states Crossword Puzzles

Government 2024-04-14

Government crossword puzzle
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  1. A unique feature about Alaska's veto process for both hosues
  2. members in the Senate
  3. Number of states that have 3/5 threshold for their veto override
  4. Threshold in each house to override a veto
  5. Members in the House
  6. Number of states that have a majority threshold for their veto override
  7. Puerto Rico's current status in the US
  8. Amount of votes needed in Indiana to override a veto
  9. Leader of the House
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  1. Nebraska's unique legislature set up
  2. Amount of votes needed in Illinois to override a veto
  3. amount of votes needed in California to override a veto
  4. Votes needed in Senate to avoid a filibuster
  5. Number of Supreme Court Justices
  6. When legislation has no chance of passing the other house after being passes
  7. Term know for if one party controls both the legislative branch and executive branch
  8. President of the Senate
  9. Number of states that have 2/3 threshold for their veto override
  10. Party that holds a majority of the governorships in the US
  11. Number of states that have a different set up for their veto override other than 1/2, 3/5, or 2/3 of each house
  12. When the President disapproves of legislation passed returning it to Congress

21 Clues: Leader of the House • Members in the House • members in the Senate • President of the Senate • Number of Supreme Court Justices • Nebraska's unique legislature set up • Puerto Rico's current status in the US • Threshold in each house to override a veto • Votes needed in Senate to avoid a filibuster • Amount of votes needed in Indiana to override a veto • ...

Confederation and Constitution 2024-10-30

Confederation and Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. location of the Constitutional Convention
  2. first 10 amendments
  3. branch that makes the laws
  4. this Constitutional clause regulates trade between states
  5. The Constitution does this to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful
  6. a person who works for a political group to try and shape American laws for their favor
  7. money issues led to this rebellion showing the failures of the Articles of Confederation
  8. first attempt at American government
  9. argued for larger states having more legislative power
  10. the Three Fifths Compromise settled this debate in the Constitution
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  1. list of basic American rights
  2. political groups that shape American politics
  3. system in which delegates vote for presidential candidates
  4. the act of separating federal and state governments
  5. The Federalist Papers argued the necessity of strengthening this inorder to have a successful government
  6. branch that interprets and judges the laws
  7. argued for states to be equal in the Legislative branch
  8. branch that carries out the laws
  9. Formed 2 houses of congress
  10. number of original states
  11. father of the constitution
  12. fear of this led to a weak Articles of Confederation and the Separation of Powers in the Constitution

22 Clues: first 10 amendments • number of original states • branch that makes the laws • father of the constitution • Formed 2 houses of congress • list of basic American rights • branch that carries out the laws • first attempt at American government • location of the Constitutional Convention • branch that interprets and judges the laws • political groups that shape American politics • ...

Revolution to Constitution Review 2025-10-12

Revolution to Constitution Review crossword puzzle
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  1. plan that represented the smaller states
  2. the main body of the new constitution
  3. nasty conditions, cold, rough, Von Stueben arrives
  4. The first government didn't allow this to take place
  5. plan that represented the larger states
  6. Constitutional meeting to fix our government
  7. additions or changes to the new constitution
  8. location of Kings Mountain won by the farmers
  9. battle that Cornwallis lost to Washington, ended the war
  10. _________ of Confederation, our first plan of government
  11. river George Washington crossed on Christmas Day
  12. The introduction to the US Constitution
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  1. battle near Boston that showed we could fight
  2. southern city the British took
  3. battle lost in New York where we were outnumbered
  4. battle that we actually won, and impressed France
  5. only group that existed in the Articles of Confederation
  6. Fort we took without firing a shot
  7. battle in New Jersey that was the largest battle, ended in a draw
  8. Ordinance that helped the US expand and add states
  9. these had to pay for things under the Articles of Confederation
  10. The Great __________ between two government plans
  11. name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
  12. hired German Soldiers that helped the British

24 Clues: southern city the British took • Fort we took without firing a shot • the main body of the new constitution • plan that represented the larger states • The introduction to the US Constitution • plan that represented the smaller states • Constitutional meeting to fix our government • additions or changes to the new constitution • ...

articles of confederation terms to own. 2025-01-15

articles of confederation terms to own. crossword puzzle
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  1. teaming of states
  2. house and Senate combined
  3. related to national
  4. interprets laws
  5. confirm by vote
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  1. power being divided between states and govt
  2. two nations working together
  3. legislative branch has the most power
  4. citizens have power
  5. passes laws
  6. MAKES laws
  7. govt and states share power

12 Clues: MAKES laws • passes laws • interprets laws • confirm by vote • teaming of states • citizens have power • related to national • house and Senate combined • govt and states share power • two nations working together • legislative branch has the most power • power being divided between states and govt

US History: CH. 3 - The Growth of a Young Nation - Sections 1 & 2 2022-01-18

US History: CH. 3 - The Growth of a Young Nation - Sections 1 & 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Jackson /American lawyer, soldier, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States
  2. Tyler / the 10th president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845
  3. Purchase / the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from Napoleonic France in 1803
  4. / the practice of seizing Americans at sea and “impressing,” or drafting, them into the British navy.
  5. of Tears / the forced relocation during the 1830s of Eastern Woodlands Indians of the Southeast region of the United States
  6. republicanism / the people should control the government and that a simple government best suited the needs of the people.
  7. Doctrine / became a foundation for future American policy and represented an important step onto the world stage by the assertive young nation.
  8. Review / the ability of the Supreme Court to declare a law, in this case an act of Congress, unconstitutional
  9. Monroe / American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the 5th president of the United States from 1817 to 1825
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  1. Clay / American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
  2. democracy / a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21
  3. System / economic plan that played an important role in American policy during the first half of the 19th century
  4. / sometimes shortened to “Republicans
  5. Compromise / a series of agreements in 1820–1821
  6. Marshall / American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835
  7. v. Madison / was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States
  8. C Calhoun / American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions
  9. Quincy Adams /American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist, who served as the 6th president of the United States

18 Clues: / sometimes shortened to “Republicans • Compromise / a series of agreements in 1820–1821 • Tyler / the 10th president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845 • / the practice of seizing Americans at sea and “impressing,” or drafting, them into the British navy. • ...

Crossword Puzzle Development 2020-03-06

Crossword Puzzle Development crossword puzzle
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  1. absolute or relative
  2. [blank] factors of development include culture & migration & traditions & gender relations
  3. North-South [blank]: the physical global divide which represents the different levels of state development
  4. [blank] factors of development include infrastructure & state debt & use of funds & education & trade relationships
  5. [blank] footprint is the reason why many Western developed states often score poorly on the Happy Plant Index
  6. international [blank] is resources transferred between states in the hope to improve that state's condition (sometimes plagued by ulterior motives)
  7. a process which connected all the levels of analysis
  8. pathway toward development which has been said to be the largest growing economic sectors in recent years but is often fragile to health epidemics and conflict
  9. unbalanced access to resources
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  1. what is done must be not negatively impact future generation (often connected to the environment)
  2. [blank] factors of development include corruption & legitimacy & accountability & transparency
  3. theory which believes that government should remain outside of the economy in order to best develop states
  4. [blank] theory: developed states need developing states to allow their economies to remain dominant
  5. the main idea of the unit (a broad based and sustained increase in the standard of living and well-being of a level of social organization)
  6. a ideological theory which states the best pathway toward development is free market competition
  7. theory without hard policy on development but overall believes in government involvement in the market to support economic growth and therefore development
  8. [blank] Development Goals are the initial set of goals set up by the U.N. to be reached by 2015

17 Clues: absolute or relative • unbalanced access to resources • a process which connected all the levels of analysis • [blank] factors of development include culture & migration & traditions & gender relations • [blank] factors of development include corruption & legitimacy & accountability & transparency • ...

Unit #4 Extra Credit 2022-11-02

Unit #4 Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. a statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.
  2. an agreement by the United States and Great Britain that helped avert war between the two nations.
  3. a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War.
  4. outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
  5. having two branches or chambers.
  6. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  7. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  8. counting of population every ten years
  9. an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  10. Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
  11. provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
  12. a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
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  1. having a single legislative chamber.
  2. a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
  3. the agreement on any type of discussion
  4. a person who supports the constitution
  5. national political convention held September 11–14, 1786 at Mann's Tavern in Annapolis, Maryland, in which twelve delegates from five U.S. states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) gathered to discuss and develop a consensus on reversing the protectionist trade barriers that each state had erected.
  6. an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
  7. tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans
  8. an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.

20 Clues: having two branches or chambers. • having a single legislative chamber. • a person who supports the constitution • counting of population every ten years • the agreement on any type of discussion • tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans • a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. • ...

Civil War Search 2014-04-08

Civil War Search crossword puzzle
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  1. A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level
  2. Racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 in the United States at the state and local level
  3. A village were Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in April of 1865, ending the war
  4. A controversial ruling made by the supreme court in 1857
  5. A United States federal law that was mainly intended to protect the civil rights of African-Americans
  6. An infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Lee on Major General George G.(Union). On the last day of Gettysburg
  7. Amendment of the United States Constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
  8. A series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, campaigning for election, U.S. Senate from Illinois
  9. A speech by Lincoln, one of the best known in American History
  10. A plan carried out by John Wilkes Booth, in order to revive the Confederate cause
  11. An agency of the war department set up in the 1865 to assist freed slaves
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  1. The period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory
  2. Major event leading to the American Civil War. Five bills proposed by Henry Clay
  3. A presidential proclamation issued by Lincoln, directed to all areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive Branch
  4. Amendment of the United States Constitution that prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
  5. A bill proposed for the reconstruction of the south written by two radical republicans
  6. Battle between the Union and the Confederate on July 1-3, 1863 (Union Won)
  7. Preserved the balance between slave and free states in the senate and brought about a lull in the bitter debate in congress over slavery. Banned slavery north of the 36 30 line
  8. A United States federal law, that was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate
  9. A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned

20 Clues: A controversial ruling made by the supreme court in 1857 • A speech by Lincoln, one of the best known in American History • The period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory • An agency of the war department set up in the 1865 to assist freed slaves • Battle between the Union and the Confederate on July 1-3, 1863 (Union Won) • ...

US Constitution Crossword 2023-11-01

US Constitution Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people
  2. The branch of government that makes laws.
  3. The branch of government that administers and enforces the laws
  4. A compromise that called for 3/5ths of a state's slaves to be counted as population for both representation and taxation.
  5. Created and proposed the Virginia Plan and known as the father of the constitution
  6. 1787 A law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union.
  7. An opponent of a strong central government
  8. A compromise that offered a two-house Congress to satisfy both small and big states.
  9. A political system in which a national government and constituent units, such as state governments, share power
  10. An uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers protesting increased state taxes
  11. Supporters of the Constitution that favored the new Constitution's balance of power between the states and national government.
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  1. A document adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States
  2. A series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
  3. The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms.
  4. The branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution
  5. The official approval of the Constitution, or of an amendment, by the states.
  6. A plan proposed by William Paterson that proposed a single house congress in which each state had an equal vote.
  7. the providions in the US Constitution that prevent any branch of the US government from dominating the other two branches
  8. Alliance
  9. A plan proposed by James Madison that proposed a bicameral (two house) legislature, with membership based on each state's population.
  10. Political leader from Connecticut that suggested the Great Compromise
  11. A government in which citizens rule through their elected representatives
  12. A group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electorsis equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress.
  13. 1785 Established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains

24 Clues: Alliance • The branch of government that makes laws. • An opponent of a strong central government • The branch of government that administers and enforces the laws • Political leader from Connecticut that suggested the Great Compromise • The branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution • ...

WH Topic 19: Cold War Conflicts 2023-05-08

WH Topic 19: Cold War Conflicts crossword puzzle
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  1. a group of Communist guerrillas who fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War
  2. U.S. President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  3. a group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975
  4. nations the independent countries that remained neutral in the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union
  5. in Communist China, a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together
  6. militia units formed by young Chinese people in response to Mao Zedong's call for a social and cultural revolution
  7. a series of meetings in which leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit their nations' stocks of nuclear weapons
  8. during the Cold War, the developing nations not allied with either the United States or the Soviet Union
  9. the state of diplomatic hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II
  10. an uprising in China led by the Red Guards with the goal of establishing a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal
  11. the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control
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  1. during the Cold War, the boundary separating the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe
  2. a U.S. foreign policy in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances
  3. a policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon
  4. a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries
  5. a line of latitude that divided Korea into two nations after World War II
  6. a U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II
  7. a U.S. policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents
  8. an international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world
  9. a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression
  10. a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada

21 Clues: a group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975 • a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression • a line of latitude that divided Korea into two nations after World War II • U.S. President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War • ...

HaSS puzzle 2023-02-08

HaSS puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a group of countries that come together
  2. this made the colonies into states
  3. the process of moving to a new country, with plans to live there permanently
  4. a vote that no one knows who voted for who
  5. turns colonies into states
  6. the father of federation
  7. an agreement between states covering particular matters
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  1. second prime minister of Australia
  2. a special kind of voting that allows people to ask to change the law
  3. a group of people from one country who settle in another area
  4. when they only let white people into Australia
  5. the set of rules by which Australia is governed
  6. a tax on products that go from one country to another
  7. when states/countries trade without restrictions
  8. a typical example of a group, class or quality

15 Clues: the father of federation • turns colonies into states • second prime minister of Australia • this made the colonies into states • a group of countries that come together • a vote that no one knows who voted for who • when they only let white people into Australia • a typical example of a group, class or quality • the set of rules by which Australia is governed • ...

Discovering independence 2016-09-18

Discovering independence crossword puzzle
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  1. This is when many states became free and they out weighed the slave states.
  2. Unable to grasp
  3. To hold or fight
  4. This man sold Louisiana because he needed money for war.
  5. What court house did the south surrender in the Civil War?
  6. What job does Richard have to gain weight for?
  7. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what famous book?
  8. What did Richard have to gain from fighting those bullies trying to take his money for groceries?
  9. Who won the election of 1860?
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  1. Militarty government involving the suspension of everyday law.
  2. Executive order from president Lincoln, this freed slaves in slave states, but not border states
  3. The act of women gaining their independence.
  4. What is the name of one of Richards favorite authors?
  5. This is where Richard moved because of religious beliefs, he also died here.
  6. What is the name of the boy Richard is paid to fight?
  7. To shorten by cutting off a part
  8. What was a quasi-form of slavery called?
  9. Which river did the Americans cross to start the Mexican-American War?
  10. Richard becomes leader to what communist group?
  11. Another name for chaos or lawlessness.

20 Clues: Unable to grasp • To hold or fight • Who won the election of 1860? • To shorten by cutting off a part • Another name for chaos or lawlessness. • What was a quasi-form of slavery called? • The act of women gaining their independence. • Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what famous book? • What job does Richard have to gain weight for? • ...

