th Amendment abolished this
President of the Confederate States of America
Location of Lincoln's assassination
1864 battle that ended in a draw but demonstrated the war's brutality
Law that drafted men into military service

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Organization that helped former slaves after the war
Bloodiest single-day battle leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.
man who ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election
Lincoln's famous proclamation that freed slaves in Confederate states
Famous speech by Lincoln in 1863 emphasizing unity
Union general who accepted the Confederate surrender
Confederate capital that fell in April 1865
Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection
Assassin of President Lincoln
The location of the famous 1864 battle in Georgia that helped Lincoln get reelected
Union general who led the March to the Sea
Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Court House
This term describes the Southern states after the war

27 Clues: Assassin of President Lincoln • The 13th Amendment abolished this • Location of Lincoln's assassination • Union strategy to blockade Southern ports • Union general who led the March to the Sea • Law that drafted men into military service • Term for states that seceded from the Union • Confederate capital that fell in April 1865 • ...

Constitution & The Bill of Rights (pp.53-54) 2024-08-12

Constitution & The Bill of Rights (pp.53-54) crossword puzzle

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At the Constitutional Convention, the ___ ___ Plan would give states equal representation
Guarantees trial by jury
At the Constitutional Convention the Virginia Plan made representation proportional to this state attribute
Congress was ___ under the Articles of Confederation
Elected president at the Constitutional Convention
This man led a mob of Massachusetts war veterans and farmers in “Rebellion” against local government
The New Jersey Plan excluded this branch of government
This Amendment keeps troops out of private homes in peacetime

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In a Federal government the states retain certain ___ rights
This Amendment states that rights not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people
This solution made state representation in the Senate equal and state representation in the House proportional to population
This Amendment protects speech, religion, press, assembly and petition
This Amendment prohibits excessive fines and punishments
This Amendment requires due process and protects against double jeopardy and self-incrimination
This Amendment states that listing rights here does not deny or weaken rights given elsewhere
In a Federal government the nation is unified by fundamental ___
The Bill of Rights limits the power of ___
This Amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial with representation
This Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures
This Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms

20 Clues: Guarantees trial by jury • The Bill of Rights limits the power of ___ • Elected president at the Constitutional Convention • Congress was ___ under the Articles of Confederation • The New Jersey Plan excluded this branch of government • This Amendment prohibits excessive fines and punishments • This Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-10-03

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Name given to the loyal states in the United States. This group was also called the North.
the Northerns used this term to describe their rivals (the South).
The southern states that no longer wanted to be part of the United States chose to do this.
A soldier that gets wounded, is missing, or has been killed.
This Slave Act let slave owners bring back their slaves that tried to escape to their freedom.
Name for the South or Confederate States of America.
A war that occurs between citizens of the same country.
Name of the most popular rifle during the Civil War.
Being owned by another person and doing labor and chores for them.
Worn by Civil War soldiers, a cap.

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The Southerns used this term to describe their rivals (the North).
To bring together for a purpose or action in a situation
A collection of guns and weapons.
Places where battles are being fought.
A small infused explosive that can be released and exploded on enemy troops.
An area controlled by a state.
A person that tries to eliminate slavery.
To move something from one place to another.
An artillery gun that is large and is usually on wheels.
Trying to stop supplies or people from going out or into port.
A safe place that protects you from the enemy.

21 Clues: An area controlled by a state. • A collection of guns and weapons. • Worn by Civil War soldiers, a cap. • Places where battles are being fought. • A person that tries to eliminate slavery. • To move something from one place to another. • A safe place that protects you from the enemy. • Name for the South or Confederate States of America. • ...

Between Wars 2021-10-31

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An American composer referred to as the "Dean of American Composers"
An American author of realistic and imaginative writing
An American composer, pianist, and orchestra leader
A series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States in response to the Great Depression
An American artist of flowers, skyscrapers, and Mexican landscapes
An American writer of the Jazz age
was the 32nd president of the United States and led the U.S. out of the Great Depression
A tax on imports or exports between sovereign states
A severe worldwide economic depression took place during the 1930's in the United States
An American composer and pianist
An African American blues singer
The state of being unemployed
The capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares

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An African American painter of African American life
An equity market of buyers and sellers of stocks which represent ownerships claims on businesses
An African American trumpet player considered the greatest ever
The movement of 6 million African-Americans from the South to the North
An intellectual, social and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York
An African American poet of jazz
The central banking system of the United States
Engagement in business transactions involving considerable risk but offering the chance of huge gains

21 Clues: The state of being unemployed • An African American poet of jazz • An American composer and pianist • An African American blues singer • An American writer of the Jazz age • The central banking system of the United States • An American composer, pianist, and orchestra leader • An African American painter of African American life • ...

President Richard Nixon 2023-01-23

President Richard Nixon crossword puzzle

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A list of prominent people seen as unsympathetic towards the administration.
Fellow crew member to Neil Armstrong.
States were asked to assume greater responsibility for the well-being of their citizens.
Former United States Secretary of State.
Nixon's belligerent Vice-President who took on opponents much like he did.
Nixon turned to this to combat stagflation.
A period of high inflation combined with economic stagnation.
Froze the number of strategic ballistic missile launchers at existing levels.
United States attacked this country to eliminate North Vietnamese strongholds.
Major poltiical scandal in the U.S. that involved Richard Nixon.
The first man to walk on the moon.
In what year did Nixon visit become the first president to visit China?

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Replaces Nixon's previous Vice-President.
Relaxation of tensions between the U.S. and the Communist nations.
After its Communist takeover China's government was called this.
Imposed an embargo on shipping oil to the United States.
Nixon talked with this country to limit nuclear arms.
A strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam conflict.
United States viewed this country as China's true rulers.
Secret government information was leaked to this media source.
Leaked by Daniel Ellsburg to the NY Times.
Listening devices that were installed to stop information leaks.
Name of the spaceship Neil Armstrong operated.

23 Clues: The first man to walk on the moon. • Fellow crew member to Neil Armstrong. • Former United States Secretary of State. • Replaces Nixon's previous Vice-President. • Leaked by Daniel Ellsburg to the NY Times. • Nixon turned to this to combat stagflation. • Name of the spaceship Neil Armstrong operated. • Nixon talked with this country to limit nuclear arms. • ...

Bellwork puzzle 2020-09-30

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an are that only grows one type of crop
a country gains welt through trade with other countries
was the first president of the united states
a proposal to establish a bicameral legislature in the newly formed United States
a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
the surrender at Yorktown
a proposal for the structure of the U.S. government
was a founding father who served as the third president of the United States
made sure the colonist get their sugar from Britain
didn't allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachians
war between countries of British american and new France
was a military commander, statesman, and founding father

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a document written by the 13 colonies declaring freedom from Great Britain
peaceful protest held by the sons of liberty in December 16,1776
the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
presidential proclamation issued by the United States
was king of Britain during the American Revolution
a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and democracy
was a small but private battle that took place December 26, 1776
required printed material in the colonies to be produced by stamped paper in London
Parliament restricted colonial trade
an american social reformer, abolitionist, writer, and statesman

22 Clues: the surrender at Yorktown • Parliament restricted colonial trade • an are that only grows one type of crop • was the first president of the united states • was king of Britain during the American Revolution • a proposal for the structure of the U.S. government • made sure the colonist get their sugar from Britain • presidential proclamation issued by the United States • ...

Unit 4 Quiz Study Guide 2021-03-04

Unit 4 Quiz Study Guide crossword puzzle

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A(n) ______________________ is a tax on goods leaving to entering some place. Down
____________________ means occurring between states, such as trade.
The President was part of the __________________.
The New Jersey Plan much like the Articles of Confederation called for a _________ central government.
A group of farmers rebelled in Massachusetts against taxes. This was known as __________________.
A(n) _____________________ is a good brought in from another country.
The ________________ includes the Supreme Court and other lower courts.
The Articles of confederation did not give ______________ the power to collect taxes.

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What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?
______________________ was the first state to ratify the Constitution.
__________________________ such as Thomas Jefferson wanted states to have more power.
___________________ supported the constitution.
In the _____________ plan, every state had the same number of representatives.
The states had to ___________________the constitution to make it the law of the land.
Three out of five slaves would be included in population and taxation counts for the southern states. This was know as the __________ compromise.
The _____________________was a plan that called for two different houses in congress; one based on population and one equal.
The Northwest Territory could be divided into states when _______ was large enough.
Today the Legislative Branch is made up of the _______ and the House of Representatives.
Many ________________________ settled in the Northwest Territory.
The ___________________ was also known as the large state plan.

20 Clues: ___________________ supported the constitution. • The President was part of the __________________. • What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called? • The ___________________ was also known as the large state plan. • Many ________________________ settled in the Northwest Territory. • ...

The Civil War Kaitlin Tenorio 2017-02-13

The Civil War Kaitlin Tenorio crossword puzzle

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to care for those who were wounded, sick, or homeless in wartime
the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War
an unrecognized country of 11 slave states from 1861 to 1865
Enlistment for state service
American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States
The 18th president of the United states
A presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln
The action of leading a group
A battle during July 1–3, 1863 around the town of Gettysburg,by Union and Confederate forces
A writ requiring a person under arrest
battle in the south
withdraw from membership

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a group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled by machine
General of the confederate army of Northern Virginia
A state in the south of the United states
a strategy to supress the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War
an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
President of the Confederate States
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime
a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj
one of the last battles of the American Civil War
seafort in Carolina notable for two battles in the American Civil war

22 Clues: battle in the south • withdraw from membership • Enlistment for state service • The action of leading a group • President of the Confederate States • A writ requiring a person under arrest • The 18th president of the United states • A state in the south of the United states • A presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln • one of the last battles of the American Civil War • ...

Between Wars 2018-02-11

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An American composer referred to as the "Dean of American Composers"
An American author of realistic and imaginative writing
An American composer, pianist, and orchestra leader
A series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States in response to the Great Depression
An American artist of flowers, skyscrapers, and Mexican landscapes
An American writer of the Jazz age
was the 32nd president of the United States and led the U.S. out of the Great Depression
A tax on imports or exports between sovereign states
A severe worldwide economic depression took place during the 1930's in the United States
An American composer and pianist
An African American blues singer
The state of being unemployed
The capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares

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An African American painter of African American life
An equity market of buyers and sellers of stocks which represent ownerships claims on businesses
An African American trumpet player considered the greatest ever
The movement of 6 million African-Americans from the South to the North
An intellectual, social and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York
An African American poet of jazz
The central banking system of the United States
Engagement in business transactions involving considerable risk but offering the chance of huge gains

Civil War and Reconstruction 2024-05-22

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle

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System where freedmen worked land owned by others for a share of the crops
Agency assisting freed slaves during Reconstruction
Acts Laws dividing the South into military districts
President after Lincoln, faced impeachment
President during the Civil War
Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War
Lincoln's declaration freeing slaves in Confederate states
Key issue leading to the Civil War
Act of Southern states leaving the Union
Amendments (13th, 14th, 15th) ensuring rights for African Americans
Laws restricting the rights of freedmen after the Civil War
General of the Union Army
Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction

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General of the Confederate Army
Congress members who supported harsh Reconstruction policies
First battle of the Civil War
Group using violence to oppose Reconstruction
Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
Assassin of Abraham Lincoln
Agreement ending Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South
State laws enforcing racial segregation in the South
Principle used by Southern states to justify secession
Abolished slavery in the United States
Major turning point battle of the Civil War
Union campaign through the South causing widespread destruction
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction
Nurse who founded the American Red Cross
President of the Confederate States of America

30 Clues: General of the Union Army • Assassin of Abraham Lincoln • First battle of the Civil War • President during the Civil War • General of the Confederate Army • Key issue leading to the Civil War • Conductor of the Underground Railroad • Abolished slavery in the United States • Nurse who founded the American Red Cross • Act of Southern states leaving the Union • ...