Treaty-Based Actors 2018-02-07

Treaty-Based Actors crossword puzzle
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  1. Main meeting place for all committees
  2. A committee monitoring the execution of a treaty throughout the world
  3. Controversial Anti-Terrorism bill brought before the Human Rights Committee
  4. Committee on the Rights of a Child
  5. Voting standard for a committee to take action
  6. Committee on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families
  7. A form of feedback given to a State after submitting a report for evaluation
  8. Number of Treaty-Based Bodies in United Nations
  9. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  10. Statements submitted by States to committees for evaluations
  11. Monitors the implementation International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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  1. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
  2. Committee of Enforced...
  3. Complaints against a State by their citizens
  4. A committees interpretation of a human rights provision
  5. Members of committees are considered to be...in the field of human rights
  6. A provision released by CERD to deescalate a situation
  7. Review compliance reports by States and adjudicates individual reports by States
  8. Committee Against...first session held in 1988
  9. Number of treaties not ratified by United States
  10. A committee established by the Economic and Social Council

21 Clues: Committee of Enforced... • Committee on the Rights of a Child • Main meeting place for all committees • Complaints against a State by their citizens • Voting standard for a committee to take action • Committee Against...first session held in 1988 • Number of Treaty-Based Bodies in United Nations • Number of treaties not ratified by United States • ...

Human System 2014-09-21

Human System crossword puzzle
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  1. what percentage of the U.S. exports does japan receive
  2. often on farms
  3. which general direction is the population of the united States moving from
  4. name one Chinese cities have population of more than 5 million people
  5. relying on each other
  6. region that buys the smallest percentage of the United States export
  7. person who moves to a new city taking a job
  8. which country has the smallest percentage of people between 0 and 9
  9. region buys the most of united states
  10. permanent movement of people place to place
  11. region does the United States imports the largest amount of goods
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  1. the number of years an average person lives
  2. name one cities that have a major airports and major seaports
  3. used to explain the population history of a country or region
  4. buying and selling goods
  5. which European country has the highest percentage of urban population
  6. name one of the cities in the region have population of 500,000 to 1,000,000
  7. moving people and goods from another place to place to place
  8. which county has the highest percentage of people between the ages 0 and 9
  9. eraser that came from Malaysia

20 Clues: often on farms • relying on each other • buying and selling goods • eraser that came from Malaysia • region buys the most of united states • the number of years an average person lives • person who moves to a new city taking a job • permanent movement of people place to place • what percentage of the U.S. exports does japan receive • ...

global politics 2021-10-05

global politics crossword puzzle
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  1. Official orders that forbid trade and communication with another state, as a way of forcing its leaders to make political changes
  2. Attacks in which military aircraft drop bombs
  3. Human nature - wants power(realism)
  4. Organizations composed primarily of sovereign states
  5. The industries and services in a country that are owned and run by the government
  6. the internet empowers
  7. Persuasion and influence
  8. When many states are powerful
  9. Relating to political principles and structures for ordering government and society
  10. A theoretical perspective in which power is seen as the currency of global politics
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  1. The industries and services in a country that are owned and run by private companies
  2. A relationship between states that are commited to using their armed forces in supporting similar military objectives
  3. Ability to influence people behavior
  4. Achieving aims through force, persuasion and influence
  5. System of government in which people choose who would govern them
  6. spread amongst a number of different global political actors
  7. When one state is more powerful than all the others
  8. Achieving aims through force
  9. When two states are equally powerful
  10. Having the highest position of power, importance or influence

20 Clues: the internet empowers • Persuasion and influence • Achieving aims through force • When many states are powerful • Human nature - wants power(realism) • Ability to influence people behavior • When two states are equally powerful • Attacks in which military aircraft drop bombs • When one state is more powerful than all the others • ...

Maheen Jibran's Articles x-word 2024-02-14

Maheen Jibran's Articles x-word crossword puzzle
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  1. The New Englanders seemed very _______ To the Southeners.
  2. The Continental Army was ________ after the Revolutionary War.
  3. Did the first US constitution succeed or fail?
  4. ________ Hamilton hated congress because they didn't share his vision.
  5. Enforcing ____ was one of the biggest issues the Continental Congress had faced.
  6. The articles of _____________ passed during the revolution.
  7. ____ Webster wrote the first American Dictionary
  8. Shaes rebellion had lots of consequences to the ______.
  9. ______ Resources was an advantage that we had to become a future world power.
  10. Over __________ militia men were hired
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  1. A new country was ________ by the Declaration of Independance.
  2. Declaring War was one of the powers held exclusively by the nation _______.
  3. _______ Rebellion proved articles weak in Mass, in 1786-87
  4. __________ was one of the states that almost became an independent country.
  5. Alexander ________ Came to New York City as a teenager to be educated.
  6. The Revolutionary War left American states in ____.
  7. The Continental Congress was passed during the __________ War
  8. ____ out of thirteen states had to approve a bill only to pass it.
  9. The articles could not ______ laws.
  10. The United States was bankrupt and had no ability to ___.

20 Clues: The articles could not ______ laws. • Over __________ militia men were hired • Did the first US constitution succeed or fail? • ____ Webster wrote the first American Dictionary • The Revolutionary War left American states in ____. • Shaes rebellion had lots of consequences to the ______. • The New Englanders seemed very _______ To the Southeners. • ...

The American Revolution (Ronald Oldenburg) 2024-02-13

The American Revolution (Ronald Oldenburg) crossword puzzle
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  1. British general in charge of the British army.
  2. In the treaty of Paris the western boundaries ended at the ______ river
  3. This guy rode his horse at night and told everybody that the British were coming.
  4. The place were the British surrendered and lost the war.
  5. A petition sent to king George as a last chance to prevent the war
  6. What could the states not inforce but can only ask for?
  7. The war that this crossword is about
  8. Who saw the United States as a future world power?
  9. General in charge of the United states army
  10. The treaty that ended the war.
  11. alexander Hamilton saw the united states as ____ _____ _____
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  1. people who were against leaving Britain and starting a war.
  2. Militias that would be ready to fight in a minutes notice.
  3. Each ____ shall have one vote when voting
  4. People who were willing to go to war for their rights.
  5. this country helped us win the war.
  6. The "Turning Point" in the war
  7. This guy wrote common sense and the American crisis.
  8. One of the best generals who became a traitor for not getting proper credit
  9. Who wrote the dictionary?

20 Clues: Who wrote the dictionary? • The "Turning Point" in the war • The treaty that ended the war. • this country helped us win the war. • The war that this crossword is about • Each ____ shall have one vote when voting • General in charge of the United states army • British general in charge of the British army. • Who saw the United States as a future world power? • ...

CIVIC'S TEST PART 2 2024-03-02

CIVIC'S TEST PART 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. What stops one branch of the government from becoming too powerful?
  2. Name one U.S. territory
  3. Who is the chief justice of the United States now?
  4. The House of Representatives has has how many voting member?
  5. Name one state that borders Mexico
  6. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
  7. How many U.S. Senators are there?
  8. What is an amendment?
  9. What is the economic system of the United States?
  10. Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
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  1. Who is one of your U.S. Senator now?
  2. What does the constitution do?
  3. What is the "rule of law"?
  4. When must all men register for Selected Service?
  5. What is the name of the national anthem?
  6. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
  7. What is the supreme law of the land?
  8. What ocean is on the west side of the United States?
  9. Where is the Statue of Liberty?
  10. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

20 Clues: What is an amendment? • Name one U.S. territory • What is the "rule of law"? • What does the constitution do? • Where is the Statue of Liberty? • How many U.S. Senators are there? • Name one state that borders Mexico • Who is the "Father of Our Country"? • Who is one of your U.S. Senator now? • What is the supreme law of the land? • What is the name of the national anthem? • ...

How Amurica became Amurica 2020-09-29

How Amurica became Amurica crossword puzzle
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  1. Americans to natives to assigned reserves
  2. connects pacific to east
  3. rebel states are free states
  4. abolishment of slavery
  5. a colony
  6. hessian army lost in raid of Americans
  7. plan to give power to smaller states
  8. share both republican and democracy
  9. plan of power to give larger states
  10. americans were destined to expand west
  11. trade creates money which makes profit
  12. enslaved black man fights for freedom
  13. enforced racial segregation in south
  14. Rebels dumped tea off a British boat
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  1. ends war of americans and mexico
  2. tax put on sugar, molasses, coffee, and indigo
  3. U.S clears tribe for land
  4. tax on all paper goods
  5. withdrawing from a political federation
  6. a group is absorbed in a dominant group
  7. black men have rights to vote
  8. Lee surrenders army to union
  9. black men have rights as people
  10. british put restrictions on trade
  11. U.S. bought louisiana from France
  12. group to help freed slaves as people
  13. custer dies in native american battle
  14. british america and france + natives
  15. actor and killer of abraham lincoln
  16. route between missouri river and oregon

30 Clues: a colony • tax on all paper goods • abolishment of slavery • connects pacific to east • U.S clears tribe for land • rebel states are free states • Lee surrenders army to union • black men have rights to vote • black men have rights as people • ends war of americans and mexico • british put restrictions on trade • U.S. bought louisiana from France • share both republican and democracy • ...

Chapter 6, Sections 3 and 4 2024-04-26

Chapter 6, Sections 3 and 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. Also known as Swamp Fox
  2. Country that was affected by the American Revolution
  3. Daniel Morgan won a clear victory at the Battle of _________
  4. Battle of ____________ ended the Revolutionary War
  5. To sign up for duty
  6. The United States extended west towards the _________ River
  7. Cornwallis wanted to ________ his troops in Yorktown
  8. The United States extended north towards __________
  9. General _______ split his army in two.
  10. An American traitor
  11. person who betrays his or her country or cause and helps the other side
  12. armed civilian ships that had their government's permission to attack energy ships and keep their goods
  13. Commander of the American navy
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  1. Paper money
  2. fighters who work in small bands to make hit-and-run attacks
  3. British general who surrendered during the Battle of Yorktown
  4. Fought beyond the Appalachian Mountains
  5. The United States extended east towards the _____________ Ocean
  6. Treaty of ____________
  7. The United States extended south towards ___________
  8. Took over farms and businesses during the war
  9. Britain offered enslaved African Americans _______ in return for fighting in the war
  10. American ships were ________ than British ships
  11. Louisiana governor
  12. People not in the military
  13. Who helped the Americans in trapping Cornwallis?

26 Clues: Paper money • Louisiana governor • To sign up for duty • An American traitor • Treaty of ____________ • Also known as Swamp Fox • People not in the military • Commander of the American navy • General _______ split his army in two. • Fought beyond the Appalachian Mountains • Took over farms and businesses during the war • American ships were ________ than British ships • ...

CH Unit 5 Extra Credit Crossword 2024-03-14

CH Unit 5 Extra Credit Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. When a solution has as much solute as possible.
  2. ________'s Law states that volume and moles of gas are proportional.
  3. A heterogenous mixture with large particles, that settles over time.
  4. An evenly mixed mixture.
  5. A homogenous mixture of two or more substances.
  6. Degrees ______ are the unit for temperature in the Ideal Gas Law.
  7. When, using temperature/pressure changes, a solution has more solute than it normally should have.
  8. _____'s Law states that volume and pressure are inversely proportional.
Down
  1. An unevenly mixed mixture.
  2. A solution with water as the solvent.
  3. _______'s Law states that temperature and volume are proportional.
  4. When using this unit to measure pressure, R is equal to 8.314 .
  5. The major component of a solution.
  6. A heterogenous mixture with medium particles, that doesn't settle, and often scatters light well.
  7. The minor component of a solution.
  8. The Ideal Gas Law (just the letters, without the "=" in the middle).
  9. The unit for volume in the Ideal Gas Law.
  10. When using this unit to measure pressure, R is equal to 0.08206 .
  11. When a solution does NOT have as much solute as possible.
  12. _______'s Law states that pressure and temperature are proportional.

20 Clues: An evenly mixed mixture. • An unevenly mixed mixture. • The major component of a solution. • The minor component of a solution. • A solution with water as the solvent. • The unit for volume in the Ideal Gas Law. • When a solution has as much solute as possible. • A homogenous mixture of two or more substances. • When a solution does NOT have as much solute as possible. • ...

The Jackson Era 2023-03-28

The Jackson Era crossword puzzle
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  1. What removed the Indians from their land
  2. the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums
  3. political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
  4. the vice president of Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
  5. hero of the War of 1812
  6. Party members choose candidates.
  7. a conservative political party that existed in the United States during the middle 19th century
  8. 7th president of the united states
  9. second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States
  10. this movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation.
  11. Term for state banks selected by the U.S. department of treasury.
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  1. 800 mile forced march
  2. An official public meeting of a party to choose candidates for office.
  3. This system gives government jobs to people.
  4. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.
  5. Political party which favored state's rights and weaker central gov.- followers of Jackson
  6. A person who represents others.
  7. the principles of the United States Law.
  8. This group met in the kitchen of the white house
  9. name they called Andrew Jackson

20 Clues: 800 mile forced march • hero of the War of 1812 • A person who represents others. • name they called Andrew Jackson • Party members choose candidates. • 7th president of the united states • What removed the Indians from their land • the principles of the United States Law. • This system gives government jobs to people. • This group met in the kitchen of the white house • ...

WWll 2023-05-11

WWll crossword puzzle
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  1. The battle fought at the islands halfway between Japan and The United States
  2. Germany's chancellor during World War 2
  3. Labor Camps that held prisoners. Many German camps held Jews.
  4. Invasion of Normandy, France
  5. Japan, Germany, Italy, and Russia in beginning
  6. Political movement that is started with extreme nationalism and a dictator as their leader
  7. The mass genocide of Jews in Europe
  8. The bomb used on Nagasaki and Hiroshima to make Japan surrender
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  1. Italy's ruler during World War 2
  2. Creator of the Soviet Union and Russia's ruler during WW2
  3. Germany's Government during World War two
  4. United States, Great Britain, and Russia in the end
  5. Misleading information that persuades a group of people to do a certain thing
  6. Pride for one's country
  7. The event that made the U.S go into war
  8. Japan's Prime Minister during World War 2
  9. United States President at the begging of the war
  10. Great Britain's Prime Minister who decided not to just appease Hitler but fight back
  11. When the U.K gave Hitler land out of fear, and after he kept expecting land and receiving it (Giving a Mouse a Cookie)
  12. The planes of the United States that dropped the Atomic Bombs

20 Clues: Pride for one's country • Invasion of Normandy, France • Italy's ruler during World War 2 • The mass genocide of Jews in Europe • Germany's chancellor during World War 2 • The event that made the U.S go into war • Germany's Government during World War two • Japan's Prime Minister during World War 2 • Japan, Germany, Italy, and Russia in beginning • ...

Countdown to Civil War 2025-02-24

Countdown to Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. 16th president of USA
  2. underground railroad
  3. began in 1848
  4. was attacked by the south, began the Civil War
  5. wrote uncle tom's cabin
  6. opposed slavery, also called democratic party
  7. another name for the Know Nothing Party
  8. lost to abraham lincoln
  9. when a region of a country has a stronger loyalty to its own interests than to the country as a whole
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  1. law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820
  2. slave act law that required slaves to be returned to their owners
  3. president of the confederate states
  4. led violent slave revolt
  5. political position that stated that territories could decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty
  6. name states that succeeded from union
  7. promote traditional american ways
  8. allowed territories to decide whether to permit slavery
  9. compromise of 1850
  10. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a landmark 1857 Supreme Court case that ruled that Black people were not citizens of the United States.
  11. judge presiding over Dred Scott decision
  12. 15th president of united states
  13. people who were born in usa were against immigrants
  14. a series of laws passed by Congress in September 1850 to address sectional tensions over slavery

23 Clues: began in 1848 • compromise of 1850 • underground railroad • 16th president of USA • wrote uncle tom's cabin • lost to abraham lincoln • led violent slave revolt • 15th president of united states • promote traditional american ways • president of the confederate states • name states that succeeded from union • another name for the Know Nothing Party • ...