Unit 8: Civil War 2024-05-15

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Barriers which were about breast-high and protected soldiers from enemy fire
a group of states that left the United States
workers
Division of the army that handled cannon and other large weapons
A series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War
fights happening

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The name given for the states that remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War
The murder of a prominent person such as Abraham Lincoln
withdraw formally from membership in an organization
An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
The back end of a weapon's barrel.
A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
Soldiers trained to fight on horseback
Proclamation. Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states

14 Clues: workers • fights happening • The back end of a weapon's barrel. • Soldiers trained to fight on horseback • a group of states that left the United States • withdraw formally from membership in an organization • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery • The murder of a prominent person such as Abraham Lincoln • ...

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
Shot(s) hear round the world
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
Turning point in the war
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing

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Commander of the Continental Army
Author of the DoI
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
America's first form of government
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Final major battle of the war
American battle tactic
What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war

19 Clues: Author of the DoI • American battle tactic • Turning point in the war • Shot(s) hear round the world • Final major battle of the war • Commander of the Continental Army • America's first form of government • Source of propaganda for the Patriots • Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII • Number of states necessary to alter the AoC • ...

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Shot(s) hear round the world
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
American battle tactic
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC

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Commander of the Continental Army
What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
America's first form of government
Final major battle of the war
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
Turning point in the war
Author of the DoI
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing

Road to the Civil War Part 2 2021-04-20

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Was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning and trying escaped slaves.
An American military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Department and worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans.
Commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy, was an unrecognized breakaway state in existence from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865, that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War.
An island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War (1861-65). ... Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, kicking off the battle.
A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.
Were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.
An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South.
Refers to the diplomatic methods employed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to coerce the United Kingdom and France to support the Confederate war effort by implementing a cotton trade embargo against the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.
Was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives before the American Civil War.
An American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He led the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.
A raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or Tragic Prelude to, the Civil War.
Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
Also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
Was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
In the American Civil War, site in Virginia of the surrender of the Confederate forces to those of the North on April 9, 1865. ... Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, thus effectively ending the Civil War.

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Repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War".
A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of November 19, 1863.
Military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory, as distinguished from limited war. Throughout history, limitations on the scope of warfare have been more economic and social than political.
An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.
Occurred from May 23 and continued until May 26, 1856, with the killings occurring on the night of May 24 and the morning of May.
Either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862.
In U.S. history, the period (1865–77) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded at or before the outbreak of war.
An American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, cultural, constitutional, and political crisis.
Referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The party opposed the expansion of slavery before 1861 and led the fight to destroy the Confederate States of America (1861–1865).
An enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision"

Chapter 3: The Nation Divides 2023-10-16

Chapter 3: The Nation Divides crossword puzzle

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set of laws
land that belongs to a nation but is not a state and is not represented in the national government.
a system of secret routes leading to free lands.
war between people in the same country.
states located between the North and the South.
rights idea that the states should have the final say in their own affairs.
and agreement in which each side gives up something that it wants.

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national government that was made up of six states.
people that worked to end slavery
regional loyalty
practice of holding people against their will and making them work without pay.
state does not allow slavery
leave
state allows slavery
ended
tax

16 Clues: tax • leave • ended • set of laws • regional loyalty • state allows slavery • state does not allow slavery • people that worked to end slavery • war between people in the same country. • states located between the North and the South. • a system of secret routes leading to free lands. • national government that was made up of six states. • ...

Constitution Crossword 2021-09-13

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When power is shared between the central government and the states
Article II lays out the _____ branch
A person in favor of a strong central government
Article I lays out the ______ branch
The structure of Congress. It means “Two House”
A person suspicious of a strong central government and wants a list of guaranteed freedoms
Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the ______
The plan that created our current system of government. It was designed to please large and small states

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The plan at the Constitutional Convention that favored large states is named for this state
The first government of the United States
Article III lays out the ______ branch
A change to the Constitution
The head of the executive branch
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
The plan at the Constitutional Convention that favored small states is named for this state

15 Clues: A change to the Constitution • The head of the executive branch • Article II lays out the _____ branch • Article I lays out the ______ branch • Article III lays out the ______ branch • The first government of the United States • The first 10 amendments to the Constitution • The structure of Congress. It means “Two House” • A person in favor of a strong central government • ...

Crossword Crisps 2025-11-18

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An agreement between two sides where both sides give a little to gain a little.
A meeting to discuss government changes.
Plan that says that 60% of the slave population would count towards population and taxes.
Creator of the New Jersey Plan.
Creator of the Great Compromise.
Plan that created 3 branches of government with a bicameral legislature.
The people for the constitution.