Physics 2024-12-01

Physics crossword puzzle
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  1. a push or pull
  2. exists tangent to the circle
  3. a force of attraction between two objects that have mass
  4. force that is equal in size and opposite in direction
  5. force
  6. force is not equal in size and opposite in direction
  7. force that is a type of friction that occurs between air molecules and a moving object
  8. force directly touches the object
  9. which newton's law states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside,unblanced force
  10. force that acts between moving surfaces
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  1. accelaration that is directly towards the center of the circcle
  2. force acting along a rope or cable
  3. newton's universal law of __________ states that more mass of objects = more force and more distance between the objects = less force
  4. support force that opposes gravity
  5. force that keeps an object at rest
  6. object moving in a circular
  7. this is a force applied to an object by another object
  8. force is felt, but does not contact the object
  9. which of newton's law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
  10. newton's law that states f=ma

20 Clues: force • a push or pull • object moving in a circular • exists tangent to the circle • newton's law that states f=ma • force directly touches the object • force acting along a rope or cable • support force that opposes gravity • force that keeps an object at rest • force that acts between moving surfaces • force is felt, but does not contact the object • ...

Bill of Rights and Constitution 2022-02-14

Bill of Rights and Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. This gives the right to bear firearms.
  2. People sworn to give a verdict on a legal case.
  3. This part of the government inspects laws.
  4. Where they made the Constitution.
  5. The lower part of the United States Congress.
  6. The supreme laws of the United States.
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  1. The first ten amendments of the United States Constitution.
  2. This allows people to express opinions without restraint.
  3. This part of the government enforces laws.
  4. The Congress is part of this branch
  5. No soldiers can be quartered in a time of peace.
  6. Wrote the amendments to the Bill of Rights.
  7. This secures property from unreasonable searches.
  8. The upper part of the United States Congress
  9. A person who is represents others, or who is elected to vote or act for others.

15 Clues: Where they made the Constitution. • The Congress is part of this branch • This gives the right to bear firearms. • The supreme laws of the United States. • This part of the government enforces laws. • This part of the government inspects laws. • Wrote the amendments to the Bill of Rights. • The upper part of the United States Congress • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-27

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Union Victory which split the Confederacy in two
  2. Place where Lee surrendered to Grant
  3. Union general in charge of the the March to the Sea (Atlanta) Campaign
  4. Proposed idea on how to defeat the Confederate States
  5. Lincoln's declaration freeing the slaves in the Confederate states
  6. the formal withdrawal from a federation, especially a political state
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  1. President of the Confederate States
  2. Bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War
  3. Top general of the Confederate Army
  4. Site of the first battle of the Civil War
  5. Bloodies battle and the turning point of the Civil War
  6. Top general of the Union Army
  7. President of the United States
  8. Person who killed President Abraham Lincoln
  9. First time both armies faced against each other, on land, battle of the Civil War

15 Clues: Top general of the Union Army • President of the United States • President of the Confederate States • Top general of the Confederate Army • Place where Lee surrendered to Grant • Site of the first battle of the Civil War • Person who killed President Abraham Lincoln • Union Victory which split the Confederacy in two • Bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War • ...

History Crossword - Civil War 2023-01-31

History Crossword - Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. 18th President of the United States
  2. The nation formed by the states that seceded
  3. Important due to it being located on the Mis. River
  4. Amendment that ended slavery
  5. The (blank) plan was the plan to surround and strangle the Confederate States
  6. The (blank) Proclamation declared slaves in the rebelling states will be free
  7. President of the Confederacy
  8. caused riots around the nation
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  1. The first full battle was called (blank) run
  2. (blank) Power was a very hot issue during the time.
  3. The attack on Fort (blank) marked the start of the war
  4. Last name of the man who shot lincoln
  5. The Pacific (blank) Act was signed in 1862
  6. President during the Civil War
  7. The bloodiest battle of the war, and a turning point.

15 Clues: Amendment that ended slavery • President of the Confederacy • President during the Civil War • caused riots around the nation • 18th President of the United States • Last name of the man who shot lincoln • The Pacific (blank) Act was signed in 1862 • The first full battle was called (blank) run • The nation formed by the states that seceded • ...

Branches of the Government 2022-11-25

Branches of the Government crossword puzzle
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  1. leader of the executive branch
  2. upper chamber of Congress each state has two representatives that serve six year terms
  3. two branches
  4. proposal that favored smaller states and equal representation of the states regardless of population
  5. not in accordance with the US Constitution
  6. branch of the US government that evaluates laws
  7. lower chamber of Congress that represents the states by population and serve two year terms
  8. leaders of the judicial branch
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  1. branch of the US government that carries out laws
  2. proposal that favored larger states and a strong central government consisting of three branches
  3. branch of the US government that makes laws
  4. where Congress meets
  5. where the executive branch works
  6. name of the leaders of the legislative branch
  7. reject a decision or proposal made by a law making body

15 Clues: two branches • where Congress meets • leader of the executive branch • leaders of the judicial branch • where the executive branch works • not in accordance with the US Constitution • branch of the US government that makes laws • name of the leaders of the legislative branch • branch of the US government that evaluates laws • branch of the US government that carries out laws • ...

Civil War 2021-10-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. secessionist states that opposed the Union
  2. capital of Confederates during the war
  3. a plan that included forming a naval blockade off the coast and an attack down the Mississippi
  4. warship used by Union navy in first notable battle between ironclad warships
  5. 16th U.S. president
  6. battle that stopped Confederate momentum and prevented intervention by the Europeans
  7. Confederate general that fought in Antietam and Gettysburg
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  1. war between northern and southern states
  2. Civil war’s bloodiest one-day battle
  3. name that referred to the northern states
  4. Union capital during the war
  5. system that required men to participate in the war
  6. first major land battle of civil war
  7. diplomacy strategy to withhold cotton exports to bring Europe into the war
  8. states middle ground of the Civil War

15 Clues: 16th U.S. president • Union capital during the war • Civil war’s bloodiest one-day battle • first major land battle of civil war • states middle ground of the Civil War • capital of Confederates during the war • war between northern and southern states • name that referred to the northern states • secessionist states that opposed the Union • ...

A Union Divided 2023-02-16

A Union Divided crossword puzzle
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  1. Nickname given to soldiers from the North
  2. Word that means "runaway"
  3. The south believed the government should allow more space for ___ ___.
  4. Word that means "to separate" or "official withdrawal"
  5. First state to announce its separation from the Union
  6. He was named president of the Confederate States of America
  7. This state became a battleground over state's rights and slavery.
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  1. President of the United States during the Civil War
  2. The main issue that divided the country in the 1800s
  3. A state that did now allow slavery.
  4. Name given to the southern states during the Civil War
  5. Word that means "agreement"
  6. A state that allowed the practice of slavery.
  7. Name given to the northern states during the Civil War
  8. Nickname given to soldiers from the South

15 Clues: Word that means "runaway" • Word that means "agreement" • A state that did now allow slavery. • Nickname given to soldiers from the North • Nickname given to soldiers from the South • A state that allowed the practice of slavery. • President of the United States during the Civil War • The main issue that divided the country in the 1800s • ...

Advisory Crossword 1 2024-02-22

Advisory Crossword 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. This Nevada native animal can live its entire life without drinking one drop of water
  2. Where the president goes to work every day
  3. Most recent President to be assassinated
  4. First President to be assassinated
  5. The second president of the United States
  6. One of the two Senators from the State of Nevada
  7. First President of the United States
  8. One of two states that border Nevada's north
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  1. This is the richest known silver deposit in the world. It's in Nevada.
  2. A 1910 law made it illegal to do what in Las Vegas?
  3. The state that borders the west side of Nevada
  4. Current President of the United States
  5. The Governor of the State of Nevada
  6. The Capital of the State of Nevada
  7. The state that borders the east side of Nevada

15 Clues: First President to be assassinated • The Capital of the State of Nevada • The Governor of the State of Nevada • First President of the United States • Current President of the United States • Most recent President to be assassinated • The second president of the United States • Where the president goes to work every day • One of two states that border Nevada's north • ...

U.S. History crossword puzzle 2015-01-20

U.S. History crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Supporters of the constitution
  2. opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts
  3. To divide the legislative, executive, and judicial in separate bodies
  4. To be charged with treason
  5. Any of the various governing bodies
  6. Non supporters of the constitution
  7. The killer of Alexander Hamilton
  8. The first ten amendment
  9. Changes to the government
  10. An introduction
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  1. He was killed by Aaron Burr
  2. The plan where people wanted bigger states to have more rights
  3. Tax on Whiskey
  4. Farmers fighting for their land
  5. The lower house o the united states congress
  6. The plan where people wanted all states to have equal rights

16 Clues: Tax on Whiskey • An introduction • The first ten amendment • Changes to the government • To be charged with treason • He was killed by Aaron Burr • Supporters of the constitution • Farmers fighting for their land • The killer of Alexander Hamilton • Non supporters of the constitution • opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts • Any of the various governing bodies • ...

crossword midterm puzzle 2020-09-30

crossword midterm puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. one of the Amendments that abolished slavery in the United States
  2. a form of government operating on principles adopting from Republican and a democracy
  3. this Trail pointed the way for the United States to expand Westward to achieve the positions of the day called Manifest Destiny to reach from sea to shining sea
  4. a protest that occurred in December people got a lot of tea imported by British East India Company into the Hober
  5. ended the war between the United States and Mexico by its terms, Mexico gets fifty five of its territory, including parts of present day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States.
  6. was an American statesman, politician legal scholar military commander lawyer Banker an economist he was one of the founding fathers of the United States
  7. it granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States including Farmers and slaves guaranteed all citizens equal
  8. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution ratified and guaranteeing such rights as the freedom of speech assembly and worship
  9. a american-statesman, lawyer, philospher and founding father who served as a third president of the United States
  10. a u.s. history document that was approved by the continental Congress that announced the separation of thirteen North American British colonies from Great Britain
  11. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state
  12. declared that all persons held as slaves" within the rebelious states are and henceforward shall be free
  13. was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York
  14. a series of laws designed to restrict England carrying trades English ships
  15. it forbid all settlement west of line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains which was Indian reserved
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  1. a place which crops such as coffee sugar and tobacco are grown by Resident labor
  2. this plan divided two bodies the Senate and the House of Representative with proportional representation
  3. the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or Abridged by the United States or any state on account of race color or previous conditions of servitude
  4. this railroad was one thousand one hundred ninety-two my railroad line constructed it connected the existing Eastern u.s. rail network at the Council Bluffs Iowa Pacific Coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay
  5. a person who favors the abomination of practice instruction such as slavery
  6. was a American political leader, military general, statesmen and founding father who served as the first president of the United States
  7. was the King of Great Britain
  8. a state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in Southern United States
  9. and after of a national stage who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
  10. a word that occurred between cheyenne and arpaho people by the US Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred
  11. a plan to have one vote in Congress instead of the number of votes being based on population
  12. It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the US from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande
  13. was the North American conflict in a larger war between Great Britain and France
  14. a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolution it took place in December and Trenton New Jersey
  15. an act that required printed materials in the colonies be produced and stamp paper produced in London carrying an embossed revenue Stamp
  16. it reduce the rate of tax on molasses from six piece to three pints per gallon
  17. a decade long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man named Dred Scott
  18. a belief in the benefits of profitable Trading

33 Clues: was the King of Great Britain • a belief in the benefits of profitable Trading • one of the Amendments that abolished slavery in the United States • and after of a national stage who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln • a decade long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man named Dred Scott • ...

Chapter 12 Vocab 2024-03-20

Chapter 12 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. less serious crimes
  2. powers that are reserved to the states
  3. population count
  4. governors in 43 states have the power to veto specific parts of a bill
  5. courts that handle minor cases such as traffic violations or disturbing the peace
  6. unequal representation
  7. early release from prison
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  1. judge in a small town
  2. two house legislature
  3. Constitution established an arrangement that gives the national government certain powers and reserves others for states.
  4. powers shared by state and federal government
  5. awards of money
  6. cases involving small sums of money
  7. people filing lawsuits
  8. reduce
  9. divided into districts
  10. one house legislature

17 Clues: reduce • awards of money • population count • less serious crimes • judge in a small town • two house legislature • one house legislature • people filing lawsuits • divided into districts • unequal representation • early release from prison • cases involving small sums of money • powers that are reserved to the states • powers shared by state and federal government • ...

Government REVIEW, U.S. History 2017-04-28

Government REVIEW, U.S. History crossword puzzle
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  1. The deal that combined two plans regarding representatives for each state.
  2. Amendment that says powers not given to the national government belong to the states.
  3. process by which a president is removed from office
  4. Against ratifying the constitution
  5. Employee of the judicial branch
  6. The father of the constitution
  7. Employee of the legislative branch
  8. How we elect a president, based on representatives/population
  9. In favor of ratifying the constitution
  10. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution
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  1. Power comes from the people
  2. Rebellion of farmers that were angered by their debt and taxes.
  3. first constitution for the 13 colonies/states.
  4. People exercise their power by voting for representatives that reflect their wishes
  5. Change
  6. sharing powers between the state and national governments
  7. Each state gets two representatives no matter what it's population. (Small states favored this.)
  8. Employee of the executive branch
  9. Amendment that grants the right to bear arms (weapons for your protection)
  10. Each state gets representatives according to their population. (Large states favored this.)
  11. Approve
  12. Amendment that give right to NOT self incriminate, due process
  13. Amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, religion, assembly

23 Clues: Change • Approve • Power comes from the people • The father of the constitution • Employee of the judicial branch • Employee of the executive branch • Against ratifying the constitution • Employee of the legislative branch • In favor of ratifying the constitution • The introduction to the U.S. Constitution • first constitution for the 13 colonies/states. • ...

Chapter 7 Test Extra Credit Crossword 2021-12-23

Chapter 7 Test Extra Credit Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. angular ______ is calculated using delta theta/ delta time
  2. centripetal force is _______-seeking
  3. angular ___________ is calculated using s/r
  4. centripetal __________ is the center-directed acceleration of an object in circular motion
  5. ______ speed is the speed of an object moving in a circular path
  6. the unit for w is ________ per second
  7. _______ velocity is radians over time
  8. the law of ___ states that lines connected any planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal time
  9. the r in the equation s/r
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  1. how round or flat an orbit is
  2. Newton's law of _ states that every object in orbit will be attracted to Earth but never contact it
  3. angular ________ is calculated using w/delta t
  4. the gravitational ______ is equal to 6.67X10^-11
  5. uniform _________ motion occurs due to centripetal acceleration
  6. ____ velocity is distance over time
  7. the law of ____ states that all planets move in elliptical orbits
  8. _______ force is a force away from the center during circular motion
  9. ______ force is the force that causes an object to move in a circle
  10. planets are in ____ fall towards the sun
  11. the law of _____ states that T^2=kr^3
  12. the speed of a planet is _____ closer to the Sun

21 Clues: the r in the equation s/r • how round or flat an orbit is • ____ velocity is distance over time • centripetal force is _______-seeking • the law of _____ states that T^2=kr^3 • the unit for w is ________ per second • _______ velocity is radians over time • planets are in ____ fall towards the sun • angular ___________ is calculated using s/r • ...