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The process and pattern to add states to the US.
States that wanted slaves to count towards representation but not taxation.
The only state that did not show up to the convention.
Plan that was favored by the small states. Representation based on equality.
States that wanted slaves to count towards taxation but not representation.
Leader of the Constitutional Convention.
The people against the Constitution.
Plan favored by the large states. Population-based representation

15 Clues: Creator of the New Jersey Plan. • Creator of the Great Compromise. • The people for the constitution. • The people against the Constitution. • A meeting to discuss government changes. • Leader of the Constitutional Convention. • The process and pattern to add states to the US. • The only state that did not show up to the convention. • ...

antoinettes history crossword 2024-04-17

antoinettes history crossword crossword puzzle

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A white southerner who supported the reconstruction
When a land owner lets a tenant plant on said land for a share of the crops
an act that provided clothes, food, shelter, medical services and land to southerners including freed slaves
He was the senator of Mississippi
the process of charging a government official for wrongdoing
Republicans that wanted immediate and permanent eradication
took place after the civil war
states all persons born or naturalized in the United States is a legal US citizen

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laws passed by the southern states to enforce racial segregation
a disruptive northerner who comes to the southern states
this gave African Americans who resided in the United States the right to vote
it created a framework for reconstruction and the re-admittance of the southern states
the 17th president of the US

13 Clues: the 17th president of the US • took place after the civil war • He was the senator of Mississippi • A white southerner who supported the reconstruction • a disruptive northerner who comes to the southern states • Republicans that wanted immediate and permanent eradication • the process of charging a government official for wrongdoing • ...

American Civil War 2026-04-10

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Rebuilding the South after the war
Confederate general who led agreed to surrender their forces in the Appotamox Court House
Amendment that gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
When states leave a country
Declated that enslaved people in Confederate states
First battle of the Civil War (1861)
Strategy that destroys enemy resources and land

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Lincoln’s speech about equality and unity
Loyalty to one region (North or South)
Union general who helped win the war
Allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
President of the Union during the Civil War
The Southern states that left the Union
Farming system where workers paid with crops
Amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
A change or addition to the Constitution
The Northern states that wanted to keep the country together
Amendment that ended slavery in the U.S.
A war between people in the same country (U.S. vs. itself)

19 Clues: When states leave a country • Rebuilding the South after the war • Union general who helped win the war • First battle of the Civil War (1861) • Loyalty to one region (North or South) • The Southern states that left the Union • A change or addition to the Constitution • Amendment that ended slavery in the U.S. • Lincoln’s speech about equality and unity • ...

Human Geography of the United States: Shaping an Abundant Land 2023-09-18

Human Geography of the United States: Shaping an Abundant Land crossword puzzle

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A region that covers about one-fourth of the land area of the United States and contains more than one-third of its population.
The movement of peoples within a country or region.
A functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs, linked economically.
A corporation that engages in business worldwide.
A political unit or community touching the borders of the central city or touching other suburbs that touch the city.
North American region, consisting of 13 states, that stretches from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean and includes Alaska to the north and Hawaii in the Pacific.
An economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses, and can operate them for profit with little control from the government.
An economic phase in which manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role.
The six northern states in the Northeast United States - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

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The movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres during the age of exploration.
The region that contains the 12 states of the north-central United States.
The free, open land in the American West that was available for settlement.
Any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product.
A government in which the people rule through elected representatives.
The territory, including the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, that the United States purchased from France in 1803.
A region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together.
A product or good that is sold from one economy to another.

17 Clues: A corporation that engages in business worldwide. • The movement of peoples within a country or region. • A product or good that is sold from one economy to another. • A government in which the people rule through elected representatives. • An economic phase in which manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role. • ...

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
Turning point in the war
Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
Shot(s) hear round the world
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
Author of the DoI
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing

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American battle tactic
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
America's first form of government
Commander of the Continental Army
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Final major battle of the war
What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War

Civil War 2023-05-15

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Location of the first shots of the Civil War
The Confederate states were states in the ___________
The first part of the North's war plan was to _______ the Southern ports
____________ plan made by the North
The deadliest battle of the war
Capitol city of the Confederacy
The first shots were fired in April of 186___
Number of promises Lincoln made to the South when running for president
Number of states in the confederacy
Last name of the Confederate President

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First state to secede from the Union
Both sides wanted to control this river for trade
The main way people in the south earned money
The five _______________ states agreed with slavery, but not with seceding from the Union
The line that separated the North from the South
Last name of the President of the Union
The interests of a particular region
The south __________ from the Union after Lincoln's election
The side fighting against the Confederacy

19 Clues: The deadliest battle of the war • Capitol city of the Confederacy • ____________ plan made by the North • Number of states in the confederacy • First state to secede from the Union • The interests of a particular region • Last name of the Confederate President • Last name of the President of the Union • The side fighting against the Confederacy • ...

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
Shot(s) hear round the world
Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
American battle tactic

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Final major battle of the war
Turning point in the war
America's first form of government
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Author of the DoI
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Commander of the Continental Army
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
America's first form of government
Final major battle of the war
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing
American battle tactic
Author of the DoI
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII

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What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
Shot(s) hear round the world
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
Commander of the Continental Army
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
Turning point in the war

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
Shot(s) hear round the world
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing
America's first form of government
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Final major battle of the war

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One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
American battle tactic
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the AoC
Turning point in the war
Commander of the Continental Army
Author of the DoI
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract

American Civil War 2026-04-10

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Rebuilding the South after the war
Confederate general who led agreed to surrender their forces in the Appotamox Court House
Amendment that gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
When states leave a country
Declated that enslaved people in Confederate states
First battle of the Civil War (1861)
Strategy that destroys enemy resources and land

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Lincoln’s speech about equality and unity
Loyalty to one region (North or South)
Union general who helped win the war
Allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
President of the Union during the Civil War
The Southern states that left the Union
Farming system where workers paid with crops
Amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
A change or addition to the Constitution
The Northern states that wanted to keep the country together
Amendment that ended slavery in the U.S.
A war between people in the same country (U.S. vs. itself)

Matter: Properties and States 2014-02-26

Matter: Properties and States crossword puzzle

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_______ states of matter have their own shape (ie. madera, el hiero y la arena).
dureza
is the force which pulls objects down towards the Earth.
Forma
_____ states of matter have no specific shape, the just expand (no tienen forma especifica y se expanden)oxygen(oxigeno),carbon dioxide(dioxido de carbono).
Fuerzas por contacto.
color

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is the amount of matter that an object contains.
_______ states of matter have the shape of the container that holds it (tienen la forma del recipiente que los contiene).
______ of matter include solid, liquid and gas.
imanes
elasticidad
Everything we can see, smell or touch.
transparencia
can be made of different types of matter for example wood, metal or glass.
is an action which can make an object change its movement or shape
is the space that an object occupies.