History Alive Chapter 1 Land forms 2022-01-03

History Alive Chapter 1 Land forms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Land that is mostly flat, with few trees
  2. usually have steep sides and rise at least 2,000 feet above sea level
  3. North and South Dakota are primarily this land form
  4. Largest River in the united States
  5. Country located to the north of the United States
  6. Runs East and West
  7. formed when soil is deposited at the mouth of a river
  8. Ocean located to the west of the United States
  9. The planet you live on
  10. number of continents on Earth
  11. Masses of land, such as continents, islands, and peninsulas
Down
  1. Land form that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
  2. Runs North and South
  3. Body of salt water that jets in land
  4. an instrument for finding directions
  5. small body of fresh water that is located in land
  6. state that is not part of the continental United States
  7. the globe is divided into north, south, east and west _________
  8. Land surrounded by water
  9. greek word that means "writing about"
  10. Line that runs East and West at the middle of Earth
  11. small stream that feeds into a river
  12. key to reading a map
  13. Continent located to the west of Asia

24 Clues: Runs East and West • Runs North and South • key to reading a map • The planet you live on • Land surrounded by water • number of continents on Earth • Largest River in the united States • Body of salt water that jets in land • an instrument for finding directions • small stream that feeds into a river • greek word that means "writing about" • Continent located to the west of Asia • ...

Creating the Constitution 2022-02-16

Creating the Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this plan sought two houses of congress and was cheered by big states
  2. in the Three-Fifths Compromise it was agreed that enslaved people would count as this percentage of a person
  3. this was the first attempt at creating a constitution in the United States
  4. a system used in the United States to choose the President and Vice President
  5. this rebellion led to the overhaul of the constitution
  6. thinkers like John Locke were from this era
  7. Edmund Randolph suggested that the executive branch should have this many leaders
  8. a written frame of government
  9. amount of delegates who attended and did not sign the Constitution
Down
  1. angry with a brother, sister, or rival nation? You're having one of these.
  2. often known as the father of the constitution
  3. a delegate from this state would create the Great Compromise
  4. the branch that interprets laws
  5. the oldest delegate at the constitutional convention
  6. this plan sought one single house and every state would get one vote
  7. the branch that makes laws
  8. modern-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin
  9. the constitutional ________ occurred in 1787 in Philadelphia
  10. the branch that carries out laws
  11. the number of states needed to ratify the Constitution

20 Clues: the branch that makes laws • a written frame of government • the branch that interprets laws • the branch that carries out laws • thinkers like John Locke were from this era • often known as the father of the constitution • the oldest delegate at the constitutional convention • this rebellion led to the overhaul of the constitution • ...

History 2014-09-21

History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. name one cities that have a major airports and seaport
  2. which european country has the highest percentage of urban population
  3. buying and selling of goods
  4. name one of the cities in the region have population of 500,000 to 1,000,000
  5. what percentage of u.s. exports does japan
  6. name one chinese cities have population of more than 5 million people
  7. moving people and goods from another place to place
  8. which country has the highest percentage of people between the ages of 0 to 9
Down
  1. which general direction is the population of the united states moving from
  2. eraser that came from malaysia
  3. leave their country to find a safety in another continent
  4. person who moves to a new city taking a job
  5. permanent movement of people from place to place
  6. what percentage of u.s. imports from japan
  7. relying on others
  8. region does the united states import the largest amount of goods
  9. people migrated to all other inhabited continents
  10. which country has the smallest percentage of people between the ages of 0 to 9
  11. region that the smallest percentage of united states of united export
  12. region buys the most of united states goods

20 Clues: relying on others • buying and selling of goods • eraser that came from malaysia • what percentage of u.s. imports from japan • what percentage of u.s. exports does japan • person who moves to a new city taking a job • region buys the most of united states goods • permanent movement of people from place to place • people migrated to all other inhabited continents • ...

Forming a Governemnt 2021-01-14

Forming a Governemnt crossword puzzle
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  1. A document signed that made the king subject to law
  2. Divides the powers of government between a central government and the states that make it up
  3. People who opposed the constitution
  4. Ten proposed amendments intended to protect citizens' rights
  5. led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the supreme court
  6. Set of basics and laws that states powers and duties of government
  7. Political authority is in the nads of the people
  8. Gave each state equal number of votes in the federal government
  9. Official approval
  10. The right to vote
  11. Essays supporting the constitution
  12. Give sovereignty to the central government
  13. Proposing and passing laws
  14. Trade between two or more states
  15. System for bringing new states into the union
Down
  1. No branch gets too powerful
  2. Uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
  3. Taxes on imports or exports
  4. Seven articles that made the first central government
  5. Two-house legislature
  6. Increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
  7. A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
  8. Interpreting laws
  9. Laws are carried out
  10. Official changes to the constitution

25 Clues: Official approval • The right to vote • Interpreting laws • Laws are carried out • Two-house legislature • Proposing and passing laws • No branch gets too powerful • Taxes on imports or exports • Trade between two or more states • Essays supporting the constitution • People who opposed the constitution • Official changes to the constitution • ...

JW Civil War Crossword 2021-10-14

JW Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
  2. represented the first clash of ironclad naval vessels in history
  3. acceptance of black men into the Union army and navy
  4. where the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered
  5. portion of the U.S loyal to the federal government during the civil war
  6. naval blockade of the confederate shore
  7. center of the Union war effort
  8. turning point in the Civil War
  9. states important to the success of the union
  10. Union general during the Civil War, playing a crucial role in the victory over the Confederate States
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  1. most acclaimed Union general during the American Civil War and was twice elected president
  2. 16th president of the United States
  3. served as the capital of the confederate States
  4. fought for the institution of slavery
  5. war between north and south
  6. First Battle of Bull Run, first major battle in civil war
  7. deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  8. Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
  9. called for registration of all males between the ages of 20 and 45
  10. efforts to coerce Great Britain and France to support the Confederate war

20 Clues: war between north and south • center of the Union war effort • turning point in the Civil War • 16th president of the United States • fought for the institution of slavery • states important to the success of the union • where the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered • acceptance of black men into the Union army and navy • ...

Delight's Civil War 2019-05-22

Delight's Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Color of the north
  2. The man from Mississippi who became the president of the south during the civil war
  3. Bloodiest single day battle in American History
  4. First state to leave the union, also state where Fort Sumter was located
  5. Leader of Union army, Huge cigar smoker
  6. Last name of the man who killed Lincoln
  7. His real name was Thomas Jackson
  8. Merrimac and Monitor
  9. Color of the south
  10. Located on the River and State of Mississippi, this was the Confederate city that grant captured
  11. Sixteenth president during the civil war
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  1. The official word to leave the union of states
  2. Located in Virginia, this was the capital of the confederate states
  3. Theater that Lincoln was shot and killed in Washington DC
  4. The document that Lincoln issued freeing the slaves in 1863
  5. Commanded the confederates during the civil war
  6. Three day battle in Pennsylvania during hot July 1863, stopped the south from invading the north
  7. He was beaten with a cane in the US Senate
  8. First battle of the civil war
  9. The name for the southern states during the civil war
  10. Captured and hung following raid on Harpers Ferry
  11. another name for the northern states

22 Clues: Color of the north • Color of the south • Merrimac and Monitor • First battle of the civil war • His real name was Thomas Jackson • another name for the northern states • Leader of Union army, Huge cigar smoker • Last name of the man who killed Lincoln • Sixteenth president during the civil war • He was beaten with a cane in the US Senate • ...

The beginning of the Cold War 2024-01-22

The beginning of the Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. worldwide rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union
  2. military alliance by the soviet union and its satellite states
  3. prime minister of England who fought the Nazis in WWII and fought the communists after
  4. foreign policy that offered economic aid to Western countries after WWII
  5. military alliance formed by US and other western nations to counter the Soviet Union
  6. a proposal to achieve something
  7. a from of metal
  8. to describe the border of the soviet satellite states and the Western States
  9. policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders
  10. preventing someone from receiving or sending things
  11. a covering of a door or window
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  1. program where US and british pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during Soviet Blockade
  2. something that is separate from something but is still reliant from it
  3. leader of Soviet Union after WWII and at beginning of Cold war
  4. President Truman's promise to help nations who are struggling against communist movements
  5. came up with US policy of containment
  6. a friendship between countries
  7. a stated policy from the US government
  8. independent nation under control of a more powerful nation
  9. President of US at the end of WWII and at beginning of Cold War

20 Clues: a from of metal • a friendship between countries • a covering of a door or window • a proposal to achieve something • came up with US policy of containment • a stated policy from the US government • preventing someone from receiving or sending things • independent nation under control of a more powerful nation • worldwide rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union • ...

Murphy Choice Board 2023-12-08

Murphy Choice Board crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When did the United States and North Vietnam decide to cease fire?
  2. When did the Berlin Wall fall?
  3. How many people fled from East Berlin before the wall was built to go to West Berlin?
  4. Who was the Soviet leader that was responsible for placing nuclear wepons in Cuba and aiming them at the United states?
  5. The United States and Soviet Union competed with one another for political influence and military power.
  6. What is an area of extreme tension called?
  7. A wall built to stop East Berliners from coming to the West
  8. A country split in two by a 103 mile long wall.
  9. An imaginary line across Europe
  10. Who won the Space Race?
  11. A competition for science superiority between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  12. Who took over Cuba in 1959 during the Rusian Revolution?
  13. Who won the Korean War?
Down
  1. When did the Cold War end?
  2. What year were East and West Berlin established?
  3. A nuclear war where no shots were fired
  4. A project to deliver goods to Berlin
  5. A country with large amounts of power
  6. What is the abreviation for the National Atlantic Treaty Organiazation
  7. Who built the Berlin wall?

20 Clues: Who won the Space Race? • Who won the Korean War? • When did the Cold War end? • Who built the Berlin wall? • When did the Berlin Wall fall? • An imaginary line across Europe • A project to deliver goods to Berlin • A country with large amounts of power • A nuclear war where no shots were fired • What is an area of extreme tension called? • ...

Civil War 2023-12-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Northern States (free) during the American Civil War
  2. Military Leader of the Union
  3. issued by President Lincoln - freed all slaves in states in rebellion
  4. President of the Union
  5. issue that spurs the outbreak of the Civil War
  6. Address issued by President Lincoln - speech that urges the Union to continue to fight for equality
  7. the act of setting free
  8. The Southern States (slave) during the American Civil War
  9. Slave states that did NOT secede (stayed in the Union)
  10. President of the Confederacy
  11. to give up
  12. someone seriously injured or killed during battle (unable to continue to fight)
Down
  1. where the Civil War ends
  2. bloodiest single day battle in American military history
  3. invention that lead to an increase in slavery in the south
  4. War using all means necessary to destroy your opponent's ability to engage in war
  5. Military Leader of the Confederacy
  6. War war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
  7. first battle of the Civil War
  8. to take back or remove from
  9. to leave or withdraw from
  10. advantage for the north - allows for the transportation of goods and troops
  11. a speech or written statement
  12. Confederacy attempt to bring the fighting to Northern soil

24 Clues: to give up • President of the Union • the act of setting free • where the Civil War ends • to leave or withdraw from • to take back or remove from • Military Leader of the Union • President of the Confederacy • first battle of the Civil War • a speech or written statement • Military Leader of the Confederacy • issue that spurs the outbreak of the Civil War • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-09-11

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 16th president of the United States.
  2. 1st Battle of the Civil War.
  3. Union scout who was first to see the Confederates coming, leading into the Battle of Gettysburg.
  4. Vice President of the Confederacy.
  5. Anti-Slave Capital of Kansas
  6. Northern Senator who was beaten by a cane by Preston Brooks.
  7. A cluster of rocks during Gettysburg where snipers would shoot.
  8. The pro-slavery Southern States of the U.S.
  9. Pro Slave Domestic Terrorists during
  10. Bloodiest Single Day of the Civil War.
Down
  1. Pro-slave Capital of Kansas, won the race to Washington, but was turned down.
  2. The Judge which ruled Dred Scott could not sue his owner.
  3. Fort bombarded by the Confederates for 48 hours straight.
  4. The main General/Commander of the southern states.
  5. Nickname used by Horace Greely during Kansas becoming a state.
  6. A military arsenal John Brown and his men attacked, where John Brown was captured.
  7. Confederate General, known as Robert E. Lee’s “old war-horse”.
  8. The anti-slavery Northern States of the U.S.
  9. A daring General who called to use bayonets on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, due to lack of ammunition left.
  10. “America's Worst President”, in office 1857-1861.

20 Clues: 1st Battle of the Civil War. • Anti-Slave Capital of Kansas • Vice President of the Confederacy. • Pro Slave Domestic Terrorists during • Bloodiest Single Day of the Civil War. • The 16th president of the United States. • The pro-slavery Southern States of the U.S. • The anti-slavery Northern States of the U.S. • “America's Worst President”, in office 1857-1861. • ...

Civics 2024-05-13

Civics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
  2. People hired by private groups to influence government decision makers.
  3. This means to talk a bill to death.
  4. Head of the Executive Branch
  5. Third in command in the Presidential Line of Succession.
  6. The capital of the United States.
  7. The political party of the current president.
  8. This is a group of the presidents advisors.
  9. The supreme law of the land.
  10. The state capital of Alabama.
  11. Top of the Federal Court System.
  12. The number of years that Senators serve for.
  13. The __________ ocean is on the east coast of the United States.
  14. The number of Supreme Court Justices.
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  1. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
  2. The Judicial Branch ___________ the laws.
  3. The Legislative Branch __________ the laws.
  4. Current United States President.
  5. If something is allowed by the Constitution.
  6. The Executive Branch ____________ the laws.
  7. Current governor of Alabama.
  8. The number of years that members of the House of Representatives serve for.
  9. The number of years in a presidential term.
  10. This is a population count.
  11. The __________ ocean is on the west coast of the United States.
  12. The minimum age you have to be to vote.

26 Clues: This is a population count. • Head of the Executive Branch • Current governor of Alabama. • The supreme law of the land. • The state capital of Alabama. • Current United States President. • Top of the Federal Court System. • The capital of the United States. • This means to talk a bill to death. • The number of Supreme Court Justices. • Wrote the Declaration of Independence. • ...

Constitution #1 2023-10-25

Constitution #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the 13 original colonies
  2. the number of full terms a president can serve
  3. The Declaration of _____ was a proclamation of the American colonies that they were now and henceforth free states
  4. The 49th state added to our Union
  5. the U.S. president is elected for ____ years
  6. The number of Supreme Court justices
  7. There is one _____ for each state in the Union on the U.S. flag
  8. Article ___ sets forth the ways to amend the Constitution
  9. One of the 13 original colonies (two words)
  10. Who becomes president if the current president dies?
  11. this holiday was celebrated for the first time by American coloniests
  12. The date of Independence Day is July _____
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  1. One of the 13 original colonies (two words)
  2. One of the 13 original colonies
  3. The number of stripes. on the U.S. flag
  4. The ___ of the United States elect Congress members
  5. The 50th state added to our Union
  6. King of England during the American Revolution
  7. the head executive of a city government is called a _____
  8. The constitution of the United States can be _____.
  9. Article ___ states that the Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land
  10. The number of stars on the U.S. flag
  11. The number of branches in the government of the U.S.
  12. One of the 13 original colonies

24 Clues: One of the 13 original colonies • One of the 13 original colonies • One of the 13 original colonies • The 50th state added to our Union • The 49th state added to our Union • The number of stars on the U.S. flag • The number of Supreme Court justices • The number of stripes. on the U.S. flag • The date of Independence Day is July _____ • ...

American Civil War (1861-1865) 2024-08-20

American Civil War (1861-1865) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Abolitionist and former slave who became a Union advocate (8 letters)
  2. Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South (14 letters)
  3. Name of the Southern states (12 letters)
  4. Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States (10 letters)
  5. Carolina First state to secede from the Union (13 letters)
  6. Emancipation ________, issued by Lincoln (12 letters)
  7. Union general and later 18th President of the United States (5 letters)
  8. President of the Confederacy (5 letters)
  9. Nickname for the Northern states (5 letters)
  10. Battle that was the bloodiest single day of the war (8 letters)
  11. Famous Confederate general, known as 'Stonewall' (7 letters)
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  1. President of the Union during the Civil War (7 letters)
  2. Union fort attacked to start the Civil War (6 letters)
  3. Union general who led the March to the Sea (7 letters)
  4. Union strategy to blockade the South (8 letters)
  5. Battle that was the turning point of the Civil War (10 letters)
  6. Act that granted 160 acres to settlers in the West (9 letters)
  7. Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox (3 letters)
  8. Capital of the Confederacy after Montgomery (9 letters)
  9. Assassin of President Lincoln (5 letters)

20 Clues: Name of the Southern states (12 letters) • President of the Confederacy (5 letters) • Assassin of President Lincoln (5 letters) • Nickname for the Northern states (5 letters) • Union strategy to blockade the South (8 letters) • Emancipation ________, issued by Lincoln (12 letters) • Union fort attacked to start the Civil War (6 letters) • ...

Chapter 7 crossword 2022-12-22

Chapter 7 crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. political party that supports strong state government
  2. Cherokee people being moved from Georgia west with thousands dying
  3. 363-mile-long artificial waterway connecting Hudson River to Lake Erie
  4. federally funded road begun in 1811
  5. standardized parts that can be used in place of one another
  6. national bank funded by the federal government and private investors
  7. series of agreements to keep power balance of slave states and free states
  8. John C. Callhoun’s name for a 1828 tariff
  9. devotion to one’s country
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  1. political party formed to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson
  2. practice of winning candidates’ rewarding supporters with government jobs
  3. 1819 case ruling Maryland had no right to tax the Bank of the United States
  4. designed to unify the nation and strengthen the economy
  5. a law in 1830 that forced Native Americans east of the Mississippi to move west
  6. series of financial failures triggering a five-year depresssion in the United States
  7. development of large-scale industrial production
  8. 1819 agreement where Spain gave America Florida
  9. production of goods in large quantities
  10. U.S opposition to European interference in the Western Hemisphere
  11. machine for cleaning seeds of cotton fibers
  12. protective tariff to help American industries

21 Clues: devotion to one’s country • federally funded road begun in 1811 • production of goods in large quantities • John C. Callhoun’s name for a 1828 tariff • machine for cleaning seeds of cotton fibers • protective tariff to help American industries • 1819 agreement where Spain gave America Florida • development of large-scale industrial production • ...

SEAPFRI 2021-01-19

SEAPFRI crossword puzzle
Across
  1. , most powerful city-states.
  2. , two successful banking families who failed due the unpaid debts of a King in England.
  3. , Challenged the power of the church
  4. , On trade routes that linked western Europe and Asia.
  5. , Did not repay the loan he finance his war against France.
  6. , When Alfonso I conquered this country it became famous centre of arts and culture.
  7. , They brought high quality untreated cloth(Wool).
Down
  1. , The wealthiest and most powerful city-states in Renaissance Italy.
  2. , The making and trading of this clothmade Florence wealthy.
  3. learning and creative people such as artists,composers,and writers.
  4. , 1200's become wealthiest bankers and the most powerful family in Europe.
  5. , the coin in France and become the standard currency used throughout Europe.
  6. , The Italian name of " France".
  7. , the Pope ruled Rome and other city-states called ___________________.
  8. of this, they're able to enjoy life throughpaintings, music, books and beautiful buildings.
  9. , Not just leaders of Roman Catholics but could be ruthless politicians.
  10. , A city-state ruled by representatives chosen by the people.
  11. , over threwn by Spanish genaral Cordova in 1945.
  12. , Another industry that flourished in Europe.
  13. DuchiesRepublics ,Noble rulers of small monarchies and city-states.

20 Clues: , most powerful city-states. • , The Italian name of " France". • , Challenged the power of the church • , Another industry that flourished in Europe. • , over threwn by Spanish genaral Cordova in 1945. • , They brought high quality untreated cloth(Wool). • , On trade routes that linked western Europe and Asia. • ...

Constitution Crossword 2021-09-30

Constitution Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the form of government in which people elect officials to govern for them
  2. the branch in which the president sits
  3. the combined legislative body of the senate and House of Representatives
  4. the branch of the government made up of courts
  5. the head of the Executive branch, commander in chief of the military
  6. the second to the president, presides over the senate
  7. the fundamental framework of America’s system of government
  8. a person chosen to speak for a group in Congress
  9. A change or addition to the constitution
  10. the first 10 amendments to the constitution
  11. the president credited with freeing the slaves
  12. election month
Down
  1. Highest Court in the United States
  2. the form of government in which everyone votes on issues
  3. the main writer of the constitution
  4. the first President of the United States
  5. the loose group of states that preceded the United States we know today
  6. a small piece of our great union
  7. the branch of government made up of the Senate and the House
  8. the only colony that didn’t sign the constitution originally
  9. one of two people chosen by the state to represent them in the senate

21 Clues: election month • a small piece of our great union • Highest Court in the United States • the main writer of the constitution • the branch in which the president sits • the first President of the United States • A change or addition to the constitution • the first 10 amendments to the constitution • the branch of the government made up of courts • ...

Kinlee = 2nd Hour 2023-03-06

Kinlee = 2nd Hour crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A political concept that gives authority over a state or territory
  2. A military operation that cuts off essential supplies
  3. Wanted slaves to be accepted in their states and fought for slaves
  4. A person who has escaped from a place or is hiding to avoid being captured
  5. A crop that is grown for profit rather than for the grower
  6. A person who invests in stocks
  7. To come to an agreement upon two things
  8. Violence accrued by disagreement
  9. Wrote a book about Anti Slavery
  10. Not in accordance with political constitution
  11. The act of betraying your country
  12. An act of sealing off a place from people entering or leaving
Down
  1. A boundary above the southern border where all states above the line are free states and below the line are slave states
  2. Opened up new territories for Kansas and Nebraska settlement
  3. Went from town to town promoting Pro Slavery
  4. First Governor of Kansas
  5. A person killed for their religious beliefs
  6. A time period when U.S citizens had to return runaway slaves to their owners
  7. Wrote letters to the Newspaper about Anti Slavery
  8. To set free from restrictions

20 Clues: First Governor of Kansas • To set free from restrictions • A person who invests in stocks • Wrote a book about Anti Slavery • Violence accrued by disagreement • The act of betraying your country • To come to an agreement upon two things • A person killed for their religious beliefs • Went from town to town promoting Pro Slavery • Not in accordance with political constitution • ...

Federalism 2015-09-29

Federalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what ensures that a political power is not in control over all governments?
  2. what is the basic principles stated in the constitution called?
  3. father of the constitution?
  4. this states the constitution is the supreme law of the land?
  5. who creates the laws?
  6. this power grants both implied and enumerated powers in the constitution?
  7. what is the division of power between a central and local governments?
Down
  1. this plan was known for favoring lager states?
  2. the branch that clarifies the laws?
  3. powers that belong to the states?
  4. which group supported the ratification of the constitution?
  5. was the compromise between the federalist and anti-Federalist?
  6. what is authority of the government that was created and sustained by the consent of its people?
  7. which group did not support the constitution till after the bill of rights was added?
  8. powers not expressed in the constitution?
  9. which article states the ratification process?
  10. which branch enforces the laws?
  11. what was the major issue of the constitutional convection?
  12. when national and state governments share the same power, what is this called?
  13. what kind of power prohibits state and nation governments?

20 Clues: who creates the laws? • father of the constitution? • which branch enforces the laws? • powers that belong to the states? • the branch that clarifies the laws? • powers not expressed in the constitution? • this plan was known for favoring lager states? • which article states the ratification process? • what was the major issue of the constitutional convection? • ...

Bondar Lika (Unit 4 VA and U.S History) 2023-10-20

Bondar Lika (Unit 4 VA and U.S History) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
  2. Doctrine,which said about no future colonisation, Not monarchies.
  3. Believed in a strong national government.
  4. Cause of First and Second Industrial Revolutions.
  5. Which Removal Act exchange lands in east of the Mississippi River for lands in the West.
  6. The first President of the United States.
  7. Supported states' rights, a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
  8. Type of trade which happens inside of the country.C
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  1. Doubled Territory from France.
  2. Which revolution were change a subsistence economy to a market economy (based on money,trade and production)
  3. Became the second President of the United States.
  4. Farmers in western Pennsylvania protested against the federal excise tax.
  5. Was a landmark Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review
  6. This wars were fought against North African.
  7. support interests of your country and excludes the interests of others.
  8. Country against which the United States has fought most.
  9. Tomas Jefferson implemented the "----"Act to protect Americans interests during the Napoleonic Wars.
  10. established peaceful relations with Native American.
  11. Was the Secretary of Treasury under President Washington.
  12. Compromise which was banned slavery in the Lousiana Purchase above the latitude of 36 30'

20 Clues: Doubled Territory from France. • Find a water route to the Pacific Ocean. • Believed in a strong national government. • The first President of the United States. • This wars were fought against North African. • Became the second President of the United States. • Cause of First and Second Industrial Revolutions. • Type of trade which happens inside of the country.C • ...

chapter 17 terms 2023-10-11

chapter 17 terms crossword puzzle
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  1. - Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missorui
  2. - president during the civil war,creator of emancipation proclamation
  3. - Paper money issued by the United States government
  4. - decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy
  5. - This is where the Civil War was ended
  6. - was key victory of the Un
  7. - Southern states; wanted slavery
  8. - president if the Confederate states of America
  9. - Confederacy’s general during the Civil War
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  1. - She helped wounded soldiers founded the Red Cross
  2. This was the first major battle of the civil war.
  3. - side of military formation
  4. - 270 were killed, wounded, or captured during the engagement.,helped inspire the enlistment of more than 180,000 Black soldiers
  5. - Union’s general during the Civil War
  6. - Northern states; didn’t want slavery`
  7. the battle lasted 2 days, it was a narrow victory for the union but the losses were enormous
  8. - a warship equipped with iron plating for protection
  9. taken over by the union weakened the Confederacy and split it in half
  10. - stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river
  11. and the single deadliest day of fighting.
  12. the Confederates entered the town for supplies, not wanting– to fight but they encountered the enemy
  13. - She convinced officials to let women work as nurses

22 Clues: - was key victory of the Un • - side of military formation • - Southern states; wanted slavery • - Union’s general during the Civil War • - Northern states; didn’t want slavery` • - This is where the Civil War was ended • and the single deadliest day of fighting. • - Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missorui • - Confederacy’s general during the Civil War • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-11-29

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  2. elected in 1860
  3. A nickname used to describe people that supported the Union
  4. A nickname for Southerners who were against the war
  5. Both South and North had these military leader titles
  6. A person who worked to abolish slavery
  7. An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
  8. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
  9. A nickname for the South
  10. The Southern states that seceded in 1861
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  1. A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding
  2. A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  3. An American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  4. An American abolitionist trying to help slaves achieve freedom
  5. The ownership of a person as property
  6. A farm located in Southern states that held slaves
  7. Crackers made from flour, water, and salt
  8. to leave a federation
  9. The action of assassinating someone
  10. A war between the Northern and Southern states of the USA
  11. The Northern states during the war

21 Clues: elected in 1860 • to leave a federation • A nickname for the South • The Northern states during the war • The action of assassinating someone • The ownership of a person as property • A person who worked to abolish slavery • The Southern states that seceded in 1861 • Crackers made from flour, water, and salt • A farm located in Southern states that held slaves • ...

Civil Rights 2023-11-27

Civil Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. became a heavy weight boxing champion
  2. A law that reinforced slavery
  3. he was the executive director of the nacp
  4. granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country.
  5. terriozed African Americans
  6. One of the first African Americans to play baseball
  7. what did people fight for?
  8. abolished slavery in the United States.
  9. Very famous speech that MLK did
  10. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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  1. when a bunch of people come together and peacefully protest
  2. origin in Africa
  3. Inspired Millions to appreciate there African backgrounds
  4. led movement to end and stop slavery
  5. struggled for racial equality when she refused to give up her seat
  6. someone applying there opinion freely without any harm
  7. Not buying a product at a store because you don't support what the store supports
  8. one human is being owned by another
  9. given deferent things such as water fountains and rail cars
  10. setting something or someone apart from others

20 Clues: origin in Africa • what did people fight for? • terriozed African Americans • A law that reinforced slavery • Very famous speech that MLK did • one human is being owned by another • led movement to end and stop slavery • became a heavy weight boxing champion • abolished slavery in the United States. • he was the executive director of the nacp • ...

Forms of Government 2024-03-22

Forms of Government crossword puzzle
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  1. Rajya sabha passes a ___ to legislate on the State list
  2. Public opinion on a government proposal
  3. Recruited by the Union Public Service Commission; Trained by the Home Ministry; Allocated to states and UTs
  4. Judiciary's check on Legislature wrt Constitution
  5. Internal rebellion or external aggression
  6. Article 370 - gave ____ to Jammu and Kashmir
  7. indestructible union of _____ states in USA
  8. Unlike other organs of government, Judiciary in India is not federal. It is an integrated and ____ system
  9. Add, modify or delete provisions from the fundamental rights (how?)
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  1. 1990 - 2014: This phase of Indian politics saw the rise of ___ government.
  2. Marriage, adoption, preventive detention, education
  3. Transfer of legislative powers from Centre to subnational governments
  4. States and Union being interdependent on each other - ____ federalism
  5. Special majority requirement indicates a ___ constitution
  6. last state to be added to the Indian union
  7. Role of the SC in a federal government
  8. According to Art. 74, ____ shall act in accordance to the aid and advise of the Council of ministers headed by the Prime Minister.
  9. Demands for more autonomy in Sri Lanka led to ____
  10. two chambers in Legislature
  11. union of states

20 Clues: union of states • two chambers in Legislature • Role of the SC in a federal government • Public opinion on a government proposal • Internal rebellion or external aggression • last state to be added to the Indian union • indestructible union of _____ states in USA • Article 370 - gave ____ to Jammu and Kashmir • Judiciary's check on Legislature wrt Constitution • ...

Leading up to the Civil War Crossword 2024-04-02

Leading up to the Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Insisted African Americans receive not just freedom but full equality with whites.
  2. President who made Texas a state.
  3. A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory over voting for slavery laws.
  4. Wrote the liberator.
  5. A person who wants to end slavery
  6. Compromise of 1850 banned the slave trade in this city.
  7. A slave who sued for his freedom
  8. An act that became stronger in the Compromise of 1850
  9. An act where California became a free state, and the Utah and New Mexico territories became open to slavery.
  10. Prominent leader in the American Abolitionist movement who fought in Bleeding Kansas
  11. Got their inheritance early and used it to free their family's slaves.
  12. All states above a certain line are free states and below are free states
  13. Texas became a slave state
  14. Proposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
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  1. Act where Missouri Compromise Line was repealed
  2. Published her life story of the hardships of an escaped slave
  3. Written by Henry David Theroeau, urges citizens to break unjust laws.
  4. Senator who proposed that states should decide if they allow slaves or not.
  5. House burned down and killed
  6. Originally went by the name of Isabella Baumfree

20 Clues: Wrote the liberator. • Texas became a slave state • House burned down and killed • A slave who sued for his freedom • President who made Texas a state. • A person who wants to end slavery • Act where Missouri Compromise Line was repealed • Originally went by the name of Isabella Baumfree • An act that became stronger in the Compromise of 1850 • ...