17 Clues: Forma • color • imanes • dureza • elasticidad • transparencia • Fuerzas por contacto. • is the space that an object occupies. • Everything we can see, smell or touch. • ______ of matter include solid, liquid and gas. • is the amount of matter that an object contains. • is the force which pulls objects down towards the Earth. • ...

History of the Civil Right Movement 2021-02-26

History of the Civil Right Movement crossword puzzle

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vs reed A landmark decision of the US Supreme Court ruling that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes
vs virginia The Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
amendment Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized In the United States
An African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement
vs boe A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
vs browder A case heard before a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on Montgomery and Alabama state bus segregation laws
vs charlotte The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States
amendment Abolished slavery
vs sidoti A mother challenging a state court order divesting her of custody of her child contended that, contrary to the trial court's findings, it was not in her pre-school child's best interests to be removed from her custody, while the father alleged that the child would be damaged by being raised in a racially mixed household
vs bakke The Court's decision to upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy
integration The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups
disobedience The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest
marshall An African American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Protection Clause Requires states to practice equal protection
robinson The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
parks An American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
vs ferguson Legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws

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vs baltimore A per curiam order by the Supreme Court of the United States affirming an order by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that enjoined racial segregation in public beaches and bathhouses
clause Gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian
ins A form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
vs orr United States Supreme Court case that held that a statutory scheme in Alabama that imposed alimony obligations on husbands but not on wives was an unconstitutional equal protection violation
vs holmes A United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation of public schools in the American South
A civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
from birmingham jail A letter that Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed to his fellow clergymen while he was in jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, after a nonviolent protest against racial segregation
amendment Everyone including African Americans can vote
The principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s
crow laws State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
bus boycott A political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama
x An African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement
An African American civil rights organization that is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr.

30 Clues: amendment Abolished slavery • amendment Everyone including African Americans can vote • Protection Clause Requires states to practice equal protection • amendment Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized In the United States • robinson The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era • ...

New Republic 2023-12-20

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Was responsible for the Monroe Doctrine
Was President during the War of 1812
A rebellion led by farmers upset about the whiskey tax
The best NFL football team to exists
Green monster that takes away Christmas presents
Second President of the United States
Doubled the size of the United States

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First President of the United States
Latitude line that divides the free states and slave states
A failed law that made it illegal to trade with European nations
Made a purchase known as the "Louisiana Purchase"
Not picking sides

12 Clues: Not picking sides • First President of the United States • Was President during the War of 1812 • The best NFL football team to exists • Second President of the United States • Doubled the size of the United States • Was responsible for the Monroe Doctrine • Green monster that takes away Christmas presents • Made a purchase known as the "Louisiana Purchase" • ...

government terms 2021-01-14

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Believed in natural rights- life, liberty, and property; the strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
Fupporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited
Chose to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
Government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
Explains the purposes of the Constitution and defines the powers of the new government as
The distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
Government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
Compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
and checks and balances
rights and liberties of the people
First ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the
King/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – oftentimes tied to the divine right of kings (authority from God)
Group of people who feared the new government created by the Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
Considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers

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3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
Type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
Powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the 9th Amendment to the Constitution
from the people of the United States
First plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
“Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
Power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
The government is not all-powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
The citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good

23 Clues: and checks and balances • rights and liberties of the people • from the people of the United States • Government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens • The distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • Explains the purposes of the Constitution and defines the powers of the new government as • ...

Unit 3: The New Nation 8.21-8.28 2024-12-05

Unit 3: The New Nation 8.21-8.28 crossword puzzle

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interpretation of the Constitution that seeks to adapt its meaning to the needs of the country at that moment
a form of government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives
unsettled territory bordered by the Ohio River, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Mississippi River
to give official approval
Second president of the US, first vice president of the US
deported anyone from a country with which the United States was at war
opposed the constitution
people chosen to speak or make decisions for another person or group of people
representatives
Trail carved out by Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap
Washington offered advise on how the nation should move forward
a group of advisors to the president who each head a department of the executive branch
allowed three-fifths of a states slave population to count toward a state's total population
freedoms that are protected by law
allowed congress to divide the Northwest Territory into three to five separate territories
Hamilton wanted to create it to stabilize the economy
a person who buys and sells land for a profit
16th state of the union
delegates meeting in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation
led a rebellion in Massachusetts following the Revolution over monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War.

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interpretation of the Constitution that maintains the federal government has authority to do ONLY what the Constitution specifically states it can do
approval
limits any one branch from gaining too much power
violent protest against a tax on whiskey that took place in the United States from 1791 to 1794
the idea that government authority comes from people who have agreed to be governed
said the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional and that the states had the right to nullify them
secretary of the treasury in Washington's Cabinet
loosely unified the states by giving basic powers to a weaker central government and more power to the states; government established after the American Revolution in the Colonies
banned any writings thought to be false, harmful, or directed against the government
allows the three branches to keep the other two branches in check
earlier events or actions used as examples for decisions or actions
groups of men who traveled together looking for game; first European people to come to Tennessee
grants Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers grated in the Constitution
the first ten amendments; protects the people's basic rights and freedoms
solved the representation issue in the Constitutional Convention
1st president; general of the Continental Army
a diplomatic incident between the United States and France that occurred in 1797 and 1798
supported the Constitution
a fleet of small ships
change to the Constitution
division of power between the states and federal government
import tax
1784 divided the Northwest Territory into states

43 Clues: approval • import tax • representatives • a fleet of small ships • 16th state of the union • opposed the constitution • to give official approval • supported the Constitution • change to the Constitution • freedoms that are protected by law • a person who buys and sells land for a profit • 1st president; general of the Continental Army • ...