Ciara Schroeder Articles X-word 2024-02-09

Ciara Schroeder Articles X-word crossword puzzle
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  1. By taxing goods the individual states acted in their own _______
  2. Noah Webster wrote the ________ book (dictionary)
  3. Where most of the Loyalists went after England
  4. The power that was held exclusively by the national government was declaring __
  5. The united states had more of a _________ as a advantage
  6. States taxed goods manufactured in another state to __________ people to buy locally-produced goods
  7. The Loyalists felt like _____ because they didn't fit in
  8. The U.S's "underlying crisis" that overshadowed all other issues and was the most important
  9. Hamilton hated ______
  10. Hamilton hated the ______, the fools
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  1. Farmers joined Shays' Rebellion to protest taxes imposed by_________
  2. Hamilton hated the _______
  3. The united states had _______ resources as a advantage
  4. The best phadescribesdecribes the federalist system of government, "Balance of ______"
  5. A new ______ was established by the Declaration of Independence
  6. You needed Nine-thirteenths of the delegates to ______ to pass a new law in the Confederation Congress
  7. Daniel Shays was not a ______ landowner
  8. Continental Congress biggest obstacle was enforcing ____
  9. Where most of the Loyalists went after the war
  10. Alexander____ hated Congress because they didn't share his vision for Americas potential

20 Clues: Hamilton hated ______ • Hamilton hated the _______ • Hamilton hated the ______, the fools • Daniel Shays was not a ______ landowner • Where most of the Loyalists went after England • Where most of the Loyalists went after the war • Noah Webster wrote the ________ book (dictionary) • The united states had _______ resources as a advantage • ...

Causes of the Civil War Review 2024-04-29

Causes of the Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. President of the United States from 1861-1865 during the Civil War
  2. slaves were purposely not taught to write or this
  3. sometimes slave families would be separated by this
  4. what John Brown used to try and bring an end to slavery
  5. the country formed by the 11 states that seceded from the Union
  6. what you called a person who owned slaves
  7. slavery was dominant in this part of the country
  8. when slaves usually traveled North to avoid getting caught
  9. slaves had no rights or this
  10. what you call a house on the Underground Railroad
  11. became President of the Confederate States of America in 1861
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  1. law that let new states votes on whether to be slave or free
  2. the law that said all citizen had to help catch runaway slaves
  3. one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad
  4. path of safe houses that slaves followed to freedom
  5. a person who opposed slavery
  6. the name of Frederick Douglass's newspaper
  7. people that helped slaves travel the Underground Railroad
  8. Harriet Tubman's nickname because she led her people out of slavery
  9. armed fighting between 2 groups in the same country

20 Clues: a person who opposed slavery • slaves had no rights or this • what you called a person who owned slaves • the name of Frederick Douglass's newspaper • slavery was dominant in this part of the country • slaves were purposely not taught to write or this • what you call a house on the Underground Railroad • path of safe houses that slaves followed to freedom • ...

US History - Unit II 2025-10-20

US History - Unit II crossword puzzle
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  1. "We the people, in order to form a more perfect _________"
  2. This constitution proved too weak
  3. This 1763 line used the Appalachian Mountains as a barrier between colonists and indigenous people
  4. George Washington used the military to quell this boozy uprising
  5. First 10 amendments
  6. Constitutional compromise between large and small states
  7. Supporter of the National Bank
  8. Passed by Adams in 1798 in response to the Quasi-War
  9. A Revolutionary War era tax on stamps
  10. The ability for one branch of government to limit power of another
  11. Constitutional compromise over representation and slavery
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  1. President who authorized the purchase of Louisiana Territory
  2. A conflict between colonists and British troops memorialized by Paul Revere
  3. Large states demand proportional representation
  4. America's war for independence
  5. A failed negotiation with France leading to the Quasi-War
  6. A revolutionary War era tax on tea
  7. The first president of the United States
  8. America's official break from Britain
  9. Federal, state, and local governments working together
  10. Economic system where a colony provides resources for a Mother Country
  11. Small states demand equal representation
  12. France's most prosperous colony in the Caribbean

23 Clues: First 10 amendments • America's war for independence • Supporter of the National Bank • This constitution proved too weak • A revolutionary War era tax on tea • America's official break from Britain • A Revolutionary War era tax on stamps • The first president of the United States • Small states demand equal representation • Large states demand proportional representation • ...

4.1(a) - Events Leading to War 2024-03-25

4.1(a) - Events Leading to War crossword puzzle
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  1. The Supreme Court ruled in the ________ ________ case that black men, or any persons descended from imported slaves, could not be citizens and had no standing in Federal courts.
  2. After the election of Abraham Lincoln, many southern states believed they should _________ from the Union and form their own country.
  3. At the start of the American Civil War, the states in the north relied mostly on ____________ for their economy.
  4. Due to the rivalries between states over slavery, the United States found itself in a ________ war amongst itself.
  5. After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, violence between anti and pro-slavery forces erupted in Kansas. This became known as ____________ Kansas.
  6. During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Abraham Lincoln argued that all men, including enslaved men, were entitled to certain basic __________ and freedoms.
  7. In a speech during 1858, Abraham Lincoln said "a house _________ against itself cannot stand", calling for the country to either be all free or all slave.
  8. When Abraham Lincoln was elected, the Southern States feared that he would __________ slavery in the south.
  9. In 1859, John Brown and 21 other men led a raid on __________ __________ to seize the federal armory and incite a slave rebellion.
  10. At the beginning of the American Civil War, the states in the south relied on slave labor for ______________ to drive their economy.
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  1. During the Election of 1860, there was increasing _____________ in American politics, due to major shifts in which political parties voters were loyal to.
  2. Part of the Compromise of 1850 was the __________ _________ Act, which forced any runaway slaves caught in free states to be returned to the slave owner they escaped from.
  3. During his 1st Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln promised that he would let states determine their own institutions, signaling he would not try to abolish __________ in states where it already existed.
  4. Northern Democrats, Whigs, and Free Soil Westerners came together to form the _____________ Party and resist the spread of slavery to new territories.

14 Clues: When Abraham Lincoln was elected, the Southern States feared that he would __________ slavery in the south. • At the start of the American Civil War, the states in the north relied mostly on ____________ for their economy. • Due to the rivalries between states over slavery, the United States found itself in a ________ war amongst itself. • ...

civil war vocabulary 2021-12-08

civil war vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Blockade one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to
  2. of 1850 legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the
  3. Platform established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
  4. the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other
  5. of 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
  6. the action of southern states to leave the Union
  7. March to the Sea a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
  8. a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law that the state has considered unconstitutional
  9. in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
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  1. most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
  2. the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the
  3. as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
  4. Atlanta Campaign battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely
  5. Rights the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
  6. states returned to the Union
  7. Scott case Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
  8. battle that was the largest Union
  9. Proclamation proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
  10. Bureau federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in

19 Clues: states returned to the Union • battle that was the largest Union • the action of southern states to leave the Union • as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed • the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the • March to the Sea a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • ...

Building a New Nation 2020-04-02

Building a New Nation crossword puzzle
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  1. The Native American that helped Lewis and Clark on their journey
  2. He lead Native Americans and U.S. troops during the Creek Wars and later became the seventh president of the United States.
  3. The Shawnee Chief that united different Native American tribes and lead attacks on white settlers. He worked with the British during the War of 1812.
  4. The act that stopped exports to and imports from Europe
  5. The treaty that gave the U.S. Florida, created a border with Spain’s territory, and Spain gave up claims in Oregon Country.
  6. The first canal to connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
  7. The man who wrote the Virginia plan and was the fourth president of the United States
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  1. A country in Europe that fought against the U.S. in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. It was always in war with France
  2. The national anthem of the United States
  3. The person who penned the poem, Defense of Fort McHenry
  4. The United States capital
  5. The wife of James Madison and was the first First Lady, she was beloved by the country.
  6. The that created a border in the west between the United States and Canada
  7. The port city on the mouth of the Mississippi River that was a huge trading center
  8. The third President of the United States and was the president authorized the Louisiana purchase and Corps of Discovery
  9. A country in Europe that owned the Louisiana territory and was always in war with Great Britain.
  10. The action of taking sailors to work on one ship from another

17 Clues: The United States capital • The national anthem of the United States • The person who penned the poem, Defense of Fort McHenry • The act that stopped exports to and imports from Europe • The action of taking sailors to work on one ship from another • The Native American that helped Lewis and Clark on their journey • ...

U.S. History crossword puzzle 2015-01-20

U.S. History crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Supporters of the constitution
  2. opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts
  3. To divide the legislative, executive, and judicial in separate bodies
  4. To be charged with treason
  5. Any of the various governing bodies
  6. Non supporters of the constitution
  7. The killer of Alexander Hamilton
  8. The first ten amendment
  9. Changes to the government
  10. An introduction
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  1. He was killed by Aaron Burr
  2. The plan where people wanted bigger states to have more rights
  3. Tax on Whiskey
  4. Farmers fighting for their land
  5. The lower house o the united states congress
  6. The plan where people wanted all states to have equal rights

16 Clues: Tax on Whiskey • An introduction • The first ten amendment • Changes to the government • To be charged with treason • He was killed by Aaron Burr • Supporters of the constitution • Farmers fighting for their land • The killer of Alexander Hamilton • Non supporters of the constitution • opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts • Any of the various governing bodies • ...

federalism 2018-11-29

federalism crossword puzzle
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  1. returning power from the national government to states
  2. the national government has these under the Necessary and Proper Clause because they’re logical extensions of expressed powers
  3. demands on states to carry out specific policies (usually, but not always, with money provided by the national government)
  4. a system of taxing and spending within the federal system (usually it’s the national government providing money to states with some instructions on how to spend it)
  5. money and other resources given to states to spend on state and local activities, like when the national government gave state land which states sold to fund public universities
  6. both the national government and state governments may do these
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  1. says that one state must recognize and honor the official acts of other states, like marriages or criminal convictions
  2. the old idea that the national and state governments were equal authorities
  3. gives Congress the authority to make laws about economic activity that crosses state lines, or that may affect other states. Source of authority for many modern laws.
  4. what the constitution explicitly says Congress can do
  5. not mentioned specifically in the constitution, these may be done by states because the constitution neither assigns them to the national government nor prohibits them to states

11 Clues: what the constitution explicitly says Congress can do • returning power from the national government to states • both the national government and state governments may do these • the old idea that the national and state governments were equal authorities • ...

chapter 12 reconstruction 2024-04-11

chapter 12 reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
  2. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
  3. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  4. a political party in which their views were "radical".
  5. provides food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.
  6. the era following the Civil War, was the effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United States.
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  1. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
  2. to charge with a crime or misconduct
  3. The Wade–Davis Bill of 1864 was a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government,"
  4. Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, and were perceived to be exploiting the local populace
  5. white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
  6. Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States
  7. a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop

13 Clues: to charge with a crime or misconduct • a political party in which their views were "radical". • Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States • American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church • a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop • ...

Starting A New Nation 2023-09-25

Starting A New Nation crossword puzzle
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  1. This plan Favors the smaller states with less people/ every state regardless of size. The same number of representatives.
  2. Marbury V "_" Established and created judicial review, an important addition to checks and balances.
  3. The "_" Tariff is a tax on imported goods so people would be insured to buy American goods instead.
  4. In the Virginia And Kentucky "_" 2 states say they are not going to follow the Alien and Sedition Acts because they are unconstitutional and violate the first amendment.
  5. This is the process for creating new states, new land is divided into 5 new territories/ states. Northwest "_"
  6. The Bill of "_" were the first ten amendments used to protect people from the government, all are granted to these amendments.
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  1. The Alien and "_" Acts were used to quiet the democrats/republicans after criticism against John Adams for being a federalist.
  2. Articles of "_" The first new constitution that was weak and very ineffective, the states would often ignore it.
  3. The Great "_" satisfies both the larger and smaller states creating a government with three branches.
  4. The upper house of the U.S., all states get two votes, one hundred in total.
  5. House of "_" The lower house of the U.S., the number of votes or representatives is determined only on population.
  6. In "_" Rebellion, 12,000 angry farms have to pay taxes and are getting foreclosed by the banks leading them to destruction.
  7. This plan Introduced in 1787, favors the larger states with more people, more people equals more votes!

13 Clues: The upper house of the U.S., all states get two votes, one hundred in total. • The "_" Tariff is a tax on imported goods so people would be insured to buy American goods instead. • Marbury V "_" Established and created judicial review, an important addition to checks and balances. • ...

Unit Vocabulary 2024-01-03

Unit Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Plan: The Union's strategy to defeat the Confederacy by surrounding it and cutting off its resources
  2. Amendment: This amendment abolished slavery in the United States
  3. wagon: A wagon that follows an army to sell provisions to the soldiers
  4. The act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity
  5. A Southern white who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the Civil War
  6. Proclamation: A presidential proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free
  7. The period after the Civil War when the United States began to rebuild and readmit Southern states into the Union
  8. Act: Legislation that allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery
  9. Amendment: This amendment prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  10. code: Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights
  11. soiler: A person who opposed the extension of slavery into new territories
  12. Slave Act: A law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners
  13. Cotton diplomacy: The South's strategy during the Civil War to use its cotton as a bargaining tool with European nations
  14. The period before the Civil War
  15. The right to vote in political elections
  16. Nothing Party: A political party that opposed immigration and Catholic influence in the United States
  17. The movement to end slavery in the United States
  18. A person who was in charge of a group of slaves on a plantation
  19. of 1850: A series of laws intended to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories
  20. Railroad: A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to free states and Canada
  21. States of America: The government formed by Southern states that seceded from the Union
  22. Former slaves who had been emancipated
  23. To declare invalid
  24. Party: The political party founded in the 1850s to oppose the spread of slavery
  25. Amendment: This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves
  26. The use of naval forces to prevent movement and trade in and out of ports
  27. Reconstruction: A period after the Civil War when Congress was in control of Reconstruction
  28. A brief, unplanned fight between small groups of soldiers
  29. A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim
  30. To bring formal charges against a public official
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  1. sovereignty: The principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people
  2. The drafting of individuals into military service
  3. A fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime
  4. Codes: Laws passed in Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights of African Americans
  5. A law or regulation
  6. Farmer: A person who owns and cultivates a small farm
  7. A type of warship heavily armored with iron
  8. state: A state where slavery was legal
  9. Bureau: A federal agency established to aid freedmen in the aftermath of the Civil War
  10. The declared policy of a political party or group
  11. Reconstruction: The period after the Civil War when the South was occupied by federal troops
  12. A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, especially for political or financial gain
  13. Klux Klan: A secret society in the Southern United States that focused on white supremacy and terrorized African Americans
  14. farming: A system in which a person rents land to farm from a planter
  15. To add a territory to one's own territory
  16. Act: Legislation that allowed for the partition of the Cherokee Nation to make room for the state of Georgia
  17. A system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land
  18. State: A state that did not allow slavery
  19. destiny: The belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent
  20. A place where weapons and military equipment are stored
  21. A person who supervises and directs the work of others, especially on a plantation
  22. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on race, religion, or other characteristics
  23. The excessive concern for the interests of a particular region over those of the country as a whole
  24. Compromise: An agreement that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while also prohibiting slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36°30' parallel
  25. running: The practice of sneaking goods past a blockade
  26. rights: The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government

56 Clues: To declare invalid • A law or regulation • The period before the Civil War • state: A state where slavery was legal • Former slaves who had been emancipated • The right to vote in political elections • To add a territory to one's own territory • State: A state that did not allow slavery • A type of warship heavily armored with iron • ...

Amendments crossword puzzle 2021-01-14

Amendments crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. written orders authorizing a person to make an arrest
  2. Ganchoso
  3. explained or interpreted
  4. rights the right of Citizens of the United States
  5. the act of charging with a crime
  6. all persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States
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  1. being forced to work against ones will
  2. the senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state
  3. found out
  4. disgraceful
  5. house
  6. of Congress the Congress shall assemble at least once a year

12 Clues: house • Ganchoso • found out • disgraceful • explained or interpreted • the act of charging with a crime • being forced to work against ones will • rights the right of Citizens of the United States • written orders authorizing a person to make an arrest • of Congress the Congress shall assemble at least once a year • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary 2023-01-02

Unit 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. law that states the pressure of a gas is directly proportional to the Kelvin temperature if the volume is constant
  2. law that states the relationship between pressure, temperature, and volume of an enclosed gas
  3. unit of pressure (atm)
  4. Law that states the volume of a fixed mass of gas is directly proportional to its Kelvin temperature if the pressure is kept constant
  5. the pressure exerted by atoms and molecules in the atmosphere surrounding earth, resulting in collisions of these particles with objects
  6. R in the ideal gas equation
  7. the tendency of molecules to move toward areas of lower concentration unitl the concentration is uniform throughout
  8. the energy an object has because of its motion
  9. results from the force exerted by a gas per unit surface area of an object, due to collisions of gas particles with objects
  10. law that states the rate of effusion is inversely proportional to the square root of its molar mass
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  1. the contribution each gas in a mixture of gases makes to the total pressure
  2. a measure of how much the volume of matter decreases with pressure
  3. Law that states for a given mass at a constant temperature, the volume of the gas varies inversly with pressure
  4. law that states at a constant volume and temperature, the total pressure exerted by a mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the component gasses
  5. the relationship described in PV=nRT
  6. an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
  7. the process that occurs that when a gas escapes through a tiny hole in its container
  8. the SI unit of pressure (Pa)

18 Clues: unit of pressure (atm) • R in the ideal gas equation • the SI unit of pressure (Pa) • the relationship described in PV=nRT • the energy an object has because of its motion • an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure • a measure of how much the volume of matter decreases with pressure • the contribution each gas in a mixture of gases makes to the total pressure • ...

Antebellum Vocab 2021-12-02

Antebellum Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. RAILROAD network of homes, farms, and churches from the South to the North
  2. right of people living in a territory to decide whether to be a free or slave state
  3. an arms storehouse
  4. person responsible for assigning work and supervising slaves
  5. a slave placed in charge of other slaves
  6. when people in one area think their ideas are correct or more important than others
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  1. STATES states that permitted slavery
  2. people who worked to abolish slavery
  3. the period before the Civil War
  4. RIGHTS the idea that powers not given to the federal government belong to each state
  5. CODE set of laws that defined social, economic, and physical limitations placed on slaves
  6. actions that deny people their rights because of prejudice
  7. STATES states that did not permit slavery
  8. SOILERS people who did not want slavery extended into western territories

14 Clues: an arms storehouse • the period before the Civil War • STATES states that permitted slavery • people who worked to abolish slavery • a slave placed in charge of other slaves • STATES states that did not permit slavery • actions that deny people their rights because of prejudice • person responsible for assigning work and supervising slaves • ...

Cival war crossward puzzle 2021-02-18

Cival war crossward puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Southern states who wanted to keep slavery
  2. Bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  3. The confederates best general
  4. Northern states that wanted to abolish slavery
  5. 18th president of the united state and general in the Civil war
  6. President of the Confederate states of America
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  1. A women who worked on the underground railroad
  2. 1st battle of the civil war
  3. A large piece of land that grows crops
  4. A writer and former slave
  5. Inventor of the Cotton Gin
  6. 16th president of the United States

12 Clues: A writer and former slave • Inventor of the Cotton Gin • 1st battle of the civil war • The confederates best general • Bloodiest battle in the Civil War • 16th president of the United States • A large piece of land that grows crops • Southern states who wanted to keep slavery • A women who worked on the underground railroad • Northern states that wanted to abolish slavery • ...

Module 9 Review 2017-10-17

Module 9 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. “The Black Moses”
  2. law requiring all runaway slaves to be returned
  3. Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  4. Theory that states have the right to nullify acts of the federal government
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  1. President of the Confederacy
  2. Lincoln's main goal as President was to keep the _______ together
  3. In the Dred Scott case, Chief Justice Taney of the Supreme Court ruled that slavery was protected under the Constitution under the _______ amendment.
  4. U.S. abolitionist/terrorist
  5. Lincoln received _________ percent of the vote in the lower Southern states
  6. Network of Men and Women, called “conductors” who helped runaway slaves north
  7. Ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1860
  8. book that discussed slavery
  9. __________ States of America was the government set up by the southern states
  10. Beaten nearly to death on the Senate floor for his anti-slavery views; "Bleeding _______"
  11. 16th US President, won the Election of 1860
  12. removing one's state from the union

16 Clues: “The Black Moses” • U.S. abolitionist/terrorist • book that discussed slavery • President of the Confederacy • Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" • removing one's state from the union • Ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1860 • 16th US President, won the Election of 1860 • law requiring all runaway slaves to be returned • ...

Geometry 4-1 and 4-2 Vocabulary 2013-11-11

Geometry 4-1 and 4-2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. An interior angle that is not adjacent to the exterior angle
  2. The theorem 4-2-2 states that the acute angles of a right triangle are __________.
  3. A triangle with three congruent angles
  4. All the points inside a figure
  5. A triangle with three congruent sides
  6. A triangle with three acute angles
  7. The theorem 4-2-3 states that the __________ of each angle in an equiangular triangle is 60 degrees
  8. A triangle with no congruent sides
  9. A triangle with one obtuse angle
  10. An angle formed by a side of a triangle and an extended adjacent side
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  1. The theorem 4-2-4 states that an exterior angle is equal to the sum of the __________.
  2. All the points outside a figure
  3. A theorem that states that the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees
  4. A triangle with one right angle
  5. A triangle with two congruent sides
  6. An angle inside a triangle

16 Clues: An angle inside a triangle • All the points inside a figure • All the points outside a figure • A triangle with one right angle • A triangle with one obtuse angle • A triangle with three acute angles • A triangle with no congruent sides • A triangle with two congruent sides • A triangle with three congruent sides • A triangle with three congruent angles • ...

Geometry 4-1 and 4-2 Vocabulary 2013-11-11

Geometry 4-1 and 4-2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The theorem 4-2-2 states that the acute angles of a right triangle are __________.
  2. All the points outside a figure
  3. A triangle with three congruent sides
  4. A triangle with two congruent sides
  5. A triangle with three congruent angles
  6. A triangle with three acute angles
  7. An interior angle that is not adjacent to the exterior angle
  8. All the points inside a figure
  9. A triangle with one obtuse angle
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  1. An angle formed by a side of a triangle and an extended adjacent side
  2. A triangle with no congruent sides
  3. A triangle with one right angle
  4. The theorem 4-2-3 states that the __________ of each angle in an equiangular triangle is 60 degrees
  5. The theorem 4-2-4 states that an exterior angle is equal to the sum of the __________.
  6. A theorem that states that the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees
  7. An angle inside a triangle

16 Clues: An angle inside a triangle • All the points inside a figure • A triangle with one right angle • All the points outside a figure • A triangle with one obtuse angle • A triangle with no congruent sides • A triangle with three acute angles • A triangle with two congruent sides • A triangle with three congruent sides • A triangle with three congruent angles • ...

Early Astronomers 2024-01-22

Early Astronomers crossword puzzle
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  1. The first to propose a heliocentric model.
  2. Model with the sun at the center.
  3. Formulated and tested the Law of Universal Gravitation.
  4. Concluded that the Earth is shaped like a sphere.
  5. Accurately provided measurements of stars and planets before the telescope.
  6. Distance of the Earth to the sun is 93 million miles.
  7. The apparent motion of a planet moving backwards.
  8. Law states that the path of a planet is an ellipse.
  9. The measure of oval a closed circle is.
  10. This law states that the closer a planet is to the sun, the shorter the orbital period.
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  1. The first to propose that Earth is a planet.
  2. States that every object in the universe attracts every other object.
  3. Discovered retrograde movement.
  4. Discovered the three laws of planetary motion.
  5. Model with the Earth at the center.
  6. This law states that equal areas are covered in equal time as a planet revolves around the sun.

16 Clues: Discovered retrograde movement. • Model with the sun at the center. • Model with the Earth at the center. • The measure of oval a closed circle is. • The first to propose a heliocentric model. • The first to propose that Earth is a planet. • Discovered the three laws of planetary motion. • Concluded that the Earth is shaped like a sphere. • ...

Deployments-USFacts 2025-03-19

Deployments-USFacts crossword puzzle
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  1. America's National Animal (two words)
  2. How many states are there in the United States? (in words)
  3. What sport is known as America's National Passtime?
  4. This is a unique spot where 4 american states share borders (three words)
  5. Where was the Declaration of Independence Signed?
  6. This is the hottest place on Earth (two words)
  7. Which city is known as the Mile High City?
  8. Which state is called the Sunshine State?
  9. What famous speech did Abraham Lincoln give? (two words)
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  1. How many original colonies contituted the United States?
  2. What is the name of the largest of the 5 great lakes? (two words)
  3. In which national park would you find Old Faithful?
  4. This city is home to the famous Sunset Boulevard
  5. Which famous festival/carnival is held in New Orleans every year? (two words)
  6. Which city is also known as Sin City?
  7. What city is known as the Big Apple?

16 Clues: What city is known as the Big Apple? • America's National Animal (two words) • Which city is also known as Sin City? • Which state is called the Sunshine State? • Which city is known as the Mile High City? • This is the hottest place on Earth (two words) • This city is home to the famous Sunset Boulevard • Where was the Declaration of Independence Signed? • ...

Unit 2 Test 2021-12-14

Unit 2 Test crossword puzzle
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  1. An agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. It was approved, after much debate, by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, and sent to the states for ratification.
  2. An American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence.
  3. An American soldier, revolutionary and farmer famous for being one of the leaders and namesake of Shays' Rebellion, a populist uprising against controversial debt collection and tax policies in Massachusetts.
  4. A proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
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  1. A form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly.
  2. Deemed "The Father of the Bill of Rights".
  3. The supreme law of the United States of America; Originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government.
  4. An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  5. Opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
  6. America's fourth President, made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”
  7. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  8. best known for his declaration to the Second Virginia Convention: "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia.
  9. During his lifetime he was a Founding Father, Signer of the Treaty of Paris, Second Governor of New York, and First Chief Justice of the United States.

13 Clues: Deemed "The Father of the Bill of Rights". • The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. • A form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. • Opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. • ...

Civil War 2025-06-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The amendment that abolished slavery
  2. President of the Confederate States
  3. The general of the Union Army
  4. The first state to secede from the Union
  5. The general of the Confederate Army
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  1. The war between the North and the South
  2. Famous speech given by Lincoln after a major battle
  3. The president of the United States during the Civil War
  4. An escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist speaker
  5. The practice of owning people as property
  6. When the Southern States left the United States and joined together to make the Confederate States of America

11 Clues: The general of the Union Army • President of the Confederate States • The general of the Confederate Army • The amendment that abolished slavery • The war between the North and the South • The first state to secede from the Union • The practice of owning people as property • Famous speech given by Lincoln after a major battle • ...

Marketing Chapter 2 Vocabulary 2022-08-25

Marketing Chapter 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Refers to statistics that describe a population in terms of personal characteristics
  2. The money left after taking out income taxes
  3. 40 million babies born in the United States between 1965 and 1976
  4. People who use the product
  5. All potential customers who share common needs and wants, and who have the ability and willingness to buy the product
  6. Also known as the 4 P’s of Marketing; product, place, price, and promotion
  7. Analyzing a market by specific characteristics in order to create a specific target market
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  1. Studies of consumers based on social and psychological characteristics
  2. 77 million babies born in the United States between 1977 and 1997
  3. The segmentation of the market based on where people live
  4. Information about the target market about age, income level, ethnic background, occupation, attitudes, lifestyle, or geographic residence
  5. 76 million babies born in the United States between 1946 and 1964
  6. The money left after paying for basic living necessities like food, shelter and clothing
  7. Focusing all marketing decisions on a very specific group of people who you want to reach
  8. States that businesses must satisfy customer’s needs and wants in order to make a profit
  9. 68 million babies born in the United States between 1998 and 2012
  10. People who buy the product

17 Clues: People who use the product • People who buy the product • The money left after taking out income taxes • The segmentation of the market based on where people live • 77 million babies born in the United States between 1977 and 1997 • 40 million babies born in the United States between 1965 and 1976 • 76 million babies born in the United States between 1946 and 1964 • ...

Geometry CH2 Lessons 2-5 through 2-9 Vocab 2025-08-22

Geometry CH2 Lessons 2-5 through 2-9 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. statements are listed in a logical order in the left column and corresponding reasons in the right column until a desired conclusion is reached.
  2. A conditional statement and its converse can be combined into one statement called a biconditional statement. For a statement with a hypothesis 𝑝 and a conclusion 𝑞, the biconditional statement can be written in the form “𝑝 if and only if 𝑞,” which can be expressed as “𝑝 iff 𝑞” or 𝑝𝑞.
  3. describes the meaning of a word. In mathematics, definitions can be written as true biconditional statements.
  4. states that if two angles are complements to the same angle (or to congruent angles), then they are congruent.
  5. a statement that you can prove. Once you have proven a theorem, it can be used as a reason in later proofs.
  6. states that the sides of congruence statement can be interchanged.
  7. states that any figure is congruent to itself.
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  1. states that if two angles are supplements to the same angle (or to congruent angles), then they are congruent.
  2. states that if two figures are congruent to a third, then they are congruent to each other.
  3. states that all right angles are congruent.
  4. states that two angles that form a linear pair are supplementary.
  5. states that vertical angles are congruent.
  6. an argument used to show that a conclusion is true. Proofs use given information, definitions, properties, postulates, and theorems to justify each step in the reasoning process used to reach a conclusion.

13 Clues: states that vertical angles are congruent. • states that all right angles are congruent. • states that any figure is congruent to itself. • states that two angles that form a linear pair are supplementary. • states that the sides of congruence statement can be interchanged. • ...