Unit 1 Power, Sovereignty, Legitimacy & Interdependence 2025-09-11

Unit 1 Power, Sovereignty, Legitimacy & Interdependence crossword puzzle

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This NGO investigates human rights abuse cases in more than 90 countries around the world. (3wds)
A person or person who have been forced to flee their country due to persecution, war or violence.
Latent power is based on a state’s wealth and size of this.
The process of several countries working together on a given issue.
This late professor used the term which offers a more persuasive approach to influencing other states. (2wds)
Term applied to a state which has seen its laws, services and governance rendered ineffective and unstable due to conflict, corruption and poverty. (2wds)
Any group or organisation which acts to influence decision makers at any level and is not a state. (2wds)
Associated with the far right, this term suggests violent change and a return to the old ways.
Realism states that this is the primary goal of all states.
This state is a member of the 'nuclear weapons club' and has worked to make sure adversaries like Iran never possess such technology.
Within the theory of realism, this particular group seeks total hegemony for states and believes states should maximise power.
Established in 1945, this IGO's mission is the collective peace and security of its member nations. (2wds)
This theory suggests that states can and should cooperate with one another.
This state actor is a member of the UN Security Council.

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This NGO operates in 55 countries globally and seeks to defend the natural world.
The type of power whereby a state uses military and economic means to influence the behaviour or interests of other states.Can be seen as aggressive.
The type of power which co-opts instead of coercing. Examples include cultural programs, sports, movies and music.
One of Eric Liu's 6 sources of power.
Univ of Chicago professor who believes nations strive to dominate each other and seek regional hegemony in an anarchic international system. (2wds)
The process whereby a single state works alone on a given issue.
The International Criminal Court is based out of this Dutch city. (2wds)
Penalties imposed by one state or institution on another state, institution or individual to coerce a change in behaviour.
This level of analysis would expand to involve issues like COVID and terrorism.
Realists define this system as when there is no higher defined central authority above states.
The notion that states and their fortunes are connected to each other.
The type of power which suggests a strong military, but also the implementation of alliances, diplomacy and capacity building.
Associated with the far left, this term suggests violent change to overthrow the status quo.
Applies to the notion of maintaining an existing state of affairs in politics. (2wds)
Power which utilises diplomatic and political manipulation by one country to undermine the political systems of its intended target.
This theory suggests that power is the currency of states and these states must compete with each other to survive.

30 Clues: One of Eric Liu's 6 sources of power. • This state actor is a member of the UN Security Council. • Latent power is based on a state’s wealth and size of this. • Realism states that this is the primary goal of all states. • The process whereby a single state works alone on a given issue. • The process of several countries working together on a given issue. • ...

4th of July 2024-06-20

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the color of the stars on the USA flag
the national animal of the USA
the first president of the United States of America
the symbol on the flag that represents the 13 original colonies
The Declaration of ___________
the building where the USA congress meets
the color of the sky
the official leader of the USA
the capital of the United States of America

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people use these at night on the 4th of July to celebrate America's independence
the first color of the rainbow
the day in July when the USA celebrates independence
the symbol that represents the USA and was made by Betsy Ross
where the president lives
the symbol on the flag that represents the 50 states
the month in which we celebrate the independence of the USA
The United States of ___________

17 Clues: the color of the sky • where the president lives • the first color of the rainbow • the national animal of the USA • The Declaration of ___________ • the official leader of the USA • The United States of ___________ • the color of the stars on the USA flag • the building where the USA congress meets • the capital of the United States of America • ...

History Chapter 8 test 5 2023-12-14

History Chapter 8 test 5 crossword puzzle

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– person who farmed for a landowner to receive part of the crop profit
southerners who supported the Union and joined with dishonest carpetbaggers to make a profit
of 1866 – law declaring that all people born in the United States except for Native Americans still living as tribes were citizens of the United States with full and equal benefits of all laws
– U.S. Army General who died at the Battle of Little Bighorn
– former slaves who were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment
a railroad that crosses the United States from Coast to Coast
– law that broke up tribal lands into separates plots and offered them to any U.S. citizen or Native American family that would take up farming or ranching
– men hired by a rancher to care for cattle
– 17th president of the United States became president after Abraham Lincoln’s death
– first former enslaved Black American to serve in Congress
19th president of the United States appointed because of the Compromise of 1877
institute founded in Tuskegee Alabama to educate Black men and women
– agreement in Congress that brought an end to the Reconstruction
government department created to ensure fair treatment to newly freed slaves
– rebuilding of Southern states after the Civil War
– trail for cattle drives from Texas to Abilene, Kansas
– the practice of separating people by skin color
– mail delivery using a relay system of horses and riders that delivered mail between Missouri and California in only 10 days
– first black American to serve in Congress
– 1890 incident in which over 200 Native American men, women and children from the Lakota tribe led nu Chief Big Foot were killed by the Us Army
Bill allowing a settler to claim up to 160 acres of land for a low price if they would improve the land and live on it for at least 5 years
– place where a Union Pacific train traveling west and a Central Pacific train traveling east met; marking the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
– areas of Oklahoma Territory that were not assigned to Native American Tribes
– central prairie area of the United States called the “Breadbasket of America” because of all the grain produced there
– organization formed by Congress after the end of the Civil War designed to help provide freed slaves and any poor southern family for one year
– laws in the Southern States that only Blacks had to obey
Act – law that made large areas of land available to Native Americans
– declared that freedman were citizens of the United States