Review crossword puzzle 2020-09-29

Review crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. -a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary Wa
  2. -abolished slavery in the United States
  3. - was a conflict between the united states and mexico.
  4. - a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution.
  5. -A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 acres for grazing.
  6. -a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
  7. -a treaty signed with France in 1803
  8. - was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.
  9. - a series of acts parliament
  10. -1st President of the United States
  11. -The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation
  12. -a law passed in 1764
  13. - an estate on wich crops such as coffee, sugar and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
  14. - a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country.
  15. - a conflict fought between the U.s and its allies against the united kingdom.
  16. -was the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an slaved person
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  1. - granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
  2. -was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston
  3. -was an american abolitionist, emancipationist. a reformer who favors abolishing slavery.
  4. - were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  5. -was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War
  6. - the U.S. Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote
  7. -contiguous railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass
  8. -3rd President of the United States
  9. -a law passed by the British gov. in 1765
  10. - is the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
  11. -was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.,
  12. -issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War.
  13. - signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862.
  14. -a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.

30 Clues: -a law passed in 1764 • - a series of acts parliament • -3rd President of the United States • -1st President of the United States • -a treaty signed with France in 1803 • -abolished slavery in the United States • -a law passed by the British gov. in 1765 • - was a conflict between the united states and mexico. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-31

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a term used to describe the hard crackers often issued to soldiers of both sides during the Civil War.
  2. To formally enroll in the army or to call roll.
  3. row of trees was chopped down and replanted with their limbs pointing  towards the enemy to strengthen fortifications.
  4. Slaves who had escaped to the Union lines for safety.
  5. Term for cheap, poorly made cloth which was used early in the war to make Federal uniforms
  6. The lowest rank in the army.
  7. A pledge by a prisoner of war or a defeated soldier not to bear arms.
  8. Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern.
  9. The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition.
  10. A crushing defeat where, often, the losers run from the field
  11. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
  12. A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder
  13. Long, cylindrical metal rod used to push the cartridge down the barrel of a musket in preparation for firing
  14. Blocking the supply lines and escape routes of a city to force it to surrender.
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  1. A military branch that is mounted on horseback. Cavalry regiments could travel swiftly from place to place or go on reconnaissance excursions on horseback during the Civil War, although they mostly fought on foot. Their primary mission was to acquire intelligence on enemy movements.
  2. Also called the North or the United States Whigs A political party generally against slavery and its expansion into the territories
  3. A Northerner,someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States.
  4. The Confederacy, often known as the South or the Confederate States of America, was a group of states that broke away from the United States of America to create their own country.
  5. Also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America, or the Rebel states
  6. A type of counter-attack used to disrupt the enemy's attack or siege of a fortification, causing the enemy to divert some of its resources away from the initial attack or siege.
  7. Intestinal disease causing severe diarrhea. a leading cause of death by disease.
  8. A part of a defensive line of works or a fortification that juts out from the main line towards the enemy
  9. A cannon which fired hollow projectiles and was generally lighter and shorter than its solid-shot cousins
  10. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare. During the Civil War, “blue water” ships cruised the oceans and “brown water” boats floated up and down the rivers
  11. To formally approve or sanction
  12. A leave from duty, granted by a superior officer.

26 Clues: The lowest rank in the army. • To formally approve or sanction • A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder • To formally enroll in the army or to call roll. • A leave from duty, granted by a superior officer. • Slaves who had escaped to the Union lines for safety. • A crushing defeat where, often, the losers run from the field • ...

ch.7 first 15 2021-04-15

ch.7 first 15 crossword puzzle
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  1. machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
  2. in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States
  3. States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states
  4. transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation - A time when large scale industrial production using machines changed Western society
  5. Court case which validated the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States, denying states' rights to tax it - denied Maryland the right to tax it - established Federal powers
  6. protective tariff helped American industry by raising the prices of British manufactured goods, which were often cheaper and of higher quality than those produced in the U.S.
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  1. highway built by the federal government; during 1825-1850; stretched from Pennsylvania to Illinois (Maryland to Illinois); major overland shipping route and important connection between North and West
  2. plan presented to Congress by President Madison for making the United States economically self-sufficient - A plan to strengthen the economy by uniting regions of the country promoted by Henry Clay
  3. of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work.
  4. the cotton gin
  5. strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country - the belief that the nation's interests outweigh regional concerns
  6. parts-identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing
  7. American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
  8. production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques)
  9. artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo - "Big Ditch" that linked Altnatic Ocean to Great Lakes - made New York harbor dominant port

15 Clues: the cotton gin • in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States • machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 • parts-identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing • States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states • ...

slavery and sectionalisum 2017-01-05

slavery and sectionalisum crossword puzzle
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  1. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
  2. In American political discourse, states' rights refer to political powers reserved for the U.S. state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution
  3. was a statement executed by a Georgia Convention in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 10, 1850 in response to the Compromise of 1850. Supported by Unionists, the document affirmed the acceptance of the Compromise as a final resolution of the sectional slavery issues while declaring that no further assaults on Southern rights by the North would be acceptable.
  4. Farm-centered
  5. railroad a series of roads, house, river crossing and people who helped southern slaves.
  6. A state that allowed slavery
  7. those states in the United States in which slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
  8. to add on such as adding a territory to existing towns,
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  1. An older slaves that plantation owners thoughts was loyal and who supervised other slaves
  2. restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
  3. the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled
  4. created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and President Franklin Pierce. The initial purpose of the Kansas–Nebraska Act was to open up thousands of new farms and make feasible a Midwestern Transcontinental Railroad
  5. soil those states in the United States in which slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
  6. of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846
  7. Setting fire

15 Clues: Setting fire • Farm-centered • A state that allowed slavery • the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled • to add on such as adding a territory to existing towns, • those states in the United States in which slavery was prohibited before the Civil War • railroad a series of roads, house, river crossing and people who helped southern slaves. • ...

The Civil War Review 2020-12-04

The Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. those states in "rebellion"
  2. __ southern states left the Union in 1860.
  3. The Emancipation allowed __ to join the Union Army
  4. an action taken to win a war in your favor
  5. Saving the Union means to bring the states __
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  1. __ was president during the Civil War
  2. a war measure that freed slaves in Confederacy
  3. This is another name for the Union is __.
  4. Lincoln's goal was to __ the Union
  5. the __ States were Southern States that didn't leave the Union
  6. This was the only Border State the chose to stay in the Union

11 Clues: those states in "rebellion" • Lincoln's goal was to __ the Union • __ was president during the Civil War • This is another name for the Union is __. • __ southern states left the Union in 1860. • an action taken to win a war in your favor • Saving the Union means to bring the states __ • a war measure that freed slaves in Confederacy • ...

Ancient Chinese Warfare CROSSWORD 2021-05-10

Ancient Chinese Warfare CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
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  1. What metal did they use for Lamellar amour
  2. What weapon did the Chinese invent that uses arrows
  3. What things did they use before Lamellar amour
  4. What is Sun Tzu's The art of war regarded by people as?
  5. How old was Sun Tzu
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  1. What dynasty did Did the states declare independence from?
  2. What did the states fight for?
  3. When did the warring states period begin
  4. When did the warring states period end
  5. What was Chinese armor originally?
  6. What State did all the other states reunite under?

11 Clues: How old was Sun Tzu • What did the states fight for? • What was Chinese armor originally? • When did the warring states period end • When did the warring states period begin • What metal did they use for Lamellar amour • What things did they use before Lamellar amour • What State did all the other states reunite under? • What weapon did the Chinese invent that uses arrows • ...

Civil War 2023-05-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Battle of ____ turned the war in favor of the Union.
  2. ______ Proclamation freed all slaves in the Confederate States
  3. The Northern states that stayed loyal to the U.S.
  4. The North and South disagreed about...
  5. A word that means "separated" from the United States.
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  1. What the separated Southern states called themselves.
  2. General ____ captured Confederate forts near Tenessee.
  3. The Kansas-Nebraska Act made ____ angry.
  4. The ______ Compromise let one state join as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  5. The states that separated themselves from the nation.
  6. Lincoln belonged to the ____ party.

11 Clues: Lincoln belonged to the ____ party. • The North and South disagreed about... • The Kansas-Nebraska Act made ____ angry. • The Northern states that stayed loyal to the U.S. • Battle of ____ turned the war in favor of the Union. • What the separated Southern states called themselves. • The states that separated themselves from the nation. • ...

Civil War - KW 2025-05-09

Civil War - KW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a state leaves the Union
  2. A metal warship
  3. To be forcefully taken into the army
  4. The unofficial term for the Northern states during the civil war
  5. To dig trenches
  6. To join the Army
  7. An all-out-war that has civilian and non-militant infrastructure targetted and used
  8. Rights that every individual state has
  9. A reward given out in exchange for bringing someone in dead or alive
Down
  1. A judicial order that bans law enforcement from keeping a prisoner in confinement without justification
  2. A proclamation declaring that all slaves are free persons
  3. Injuries, MIA, or Death
  4. The states that left the United States
  5. the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument
  6. States that allowed slavery but stayed with the Union
  7. To move around the enemy and attack them from all sides

16 Clues: A metal warship • To dig trenches • To join the Army • Injuries, MIA, or Death • When a state leaves the Union • To be forcefully taken into the army • The states that left the United States • Rights that every individual state has • States that allowed slavery but stayed with the Union • To move around the enemy and attack them from all sides • ...

Constitution Era Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2019-03-28

Constitution Era Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First government before the Constitution, no Executive Branch
  2. two thirds of both houses of Congressf and three fourths of States legislatures must approve the amendment
  3. citizens must serve on juries to determine verdict
  4. against the Constitution without a Bill of Rights
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  1. established a procedure for admitting new states to the United States
  2. freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
  3. agreement that decided how many representatives large and small states should send to Congress
  4. no unreasonable search and seizure
  5. strong central government
  6. each branch of government has some power of the other two branches, helps prevent anyone branch from becoming too powerful
  7. rights not given to the federal government are rights of the states, federalism
  8. RAPPS

12 Clues: RAPPS • strong central government • no unreasonable search and seizure • freedom from cruel and unusual punishment • against the Constitution without a Bill of Rights • citizens must serve on juries to determine verdict • First government before the Constitution, no Executive Branch • established a procedure for admitting new states to the United States • ...

Reconstruction 2024-04-11

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  2. an act of calling into question the integrity or validity of something
  3. laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters
  4. the 7th US President
  5. their goal of immediate, complete, and permanent eradication of slavery in the United States
  6. he was the first African American to serve in either house of the U.S. Congress.
Down
  1. a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
  2. to provide for the admission to representation of rebel states upon meeting certain conditions
  3. a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way, a rascal.
  4. the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems
  5. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction
  6. provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.
  7. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;

13 Clues: the 7th US President • an act of calling into question the integrity or validity of something • he was the first African American to serve in either house of the U.S. Congress. • their goal of immediate, complete, and permanent eradication of slavery in the United States • ...

United States and Canada 2020-05-04

United States and Canada crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a body of surface water serving as a route of transport for goods and/or passengers by means of ships
  2. an annual national holiday marked by religious observances and a traditional meal including turkey in fall
  3. grassland region of North America, between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River
  4. the most frequently spoken language in North America
  5. rocky ocean features made up of millions of coral skeletons
  6. area of land that receives no more than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year
  7. the art and science of cultivating marine or freshwater life for food and industry
  8. an administrative subdivision of a larger state
  9. a concentration of people with a similar way of life-based on job type, cultural preferences, political views, and lifestyle
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  1. a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
  2. cold, treeless region in Arctic and Antarctic climates
  3. public or private road on land
  4. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress
  5. the nation's gross domestic product. That measures everything produced in the United States
  6. the movement and connections between people, goods and information on the Earth's surface
  7. the elected head of a republican state
  8. the lower house of the United States Congress
  9. chain of mountain ranges
  10. the amount by which the cost of a country's imports exceeds the value of its exports.

19 Clues: chain of mountain ranges • public or private road on land • the elected head of a republican state • the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress • the lower house of the United States Congress • an administrative subdivision of a larger state • the most frequently spoken language in North America • cold, treeless region in Arctic and Antarctic climates • ...

United States Geographic Inquiry 2020-05-06

United States Geographic Inquiry crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Reserve System America's central bank. Most powerful single actor in the U.S. economy and thus the world.
  2. A political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic.
  3. Flat, sweeping landmass that generally does not change much in elevation.
  4. Any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. One of Earth’s major types of ecosystems.
  5. Highway System Consists of roadways important to the nation’s economy, defense, and mobility.
  6. Washington American political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father who served as the first president of the United States.
  7. One of a system of expressways covering the 48 contiguous states.
  8. A formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party or labor union.
  9. A national holiday celebrated in the United States to give thanks at the close of the harvest season.
Down
  1. Vertical, or nearly vertical, rock exposure. They are usually formed by rock that is resistant to weathering and erosion.
  2. features Naturally-created features of the earth. Consist of landforms and ecosystems.
  3. Large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
  4. Mode of political organization that unites separate states in a way that allows each to maintain its own integrity.
  5. economy A system that combines characteristics of market, command and traditional economies.
  6. freedom The right of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.
  7. Country or area under the full or partial political control of another country.
  8. Natural or artificial feature of the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body.
  9. Geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.
  10. grass Natural vegetation of interior plains and cactus.

19 Clues: grass Natural vegetation of interior plains and cactus. • One of a system of expressways covering the 48 contiguous states. • Flat, sweeping landmass that generally does not change much in elevation. • Country or area under the full or partial political control of another country. • ...

United States Crossword Puzzle 2020-05-08

United States Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
  2. The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator,
  3. Narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
  4. The science or practice of farming, including cultivating products.
  5. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
  6. A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.
  7. of the action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed.
  8. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country.
  9. a formal and organized choice by a vote of a person for a political office or other position.
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  1. a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries.
  2. the belief in and worship of superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
  3. the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land.
  4. A river, canal, or other routes for travel by water.
  5. The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
  6. a gate of a town or castle opening on to a lake, river, or sea.
  7. the part of the land adjoining or near the sea.
  8. a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.
  9. careful management of available resources.
  10. A state of the eastern United States in 1788.

19 Clues: careful management of available resources. • A state of the eastern United States in 1788. • the part of the land adjoining or near the sea. • rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. • A river, canal, or other routes for travel by water. • a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries. • the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land. • ...

United States Crossword Puzzle 2020-05-08

United States Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a formal and organized choice by a vote of a person for a political office or other position.
  2. a gate of a town or castle opening on to a lake, river, or sea.
  3. careful management of available resources.
  4. A state of the eastern United States in 1788.
  5. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country.
  6. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
  7. The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator,
  8. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
  9. the belief in and worship of superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
  10. a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries.
  11. A river, canal, or other routes for travel by water.
  12. the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land.
Down
  1. the part of the land adjoining or near the sea.
  2. of the action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed.
  3. A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.
  4. a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.
  5. The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
  6. The science or practice of farming, including cultivating products.
  7. Narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

19 Clues: careful management of available resources. • A state of the eastern United States in 1788. • the part of the land adjoining or near the sea. • rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. • A river, canal, or other routes for travel by water. • a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries. • the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land. • ...

States and Postal Codes 2012-07-24

States and Postal Codes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. AZ
  2. CO
  3. AK
  4. CA
  5. ID
  6. IL
  7. AL
  8. CT
Down
  1. KY
  2. DE
  3. FL
  4. LA
  5. AR
  6. DC
  7. IA
  8. IN
  9. HI
  10. KS
  11. GA

19 Clues: KY • DE • FL • AZ • LA • CO • AK • AR • DC • CA • IA • ID • IN • IL • HI • KS • AL • GA • CT