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– town with a railroad to transport cattle
group within the Republican Party that wanted the government to control the recovery of the Southern states from the Civil War
– unjust treatment of another person because of a category such as race or skin color
– inventor of the Telegraph
– western territory that was ready to be settled but had not yet become a state
group within the Republican Party that wanted the southern states to make decisions on their own about recovery
Northern businessmen named for the suitcases they carried who traveled to the South to help rebuild the Southern economy
large sections of land set aside by the U.S. government for Native American tribes
– fights between western farmers and ranchers over grazing and water rights
– battle led by Chief Crazy Horse in which an entire unit of U.S. Soldiers died also called Custer’s Last Stand
18th president of the United States
– rush to claim pieces of the Unassigned lands in the Oklahoma Territory
America’s first National Park
– to bring criminal charges against a public official
– congressional bill that divided the Southern states into 5 military districts to aid in recovery
– declared that no man could be kept from voting because of race, color, or previous servitude
– leader of Sioux nation during the Battle of Little Bighorn
– company that operated banks carried mail and offered travel in the west by stagecoach
– process of herding cattle to the nearest Cowtown
– educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute

48 Clues: – inventor of the Telegraph • America’s first National Park • 18th president of the United States • – town with a railroad to transport cattle • – men hired by a rancher to care for cattle • – first black American to serve in Congress • – educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute • – the practice of separating people by skin color • ...

Unit 10 2024-05-03

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declares that all persons born in the U.S are citizens
to leave or withdraw
a northern who went to the south immediately after the civil war
laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves
the period after the civil war in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the union
abolished slavery
a system used on southern farms after the civil war

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after the civil war a group the believed the south should be harshly punished
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
organization run by the army to care for and protect southern blacks after the civil war
U.S Connor prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
the surrounding of a place in order to force it to surrender
another word for the northern states that stayed in the United States
southern whites who supported republican policy through reconstruction

14 Clues: abolished slavery • to leave or withdraw • a system used on southern farms after the civil war • laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves • declares that all persons born in the U.S are citizens • the surrounding of a place in order to force it to surrender • the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 • ...

US Geography 2026-03-11

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Distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.
An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land.
A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region.
The midwestern states where corn is grown.
Region in the far Northwestern United States that has low
A large part of the ocean—much bigger than a bay—reaching into the land.
Flat tableland with steep edges.
A vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans.
A part of the sea that curves into the coastline.
A spring that discharges hot water and steam.
Western states with a large Mormon population
Line The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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Urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles).
attendance
The geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries.
Distance measured in degrees east and west of an imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole.
A large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife.
States in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative.
A slowly moving mass of ice.
Deeply eroded barren land.

20 Clues: attendance • Deeply eroded barren land. • A slowly moving mass of ice. • Flat tableland with steep edges. • The midwestern states where corn is grown. • A spring that discharges hot water and steam. • Western states with a large Mormon population • An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land. • A part of the sea that curves into the coastline. • ...

Indian states 2022-02-16

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Egg Bowls of Asia
Capital of the state called 'God's Own Country'
Newest Indian State
Capital of the Eastern-most state of India

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Capital city also called the 'City of Joy'
A union territory and the capital of 2 states
Capital of the State where the third highest peak of the world, Mt. Kanchenjenga, is located
the capital of the original Telugu
State which has its capital named after the proponent of 'Satyagraha' and 'ahimsa'

9 Clues: Egg Bowls of Asia • Newest Indian State • the capital of the original Telugu • Capital city also called the 'City of Joy' • Capital of the Eastern-most state of India • A union territory and the capital of 2 states • Capital of the state called 'God's Own Country' • State which has its capital named after the proponent of 'Satyagraha' and 'ahimsa' • ...

states of matter vocab 2024-08-30

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Change When energy is released, and loses heat.
Change When energy is taken in, and gains heat
When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form
The ability of a fluid, liquid, or gas to exact an upward force on an object immersed in it
of State The change of a substance from one physical state to another
Point The exact temperature that liquid matter changes states into a solid matter
When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form.
Matter that has enough energy to overcome not just the attractive forces between its particles, but also the attractive forces within its atoms
When matter changes states from a liquid to solid form

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When matter changes states from a solid to gas form
The force exerted per unit area
Change Object still has the same composition, and is just represented in a different form
The resistance of a fluid to flowing
When matter changes states from a gas to liquid form
Expansion: An increase or decrease in the size of a substance when the temperature is changed.
Change A change in chemical properties or composition of a substance, resulting in the formation of at least one new substance.
Point The exact temperature that liquid matter changes states to a gas form
When matter changes states from a solid to liquid form

18 Clues: The force exerted per unit area • The resistance of a fluid to flowing • Change When energy is taken in, and gains heat • Change When energy is released, and loses heat. • When matter changes states from a solid to gas form • When matter changes states from a gas to liquid form • When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form • ...

70s-to now 2023-06-09

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This scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
The 37th President of the United States, who was involved in the Watergate scandal.
He served as the 46th President of the United States, taking office in 2021.
He succeeded President Ford in 1977 and served until 1981 as the 39th President of the United States.
An American painter and art instructor known for his soothing demeanor and landscape paintings.
A pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that emerged in late 2019 and spread globally in 2020.

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He served as the 40th President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989.
A space telescope launched by NASA in 1990, named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble.
The terrible events that occurred September 11th led to the war on..
The 45th President of the United States, who served from 2017 to 2021.
A controversial conflict that took place in the 1960s and 1970s, pitting communist forces against American-backed South Vietnamese forces.
Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram that allow users to create and share content.
A catastrophic hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, causing widespread devastation.
A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
A sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
A genre of music that originated in the Bronx in the late 1970s and has since become a global phenomenon.
A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States, which lasted from 1947 to 1991.

17 Clues: A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). • This scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. • The terrible events that occurred September 11th led to the war on.. • The 45th President of the United States, who served from 2017 to 2021. • He served as the 40th President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989. • ...

Unit 7 Crossword 2020-04-03

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a speech by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg and memory of the Union Soldiers who had died trying to protect the ideals of freedom upon which the nation was founded.
a person who flees or tries to escape ( for example, from slavery).
laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color, or because the person was once a slave.
an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state.
an order issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring slaves in the Confederate states are to be free.
the right of an accused person to appear in court so a judge can determine whether he or she is being imprisoned lawfully.
the United States as one nation United under a single government. During the Civil War “The Union” came to mean the government and armies of the North
the period after the Civil War in which southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union.
A proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War.
a series of political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas who are candidates in the Illinois race for the U.S. senator, in which slavery was the main issue.
another name for the Confederate States of America made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union.

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a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law.
a Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African-Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the Civil War.
the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens especially. equal treatment under the law
a village in Virginia that was the site of the Confederate surrender to the Union forces under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant.
The agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a free state. these agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the slave trade in Washington,D.C., and creating a stronger fugitive slave law.
an Act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories.
Bureau an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans.

21 Clues: a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country. • a person who flees or tries to escape ( for example, from slavery). • laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the Civil War. • the period after the Civil War in which southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union. • ...

Founding documents vocabulary 2021-09-30

Founding documents vocabulary crossword puzzle

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It was written to support the idea of forming a federal republic under a new constitution.
It was an agreement and created two legislative bodies in congress.
Members of this branch makes all of the laws.
a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats.
An uprising that tested the federal authority in the US.
Payment that is paid periodically.
Wanted the central government to be strong and the states government to be weak.
The highest judicial court that decides where laws break the constitution or not.
The leader of a country or nation.
This branch decides the meaning of laws and whether laws break the constitution or not.
Congress had implied powers under the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank.
Treaty between the United States and Great Britain/England.
Political statements stating that the Alien and Sedition acts were unconstitutional.
the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the laws.
A written document ratified by the 13 states on 1781. The goal of this document was to give the central government very little power over the states or their citizens.
The introductory part of a constitution or statute that states the reasons for the law or constitution.
an assembly or council.

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A written document limiting the power of the government, identifying the rights of the citizens, and defines a state.
3 laws that allowed the chief executive to deport any immigrant who they found dangerous, and 1 law that banned false or bad writings about the government.
wanted states to have the power and the central government to be weak.
Every 3 out of 5 slaves would be counted.
a form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
The pen name of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.
The lower legislative branch.
To approve.
Relating to a form of government where the states recognize the power of a central government but have certain state-level government powers.
This branch carries out and enforces laws.
List items individually.
The purchase made by Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the US.
Treaty between Spain and the United States, it also guaranteed the US navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
It established the power of judicial review and the power to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional.
The first 10 amendments in the US constitution.
A uprising of farmers, that lead to protests, that lead to George Washington coming out of retirement to help suppress them.
the power of the courts to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government to determine whether such actions are consistent with the constitution or if they aren't.
The term used to describe the judges appointed to the Federal Circuit courts by President Adams on his last day in office.
A supreme court judge.

36 Clues: To approve. • A supreme court judge. • an assembly or council. • List items individually. • The lower legislative branch. • Payment that is paid periodically. • The leader of a country or nation. • Every 3 out of 5 slaves would be counted. • This branch carries out and enforces laws. • Members of this branch makes all of the laws. • ...

Eli's Am. Gov. Crossword Puzzle 2k19 2019-08-30

Eli's Am. Gov. Crossword Puzzle 2k19 crossword puzzle

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A law that ordered people to return slaves that ran away to their owners and sparked debate in free states
The Executive Branch (the President) has the power to _____ laws passed by Congress
When a state decides to leave the union that is the United States, it participates in _____
A political group that believed states should have more power than the national government
An addition to the US Constitution to explicitly state rights not included in the Constitution
The US's system of government is not a democracy; it's a _____
The document that was sent to King George III on the 4th of July, 1776
The written statement that states how Congress's rulings on Concurrent Powers are higher than any rulings decided by the states (i.e. minimum wage)
Enumerated powers in the constitution that give each branch of government the right to correct others and protect the constituents from unfair rule
A conflict between the national and southern entities, in which the south tried to succeed from the US
A two party system
Abilities of Congress that are not explicitly stated in a document, but can still be enacted without overreaching in power
A national system of government
A method for the selection of judges in this state and other states that adopted this method

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Different groups of people with similar beliefs that agree to vote a certain way in most elections and affairs
A political group that believed states should have less power than the national government
A conclusion by the government that slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person to determine population
Government run by the people as a whole (i.e. voting on all issues and decisions)
Different branches of government are used to achieve this and, as an intended result, have a more fair and separated system with checks and balances
The decision agreed to by large and small states that set up the US Congress and the numbers of representatives for both the Senate and the House of Representatives
A document written to outline a government's system and people's rights
Abilities of Congress explicitly stated in the Constitution
Unstated abilities that overlap when it comes to whether the states or Congress has the right to decide
The first trial of a national document to outline the US's government; written before the constitution
Our indirect system of voting uses people in the _____ to officially vote
A national government that is not divided into a federal system and a state system
The document that contains the first ten amendments added to the Constitution
The Supreme Court's power to decide whether a law passed by congress is constitutional or not
A totalitarian form of government in which one person is the sole decision maker of the country
Abilities saved for the states to decide for themselves; sometimes overlapping with national implied powers

30 Clues: A two party system • A national system of government • Abilities of Congress explicitly stated in the Constitution • The US's system of government is not a democracy; it's a _____ • The document that was sent to King George III on the 4th of July, 1776 • A document written to outline a government's system and people's rights • ...

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